Reader Swatches: Color Club Limited Series Modern Mosaic Microbatch Collection (all six shades)

Last week I showed you the display for the new Color Club Limited Series Modern Mosaic Microbatch Collection, which is now popping up at Bed Bath & Beyond stores. I want to thank several of you for sharing more pics and info about this collection since then, and today I have swatches of ENTIRE collection to share with you, thanks to reader Jen (@aggiesdoitbetter on Instagram). Jen also has

Special Anniversary Reader Interview Series: Get To Know Kemc914

In honor of the five year anniversary of Nouveau Cheap, I'm interviewing fifteen readers in this very special series, as my way of saying thanks for your support (to read more about this interview series, including how the readers were selected, click here).

All of the readers who were interviewed for this series were given the same ten questions, and they were asked to submit a picture of

Spotted: NEW CoverGirl Katy Perry Bombshell Collection

Thanks to several of you for pics and heads-ups about this one! It appears that this new CoverGirl Katy Perry display is now popping up at CVS locations across the nation but as of the time of this post, I do not know if it's exclusive to CVS.

Reader Stephanie (@xmisseducation on Twitter) was nice enough to share lots of pics of this display with us, so we can see what's new (and what's being

(UPDATED) NEW Sally Girl Spring 2014 Limited Edition Fresh Picked Nail Color Collection

UPDATE: I just received additional photos and shade names of this collection, which I have added to the bottom of this post.

Attention milky glitter lovers! Sally Beauty is releasing a new limited edition Sally Girl nail polish collection for April (you may have already seen it at your local Sally store) and if you liked the Ice Cream Shoppe Collection, you might like this one too!



Many

Rite Aid 20% Off Shopping Pass

Attention Rite Aid shoppers! I received this information directly from Rite Aid and I wanted to share it with you ASAP. This 20% off shopping pass is for ALL Rite Aid customers, for "almost everything" IN-STORE only:




Bring in spring with Rite Aid’s GOLD for a day 20% off shopping pass! Starting Monday, March 31, you can use the shopping pass above through Wednesday, April 16, to save on

The Weekly Drugstore Makeup Sales (3/30 - 4/5)

Your weekly wrap-up of drugstore beauty sales and more...



PRINTABLE BEAUTY COUPONS


REMEMBER: Many of the coupons listed below will go nicely with this week's sales, so take a moment to match them up accordingly. If you don't see the following coupons when you click the links below, that means the coupons have already been taken down. Sorry if you missed them but sometimes they go

The Lipstick League – week of 3.24.14

Chocolate Cronut



I had my first Cronut this week (half donut, half croissant) and it really does taste like both! This one had chocolate cream filling inside, which was a nice surprise.


  Lipstick League Question of the Week


 What’s the one makeup product you can skip if crunched on time? 

G's answer: Eyeshadow. As long as I have my brows filled and some mascara and liner on, I can

Review: NEW Total Intensity by Prestige Makeup Collection

Press Sample
Back at the beginning of March, I posted about how Prestige Cosmetics recently turned its Total Intensity line of products into its very own brand (available at Rite Aid, Duane Reade and other retailers, as well as on the Prestige Cosmetics website). I received a nice assortment of Total Intensity products for review, and today I'd like to share my thoughts with you!




NEW Total

NYC Spring 2014 Limited Edition City Bloom Collection: Swatches and First Impressions

Purchased by Me
I purchased a few of the NYC Spring 2014 Limited Edition City Bloom Collection products the other day at Rite Aid, so I thought I would share some initial thoughts and also some swatches with you today!

NOTE: I added lots of additional photos and info to my post HERE of the entire collection, if you want a better look at everything this collection has to offer (everything in

Guess what came in the mail today?

Purchased by Me


Well that was fast! Look what showed up on my doorstep this afternoon:





 Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette and full-size Shadow Insurance (retail value $69)

(HSN price: $29 + tax. It's still available here.)

I placed my order on Day One of the frenzy (3/24), and it arrived today, 3/27! I posted yesterday that this deal is still available, but I have heard from a few readers

Spotted in the Permanent Wet n Wild Display: Holiday 2013 In The Spotlight Coloricon Eyeshadow Palettes

Well this is certainly news to me! Many thanks to reader Theresa for this one--Theresa spotted something very interesting in the permanent Wet n Wild display at her local CVS this week:




image credit: Theresa for Nouveau Cheap

Wet n Wild Holiday 2013 In The Spotlight Coloricon Eyeshadow Palettes in

No Neutral Ground and Lights! Camera! Attention!

in the permanent display at CVS

(retail: $

Essence Cosmetics at Walgreens

You may recall that in April of 2013, I posted a reader sighting of a full Essence Cosmetics display at Walgreens (CLICK HERE to see what the display looks like). I know that some of you have since spotted a full display at your Walgreens locations, but I just received an official press release about it, and wanted to share!




ESSENCE COSMETICS - NOW AVAILABLE IN SELECT WALGREENS LOCATIONS

Hot Deal: Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara 2-Pack for $25 SHIPPED

Here's another great Too Faced deal currently on the HSN website! Thanks so much to reader Jessalyn for leaving a comment about this on the You Tell Me page today. Check it out:






Get TWO full-size Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascaras in Black for $25 + FREE SHIPPING on the HSN website HERE. This mascara retails for $23 per tube at Sephora, so you're getting two for almost the price of one!

