Category — Discounts

Bella Lucce’s hottest sale of the year is in full swing, featuring the famed 2008 Holiday Collection. While supplies last, save 60% or more on every product in the Limited Edition Cranberry Fig and Gingerbread Crème fragrances. Sugar scrubs, body washes and silky lotions…oh my! If Santa didn’t leave you everything on your list, or if he did and you just need more- then this is the sale for you!

No coupon code necessary as the discount will be reflected automatically. Quantities are extremely limited and will not be replenished until Fall 2009, so grab extras and save big. If you haven’t had a chance to try Bella Lucce, this would be a perfect introduction to this cult-favorite brand! Enjoy!

BeautyVice.com is offering very amazing coupons to people who join (i.e. register) for their new forums!

It’s quite simple, visit the Beauty Vice forums and then click the Register link in the upper right-hand corner. Once you’re all registered, simply leave a comment in the coupons thread and you will receive your Bumble and Bumble, and Keratase coupons via email!

I’m a big fan of BeautyVice’s website. They are reputable and will not spam you. They have the Bionic thumbs up, so no worries.

Happy holidays all!

Burt’s Bees is wildly popular with many consumers. From it’s small start to it’s now, large corporate presence, they offer a little more natural alternative to some skincare needs.

If you’re like me, winter sucks all the moisture out of your hands. The Healthy Hands gift set would be a great way to help alleviate the cracks, flakes and itchies.

You can pick up your Healthy Hands gift set at Drugstore.com for $12.99. Shop early and you’ll get a free Burt’s Bees lip shimmer when you purchase over $25 in Burt’s Bees products.

People everywhere are gearing up for the holiday season. And you know me… I’m all about the frugal finds and shopping fun. With this season being more important than ever for families to save a few bucks but still enjoy the season, I’ve gathered up a large list of discounts. If you do your shopping at the appropriate times, you can actually save quite a bit of money!

Check out the deals from some of my favorite brands…
Purely Cosmetics

• Cyber Monday (December 1, 2008) - Free shipping on all orders, no minimum, and applies for both US & International orders! Redemption code: cybermonday. (Check out my review of Purely Cosmetics if you missed it. I would highly recommend the PC foundation, eyeshadows & the Black Cherry gel eyeliner.).

Spell Cosmetics

• Holiday Sale - Storewide 40% off of all orders of $25.00 or more. And a free gift choice our your choice (Choose between the Holiday Gloss trio or the Holiday eye shadow trio)!! Runs from Wednesday (November 26) through Monday (December 1). Use code Holiday at checkout. My suggestions: Spell’s Body Gloss (review here) and their amazing loose pigment eye shadows (my look).

e.l.f. Cosmetics

• Get 75% off on elf cosmetics bags! Limit 10 bags. Not valid on holiday bag collection. Use the code 75OFF
• Get 50% off all bath & body elf products. Use the code HOLIDAYBATH at checkout.
• These offers expire pretty quickly, so be sure to shop on Cyber Monday or before.

Three Custom Color

• A gift for you just in time for the holidays: Free domestic ground shipping - for all orders placed between December 7-13, 2008.

LooseLipsNY.com

• Use code thankship for free shipping on all orders over $25 through December 5, 2008.

Benefit Cosmetics

• Free sitewide shipping for 2 days only on any order! Get FREE US Standard Shipping on any order. Enter promo code GOBBLE08 at checkout. Offer expires 11/26/08 at 11:59pm. Not valid with any other offers.

Clinique.com

• Free standard shipping and get a 1oz Take the Day Off makeup remover with purchase. Enter code REASONS at checkout. Offer valid until 11:59 PM (EST) Monday, December 1, 2008.

BeautyVice.com

• One day CyberMonday Sale. All products will be an additional 10% off their regular discounted price! Free shipping will be available for all orders over $100. No special code needed. Since Beauty Vice is already discount 20 to 40 percent lower than retail, you can see some pretty cool savings.

Mario Badescu

• Our friends at Mario Badescu have created a special holiday discount code exclusively for beauty blog readers! The offer is good for 15% off online purchases between December 1st and December 15th, 2008 with the discount code BEAUTYBLOG.

I know I’ll be staying home and away from the crowds on Friday.
Do you ladies plan to shop on Cyber Monday and/or Black Friday? And if you hear of more sales and discounts, please share them with your other Bionic Beauties in the comments below!

I have tried many a version of mineral makeup; from drugstore to high-end brands. Being a gal that’s now in her thirties with some eye wrinkles (Where the heck did those come from???), acne flare ups, and dry skin patches, my skin just ended up looking like I had caked powder on it with most brands. The dry skin would be accentuated and the minerals would settle in my eye wrinkles. I have sensitive skin, so I really want to like mineral makeup.

