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A trip to the Bath & Body Works Outlet

I recently visited my local Bath & Body Works Outlet (for those in San Diego, it's located at the Las Americas Premium Outlets). There's also a Victoria's Secret Outlet at this mall, and I usually end up buying a few things there as well. But this time around, the selection was a bit thin at the VS outlet: no makeup at all, select fragrances 75% off and some body products 6/$35 or something like that.

The selection at the BBW Outlet was a little thin as well (it's usually jam-packed with so many great deals that I almost have a slight anxiety attack when I walk through the door!). There were lots of Holiday 2011 products such as candles, Wallflowers, anti-bacs and home fragrance oils, but not a lot of the older and/or discontinued bath and body products that I usually loving stocking up on. I'm guessing this was due to the holidays; it makes perfect sense that the outlet locations would be packed with holiday items in January. 

So I took this opportunity to stock up on some of my favorites from the 2011 holiday collections:

My Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret Outlet Haul

Before I show you the little goodies I picked up yesterday, I want to mention that the lovely Amber over at BeautyJunkiesUnite just reviewed one of the e.l.f. Luscious Liquid Lipsticks that I've been raving out lately. I pretty much begged her to get one the other day, but since she IS the Beauty Junkie, I didn't have to twist her arm too hard! :) So please be sure to click over and see the beautiful shade she purchased. Now I want that shade too, darnit.

OK, now on to the haul pics! If you're a faithful reader of this blog, you know that I usually don't post haul pics of products unless you can easily get the same products in your area, BUT, I do take exception when I encounter incredible deals. So if you're not fortunate enough to live within driving distance of a Bath & Body Works Outlet or a Victoria's Secret Outlet, I'm sorry to tantalize you! But on the other hand, if you do live within driving distance of either of these outlets, consider this inspiration to pay these stores a visit soon. There are TONS of great deals to be had!

Let's start with the BBW Outlet:

Bath & Body Works Outlet at the Las Americas Premium Outlet
(located literally footsteps away from the San Diego/Tijuana border)

For those of you who have never been to a BBW outlet store, imagine walking into your local BBW store and discovering that it's now twice the size it used to be. Then imagine that EVERYTHING is either 50%, 75% or 90% off. THEN imagine that, in addition to new products, you spot old favorites and long-ago discontinued seasonal products lining every single shelf, including Slatkin, CO Bigelow, etc.? Now you know what it feels like to walk into a BBW Outlet. It is paradise for BBW lovers. It's a goldmine for finding products from past collections (heck, they even had tons of Tutti Dolci Mango Sorbetto Body Wash at my BBW outlet, and that collection came out years ago!).

Despite my yearning to buy every single thing I saw yesterday, here's what I ended up getting:

Clockwise from the left:
Orange Sapphire Hand Cream
$5 (retail: $10)
Winter Indulgence Warm Vanilla Sugar Foaming Shower Mousse
$1.99 (retail: $14)
CO Bigelow Vitamin Mentha Tinted Lip Balm in Poppy Pink Mint
$1.99 (retail: $7.50)
Nutcracker Sweet Body Lotion
$1.20 (retail: $12)
True Blue Spa Shave the Day Shave Cream
$1.50 (retail: $6)
Signature Collection Home Fragrance Disc in Wild Honeysuckle
$0.49 (retail: $1.50)
Slatkin & Co Home Fragrance Disc in Fresh Balsam
$0.49 (retail: $1.50)
Slatkin & Co Home Fragrance Disc in Creamy Nutmeg$0.49 (retail: $1.50)

Total before tax: $13.15

I paid less than the retail price of the Shower Mousse alone and got eight products! Yay!! Believe it or not, the thing I'm the most excited about is that darn Nutcracker Sweet lotion. I love anything pistachio-scented and I never did get one of these when they were first released, so imagine how happy I was to find a shelf full of these with a big "90% off" sign next to them!

Moving on to the Victoria's Secret Outlet, here's what I purchased:

They had bins and bins and bins of Beauty Rush goodies with a big sign that said "5 for $5". I'm sorry, but who can resist a $5 for 5 deal??

Clockwise from the left:

Acai Berry & Magnolia Body Lotion
$1 (retail: unknown--no price tag on this tube)
Beauty Rush Nail Paint in Velvetini
$1 (retail: $7)
Beauty Rush Nail Paint in Red Hot
$1 (retail: $7)
Beauty Rush Luminous Shadow in Brown to Earth
$1 (retail: $7.50)
Beauty Rush Cream Shadow in What a Blush
$1 (retail: $7)

They also TONS of the Double Balmsticks for $1 but they only had the flavor Pina Colah Di Dah so I skipped it (I'm not a huge pina colada scent lover).

I'm hoping these work out for me--I don't have much experience with Beauty Rush makeup (I only own some of the baked shadows, which I love). Believe it or not, I'm the most excited about that little tube of lotion. I loooove anything acai-scented and I had been so curious about how the combo of acai and magnolia would be. Yesterday was my first time sniffing this scent and I LOVE it.

Oh! And I also bought these body mists:

Merry Vanilla Twirl and Gilded Ginger Creme Body Mists
$2.25 each (retail: $9 each)

I'm sorry but $2.25 for a full-size body mist? Are you crazy? Of course I had to get these. They had tons of seasonal products reduced down to 75% off, but these were my weaknesses. Did you pick up any of these when they were released during the holidays? When I read the descriptions of the scents, I knew they had to be mine. Merry Vanilla Twist is a combo of "Creme Brulee, Vanilla and Starfruit." Hello!! I don't care if it's summertime, I am wearing this baby TODAY!

So my total for the Beauty Rush stuff and the body mists before tax? $9.50. I pretty much got the entire purchase for the retail price of just one of the body mists. Not bad at all!

If you would like more information about anything I purchased, just leave a comment on this post and I'd be happy to answer your questions.

Do you live near a BBW or VS outlet store? If so, do you shop there often? If you don't live near one of these outlets, do you live near another type of outlet store (like CCO) that you like to visit for great beauty deals? I'd love to hear from you! Oh, and BTW, there is also a CCO in the Las Americas Outlet, but I had to stay faaar away from it because I knew I'd be in trouble if I even so much as looked in the window. :)