Discounted Stila Palette & Individual Sigma brushes

Hey ladies, I have to start out by saying, "wow, it's been a long time!"  Sorry about that... life has kidnapped me, so it has been very hard to stay in touch with all of you :).  I'm back for a quick post, though, and I hope you'll find it useful. 

If you're like me, you take every available opportunity to look at cosmetics online and hope to find a great deal.  Well, our software at work is down right now, so the only thing I can really do is surf the web.  I started out at Sephora and noticed on their homepage that they have a sale going on for Stila's Backstage Beauty Eye Shadow Palette - The Runway Look.  It was originally $40, but now it's on sale for $20... BUT WAIT!!!  I have better news :). 

I remembered seeing this palette on 2 other websites:  www.beautycrunch.com and www.allcosmeticswholesale.com.  At Beauty Crunch, the palette is being sold for $15 and All Cosmetics Wholesale is selling it for $16.99.  I've heard a few things about the reliability of Beauty Crunch, so I decided to purchase it from ACW.  Yay for $3.01 cheaper than Sephora! :)

ALSO... (yes, there's more!), if you haven't noticed, ACW also sells Sigma brushes, including the brushes from their new Pro set.  I was super excited when I stumbled upon them and decided to order a couple of the ones I've had my eye on.  I ordered the SS138 (tapered face brush) for $18.99 and the SS275 (angled shader) for $8.50.  I have no idea why Sigma doesn't sell these brushes individually on their website, but I find it kind-of upsetting.  I'm sure they want people to pony up and buy the entire Pro set, but I can't just drop $149 on brushes.  After all, if you bought any of the other sets (like I did), you probably don't need or want every single brush in the Pro kit, which means they will go to waste because they'll just be collecting dust.

Another thing I really like about ACW is that their shipping is reasonable.  I paid $5.50 for the 3 items, which isn't too bad.  They also ship Internationally and I don't know what their rates are, but I do know they have a lot of information posted on their website for International customers.  So far my experience with them has been a positive one.  If that changes, I'll let you know :).

Happy shopping and I'll be back soon with some "favorites" posts and possibly even a couple of hauls :).