Birthday Haul

I'm back! I probably gained a lot of pounds from all the eating we did. Been bringing our visiting relatives from New Zealand around the metro and it sure is fun but tiring. All we did was shop and EAT! With 2 birthdays (my aunt's and mine) in between, oh, we did some damage, alright. They jumped on a plane to Japan last Saturday for a week but will be back here for another week so we start the food fest again, ha ha.

My birthday haul (all from hubby of course):

-An HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One. Now I can scan and print my DD's hundreds of photos. (*photo from HP website).

- A purple mouse for my HP Mini which my DD chose. Really cute color.

-a Lacoste bag (surprise gift from hubby)

-clothes from Zara (2 tops, a pair of gray leggings)

-Catwoman shirt from Mango, on sale. DD said it's her gift to me.

-2 pairs of shorts (Billabong and Wetseal), a mint green floral shirt (no picture)

-a pair of jeans from Mango, on sale

-a brown belt

-undies from Topshop (Super Girl print and cute little hatchling chicks)

-an unbranded bag from my mom (lots of compartments inside)

Oh, plus some sale hauls from Lumiere Skin and Beauty Bar (a full sized mineral foundation and Island Sands FS) and Buff'd Cosmetics (refill bag of mineral foundation).

I hope everyday is my birthday.

Busy, busy

Might not be able to post for the next week or 2 because my relatives from New Zealand are in town and staying with us. They've been here since Tuesday evening and we've been busy taking them out and shopping then birthdays are coming up.

Tonight is my aunt's birthday party just in time with their 3 week visit to the country. Next week it's my turn! I bought all my presents already this week (from hubby).

Aside from our visitors, our house (or my parents' house) is being renovated so everything is dusty and just in chaos. It's been going on for 4 weeks now with 1 week of not being able to do much because of the rains since the roof for the additional room wasn't put up at that time. The carpenters still have a ton of things to do. When all of those are done then I'll have my own dresser at last. I asked the carpenter to build me one and I have my own design and measurements done on paper. I even have photos printed from the net to show him what I have in mind. I can't wait.

Until then, I do have drafts of posts but they're only photos and I haven't typed anything because I can't think straight as of now.

MAC Shadestick (For Sale)

I got a couple of MAC Shadesticks both in Lemon Chiffon a few weeks ago from a CP in the US.

I wanted to try these out so bad coz I've read blogs saying these are good to use as lid primers. These aren't sold locally except for this collection and when I asked the MAC counter at Shang specifically for these, they said the whole line in general was discontinued and they didn't have those in this collection either.

After logging in to GirlTalk I read that the girls there got their shadesticks the same day or days after I asked about it in the same MAC branch. Hmm, MA's playing favorites?

I won't bother with swatches coz I'm sure a lot of you have seen them in other blogs or own these yourself. I tried them on my oily eyelids without anything else on and in a matter of a few hours (a couple I think) they creased. I guess I'll just have to use these with my trusty UDPP or Artdeco Eye Shadow base.

I surely won't be able to use the 2 pcs. of the same shade in my lifetime. I'm willing to give up the other one which is still brand new in box although I got it for a higher price since I paid for additional tax and int'l shipping. Please email me for details if you want to get it off my hands. Local buyers only please.

BBW Creamy Body Wash

I heard about the Bathed & Infused Anniversary sale from my Vox friends and have been contemplating on making an order. It is 40% off the entire order and I"ve always wanted to order bath products to try out there. After staring and making ghost carts for most of the week I ended up not getting any. The international shipping is too expensive plus the long wait (even if I'm very patient waiting for my int'l packages) stopped me. Good thing I found an alternative, mwahaha!

I've been addicted to Bath & Body Works' Creamy Body Wash for 3 years now and in fact it is my HG of body washes. It is hard to find locally as stores mostly sell the shower gels which I dislike coz they're drying so I get mine from my cousin in the US if ever she comes for a visit here. Because of my dilemma in ordering from B&I, I tried looking for an alternative over at Multiply and I found an online store selling my beloved Creamy Body Washes (which I'll keep to myself, ha!). Good thing the seller had lots of stocks and scents to choose from including my staples so I ordered on Wednesday night, paid Thursday morning and I got my package this morning, yahoo! Instant gratification :-)

I got Warm Vanilla Sugar (my favorite), Brown Sugar & Fig and Sparkling Peach. I now have additional stocks to my last few tubes that would last me till middle of next year. Price isn't bad either although I do prefer the ongoing sale price of BBW mid-year sale. I definitely will order more tubes in a month or 2 to stock me up for a few years.

Makeup Mix Shop Sale on Jessie's Girl Cosmetics

The Makeup Mix Shop is having a 15% off sale on all Jessie's Girl Cosmetics thru June 18, 11:59 PM CST.

I like using the Bejewelled palettes (pictured above) as they're pigmented and easy to bring along for travel.

They ship worldwide.

Free shipping for orders of $20 or more to US and Canada.