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*4 Facepaints and 8 Cream Shadows from my palette supplier ( will be reviewed)
* L'oreal HIP Cream Shadow Paints in Lofty,Secretive, Commanding, Witty, Nervy and Steely (will be reviewed
* L'oreal HIP High Intensity Kohl Eyeliner in Burgundy and Black (will be reviewed)
* L'oreal HIP Pure Pigment Shadow Sticks in Majestic, Alluring and Mesmerizing (will be reviewed)
* Dr. G Goowoonsesang Brightening BB cream
* Dr. G Goowoosesang Hydra Intensive BB cream
* Legere Multi White BB cream
* Missha Watery BB Cream
* Rojukiss Spot Light BB Cream
* L'oreal Makeup Removal Pen
* MAC Lipstick in Ravishing, Slimshine in Missy
* Revlon Bare It All Lustrous Lotion in Goldi-Looks
* L'oreal Glam Bronze Loose Bronzing Powder in Sandstone Shimmer

I got these at the L'oreal Sale this year. Everything was going at 50-80% off. You can really ger super good deals there. As you can see, there are a lot of other brand products at the sale despite it being named the "L'oreal Sale"

* Vichy Body Sunsreen Spray 50 SPF (will be reviewed) -

* LRP Rosalic Skin Perfecting Anti-Redness Moisturiser. Has a green tint (will be reviewed )
* LRP Anthelios Dermo-Pediatrics 50SPF Sunscreen for Children (will be reviewed) Originao
* L'oreal Professional liss ultime Reflexium Hair Serum x2 .
* L'oreal Moisturiser x2 for my mom
* L'oreal Kohl Mineral Eyeliner in Black
* L'oreal Mineral Concealer
* L'oreal SuperLiner in Grey Crystals


I made a mini NYX haul from nonpareilboutique.com when they were havig 20% sale.
* NYX Smokey Eyes Palette
* NYX 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette The Runway Collection in Catwalk and Secret World
* Wet'n'Wild Creme Shadow Pencilv in Graphite and Envy.
* NYX Jumbo Lip Pencil in Soft Fuschia
* Prestige waterproof eyepencil in White

I made 2 mini TKB Trading Haul . Got 4 of their new Horoscope pigments. I have to say those are wonderful pigments. Their teaspoon pigments are of higher quality than the normal tablespoon pigments. I cant wait for the rest of the horoscope pigments to be released :D

And finally, I manage to sit down and press some pigments. These are a mixture of my neutral TKB trading pigments and NYX pearl Mania Pigments. I still need to press my other colors but I dont have enough empty palettes for all of them. So I thought I'll just press the neutrals first since I use they more frequently.

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I brushed off some of the top layer of these shadows to show you how these work.

I swatched these 6 for you to see their nice pigmentation and all. These do not have names. They only have color codes at the back of the product.

These are all the colors that I got.

I actually bought all these on 2 separate days. That's why the two lime green that I got look so similar. They are two separate colors though. One of them actually look totally yellow in the store, I don't know why it looks more green when I swatch it home. I didn't check the product code behind , I have a feeling the SA might have gotten the wrong color for me? I'm not sure really.

These are really nice! But they do have an expiry date. These expire in 2012.

Labels: eyeshadow, haul, swatch

Initial thoughts on this essence/moisturizer are great. I only got this because I wanted to qualify for the Free delivery with SGD50 purchase. I've yet to do any research about this product, so I'm still nto sure if I should use it as an essence before moisturiser or as a moisturiser itself.

I used this after my Facial Treatment Essence and Garden Of Wisdom HA serum+hydrosol. I didn't moisturise anymore after that. My skin felt nice a supple. There's no sticky residue after the product sink in; doesn't leave any nasty film or shine. I still don't know how it does in the long run, so we'll see about that.

If you click on this picture the manufacturing date should be visible. These were manufactured in March 09. So the product is considerable "fresh". I'm glad that they dont sell old stock or to-be-expired products. Since these are for my own use, It doesn't really matter if I don't have a nice full size bottle as long as the products themselves are authentic. They are, like more around 50% off, who can resist?

Labels: Everyday Minerals, haul, skincare

This mini haul took SO SO so so so long to reach. more than a month. I ordered these during the 50% NYX sale at cherryculture.com. I guess it was the huge amount of orders during the period that delayed the shipping.

