Priceline Skincare Goody bag June 2013!

Priceline is having another Goody bag offer again! This time it's on skincare and you have to spend $60 or over on the selected brands :) I got mine already hehe and they seem to be almost out since it's Saturday today. You might be able to find a few more left in some stores. It's a really good one too so if you're in need of some stuff anyways, this is the best time to buy!

On Thursday night, just 20 minutes before all the shops were to close, i rushed into Priceline on the drive back home from the city and grabbed a basket, threw stuff in and went on my way as they were slowly kicking people out. 

In such a rushed manner, i didn't make a very good choice with what i needed to buy. I knew i needed make up wipes as my last pack was coming to an end and a few packs of pore strips, you will always need these babies. 

So i ended up buying pretty much all make up wipes and a few packs of pore strips. There looked like only 3 goody bags left on the shelf like they were almost out!

The next day when i was at work, there is a better Priceline there and i had a good chance to look at all the skincare on sale as well. My local Priceline has skincare divided into this 4 section maze and i didn't see most of the offers the night before. This Priceline still had shelves full of goody bags!

I really didn't need an extra goody bag as i already have more than enough skincare at home. I still have unopened stuff from last year's goody bag! But the skincare was 30% off and i went through convincing reviews on my phone. I decided to just go for it. 

My sisters got the goody bag as well so we all did product trades and swapped for things we would use which was good hehe.

 Priceline Skincare Goody Bag 2013 :)

Dr. Lewinns Reversaderm Micro-Cellular Age Correcting Peel

I'm not at the age that Dr. Lewinns products are targeted for but they do have products which interest me. And it's usually these brands that have good stuff that works! I've also bought their new cleansing oil and will do a review on it later.

I've bought quite a few skincare products lately but haven't had the time or energy to do any posts but i will post pictures and mini reviews next :D If anyone has had good or bad experiences with Dr. Lewinns please let me know! I've got a lot of their basic stuff which i haven't gotten around to really using properly yet and their new products really look appealing :D

Thursday Night Haul :) Clarins Gift With Purchase @ Myer, Pandora ~

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!

Dove Pure Antiperspirant Deodorant Review

Product Talk by Nuffnang

I got some Dove freebies in the mail a few days ago which included the Dove Pure anti-perspirant deodorant spray and roll on :) How exciting! I love trying new things, especially when they are free hehe :P

When i need to use deodorant for super hot and sweaty days, i use one from Nature's Gate and one from Thursday Plantation which is organic.

So i'm very conscious about using a deodorant that is clean feeling and doesn't contain a million nasty things.

One thing i love about Dove is their moisturizing cream bar. My mum has stocked the house with these soaps since i was young so when i first used a 'normal' bar of soap, i realised how plasticy and filming it was. I could still feel a plasticy layer on my skin even when i washed it off! I decided to never sway away from Dove when it comes to soap ever again.

So when the first thing i noticed on the deodorant was the 1/4 moistursing cream logo i was super happy.

The deodorant also contains NO Fragrance, Parabens, Colourants or Alcohol! L is allergic to alcohol so he could definitely use these! :D This is probably safe to use on smelly kids too? :P

Both have no scent at all! I am shocked. Whenever i think of deodorant i have memories of being back in high school, in the sports change rooms with 20 other girls, all spraying and rolling on their deodorants and that musky powdery smell overwhelmed me.

They're also hypoallergenic and is suppose to last 48 hours. Who doesn't take a shower in 48 hours?! I guess if you were ever stuck in a situation where being smelly would be totally embarrassing, then you'll be glad your deodorant lasted 2 days lol

I'm not a fussy person but i'm picky when it comes to deodorant. A lot tend to leave white clumps if you spray too close and some smell so strong. When i tested the spray i was surprised at how light it felt and of course the lack of smell. I even showed my brother who couldn't stop spraying it to try and detect a smell. There is a subtle scent though which my sister says smells like tissues xD The roll on is super creamy and light like a water gel. It feels like they disappear on the skin and you wouldn't even know it was on. It's nice to know i've got that extra protection even when it feels like nothing is there.

