Hello my beautiful
shopaholics!! Sorry for the delay of my weekly purchase. I thought about many excuses as to why I haven't put a new post up on Sunday as I said before but the reason is really just because I was caught up with other things in life...Anyways I am back
now <3
Presenting to you all~~ my weekly
purchase TA DAAAAA
(1) Barry M matte nail paints (from left to right) in Burgundy crush, Espresso and Vanilla.
The colours look amazing on the nails and they work best
with two coats. However, because of the matte formula I couldn't put some of my normal
top coat on and so they chipped quite severely in about two days.
After
watching many many 2013 favorites and top 10 masks tags on Youtube, I decided that I
have to try out the Ren Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask. Many people who have used this said it was like a miracle product and their skin felt so soft and 'renewed' after using it. I have been suffering from acne problems since puberty and although I am lucky enough to not very deep scarings, I still suffer from hyper- pigmentation (red/ purple marks left after the spots are healed). So I really hoped this mask would lift up those marks and give my skin another chance. So far I have only used this twice so I will review how it helps my acne marks in a later time. All I know at the moment is that the mask smells amazing like apricot jam and it didn’t feel
irritating on the skin.
Again another purchase triggered by many 2013 favourites videos. There seemed to be a bit of controversy as to whether this product is worth the hype. To me, this product was not a
miracle product. My lips are not very dry anyway but sometimes when I wear
matte lipsticks the colours can appear a bit patchy on the lips. This lip balm
did not help with that (even after scrubbing my lips and then used this lip balm). However, it felt so velvety on the lips which I
really enjoyed and I have not experienced any drug store product with this texture. In conclusion I found it a nice product to have but in terms of moisturising my lips I believe drug store lip balms should do just as well.
(4) Topshop Lip Bullet (in Bewitched)
I have
always enjoyed make up products from Topshop. Recently I have been enjoying
very dark lip colours and so far this lip bullet from Topshop is the darkest
one. I was quite surprised because the colour appeared quite sheer on the lips and it required at least two layers to develop an opaque dark purple colour. I guess it will
work better with a lip liner which I don't actually own any and am currently looking into them.
(5) Revlon colourburst matte balm (in 210 unapologetic) and lacquer balm (in 135 provocateur)
My favourite drug store lip products have always been those
made by Revlon. I fell in love with their lip butter, super lustrous lip gloss and
colourburst balm stain. Since I have known about the matte balm and lacquer
balm being released in the states, I have been dying to get my hands on them. As I moved to Hong Kong I have been really into korean make up and the poor Revlon balms have been forgotten. Now that I am in the UK again, I am back to my routine visits to Boots and Superdrug weekly and my cravings for Revlon lip products reminded me about the balms! I
was so close to paying extra to get them online and then the magic happened,
they finally appeared in the UK!! (Somehow I never thought about finding out
when they were gonna be released in the UK…). I had no idea when they were actually released in the UK but it was the first time I found them in my local area last Saturday (18/01/2014). I bought one matte and one
lacquer balm just to try out for now.
To me there is never too many
body lotions and perfumes. Smelling nice should be the goal for life for all girls!! I have first
heard about the Love and Toast brand on facebook through a famous Taiwanese
model. At the time it looked like something I could only get online so I left it. Then one
day when I went ‘treasure hunting’ in TK Maxx I found a few Love and Toast
products including this body lotion I bought. This body lotion smells fantastic. It has a fresh floral scent. When applying it to the skin, it appeared very thick at first but as I rubbed it in it was absorbed very quickly leaving the skin moisturised and smooth. I would really recommend this product to those who hate the sticky feeling some lotions can leave on the skin. Looking at the ingredients in this product made me love it even more. This product is full of plant goodness such as sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, soyabean oil, shea butter, green tea leaf extract and Kumquat extract. It is a blend of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants specially for those with dry skin. On top of that, it contains no nasty chemicals such as parabens, mineral oils, sulphates etc. And finally it was reduced from its retail price of £12.99 to £3.99!! The only problem was that it was hard to squeeze the lotion out of the packaging, but that didn't really bother me. Love and Toasts products are also available from Debenhams, so I guess I will be going there next...
Hope you have enjoyed my weekly purchase post and have been inspired to do some more shopping. See you next week (more like this week...)
Love you all
Mwah Mwah Mwah
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