I got Nyx Single eyeshadows in wild Flower and Black.
NYX round lipsticks in Penelope and Black cherry.
NYX Jumbo Lip pencils in Rose Brown, Iced Coffee, Narcisse and Chestnut. I wanted to get soft fuchsia but

I wanted to explore in the areas of red and darker shade lip products so I got Penelopw and Black Cherry. Penelope is a Satin finish Black color lipstick. Since I don't have any black lipstick yet, i though it'll be fun to have one.

Labels: haul

My loot was in #02 - Orgy orange, and #04 - Glam highlight. I wanted to use the #02 as a blusher and the other as a highlight, but they didn't turn out as expected.

Here's a size comparison with my hand. I couldn't find the Nett weight of the product on the packaging. But I'm guessing it looks like an 8g or so.

#04 Glam Highlight

It's a really frosty pink with gold shimmer.

#02 - Orgy Orange

Is a shimmery Bronzey gold.

I tried to do swatched but they aren't very good, I'm sure there are other youtube/blog swatches out there which are better :) I'll do a short review

Short Review

They are very tightly pressed. they don't feel creamy. when i swirl my brush on the pan, there are some fall outs around the pan, veyr little, but enough to get u noticed.

These are ultra shimmery, I'll only suggest to use these as highlights / bronzer.

They are also very sheer. But they do give me that very nice "dewy" look .

However, use sparingly or else will end up looking like a disco ball/oil bathed.

#02 - Orgy Orange - I used this over my normal blusher and as a highlight on my cheekbones, forehead and chin. It gives me a very nice and natural healthy glow. my skin tone is like a golden olive, so white or pinkish highlighter makes me look really weird. This is great!, it has just the right about of color. I believe anyone with golden/yellow/olive skintone will like this.

I did not get #01 Orgy pink because i don't really like pinks on my skin. Though i might get it next time because i love this so much :)

#04- Glam highlight - I got this instead of #03 because this has a golden shimmer and is more of a warm color while #03 is more of a cool pink highlight. So i guess you can pretty much choose either one of these according to your undertone. I don't think there is a need to get both #03 and #04. This does not work as well as an overall facial highlight as #03 for me. I prefer to look natural and have a golden glow to enhance my skin color. I use this to highlight my Brow bone and nose bridge, I dust a bit of this to further highlight my cheekbones too. So far, this is the best shimmery brow bone highlight. I wore this all over my lid with just some smudge pencil eyeliner and it really seemed to brighten up my eyes. I'll definitely use this when i have on more subdued eye makeup.

Overall, I think these are pretty multipurpose, definitely use them on your eyelids or brown bone , OR anywhere you deem fit . Don't restrict these just to the Cheeks. :)

Labels: blusher, haul, Highlighter, review

I got 6 Lipsticks in total. 3 Glazewear and 3 retinol pumping Lipsticks. Most of the colors i Chose are either nudes or peaches.

Sorry No swatches yet!

Glazewear Lipsticks

(Champagne Glow, Coral Gables and Brown suger (i think).)

I got them at a sales price of USDaround USD3.99 Each

These are so GOOD they are so GREAT. Previously when i got AVOn stuffs these weren't available on the website. It's weird because some times the website doesn't display some items. I assume its because they are OOS or something. I got lucky this time and were able to get a few. Now i am totally regretting not getting a few more colors because the texture and finish of these are just wonderful. I like these better than the Maybelline collagen Lipsticks.

These go on VERY creamy. Feels great on the lips. They smell similar to the Pro-To-Go lipsticks. I really love these. They have a shimmery finish but looks very natural and doesn't make me look like i just dip my mouth into glitter.

Champagne Glow is a Perfect MLBB colour for me. It's a shade lighter than my lips. I guess u can say its nude to a certain extent.

Coral Gables is a Pink coral. I don't see any orange/peach in it at all. Thus i was a bit disappointed because i was expecting a nice peach colour with the name . Nonetheless, it will go great with purple and pink eye looks.

Brown Sugar- I have to apologise because i cant remember if the name was brown sugar. It was too dark for me the moment I opened it. So i gave it to my bestie, Vicky. (u can find the link to her blog at the side bar) . I think it'll work as a good MLBB / nude brown lipstick for her.

Beyond Color Retinol Lip Pimpign LipStick

(Peach Daiquiri, Beige Shimmer and Sugar Creme.)

