My home away from home: Ulta, you are my sanctuary!
When Sephora begins to get too pricey, I will always have Ulta. They carry Benefit, Urban Decay and quite a few other higher-end lines, but this is the GO TO place for cheaper cosmetics. Very well organized for foundations, powders, eyeshadows and the like, they have testers out of at least 90% of their products so getting a good match is a breeze.
The fragrance selection is quite good (not to Sephora levels, but that's okay sometimes) and they sometimes carry the VERY hard-to-find New West fragrance for women.( A awesomely happy, fruity-funky scent that never fails to get attention from others)
I can get the new China Glaze colors before Sally's get them in-stock, but pay a bit more $ for them. If you don't know, you can join Ulta's Beauty Club, and get credit/points every time you shop and show the card. Every quarter you will get sent a freebie voucher for some neat little thing. (They give you a list to pick from) and the more you spend, the nicer the goodies. Needless to say, I am now up to a 5pts voucher last time they sent it to me. This means I spent -waaayyy- too much money here!