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So Many Products!

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I recently was on a good streak and got into various different campaigns through chickadvisor and influenster. For those of you who don't know what these are, let me briefly break it down for you. I will have more indepth details in another post. These two companies have different brand campaigns that allow consumers to try product from specific brands for free. In return, consumer must either give honest feedbacks or share on social media about what they're trying. So essentially marketing for the companies. I got into the biore voxbox with influenster, the dove campaign and the garnier campaign.





Let's start off with biore. The biore voxbox included two new products that biore is releasing this season. The baking soda pore cleanser and the baking soda cleansing scrub. Both uses baking soda as one of its key ingredients. What intrigued me most was the cleansing scrub. It comes in a powder form and when you go to use it, you pour about a quarter size onto your hands, add water and then apply to your face. I found that it isnt good to use on a daily basis as it dries out the skin. However, it works really well. It may seem that because the baking soda is so fine, it wouldn't work as well but it does. And I love the design of the packaging and how you can pop the top open and shut with one hand.


The garnier campaign was one that I was really interestes in receiving. Particularly the moisturizer. I love the added benefit that it has uv protection and helps to brighten the skin. The micellar water was great. It took off make up with ease and left my face feeling soft.


The dove campaign came with 5! Different products. A shampoo and conditioner, a holding spray, a dry shampoo and a hair oil. Im most excited for the oil and the dry shampoo :P God knows if I can get away with it I would go days without washing my hair. The dry shampoo really helps me to keep my hair looking clean.

I'm a Panda!

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On my recent trip to Japan and Hong Kong, I did a massive beauty mask shopping haul. It is all the rage with some having different designs on the mask, purely for fun and aesthetics. Out of the different brands I purchased,  I bought a panda faced one made by SNP. SNP is a korean beauty company. They have tons of different masks available. This one that I bought focuses on whitening.


On the front of the package, it advertises, whitening mask to restore dull and rough skin with brightening energy delivering luminosity and softness.


When I first opened the package I could tell it was overloaded with serum. And I was right. After removing the mask from the package the package was still heavy from the serum, which I set aside. I applied the mask after cleansing and toning my face. It asked that I leave it on 15-20 minutes, however I like to leave it on longer and kept it on for 30 min. Which was about the duration of my show, Criminal Minds. After which I removed the mask and let the rest of the serum absorb. 
I found that while the serum was great and left my skin feeling more buoyant and refreshed, the serum had a sticky residue that I'm not quite fond of. I applied the rest of the serum the following day and patted it into the skin. The panda was cute but pointless and I dont think I would spend the extra money again for an animal om my face. All in all, it was a great mask. I would definitely recommend 
their line

The Joys of Giving

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There are too many times when you look at the news and there is some sort of disaster going on, or a crime being committed. Rarely do you read, there still is though, on the good in humanity. With the way the world is, I think we as people that are part of it should try to help each other out in whatever way possible. Things that may seem little to us, may mean the world to the person receiving it.


I often look back and wish I had done more for the homeless people I said no to or pretended not to see. 

One of my goals for the past couple of years was to donate my hair. Hair is something that a lot of us take for granted. For those that have to go through chemo and the thought of losing their hair, is often a scary thought. I tried last year to do so, but because I had dye on the lower lengths of my hair, it was considered un-donatable. Hair that are to be donated have to be of certain length and meet certain requirements. This is so that the hair pieces that it is eventually made into will turn out as best as it can be. 




This year, I finally managed to grow out my hair long enough to donate. The program I decided to donate it through is Pantene Beautiful Lengths. A lot of people recommended it and they give their hair pieces free of charge to cancer patients. It seems funny how after I did so, I realized just how many people around me were also saving their hair for the exact same cause. Its such a happy thing to see all the good in the world. Time to start saving again.

Dead Sea Mud Spa Mask

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I received the Dead Sea Mud Spa Mask by Montagne Jeunesse a few months back in the influenster voxbox. I have tons of face mask so I haven't had the chance to get this one. That is, until the other night. I've personally never tried a mud mask before so I was quite interested to see what it was like. This mud mask only uses Dead Sea mud, Dead Sea salt and seaweed.


I applied it to my face and let it rest for 15 - 20 minutes like the instructions suggested on the back of the packaging. I definitely wasn't very happy with the cut-out of the mask. I felt that they didn't allow for a full and even/thorough coverage of the face. However, it did stay on which was good to know. While the mask was on, my face did feel very refreshed. Which I though was good, because I've had negative reaction to some masks before.  


After the 15-20 min had passed, the instructions said to remove and massage. This I found was hard to do as the mud had dried out. Maybe it was suppose to do that? But the dried mud mask made it hard to massage. I attempted for a minute or so before I gave up and rinsed it off and then off to bed. 


