Haul from L'Oreal Fall Warehouse sale 2013

Couldn't really skip out on the warehouse sales... after all, they are my krytonite! Anyways, quick list of what I picked up:

• a dozen Essie nail polish for $60
• L'Oreal infallible $4.50
• Maybelline Eye Tattoo - $3.75
• Maybelline Bounce - $3.75
• L'Oreal Hair Mask $7.50
• Vichy Anti-Antiperspirant - $6
• Garnier Anti-Dandruff Shampoo $2

Have you gone to this sale this season? What did you pick up?

March Haul: Drug store, Lush and Lancome

This month has been stressful~ So I resorted to shop therapy... and this is what I ended up with... (so far)

These were purchased on Thursday... I was out for pho with fiancé and auntie and afterwards we stopped by Shoppers... all of these items were on sale so I decided to try them out :) Maybelline baby lips in Pink Punch was $3.99, L'Oreal infallible eye shadow in eternal black was $9.99 and the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze and Pomegranate Punk for $6.99 each~ Steal right?(at least that's what I'm telling myself...) Anyways, I've only swatched the lip balm, but if you want the swatches of the e/s just let me know :)

Maybelline baby lips in pink punch: 1st picture with flash, second without~ It feels more like a lipstick than a lipbalm as it is not very moisturizing, but is extremely pigmented... If you are shy of bright lips (like me) you'd have to use a light hand with this to get a lovely bright pink (gotta find the lip picture or take a new one and post sometime in the near future ^_^)

On Saturday, after some particularly annoying conversations with Wind mobile's call centre I went to Lush... and Sina (amazing CSR) gave me my first quick facial... I decided to buy everything plus a lip tint... however I gave the Imperialis moisturizer to Mom (not in picture) because I found that it was way too oily for me, but would be perfect for her! I got the Breath of Fresh Air Toner and decided to try the Angels on Bare Skin face cleanser. I'm liking both products so far, but will test it out a bit more to see if my skin likes it as well. As for the lip tint, see pictures below!

I'm loving the natural healthy colour! I debated between It started with a kiss and A million kisses, so Sina convinced me, It started with a kiss is more spring :) Glad he was honest, so glad I listened~ It is a lovely tint that I do not regret adding to my collection, but I have to admit the smell is a bit off-putting and the container can be difficult to open.

I then proceed to Sephora... and got only 1 lipstick but lots of free products~~ I got the email about the free BareMinerals Finishing touches set and that was my cue... I love trying new products!

As you can see.. I also picked up my Nars primer as well as a sample of Nars foundation. I got curious about how well it would do on my skin type and the Sephora CSR matched me with Fiji and gave me a very generous sample :)

Products out of box but not out of bag -__-

Now... Onto the lipstick! I cave into the Lancome, Rouge in Love in 353M Rose Pitimini :)

This was another lovely lipstick with beautiful colour. It applies nicely and smells like Rocket Pop, I'm tempted to bite my lips because it smells so sweet. I find that this lipstick is not as moisturizing as advertise, but this problem can be easily fixed by applying a lip balm before, or after... :) 

Let me end off this post with this picture of a withered tulip... I find it beautiful despite of its state. :)

Esprit + Salesevent.ca (ft Revlon, L'Oreal and Johnson & Johnson) sales this week!!

This is one dangerous week... because there's two sales going on at the same location, the International Centre.

The salesevent.ca sale starts May 31st till June 5, and the Esprit sale is from June 1st to June 5th.

Both in Hall 4! Wahh!!!! going crazi @_@

Check out the schedule on http://www.internationalcentre.com/

If you're going, happy shopping ;)

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Late Update: Here is part of the haul... the rest can be found in the accessory post :)

lots of nail polish!!!

I've tried a few of these.. the color pay off is not that great for the matte colors, but the two 'perle' have a nice shimmer with a hint of color... swatches anyone??

good brow pencil, not sure how to use the stencils... its a neat package that is very portable... :)

It just occured to me that everything was Revlon except for the one Maybelline concealer... haha...

Haul: L'Oreal and Lancome warehouse sale 2011

Biggest haul (yet)

This was my big splurge of the year and surprisingly it was not just on makeup! I've picked up quite a few sunscreens since we have plans to go camping / white water rafting and other outdoor activities this summer. At a very decent price of $3.38 each for the face sunscreen I just had to get a few to share. :D

Another sunscreen I will be trying out is the one from Biotherm on the bottom left corner. The set is sold for $39 regular but I got it for $21.50 at this sale and it includes a body wash and a body lotion.

I also stocked up on La Roche Posays' Toleriane Dermo face cleanser @ $13.50, regular is $28. One for my bf and one as gift. :)

L'Oreal + Shiseido warehouse sale 2011

Yesterday we went to both the L'Oreal warehouse sale as well as the Shiseido one and it was insane!!! There was a lot of people there and the lineups were crazy long! We waited only an hour to get into each sale however to get into the Shiseido sale could take up to 3 hours in the morning, on top of that there was a huge lineup just to pay!! This was a day full of standing, walking and being shoved around with some very aggressive shoppers at both sale who went coucou over everything!


Inside the L'Oreal warehouse sale



crazy line up to go into the Shiseido warehouse sale



Inside the Shiseido warehouse

the shopping crew!

From the top of my head I remember only buying some eyeshadows, mascara, sunscreens, and hair products from the L'Oreal sale and for the Shiseido sale it was mainly eyeshadows(again), eyeliners, blushes, nail polishes and I got one moisturizer. Both sales had great deals however I feel that the sale at Shiseido was better as there were more options for skincare and they were continuously restocking items throughout. Will post pictures up when I finally get to it :)

Notes for when you go to these sales:
- wear comfortable shoes (you will be standing a lot!)
- wear t-shirt (it gets very hot and stuffy inside)
- bring water (keep yourself hydrated, they have washrooms if you need to take a break)
- bring snacks (especially if you decide to go to two sales on the same day)
- set a limit (you don't want to max out your credit cards, however please note that at the L'Oreal sale they do have a $600 limit per ticket)
- and finally, learn kung fu. I kid you not, you will be fending people off you and your stuff!!! Haha!!

Oh yeah. And after all this madness I still ended up going to Pacific Mall and Market Village to pick up my Shiseido stick foundation (it was not at the sale) and my Skin79 BB cream. I am prepped for summer :)

Warehouse sale weekend

I know I said no more makeup shopping till 2012... but I just couldn't resist! Daisy told me about the P&G warehouse sale last week... I went and did a little bit of damage, it doesn't help that there's also a Shiseido and L'Oreal warehouse sale this coming weekend that I simply couldn't resist!! Here's the info on them...

L'Oreal Warehouse Sale:Location - 342 Wildcat Rd, (near York University), Toronto ON
Dates - May 9 to 31, 2011
Sat - 9am to 5pm
Sun - 10am to 5pm
Wed to Friday - 12pm to 8pm

** Please note that you need an invitation for the L'Oreal Warehouse Sale.

Shiseido Warehouse Sale:

Dates - May 14-15, 2011
Sat - 9am to 5pm
Sun - 9am to 3pm

Location - 303 Allstate Parkway, Markham ON

** Both days open to public, invitation date is on May13th

Daisy and I plan to leave sauga at 8am for the L'Oreal sale, then after go to the Shiseido one... hopefully I won't spend TOO much money!! and also that they will restocking!!! Heard that the Shiseido sale has a 2.5 hour line up... Let's hope rumors are wrong!

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Certain brands I am looking forward to seeing:

• Lancome
• Shiseido
• Nars
• Biotherm
• Garnier
• La Roche Posay