Spotted: NEW Color Club Limited Series Modern Mosaic Microbatch Collection

Well this is very exciting news for my fellow Color Club fans! Did you hear about this new "Limited Series" of "Micro Batches" that Color Club is releasing this year? Reader Cyndiinphilly spotted the Modern Mosaic Collection, part of this new Limited Series, at her Bed Bath & Beyond last week. Check it out:





image credit: Cyndiinphilly for Nouveau Cheap

Color Club Limited Series Modern

Spotted at Big Lots :Wet n Wild Spring 2013 Limited Edition 8-Pans for $1.50 (and more!)

I don't even know how to start this post except for to say: GET THEE TO BIG LOTS STAT.

This week, several of you have reported finding the Wet n Wild Spring 2013 Limited Edition Spring Forward Palettes (including the one that's a nice alternative to the Urban Decay Naked 1 Palette) for A DOLLAR FIFTY EACH and the Summer 2013 Limited Edition Pop Art Craze Trios for $1.20 each! Check it out:

Breaking Beauty News: Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette BACK IN STOCK at HSN

If you missed out on THIS KILLER DEAL a few days ago, you are in luck! Huge thanks to readers Pao and Donna for commenting on my original post just now and letting us know that it's BACK IN STOCK! You can get the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette along with a full-size Shadow Insurance ($69 value) for $29 SHIPPED by following the tip HERE.

NOTE: If you have any issues with the code or any other

Special Anniversary Reader Interview Series: Get To Know Mrs. B!

In honor of the five year anniversary of Nouveau Cheap, I'm interviewing fifteen readers in this very special series, as my way of saying thanks for your support (to read more about this interview series, including how the readers were selected, click here).

All of the readers who were interviewed for this series were given the same ten questions, and they were asked to submit a picture of

The Wednesday Question

How do you feel about do-it-yourself hair treatments (hair masks, deep conditioners, hot oils, etc.). Have you ever used one? And if so, how often do you use them? What type do you prefer? 



I see them at the drugstore and I always think, "Oh, I should pick one up and give a try" but I rarely get around to it. I sometimes opt for a deep conditioning hair treatment when I'm at the salon

Review & Swatches: Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Limited Edition Palm Beach Jellies Triple Shine Collection

Press Sample 
So you know I was QUITE excited when I first showed you the display for the new limited edition jelly polishes from Sally Hansen (click here to see what the display looks like). I've been trying to find these in my area ever since my original post and then, as luck would have it, I received the entire collection for review.

I realize that jellies aren't for everyone, and some of

Laura Geller Semi-Annual Sale NOW through Wednesday

This just hit my in-box so I wanted to share with all of you Laura Geller fans!




NOW through Wednesday 3/26 at 11:59PM EDT, receive 30% off sitewide on the Laura Geller website. There is no code required--the discount will appear in your cart at checkout, so you won't see it until the product is in your cart.  You'll also receive free shipping on orders of $50 or more, plus a free gift with

Review: Lush Limited Edition Easter 2014 Collection

Press Sample 
The Lush Easter 2014 goodies have landed! There are ten products in the range this year, and you can view them all here (or at your nearest Lush retail location). I received five of the ten products from the Easter 2014 range for review, so let's not waste any time! Here's a closer look at these cuties.


 

Lush Limited Edition Easter 2014 Goodies

(retail: $5.95 - $10.95 at Lush)

The contents of my Target Spring 2014 Beauty Box

Purchased by Me 
PLEASE NOTE: The Target Spring 2014 Beauty Box is no longer available for purchase on the Target website. I'm only showing it to you because A LOT of you ordered it when I posted about it on March 3rd (see my original post here). So I thought it might be fun to compare boxes and see if we all got the same packaging/contents.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEXT TARGET

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette + Full-Size Shadow Insurance for $29 SHIPPED (Hurry!)

Huge thanks to reader Julia Tran for leaving a comment on the You Tell Me page last night about this one! Right now on the HSN website, the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette is being offered for $49 + free shipping, and it comes with a full-size Shadow Insurance:






Keep reading for a tip about how to get this for just $29 (with free shipping)...but hurry before it's sold out!




If you're a

Free full-size It's A 10 Miracle Leave-In Conditioner Plus Keratin with any $20 purchase at Ulta (IN-STORE ONLY)

Thanks to several of you this week for sharing that Ulta is giving away a FREE full-size It's A 10 Miracle Leave-In Conditioner Plus Keratin (retail: $20) with ANY $20 purchase now through 4/5 (IN-STORE ONLY). 

After reader Sunni left a comment about this on the You Tell Me page on 3/17, I looked at the Ulta ad for 3/16 - 4/5 again and sure enough, this totally slipped past me the first time:

The Lipstick League – week of 3.17.14

Lipstick League Question of the Week: 



What is your all-time favorite drugstore lipstick? 

G's answer: Oh my goodness, this is an impossible question for me! If I had to choose though, it would probably be the two that I seem to reach for the very most when I just don't want to think about what color to wear on my lips. Those would be Rimmel Lasting Finish Matte Lipstick in #104 (which

The Weekly Drugstore Makeup Sales (3/23 - 3/29)

Your weekly wrap-up of drugstore beauty sales and more...



