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First Beauty Collective Haul in 2013!

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Hi all!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a beauty haul and it’s just awesome to be hauling beauty products. And so here’s my first beauty haul in 2013.

Etude house have loads of pretty glitter polishes now! These are $6.90 each!

I also got the nail polish set from the Etoinette collection. Look at the colors and that nail stickers! Too pretty to miss!! I’m going to wear this for CNY! This is $16.90.

Bought the Moisture Body Cream simply cause it smells really nice. It’s $22.90 for a 200ml tub. I also got the Silk Scarf hair mask to try after seeing Miyake raving about it on twitter. It’s $6.90 in the local Etude stores.

I‘ve also gotten the large 500ml bottle of the Wonder Pore Freshner at $32.90. Love this toner as I feel that it helps minimize the appearance of the pores plus refreshes the skin well. I’ve also gotten the emulsion from the skin mal:gem range to try as I’ve ran out of one to use for my day regime. It’s $25.90 for 200ml.

Saw that Canmake have 25% off at Watson’s the other say so I got their new foundation and primer to try. This is the natural range which does not includes any synthetic chemicals. It is also able to be removed with just water. The original price for the foundation and primer is $29.90 and $24.90 respectively.

Saw this set of 6 mini lip balms from Fresh going at 30% off which makes it $51, originally priced at $73. Lip balms are a staple in my regime and I always finish them real fast or lose them easily. The size of this lip balm is great to throw into the bag or purse!

I’m so glad that YSL have made its way back to SG shores. If not I will not have found out how awesome their range of lip sticks are. The two pictures are from their new Rouge Volupte Shine range. I’ve own two other from the Rouge Sheer Candy range and the Rouge Volupte Range. According to the BA, this new range is something in between the sheer candy and rouge volupte which provides a pigmented glossy color.

YSL priced their lipsticks at $45 each. I personally feel that it’s worth every single cent of it as it’s long lasting plus moisturizing. I love my sheer candy one so much that I’m contemplating to get a back up of the color I had. Now I’ve 4 lip sticks from YSL and trust me, this number will definitely increase over time.

And that’s all for my beauty haul post!

NOT!

It’s always great to share some beauty love with everyone so I’m giving out the SUGAR Lip Treatment from Fresh (the one on the extreme right in pic, dark brown packaging but it’s a clear balm) to one lucky reader!

To win, simply like my FB page if you have not and leave a comment below stating your FB name and why would you like to win the Lip Treatment.

The giveaway will end 1 Feb 2013 1800 HRS.

Update: Congrats Fenny for winning the Lip Treatment! *Winner is picked using a random name picker~ *

XOXO,
Joyce.Forensia

December BellaBox!

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December is the month of festive! The month of giving! How have you spent your December?

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I’ve received a great box of goodies from Bellabox this December!

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Elizabeth Arden Hand Treatment $40 for 75ml.

Bella Caviar Beauty Serum $250 for a box of 7, 5ml each.

BodyTech Intense Trim Serum $980 for a box of 14 12ml tubes.

B.LIV Blackheads Sebum Gel $94.95 for 45ml. (Super glad to receive this as I’ve been wanting to try it out for ages!)

Cellilux Deep Sea Secret Glacial Mineral Gel Mask $78 for 60ml.

Make Up Forever Ever Rouge Artist Lipstick, $35. (The mini sized lipstick is way too adorable! And it’s just so happened that I’m in the phase of red lips!)

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There’s also a special Bellabox Eyeshadow brush made from horse hair included as a Xmas gift! How sweet!!20121227-153031.jpg

Get Bellabox for yourself and loves ones now!

www.bellabox.sg

XOXO,
Joyce.Forensia

Mini Haul: Inglot

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So I was in JB last Saturday and there was an Inglot store at City Square Mall. How could I resist the temptation and not went in? It’s just normal that I went in and bought something! Though I wished I’ve exchange more RM so I could buy more than 1 item. My money was almost spent by the time I get to shop at Inglot! ><

So the only item I got was an eyeshadow pan from their freedom system. You could actually make your own palette by selecting a few pans and get their palette. Palettes and pans are all magnetic. They are all reasonably priced. A palette for 2 pans is only RM 16 and each single pan is RM30. They have pans of trios at RM36.

So the color I got was an pearly light green. I actually love my eyeshadows in such color tones! But I haven been wearing colors on my lids except for neutrals and grey recently. >~<

They don’t have a name for the color but it’s a pear and coded 412. Each pan is 2.7g and made in Poland.

A better look of the color in the pan.

A close up swatch.

Another swatch another room light. This is only one light swipe. The texture of the shadow is very buttery and smooth. Pigmentation is good too. Priced at RM30 for a pan which is roughly around $12.50, I would say it’s worth the money.

