Birthday Shopping: Hauls and Sale Information

Hellooooooooo!

Today is my birthday (not that anybody cares, I just want to type it out. LOL).

Since it’s a special occasion I decided to go visit my go-to Korean cosmetics stores since they are on sale!

Yes, beautiful girls (and guys) of the Philippines, rejoice!

Etude House Philippines and Tony Moly Philippines are currently on sale!

Click here for more details!

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August Haul + Lioele Blackheadzero Nose Patch and Etude House Put Your Hands Up Face Waxing Patch

I’m writing this post while listening to Psy’s Gangnam Style and Tasty’s You Know Me. And I just realized that they sound alike!

I have been swamped with a lot of things regarding reality- which is better know as work.

I actually have 2 posts that I never gotten the chance to continue because of it and then I keep on forgetting. Pfft.

Moving along, August is almost done and one of the days next week will mark another year in my life. Weee!

August had been a very expensive month for me. I have spent much more than I can afford so I really need to cut down on my impulse spending.

I should seriously give wallet a rest and I hope I can actually do it!

Since I’ve already mentioned that I have spent a lot (a lot because I am also juggling my cosmetics purchases with paying for 4 gadgets), today I will showcase my haul for August.

Tadah!


This month I have ordered from Charmaine twice, went and bought items from Etude House thrice, once in Daiso/Saizen, and once in Japan Home Center.

From Kkochipida:
Mizon Watermax Moisture BB Cream - on sale for P385
Lioele Blackheadzero Nose Patch - on sale for P75
Elisha Coy Always Nudy Sample Sachet - free
Missha Time Revolution Night Repair Sample Sachet - free

From Etude House:
Put Your Hands Up Face Waxing Patch - P448 for a box of 10 patches
Wonder Pore Special Set - P1,548 includes 500ml Freshner, Whipping Foam, and Brush
Mask Brush - P98
Wonder Pore Freshner Spray Bottle - P98
Black Charcoal Chin Patch - P38
I Need You Lemon Mask Sheet - P58
I Need You Royal Jelly Mask Sheet - P58
Essence Mask Vitamic C - P58
Essence Mask Vitamin E - P58
Missing You Tin (prize from their Sweetie Spin promo in SM North EDSA) - free
O2 White Skin Care Kit (prize from their Sweetie Spin promo in SM North EDSA. This is my 3rd set. LOL) - free
Milk Talk Sampler Set (GWP for EH boutiques if you spend at least P2,000) - free

From Daiso/Saizen:
Silicon Facial Cleansing Pad - P85
Daiso Charcoal Mask - P85
Black Nanosilver Clean Puff - on sale for P25 (I got 4!)

From Japan Home Center:
Catena Mask Sheets - 3 for P88 (I bought 6)

Now here’s the fun part! The items I have listed above that has this Hello Kitty face right here , I have already tested. Hooray!

Obviously I have so much to share.

But before that, I mentioned on my last past that I have been impulsively buying the things I have and well, the last Etude House haul was the most impulsive of all.

Supposedly, I was just going to buy the Face Waxing Patch, but they had another Sweetie Spin and I really wanted a new toner. They didn’t have the toner on stock when I was there and the set was all they had. The SA (not Rizzy, though) calculated what I would be paying if I bought what was in the set individually, so the set ended up being somewhat a good deal already (but again, it was not part of my plans to buy it that day).

Aside from the price, my brother was pestering me to buy because he wants it too (to freeload from me, anyway!). Apparently, his girlfriend already bought the Freshner but her mom asked some of it. So no more for him. LOL.

I don’t want to blog about all of those I tried out in one post. You’d prolly get to lazy to read it if so.

I’ll start with a few things today and I will also try starting on the others with their own individual posts soon after.

I should probably start with the easy ones: Lioele Blackheadzero Nose Patch and Etude House Put Your Hands Up Face Waxing Patch.