So when i finally get my lazy ass to start working out, i will stock up on these for sure! I think these would be perfect to bring to the gym because you can spray heaps of this on and no one will complain about the smell!

I love when brands come out with products that are good for you, it just shows how health and wellbeing is being considered now in our consumerist world :) I love how Dove has so many sensitive skin and unscented products now. They've been around so long, i tend to forget about the brand when there is so much new and flashy brands coming out and i always walk pass their section. But in the end, it's the products you grew up with and are still around today that listen to what it's customers want. I can't wait to see what else they will have in the future :D

http://www.mydove.com.au

Thursday Night Haul :) Revlon @ David Jones; Oroton 50% off; Colette 50% off; etc etc

I thought i was going to keep at it but i have failed posting consistently! But never mind about that :)
The weather is awful in Sydney today and the only thing i want to do tonight is to take a hot shower and snuggle up into bed with some treats.
So since i won't be out shopping as i usually do, i shall post about my recently spendings hehe

A really good deal at the moment is Revlon at David Jones :)
They have 30% off foundations, mascaras, eyeliners from what i recall. And when you spend up to $39.95 you get a bonus gift pack! The gift pack is awesome too. The shades in it are very everyday shades that everyone can use :)

I definitely did not need anything but whenever i see gwp i get excited. And the sales girl was trying hard to push the sale yet knew to keep her space so i decided why not. It didn't cost that much until i spotted one of those DJ deluxe sampler bags and thought it was a new one. The girl said there was a better one and she went away for a bit to get it. And when i saw it, i realised it was the one i already had but she really went out of her way to get it so i just bought it anyways which i regretted once i got home because i really don't have space for more products!

Anyways! I went home and read lots of bad reviews for the foundation which made me sad :( I've used it twice since and it's not too bad. It spreads nicely on my skin and seems to stay ok with powder on top. The only thing to i worry about is that it is very shiny! You definitely should powder over this one.

Coverage is just medium which i don't mind since i've tried horrible foundations with the 'light converage' meaning it won't cover sh*t at all so why put it on your face lol

I'm super curious to try the new mascara and the lipstick. And the lip liner is a good nude shade!

Moving on...

My new oroton key/coin purse! I've been looking for a key pouch to keep in my handbag as i'm worried it will scratch up my Prada wallet. Also for when i finally get a fancy handbag, i would die if my keys scratched it up. So with Oroton having a 50% off sale, i got this for $45 with the RRP$95 :) I love how soft and squishy the leather is. I'm not a super fan on the style but i do love the raspberry colour!

Currently i'm using it more for lip products than keys xD

Talking about fancy handbags... My current bag broke and i've resorted to using an older bag which works but i've been browsing online constantly for a new bag.

This is the bag i'm lusting over right now.

Chanel bag that will never be mine lol

From what i recall it was $4270! I just cannot bring myself to pay that much for a bag. I'm at the age where i should get a nicer bag. I'm use to using just that ONE bag now. But even if i used this for 10 years straight, do i really want to carry something that expensive around? I love the slouchy style because i want to be able to throw it around and get use out of it. But for that price? I will think hard before i make any rash decisions lol

I've added 2 new 'dainty' necklaces to my collection recently and i super love them.

Both are from Fossil. The first one i've been eyeing for weeks and i have now confirmed rose gold looks pretty good on me :)

Apologies for the bad shot. I took this while waiting in traffic and as the necklace glistened in the sunlight i couldn't help but admire how beautiful it was. I tried to take a photo but it failed because i have fat fingers lol

Next up is a double pendant necklace :) L prefers this one more and doesn't really like the rose gold one. I love the small heart on this and didn't realise it was double pendant until we untangled them and realise it was connected! However what i love about this is the chains can connect and disconnect from each other! This lets me just wear the tiny heart by itself or together. It looks lovely on :)

They both have 'STEEL' labelled on the clasps. So i wonder if it's just a steel chain or does that include the pendant also? I hope it's the whole necklace as i love the designs so much and it cost a lot more than fashion jewellery so i want to be able to keep it forever.

