Weekly Purchase (till 22nd Feb 2014)

Hello hello shopaholics!! Long time no see again! But I have a valid reason this time, I have moved back to Hong Kong!! I have been trying to get myself a job since I did not pass my pharmacy conversion exam (I failed a paper out of three, sad times). So on the 7^th March I went for an interview for a pharmacy dispenser post and now I’m just waiting for their reply. Also I’m getting prepared to do something interesting, but I want to keep this a secret for now (you probably can guess what it is anyway lol).

  

So these are all that I bought in the UK just before I came back to Hong Kong.

1)      Benefit Goovy Kind- A Love make up kit 

I LOVE this!!! I got this kit from the duty free after going to Paris. In the kit there is a Bene Tint, the Porefessional Primer, 4 neutral eye shadows, 2 blushers (one of them might have been a contour colour) and the They're Real mascara. This kit basically had everything I wanted to try from Benefit so I got this for £17.50 reduced from about £ 25. For so many amazing products this is a complete BARGAIN right?  

2)    Garnier Micellar water

Micellar water~~ There are so many different types and I can never resist trying out new ones. So far I have tried 5 micellar water type of makeup removers (Bioderma, Loreal, Haruhada collagen cleansing water, B. Pure micellar water and this Garnier one). From all the videos that I have watched the main differences between all these micellar waters seem to be a) how drying they are and b) how well they remove make up. So first I never managed to find one that takes off my water proof mascara easily without some rubbing action but to me they were all good for taking off face make up. Secondly I have oily skin and I don’t normally find anything drying…so I can never tell the difference. However, I would say from all the ones, the Haruhada one does make my skin feel slightly tingly. I am not sure if that is irritation or what but there doesn’t seem to cause any redness to my skin. In terms of price, this one is a very reasonable. It was retail for £ 4.99 at Boots for 400 mL which is equivalent for about 200 uses (said on the bottle).

3)      Soap & Glory Kick Ass Concealer

Only used this once, not sure about it. The powder seemed to slip into the little lines I have underneath my eyes which from a distance isn’t noticeable but I didn’t like it. But I cannot be sure until I have used it more.

4) Soap & Glory Super Colour Fabulipstick Powdercoat Matte Lipstick in Pompom

WOW that colour, that formulation, that smell (smells like chocolate to me). I LOVE this lipstick so much it has pretty much become my go to. So first it is red lipstick but not too ‘in your face’ kind of red. There are so many ways to wear it too. When I went for my job interview I wanted to look awake but I was going for the ‘no makeup’ make up look so that I look more professional than ‘I’m going clubbing’. So I used my fingers to dap this onto my lips to give it some sheer colour. And when I was really going out I would put a thicker layer on and the matte finish is just beautiful.

5)     Rimmel London Clear Complexion powder

I have not tried this yet but I have heard that this is better for those with troublesome skin i.e. acne, excess oil etc. So I wanted to try it out.

6)      N^o 7 Instant Radiance Highlighter

Beauuuuutiful highlighter. I hate highlighters that are too white, rub off my blush/ foundation, or those with visible glitters. This highlighter is so natural and it gives a very natural glow to your skin. I found that stick/ cream highlighters seem to work better and look more natural on my skin comparing to powder highlighters. Please go and try this one out. They also do blushers in the same stick form. I wish I could get more to try out but I’m not in the country anymore…sigh.

Hope you liked this blog post, please comment below and tell me about what you have bought/ tried recently.

Love you all

Mwah Mwah Mwah

We went to PARIS for the V DAY!!!

Hello my lovely shopaholics!! Today’s post is a bit different, it is not about what I bought! Valentine’s day has come and gone for a month now… but I still want to share with you what I did for it because it might give you ideas of what to do in the next Valentine’s day? Feel free to skip reading this if you’re not interested though.

So my boyfriend took the week before Valentine’s day off so we could spend more time together before I go back to Hong Kong. And for that I planned to give him a little gift every day till Valentine’s day. For Day 1 I made him this floral bear.

 I messed up at the nose area so the bear ended up with a flat nose lol. 

It’s much easier to make than what it looks. First pick a fabric you like and then cut out the shapes you need. You will need double of everything so that you can sew the two pieces together with the stuffing in the middle (except for the feet, the back of the head and the back of the trunk).

This bear has a heart and I was inspired to do that by the shop, Build- a- bear Workshop which provides little cushion hearts to be put inside their cuddly toys while filling them up with fur. I also sprayed it with my favourite perfume.

I crave for certain food all the time (even without getting pregnant…) and that Sunday night I was craving pancakes. So on Monday we bought some pancakes, fruit and Nutella and he came over to make some omelettes with red pepper and baby corn. 

Then we pretty much just lied on the sofa and watched some movies while we were eating. We kept eating the same food throughout breakfast and lunch time lol. So that’s what we did on Day 1.

