The Barneys New York Love Yourself GWP event happens twice a year (in March and September) and it is an event that I always participate in. When you spend $200.00 in their beauty department you receive a toiletries bag containing a generous about of samples (and even regular sized items) from premium brands for the duration of the promotion.
In addition to the main goody bag various brands offer step up gifts when you spend a certain amount on their products (these gifts and the amount that you need to spend vary greatly from brand to brand).
I always use this event to stock up on products that I use regularly and also ones that Mr C&C uses as Barneys have a great selection of skin care and fragrance for men.
This years Love Yourself bag was a bright Ikat print with a neon zipper. The bags themselves are always high quality with fashionable designs as you would expect from Barneys. I have collected many, many of them over the years and have a whole (deep) drawer full of them...
Inside the bag were the pictured above selection of generously sized samples and minis. As ever with this event there is a good mix of skin care, haircare, body care, fragrances and make up.
Standout items for me are BellaTorra Cellular Renewal Cream (this was a generously sized 12ml sample worth $70.00) and Tatcha Radiant Deep Brightening Serum (again generously sized, 10ml and worth $37.00).
As usual I purchased the majority of items from Chantecaille and Kiehls and above are the generous step up items from these brands. Kiehl's outdid themselves by offering full sizes of their Creme de Corps Soy Milk and Honey Body Polish and Body Butter. The body polish is lovely to use and I have a smaller tube of this in my shower right at this moment. The body butter is really sumptuous, thick and nourishing with a delicious scent - I would use this all the time if money where no object and am thrilled with these generous gifts!
Chantecaille's extra gift was a generously sized wine colored make up pouch along with samples of their Bamboo and Hibiscus Exfoliating Cream, Magnolia, Jasmine and Lily Healing Emulsion (this is an amazing cream to use after a treatment or if your skin is feeling stressed or fragile, it is so soothing) and Retinol Intense+ which I am excited to try as I am stepping up my retinol game and am on the lookout for one that I can use a couple of times a week.
And on to what I bought... For myself I restocked Chantecaille Just Skin and Chantecaille Brilliant Lip Gloss in the shade 'Modern' these are both in my go-to everyday make up kit and I seem to always buy these at this event. I also bought my favorite bargain toner, Kiehl's Ultra Facial Toner. All the other products are for Mr C&C. As usual there's a bunch of manly Kiehl's items and also a couple of items from Menscience. He swears by Menscience Post Shave Repair Spray and whilst I was picking it up their Advanced Face Lotion caught my eye. Ultra light and oil free it contains Alpha and Beta Hydroxy Acids, Hyaluronic acid, Glycerin and Vitamins A,C and E - how good does that sound? I may try it myself!
And finally, just because I can, here's a shot of the whole lot together...
Quite an impressive amount of products wouldn't you say? Right, I'm off to find somewhere to put them all away...
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