Fabulous finds from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale

Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale opens to the public on July 15th and ends August 4, 2024. I’ve gone through the site and curated a number of looks for you inspired by the fashion and beauty items offered in the sale event.

This blazer by SPANX is super versatile- wear to work, day to night look, wear to dinner and can be dressed up with accessories like the modern half moon style handbag by JW PEI or heels by Karl Lagerfeld Paris. It can also be worn with jeans for a more casual look. The short sleeve ruffle metallic top is by Vince Camuto and the booties are Veronica Beard. If you’re looking to treat yourself to a luxury piece, the Bony Levy Monaco Diamond Drop Earrings are stunning and on sale.

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Below are some of my favorite must have travel pieces from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. If you’re traveling I definitely recommend an ECCO sneaker or walking shoe. They are the best and so comfortable. I’ve walked miles in ECCO shoes on many trips and my feet never hurt. There are two amazing Beis products featured; a 21-inch carry on roller bag as well as a large matching pink duffle bag.

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I love the beautiful jewel tones of this Eliza J teal ruffle trim long sleeve dress and FRAME blouse in dragon fruit. The multi color Kurt Geiger London shoulder bag can be used for day or evening. The Swarovski oval sunglasses are decorated with a crystal on each side. The linear drop earrings by Deepa Gurani are available in multiple colors. In addition to fashion and accessories, there are many beauty exclusives offered in the sale. The Yves Saint Laurent Couture Color Clutch is a chic ten color eyeshadow pallet. While MAC Cosmetics has a great deal – a lip trio beauty exclusive available in three colors.

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Classic pieces below from the Nordstrom Anniversary sale – This look makes an easy Fall travel outfit.

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Activewear inspo – Love the colors of the Zella socks and the berry colored tee shirt. The brushed gold ECCO sneakers are super cute. The pink duffle makes a great gym bag and / or travel carry on bag.

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Glam up a basic black dress. Rhinestones decorate the heels of these beautiful Ted Baker pumps. The Swarovski sunglasses are super chic. A red lip is always classic for evening . The lip trio is a MAC Cosmetics – beauty exclusive for the sale

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Beautiful classic tweed jacket by St.John Collection – It’s a little more pink than appears in the photo. How cute are these Tiffany &Co. pink cat eye sunglasses. The JW PEI quilted handbag is also available in black.

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As I noted above, there are many beauty exclusives offered at the Anniversary Sale. Nearly every beauty brand carried at Nordstrom has some type of of promotion, gift with purchase or specialty item like the eyeshadow pallets shown here.

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Feeling like a Khaleesi

“I’ve got a needle of my own.” It’s an eyeshadow brush designed to resemble Arya Stark’s sword Needle. It is one of two eyeshadow brushes sold in Urban Decay’s new Game of Thrones cosmetic line. The other brush is Jon Snow’s Longclaw sword complete with sparkly red eyes. The limited edition collection originally launched April 14, 2019 and seems to be successful as the line sold out on Urban Decay’s website within 24 hours. The eyeshadow brushes sold out in about 12 minutes. There are lipsticks named after Sansa, Cersei, Daenerys, and White Walker, a Mother of Dragons highlighter pallet, a lip & cheek stain called “Dracarys,” eyeliner gel pencils, and a colorful eyeshadow pallet.

Urban Decay Game of Thrones makeup collection

This review will focus on the items I was able to buy online – the brushes and the eyeshadow pallet. The eyeshadow pallet arrived in packaging that resembles an actual book covered in Game of Thrones imagery. When you open the pallet, there is a large mirror on the left and a quote from Daenerys Targaryen on the right with map of Westeros and Essos in the background. Lift up the tab at the bottom and a pop-up throne appears – yes you get your own mini throne! On the right side of the package is another tab where the actual pallet is stored. There are twenty colors divided into four sections that are all GoT themed. Most shades are sparkly and metallic; there are three matte colors. I wish there were more mattes to combine and layer with the metallics.

Here are a few looks I created using the eyeshadows –

I used Urban Decay’s Primer Potion on my eyes as a base for all of these looks. I always put a matte shadow over my eye base so I used a pale pink of my own. Then I wet an eyeliner brush and used Weirwood Leaves as eyeliner. I left a line, but you can blend the color out too. Weirwood Leaves is a deep plum color and was easy to use. I used Stormborn and Bend the Knee in the creases and on the eyelids. Next, the shimmery pink Bay of Dragons as a highlighter under the brow line and a tiny bit of King’s Landing on the inner corners of the eyes. Finally, I blended Weirwood Leaves as liner on the bottom of my eyes.

To intensify that same look, I placed Lannister Red in the upper crease of the eyes. This isn’t a color I’d normally choose, but it looks great on and blends very well. I used the Longclaw brush to add House Lannister on the brow bone and placed Winterfell on the inner corners of my eyes. Winterfell looks like a deep dark gold thick pewter-ish shade. The eyeshadow is actually much lighter in consistency than it appears and looks beautiful when applied as a highlighter or layered over other shadows. Use a flat brush like Needle when applying Winterfell.

Create a bolder eye by layering shadows

To create a fierce White Walker themed look, I used Take the Black as my liner and Frozen North all over my eye lids. It’s a strong beautiful peacock blue color, so to make the design a little less heavy and to open my eyes I added Free Folk in the inner corners (placed over Frozen North). These shadows layer well. I originally tried Hardhome as a highlighter over Frozen North, but it did not blend and of all the pallet shadows Hardhome is probably my least favorite. I completed the design with black liquid liner over Take the Black. You can make all these looks bolder by adding lashes.

Game of Thrones White Walker themed frozen look
using Urban Decay cosmetics

The entire Urban Decay Game of Thrones collection will be available online at Sephora and Ulta beginning April 29, 2019 and in stores May 2, 2019. It is trendy, but if you’re a Game of Thrones fan and love makeup I recommend checking out the items in the collection. The makeup colors are fun and the package design is really something!