These often go on sale, I think i go them as USD2.99 each

Peach Daiquiri came broke. It's not ONLY broke. It got stuck on the cover and i had trouble getting it out without squashing the product. When i saw the lipstick after opening the cap, (see picture) I was seriously shocked. I've never seen lipstick in this view before. LoL

Labels: avon, haul, Lip Products, review

Here are some swatches of the NYX lipglosses I own. They are not alot, but i probably got most of the colors i will wear for the Round lipglosses already. I'll look at the Megashine Lipgloss color charts when I am free to see if there's anymore I can add on to my collection. I think I will be getting "CadyShop" but i'm still finding if there's other colors that will look good on me.
Finally, A picture of my NYX collection so far. It's really very small. I like their eyeshadows so far! However i think the pigmentation varies. Out of all that i got, "Kiwi" was not as pigmented as the others. I needed to apply twice as much eyeshadow for that as comapred to others. Overall they are great; they go on smoothly, are pigmented and are relatively creamy. All the colors i got so far are of a satin finish. I'll venture into Mattes next time :)

Meanwhile I have the new lipglosses to play with :)

Labels: haul, Lip Products, NYX, review, swatch

The exchange rate is crazily high so i decided to try VPOST instead of the usual international shipping. TKB was having a promotion where orders over USD100 gets free domestic shipping. So Only had to pay for vpost shipping. I would have switched to Vpost long ago had i known this. I was hesitant because I've heard about so many mishaps and poor CS of VPOST. I know there are other companies, but they are more difficult/troublesome to work with as compare to Vpost. The actual weight of the whole package was 2.6kg. I requested for Compact packing and the tkb trading staff really packed the items VERY tightly. Not to the extend of spoiling the items, but its obvious she/he was thoughtful when packing.

Good Customer service definitely makes me more willing to spend and TKB's has been great so far. Although they are one of the few companies that doesn't give any freebie/discount / the likes for bulk orders.
These are what's in the package! I still have some 10g jars that i didn't include here. Did i mention before TKb 's very generous with their samples? USD1.50 for 1 tablespoon which fills a 20g jar with no sifter. And they use high quality ziplock bags which are really sturdy and not flimsy. Even if I don't move my powders in to jars, the ziplocks will last me a long time if i were to dip my brushes in there.

These are my own. I didn't include the base powders because they are all white in color. I love the pigments. I got some matte pigments this time and some oxides. The Oxides are in the small round pans that tkb call "Cutie Pies". The stacked jar at the side are micro fine glitter powders that's safe to use on the eyes. I intented to use them to line my eyes. However I'll need to buy some foiling liquid for that, glycerin mix just does not seem to hold the glitter well and long enough.

Now here's my updated TKb trading Pigment collection. In an older post i posted a pic of my collection as well. Just that now i am onto my 2nd layer in the box :) Previously i just had a full single layer.

Here's my little army of pigments :) The smaller jars on the outside are the oxides and premium pigments. I'll list out all the colors so in case it'll be of use :)

TKB's pigments are powders, mostly very powderym loose and shimmery. However there are some powders which "cakes" together more, as in less powdery (in a good way). It's like how some loose foundation tend to be more "cakey" as compared to loose finishing Powders

Oxides are matte and also tend to be thicker and more clumpy and pressable.

~ = clumpy powder

` = Sheen finish, not shimmery nor matte

" = Slight metallic finish

- = less shimmery than average

* = Super Shimmery

^ = Matte

: = teaspoon sample

I'm going from left to right in terms of Columns (top to bottom)

1st column : [Bronzed Gold*] [Angel Wings] [Pink Coral] [Blush Beige] [Foliage] [Be My Valentine] [Raspberry Pop] [Strawberry Pop] [Colorona Russet"~] [Gemtone Ruby] [Soft Red`]

2nd column : [Mermaid's Gold] [Brillant Gold] [24 Karet^] [Gold Fine"~] [Lemon Drop Pop] [Soft Yellow`] [Harvest Yellow Oxide^~] [Lovely Leo] [Tangerine Pop] [Aztec Gold~] [Passion Orange"~]

3rd Column : [Apple Green Pop] [Breath Of Spring] [Soft Aqua`] [Totally Teal-] [Coral Reef Blue] [Indian Blue] [Blueberry Pop] [Ocean Green] [Soft Blue`] [Midnight Train] [Colorona Dark Blue]