PRINTABLE BEAUTY COUPONS


REMEMBER: Many of the coupons listed below will go nicely with this week's sales, so take a moment to match them up accordingly. If you don't see the following coupons when you click the links below, that means the coupons have already been taken down. Sorry if you missed them but sometimes they go

Review: "NEW" Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Single in Tastefully Taupe

Purchased by Me
You may have noticed that I put the word NEW in quotes in the title of this post. That's because this shade isn't actually new, as most of you Maybelline fans probably already know. For 2014, Maybelline upgraded the packaging of their existing Expert Wear Eyeshadows, and I believe they reformulated them as well.

In the early 2000s, the Expert Wear shadows came in translucent

Five new readers selected for the Special Anniversary Interview Series

Well let's try this one more time! For my Special Anniversary Reader Interview Series, I originally selected 15 readers (see this post) and of those 15, six never responded. So I drew six MORE names at random, and of those six, five did not respond by the deadline.

Therefore, I'm doing something different this time, in the hopes that the new readers selected will respond.  I took all of the

Precision Beauty: Eco-Friendly Makeup Brush Line by Swissco

Did you know that Swissco (makers of the Beauty Blender dupe that you can get at Ross, Marshalls, etc. and many other products) has an eco-friendly makeup brush line? I posted about this earlier today on my Instagram and several of you said that you've been spotting these brushes at TJMaxx for about $6 each for the larger face brushes. So far the feedback from you has been quite good--some of you

NEW Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Rapid Moisture® Spray Lotion

If you've loving the recent wave of drugstore spray lotions, then you might be excited to know that Palmer's has just released their own version! Here's the scoop:




NEW Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Rapid Moisture® Spray Lotion

(around $6, 7.0 oz)





From Palmer's: 

As the “spray and go” revolution in skin/body care continues to grow, it was only a matter of time before the #1 Cocoa Butter

Review: Nivea A Kiss Of Care & Color Lip Care in Sheer Crimson

Purchased by Me 
I was pretty excited when I first posted about this new lip balm line from Nivea back in January, and I finally found them at Rite Aid last month so I picked up Sheer Crimson. I've been wearing this off and on for a few weeks now--keep reading for my thoughts!




NEW Nivea A Kiss Of Care & Color Lip Care in Sheer Crimson

(retail: around $4.50 each, 0.17 oz)




There are four

Spotted: Pure Ice Luck Of The Stylish display (NEW SHADES)

Attention Pure Ice fans! If you haven't seen this end-cap display at your local Walmart yet, there are some new shades here! Thanks so much to longtime reader Cyndiinphilly for this one. Cyndi spotted this display at her local Walmart last week and shared some pics with us:




 image credit: Cyndiinphilly for Nouveau Cheap

NEW Pure Ice Luck Of The Stylish Collection

(retail: $1.97 each at

Reader Swatches: Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Electro-Shock (from the Revlon Limited Edition Spiderman 2 Collection)

Apparently a LOT of you missed my post on the Revlon Limited Edition Electric Chrome (AKA Spiderman 2) Collection from a month ago, because this week in particular I have been tagged/tweeted/emailed like crazy with people asking if I've ever heard of this collection, and if I need photos for the blog. I want to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to share info about this one, but

(UPDATED) New NYC Color Wheel Mosaic Face Powder in Bronzed Pink

When I was on the Target website last night, I spotted something interesting that I wanted to share with you:





image source: Target website

NYC Color Wheel Mosaic Face Powder in Bronzed Pink

(retail: $4.99, 0.32 oz)



UPDATED: The Color Wheel above, called Bronzed Pink, is a new-for-2014 permanent shade. I could only find two reviews of it online here and here (both written in February of

Makeup and Nail Polish Lovers: GET THEE TO KMART ASAP

If you have a Kmart nearby (or even if it's a little drive) it could be VERY worth your while to get over to your nearest Kmart...STAT! As I mentioned a few days ago, Kmart is currently overhauling their makeup and nail polish department IN A BIG WAY, so they're clearancing out the old to make way for the new (and the new stuff is just as exciting!).

I have compiled some great information from

Hot Deals on NYX, ButterLONDON and elf

Thanks to several readers here on the blog and on social media for taking the time to remind us of the deals below:




If you haven't set reminders for yourself about the deals you want to grab during Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty Steals (CLICK HERE for my original post), don't forget that the ButterLONDON deal is going on TODAY ONLY (3/20) in-store and online.







Also TODAY ONLY (3/20), save 30%

(UPDATED) Spotted: NYC Spring 2014 Limited Edition City Bloom Collection

UPDATED 3/28/14: To see my SWATCHES of some of the products below, click here.

Aaaah, springtime. The pastels are out in full-force again for Spring 2014, and NYC is giving us a ton of affordable options this season. The spring collections from NYC are always a favorite of mine (remember that fun green gloss in the Spring 2013 Let's Paint The Town Collection?).But if I'm going to get nostalgic (

Swatches: OPI Nail Lacquer in Next Stop...The Bikini Zone (From the Spring/Summer 2014 Brazil Collection)

Purchased by Me
When I saw Carolina's beautiful swatches of the OPI Brazil Collection back in February, I was impressed by how many beautiful cremes there were in the collection, although nothing jumped out at me as a "gotta have it" shade. I already have so many cremes, and none of the shades in the Brazil Collection looked super unique, compared to my existing stash.

But when I saw this

Review: Method Summer 2014 Limited Edition Vanilla Creme Foaming Hand Wash

Purchased by Me 
Ever since I first posted about the Method Summer 2014 Collection fragrances, I've been stalking my local Target for them.  I finally saw them about two weeks ago on the top shelf of the permanent Method hand soap display at Target, and I immediately grabbed the hand soap in Vanilla Creme.