All my worries evaporated once on I met Robyn, the founder of Purely Cosmetics. She’s such a friendly person, listened to my skin woes, and patiently taught me about what actually is good for skin and what isn’t and how to properly apply mineral makeup.

Purely Cosmetics went on like a dream. Since I really hadn’t put my heart into mineral makeup in the past, I also got a flat-top foundation brush from Robyn. This brush is a wonder. I can’t seem to do anything wrong when it’s in my hands! It’s soft and keeps me from having clumped makeup deposits.

The biggest difference when I applied the Pure Silk Mineral Foundation was the feel. My skin felt soft and airy. My breakouts were covered but you could still see the real me under my makeup! The photo above is of me in the midst of a full acne breakout. Looks pretty smooth, right?

I ran outside to sweat a bit since my other issue with previous mineral makeups was found during sweating. Once my pores would open, something would react with my skin and cause extreme itching and burning. Not so with Purely Cosmetics. I didn’t feel a thing.

On the second day, I stayed inside in the dry AC to check if it would suck the moisture out of my semi-parched skin. By the end of the day I was even babbling about how this foundation didn’t dry me out to my neighbor (a lawn care ‘manly-man’) and my husband.

In short, I have found my must-have makeup. I still wear my tinted moisturizers occasionally, but I don’t feel the pull to them I had before. My little jar of Purely Cosmetics (I use the California Blonde color since I’m pretty pale) has a place of honor in my makeup case. I am extremely indebted to Robyn for creating such an amazing product.

I also tested Purely Cosmetics’ Silk & Pearl Primer (for Normal/Dry Skin) - This provides a fantabulous primer under mineral makeup application (photo below). Use your standard face lotion, top it with the Silk & Pearl Primer, then follow with your makeup. The primer helps control face/oil shine while not allowing the environment to dry out your skin, minimizes pores, and prevents the makeup for settling into any creases (i.e. wrinkles). I typically do not use primers since I’m a “out-the-door” kind of gal, but w-o-w. This product is very cool, and worth it’s weight in moolah. Oh, and there’s also a all Silk powder Primer and Normal to Oily version as well. Definitely 2 thumbs up from Bionic! ($18.50 for a *huge* 10 gram jar)

So now I have another Bionic all-time favorite to add to my pretty small list: Milani eyeshadows, Physician’s Formula Mineral Wear mascara, Herbaria Soaps, and anything by Purely Cosmetics. It’s actually a pretty small list and quite an accomplishment to make it to my “loyal following” level. Thank you, Robyn!

Here’s an EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT for Bionic readers! Get 10% off any Purely Cosmetics purchase (minimum $20) now through December 20th, 2008.  Enter code BB (case sensitive) in the “redeem code” box on checkout. Buy yourself a little something fun to wear for the holidays!

Stay tuned for eyeshadow looks I’ve been wearing using Purely Cosmetics’ cream-to-powder and loose pigment shadows!

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You’ve heard me talk about de-luxe skincare items before. They are a “lesser known” brand but have recently started selling their products at a few online sites. This excites me… What can I say, I’m pretty darn easy to please in life. (wink)

Anyhow, I found this trial size gift set of all my favorites, *and* it’s on a whopping discount currently. Had to share it with my Bionic Beauty gals.

In the kit, you’ll get:

• 2 - SaVon de-luxe French Milled Bar Soaps (Vanilla Citrus & Loofah)
• 3 - Bain de-luxe Travel Size Body Washes (Verbena, Lavender and Vanilla Citrus)
• 2 - Creme de-luxe Travel Size Luxury Body Lotions (Rosemary Mint and Verbena)
• 3 - Bain de-luxe Travel Size Body Scrubs (Lavender, Vanilla Citrus and Rosemary Mint)

Why do I love de-luxe? Let’s see… they smell yummy, their products are affordable, cute & simple packaging, no animal testing, no harsh detergents or chemicals, and did I mention cruelty-free.
Drugstore.com has the de-luxe gift set for $9.00 (that’s on sale for 40% off!).

It’s that time again… Urban Decay is holding their Friends and Family discount. Shop this week on UrbanDecay.com and get 30% off your entire purchase by entering code FFH30 at checkout. This offer is valid from November 10th through November 18th. I still need to try some of their lipsticks… such gorgeous packaging!

And for even more shopping pleasure, HardCandy.com will be holding a 75% off sale (yes, you read that correctly!) from November 18th through November 25th. WOWZA!

Anything you ladies are itching to buy?