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DavidsTea Frequent Steeper!

Yikes. It’s been a while… hello, blogosphere!

Life has been pretty busy lately and as much as I would’ve loved to update my blog periodically [heck, even sporadically], I unfortunately haven’t had much spare time lately to do so. I have a few backlogged events and ideas that I’ve been wanting to post about, so as soon as I get a chance to write up a storm I’ll share those with you! I hope everyone has been doing well

So today I was looking into replacing my bubble teacups from DAVIDsTEA since I had an unfortunate mishap in the morning that resulted in one of the teacups breaking. Nooo! I was looking online to see if they still had them in stock, but unfortunately they didn’t. However, while I was browsing the site I noticed that they finally have their own rewards program now called Frequent Steeper! I’ve been waiting for this day to come and it finally has! Yay~

Aside from being the first to know about new products and promotions, their new rewards program gives you a chance to collect points to redeem towards free tea. You can also redeem for a free cup of tea upon signing up and another on your birthday as well. Excellent! Not to mention that the membership cards are super cute to boot. [Where were you when I had massive online hauls when I was just starting to get into your products?! Haha.]

I dropped by a store on the way home from work to check if they had the glass bubble teacups in stock, but no such luck there either. Oh well, guess I’ll keep an eye out for them. I did end up getting my card there and claming my free cup of Butterfly Jasmine to go, so it was still a good quick stop at the store. Mmm mmm, good. Also, I was informed that their new summer collection will be coming out around May 7th! Definitely looking forward to what DAVIDsTEA has up their sleeves for this upcoming season.

Any other tea lovers out there? What are your faves?

Mini Toronto IMATS 2013 Haul

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Is this a long overdue post or what? The holiday season is always super busy! I finally found some time to write about my small IMATS haul from when I attended the trade show this past November. I think I did a fairly good job sticking to my budget and did not give in to any impulse buys [ok, maybe just one]. I picked up some of my essentials as well as a few products I wanted to try out. My top three things that I wanted to get at the show were MUFE products, a pair of Velour Lashes and an OCC Lip Tar. Out of my haul, I only got one thing that I wasn’t planning on getting beforehand, so I managed to not overspend. Yay! Oh boy, this might be a lengthy one…

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1. MUFE Full Cover Concealer [6] 2. MUFE Aqua Lip Liner [3C] 3. Liole Auto Eyebrow [01] 4. Velour Lashes [You Complete Me]
5. OCC Lip Tar [Marion] 6. Ben Nye Banana Powder 7. MUFE HD Foundation [120]

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Sephora VIB Holiday 2013 Mini Haul

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I had already gone to Sephora before IMATS Toronto took place this past weekend, but had to hold off on buying a few things [mostly MUFE products] just in case they were cheaper at the show… which indeed they were! So I went back to Sephora the day after to grab some last-minute things before the VIB sale ended.

Sephora VIB Mini Haul

1. Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette 2. OCC Lip Tar All Star Mini x4 Set 3. Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Eau de Parfum

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My IMATS Toronto 2013 Experience

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Makeup mischief, managed!

This past weekend, I was able to attend IMATS Toronto 2013 with two of my girl friends for the first time. I’ve heard about IMATS before mostly via YouTube or beauty blogs and ended up researching earlier on this year about the one taking place in Toronto. Before the show, I read previous experiences from a few bloggers to get an idea of the exhibitors and the discounts as well as how busy it can get. I also tried to make a list of things I wanted to get so that I stay on budget… which I managed to stick to! What a miracle.

From what I’ve read, a few people mentioned to get there early in order to avoid the crowd or a huge lineup. I heard that there was a lineup before the doors opened, but when we got there at around 10:30am, there was no lineup at all to check in and get our wristbands for the day.

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Full-body Makeup Work at the Make Up For Ever booth. Amazing!

The booth where I was definitely expecting a lineup was the Make Up For Ever booth and sure enough, there were a bunch of people standing to the side of the booth waiting for their names to be called in order to pay for their purchases. Thankfully, I read about this before going on Saturday and made sure I knew which products I wanted to get so that I wouldn’t have to wait as long or wait around to try the products out. Even still, it was about a 20 minute wait to get your products called out. So if you’re planning to attend in the future, be prepared for this! They had a few promo packages available and I think their IMATS discount was about 30% less compared to Sephora prices. It ended up being cheaper than the VIB 20% discount, so I’m glad I waited to purchase my items from the show. While I was waiting I also saw Maria [well… more like she saw me], which was awesome because we haven’t run into each other for a while. It’s always nice to see friends during events like these!

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Sephora VIB Holiday 2013 Event

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Oh dear… why must the Sephora VIB Holiday Event start a few days before IMATS Toronto weekend? So dangerous.

As a VIB member of Sephora’s Beauty Insider rewards program, I received an e-mail a few days ago letting me know that the 2013 VIB Holiday Shopping Event will take place from November 7 – November 11. As long as you have VIB status, you are able to shop at Sephora and enjoy 20% off all purchases made in-store and online [promo code: VIBTOPIA] during this event. Also, you can take home your goodies in a free tote bag [while supplies last]! On top of that, you can also bring in a friend to share your discount with. Isn’t that nice?

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