If you missed my original post, this collection was inspired by "sophisticated sweets

Special Anniversary Reader Interview Series: Get to Know Phoebe!

In honor of the five year anniversary of Nouveau Cheap, I'm interviewing fifteen readers in this very special series, as my way of saying thanks for your support (to read more about this interview series, including how the readers were selected, click here).

All of the readers who were interviewed for this series were given the same ten questions, and they were asked to submit a picture of

The Wednesday Question

Waterproof or washable mascara?



I think I'm in the minority here, but I prefer washable. I actual never use waterproof mascara, because I don't like to use eye makeup remover if I can avoid it (I like facial cleansers that can remove everything at all once, because I'm lazy like that!). I also don't like any extra tugging or pulling in my eye area and waterproof mascaras, for me at least,

Review: Milani Limited Edition 2014 Rose Powder Blush Collection

Press Sample 
I probably don't have to remind you that the original Milani Limited Edition Rose Powder Blushes from Summer 2013 were a huge hit with Milani fans. I reviewed one of those original blushes in August of 2013 and I still adore it to this day. But Milani really stepped it up this year when they released the 2014 Limited Edition Rose Powder Blushes. Milani told me that they went for "

40% off AND free shipping today only at The Body Shop!

Huge thanks to reader Tanya for leaving a comment on the You Tell Me page just now about this one:






TODAY ONLY (March 18th) on The Body Shop's US website, you'll get free shipping (no minimum order required and no code required) plus 40% off the entire site with code SAVE40. Wow, this is one awesome deal that you don't see too often! If you've been wanting to try just one or two things from

Review: Suave Professionals Moroccan Infusion Body Lotion

Press Sample
Remember back in the beginning of February when I showed you some of the new-for-2014 products from Suave? The one I was the most excited to try was this new body lotion, and I actually received a sample from Suave not too long after my post (I'll also be reviewing the dry oil and some of the other new products in the near future). Today I'd like to show this new lotion and let you

Review: EcoTools Pure Complexion Deep Cleansing Facial Sponge (Konjac & Bamboo Charcoal)

Purchased by Me 
Back in January I did a post about all of the new-for-2014 products from EcoTools (you can see them all here), and one of their most intriguing new products was the Konjac (AKA Konnyaku) facial sponges, or Pure Complexion Facial Sponges, as EcoTools calls them. (Konjac/Konnyaku is a fibrous, edible root plant native to Asia, in case you're unfamiliar with the term.)

Konjac

Spotted: Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Limited Edition Color Destinations Diamond Strength Bermuda Breeze Collection

Another Color Destinations collection? Yep! In the past week or so, I've shown you the Limited Edition Palm Beach Triple Shine Jellies, the South Beach Shores Salon Effects, the Moroccan Express Insta-Dris and these new Complete Salon Manicure shades (which might be part of the Color Destinations Collection but we don't have confirmation of that just yet). And now there's another one!



Many

Spotted: Rimmel Summer 2014 Limited Edition Sweetie Crush Nail Polish Collection (and you can get one for $0.35 this week!)

The Sweetie Crush Collection has landed in the US! This line of textured polishes has been in the UK since January, I believe. Lou of Painted Nails & Baking Scales actually just shared with me that they're in the permanent Rimmel display in the UK--but they're definitely limited edition here in the US.

Many thanks my pal Brooke of Blushing Noir blog for this sighting. Brooke spotted the Limited

The Weekly Drugstore Makeup Sales (3/16 - 3/22)

Your weekly wrap-up of drugstore beauty sales and more...



PRINTABLE BEAUTY COUPONS


REMEMBER: Many of the coupons listed below will go nicely with this week's sales, so take a moment to match them up accordingly. If you don't see the following coupons when you click the links below, that means the coupons have already been taken down. Sorry if you missed them but sometimes they go

The Lipstick League – week of 3.10.14

Lipstick League Question of the Week: 


 On average, how often do you make impulse beauty purchases? What type of product is your biggest weakness? 

G's answer: Quite often (I can't even begin to give you an average). But as I like to say: "Blame it on the blog!"  If I find something new at the drugstore that I think you might like to know about, I will impulse-purchase so that I can share

Spotted at Target: NEW Shea Moisture Cosmetics line

It's here! It's here! I've heard from three lovely readers this week who have told me that they've spotted the new Shea Moisture cosmetics line (exclusive to Target and debuting this month) at their local Target stores, and today I have pics of the display to share with you! As of the time of this post, these products are not on the Target website, so you'll have to keep your eyes peeled for them

Spotted: Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Limited Edition Color Destinations Moroccan Express Insta-Dri Collection

Well whaddaya know! The Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Color Destinations line contains yet ANOTHER display!

For those keeping score: The other known displays in the Color Destinations Collection are the Palm Beach Triple Shine Jellies, the South Beach Shores Salon Effects and these new Complete Salon Manicure shades might be part of the Color Destinations Collection too, but we don't have

Spotted at Costco: Bobbi Brown Lipstick Trios and Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour

I've got some excellent Costco sightings for you to, courtesy of reader Mica! Mica spotted some Chanel and Bobbi Brown goodies at her local Costco and was nice enough to share some pics with us.

