Collective Haul

I have been hoarding like a mo fo lately, makeup & other beauty related things are more dangerous than drugs, I'm telling you.....not that I've done drugs or anything. I decided to just do a collective haul post, showing you everything and see if there's anything you'd like me to review.

My Cleanse Your Soul order came too but I am going to do a separate post for those, in the mean time, here are what I've gotten for the last couple of weeks.

Nail Polishes
I went to a beauty supply store in downtown Honolulu, I think it's called Hawaii Beauty Supply and they have tons of OPIs, China Glazes, Color Clubs & so on. I wanted to get OPI Done Out In Deco but when I saw it in person, it reminded me of the China Glaze Agent Lavender that I was still wearing on my nails, so I skipped on it.

Instead I snatched these two gorgeous colors called Gargantuan Green Grape (what a crazy name!!) and Dating a Royal. I don't have blue polish like this and it amazes me how vibrant the color is, it's even prettier in person.

Gargantuan Green Grape is a more green & less whited out version of China Glaze Groovy Green. I think these two colors are perfect for summer =)







Longs was having a sale on these two brands and I just had to get Rimmel Black Satin polish, I absolutely love this new line of Rimmel nail stuff because they dry so quick and the color consistency is just as great as a higher end brand.

N.Y.C is what you need if you need a cheap basic color, like French White Tip right here. I would be using it to tone down my loud colors as well as wearing it alone. For 98 cents, I can't stress it more that this is such an amazing deal.

Besides, black & white polishes are a must have, right?








Good Smelling Stuff

From swap, I got a Because I'm The Princess Aloe Body Mist in Believe (by Britney Spears). I wa strolling around Macy's when I skeptically spritted this perfume on my wrist, thinking I'd hate it like other of her too candy-ish smelling fragrance, but HOLD UP! I could not get over how sexy this one actually smelling....I kept sniffing my wrist on the way home and decided to get the dupe of it.

BITP is one of my trustworthy place to get a dupe but I saw someone on MUA had it on swap so I did that instead. She nicely included the BBW Iced Tea Twist 3 in 1 as freebies, I'm crazy about this scent and as we will be approaching summer soon, I'm happy that I have this.

Next it was a bottle in the middle which was a Daily Replenishing Conditioner by Skindecent. Someone in LUSH forum sent it to me because she's quit conditioner with cone, I tried this conditioner and it's amazing. The scent is in Heavenly (by Victoria Secret's) and it's so fresh & sexy.

The one on the very right is again, a conditioner from Get Whipped. Melissa (the owner) hardly opens her store so when I saw she did, I just have to order her famous products. I love love love my Valerie's Uncommon Scents conditioner in Dark Chocolate but I'm running low so I was looking for a substitution for warmer days. I saw she has a scent in Blackberry Blood Orange (how good does that sound, huh??) and I was like......OMG I want to try.

So I convo'd her & place an order, she sent it out the day after. Her CS & products are AMAZING, I've heard nothing but rave, but unfortunately couple days ago I saw an announcement that she wouldn't be available anymore due to her health & family issue. She said she would have a quick-to-make items once in a while on her store but most of the times she will be taking a time off.

='( This is the 2nd time it happens to me, the first time was Rainforest Soap Shack...after my 1st purchase I was like "Damn these are so good, I'm so gonna place another order"........but then the store was closed for good. *sigh* but having said that, I'm glad I got a chance to try them, same thing with with Get Whipped.


Etsy Love
Ok, I'm an Etsy addict, I can spend hours & hours browsing on Etsy, it's trully dangerous. I came across this site that sells jewelry with great prices. The owner is a 21 year old named Ashlee, her store is called AshleeBonaparte1 and she's very friendly. She quickly shipped my item the next day I made a purchase.

I got this silver necklace, it was on sale and only costed me less than 5 bucks, shipped.
Great deal or what???!!!


*pheeew* quite a long post, eh? anyway..thanks for reading =)
have a nice week, everybody~

♥♥ Haul Day ♥♥

Can we spell H-A-U-L?