The next morning, I could feel my face was super refreshed and soft to the touch. My face looked rejuvenated and refreshed. It is definitely a mask I would recommend. 

SWAP Meet Haul!!

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Someone recently posted about a SWAP, which stands for Style With a Purpose, being held in Vancouver in one of the trading groups I was in, and since I've never been to one of those, I really wanted to see it for myself. For those who don't know what a SWAP meet is, it’s where you rummage through your closet and sort out all the clothes you have that you haven’t worn and probably won’t ever wear. Everyone brings together all the clothing that they don’t need and swap the clothes. Like the old saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Whatever doesn't get chosen at the end of the swap gets donated to the various Women's Centers in downtown Vancouver. So it would be a good cause.


A few weeks ago, I prepared my donation bag, and the organizers were really great for coming to me to pick up my donation/swap bag. They would sort everything out and have it ready for the swap. When you arrive at the swap, they give you a big bag and everything you can fit into the bag is yours to keep. Each additional bag would be an extra $20. The actual swap was last night. One thing I was not happy about was they didn’t really explain the rundown of the night and left people wondering.  Their facebook event page said 6-10 PM but actually the swap wouldn’t start till eight.  6 – 8 PM was the mingle, the thank you from the charities and a small fashion show of some of the clothes. I had gotten there right at six and felt a little lonely with no one to talk to for a while.There was wine and catered food for sale with 10% of proceeds to the women’s centers that the leftover clothes would go to as well.  Overall though it was a great idea and I wish I had taken more pictures at the actual event.

I got there at 6ish and since I was one of the first, I got a first pick at jewelry. I didn't find much I liked so these were what I got. 


The swap started around 7:30 PM which was great, because I didn’t think I was able to hold out till 8 PM. There were a LOT of ladies there and a lot of things on the racks. Pretty close to the size of a small boutique I would say, except you really didn’t have to pay. I made a quick run at the accessories for some scarfs I had spotted earlier. I picked up three. A white one, a dark blue one and a grey colored one. 


I then went for the shoes, because if anyone knew me, I loved my shoes. I went quickly and wounded up with four pair of shoes, all of which were barely worn. First pair was a pair of black Freedman peep toe heels. 


I moved on to looking at boots and found a stitches store type pair of knee high boots.


Next pair of boots was a grey pair of aldo shoes boots. 


My favorite pair of boot from the bunch was this ankle boot. It's by blowfish. It had that edgy feel that I've been looking to find for a while now. 


I moved on back to accessories and found a bag I liked. While I didn't quite like the material, I grabbed the bag because I knew I would use it. 


I grabbed a pair of sunglasses that I thought was quite cute too.


 I then went on the difficult task of flipping through over 16+ racks of clothes. There was SOOO much to choose from. I didn't bother with the denims cause it always causes me trouble and I didn't want to try them on at the place. I went through the racks twice and these were what I picked up. There were lots of name brands and really nice clothes, but they were either not my size or just not my style. These were what I ended up getting. I didn't get that many cause I was sort of rushed for time. My favorite was the grey dress by H&M. 


  

 So in the end, I had a really good time. 

What did you think of my haul? :D

February Topbox: Benefit CNY Prive Box!!

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I got my Top Box yesterday, and low and behold, it was the Benefit Prive box!! While I was kind of hoping for the Miracle 10 Prive box, I’m not going to complain.

For those that don’t know what I’m talking about, Topbox is a monthly beauty box subscription that sends you about 4 to 5 beauty samples each month. It costs $12/month +tax. They recently introduced the Prive box, which is a box that features one particular brand. Each month, you can opt for that or a normal Topbox. The choice is yours.

This month, there were three different Prive Box choices. The most popular choice of the three was Benefit. The other two were Lippy Girl and Miracle 10, which also gives you the option of different content as well.


I was at work when I checked my tracking. It indicated that an attempt was made to deliver but no one was home so I had to pick it up at the local post office. I had thought they would safe drop, but that wasn’t the case. I went to pick it up after work even though the pickup notification said it wouldn’t be available till the following day at 1 PM. I was going to make up any excuse necessary to get my box then and there. I ended up not needing to because it was processed and ready to go!


The first thing I did when I got home was open it up. The box was gorgeous with a Chinese New Year Theme. I was really happy to get the benefit box because not only am I Asian and celebrates CNY, but I am also Year of the Snake!!


Opening up the box, you can see that it is jammed pack with goodies.


After taking out everything in the box, I was overall happy with everything in the box.  Inside the box was a 2.5 mL sample of Benetint, a 7.5 mL sample of POREfessional, an 8.9 g sample of Total Moisture Facial Cream, a Paper sample of Fine One-One wrapped inside of a traditional Red Pocket Envelope, an invitation to an exclusive event and Dandelion gloss and powder.