NOTE: Inventory varies from store to store, so I would strongly suggest calling your Costco to see if they have these products first, just to save yourself a trip!




 image credit: Mica for Nouveau

Spotted! New Orly Color Blast line (40 shades + 7 treatments)

Here's something interesting for you! After a quick Google search, I discovered that in 2011, Orly came out with a line of polishes for Canadian drugstores called Color Blast by Orly. I believe this was sort of an offshoot line for drugstores in the same vein as Nicole by OPI is for OPI. I don't think this line lived for very long because, in 2012, I noticed that various nail bloggers were

Spotted: NEW Black Radiance Limited Edition Loose Shimmer Shadow & Eyeshadow Primer Sets

Well what do we have here? Loose shimmer shadows in bright, bold colors that come with their own eyeshadow primer for $2.99 PER SET? That sounds pretty darned awesome to me!

Many thanks to reader Kitty for this one. Kitty spotted this new Black Radiance (from the makers of Wet n Wild) limited edition display at Walgreens this week and was nice enough to share pics with us. Take a look!




 

Spotted: L.A. Girl Feather Frenzy Collection

Many thanks to my pal Emi at Project Swatch for this one. Emi spotted the new L.A. Girl Feather Frenzy Collection at Rite Aid this week and was nice enough to share a pic:




image credit: Project-Swatch for Nouveau Cheap

NEW L.A. Girl Feather Frenzy Collection




For official info about this collection check out the L.A. Girl website here (they retail for $5 each on the L.A. Girl website but

Spotted: NEW Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Shades

My first assumption, when my pal Emi of Project-Swatch showed these pics to me, was to say, "Ah-HA! There are Complete Salon Manicure polishes in the Color Destinations Collection!" But after thinking about it for a while, I'm now hesitant to say that. But that's only because I've made assumptions like that in the past and have been proven wrong. BUT, these new shades all have beachy-themed names

NEW Palmer's Skin Therapy Face Oil

Over the past month or so, I have heard from SEVERAL of you about this new-for-2014 product from Palmer's that's been popping up in stores lately (it's also available online--I'll provide that info at the end of this post).

I've heard from readers who have been 1) using it 2) desperately looking for it and 3) requesting that I review it. Those of you who have been using it have all loved it (

Reader Swatches: Sally Girl Spring 2014 Limited Edition Ice Cream Shoppe Collection

As I mentioned earlier today, if you're heading to Sally Beauty this weekend to take advantage of the 50% off Red Tag Clearance Sale, there are some other goodies to check out right now at your local Sally. One of those goodies is the Spring 2014 Limited Edition Ice Cream Shoppe Collection (click here to see a pic of the display). As most of you know, Sally Girl polishes come in mini bottles (

Reader Swatches: Super Lustrous Lipsticks in Carnival Spirit and Sultry Samba from the Revlon Rio Rush Collection

By now, I'm guessing that more of you have spotted the Spring/Summer Gucci Westman Rio Rush Collection at your local drugstores (click here if you missed my pics of this collection from last month). Since that post, I have heard from several of you that the gold glitter polish in that collection (Gold Goddess) IS a gold flake polish, in the same vein as NYC Top of the Gold and Zoya Maria Luisa.

Spotted: Piggy Polish at Rite Aid

Over the past week or so, I've heard from some readers who have been finding the brand Piggy Polish at Rite Aid. I was very surprised by this, since I don't recall ever seeing this brand at Rite Aid before (they're only sold at Ulta in my area).

I just got a pic from my pal Jenna (of Oh That Jenna blog) of the display she spotted at her Rite Aid this week--take a look:




image credit: Jenna

Maybelline Limited Edition Color Show Crystallize Polishes: Coming to the US?

There's a brand new limited edition collection of Maybelline textured polishes that have just debuted in the UK and I'm hoping we get these in the US soon! Longtime reader Lou of Painted Nails & Baking Scales spotted these recently in the UK and was nice enough to share bottles shots and swatches with us. Take look:




 image credit: Lou for Nouveau Cheap

Spotted in the UK: Maybelline Limited

Six new readers selected for the Special Anniversary Interview Series

As per the terms stated in my original post here, I did not hear back from six of the 15 readers who were randomly selected to participate in my special anniversary reader interview series. I'm very sorry to say that the following readers did not respond by the deadline of Midnight Pacific on March 11th:

Tamera Oldfield (commented on January 29th at 5:07PM)
Goliath1367 (commented on January 29th

It's BACK! Sally Beauty 50% off Red Tag Clearance Sale Now through Sunday (plus some other great deals you should know about)

It's BAAACK! Today through Sunday, you'll receive an additional 50% off red tag clearance merchandise both in-store and online at Sally Beauty. If you're new to Sally Beauty, you might not understand why this is such a big deal around here. Generally, this is when lots of us stock up on various China Glaze, Orly, Finger Paints, etc. polishes for around $2 a bottle, or less! I can't count how

Major Changes to the Target Beauty Department

In the past month, several of you have told me that your Target store's beauty department has been completely stripped, indicating a major overhaul. If you have noticed this happening at YOUR local Target this month, consider yourself very lucky!

According to this article on Zee Report, Target is overhauling their beauty department in a very big way, starting with 750 stores (I'm assuming the

TODAY ONLY (3/13): 50% off Tarte Cheek Stains and Power Pigments

Huge thanks to longtime reader Delmy (@theonlydelmy on Instagram) for alerting me to the fact that Lucky Magazine JUST posted this on their Instagram a few minutes ago:




image source: Lucky Magazine Instagram account

Get these for 50% off TODAY ONLY with the special Lucky Breaks code!



