So I got a $15 GC for my "mistake" account that is BI (apparently I made one a few years ago that I forgot about), and my expected $20 GC on my main Rouge account.
I decided to roll the dice and use the smaller GC on the BI account, and bought the Atelier Cologne travel duo (orange/vanilla) and a pack of the Shiseido cotton pads, b-day gift pack, the buxom merrymini lipstick, and the 100 point primer or whatever that had acne control stuff in it, oh, and my 3 free samples. I hope the cotton pads are really as good as people say they are, I'm tired of picking off little fuzzy pieces from the cheapo drugstore brands when I use my toner.
For my bigger GC I got Shiseido shimmer rouge lipstick in Iron Maiden, REN micro smooth facial cleanser, REN Rose purity cleansing balm, REN Bio-retinoid facial oil, the free Rouge compact mirror, and my 3 free samples.
I was "slightly" worried my first order with the $15 GC might not go through, since I knowingly didn't spend the $50... but I finally got a ship notification this afternoon, about an hour after the one I got for my main account.
I'm just REALLY glad the REN products I ordered were in stock! They kept going in and out of stock the other week, and if I ran out of my travel bottles before then... I don't know what my face would have done, LOL. I got the sample pack they had online for $18 the other week, and it has worked wonders on my freaked out skin. Now I just need to get into the store this weekend to get samples of the REN rose serum and omega 3 serum.
And I am excited the new color for next year is the orchid purple! I LOVE that color! I probably wont bother trying the lipstick by Sephora, I always get reactions from their formulations, but I do like their shiny gloss, so I'll get the purple they featured on the ad page.
What I'm really drooling over is a purple blush. I'm debating between Anna Sui's Mystic Rose blush or Benefit's Lolli tint. I need to see more swatches of the tint though, because I think it might show up as too pink rather than orchid purple. :-