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Today is the start of Sephora's Friends and Family 2010 promotion - it is 20% off your order! And I am not sure what the total is - I think $50 - but if you go over that there is free shipping! I first heard about this about 6 years ago and it seems like I always remember about it again mid-November when it is over. So this year I searched online (most sites are saying it starts tomorrow) and I decided to try the code today since a few sites were saying it started October 21st. It worked for me today!

Here is what I bought:

*Living Proof Straight Making No Frizz Styling Spray for Fine to Medium Hair

I bought a tiny sample size of this in Las Vegas a year ago and it is awesome! When you know it will be a very humid Florida day this stuff keeps your hair frizz free and super soft!

*Bliss Glamour Gloves

My old ones are getting a little gross looking and now that i think about it they are probably 5 years old. Time for new ones!

*Bliss Softening Socks

As I mentioned with the gloves, my old ones are gross and around 5 years old.

*Laura Mercier Purifying Oil - Light

I have the Shu Uemura High Performance Balancing Oil and it is almost out so I thought this winter I would try something new. I'm looking forward to trying this. I love the Laura Mercier line - if Sephora had the 3 pack of body creams that would be a part of this order, too! It is at Bloomingdales every year around the holidays so I will keep looking. By the way - Bloomingdales has the BEST selection of beauty gift kits ever! I always end up buying a few every year.

*Bare Escentuals bareMinerals Liner Shadow - Onyx

My favorite makeup artist Michele Mann told me about this line and I fell in love with it. It has great pigment - a little bit goes a long way! And I needed a good black to add to my collection

*Clinique Naturally Glossy Mascara in Jet Brown

This is my all time favorite day to day mascara. It is just what the name says - natural looking and glossy. It isn't thick, it doesn't lengthen and most important it isn't waterproof. So I can't wear it to a wedding (yes, I cry at weddings!). But I just can't seem to find another basic mascara that tops this one!

*Sephora Favorites LashStash Mascara Deluxe Sampler

I bought this last year and it had a whole different set of mascaras this year. I have a few favorite mascaras but for some reason I am still on the hunt for something better. Last year the set included Tarte's 4 Day Lash Stain and it is now my all time favorite waterproof mascara!

This year's set includes the following:

- 0.31 oz Too Faced LashLight Mascara in Black (full size)

- 0.11 oz Josie Maran GOGO Instant Natural Volume Argan Mascara in Pitch Black

- 0.1 oz Tarte MultiplEYE Clinically-Proven Lash Enhancing Mascara in Black

- 0.1 oz Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara in Black

- 0.141 oz Blinc Kiss Me Mascara in Black

- 0.207 Laura Mercier Full Blown Volume Mascara in Black

- 0.20 oz Buxom Lash Mascara in Blackest Black

- 0.14 oz Benefit BADgal Lash Mascara in Black

- 0.09 oz Sephora Collection Advanced Lash Booster in Black

- 0.16 oz Hourglass Film Noir Full Spectrum Mascara in Onyx

- Tarte Picture Perfect Eyelash Curler

And FYI they are selling last year's unsold LashStash for a fraction of the cost if you want to try it, too. It includes the following:

- 0.16 oz Hourglass Superficial Lash

- 0.09 oz Urban Decay Skyscraper Multi-Benefit Mascara

- 0.13 oz Korres Abyssinia Oil Volumizing and Strengthening Mascara

- 0.14 oz Benefit A Little Bit BADGal Lash Mascara

- 0.2 oz Smashbox Lash DNA

- 0.03 oz Laura Mercier Thickening and Building Mascara

- 0.07 oz Fresh Supernova

- 0.1 oz Sephora Lash Stretcher

- 0.14 oz Tarte 4 Day Stay Lash Stain

- 0.12 oz Cargo LashActivator

*Tarte Ring It In Cheek Stain Set

I love the Tarte cheek stains (my favorite one is Blissful) and I tried these three out in the Sephora store to make sure I liked all three and they were awesome! I am not so sure about the ring but I will see when it gets here.

*Tarte Good As Gold Lipgloss Collection

I bought this last year around the holidays and I love the little glosses. They are the perfect size to mix it up every day.

*Tarte 4 Day Lash Stain

As I mentioned above this was in the LashStash 2009 set and I love it! I wear it to weddings and it doesn't budge all day - not even with heat, sweat and tears!

Then I picked the following free samples:

*Sephora Collection Colorful Mono Eyeshadow in Brown Harmony

*Urban Decay Stardust Eyeshadow in Retrograde and Space Cowboy

*Jurlique Balancing Day Care Cream (I happen to love the Jurlique Rosewater Balancing Mist so I thought I would give this a try)

Here is the Jurlique Rosewater Balancing Mist - it is great for spraying on your face before you put on your moisturizer.