From @luckymagazine:



Today only, get 50% off @tartecosmetics' Cheek Stain and Power Pigment (two of our

Review: Kleancolor Femme Lipstick in After Hours (Navy Blue)

Purchased by Me 
I know that a lot of us are anxious for the release of the NYX Macaron Collection of colored lipsticks this year but if you aren't already aware, there's another affordable line of boldly-colored lipsticks already on the market by Kleancolor (retail: $1.99 each).  Last year, Kleancolor introduced some very bold shades into their Femme Lipstick line, including olive green, lime,

Spotted: Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Limited Edition Color Destinations South Beach Shores Salon Effects Collection

UPDATE: More designs spotted! See pics at the end of this post.

Remember yesterday when I posted about the new Limited Edition Color Destinations Triple Shine Palm Beach Jellies, and I mentioned that that were probably other displays in the Color Destinations collection? There are! Last night my pal Emi of Project-Swatch shared a pic of the Color Destinations South Beach Shores Salon Effects

The Wednesday Question

For this week's question, I'm "going there" and addressing a topic that some of us probably don't like to talk about. That topic? Forearm hair.



Are you happy with your forearm hair? If not, do you remove it? And if you remove it, what's your method?



I'm gonna give it to you straight. My forearm hair SUCKS and I hate it. It's sparse yet dark and kind of long in certain spots (long in

Spotted: NEW Sally Hansen Summer 2014 Limited Edition Color Destinations Palm Beach Jellies Triple Shine Collection

A new limited edition collection made up entirely of jellies, you say? By Sally Hansen, you say? I'M IN.

That's pretty much all reader A Mani Maniac had to say last night when she left a comment on the You Tell Me page about this new collection, and I was off to social media begging asking all of you for pics of the display. I had to see these for myself and, as luck would have it, longtime

Review: NEW Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Tinted Lip Balm in Dark Chocolate & Cherry

Purchased by Me 
Palmer's has released some new lip care products for 2014, and I spotted them a while back at Bed Bath & Beyond (a location with an extended beauty department). Today I'm going to be reviewing the one that really caught my eye and found its way home with me, but I also have photos for you of the other new lip care products (wait until you see them--they're adorable!) at the very

Just In: Swatches of the new Maybelline Limited Edition Baby Lips Pink'ed Collection

I just updated my original post with swatches from reader Kratrina and a link to MORE swatches from reader Brittney. Click here to view them!

Special Anniversary Reader Interview Series: Get to Know Molly!

In honor of the five year anniversary of Nouveau Cheap, I'm interviewing fifteen readers in this very special series, as my way of saying thanks for your support (to read more about this interview series, including how the readers were selected, click here).

All of the readers who were interviewed for this series were given the same ten questions, and they were asked to submit a picture of

New scents from Airwick: Cinnabon, Snuggle and Baby Magic

For newer readers, from time to time here on Nouveau Cheap I love to blog about home fragrance (candles, tarts, etc.). I think a lot of beauty lovers also tend to be lovers of home fragrance...they kind of go hand-in-hand, right?  That said, I wanted you to know that there's a new line of Airwick fragrances out now that is kind of fun! Take a look:




NEW Airwick Familiar Favorites Collection

NEW eclos Daily Facial Cleansing Oil

I know I've mentioned before that 2014 is shaping up to be the Year of the Drugstore Cleansing Oil. We've already seen one from Garnier (click here for my review) hit stores this year, with more to follow (Simple is scheduled to release one this May, and I've heard rumors that Pond's may be coming out with one for the US too). I hope that Maybelline's cleansing oil (available in Asia, the UK and

Just In: Get a L'Occitane 20th Anniversary Shea Butter Hand Cream Set for $3 (hurry!)

This just hit my in-box from L'Occitane so I wanted to share it with you ASAP so you don't miss out (if you're interested!):




Get this special L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream Set for $3!


Now through March 30th, L’OCCITANE is proud to share their newest Facebook collector’s offer. To celebrate L’OCCITANE’s Shea Butter Hand Cream's 20th anniversary, the brand is offering Facebook fans their

Spotted: NEW Maybelline Spring 2014 Limited Edition Deep Velvets Color Plush Eyeshadow Quads

Purchased by Me
Remember last month when I showed you the new Maybelline Limited Edition Mega Plush Deep Vevlets Colored Mascaras? Well did you know that there's a larger display now popping up in stores that also contains new Limited Edition Color Plush Quads? Yep! Many thanks to longtime reader Kratrina of All The Beautiful Colors for this one. Kratrina spotted this display at Bed Bath &

Swatches & Comparisons: NEW Revlon Graffiti Top Coat 678

Purchased by Me 
Are you "over" graffiti/splatter polishes yet? If this answer is no, then I hope this post helps you determine whether or not you "need" one of the new Revlon Graffiti Top Coats!

To refresh your memory, Revlon added some new shades to their permanent, core polish line this year, which I first showed you back in January. I have since found these polishes both in the permanent

HOT deals on ButterLONDON, Deborah Lippmann, Stila, LORAC and more (with FREE shipping)

I've blogged about 6pm.com in the past but if you're new to this site, it's the sister company of Zappos and, just like Zappos, you get EVERYDAY FREE SHIPPING on your purchases, no minimum order required and no code required.



Right now at 6PM, there are some fantastic beauty deals to be had! Here's just a sampling of what you will find:






Just a few of the great deals currently available

Stila Spring Soiree: 25% off + Free Shipping now through Friday

Thanks to several of you on social media for taking the time to share this with me this morning! If you aren't signed up to get Stila emails, you may not know about this one so here you go!




