Beauty Buys: Memories for KK Raya Trip

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

I went and had a holiday trip to KK a few weeks back, on the first day of Raya if I want to be more precise, we went there for 9 days just to get away from the Raya Aidilfitri celebration. I know it's weird but it is kinda refreshing tho not celebrating Raya and just have a relaxing shopping holiday. At first, the plan was to go to KL and Singapore, but due to some complications, we went to KK instead.

I spent a lot on shopping for makeups and apparels, I'm not posting my haul on the apparels I bought cuz let's face it, I'm too lazy to post about fashion, lol! So anyways, I went to Sephora, Bath & Body Works and Daiso for this haul.

Don't get me started on Daiso, I am pretty much in love with Daiso ever since I step foot into it, I bought a lot of stuffs there and am only posting the beauty-related stuff that I bought, I went there almost everyday of my trip!

Daiso Focus Gel Eyeliner in Lame Black- I think this is the only makeup item I bought for this haul, I'm still doing trials on this product so keep a lookout on the review.

Daiso Cleansing Water - I haven't try out that much micellar water yet, due to the lack of resources, why Brunei, why. However, I'm just going to give this a mini review since I know I won't be able to round up an in-depth review of some of the products that I hauled. So, I think you can pass cleansing water, you won't be missing out on anything, it's not that impressive, it does remove 70% of your makeup but it doesn't effectively remove waterproof mascaras. Also, I expect cleansing water to have no alcohol ingredient whatsoever, but this does and somehow it broke me out, ggrr. So now am using this to remove all my hand swatches and makeup residues from my hands whenever I apply makeup.

Daiso Detergent for Puff and Sponge - Nisa introduced me to this detergent and I'm glad that I bought this and I'm disappointed in myself of not buying a few more of this, cuz this is such an awesome brush and sponge cleaner, I usually clean my brushes with shampoos but I always never seem to be able to remove the brown stains by foundations from the brush and when I used this, AWESOME! I'd definitely will ask my friend to buy this for me!

Daiso Hand Cream in Rose -  I love rose scents and I forgot to bring my hand cream along, so this somehow is a nice and cheap thing to try, I think it's more moisturizing than my GVC hand cream! Also, it smells AWESOME!

Daiso Fragrance Body Mist with Hyaluronic Acid in Peach - This is a repurchase for me, I really love this scent for a little pick-me-up, I didn't just repurchase 1 bottle, I went ahead and bought 4 bottles, that's how much in love I am with this body mist!

Daiso Silicone Pot Mat - Nisa, again, recommended me to buy this piece of silicone mat found in the kitchen section of Daiso. I loved it, it really helps to clean the brush along with the detergent, it's a perfect combination!

I was a bit overwhelmed by the Bath & Body Works store, I really didn't know what to choose and what to buy, so I decided that I'll just go on ahead and try out their anti-bacterial hand gels in Fresh Lavender, Paris Amour and Lush Bamboo Waterfall, they smell amazing from the testers that they have, I haven't opened them up because I'm trying to finish up my current hand gel from Simphor Pharma Skincare, which is a local skincare brand, if that's appropriate because so far I only see them selling the hand gels, but hopefully they'll branch out to other skincare items, I am all about supporting local brands.

I went to Sephora as well, my god, if only I don't have a time limit to shopping, I'd definitely indulge myself to a little one-on-one with every brand booth they have. LOL. But anyways, I came with a wishlist. I bought some stuffs on my wishlist and some are just on impulse.

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation Gel in Dark Beige - I bought this at a Watson, I think, in Suria shopping complex, I really love this! So lightweight, review coming up soon.

Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Makeup Foundation in 2W2 Rattan - This is my first Estee Lauder product, it's not the most expensive makeup I've ever bought, its basically RM153 or BND55 (currency rate I used is RM2.75) I'm still on the fence whether I really like this foundation or is it just a so-so but however review will come up soon.

Sephora Teint Infusion Foundation in 25 Beige - Bought another foundation to review, I have the other foundation, the Brightening and Hydrating teint, I wasn't disappointed with it so I decided to just go on ahead with the purchase.

