I swear i've been meaning to update with a post for the longest time! But finally! Yay it's time for another shopping haul :)
I haven't bought much lately. Which unfortunately didn't mean more saving either as i've spent my money elsewhere :(
My most exciting beauty purchase for this week is on Clarins! They have a gift time at Myer at the moment and it's a really good one too! It comes with 7 deluxe sample size products and a little shopping tote.
I'm never a fan of the Clarins totes, i wish they have a make up bag instead or a nail file lol They're always quite ugly and useless but this time's one is a nice denim blue and simple so i don't mind it too much :)
I spotted their Mother's Day sets in DJs a few days ago and really liked the body set for winter. But i decided to hold back and check out Myer first because they tend to have a GWP running most of the time. So i was so glad the set was available and there was a GWP! But i needed to purchase an additional skincare item and i didn't have a clue what to get. Mainly because i have wayyyy too much Clarins products from all the times they did a GWP or special sets and i haven't really gotten around to use any religiously to know what is good. In the end, the sales assistant suggested i get their make up remover which is suppose to be the best one out there so i just got that with some regrets. Who pays $36 for a make up remover when you can get a bi-phase one from Maybelline for $8???
After reading some reviews about how it apparently conditions the lashes too, i decided i shall use it for when i've washed my face and there's still that smidge of black around my eyes :) That should make it last longer than using it on my whole face everyday.
Moving on, Bourjois currently has a nice GWP at Priceline too. I was in there yesterday trying to spend my $11.20 points voucher and didn't really have anything to buy.
But i did spot a new lipstick line from Bourjois called 'Rogue Edition'. The shades were interesting too. There was lots of funky yet wearable shades. I was trying to stick to my budget but i got 2 lipsticks because the shades were so lovely and i needed to spend over $25 to get the gift with purchase anyways.
The lipsticks are extremely pigmented and creamy! Which is what i love. They glide on like a gel. It's amazing :D I got the shades 03 which is a fluro pink peach coral and 10 which is a pin-up orange red. The red is probably too much but i love to foundation the edge of my lips and then use a orange red to dab the inside of my lips. This is amazing for my fat lips that don't want anymore colour but would like to be pin-up-y :)
I'm very curious about the nude shade that has no tester. It reminds me of honeylove by MAC which is one of my favourites but no Pricelines i've been to have testers for it :( Theses lipsticks were at $19 each and definitely worth it for the quality. But if you need a reason to justify more unnecessary make up then you must have a look at the GWP!
Comes with a Volumizer mascara and a Clubbing Liquid Liner in black and a nail lacquer in either a dusty baby pink or a grey navy blue.
Here are some swatches of their new clubbing liners from the current collection :)
They are amazingly smooth. The brown and the teal are amazing. So pigmented and smooth. The black isn't dark enough for my liking, the purple was a little gritty but still nice, the blue was smooth but boring and so was the green.
They are not as good as the Prestige high intensity liners though. These do fade a bit when rubbed and i can imagine these smudging a bit on the eyes after a long day. However the colours are very unique and i wish i owned them all! I love colour liner for the bottom lash line on a boring day :) They are very nice quality!
The Body Shop recently released a new collection of scents. I picked up the Japanese Cherry Blossom fragrance and perfume oil. I already own this scent so i'm not sure why they say it's new. The packaging is different from the old which is nice. It is a lot prettier and smells the same as the old :)
Not long ago, My Chemist Warehouse had Organix shampoos in sets on sale :) Usually around $15 each, it was $15 for a set! I love the coconut milk scent. I love coconut everything so i needed to hoard! I got a few sets and some of the cherry blossom ginseng too :) They are not organic but did you know they are gluten free? Even more reason for me to love them! I'm very much into my Lush shampoos now though but sometimes i would prefer my hair to not stink of natural ingredients lol I use Organix after Lush shampoo bars to clear out the bad smell :)
Talking about smells, i love candles. Which has lead me to discover oil burners. I got one from L a while back and i can't smell the aromatherapy oils when i use it AT ALL! I guess i'm not using it right. But i walked pass Dusk the other day which is a all things candle kind of shop. They had lots of oil burners for sale and i searched for these..... :)
Melt bars! Just like the Scentsy stuff everyone talks about online but i can't get my hands on over here.
They have a permanent deal of 5 for $15 which works out to be $3 a bar which is very good.
I got a few scents which i thought would be nice for winter.
I love how it sit perfectly in the hole of my oil burner and these don't evaporate super quickly! I've had one burning for around 3 days and it hardens back to almost its original size! They definitely last a long time and is totally worth getting rather than candles which die fast and are dangerous :O The scents are strong as well. I can smell it when i come back home. It's not too strong either that i can constantly smell it while in the room. Love these :D
My next exciting purchase is my new handbag from Marcs! My handbag broke and i was on the hunt for a while but i didn't like anything! But while randomly shopping i found this gem :) It's exactly what i wanted. I can use it as a sidebag as well. It's black and leather with gold hardware. It's plain but not boring so it looks 'designer'. It's got so many zipper compartments! The only thing i didn't like about this too much is that it is a little slouchy in a out of shape way. And the zippers are annoying. The zipper handles sometimes flip over and get stuck and i can't easily flip them back. I end up just opening the zipper without the handle. It doesn't happen as often after some use so it's not too bad :) It's a gorgeous bag and i'm so glad i didn't have to spend a few k's on a fancy one just yet. This was $299AUD so it was decent for a nice leather bag
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I also scored a total bargain with some Witchery flats a while back. I actually spotted these a long time ago but didn't find my size. They must have moved their stock around the stores because i found these in David Jones a few weeks back and in my size! They were also on massive sale RRP$130, now $39.95 :) I couldn't resist not buying these cute FULL leather flats for such a good price. They're wider fit and extremely comfy too hehe
Last but not least, L got me a Pandora bracelet last week. I wasn't too fond of the design since i'm not big on Pandora which i think is over hyped and ugly, but i did manage to change it to something decent looking :)
BEFORE (His design)
AFTER (My design)
Clearly we both have very different taste hehe. It's still a little too girly for me but at least now it looks like the price it cost! I think it will look nice with my pearl bracelet on my girly days :)
So much for not shopping lol I didn't think my collection of shopping photos would end up including all these. I'm pretty sure i have a few things here and there i've forgotton about too.
I've craving to shop but i need to resist for a bit longer :)
Until next time!