Now through Friday, 3/14, enter code SPRING25 at checked on the Stila website to receive 25% off your order and free shipping (no minimum order required). This code is not valid on sale items.

Thanks

The Ulta 21 Days of Beauty Steals 2014 Calendar of Events is now up!

Many thanks to longtime reader Jenny (@soleseoulsoul on Twitter) for being the first to alert me that the Ulta Spring 2014 21 Days of Beauty Steals event calendar is now up on the Ulta website!




Ulta 21 Days of Beauty Steals 2014 

March 16th - April 5th ONLINE AND IN-STORE

Click here to view the calendar of events, including all three weeks' worth of daily deals! (Spoiler Alert: the

The Weekly Drugstore Makeup Sales (3/9 - 3/15)

Your weekly wrap-up of drugstore beauty sales and more...



PRINTABLE BEAUTY COUPONS


REMEMBER: Many of the coupons listed below will go nicely with this week's sales, so take a moment to match them up accordingly. If you don't see the following coupons when you click the links below, that means the coupons have already been taken down. Sorry if you missed them but sometimes they go

The Lipstick League – week of 3.3.14

Lipstick League Question of the Week: 



 Name the last beauty product that was a failure for you. 

G's answer: I'm going to have to go with that new Ulta lipstick I reviewed here. It had poor staying power, it left me with "ring-around-the-lip" as it wore away, it had a bitter plastic taste and...shall I go on?


Links of the Week

Chalkboard Nails - Chalkboard Nails shares her swatches

Spotted: NEW Maybelline Baby Lips Limited Edition Pink'ed Collection

UPDATED WITH SWATCHES ON 3/11/14.

Attention Baby Lips fanatics! No sign yet of the mysterious Crystal Collection, but here's something to keep you busy until then! Huge thanks to longtime reader Kratrina of All the Beautiful Colors for this one. Kratrina spotted the brand spankin' new Pink'ed Collection at Bed Bath & Beyond this week and was nice enough to share lots of pics with us. Take a look

The new OPI Glitter Off Peel-able Base Coat is now available at Ulta

I've been hearing so much chatter about this new Glitter Off Peel-able Base Coat from OPI both from you and from nail bloggers across the interwebs! So when I saw that it was finally available on the Ulta website today, I had to share it with you.

If you have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, all will be revealed...just keep reading!




Now at Ulta: NEW OPI Glitter Off Peel-able Base

Special Anniversary Reader Interview Series: Get to Know Jammies!

In honor of the five year anniversary of Nouveau Cheap, I'm interviewing fifteen readers in this very special series, as my way of saying thanks for your support (to read more about this interview series, including how the readers were selected, click here).

All of the readers who were interviewed for this series were given the same ten questions, and they were asked to submit a picture of

Prestige Cosmetics Launches Total Intensity Brand

Attention Prestige fans! I'm sure you're aware of Prestige's Total Intensity line of cosmetics (I'm a huge, longtime fan of the original Total Intensity eyeliners, which were one of the first highly-pigmented glide-on liners to hit drugstores several years ago) but did you know that the Total Intensity line is now becoming its OWN BRAND? Read on for the details...




Total Intensity believes

The e.l.f. Studio Blush Palettes are here!

I know a lot of you have been anxiously awaiting this, so I want to be sure you know that the new e.l.f. Studio Blush Palettes are finally here! e.l.f. posted about it on their Instagram a little earlier today and I believe they've been on the website for a little while now. In case you haven't seen these yet, here you go:




 image source: eyeslipsface.com

NEW e.l.f. Studio Blush Palette in

theBalm is on HauteLook NOW (and other ways to save)

Thanks so much to everyone on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and here on the blog for the tip about this event! If you haven't heard:




theBalm is now on HauteLook (the event started this morning) through Monday, 3/10, at 8AM Pacific.

Also, just a reminder about some other ways to save on theBalm Cosmetics:

At Kohl's (in-store and online): you can get the Betty-Lou and Mary-Lou Manizers in a

Review: Milani Matte Baked Blushes in Delizioso Pink and Bella Rosa

Press Sample 
Longtime readers might recall that my Holy Grail blush of all time is the Milani Baked Blush in Red Vino. That blush is my everything--it's insanely pigmented (seriously, just a whisper of a sweep on each cheek and I'm good to go), the color works incredibly well on my NC20 skintone (it makes me look as though I'm truly "blushing") and the staying power is incredible.

So what

Review & Swatches: Wet n Wild Spring 2014 Limited Edition Street Art Collection

Press Sample 
When I first posted about the new Wet n Wild Wild Shine Street Art Collection for Spring 2014 (click here to see what the display looks like), I assumed that  all of the shades would probably be cremes. Boy was I wrong!

Every time I post about jelly polishes here on the blog (or post swatches of my jelly sandwich manicures), I always seem to get asked the same question: "Can you

Review: ChapStick Spring 2014 Limited Edition Pomegranate Gumdrop & Citrus Jelly Bean Lip Balms

Press Sample 
Shortly after I posted the press info for these new Spring 2014 Limited Edition lip balms from ChapStick, I received both flavors for review. I've been using these off and on for a few weeks now, and I'd love to share my thoughts with you! These limited edition flavors were scheduled to hit stores beginning March 1st, so I'm guessing that some of you have already spotted them.

L'Oreal Miss Manga Mascaras: Coming soon to the US?