4th column : [Hilite Gold] [Storm*] [Antique Silver"~] [Polished Silver*] [Pure Purple-] [Aster Hue] [Amethyst] [Grape Pop] [Love Song] [Blackstar Red~] [Blackstar Blue"~]

5th Column : [Hilite Orange] [Hilite Copper] [hilite Red] [hilite Green] [Hilite Blue] [Hydro Pearl Powder] [Hillite Violet] [Silver Glitter**] [Black Glitter**] [Purple Glitter**] [Green Glitter**] [YellowGold Glitter **]

6th Column (outside box) : [Green Apple-] [Lotsa Lime-] [Sage Green] [All Love Green] [Verdigris Gold] [Cyprus Green"~] [Emerald] [Blackstar Green~] [After Twilight Green] [Aquarius] [Soft Green`]

7th Column (outsidebox) : [Ivory Lace] [Artisan Coral] [Apricot] [Bronze] [Soft Brown`] [Swiss Chocolate] [Dark Brown Oxide^~] [Ochre Oxide^~] [Moonstone] [Australian Amber] [Blackstar Gold~]

8th Column (outside box) : [Chromium Oxide:^~] [Hydrated Chromium Oxide:^~] [Omega Blue:^~] [Murasaki Violet Matte:^~] [Paris Pink:^~] [Manganese Violet:^~] [Yellow Oxide:^~] [Orange Oxide:^~] [Cinnamon Oxide:^~] [Brown Oxide:^~] [Black Oxide:^~]

9th Column (outside box) : [Red Oxide] [Blue Shade:^~] [Red Oxide:^~] [Travel to Mars:] [Travel to Earth:] [Travel to Jupiter:] [Crucible Gold:"] [Crucible Khaki:"] [Forged Gold:"] [Pearl White] [Black Mica]

Another picture with no flash for comparison. Personally think these pictures are really quite accurate. I hope I will be able to hold for long enough from ordering again from TKB. I have too much! and I'm not even really using them.

Labels: haul, tkb trading

This is their Whipped Shea Butter. It's the first time i owned any whipped butter so it's very interesting!. I had it in the Lemon Almond scent. It's supposed to smell like chocolate / vanilla/ cake . But all i can smell is the artificial almond scent. I'm not saying they are using artificial ingredients, I'm just describing how it smells like. Usually i cant stand the artificial taste AND smell of almond, but this was fine. Compared to my Egyptian Magic cream, the EM was more easily absorbed, which really surprised me seeing how EM appears more oily. I know this is the first time i am bringing up EM on my blog. I'll do a dedicated review of it next time because it deserves it :)

Item no. 2 is their Body Butter Balm. This one's called "shea's So Fine" , which rhymes with " she's so fine". I though this name is really cute. made up of Shea butter , avocado butter, jojoba oil, organic coconut oil and Vita E. The ingredients are all heavenly goodness! But the tin's really small. ( 1oz, 20g) . Just the size to carry around in the purse.

The texture, it looks like its made up of small beads. When i run my fingers across the surface i can still feel the beads, but they melt when i rub my fingers together. There's no funky smell, which is really what i look forward to when buying these natural products because they don't contain harmful ingredients and aren't fragranced strongly. My nose can really be sensitive at times

Soap samples! Cost only USD2.60 each. And they are sized generously. They appear just like 1 layer smaller than the normal body soaps that's sold in the supermarkets. And since I'm using them for my face, one is going to last a really long time. This one is Carrot & honey. I saw some good testimonials of this.

This is the Cornsmeal & honey soap. Either this or the carrot honey has got wheatgerm as an ingredient. now wheatgerm is super comedogenic despite its benefits. I'm kind of afraid that it will break me out, so i am using this 3rd one first.

This is the Shea Rose Clay soap. Although described as a "scrubby soap" , nothing about it feels scrubby for me. It foams really well, so i guess the other soaps should soap well too.

This cleanses really well to, but unlike normal soaps this does not dry out my skin. I've been using it for a little over a week now and did not experience any negative effects. This a good sign.

I was using the SK2 cleanser previously. It contained rosehip oil and i got breakouts after using it for like a week. I'm not sure if it is because of the sk2 cleanser but i stopped it anyway.

So this took its place. I've not been getting enough rest recently and i guess that why i got some small break outs on my face. I don't think its the soap. Because they are painful, not like the kind i got from the cleanser previously.

Labels: haul, review, skincare

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