Tarte How Sweet It is Deluxe Lip and Cheek Set - I am in love with Tarte as a brand, although I don't have a lot of products from them but I really do adore their packaging, I still however find their items to be a little expensive, I love their blushes but I just can't get myself around to buy with a BND40-something a pop, so I decided to buy the sample set, only because I really want a Tarte blush. Review will come soon!

Stila Smudge Pot in Black - This is an impulse purchase as I really didn't imagine myself buying this, but I was desperate to find a nice and exceptional gel eyeliners, hence the impulse purchase, I did however compare this with one of the MUFE gel eyeliners and decided that Stila's smudge pot is more pigmented than MUFE's

NYX Tinted Brow Mascara in Espresso - I am always on a lookout for brow products and I think brow mascaras are easier to use for barely there makeups or on days which you don't want to wear makeup that much but still want to make an effort. I do wanna try lighter colors of this in hopes that it'll be able lighten my brows a little and fill them up with lighter brow products.

Soap and Glory Flake Away Body Scrub - Everybody always raves about Soap and Glory, I wasn't really interested in this brand but Nisa and Angela actually mentioned about how they really like this product, I saw this near the cashier, a nice deluxe sample and I was like, it won't hurt to try a sample size but usually I liked to purchase a big tub because I run out of body scrubs so easily, but review will come soon InshaAllah.

So that's it for my haul, which product do you want me to review first? :)

Beauty Buys: Makeup Revolution

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

And here we are again with yet another haul, but this time the brand is Makeup Revolution, I bought the different palettes that they offered and you guys know I am a palette junkie. I bought 2 of their eyeshadow, Iconic Dreams and Salvation Run Boy Run Palette. A blush and also a contour palette, along with their concealing palette.

Although I did buy a blush palette from this brand, I just can't pass on the chance on trying out their single blushes as some of the colors are quite unique and not yet in my collection.

Overall, most of the makeup I've tried are just awesome! Although the intense lacquer has a good performance, too bad the color is way too cool for my skintone but I did try to make it work.

And, no, I did not buy all of these, the second picture, the ones with the lip glosses and the go palettes are FREE GIFTS! I couldn't believe my eyes when I received my parcel, I almost thought that they sent out the wrong parcel to me! You won't be seeing any reviews of the free gifts, unfortunately, because I decided to give it away to my friends as I find the free gifts to overwhelm me so much. As I received the parcel and found out they were free gifts, I was like, OH NO! When will I ever get around to test out the free gifts? Hence, I gave all of them away! 

But my oh my, the Chocolate Shimmer Bronzer Powder was SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL! And it has a very big compact, even bigger than my Essence bronzer, I was contemplating to keep it for myself but since am not a big fan of using bronzers, why bother. LOL!

I do realize most of my posts these days gears towards showing my beauty hauls, I did buy a LOT! So, sorry if I can't get the reviews on time, I did prepare the posts but I just need more time to test all of them. Too many makeups, just one me! ;)

Beauty Buys and Make-up Review: Makeup Academy

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It's been a long time that I haven't purchase from Makeup Academy, there hasn't been many shout-outs from this brand ever since Makeup Revolution came into the scene and with this, I'll just put a disclaimer that it seems that Makeup Academy and Makeup Revolution are not sister brands. I do found that the products from Makeup Revolution are of more quality than Makeup Academy. But enough about that, here's a picture of the haul that I've made from Makeup Academy a few weeks ago.

I do need to stop hauling makeups, I bought more than I realized in just one month! So it's kinda straining my makeup reviews that I'm trying to line up on my blog.

Anyways, I bought pairs of the £1 lipsticks and blushes as I've actually felt that I need to try these out! I've been raving about this brand so much, it's so weird that I never bought their cheapest products! I'll get on with the reviews soon! I still have so much products to review, I've been such a bad girl!

But no worries, I'm sneaking in a mini review of these makeup brushes I bought from this brand, I basically bought their F9 and F2 face brushes and also their E3 eye brush. All of their brushes are synthetic and I really love the overall quality of these brushes as they really have soft bristles and no fall outs either.