:D

Today my gorgeous mailman brought me lotsa lotsa goodies! (no he's not really gorgeous, but under the blinding sun, any guy on shorts carrying bubble wrap-mailer envelopes & boxes coming my way would look AWeSuM PoSSuM :)

Bissy's Boutique

Yup, ordered another Boo Bags...and proud about it lol Dina's products are top notch and the scents are lovely, I mailed her and asked if she could take my specific scent request, I asked her nicely "Please....with sugar on top?" and she replied:

"If you include lots of whipped cream and a big ole cherry on top, you'll be able to twist my arm"

LOL and here are the lovely boo bags:


I got:
* Primrose Lotion in Coconut Cream Cake


* Luxury Body Spray in Cocoa Noel


* Dry Oil Spray in Blueberry Muffin


* Softest Scrub in Birthday Cake


* 3-in-1 in Pomegranate Cream


* Perfume Roll On in Vanilla Insanity

Scent Reviews:

• Coconut Cream Cake: there's a faint sweet coconut smell, I believe this one needs to cure. ♥

• Cocoa Noel: it's delicious in the bottle, but on my skin there's this musty smell which I found in most of chocolate scent : ( ♥

• Blueberry Muffin: it opens with strong sweet-sour blueberry but it's not sickly sweet and it dries down to the best muffin scent ever. ♥

• Birthday Cake: YUM, a true cake scent...can smell the butter, sugar & everything! ♥

• Pomegranate Cream: this one people are raving about, and I'm glad I got this because the scent is very fresh, sweet & fruity. Love this. ♥

• Vanilla Insanity: this one is rather an 'interesting' vanilla because it has confiture de lait (sweet caramel sauce) and almond in it. not sure if I'm really crazy about this tho, so I'm gonna let it sit. ♥

Valerie's Uncommon Scents

I ordered an 8 Fl.Oz Dark Chocolate 3 in 1 along with several perfume oils and I've got to say this e-tailer is so underated! Her products are awesome, the scents are strong & nicely blended. Today I showered with the Dark Chocolate 3 in 1 and the entire bathroom smells like it.


* 3 in 1 in Dark Chocolate
* Perfume Oils in:
Waffle Cone
White Truffle Raspberry
Raspberry Cream Cupcake
Cake Batter Ice Cream
* Freebies of perfume oil in Vanilla Insanity x) yeah it smells the same like BB's

Scent Reviews:

• Dark Chocolate: I wanted this after I sampled Philosopy's version, it's the truest and darkest chocolate scent, no other notes, just pure dark chocolate. The only difference is Valerie's Dark Chocolate doesn't have a chocolate color (it's milky white) and the scent lasts longer! love this one a lot. Oh, and it's half cheaper ♥

• Cake Batter Ice Cream: this is the reason I ordered from her store (besides Dark Chocolate) and I'm not disappointed at all. Smells exactly like the cake batter ice cream at Cold Stone ♥
  

• Waffle Cone: omg, the most realistic crispy waffle scent...*dies in calories* ♥

• White Truffle Raspberry: honestly I'm quite surprise on how nice this one turns out because I was just trying it out. It's a yummy milky chocolate with a sour raspberry hint in the background. lovely! ♥

Swap

I receieved BITP Winter Candy Apple roll-on and GAP Dream-more in exchange to my MAC Prep+Prime which I no longer user. WCA smells yummy applelicious, just like the tart I've smelt in the same scent, and GAP Dream-more is OH MY LORD.........smells so divine! I like it much better than the Dream.


I'll be busy sniffin' this weekend!!! :D

Cherry Culture Haul

Finally my Cherry Culture order came, I made a tiny winy haul from their free shipping sale couple days ago...I know I shd have taken advantage of it but this time I don't really need any makeups, although the items I bought, I have been eyeing on for a while now.

Anyway, here's the goodies:

they are literally 'tiny winy' lol

NYX Mars Round Lipstick:

awesome nude lippy !

When I got it I was like "Hmm..don't I have this shade?" thinking about my NYC Mousse lipstick, so I grabbed Mousse to compare and here they are side-by-side:

Close, but Mousse has more pinkish tone (yes, I wrecked the son of a b.tch lol it's all dented)

I also ordered NYX Round Lipgloss after hearing some mixed review, I picked up Apricot shade because it looks plain and not shimmery...when I see it in person, I thought it would be too WOAH because the color looks so vibrant, and when I smelled it......omg, lemon dishwash soap~
lol

I like the fact it's not all sticky, and the color didn't appear too bright, I quite actually like it. If only it doesn't have any taste...I'd be buying all of them hahaha

Here are some lip swatch:

Mars is very pretty!!! but I suggest to put on lip balm prior to application because the lipstick can be drying a little. Other than that, I love the shade.. Apricot gives me the perfect coral stain, it's not pink so it does look really natural.

Other thing I ordered is Amuse Sweetheart Palette in Pixi, honestly I thought the palette would be bigger but the it is really cute & small enough to fit in my purse.

It contains of 12 colors, and I'm surprise how vibrant these small e/s are..

Wanna know the best part? It's only $3.00 : )

Along with Cherry Culture order, I also received a swap which is BITP Aloe Body Mist in Pink Rockin' Fever...it's a house blend of Rockin'Rio (Escada Type), Pink Sugar (Aquolina Type), Vanilla and Coconut shreds....it smells AWESOME ! It's very sweet & pretty fragrance and honestly I'm not a fan of Pink Sugar fragrance but maaaaan, it does make some fabulous blend.

