Haul: Books and Magazines!!!

You know that christmas is round the corner when:

1. Ngee Ann City sets up the annual obnoxious christmas tree that stretches for the whole of 3 storeys.
2. Kinokuniya starts to use their Christmas carrier bags. I'm a fan of Kinokuniya and every year I look forward to their specially designed Christmas carrier bags. And I have to say this, this year's carrier is one of the best design that I have seen for the past years.

Anyway, I stopped by Kinokuniya yesterday to pick up some magazines, fiction and Kevin's Make up book. More on Kevin's makeup book in the next entry...

Some pictures of my haul....

Issues of Taiwanese Magazines



Kevin's makeup book in English



Hauls: Lunasol Foundation + Sephora Brush + Queen Magazine

It's been some time since I've updated this pad. My workload is starting to pick up. Good news is that I'm having income, bad news is that, I'm going to sleep around 10PM and waking up at 5AM during the weekdays so that I can beat the morning rush hour and still have energy for meetings...


In addition, there are some problems at home. My dad is ill. Not going to delve into the details but I just couldn't find the time and energy to do any blogging.

Anyways, just an update on the things I bought recently. Sometimes I feel that I buy for the sake of buying. Some people term it as retail therapy. Me? I categorize it as my saving grace. Going into a store, walking around and trying things helps take me away from many things in my mind. Hopefully, I don't bankrupt myself in the process.

Now, moving on to my purchases....



First on the list is the Lunasol Water Cream Foundation in YO02... Yes, I caved in and bought the foundation.. Despite the fact that I have another 4 opened foundations sitting at home. I really wanted to try this raved foundation.

Blew $77.00 in my bank account and the only place in Singapore that carries Lunasol is the Kanebo counter @ Orchard Takashimaya. Which meant, I have no discount or whatsoever, unlike Isetan or Metro. Argh, seriously thinking whether I should apply for that Takashimaya Credit Card..

The list of ingredients..

The next purchase is a Sephora Professional No. 48 Bronzer brush. It retails at S$50.00 but there is a 40% sale right now, so effectively, I got it for S$30.00. I'm happy with my Red Earth Powder brush but I wanted to try whether a dense brush would do better when it comes to buffing foundation. Would do a brush review when it's dried and ready for use.

Note: Always wash your brushes before the first use. You do not know how many people have touched it, or where has it been lying before you bought it.

Pristine brush in it's plastic cover.

View from the side

The view from the top. Notice how dense this brush is.

The last one is a package from Taiwan... I've been collecting the Queen Magazine since the first issue but somehow or rather, I missed the purchase for Issue 10 and 11. I've been searching around to complete my collection. I managed to find a Taiwanese seller who was willing to ship overseas and tah-dah, my lovely Queen Magazines that will complete my collection.

The lady even gave me a mask sheet and some Snoopy Card Holders.. Woo Hoo..

GWP: L'Officiel Singapore Mar 2010 issue - Ed Pinaud Eyeshadow

Alright, this is a very belated post. Ling informed me of this promotion when we were out on a gathering somewhere in Feb 2010. L'Officiel Singapore was offering Ed Pinaud full sized eyeshadow quads (RRP: S$59.00) as the GWP for every purchase of their Mar 2010 issue. Although it retails for S$5.90 at newstands and Kinokuniya, we can pre-order these magazines at S$6.90. Plus point, we get to choose our preferred colors and they'll send to us via Singpost.

There was a selection of 6 palettes to choose from: Violet Concerto, Chocolate Plum, Hazelnut Chocolate, Mocca Latte, Smoky Emerald and Blue Black. Christy of Beaute-Runway did a blog entry on the pre-order promo and pictures of the individual quads.



So being the kiasu Singaporean, this was a bargain I can't resist. I ordered 2 copies with my choice of Violet Concerto and Smoky Emerald. With secondary choice of Hazelnut Chocolate and Chocolate Plum.

The magazines arrived promptly but I think they ran out of Smoky Emerald and gave me Hazel Chocolate instead.

The packaging of the quads was very elegant and comes with a black velvet slip. The gold brass packaging reminds me of the older Lancome cosmetics products, definitely a fingerprints magnet. The box opens to 4 gorgeous eyeshadows. There is even a plastic flip cover to protect the eyeshadows. Nice... I haven't test the eyeshadows yet. So, no comments on the quality though.

Violet Concerto: Shades of pink and violet

Hazelnut Chocolate: Shades of Taupe and brown based colors.

Of course, I'll need to mention the good people at CRMedia who brought us this. L'officiel is a fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine. The content is categorized properly into the various types. Informative content and colorful spreads attracts the new independent professional working women.

Haul: Isetan - 9 Jan 2010

Headed down to Isetan Scott today to redeem my points for Aqua Fusion (Morning) but was disappointed that they dont have stock for it.. So I redeemed the items first and have the nice girls at Clarins call me when the item is in.

Anyway, got persuaded by the sales lady to purchase their latest product in the Multi-Active range. I received the mailer few days prior and my interest was piqued. I figured it's time to venture into the realm of anti-aging. Understand from Evelyn (the Clarins girl) that this is actually an improved product from the original range.

The best thing is that I get double points if I buy 2 products from this range, not to mention the GWP. So I was enticed into getting it.. By the time I realised, I was already paying it... Good thing was that I has over $100 worth of Isetan which I used to offset my purchase. So didn't really burn a big hole in my bank account.

On top of that, I get a 4 piece Clarins GWP as my total purchase exceed some amount... (yeah, no idea how much in total..)

In addition, went by Kino and saw the samples for Lancome Blanc range being offered as GWP for Amica magazine and so decided to pick up a copy as I was thinking of trying out some whitening product for my sun spots. The magazine is an atas magazine with content that is rather boring to me. So, it's purely for the GWP.