Priceline Beauty is in the Bag

Priceline had their beauty bag gift running last month and i'm sure any beauty addict in Australia snapped this offer up instantly. They seem to do this every year in April. I remember getting the one last year and the year before that. Previous years was spend $50 on selected brands and this year it went up to spending $60.

Here is what you get:

I'm quite embarrassed to say how many sets of these i ended up getting. And it was completely unintentional. There is nothing in the bag that even interests me slightly. However Priceline had a lot of good sales running at the time, which resulted in me with 4 sets of these bags. 

I picked up 4 Revlon Lip Butters. I had not really paid attention to the hype of these but the hype must have been pretty big for me to recognise the name without even knowing what they were. They just arrived to Australia and Priceline had buy one get one free on all Revlon lip products. At $21.95 each these are expensive lipbalms. So with the half price deal i was on the hunt. I got the email and was on the search first day it came out. But i did not find them in stores at all. After more searching i finally found them on a separate stand away from the Relvon section. Which makes me want to kick myself for not looking harder because ALL the good colours were sold out.

The shades i managed to get were Candy Apple, Berry Smoothie, Tutti Frutti and Creamsicle. 

I didn't get any of the baby pink shades just because they barely have any colour to them. And at that price, they better have good colour or i'm better of with my $3 chapsticks instead.

They are very glossy and reminded me a lot of the Dior Addict High Shine lipsticks which i have in shade 734 and absolutely love! They were not necessarily the softest lipsticks i have ever tried. I recall owning a Stila barbie pink lipstick, the shade name may have been Glenda? It was from their Wicked collection and let me tell u, that was even softer than lipbalm! It was like vaseline in a tube! 

I went through the trouble of finding a stock photo of it.

Nothing beats this at being creamy.

Overall they are quite nice and come in 20 shades. I would still use them like a lipstick rather than lipbalm just because i would need to pale out my natural lip colour to get the shades showing.

Next thing i got:

Lots of Nude by Nature goodness. I would love to go completely natural. But it's hard to limit myself in that way.

These Nude by Nature sets seemed to only start getting into stock after the sale ended but they were available at one Priceline i was at. You are required to purchase any Nude by Nature product and THEN you can purchase this set for $49.95 and it is exclusive to Priceline only.

I got a large sized handcream for $12.95 and the set which totaled at just over $60 which qualified for the beauty bag.

Nude by Nature also had, purchase 2 products and get 25% off. I've been eyeing the Oil-free Moisturizing Lotion for a while. It contains salicylic acid and witch hazel, both of which i know are excellent for acne prone skin or for me when my skin breaks out during that time of the month.

I'm also obsessed with exfoliators which is why i got the exfoliating scrub. It contains crushed walnut shells so it would be the very 'scratchy' type of exfoliator which is just the type i love. 

Nature’s Oil-Free Lotion 125ml $29.95

Nature’s Exfoliating Scrub 150ml $17.95

I've read really good reviews about the Nude Oil as well but i passed on it this time and shall keep it on my list.

Just before the sales were ending, i also picked up two of the Nude by Nature brush kits. 

I've been having lots of difficulty with my current brushes shedding like mad and leaving hairs of over my face. And it is not fun when there's a very fine hair in your eyeball and you can feel it in there but can't see it enough to get it out! It has been frustrating me for a while now so i decided it was time for new brushes. And i must say i am in love with the Nude ones.

The handles look and feel of excellent quality and the bristles... are soft like clouds... i can't even feel the bristles when using this. It feels like i'm rubbing a cotton ball on my skin instead! Not only that, it comes with generous sized brushes. Only too many times have i seen brush kits with ONE bigger sized brush and the rest are brow, liner, miniature brushes. This set contains 2 large head brushes and the eyeshadow brushes vary in design. I love that i have one for foundation, one for blush, one for eyeshadow, one for brows and one for liner. There's one for every step i need and if i was limited to only this brush set, i would get by very nicely. It also comes with a sharpener :)

8 piece brush kit - $29.95

The 8 piece brush kit includes:

- Complexion perfecting Kabuki Base Brush

- Cheek Defining Blush Brush

- Deluxe Eye Shade Brush

- Domed Eye Blending Brush

- Ultimate Cover Concealer Brush

- Dual Headed Precision Eye Definer and Lip Brush

- Eye-liner pencil Sharpener

And finally, what was inside my free beauty bag?

The things that varied were the Rimmel nail polish, the Revlon lip product, Innoxa lipstick shades, Priceline wipes and savvy eyeliner.

1/4 of the Revlon and Innoxa lipsticks i would say are wearable shades for me and the nail polishes were all in the same colour. The Savvy eyeliners i already have and love.

I'm a little disappointed that i got 3 Relvon lipsticks in Very red and 3 Innoxa lipsticks in horrid browny red colours. No doubt i will be giving most of these freebies away.

However, the Max Factor mascaras are great. The Natio powders all happen to be shades i can use. I'm very excited about the Nude by Nature Soft Focus illuminator and the other bits and pieces like tweezers and loofahs i can never have enough of.

Oh i forgot to mention, these bags contained a $10 off any covergirl product voucher. They do have an expiry date so i decided to just use them up straight away. 

