HAULS: May 2017

I moved to Sweden in the middle of this month and this is the first post on this blog I made in Sweden! YAY!  Bought all of these just before I moved to Sweden of course because I don't think any of these are easily found here.

MUJI Anti-Aging Pre Lotion

MUJI Anti-Aging Light Toning Water Light

MUJI Anti-Aging Light Toning Water Moisture 

MUJI Anti-Aging Light Toning Water High Moisture

HADA LABO Super HA Foaming Wash Refill pH balanced cleanser refill

HADA LABO Super Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Face Wash another pH balanced cleanser

HADA LABO Super Hyaluronic Acid Premium Hydrating Lotion I had a discount coupon so I used it :P

INNISFREE Apple Seed Cleansing trial kit. Consists of Apple Seed Deep Cleansing Foam, Apple Seed Cleansing Oil and Apple Seed Lip & Eye Remover.  Got this for when I purchased a bunch of Innisfree hand creams.

INNISFREE Cedar Wood Hand Cream

INNISFREE hand creams: Lotus Flower, Gardenia, Hydrangea, Daisy and Wild Berry.  I gave the Wild Berry scent to Johan's mum.

Various DIY sheet masks.  The second and the fourth pics are from Daiso and the other two are kinda generic brands from Sasa.

ETUDE HOUSE 0.2 Therapy Air Mask Damask Rose

ETUDE HOUSE Moistfull Collagen Eye Cream. Second purchase!

ETUDE HOUSE samples!

 IT'S SKIN Aloe Relaxing Mask Sheet

IT'S SKIN Collagen Nutrition Mask Sheet

Misc skincare stuff for Johan! The Skin Food scrubs are repurchases and I'm happy to report that he LOVES the Laneige Water Sleeping Mask!

Yeah I guess that's it guys. I don't think you will see more haul posts from me for a while. I think I've collected enough and now it's time for me to use up what I've been hauling for the past half a year.

HAULS: April 2017

I guess I am in a stockpiling mode this month since I am moving to Sweden next month and everything shown here won't be available there.  Especially important are the Asian sunscreens, which are 1000x more cosmetically elegant than their western counterparts, and hydrating toners which is much harder to find a western equivalent of. Once you use Asian sunscreens, you'll not want to go back to greasy, white, sticky sort of western sunscreens again.  I bought this much skin/hydrating toner because I plan to lotion/ DIY sheet mask regularly (or even do a 3- or 7- skin method) once I'm there. I don't want to  bring so many sheet masks there since I'm starting to realise how much waste conventional sheet masking produces, and I'm trying to be a more conscious consumer.

A lot of these products came from Koreadepart.  The reason I used them is because I currently live in their "fixed-cost" zone, meaning that if I buy a certain amount then shipping is free, so I bought enough to get free shipping via EMS.  The prices are so much cheaper than getting the exact same products in brick-and-mortar stores in Singapore.  Shipping is quick, too. I placed order on 20th April, shipped 26th April and arrived on the afternoon of 28th April. Will definitely purchase again!

HADA LABO Gokujyun Hydrating Perfect Gel is marketed as multi-functional.  Here in Singapore, the product is marketed as 3-in-1; essence, moisturiser and sleeping mask. On the Hada Labo USA website however, it's marketed as 5-in-1; lotion, milk, cream, serum and mask.  One has to wonder why Hada Labo even bother to produce other products in that line? Might as well just produce this and be done with it. 

HADA LABO Super Hyaluronic Acid Premium Hydrating Lotion  OMG IT FINALLY CAME TO SINGAPORE! I did not hesitate to grab it the minute I saw them on the shelves of pharmacies here. I saw the glowing (heh) reviews on Fifty Shades of Snail blog and was kind of sad that it wasn't in Singapore considering how it's been out for quite a few years in Japan now and contemplated buying it and the milk online.

HADA LABO Super Hyaluronic Acid Premium Hydrating Milk

HADA LABO Super Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Lotion and Gokujyun Hydrating Perfect Gel Bought these for my boyfriend to see if he likes them.  If not then I'm happy to use them.

SULWHASOO Overnight Vitalising Mask EX My second purchase! I don't wanna be without it.

INNISFREE Orchid Skin

INNISFREE Green Tea Balancing Skin

INNISFREE Jeju Lava Seawater Skin

INNISFREE The Green Tea Seed Serum

INNISFREE Special Care Mask (hand) I love these masks so much

BELIF Manology 101 Smart Recharger For my boyfriend because it's his favourite.

DAISO Makeup Brush Cleaner Not makeup nor skincare but closely related!  One of the Youtube beauty blogger raves about a Daiso brush cleaner. I'm not sure if this is the same one but I bought this just to see what it's about.

SEPHORA Sugar Body Scrub My body scrub for the month.

MUJI Anti-Aging Pre Lotion It was on discount so I'm buying just to test it out.  First time buying Muji skincare.

MAC Lipstick in Velvet Teddy I'm trying to phase out MAC because the brand is tested on animals but I had 6 MAC empties, so I exchanged them for this one.

BIORE Aqua Rich Smooth Watery Gel SPF 50+ PA++++ When Biore phased out this for their reformulated 2017 version I had to round up all of these that were in stores! I heard that their new formula is very bad in terms of sun protection. I think I bought enough to last me a couple of years esp in Swedish sun.

 

BIORE UV Anti-Pollution Body Care Serum Extra Moist SPF 50+ PA++++ Their new sunscreen, which is also a lot cheaper than their Aqua Rich series, also in a much larger tube (150 ml vs. 90 g).  It also gives nearly the same weightless feel. To be honest, if I knew about this I probably wouldn't have panic-bought all those Aqua Rich gels :/. Oh well! No regrets as I'm going to use them all anyway.