Day 2 I made something a lot easier because I was lazy lol. I basically dipped some strawberries into melted chocolate and decorated them with sprinkles.

Day 3 we booked out holiday to Paris!! We also exchanged an outfit that we picked for each other. This would be the outfit that we were going to wear in Paris on Valentine’s day.

 Left: Pleather jacket from H&M, grey jumper from Primark and ripped skinny jeans from H&M. Right: Pink leather jacket, grey t- shirt (slightly cropped and says Beau Fleur in black writings) and black coated Leigh jeans all from Topshop. Looking at these outfits now, makes me feel like a cheapo but that's because the boyfriend cheated and went over the budget of £100. I do love my outfit though. Comments for the outfits will be much appreciated!!

Day 4 we had to wake up at 4 am to get to the airport so didn’t do very much apart from packing.

Day 5 (Valentine’s day)- We got to Paris at 9:30 am. Then we took the metro to Quatre Septembre which is the closest station to our hotel. We stayed in a hotel called Ascot Opera. The reception lady was super nice and lent us an umbrella since it was raining. The room was quite small but cosy. After resting in the hotel for an hour or two we went out for lunch in an Italian restaurant near the hotel. 

After that we had a nice romantic relaxing walk to the station Tuileries. Then we took the metro to Champs Elysees!!! And I wanted to go there because they have Sephora there!! There was a specific product I wanted to get from there and it’s the Laduree Les Merveilleuses Petal Blush. However, I found it way too expensive so I didn’t buy it *sad face*. Then we also got some chocolate and I forgot to check out the name of the shop…sorry. The next stop was Arc Du Triomphe which I managed to go in for FREE because I am under 25 and have a British passport (or any EU passport will do too) so if you are visiting Paris do NOT forget to have your passport with you at all times! 

Me starring at Arc Du Triomphe...

One of the reasons why I wanted to go Paris was of course for the MACARONS!!! I went to Pierre Herme (inside Publicis Pharmacy) and queued for like half an hour for a box of seven yummy macarons.

They had this sweet heart design made with maracons potentially or Valentine's day

Then we rested on the bench outside for like 15 minutes because my knees were sore from over walking (and it’s a recurrent problem of mine) and boyfriend was having a cold so we were basically exhausted. So we decided we weren’t going to stress about what to have for dinner and McDonald’s is just on the other side of the road!! So we had a romantic dinner at McDonald’s lol I ordered a Happy Meal which came with a free DVD (we picked Shrek 4) which was so cool and they should consider doing that in other countries.

As we just left McDonald's the boyfriend walked away and bought some roses from a guy. So these were all we bought for the day. 

Day 6- DisneyLand and Disney Studio!! First ride: TOWER OF TERROR!! I have been to Disneyland and Disney Studio before but I was being a scardy cat and I skipped this ride last time. And this time I managed to try it and it was the best ride of the day!! We missed out the Nemo ride because the queue was crazy when we went the first time and there were technical problems when we went the second time then we ran out of time to go back for it *tears*.

Day 7

First attraction of the day- The Louvre. Then we took the rikshaw to the Notre Dame Cathedral

Then we took the metro to the Eiffel Tower which I haven't got a picture of because we were rushing.

Last attraction of the day- Charles De Gaulle airport. We had a 12 hour tour. Wait, what?! Oh yeah we slept in the airport for the night. This is because we had some technical problems with the flight tickets…someone made a little mistake lol. So we changed our ticket for the next morning. At that time it was NOT fun because I was having some bad ass period pain but I ran out of pain killers (luckily I did have pads) so I was in pain, cold and had nowhere to sleep properly. So of course I ended up arguing with the boyfriend (I can’t even remember why we did, but now I think it's just because I was feeling so unwell but couldn't sleep) and I started crying. Some airport security walked by and thought I was being ‘bullied’ by the boyfriend and that calmed me down straight away because I didn't want him to get into trouble for nothing. Then we both fell asleep. As we woke up something went missing!!! So before we fell asleep I had my hat (the one I was wearing in that Arc Du Triomphe picture) on the bench with the boyfriend’s headphones in it and they were stolen when we were asleep. I know you will say that’s so silly you should have watched your stuff etc. but we were so exhausted both physically and mentally. Another thing I want to mention is that the airport toilets were not very nice in a sense that they only had iced cold water from the sink (I have only been to two toilets in the airport so maybe other toilets do have warm water?). I would say try not to sleep in Charles De Gaulle airport if you can.

Now looking back the whole experience makes me laugh. It started off being a romantic fun holiday but now I would never forget about it because of that special night lol

Another thing about the trip was that we didn’t check in any luggage and as a result I didn’t manage to pick up any beauty products. I am still very sad about that but that could only mean one thing…I need to go back to Paris next time with a large check- in luggage.

So that’s what we have done for Valentine’s day. Hope you enjoyed it!

Love you all,

Mwah Mwah Mwah