Hey everybody! Just wanted to share with you a few sales that i’ll hopefully be taking advantage of this year. With cyber monday hitting TONIGHT… i wanted to post this ASAP to give you all time to browse & search for items you may be interested in. So here’s the list!

• Rock & Republic Sale @ BeautyStory! (% Off unknown but normally 50%)
• Express: $40.00 Off $150.00 Purchase! (Promo: 8648)
• Origins: $10.00 Off $25.00 Purchase! (Promo: MONDAY)
• Ulta: $15.00 Off $75.00 Purchase! (Promo: HOLIDAY75)
• The Body Shop: Entire Site 3 Items for $30 & Free Shipping!

Let me know if you have more to share and if you took advantage of any of these sales!

MAC Fix+ Skin Refresher / Finishing Mist
Purchased @ Nordstroms (MAC Counter) –  $19.00

Claims: An aqua-spritz of vitamin and minerals, infused with a calm-the-skin blend of green tea, chamomile, cucumber, topped off with the fresh, natural, energizing scent of Sugi. Adds radiance, finishes makeup. Spray it on. Skin drinks it up!

Contains: Water, Glyucerin, Butylene Glycol, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Extract, Camellia Sinesis Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caffeine, Panthenol, Arginine, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, PPG-26-Buteth-26, Fragrance, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol.

How To Use: Hold bottle 12″ away from the face and spray evenly. Use before or after makeup.

My Rating: ?????
(Loved it – Will purchase time & time again).

Pros:

• One bottle lasts me 6+ months.
• Great on days with / without makeup.
• Leaves skin feeling very supple and soft.
• Handy and stylish spray bottle (Nice to showcase on vanity).
• Great for wet use on eyeshadow, foundations, etc.
• Moisturizes on extra dry skin days.

Cons:

• Does not well prior to foundation.
• Bottle will leak if opened and closed.
• Contains caffeine, so may  not be suitable for caffeine sensitive individuals.

My Opinion: This mist is absolutely amazing. As many of you know and have heard, FIX+ has been ranted and raved by everybody, especially YouTube Gurus. Personally and in my opinion, i will have to agree on this one. I’m currently on my 2nd bottle and had initially had mixed feelings about this product. But once you figure out what works best for you and your skin, it should become an HG item for you also.

I love to use this on days when i don’t wear a hint of makeup. I will spritz this all over my face after my morning routine and after about 15 minutes, spritz FIX+ all over my face. The caffeine in it wakes up my complexion and helps my dull tired skin from looking “dead“, especially when stepping out with no makeup. Now i noted that one of the negatives to FIX+ would be the added caffeine for some, cause i am aware there are individuals out there with caffeine sensitivity. I am not one of those types, so unfortunately i cannot tell you how this will affect those. But like always, patch test is key when trying new products.

Now like i stated about having mixed feelings about this initially, i figured out i was just using it all wrong. I was spraying this on my face BEFORE i was applying foundation. Now, when i say foundation i’m meaning all types. Liquid, Cream, Powder, and Mineral. After i would be done, i would notice i was super super cakey / dry looking. No matter how little i would use. I would then “set” my foundation with this also, which would help ease the cakey-ness but it really left my face feeling like i had a layer of foundation that was not blended in with my skin. Kind of like i had another layer of skin on top of mine. My foundation would feel heavy all day and all i would want to do is go home and take everything off. So i did what most people would do, STOP USING IT! But i went back to it because i wanted to really love this product.

Am i glad i did. Instead of spritzing my face BEFORE my foundation, i only do it after. I will start off with my normal AM routine and then foundation and eyebrows. Afterwards i’ll take my stippling brush, spritz the ends of it and stipple it all over my face while doing LIGHT circular motions. Re-sprintz when you feel like the brush is dry. I will also pay really close attention to areas i am very dry or flakey, and this will drastically improve and moisturize that area, keeping it all at bay.

I do this anytime i wear foundation now. Not only does it set the makeup but gives you that additional pick me up and moisturizing you need on dry days. Hope this review helped anybody who was skeptical on purchasing MAC FIX+ but in my opinion, i believe it’s worth the buy (:

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