HAULS: October 2016

URBAN DECAY Naked Flushed in Strip

with flash

without flash

I felt like building up my UD Naked Flushed collection and thought that Strip would be the next one to get (I already own the original one). I like the mauve toned blush but so far i don't think it performs as well as the original.

 LORAC Pro Matte Palette

with flash

without flash

I got this palette because I thought it would be a nice neutral, everyday palette. The pigmentation is very intense and the texture is very soft! Be careful, though! I jammed my brush into it because I'm used to harder, less pigmented shadows and kicked up a whole lot of powder! It just needs the lightest touch of your brush.

KIEHL's Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Eye-Brightening Concentrate

I have pretty bad dark circles so I'm all for something that promises to brighten those.  I could only use a very tiny amount of this product on my eyes, though, because it STINGS...very badly.  Still too early to say if it works yet.

KIEHL's Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate

Recently watched a video in Youtube in which the blogger said that we need vitamin C in our skin care routine so as to brighten our skin, so I got this.

 SEPHORA sleeping masks in Orchid (Youth-activating & regenerating) and Green Tea (Mattifying & anti-blemish)

I recently discovered that sleeping masks is a thing. I've been skeptical because I have combination/oily skin and when I wake up my face is almost always a grease ball. So I was intrigued by Sephora's green tea sleeping mask because it claims to soak up the oils on your face. While I was there I got the Orchid sleeping mask, too, because let's face it I'm not getting any younger

BH Cosmetics Sculpt and Blend - 10 Piece Brush Set

As I incorporate more products into my makeup routine like bronzers and highlighters, I realise that I need more brushes and this is what I got. By the way, the brushes shown are not just BHCosmetics, the ones with all-black handles are from Sephora.

BH Cosmetics Pride + Prejudice + Zombies Eye + Cheek Palette

Can't lie, I only got this palette because I love the packaging.

BH Cosmetics Illuminate by Ashley Tisdale in Beach Goddess

I got this because I love the neutral colours and it looks like it will be great for a quick, everyday work look.

 BH Cosmetics Illuminate by Ashley Tisdale in Night Goddess

Got her other palette just to complete the collection.

 Physiogel Daily Moisture Therapy Intensive Cream

I ran out of hand cream for my handbag so I bought this for my handbag.

 Physiogel Daily Moisture Therapy Body Lotion

My hand cream/lotion for home.  The reason I use Physiogel is because I feel like their products really hydrate my skin, unlike a lot of other creams/lotions/butters I've used in the past. Of course I'm just really truly learning about the difference between humectant/emollient and occlusives.

Ben Nye MediaPRO HD Mellow Orange corrector & concealer in M0-2 Medium

My beloved Bobbi Brown Corrector is running out soon, and while I love it the price tag makes my eyes water, and considering how it doesn't really last that long if you use it everyday. I was looking for more affordable alternatives and this is one of them that I got. At the time of this post i haven't tried it yet, but the shade is pretty much matches my corrector, so I have a good feeling about this.

 Ben Nye MediaPro HD Mojave Adjuster in SC-9 Apricot

I tried another one from their Mojave line, but looking at this in person I feel like it will be too intense for me. I don't know why I keep on buying from the Mojave line when my skin tone isn't even that deep!

Ben Nye Luxury Powder in Banana

The much hyped banana powder! I'm currently using this as my under eye setting powder. 

 Eve Pearl Dual Salmon Concealer in Light/Medium

I sometimes watch videos by Makeup Geek and she keeps on raving about Eve Pearl Salmon concealers, and while this isn't the exact one she raves about, I wanted to try something that I think is similar to my Bobbi Brown Corrector.  It claims to be both concealer and treatment in one, but I have not tried it yet. It says it's fortified with coconut oil and vitamin E.

 MAC Studio Fix Perfecting Stick in NC25

It's a nice concealer, though I paid way too much for it. Got it at Qatar Hamad airport duty free. I went on a bit of a concealer-buying spree (as you can see) because when I was overseas last month I brought only one concealer with me and halfway through it threatened to run out on me.

MAC Prep + Prime Fix+

An expensive way to hydrate my Beauty Blender, I guess.

NYX Matte Lipstick in Bloody Mary

This is kind of a repurchase. The last lipstick I had, I accidentally bought the tester version and after using it a few times, with even cutting off the top and spraying with alcohol, I was just too grossed out knowing that a lot of people have used it that I couldn't bring myself to use it anymore, so I threw it away and bought this one. Love the colour, love the finish and texture. It's matte without being drying. Love the price also (although NYX in Singapore is more expensive than NYX in the US).

 MAYBELLINE Fit Me Concealer in Light

It's the concealer everyone on YouTube makeuposphere raves about. I can't stop using it! It's often compared to NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer but I don't think it's a dupe. It's runnier and doesn't have as full coverage, but it's very good and very affordable so it means I won't wince when it runs out in a few months' time.

MAYBELLINE Instant Age Rewind Concealer in Medium

Another much-raved about concealer. I tried it once and it really is as fantastic and I was impressed.  Took the sponge applicator out though.

DAISO Creamy Blush in Rose

I keep on seeing makeup on Daiso and all this time I have been giving it a wide berth because....$2 makeup! I just couldn't believe it would be good. So I bought this as a leap of faith because at the end of the day it's just $2 so no biggie, right? This product turns out to relatively decent, too! The only other cream blush I have used is MAC and this is comparable to that. I can't use cream blush much in Singapore anyway, because of my combo skin + heat and humidity here.

 CETAPHIL Daylong SPF 50+ PA++++ Light Gel Face & Body Oil Free, non-greasy formula

I ran out of my sun cream so I got this one.  I usually go for the Biore ones but I thought I might dabble with something a bit more expensive to see if it's better.