Walgreens Beauty Club Launches!

I was at Walgreens yesterday and I got so excited when the beauty advisor told me about their brand new Beauty Enthusiast program, which is part of Balance Rewards!

I don't know about you, but I've always been SO frustrated by how long it would take to earn rewards with Walgreens' Balance Rewards program. I felt like I had to spend hundreds of dollars before reaching the 5,000 points needed to get a $5 reward. Even though you could earn points faster by buying specific items, most of the time those items weren't what I was looking for.

As a result, I was buying a lot of makeup at CVS because their Extra Care beauty club gave you a $5 reward for every $50 spent on beauty. But if I'm being totally honest, I prefer shopping at Walgreens over all the other drugstores because they have some more unique drugstore brands like Circa, Soap & Glory, and Boots No. 7. Plus, they often put out new products before the other stores do.

The new Walgreens Beauty Enthusiast program now allows you to earn a $5 reward (5,000 points) for every $50 spent on beauty (just like the CVS program). This includes cosmetics, skin care, hair care, oral care, grooming, sun care, fragrance, and bath products, so it's a pretty broad range!

You can sign up for the new program (it's totally free) right on the Walgreens website here. You can sign up in-store with your Balance Rewards card.

Sneak Peek at the NEW Illuminate by Ashley Tisdale Line

Photo: Ashleytisdale on Instagram

Exciting news in the makeup world! Ashley Tisdale has teamed up with BH Cosmetics to create a brand new line called Illuminate by Ashley Tisdale (you might remember her as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical). The line launches on May 27th and I'm drooling over the pretty white packaging and beautiful shades...plus it's supposed to be really affordable.  Let's take a closer look...

Cheek & Lip Tints- 

These cream tints come in six different shades and are meant to work with all skin types and tones. I love the mix of both warm and cool colors!

Photo: Ashleytisdale on Instagram

Photo: Allure

Lip Glosses-

I'm so happy that gloss is making a comeback! These also come in six shades and it looks like there are three lighter nude/pink shades and three deeper mauve/berry shades.

Photo: Ashleytisdale on Instagram

Photo: Allure

Photo: Ashleytisdale on Instagram

Day & Night Eyeshadow and Blush Palettes- 

These two different palettes are meant to take you from a subtle daytime look to a smoky evening look. Beach Goddess contains soft, warm nudes, peaches, taupes and mauve while the cooler-toned Night Goddess offers deeper, smokier shades of gray, brown, plum, and black.

Photo: Ashleytisdale on Instagram

Photo: Ashleytisdale on Instagram

I'm really excited to get my hands on this line and play with all of these beautiful colors. I've had pretty good luck with BH Cosmetics in the past, so I'm looking forward to this launch!

Check out Ashley's Instagram page for updates and more photos of the products!

Photo: Ashleytisdale on Instagram

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Almay Re-Signs Elaine Irwin for New Age Essentials Line

Who remembers the Almay ads from the early to mid-2000's with Elaine Irwin? 

The brand has just announced that they have re-signed the 90's supermodel her to represent their new Age Essentials line, which will feature a foundation, concealer and lip treatment. 

All three products will range from $12.99-$14.99 and contain collagen, hyaluronic acid and peptides to help the skin maintain a more youthful look.

You can see a preview of what the foundation will look like in this ad from WWD.com: 

Photo: WWD.com

The new products are set to arrive sometime this summer...what do you think? Are you excited for this new launch? 

I have to say, I've been underwhelmed by Almay in the past, but I do like the direction they've taken lately by updating some of their products and packaging (like the Smart Shade blushes and bronzer with the star pattern). So I'm really interested to try these new products and see what they're like!

Hourglass Ambient Light Correcting Primers Coming Soon!

I have some really exciting news for Hourglass fans tonight! The brand is releasing three Ambient Light Correcting Primers in Luminous Light, Mood Light and Dim light. 

They haven't released pricing or launch date information but I'm hoping we'll see these in the next few weeks for Summer 2016! 

Are you excited about these?

Revlon Colorstay Foundation Now Has a Pump...Hallelujah!

Photo: Budget Beauty Blog Reader Shannon

Thank you so much to reader Shannon for this heads up! She recently noticed that Revlon Colorstay foundation now comes with a pump. I know this used to be a holy grail drugstore foundation for a lot of you and one major complaint I hear is the lack of a pump on the bottle. Also, the formula was changed in 2013 which was also a big disappointment for a lot of people...they removed the SPF, the finish changed and it took on a funky paint-like smell.

Well guess what? Shannon tells me that the old coverage is back, SPF and all! And no more paint smell...yesss!

She sent me a few pictures of the new pump bottle...they're a little taller than the old ones and she said they're mixed in with the old ones at stores in her town (she's in Indiana).