Reason why I did not get their palettes? Simply because I’ve several magnetic palettes at home and they are like half empty except for the one pictured! I believe I will get more of these Inglot eyeshadow pans to fill up my other palettes! :P

XOXO,
Joyce.Forensia

May BellaBox: Share with Mum!

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May’s Bellabox is a little different!

Instead of the usual pretty baby pink box which I love, they now have a recyclable drawstring bag! I used the boxes for my overwhelming storage, so I’m a little sad. I’m happy with the bag though, great for travelling around!

Cards with product information and a $20 Elizabeth Arden voucher.

Here’s the list of items! I will share the first one with my mum, give her the 2nd one and keep the rest for myself. Ops.

Before I opened the bag, I was thinking that this month’s bellabox smells really nice. And it’s the smell of the essential shampoo! Used those before and love it!

The shampoo and conditioner comes in really cute travel size! Will keep them for like travelling. And we have the Enavose Youth Guard Cream to prevent premature ageing!

Samples from Elizabeth Arden and Candy Doll. I’m glad I received the Candy Doll samples in shade 01. I have another set in 02 which is obviously too dark for me. Thanks to BellaBox I can finally try these goodies out in my shade!

I’m actually most interested in this particular product! It’s the Macadamia Natural Oil with both macadamia and argan oil! Ever since I dyed my hair red ombre, I subconsciously put in more effort in taking care of my tresses. Can’t wait to try this out!

Bellabox is having a Spring Spree this Thursday, 17th May from 4pm to 8pm! There will be the full range of Twistsbands, OCC lip tars spring collection and more! Remember to head down and check out the sale! Check out this post for more information http://bellablog.bellabox.sg/post/22723413143/get-the-lowdown-on-our-spring-spree !

And of course, get started on a beauty subscription here http://bellabox.sg/ !

XOXO,
Joyce.Forensia

April Bella Box

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Received the April Bella Box finally after a delay from Singpost. :P

April’s Box is all about getting flawless skin, from the outside and within!

Tips to achieve flawless beauty provided by the Bella box team!

Box of goodies!

Product information and where to get them!

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer and Foundation Primer sample for that clear canvas before color.

Enavose Black Tea Quench Mask to replenish the moisture in our skin.

Lemongrass House Rose Absolute Shower Gel that is gentle on the skin.

Moa Green Balm for zit, eczema and bumps.

Kinohimitsu BB Drink to achieve beautiful skin from within.

 

Head to http://bellabox.sg/ to get your hands on the May box now! The May box is the box to share with your mum!

XOXO,
Joyce.Forensia

MakeUp Collection: SLEEK MakeUP

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So I’m going to be featuring my makeup collection in terms of brands and categories. I will be also doing an overview of the brand itself for those that I’ve categorized by brands.

And first up will be featuring my mini Sleek MakeUP collection which consists of 3 eyeshadow palettes and 2 powder blushes.

Featured Products:

  • Sunset Palette (Check out the swatches here)
  • Curacao Palette L.E (Palette on the left in the last photo)
  • Aruba Blush (Orange)
  • Mediterranean Palette L.E (Palette on the right in the last photo)
  • Santorini Blush (Hot Pink)

Swatches of the 2 palettes can be easily found on the net, let me know if you want me to do the swatches. :P

Sleek MakeUP have quite a wide variety of eyeshadow palettes and I would say most of them are really pigmented. At least for the 3 that I’ve owned. The palettes are compact and easy to bring around. I don’t recommend you to bring along these palettes for travel as they are quite fragile. (Unless you hand carry them.)

Each palette comes with 10 colors in different textures. Most of the palettes comes with a matte black shade. Meaning if you have 5 palettes, maybe you will the same matte black in all of them. I’ve 3 of the palettes and 2 of them came with the matte black shade. This can be a good or bad thing. What do we do with so many of the same black color? We can always use one wet and the other dry. Black shadow can always doubled up as an eyeliner too.

Sleek Blushes are awesome. Pigmented and great color payoff. Just one swipe of the brush and it’s enough. Don’t be scared of by the vibrancy of the blushes, they are one of the more natural blushes that I’ve owned. If you’re fair like me, you just have to brush on the blush lightly. If you’re of a darker skin tone, you just have to use a little bit more product. I rate a 5 star for the pigmentation of Sleek blushes. Also, the color lasted for a good 5 – 6 hours on oily skin like mine.

The price for Sleek MakeUP is very affordable too! The palettes are priced at $10USD and blushes at $7.80USD. So it’s roughly around $15/16 for the palettes and $10/11 for the blushes depending on where you spree them from and the exchange rate.

Alright on to the photos!

XOXO,

Joyce.Forensia