Points, Pouts & Perfect Skin: The Beauty+ Event Haul You Need Now at Shoppers Drug Mart - from Curel, Origins, Kylie Cosmetics and Bed Head!

PSA: The Shoppers Beauty+ Event is officially on  - now through October 3rd - an annual tradition that my beauty bag looks forward to all year! It's the perfect time to buy your fall beauty, hoard your points and thank me later when your PC Optimum balance looks like a phone number!  

 

Here’s what’s made it into my autumn glam survival kit:

 

Curel Intensive Moisture Foaming Facial Wash - 150ml - $29.99 - think of this as your skin’s therapist in a bottle: it listens, it cleanses, it doesn’t strip your ceramides bare like a bad ex. It’s fragrance-free, colourant-free, pH balanced and basically soft skin in foam form. I love it because it gets rid of the grime without leaving me with that tight, “why is my face one size too small?” feeling. 

✨ Deal: Get 10,000 PC Optimum points when you buy 2 participating products. (Translation: cleanser basically pays rent for itself.) 

 

Origins GinZing™ Energizing Gel Cream - 30ml - $38, 50ml - $53, 75ml - $69 - fall hits and suddenly my skin is like, “Moisturize me or we riot.” This gel cream is the Goldilocks of hydration - juicy enough to fight the dry air but light enough not to clog your pores. Plus, it makes you look less “I just survived a Zoom meeting marathon” and more “I got 9 hours of sleep and a green juice (FYI: I would NEVER drink anything green unless it was a Shamrock shake).” 

✨ Deal: Get 10,000 PC Optimum points when you spend $100+ on participating products. 

KYLIE COSMETICS Glossy Lip Kit - $47 - kit contains: - Precision Pout Lip Liner 1.1 g - Supple Kiss Lip Glaze 3 ml - with 6 colour options: Candy Pink, Coconut, Comes Naturally, Dolce K, Espresso and Kylie - Since fall = time for lips to shine like a disco ball (instead of my skin for a change) - this kit gives you a liner sharper than your comebacks and a gloss so juicy it could double as lip jewelry. My fave? Comes Naturally, a soft pink nude that whispers “effortless chic” (even when I’ve got 3-day-old dry shampoo in my hair). Bonus: when the gloss wears off, the liner keeps holding the fort - like Spanx, but for lips. 

✨ Deal: Get 20,000 PC Optimum points when you buy 2 participating products. (That’s enough points for… more lip kits, obviously.)  

Bed Head Ego Boost Split End Mender - 237ml - $27.47 - the summer fried my hair like a churro (note to self: buy a hat, not just SPF). Enter this leave-in which works overtime, smoothing frizz, mending split ends and generally tricking people into thinking I treat my hair better than I treat my inbox. Lightweight, soft, and smells like a fresh start. 

✨ Deal: Get 3,000 PC Optimum points when you buy 2 participating products. Plus, score a free Bed Head Masterpiece Hairspray (57g) with any Bed Head product.

 

So go forth, collect those points, perfect that pout and give your skin the fall refresh it deserves - because beauty looks even better when it comes with bonus rewards!

 

Available now until October 3 at Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada and online at beauty.shoppersdrugmart.ca.

 

- Lisamarie - 

My top 3 picks from the Shoppers Beauty+ Event with bonus Optimum Points galore!

There's not a lot I love more then Optimum Points - George Clooney, world peace, Donald Trump falling into a bottomless hole - but Points are way up there! Making Shoppers Beauty+ Event equivalent to Christmas in my books. If you never met a bonus point you didn't love then you need to get yourself over to your closest Shoppers store (or the website) before the 21st so you too can take advantage of all those lovely bonus points just waiting for you! A few products worth picking up (even without the points):

 

10000 bonus points when you buy the 30ml or 50ml! 

Guerlain Abeille Royale Youth Watery Oil Serum - 15ml - $77, 30ml - $139, 50ml - $205 - with a unique, deep diffusion texture infused with melt-in micro-beads designed for all skin types that penetrates deeply into the skin's layers targeting the heart of the epidermis, multiplying skin's self-repair mechanisms and delivering powerful age-defying benefits to help with dullness, fine lines and wrinkles and loss of firmness and elasticity. 

 

The 99% naturally-derived ingredients formula draws its repairing power from three honeys produced by the black bee, a species selected for its rarity and the power of its honeys: Trogstad honey from Norway - revitalizes skin and corrects visible signs of aging; Ouessant honey from France - supports skin youth repair with an abundance of amino acids;  Connemara honey from Ireland - visibly reduces fine lines and wrinkles. Deeply repaired, skin regains plumpness and radiance while wrinkles are visibly filled. 

 

It feels great on the skin but even better is the scent - perfumed with a sun-drenched nectar by Thierry Wasser, it reveals fresh, light, and honeyed notes. My only complaint is it doesn't come in vat form that I can pour in my bathtub and just soak in...

10000 bonus points! 

Kylie Cosmetics Skin Tint Blurring Elixir - 30ml - $43 - in 24 C = Cold, N = Neutral or W = Warm shades : 1N, 1WN, 2.5N, 2C, 2W, 3.5W, 3WN, 3W, 4.5WN, 4W, 5N, 5W, 6.5WN, 6N, 6W, 7W, 8.5W, 8W, 8WN, 9.5W, 9W, 10C, 10N, 10W - a fluid tint foundation with buildable light to medium coverage  and a natural, second-skin finish that works for all skin types. 

 

The breathable vegan formula has a silky, fluid texture the effortlessly blends into the skin to instantly even skin tone while the hyaluronic acid improves skin hydration and moisture and also smooths pores, fine lines, and texture with up to12 hours of weightless wear that doesn’t separate or get patchy.

 

I don't even bother with a foundation anymore that isn't buildable - Urban Decay discontinued my favourite concealer so now I expect to be able to double up my foundation to act as concealer too - I'm very demanding I know - and this one does a great job - goes on light but easily builds to medium coverage in any problem areas! And it stays put without separating or getting patchy, clinging to dry patches or settling into fine lines - sold!

4000 bonus points! 

NYX Cosmetics The Face Glue Gripping Primer - 35ml - $14.99 - adds grip for all of your face cosmetics and hydration for up to 24 hours - all the glue with none of the stickiness. The formula contains polyglutamic acid - known to be extremely hydrating; and maple syrup - known for grip that's extra AF. This non-comedogenic primer feels comfy on the skin, breathable all day, and gives a soft-focus finish.

 

It's easy to use - just spread a dime-sized amount of product evenly on the face and see the transformation as the white gel blends seamlessly with no cast into all skin tones - then just slap your makeup on top, no need to wait! If you want a whole Glue routine, also available is The Face Glue Setting Spray as well The Brow Glue

 

Even if it didn't work as well as it does (and it does!) I would still love it for the packaging and how it brings back memories of dousing my hand in white glue so I could peel it off when it dried - clearly these were early exfoliation techniques...

Grab these amazing products and so many more at Shoppers Drug Mart stores across Canada or online at beauty.shoppersdrugmart.ca and take advantage of the special bonus points until February 21st.

- Lisamarie -