The POREfessional was my favorite in the box. I am never happy with my pores. They just appear so huge **I know, first world problems** and I’ve heard rave reviews on this product, so I am VERY excited to try this out.


I already have a small packet sample of the total moisture facial cream from an order I placed with Sephora last month, but I just love the packaging that this total moisture facial cream came in. It is literally a mini glass jar.

 

Not sure how or when I’ll get a chance to use the Benetint, I might give it away since it’s not the type of product I normally use, but it is interesting.


I was 50/50 with the Dandelion duo pack. I was happy with the Dandelion powder because it was something I needed, but I hate lip gloss. I guess it’s because I’m not used to using lip products. So I think it’s going into the trade pile.


The paper sample of Fine One-One is an interesting one. I’ve never seen anything like it. Personally, I think its stupid, since its only one use. But, then again, the other samples more than made up for it.


 Last but not least, there was an invitation for to an exclusive event to celebrate New Year. There were five locations listed and 2 of them were in lower mainland!!! I’m so happy that they listened and are hosting these events across the country now. One of the location is actually 5 min from my work place!! I can’t wait to go. There's suppose to be “Prizes and Gifts Galore!!”




There you have it. I think I saw someone post online that the value of this box turned out to be around $48~~ Considering I paid 13.44 for this, I am super happy with what I got. 

NOTD: Brisbane Bronze

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Last month I bought a bunch of OPIs. While most of the colors were some sort of red in either a slightly didn't shade or tint or had shimmers. This was one of the few non reds. It also turned out to be my favorite color of the bunch. As its name refers, its a bronze color with a nice shimmer to it.


I applied OPI natural base coat and top coat that I finally got from my friend for my Christmas present.
What made me so happy with this bottle was it only took two coats. I love my OPI brushes as they have big and flat enough brush that application is flawless. And I finally started to get a better rhythm of how to apply my nail polishes. Now if only my left handed application was as good as my right.

NOTD: OPI Moonraker

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I got a new bottle of OPI the other from my secret Santa. This one is called Moonraker. It has a silver shinebto it with a hint of blue. I felt the application was a lot smoother than the ciate from before. Guess I'm still a OPI girl although I wasn't happy with the fact it took three applications AND it was still not complete opaque

My Very Late Glossybox!!

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So today, I finally received my long overdue Glossybox. This is my second and last glossybox. While I like the box. It is a bit pricey for my liking. The drama that went on with this box was too much for me too. Not that I had much issues with it personally.


I believe by now most people should know what a Glossybox is. It is a beauty subscription box mailed out monthly with 5-7 samples for subscribers to try. It can be purchased on a monthly bases or quarterly or annually.


So apparently, this month's products were selected by LOULOU Magazine. While there were a lot of full size samples in this box. I was really disappointed with this box. First reason was because my original box got lost in transit and I had to wait till now to get it. The second was that I noticed a lot of my samples had dust on it. Like it's been sitting there forever. 


The sample was the TRESemme Split Remedy Sachet, which soooo small it doesn't really count for anything. I also already have a sample of this so I really wasn't enthusiastic about it at all. It had dust on it indicating that it was probably sitting there for a while. Ughh.


The second I pulled out was the Glossybox Lashes which were set at $12.50 a pair. While these false lashes looked full and pretty, and when I took it out it was soft to the touch, I didn't feel its value was $12.50. I've bought better quality lashes for cheaper. On top of that the box came worn looking.


Next to be pulled out was a pair of studs. There was no value to this on the info card. But It doesn't look like something I'd pay a lot of money for. 


So one of the items to cause a lot of drama was the Revlon enamel. Indeed the bottle looked worn and old, however I am in a phase where nail polish is nail polish and I like the color I got. :)


 This TRESemme Fresh Start Volumzing Dry Shampoo was something I'm actually interested in trying. I've never had dry shampoo before so i'm interested to see how it works. However again like some of the other products, I was disappointed to see a layer of dust on it.


The Jergens Natural Glow is one I actually didn't care for even though I got a full size bottle. It was actually one that had no dust, but I've bought so many of this exact product and not used that I just don't care for it. 


My favorite of the box, the aveeno Positively ageless Day SPF 30 Mositurizer. I am a huge fan of aveeno so this will definitely come in handy. Plus I really needed a SPF Mosturizer. 


Last but not least my avon product was yet another nail polish!! I was so elated to find that there was two bottles of nail polish in my box. This bottle is called Midnight Plum and is a dark purple color. While I quickly glanced online and indeed it seems to be from a while ago, I am happy with the color and nail polish certainly can last so no complaints here. 




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