That's all for today : )

BITP vs RFSS Scrub War !

This would be a match between Because I'm the Princess's Vanilla Bean Noel scrub against Rainforest Soap Shack's Black Magic scrub.

(click to enlarge)

I love scrub, I think scrub is the best bath product ever created because not only exfoliating, it's also rinsing & moisturizing skin like no other. Comparing these two scrubs is a challenge for me because now I realize there are many types of scrub and looking at the ingredients, you should know what these two suckers can do.

BITP

Ingredients:
Sugar, Turbinado Sugar (Sucrose), Butroyrospermum parkii (Shea Butter), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Sterate, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Methlyparaben,Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Potassium Sorbate, BHT, Sorbic Acid, Distilled Water, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Sodium Cocoyl, Isethethinoate Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate,Sodium Chloride, Propylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol,Hydrovance, Color, Fragrance and may contain Jojoba Spheres

RFSS
Ingredients:
Sugar, Organic Sugar Cane, Glycerin, Soybean oil, Coconut oil, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sorbitol, Propylene glycol, Disodium Lauryl sulfosuccinate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Chloride, Diazolidinyl Urea (and) Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Tetrasodium EDTA.


BITP scrub contains of Turbinado Sugar and that would be the scrubbiest among sugar scrub fambam. The only scrub harsher than turbinado is salt scrub, which I don't even bother trying. I hate slathering rocks on my skin LOL nah jk, I heard salt scrub does the best exfoliation.

Anyway, RFSS is less-harsher, although, if you look at the two scrubs sitting side by side, the BITP looks mushier, but don't be fooled, it's indeed containing more oil but the granules are bigger, thus, a little bit harsher. BITP scrub also contains glycerin, which makes it more watery *glycerin attracts water*, and parabens (this one is a downside).

Scooping test, RFSS is better in terms of firmness, it has great texture whereas BITP is more runny (I suppose because it contains more water). They both stay in place, as long as I don't hold them upside down =P

Once I slathered them on my arm, they both spread out nicely. BITP doesn't foam at all, but it doesn't dissolve too quick, which I prefer, so it can maximize its exfoliating duty. The only downside is probably a small fall out. RFSS dissolves quicker, but after I rub them, they becomes more foamy yet still scrubby. No fallout.

Moisturizing job; both work so well and left my skin sooooo soft.

Scent-wise: both lingers on skin even after I got out of shower, although RFSS Black Magic lasts longer. I am biased about this because Vanilla Bean Noel is a very subtle scent.

Which one I'd prefer? I greatly say I like RFSS better just because it's less messy & it foams without having parabens inside. Plus, it smells so darn good!

Thanx for reading!

Huge Haul (Pic Heavy!)

Hello mi ladies.....

Today's Christmas day for me :D minus the snow, pine trees & eggnogs, of course...

My mail man brought me 3 huge box! He said "Umm, mam...I think these all yours. Happy Birthday?" LOL I only smiled and say "No, just a Happy DAY" bahaha

Let's start shall we?

Little Black Box

Remember when I won a contest from Weird Stuff In My Desk? I won a voucher from Little Black Box, but Kim, the owner, mailed me saying she'll just send the August Box once it's out and I couldn't be happier!

The "Little" Black Box. Or Baggy.


What's Inside:
(yes, you're not dreaming, it's Obama LOL)

Yummy Cuppy Crafts:
I got the cupcake party wrapper, it's so pretty, made from a sturdy craft paper.

Tialey Vintage:
I got Charley's Angels!!! nah...I got shiny black picture frame, not bad but I was kinda confused since Tialey Vintage sells clothes, SUPER CUTE VINTAGE CLOTHES ! and I got $5 coupons! Woo Hoo !!!

Namaste Designs:
I got a pair of wood dangling earrings, very pretty!!! I got a Free Shipping code for my next purchase over $10 ...

Always Amy:
Look at those Hippos earrings! so cute...

Promos in a Snap:
This lovely round mirrors has a fabric cover (you can see the texture if look closely).

Soap Sushi:
It may looks funny but the sample soap has a Pirate's Booty coins shape and it smells like bubblegum! Oh so lovely...

Shannon's Room:
Cute pair of paridot earrings : )

Sassy Cat:
I got 2 cute gift hang tags saying "Happy Birthday!" & "It's a Boy", 2 stickers and a cool design magnet (black looks great with pink ^_^) A 15% coupon code is also included YAY.

Gallery 32:
This digital paintings store gave me 1 lovely design card and a cool Red Spring Buds photo.

