Breaking News: ALL Boots products 75% off at CVS, new TREsemme Dry Shampoo and more (pic heavy)

Wow, I take a break from my usual drugstore visits for a few days and all heck breaks loose! This drugstore report is packed with info so let me get started asap:

Today I spotted this at my local CVS:

Yep, everything from Boots (all lines) is now 75% off. It looks like CVS is either getting rid of the entire brand, or Boots is going to have a massive makeover. Not sure which one is going to happen, but you just don't see this type of across-the-board sale too often so if you're a Boots fan, get thee to CVS as soon as you can! And if you are a Boots fan, please leave a comment and let us all know what we should be picking up while this sale's going on! I don't have a lot of experience with Boots so I was pretty much a deer caught in headlights in a sea of yellow clearance tags. lol. I didn't buy anything because I just didn't know what to get.

Next, also at CVS, I spotted new Essence of Beauty scents:

Left: Wildflowers, Right, Bergamot Sandalwood

I thought I would love Bergamot Sandalwood and hate Wildflowers, but it was actually just the opposite. Wildflowers is a light, sweet, fresh floral (sort of in the same vein as BBW PS: I Love You Spring Fling) and Bergamot Sandalwood is sort of heavy on the bergamot and just a heavier fragrance in general. Also, it's a bit sharp and just not as feminine as I like my fragrances to be.

Oh, and speaking of EoB, check THIS out:

Essence of Beauty eau de toilettes (retail: $9.99)

Now here's the weird part: three of the four new EDTs are of fragrances that are already a part of the EoB body care collection: Sun Blossom, Citrus Coconut and Passion Flower. But there's a new little beauty in this collection and it's AMAZING: Jasmine Ginger. OMG OMG OMG this smells amazing to me. I rarely get this excited by a new EoB scent, but this is a freaking winner! It's clean, it's sweet, it's a little spicy and I detect a slight citrus note in the mix as well. I really, really hope that they are planning to roll out this scent in the body collection because I'll take one of everything, please. I'm sniffing it right now on my wrist and I cannot WAIT to get a body mist.

And speaking of body mists, check out the newly redesigned Body Fantasies bottles:

Body Fantasies fans, what do we think of this new style bottle? I was sort of shocked to see that there's so much white space on the front label now, but the shape of the bottle is quite modern and sleek. But call me old fashioned--I love the little pictures on the old bottles. lol. These just seem so...upscale!

Next, there are some new additions to my beloved Aveeno haircare line:

Four new styling products for every need! I am seriously eyeing the Smoothing Shine Creme and can't wait for a good sale. Hurry up, CVS, give us a good discount or some extra bucks or something...asap!

Oh, and while I was at Walgreens the other day (when I made that nail polish haul I mentioned earlier) I finally spotted the new Naturals and Fresh Start stuff from Tresemme:

From left to right: TREsemme Naturals Instant Volume Shampoo with Sweet Orange, Instant Volume Naturals Conditioner with Sweet Orange, Fresh Start Dry Shampoo, Fresh Start Waterless Foam Shampoo

TREsemme is one of those brands that has always worked for me, but for some reason I end up moving on and trying new things, eventually forgetting how wonderful (and inexpensive) their products are. So I was super excited to see not only a shampoo with "Lower Sulfates" and a conditioner that's "Silicone Free" but also TWO new options for waterless hair cleansing!

I ended up purchasing the new Dry Shampoo, but not without some confusion. You see, the Dry Shampoo states that it's for "Oily/Straight/Normal Hair" while the Waterless Foam Shampoo is for Dry/Curly/Normal Hair". So what to do if you've got oily and curly hair like me? To make matters worse, the Waterless Foam Shampoo has some interesting directions--after you apply it to dry hair, you need to use a towel to remove the "oil and dirt" from your hair. Huh? First, I don't want to commit to having a special towel reserved for dry-shampoo application only (I've got limited space on my towel rack!) and also, how does this stuff bring the oil and dirt to the surface of your hair and NOT the product itself? In other words, wouldn't you be wiping away the product itself along with any oil and dirt in your hair? It was just all too confusing for me, thus I went with the Dry Shampoo, which is a traditional dry shampoo and you just spray it in and leave it.

I'll post a review soon so please stay tuned. I'm super excited to see how this stacks up against my beloved Batiste Dry Shampoo from Sally Beauty. Also, I know that there is also a "hair refresher" in this new Fresh Start collection, but my Walgreens didn't have that on the shelves yet. I'm curious about that because I generally like hair refreshers when you're going to skip a day of washing, and there don't seem to be many of them in drugstores anymore (Salon Selectives used to make a great one back in the day but of course it got discontinued).

And finally, I spotted a counter display of the new L'Oreal Studio Secrets products, and unlike the display at my Rite Aid, this one was actually full of products!

I know that the early reviews of the Magic Perfecting Base have been fantastic (with the only complain being the small size of the jar) but have any of you tried any of the Color Correcting Primers yet?

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on all these new goodies hitting our drugstores this month!