Classy ankle booties you can wear with skirts or pants.

Here are some of the latest highlights from the shoe department at Target. Expect to see some fun new ankle booties (shown above), as well as knit faux-fur booties (not pictured), snow boots (also not pictured) and new Frye knock-offs (keep scrolling!). I'm waiting for the Carlos Falchi collection to hit before I buy any more cheap shoes, but the Frye look-alikes were especially tempting. Anyone own any of these styles?

freshMinerals Super Volume Mascara, $10.00, freshmineralsusa.com

The Budget Babe's beauty expert Kiki Bella reviews a new mascara, compliments of freshMinerals. —TBB





by Kiki Bella
Here's a fantastic product that works well and looks great: Super Volume Mascara by Fresh Minerals. First off, this mascara just looks super cool. It comes in a sleek metallic tapered tube that has a great feel to it. It will definitely make any makeup bag a little prettier. The mascara itself also is fantastic. It goes on well and has amazing, no-clump abilities. My lashes looked like they were scared to go near each other, it separated them so well! Beautiful rich color, easy to get off (yet didn't smudge)—a definite pick-up.

Learn more about freshMinerals makeup at freshmineralsusa.com.

There's a new designer sample site in beta called RowNine.com. It's an invitation-only private sale where you can save 30-80% off the finest luxury brands. (Translation: It's VERY expensive!!) But, you never know what sales might crop or when you might get lucky. I signed up but haven't purchased anything yet. Let me know if you've shopped with them before…

As a special incentive to Budget Babe readers, Row Nine has offered to give anyone who joins using this invite link a $15 credit to use towards any future purchase on their site. This offer is only good now through Sunday, November 1, so join today—and spread the love: You will earn a $50 credit for each of your friends after their first purchase on RowNine.

Faux fur can go horribly wrong whether it's done on a champagne or beer budget. Target has attempted to bring this top fall trend into focus with an assortment of faux fur shrugs. I think they succeeded with the cat print shrug ($39.99) and the brown/black minx ($39.99), but failed miserably with the gray-tipped mystery-animal (a Yeti perhaps?). I love faux fur and don't want to dismiss this collection entirely as I think it depends on what else you wear and how you wear it. Fashion Toast could probably make any of these shrugs look stellar. I, on the other hand, would probably look silly. Anyone feeling the faux-fur at Target?

Back on October 10th, I posted a Lucky mag ad that gave us our first look at the Carlos Falchi for Target handbag collection, which will be sold at Target stores and online at Target.com from November 1 through December 24. Now the press photos are out so we can drool over the entire collection! I will definitely be purchasing something from this line. Haven't been this excited about a designer collab in a while. I love looks 1, 3, 5 and 10 the most. It'll be hard choosing which one(s) to buy although the prices are very reasonable, ranging from $19.99 to $49.99. Are you looking forward to this line? What's your favorite look?