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Bunnyfulday’s Giveaway + Impulse Buying

And before anything else… Bunnyfuldays is hosting a giveaway!

Went back to regular work schedule last Friday and yesterday (Saturday) was my last day of work before my off days. I was telling my workmate about joining the Etude House Philippines Help Me Find My Stuff contest and my hopes of finally winning. LOL. It just started last Tuesday and will go for 5 rounds. I’ve joined the first 2. There’s already a winner for the 1st round and IDK what about the 2nd round. I’m getting antsy about it.

I told her about the prizes and she got curious about the Milk Talk body washes. I told her that I got a Milk Talk GWP from Etude House last month and that they all smelled great. Apparently she likes these kinds of things; hence, I offered to drop by Etude House is Watson’s SM Makati on my way home to check the price of the Milk Talk.

Before I even found the Milk Talk I saw 2 tubes of EH’s Happy Teatime Lemon Cleansing Foam; one was a tester and the other was the last tube available.

So even buying anything was not part of my plan (I was saving up to splurge on Etude House, Tony Moly, and The Face Shop, I was just waiting for their new GWP line up), I had to buy it.

I suppose some of you are wondering why I had a teensy panic buying attack for the cleansing foam. Well, the Happy Team Time Cleansing Foam line is already phased out and was replaced with the Happy Essential Cleansing Foam line. The Essential foam line is said to be the upgraded version of the Teatime line. I haven’t tried the new ones yet because I’m still using my old tube of Happy Teatime Lemon Tea Cleansing foam, so I can’t say what the difference is.

The Essential Cleansing foams are retailed for P228 (around $3-4), the Happy Teatime foams were retailed for P148 ($1.50-2). So yeah, I had to rush in buying the last tube of one of my most favorite cheap thrills. For info, one tube of the Tea Time foam has 150ml of product that will last you 4-6 months depending on usage. Yes, that is one awesome cheap find!

The reason why I love this cleansing foam is that it makes me feel like my skin is really clean after a hard day out. Before the I got bitten by the Korean cosmetics/skincare craze, the only wash I use was Pond’s Facial Wash. I have oily skin (although, the staff at Let’s Face It said I had dry skin. I dunno. I think she’s blind. Or she was pertaining that I had oily-combination skin. Pftt) and I refuse to use anything other than Ponds because most of them made me feel like I didn’t wash enough.

I do not like that feeling of “moisturized” skin after washing (hence, also my dislike of using Dove/Caress soaps) as I end up feeling frustrated that I did not wash everything off, even if I’m already clean. I like the squeaky feeling even if it can be bad for you (like it would be too drying).

I mostly get frustrated with my brother in terms of my facial wash. He often steals mine and he uses it so I had to look for something he won’t bother to take. Hellooooo Happy Teatime Cleansing foam!

The Lemon Tea foam (as far as I know) is the one that’s meant for oily-combination skin. I’d like to tell you more about the other ones, but I can’t remember what Rizzy told me. LOL. All I know is that the lemon foam is for my skin type.

I’ll probably end up buying the Happy Essential line next time. At least that they’re still 150ml. The Vitafoam one was priced the same as the Happy Teatime but it was really smaller.

The Happy Teatime Lemon Tea Cleansing Foam is as big a tube of Creamsilk conditioner. Sealed for freshness! LOL. Of course, I got blinded again with EH’s marketing strategy of buy at least *insert amount here* and get a gift with purchase! Spending P500 will get you a free face mask (which is their usual GWP for that amount).

Obviously I didn’t leave the kiosk until I reached the P500 mark. And tadah! Here is my loot.

Happy Teatime Lemon Tea Cleansing Foam (P148), Moistfull Aloe Mask Sheet (GWP), Mascara Remover (P198), Petit Darling Nail Polish in PK008 (P98), and Soft Touch Auto Lipliner in #2 (P98).

More here!

(Source: mrslightwood.blogspot.com)