F2 Stippling Face Brush

So this brush is said to give our face an airbrushed look by stippling in the foundation but what I do find is that it is taking a lot of work to achieve that and I usually give up and use other dense stippling brush to do my work but I'm not giving up on this brush, this is perfect for stippling in liquid or cream blush, or even highlighters, so I basically use this for those purpose only. But for stippling in foundation, I'll stick to Masumi Shouko's dense face brush

F9 Flat Top Buffer Brush

This is an interesting brush as I've never encountered this type of brush but this is perfect for applying contour or bronzer on your cheeks, I haven't try these with other base product but I've only used it with contouring and it really helps me with my contouring game. So this is a definite must-try for any contouring newbies!

E3 Eyeshadow Blending Brush

This is a lovely addition to my brush collection as I still have a little collection of eyebrushes, I hardly collect eyeshadow brushes even though I like to use them more than using other makeups because for any of my eyeshadow makeup routine, I always seem to find myself using my fingers as a tool for applying eyeshadows, but this is really lovely as it blends eyeshadow nicely.

Beauty Buys: Much love from Jakarta

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I went to Jakarta for a so-called school trip, I joined a competition. I didn't expect to shop as I assumed I won't be able to have as much time as I was given a packed schedule to begin with. But it turns out, I was able to free up so much more time to shop and explore a little bit of Jakarta. Though one of my biggest regret while in Jakarta is to not research any place that is worthwhile visiting other than shopping malls.

So here's the haul that I've bought during the whole trip while I was in Jakarta, believe me, I was very reserved and controlled during this trip as I don't really want to think about all the luggage that I have to bring.

New Look contact lenses - These were cheap quarterly colored contact lenses, I wish I bought more as they are around give or take $8-9 , I tried the one in Playful and it is very comfortable as well! I hope to go to Jakarta again soon to stock up on these as they were quite cheap!

Ardell duo eyebrow brush - This has been in my wishlist for sooo long, well, any duo brushes that has a spoolie and eyebrow liner brush as this is very useful for our eyebrow routine ;)

Masami Shouko 320 Round Synthetic Brush - This is a brush brand that I find to be only selling in Indonesia although it has a Japanese name, I am going to assume this is an Indonesian brand. It sells synthetic brushes for a very affordable price and I bought this for $8-9ish? If I were to know more about their quality, I could have bought more from they line. I'd definitely want to see how their eye brushes are as I find it much more affordable at around $4-5. But.. I didn't buy any :(

Bioderma Micellar Solution - I bought 2 sets of this, it is quite affordable for the price at $21, if only there is no limited budget or baggage, I'd haul more! These are my go-to cleansers for heavy makeups as they clean up so nicely.

Sephora Brightening & Hydrating Foundation - I'm not sure why I bought this as I don't need more foundation, well I just throw out some foundations and BB creams that are more than 3 years old, so I'm pretty much replacing them with this. I will review this as soon as I can wear this out more. 

Benefit Cosmetics Set in You go, gals & Feeling Cheeky - Benefit might be one of the most famous brand in the beauty world, they are by no means cheap, so I don't want to be disappointed so instead, I just bought those mini-sets to try out some of their products including the famous porefessional primer. I am also impressed by Benetint, although the texture and color payoff is the same as other red tints available, it has a powdery smell that I really love.

I'll try to post up as much reviews as I can with all the new pictures I've just prepared.

Beauty Buys: A long time ago

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

I have been neglecting and I don't know how to make it up to you, I will try my best to plague you girls with more hauls and reviews as I am quite naughty these past few weeks! I went to Jakarta a week ago, during my exam period believe that! It sucks to shop while you're thinking about your exams, I could've grabbed those Nike shoes cuz it's just way cheaper there.. Dang it. But I'll post  some of my hauls soon as I get it from the camera.

Anyways, I managed to grab some hauls from Shop@Sarah, Paloma and the usual Guardian. This is the first time I actually hauled from Shop@Sarah, I was pretty desperate looking for a purple lip product so I decided to buy the butter lip glosses from NYX. The rest was basically an impulse buy although for the eyebrow brush it is pretty much a necessity.

Then I went to Paloma and bought more purple-based lip colors and a cream stick blush that is just so purple from Catrice as I know I should explore this brand more, so far, their lip products are not disappointing. Also, indulged in the new palette from Essence, I seriously am surprised with the new palette as it shows different quality from the previous palettes

And then, I bought one of their gel eyeliner which is basically my favorite product from them. This is merely a repurchase but of different color so I won't be reviewing that. But I'll try to review them as soon as I can, as I've already prepared the pictures.