Maybelline Baby Lips and Unadvertised Deal

I finally managed to track down the new Baby Lips - the new tinted lip balm from Maybelline. I am a huge fan of tinted lip balm so this was a must find for me. Since Maybelline is buy 1 get 1 50% on all lip and eye products, I didn't feel guilty purchasing these without having my coupons with me (though it would have been an even better deal had I had them). Each was a little over $4 and all 4 cost me about $13. I bought Cherry Me, Peach Kiss, Pink Punch & Grape Vine. I've tried Peach Kiss so far and it smells like peaches and has more pay off than I was expecting. I tried it on super chapped lips (I didn't drink enough water today and it shows - too busy) and it didn't improve them dramatically but it didn't make them worse so I wouldn't say these are intensively moisturizing, but on lips that are already in decent shape they should keep them soft.

Anyway, what really surprised me and made me want to jump on here asap was the unexpected Extrabucks that printed after my purchase. Apparently, there's an unadvertised deal with every $10 or more Maybelline lip & eye purchase, you get $3 in Extrabucks back! And it didn't say that I had met the deal limit on the bottom of my receipt so you may be able to do this multiple times! Pretty awesome if you combine with the current sale and coupons!

FREE Revlon Colorburst Glosses

Many of you should know that various Revlon lip products are $6.49 with $5 Extra Bucks back at CVS this week (limit 6). Well, I would keep an eye out for the above display (sorry it's a bit fuzzy - I get this weird guilty feeling when I take pictures in stores and my iPhone goes all shaky). It includes a very large selection of the Colorburst glosses and each gloss has a $2 off coupon stuck to it. This makes your glosses FREE (actually, you'll make about 50 cents on each in the end) after Extra Bucks! Pretty awesome.

CVS Beauty 360

image from beauty 360 website of checkout area - sleek!

There's been a lot of buzz regarding the new CVS Beauty 360 stores. If you haven't heard already, Beauty 360 is CVS' response to stores like Sephora, ULTA and other mid-high end retailers. In fact, many brands have pulled out of stores like Sephora in favor of Beauty 360 - Vincent Longo, Cargo and Laura Geller to name a few.

I am lucky enough to have a location 'close by' to me (in DC - 20 or so miles equates to over an hour of travel time if you're lucky). I plan to take a trip to the DC location eventually - any DC Metro ladies want to join me *coughElviracough*. However, even if you don't have a location close by to you, you can still shop for products online... and the best part about the Beauty 360 stores is you can use your Extrabucks that you receive from buying boring things like toilet paper on mid-high end makeup (you can even use them online - there are instructions on which code to use on your printed out Extrabucks).

I don't know about you but I have $16 Extrabucks burning a hole in my coupon-book pocket right now... hmmm

Will you be ordering or visiting one of the new Beauty 360 stores?