A little birdie told me that we may be getting the L'Oreal Miss Manga Mascaras here in the US this summer. Wouldn't that be fun? If you haven't seen this line yet (I shared a pic on my Instagram a while back), they've been out in the UK for a few months now. Check 'em out:




image source: L'Oreal UK website

L'Oreal Mega Volume Miss Manga Mascaras






 image source: L'Oreal UK website

The Wednesday Question

Share with us your most recent impulse-beauty-purchase from the drugstore. How has that product been working for you? Any regrets?



My last impulse-purchase was the new Palmer's Cocoa Butter Tinted Lip Balm in the flavor Dark Chocolate & Cherry. You'll have to wait for my review (coming this week) to see if it was a regret!

Hot Tip: Gwen Stefani by OPI Collection now on clearance at Sally Beauty

Thanks so much to reader Sonia (@sonia_bullock on Instagram) for this tip! Starting today, all OPI by Gwen Stefani polishes are 50% off both in-store and online at Sally Beauty:



All Gwen Stefani by OPI polishes now $4.50 each at Sally Beauty

 (in-store and online)



Since this is a red-tag clearance sale, there's no end-date. So get them while you can! If your store does not have sale signs

40% off everything at Cherry Culture now through 3/9

Thanks to several of you on social media for taking the time to share this with us! If you didn't get the email today, check it out:




Now through 3/9, take 40% off everything on the Cherry Culture website with code MMM14 at checkout! You get free shipping on orders of $40 or more, no code required.

Here are the restrictions for the free shipping offer (from the Cherry Culture website):

We

Giving Thanks To You On My Five Year Anniversary (Please Read)

Dearest Readers: This is a long one, but it's important for me to publish this so I hope that you'll take a moment to read it (there's something very special at the end that I hope will make it worth your while).

Last weekend marked the five year anniversary of Nouveau Cheap. In many ways, I can't believe how quickly five years have flown by when it comes to this blog, but in other ways it

Sinful Colors Mod Mod World Display: What's New and What's Not

There's a new and rather large Sinful Colors display now popping up at Walgreens and thanks to three lovely readers, I have lots of pics to share with you, and I can also confirm what's new in this display and what's being repromoted from the core line or previous limited edition collections. So let's get started!


First up, reader Nicole kindly shared these pics of the display, which she

Reader Swatches: NEW Black Radiance Urban Identity Eyeshadow Trios

You might recall at the end of January when I shared with you some pics of the new Black Radiance (from the makers of Wet n Wild) eyeshadows. These are new, permanent additions to the Black Radiance line for 2014. To refresh your memory, here's what the new trios look like--there are more photos in my original post here):




image credit: @Raginrah for Nouveau Cheap

NEW Black Radiance Urban

Important Update Regarding the Target Beauty Box

Thanks to several of you here and on social media for the heads-up about this one! If you placed an order for the Target Beauty Box and you were charged a shipping fee (even if you did not use a Red Card to make your purchase), this was apparently done in ERROR and everyone was supposed to receive this box with FREE SHIPPING. This has been confirmed by Target (see the Target Style Facebook wall)

(Updated) The Target Spring 2014 Beauty Box is now available

UPDATED 3/3/14:

The Target Beauty Box is back! For those of you who are new to this annual (or semi-annual) occurrence, we've seen many versions of the Target Beauty Box over the years. Some of the previous boxes have been free, some have not, some have included a cute makeup bag, some have not. This year's version is NOT free--it costs $5 (with FREE SHIPPING) and it doesn't seem to include a

Spotted: NYC Spring Break 2014 Collection (new permanent products)

Many thanks to reader Vicky for this one! Vicky spotted a new NYC Spring Break display in Canada recently, and was nice enough to share some pics with us. I'm guessing that we'll be seeing this display here in the US soon, and the new products in this display are already on the US version of the NYC website, so there's no doubt that we in the US are getting these goodies too. Take a look!




 

The Weekly Drugstore Makeup Sales (3/2 - 3/8)

Your weekly wrap-up of drugstore beauty sales and more...



PRINTABLE BEAUTY COUPONS


REMEMBER: Many of the coupons listed below will go nicely with this week's sales, so take a moment to match them up accordingly. If you don't see the following coupons when you click the links below, that means the coupons have already been taken down. Sorry if you missed them, but sometimes they go

The Lipstick League – week of 2.24.14

Lipstick League Question of the Week



What’s your current favorite cream eyeshadow? 



G's answer: I have to go with Maybelline Color Tattoos. They wear like iron on me (I don't use primer because I find they work even better without primer on my oily lids), they're extremely pigmented (with a few exceptions), and I love that I can just apply one shade and go. 



Links of the Week

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HOT deals at the drugstores starting tomorrow (3/2)

Here's a quick wrap-up of the hottest beauty deals at the drugstores starting tomorrow (3/2). As always, this is just a quick post in advance of my full wrap-up, which should be up by tomorrow afternoon! Please note that I generally do not include BOGO1/2OFF sales in this post, because those are quite common and not considered a "hot" deal. I only include BOGO1/2OFF sales when they are for

Spotted: Wet n Wild St. Patrick's Day 2014 Get Lucky Display

I want to thank everyone who has taken time to share info and pics with me here, via email and social media about this display over the past few weeks. I am so grateful for all of the information, and I wish that I could share all of the pics that were submitted in this post today.

Since so many of you have spotted this display at Walgreens in the past week or two, I'm guessing that just about