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Fragrances I Want to Try at Sephora- April 2026

Published on April 23, 2026April 23, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

Earlier this week, I published a post about the new fragrances I want to try at Ulta Beauty. After searching for fragrances at other stores, I found some that I would like to try as well. The ones that stood out the most to me are from Sephora.

Sephora has a lot of fragrances I want to try, but I narrowed my list down to seven fragrances for this post. Some of the fragrances are available to purchase at Ulta Beauty and other stores that sell fine fragrances, but there are others that are exclusive to Sephora. Please check Sephora’s website to see if each of the fragrances are exclusive to Sephora and/or are available only on Sephora’s website.

All the photographs of the fragrances used in this post are from the listings on Sephora’s website. They are edited by me for use in this post.

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Fragrances I Want to Try at Ulta Beauty- April 2026

Published on April 21, 2026April 19, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

Every year, new fragrances are released. Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don’t. This year, I really like several fragrances that have been released.

Whenever I found new fragrances I liked, I would write a post about my favorites. I haven’t done this in quite a while due to my dislike to most of the new fragrances that were released. Now that there are new fragrances I like, I decided to bring this back.

I wanted to share my favorite fragrances from specific stores. Some fragrances are available to purchase at those stores, so I wanted to dedicate favorite fragrance posts to the stores I normally shop at. For the first store, I will talk about the new fragrances I like from Ulta Beauty.

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Bath and Body Works x Vera Bradley Collection Favorites

Published on March 23, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

This year, Bath and Body Works is putting out a lot of collaborations! They put out a few a year, but so far there have been at least three (including this one) that caught my eye!

Their newest collaboration collection is with Vera Bradley. If you never heard of Vera Bradley, it is an American fashion and accessory company. It was founded in 1982 and the company is best known for it’s cotton handbags and the prints used on the cotton fabric.

There is a lot of buzz around the Bath and Body Works online fanbase pertaining to this collaboration. The collection was released for early access on March 22, 2026 for Bath and Body Works Rewards Members. The general public had a chance to purchase the collection on March 23, 2026.

After hearing about this collection, I was really excited. I have been looking over the collection and found the products that stood out to me the most. I decided to share my favorite products in this post. I hope you will enjoy what caught my eye! (I’m not including the gift with purchase bag I saw online because it cannot be purchased by itself)

All the product photographs used in this post are from Bath and Body Works’ product listing pages on their website. All the information about the products and their prices are from the same webpages. This is not a sponsored post.

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Ulta Beauty’s 21 Days of Beauty Spring 2026 Event Favorites: Week 3

Published on March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

It’s time for week 3 of Ulta Beauty’s 21 Days of Beauty for Spring 2026! It is the last week for the sale.

This week, there are many beauty products I am very interested in. As per usual, I compiled my favorites (And products I think others will be interested in) into a post. Some of the products I’m most interested in include Chloe’s Nomade Eau de Parfum, Ralph Lauren’s Romance Elixir, and Philosophy’s Hair and Body Mist. In addition to them, there are products I like and am happy to see included in the sale. They include Benefit Cosmetics’ Eyebrow Pencil, Billie Eilish’s Eilish Eau de Parfum, Clinique’s My Happy Travel Sprays, and Living Proof Heat Styling Spray.

In addition to everything in this week’s sale, there will be a surprise on Friday, March 27, 2026. As of the publishing of this post, the surprise is unknown, but Ulta Beauty’s 21 Days of Beauty page says to check back.

I hope everyone finds something for themselves (Or someone else) or enjoys looking at my list of favorite products from the last sale week for the Spring 2026 sale!

Please note: This post is not sponsored by Ulta Beauty or any other brand mentioned in this or other posts. All the products photographs are from Ulta Beauty’s website. All information about the products including names, prices, size of product included in the sale, and if they will be available online only, are current as of Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

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Sephora Haul- November 2025 Part 2

Published on March 13, 2026March 8, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

Earlier this week, I published a post about one of two orders I placed to Sephora in November 2025. You can read that post here. Although I normally like to talk about my orders in haul posts, last November I felt like it wasn’t a good time to talk about what I purchased at Sephora (Or pretty much anywhere) last year. Since then, I thought about my Sephora hauls, and decided to publish posts about them in March 2026.

This haul, which was the second purchase I made in November 2025, is also the last purchase I made in 2025. Sephora’s sale, which happens in late October to early November every year, was still happening, so I decided to buy myself any products I really wanted but didn’t want to pay full price for. In addition to the sale, I also redeemed more of my rewards points towards items I really wanted to own or thought it would be something I want to own.