My new black/gold bangles by Olivia Welles. I purchased once from the brand and i loved the quality so i splurge a little the second time and got a few necklaces as well.

I love all the designs. They are suppose to be gold plated so i really hope they are because i wore the necklace in the top left corner and a girl asked if i got it from Colette which made me sad.

A few days later Colette had their 50% off jewellery sale and i found the same necklace design in there but in a gunmetal colour! It was down to $10 and i decided i needed to buy it too to feel like i wasn't totally ripped off.

I got a few other goodies too :)

I also got some stuff from Belle Noel! I've been wanted one of their glam rock necklaces for the longest time. I didn't get the one i've been wanting but they did have another one which was quite lovely too.

This is an ankle bracelet but i'm just going to wear it on my wrist anyways :)

I super LOVEEEE this necklace. I wasn't too sure at first but i've worn it a few times and it does look very glam :)

Necklace and earrings which i'm not too keen on. They don't look as shiny and glassy as they did in online stock photos and they're so oversized. Not sure if i'll ever wear them but they weren't worth the return shipping cost and i could probably gift them away if i never end up wearing them hehe

What else have i bought lately...

lol L got this for me. Everytime we go into lush he always shows me this as a joke. And i totally don't even need it. But i started seeing lots of raves about this as an amazing firming cream online and i really wanted to try it on my body. So i made him get it for me. I have not tried it yet because i'm lazy but i will get around to it eventually hehe

I've always wanted to be effortlessly rocker chic styled but it actually does take a lot of effort hunting down comfy leather(ette) pants.

So i opted for leggings instead! I found 2 pairs from Myer by T by Bettina Liano. I don't have a picture of the plain leatherette ones but i do of this snake like skin one :) It just looks like a shiny black from far away which is what i like. I've worn it so many times already and have realised this sheds tiny flakes of black stuff everywhere! I still love it though :)

I was having a discussion with my sister the other day about how jeans aren't even considered to be comfortable anymore. And it is so true with the super tight skinny jeans that's on trend theses days. And the button up part is always way too tight when every other part fits good! I've purchase so many jeans which don't fit right or are way too tight this past year. I shall only purchase leggings from now on! They pretty much look like pants these days anyways right? lol

I feel like this is something a fat person would say lol

Next is some random make up ordered online a while back! I haven't touched any of this stuff to date! I really need to stop buying :(

I needed a nail strengthener and was in Priceline around a week or 2 ago and saw Sally Hansen had an awesome GWP! Spent $20 or more to get this super gift!

I got the Maximum Shield Treatment and i needed some nail polish remover anyways so with those two i qualified for the gift :) Look at the amount of goodies you get! Simply amazing. The hoarder in me was going to go pick this up again 2 days later but they were all gone :(

Last but not least is my giant order of baked good candles!

These take up heaps of space so i hope i get to use them soon! They smell so yummy.

Oops nope, i found more photos of make up :)

Lastly is my Adorebeauty.com.au Order hehe

I became slightly obsessed with the Clarins Brush on Perfector, so when i saw the same sold out kit on the website for even cheaper than in stores i had to have it!

To qualify for free shipping i also got a Lancome holiday set. It came in a super pretty gold glitter clutch.

Inside contained 2 Rogue in Love lipsticks in 353B 272N and 132M

I love the super luxe packaging :)

Ok i think that wraps it up for now. Until next time when more spending is done hehe :)

Make-Out 2013?

Yesterday i came across some make up de-cluttering videos from this Youtube User  I tend to watch these dehoarding type of shows when i feel overwhelmed with how crowded my room is. Granted that my room is a tiny shoe box, surely i can find a way to keep things off the floor?

