American cosmetics haul

Getting NYX in Malaysia is no tough job, it's all in Sephora but ordering from the US is much cheaper than retail price and there's a wider selection and do not need to bother about items I want being out of stock.
It's annoying that most NYX lip products in Sephora is always out of stock.

From left : NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Antwerp, Istanbul, NYX Butter Gloss in Peaches and Cream, Vanilla Creampie, Tiramisu, Maple Blondie, in box : Merengue, Creme Brulee, Apple Strudel.

I love NYX products, I really do. I have a truckload of their lip products in my makeup collection. Their lip products are the best bargains in the market. I used to get their lipsticks when they were USD1.75 each but now the prices has gone up.

I heard many raves about the butter lipglosses and I am just itching to try them out. So, when I got the chance to place an order on them, I went a little crazy and got 7 colours.

This was an impulse buy. It was on sale and I thought why not try it since I love Milani products and I never tried their foundation before. 

Hello July! Haul Mania - Cherry Culture Part 2

Happy 1st of July.
The days go by so fast and now it is the 2nd half of the year.

Now, we continue with Cherry Culture haul batch 2/part 2.
If you miss part 1, please click here to check it out.

The overall of the haul. I got them when Cherry Culture had a 20% off. They always have 20% off now and then, so check this site when they do have it.

They offer a wide variety of good cosmetics at an affordable price.

The lipsticks. Three Jordana lipsticks - The silver packaging is their normal line and the gold one is the matte line and a NYX lipstick.
The NYX lipstick melted in transit.  Now it looks like a pile of melted goo in the tube.

NYX lipsticks are very sensitive to heat. Keep them out of reach from hot places if you don't want your lipstick to end up melting.

The colours I got.

The lipglosses.
3 NYX megashine lipgloss and 2 NYX round lipgloss.
From left : NYX round lipgloss in Real Nude, NYX megashine lipgloss in Nude Peach, Beige, Pink Rose, NYX round lipgloss in 24 Karat.

Jordana blushers.
The new Jordana blushers come in a shiny silver packaging while the old ones are in Grey.
I don't like any of the packaging because they just look cheap but for the price paid, can't complain about it.
It is now priced at USD2.45, used to be USD1.99. Not sure what upgrade they had done to the blushers.

I got mine in Sunlit Bronze and Stardust.

This is one of the more expensive product I got from this haul.
Milani Powder Bronzer in Light.
It is darker than expected, I should had gotten Radiant.

NYX powder blushers in Cinnamon and Pinky.
Orange and Bright Hot Pink are popular blush colours in Japan. If you can't get hold of Candy Doll's blushers, I suggest to try out NYX's.
You get more product from NYX compared to Candy Doll and it is also cheaper from NYX.

The last two items for this haul are the LA colors eyeshadow trios.

Passion Flower.

Orchid.

Haul mania - Cherry Culture Part 1

Now is to the Cherry Culture haul - part 1.
Wow, looks like I have a lot of hauls to show right. Well, all the items are collectively bought in the span of 10 months.

Here is what I have picked up.
Actually all I wanted was just the highly raved Milani Baked Blushers but me being me, my hands got itchy and this is what happened.

Jordana Incolor Squeeze an' Shine Super Shiny Tasty Lip Gloss in Honey Luau and  Strawberry Icing.
These lipglosses smell great. They just smell so good that you just wanna lick them off your lips.
When I first received them in the package, my whole package smelt like these lipglosses.

NYX Round Lipsticks in from left : Strawberry Milk, Fig, Orange Soda, Pumpkin Pie.
I previously owned Strawberry Milk, Orange Soda and Pumpkin Pie. They are my go to colours and these are backups.
I grabbed them before their price increase. They were sold at USD1.75 each previously on Cherry Culture.

Jordana Matte Lipstick in Lavender Lady.
It only cost USD1.30 which is super affordable, no harm picking them out to try.
What I hate the most is the fact that the lipstick doesn't twist all the way down, it is so easy to damage the lipstick while capping/uncapping it.
Lavender Lady is a purple toned pink lipstick.

LA girl HD high definition concealer. The colour I got is in Natural.
This concealer has been receiving high reviews from the beauty community, at USD2, I thought I just couldn't miss the chance so I placed an order for it.
I am not a concealer person but it is fun to try out different things.

Natural seems the perfect fit for my skintone. The last time I checked with MAC, I am a NC20 but since I moved to Moscow, I think I got somewhat lighter.

It is a bit of risk to order this since there wasn't ample swatches and the swatches on Cherry Culture doesn't help at all. 

NYX Lip pencil in Dolly Pink and Rose.

They are shorter what I expect them to be. 

Dolly Pink is a bright barbie pink.

Rose is a light toned rose pink. 

Now comes the highly anticipated drugstore blushers.

The ones I got are Dolce Pink and Luminoso. 

The last two items I got from this batch of Cherry Culture haul. 

NYX single eyeshadow in Sparkle Cedar and Jordana Loose Eyeshadow in Brownie.

Stay tune for part 2 or the 2nd batch of Cherry Culture haul. =)

Feels like Christmas!

A package just arrived just a moment ago!I like it when you order stuffs at different times, but you received it on the day.Feels like Christmas.Tada! Love package! ♥♥

The items.Mostly I got during sale. I am a cheapskate.Looks like a ton ...
The ELF Studio items that I got.ELF pressed powder in porcelain and ELF studio blush in pink passion
When I first saw pink passion, I thought it looks so identical to NARS' desire. The same cotton candy pink colour.


So, I took my NARS blush to compare,
Maybe not so close. In the pan NARS seems darker and ELF lighter.
I haven't swatch them though.

The highly raved HD powder.I can't bring myself to get the MUFE HD powder because that one cost a bomb and the money spent can feed me for a week!The texture for the ELF is pretty slippery and blends in translucent.


EGMinerals items.I got this BOGO.Waikiki sand is a light tan colour.
Cafe au lait in Paris is a tan colour with pink undertones.


NYX and Milani eyeshadows.
From left : NYX: Pure Skin, Champagne, Ice Mocha
Milani : Java Bean


Clearer swatch. Also there's the sample baggie from EGMinerals. It's in the colour British Lavender.The swatch on the site was horrendous. In real life, this colour is beyond gorgeous.

Wet n' Wild Megalo Illuminating Powder in Catwalk PinkThis can serve as a blush, bronzer and eyeshadow. Good for traveling.

I think I got the new packaging of the NYX megashine lipglosses.
Wah~~ So cute.♥♥♥

I got Beige and Smokey LookSuch pretty colours. I really like them.

The NYX round lipglosses which I got.


The colours. From top, Mauve, Whipped and Honey.
Whipped looks so freaking gorgeous.
The NYX round lipsticks.
From left, Celene, Narcissus and Tea.

The swatches on the lips. No balm, no primer or lip concealer.Tea. I was reluctant to get Tea at first because there's hardly any swatches of it online but I am really glad I got it.
Such a pretty milk tea brown colour.

Celene. Celene is a golden lustre. I only applied a swipe thus it's hard to see it.It's a gorgeous one too.

Narcissus. It screams OMG bubblegum pink.
Love it ♥

Last but not least, NYX Ultra pearl mania in Walnut pearl.


Swatch of Walnut Pearl and EGM's British Lavender.