The Melting Pot Candle:
Winter Candy Apple Soy tart, smells OMG, so nice, when I opened the bag I noticed a very fresh apple scent and turned out to be this cute red heart tart. I can't get over the smell, I am still sniffing it while typing LOL

Terri Taylor Design:
A recipe cards saying "Bite Me" hahahah this one's awesome! I also got a 20% off coupon for my 1st purchase :D

Spirit of Silver:
Oh my god, these silver dangling earrings look so chic, it's simple yet sophisticated.

Art by Nakisha:
I got 2 blank Christmas cards, she has a bunny theme going on at her store and they are so beautiful, somehow the design reminds me of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter :)

Starlight Jewelry:
I got this adorable silver butterfly pendant in a cute black box, I love this one the most.

I also got 2 other stuffs from Hippie Dippy Designs (2 corner bookmarks & upcycled gift mark envelopes) and Memories and Dreams, (Obama's picture LOL)

Overall I'm very pleased with the LBB, if you're interested on purchasing a box, you can go to their site and order one for September box, you can see what e-tailers will participate and each box costs $23.


Earthen Treasure

I first heard the company when I was watching a youtube video about fragrances and this one girl mentioned about this particular dry oil mist of designer dupe scent from Earthen Treasure and she said it smells FANTABULOUS, just like the original.

I got curious and did some search on my Google master : ) Surprisingly I read many awesome reviews on Makeupalley . So I visited their site and WoOoW they got awesome selections and their prices are cheap-o!

I made an order from ET on August 9th during their 15% sale and their TAT (turn around time) was 11 days, my order was ready to ship on August 22nd so it's not bad.



Unwrapped:

• 2 oz Fluffy Stuff - Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Type
• Purse Size Moisturizing Body Mist - Moschino I Love Love Type
• Purse Size Moisturizing Body Mist - J.Lo Live Luxe Type
• 1 oz Moisturizing Body Yogurt - Hanae Mori Butterflies Type
• 1 oz Honey & Shea Hand and Body Lotion - Valentino Rock 'n Rose Type

I sniffed everything and they all smell great. I've only smelled the real perfume of Coco Mademoiselle & Butterfly, and let me tell you, the ET version smells just like them. Dead freakin' on!

I also got a free solid perfume of Ralph Lauren dupe of Romance & it smells so nice, a blend of Jasmine, Melon. Rose, Musk and Woods.

Ohhhh I love ET products, I will definitely repurchase.


Edit: I used the Coco Mademoiselle lotion on my hand, after couple of hours I washed my hands with soap, but now I can still smell the Coco Mademoiselle!!! OMG awesome staying power!


Because I'm The Princess

Who doesn't love BITP?

This is my 2nd order and Kelly never disappoints me with her awesome blend and quick TAT. She's a doll, replied every single mail I sent and answered me in details.

The TA-DAH lovely goodies:


What's inside:


This is the first time I ordered her Sugar Scrub, and everyone has been raving about how nice the structure is and it's moisturizing without leaving an oily feeling. So I had to try, and I asked her to split a Toasted Marshmallow with Vanilla Bean Noel.

I also asked for 2 colors (Pink and Purple) ;P


Cute sprinkle on top !

The scrub smells so delicious, I wanted to eat it. I'll let it cure for a week so it gets stronger & the FO would blend nicely.

I also ordered Aloe Body Mist in Daisy (Marc Jacob type) and Candy Corn Cheesecake Body Lotion:

Both smell lovely, Daisy is another awesome dupe, smells just like the real ones. Candy corn cheesecake reminds me of Halloween, a sweet graham crust with cream cheese, condensed milk, vanilla and almond. Yum.

Mini Jewels:

Amour de Noel (leaked a little bit but nothing wrong with it, smells so yum, choco & vanilla), Sweet Satisfaction (a blend of many cakes note, I slightly notice a coffee note, very yummy and nice for Fall nights), Orange Juice Cake (really fresh, now I can only get the orange scent but I'm sure the cake note will come out after some time), Cousin's Bud Breakfast Biscuit (omaigod, very true biscuit fresh from the oven scent, with blackberry & butter top notes)

Well, it was not Kelly if she didn't give free samples, so she included a lovely Lait Sucre type of Roll on...now it's a surprise because I previously asked her if she still has it, but she told me she doesn't carry it anymore.

How lovely she found one spare and gave it for free!

the sweet mother of all roll-ons!

lol

Lait Sucre is a blend of milk with sweetness of candy and vanilla. I tried it on my wrist and GOOD GRACIOUS NESS !!! It smells like a true condensed milk, the warm one that you drink from your mug on cold winter nights.

I'm so glad I asked for this.


ohhhhhhhh I'm so overwhelmed right now, everything just smells so delicious and I can't wait to try them all.

So, have I tempted any of you YET?
LOL