And when it comes down to it, my room is just literally filled with too much make up and too much products.
I hate looking at my vanity and it's covered completely with stuff. A good day is when there's a small empty surface for me to put a cup of tea.

Make-Out 2013 was started by the youtube user to stop buying more unnecessary make up. Which has been floating in my mind constantly since last year. I would not say i have WAY too much. But i do have too much. The problem is when you can't keep all your make up in one place and it ends up scattering into a few sections.
I've got my top vanity drawer filled with 2 layers on make up, and besides my other 2 clear cube style thingies being filled with make up. I don't want more than that. But i do have an extra 2 boxes of make up right now so i want to use those up or cut those down. If they don't have a spot where they should be, i shouldn't have it. My skincare is another issue. If i like something i tend to buy lots of back ups. And i never even get around to using up the first one before i discover something else i like more. So this is it. I will ban myself from buying certain types of products.

Body lotions (I have enough to last 5 years even if i do use them everyday)

Exfoliators (they take a long time to go through)

Pencil type eyeliners

Lipliners (because i don't use them at all)

Lipgloss (because i don't use them at all yet have like 50 of them)

Blush (I think i will allow myself to buy ONE it's an amazing peach or baby doll pink from a high end brand)

Lipsticks in any shade other than nudes (i have every shade in the lip rainbow and i don't even touch them!)

Mascaras (i went off them for a while as they were too messy to take off by lazy me but i have started again since i have 30 new ones sitting around)

Firming eye cream (I have 20 tube back ups of my MD Visage ones so i will only allow myself to buy Moisturizing eye creams since i have felt the need for them lately and only own one Lancome one)

Nail polish (I hate nail polish. Its messy. It kills my nails. I have when they chip and i'm too tired to re-do them. Yet i have enough to seem like a nail polish hoarder too. This makes me really sad)

Toners (It doesn't seem like i have a lot but i do. In all kinds of brands possible hiding here and there so i forget i have them)

Perfumes (Nope don't need them. I have all the ones i've ever loved and L has bought me a lot of perfume sets which sit inside my wardrobe unopened! I may let myself repurchase my Body Shop Japanese Cherry Blossom one which i'm more than halfway through but i did have a Cherry Blossom one for L'occitane not long ago so only if i find them drastically different)

Face powders (they really do take forever to go through just one)

Bronzers (My God. There was one time i realised i hoard everything but bronzers and that kept my mind open to letting myself buy them... bad mistake)

Brow pencils (have a few and they last foreverrrr)


I think i can go on forever. So all i can purchase is: Nail polish remover, Body scrubs which i use everyday and buy as i go.
Shampoo and conditioner. I had a lot of bottles sitting around and i've done a really good job this year at using most of it up. I'm at the point where i think i might actually be OUT of shampoo. But i know i have 2 bottles somewhere. And that's it. I think i will try buy shampoo as i go now. Since my hair has been going through changes lately and nothing has kept it the way it use to be.
Oh another one is shower gel! Around 2 years ago i was out of shower gel. And i wasn't working then so i just needed a cheap one which would just do the job ok and it was so hard to find. I went without shower gel for a week. I did have scrubs and bath bubble gel to use but i ended up hoarding a few bottles and at this point still have 3 left. So no shower gels!

So thats:
Nail polish remover
Body Scrubs
Shampoo (decided on no conditioner as my hair was great when i didn't use them. I'll use hair masks instead)

That's a pretty short list :( I hope i find other things i can add to it but for now, i don't need so i won't buy any products.
I want to spend my money on other things like food and that super pretty necklace i've been eyeing. $90 for a necklace? No way. But $90 on make up feels like a no brainer? I can change :) I can feel the want to change more and more each day :) Does every make up collector/hoarder eventually get to this point where they feel enough is enough? Let me know if you guys have felt the same way.