Covergirl Natureluxe Lip Balm $12.95 

I ended up getting 4 of these at $2.95 each. I like how they have SPF in them and they're very soft as well. Some of the shades weren't as pigmented so the ones i chose were spice, grenache, and sandstone x2. Spice looks like a dark brown red but because it's a gloss it goes on like an orangey colour. Grenache and Sandstone are natural mauvey light pinks and i think very wearable. They remind me of the Revlon lipbutters but softer, and with the bonus of SPF.

So that was my Priceline hauling for the month of April and i had hoped to cut back and stay away from the store but it's still only early May and i haven't been doing very well on that hehe 

Revlon Gift Time Myer

Revlon is having gift time again at Myer! This is the best time to buy the products you've been wanting to try or to stock up on the usual and get bonus products to try out.

I believe this promotion started last week. Spend $39.95 on Revlon and receive a 6 piece gift set.
You get the option to choose between the pink or purple gift set.
The variation appears to be in the lip butter colour choice, the eyeshadow palette and the eyeliner/lipliner.

I chose the pink set which came with the luscious growth eyeliner which i really want to try after swatching the tester. Are these as good as my beloved prestige total intensity? I think they might be pretty close, or almost the same. However reviews do show a lot of people have allergic reactions so i will be wary when using.

For the products i had to buy to get the gift, i was planning on getting 2 eyeliners. I didn't want to buy anything i didn't need. And black eyeliners are something i will always need and use up. However i ended up getting 2 concealers instead only because the gift already came with the eyeliner. And i didn't want to risk having 3 of them and being allergic.

The concealer i got is the Revlon Photo Ready in shade 002 Light Pale. I like that it is yellow toned and smooth, not cakey at all like other cream stick concealers. I was tempted to get the Age Defying concealer since it felt very nice watery and seemed to have a strong coverage. However i am still very much disappointed with my YSL touche eclat and the Rimmel one because i know how less product there is inside. Around 1g? I opted for this concealer instead which is 3.2g.

PhotoReady Concealer 002 Light Pale $24.99

The promotion runs for another 2 weeks or so but the lady said they'll probably run out by next week so get in there quick if you want this!

Heads up to all aussie beauty addicts. If you're a Priceline member you should have received their newest catalogue by email today and:

Starting from 10th of May, they will have another Beauty Bag on offer except this time it is on Hair care products rather than make up. Spend $40 or more on the participating brands and get this giant bag of hair care freebies. I'm not too into hair maintenance myself as my hair has always been naturally tamable however the constantly undecided weather here has made my hair dull and flat. I just might pick this up if i happen to find something i'm interested in. I've always been curious of the Alchemy range i've seen at my local health store since it's on the pricier side and also the dry shampoos look tempting to try as well. 

As usual with the gift bags, there's mostly only 1-2 products i want in there to make it worth while. I've got a heap load of stuff i'm not very into sitting around from the recent Beauty bag priceline had running. maybe i shall do a post on that too. The one from last year i found to be much better but it's free so if you're getting stuff either way go for it but if not then it's not something you MUST get :)

Project Pan?

I'm sure we've all heard of Project Pan here and there. And after the past few weeks of extreme EXTREME spending, i need to mentally shut down my bank accounts and distract myself from shiny new things. So i've decided to start a Project Pan. Not to completely cut myself off from spending because i'm a hoarder and if i find something great on sale i can't stop myself. But this is more to pull out things i have and focus on using them. I still have a stash of around 20 mac lipglosses all brand new and in different shades which have not been touched. I've been meaning to (for 2 years) but maybe if i attempted a new colour each week i can actually start enjoying my splurges. This will help me use things up and actually try the things i've bought! So i will be doing lots of reviews hopefully :D Also i shall be posting about lots of new products i've purchased lately with photos! I need to put more effort into that and also awesome promotions happening all over the place because those get me most excited. This is an excellent way for me to stop my spending but still indulge in products :D I have so much new things i can't wait to ramble on and on about them hehe

Biore sale at Priceline!

Priceline's current catalogue sale has a really amazing deal on Biore products. They have a 15% off the whole range and also if you spend over $10 you get a bonus $20 exfoliator! That's like paying $5 per item if you buy a $10 product!

Today i picked up 2 packs of pore strips which i look forward to trying as they're quite popular as the commonly used pore strip and a pack of self heating masks which i've wanted to use again but did not want to splurge on a 8 time use only mask. I got 2 bonus exfoliators so i spent $25 and got 5 items which is amazing! I tested the exfoliator in store and it's the polish kind which is the only kind i like so i'm over the moon.
I plan to visit a different priceline to pick up a moisturizer from the skinpreservation range which was out of stock today and see what else is worth trying since the deal offers amazing value.
Check out your priceline and head to the biore section! I'm going tomorrow because priceline always sells out fast :)




Clarins is also having a really good gift time. Buy two skincare products and get a tote bag full of skin goodies. They're deluxe sameple sizes and contains 15ml day cream and 15ml night cream, usually around $100 for a 50ml jar! There's also a lot of other little things so when i finally find a stand that's well stocked i just might get it :) It ends this week one of the representatives told me so be quick!