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Ulta Beauty’s 21 Days of Beauty Spring 2026 Event Favorites: Week 2

Published on March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

Week one of Ulta Beauty’s 21 Days of Beauty event for Spring 2026 is almost over. Now, it’s time to focus on week 2 and everything that will be available on sale!

There will be many beauty products in this favorites post I either like or want to try. Some of the products I like are Urban Decay’s Naked Pallets, Smashbox’s Photo Finish Primer, and Too Faced’s Born This Way Mini Eye Shadow Pallet. As for the products I want to try, they include Snif’s Rose Era Eau de Toilette, select Idôle fragrances from Lancôme, and Viktor&Rolf’s Flowerbomb Nectar Eau de Parfum.

I hope there something on this list everyone would like as well!

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Sephora Haul- November 2025 Part 1

Published on March 9, 2026March 8, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

In November 2025, I placed two orders at Sephora. I normally like to shop at Sephora in November because it is my birthday month. So, I get a birthday gift with my order. I also like to shop in November because the holiday gift sets are available and there are really good sales.

Normally I like to write a Sephora shopping haul post, but last year I didn’t feel like it was a good time to talk about something like a shopping haul at Sephora. After a lot of though, I ended up waiting until March 2026 to publish the haul posts.

The first order, which I am covering in this post, contains my birthday gift for 2025. I will talk about it and something I purchased with my rewards points in future posts.

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Ulta Beauty’s 21 Days of Beauty Spring 2026 Event Favorites: Week 1

Published on March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

It’s time for Ulta Beauty’s 21 Days of Beauty Spring 2026 sale to begin! If you are unfamiliar with it, it is a semi annual sale held in the spring and in the late summer/fall. Every day of the sale there are new products to purchase at 50% off. Sometimes there are surprise products available to purchase at 50% off and other surprises throughout the sale. (This doesn’t always happen though) This year, the sale starts on Friday, March 6, 2026 and will end on Thursday, March 26, 2026.

Every time this sale happens, I try to release posts featuring my favorite products in that week’s sale. I like to do this in order to show off what I like in the sale as well as give anyone ideas on what is available during that week’s sale. It’s the beginning of the sale, so I will be focusing on all the items on sale this week.

This week there are many products I am interested in or have heard really great things are. The ones I’m most interested in are fragrances. These fragrances are Vera Wang’s Love fragrance, Ariana Grande’s Cloud 2.0 fragrance, and Mugler’s Alien Hypersense fragrance. I’m also interested in MAC’s Glow Play Blush and Laura Mercier’s Setting Powder. (I’ve been into Laura Mercier’s cosmetics lately, so a chance to purchase one 50% off normal price really peaks my interest)

I hope everyone enjoys my list and finds something that will peak their interest!

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Walgreens Beauty Haul- October 2025

Published on March 3, 2026February 26, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

Back in October, I went shopping at Walgreens for some new lip gloss. They didn’t have what I was looking for, but they did have other products I wanted to buy and try.

It has been many months since I that shopping trip at Walgreens (It’s March already!) but I never published a haul of the things I purchased there. I have almost finished one of the things I purchased there, so I wanted to finally sit down and write my beauty haul post from October 2025 before I write a review post of one of the products from this haul!

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Bath and Body Works’ 2026 Disney Princess Favorite Products

Published on February 26, 2026February 25, 2026 by essieofwhoLeave a comment

Almost two weeks ago, Bath and Body Works released their Disney Princess Collection for 2026. They previously released a Disney Princess collection in 2025. Both collections have six scents inspired by six Disney Princesses. They include Belle, Tiana, Rapunzel, Aurora, Mulan, and Snow White. The 2026 collection has four new scents (Rapunzel, Aurora, Mulan, and Snow White) inspired by Princesses that were not a part of the 2025 collection. In addition to these four new scents, two previous scents (Belle and Tiana) from the 2025 collection were rereleased and a seventh scent (Life is a Fairy Tale) that was not inspired by a specific princess were released for the 2026 collection. The scents were available in multiple products and merchandise inspired by specific Princesses and the Disney Princess brand were released as well.

I wrote a post about the description of each of the fragrances in this year’s collection. (You can read it here) In this post, I wanted to share my favorite products in this collection. There are many things I like about this collection, so my list is long. Unfortunately, I decided to skip this collection and not purchase from it. Still, I enjoyed browsing it as was heavily tempted to buy several items from it!

All the product photographs in this post are from Bath and Body Works’ official listings for each of the products. All the pricing information is also from the same listings as well. Not all the products mentioned in this post are available as of the publishing of this post.

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