Time to MAKE-UP for all those gifts you didn't get

We've all been there: standing in Sephora during holiday season staring longingly at gift sets crammed with 40 eyeshadows, 12 lipglosses, and 8 blushes.  You know that half of the eyeshadows are unwearable neon shades or tacky glittery messes, you know that only one of the blushes will actually look good with your skintone, you know that the lipglosses are half the normal size and probably a tad wonky...but that little voice in the back of your head keeps insisting "why wouldn't you buy that pea-green eyeshadow?  It would look so badass with the metallic eggplant eyeliner from that other gift set over there." Most seductive of all is the price tag, proudly stating something along the lines of "$49.50--A $2,000,000,000.00 VALUE!!!"

Well, if the thought process above sounds like yours, your moment has come: holiday makeup gift sets have officially hit Nordstrom Rack and it's time to strike.  Today I picked up this Stila set that I have been lusting after since Christmas for $10.00.  Yes, I said $10.00.  It originally retailed for $40.00 and is allegedly worth $366.00.  No need to feel guilty over that.  I can even get away with wearing 6 of the 7 blushes.  

There was a great selection available--mostly Stila, Urban Decay, and Smashbox.  Here are a few of the other items I saw at the Lakewood, CA location: Stila Daydream Palette ($8!!!); Smashbox Click You're It Gift Set ($22).  There were many more amazing new cosmetics arrivals, but I could not find good images for them and think they might have been one-offs for Nordstrom.

If you're a makeup fiend, I would hit this sale up ASAP before the other addicts find out about it.  Happy hunting!