New Years Haul - London

In November, the hubby surprised me by getting us a trip to London for New Years!! I love London, I spent my 8th year of school there with the foreign exchange student program and we had just been in London for the Wireless Festival back in July.

Now, let's see what I bought or what hubby bought for me: First up from Topshop

These shoes were originally £50. A little more than half off!! I love deals. I would not have paid $90 for these or any shoes! Another thing, the sizes are off. I am a size 10 US which is about 43-44 Euro. I can not fit a 41 Euro.This UK 8 fits a little big on me but not to big to where I can't walk. I imagine if I bought a US 10 1/2 this is what it would feel like..

I love these shoes! My friends think I have a weird taste in shoes but when they see the shoes on me they are like 'Oh they look good on you' lol. I emailed a pick to mum and she says "I love them..." hmm. We haven't always seen eye to eye on what's stylish/cute. I called her today and she said the same, my dad thought they were crazy. Usually it's reversed my dad would think they're cool and mum thinks that they are crazy looking. Ah, they must be getting old. Haha!

But I find these so cute!! 

In July, I was on the hunt for the MUA Heaven and Earth and Undressed Palette. I found the Heaven palette no problem but couldn't find the Undressed. The Undressed palette is known as a dupe for the UD Naked palette. My deal with my husband was that if I didn't find the Undressed palette, I would splurge for one of the UD Naked palettes. I love shopping on Oxford Street and the mall Liverpool Street near the tube. We are in and out of stores on Oxford and every time I see a Superdrug we stop and take a look in it. The third store I see the display and no palette but this store the shelves were so low to the ground (lower than the other stores) so I thought why not see if I can reach back there to make sure its sold out. Then my taps against the last Undressed palette, the lovely lady at the till even commented; that she thought that they were sold out and I got lucky. Not only did I save money, but I got something I really, really wanted. That was a bit long sorry about that!

Top-Bottom: Liquid Eyeliner in Shade 5, Lipstick Shade 11 and the Undressed palette.

Love the lipstick it's mostly matte, very little shimmer. I probably have one or two pink lipsticks, this will make a great Spring colour. They liner is very small and makes a very fine line. This my first time with a bottled liquid liner that wasn't Revlon. Revlon's tip is felt and can make a fine line but also make a thick line. Since I ran out of my favourite liner, I decided to give MUA a chance.

There was a promotion going on in Superdrug (I'm not sure if it's still going on now) if you bought £6 worth of MUA products you get the 'Artiste Collection' for free. Not a bad deal if you ask me and I've never had a marbled eyeshadow before so this super. The top row is six eyeshadows, bottom left two blushers and bronzer and highlight colour.

I was intrigued when I saw this because I love the Palmer's Cocoa Butter and in the States or here in Germany, I've never seen this or any type of face wash. I thought I'll give this a shot as a gentle cleanser and a make-up remover. It does a great job at removing a full face make-up. I'm impressed, I'll see how it does against waterproof mascara.

I remember the Simple brand from when I was a teenager and I really needed to switch out my daily cleanser and moisturizer which I try to switch out every 3-4 months. The moisturizer is light just like it says, today I went out and not even 5 minutes later my face started to get really dry but it was cold outside like around -1.

Another promotion buy 3 mask get one free. I got myself the Detoxifying  Dead See Mineral Masks and hubby saw the sticker and decided to get two for himself (even though I wanted two other ones) since he did purchase the Superdrug haul. 

That is all folks. The rest of our time was window shopping and visiting my exchange parents. We had a great time, hopefully we'll get to go back to England later this year or early next year.

Ciao!

Christmas Haul

I didn't ask for much for Christmas. I just wanted to spend it cuddled up with the hubby. This is what he got me for Christmas.

The Origins 'A Perfect World' kit. It's made with White Tea which is great for anti-aging. I currently use this at night and it's really refreshing and smells great. It's four parts wash, toner, serum and moisturizer. 

I was really happy about getting a new cell phone. I love it!! I'm an Android gal (Sony & Samsung), never really preferred the I-phone OS. I badly needed a new one. I'm one of those people that will thoroughly use my electronics until they are dead or forced to buy new because it runs super slow. My hubby not so much, if it's new he has to have it and have it NOW. (You can guess who manages the household budget)

My mother in law sent me a $50 dollar gift card from Amazon. Which is cool, I didn't expect anything from her because the only person that I bought anything for was the hubby. I used $50 to get all this stuff.

I've always wanted to try this for awhile and they don't sell this where I live. It is a blue mask and it does tighten but it's not as tight as the Queen Helene Mint Julep. I'll see if I start to love it. It's okay so far.

My Beauty Diary Mask Top Seller Kit  (7 pcs) 

My cousin uses these masks and loves them. Besides the Aloe Mask, I've never tried the other ones and thought this would be a great way to try the others. 

The left side of the box. It's so cute!! The right side has the instructions.

From L-R: Collagen Firming Mask, Arbutin Whitening Mask, Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Mask, Red Vine Mask, Aloe Mask, Black Pearl Mask and Birds Nest Mask.

My Beauty Diary Mask Aloe Vera. Great mask for moisturizing, some people have said the Hyaluronic is better for moisturizing. I'll have to test it out. In the beginning of winter until mid spring my face gets really dry.

I thought it was about time to start looking into Collagen Masks, since I'm 26. I read many reviews and also asked my Auntie and she suggested MJCARE. Whats stated as the bottom; 'Make your skin elastic, moistened, clear and relax. For all skin types and 4 seasons' On the back the instructions are in Korean, Japanese and English

Last but not least the Etude House Precious Mineral Bright Fit BB Cream with two samples. I bought this off of Amazon. I didn't expect samples. ^_^

60 grams of product and also has a pump. (Sorry I forgot to take a picture of it)

That's all that I got for Christmas. I love gift cards the most then I can buy what I actually want. They hubby knows I love Origins and decided to get me something I've never tried. He'll always know what I want but everyone else.....I'd rather have gift cards. How was your Christmas? Did you get what you wanted?

Ciao!

December Glossybox 2012

Hello girlies, this is my December Glossybox!! I was so excited for this one to see what I got and to see if it beat last years box. This box is way better than last years. They incorporated a New Years theme into it and it is gorgeous.

I love that the box is silver. I don't know what I'm going to do with it just yet. For now, it's sitting on my vanity.

The wrapping paper is so cute!! I'm going to reuse it. We also received falsies. I didn't get a chance to wear them on New Years, so I'll save them for a later date. The box was named 'Bejeweled Edition'.

From L-R: Eau Thermale Avene D-Pigment, Maria Galland Stick Protection Solaire, Korres Eyeshadow, Cosline Concealer Nr. 965, MAKEUP FACTORY Nail Color Profi-Qualitat (Professional Quality)

Korres Shimmering Eyeshadow 745 Light Purple 

Cute shadow, I'll probably be grabbing for it more in the Spring. It doesn't come out like the picture shows, its very light so a primer and a base colour is a must. This is full sized 1,8 g at 12,80 €. 

I can't wait to try this. I'm definitely lacking in the purple department of my nail varnish collection. This is full sized 9 ml at 8,50€.

The Maria Galland Stick Protection Solaire is a sun block and has a very high SPF of 50+ UVA. It doesn't have a measurement but the full price is 19,50€ for 8 ml.

Eau Thermale Avene D-Pigment and the Cosline Concealer are full sized in this box. I'm ecstatic that 4 out of 5 products were full sized and the net worth of this box is way more than I payed for. (15€ a month) The concealer actually is great for my under eyes, I remembered last years box I got the Loreal concealer and couldn't use it; Cosline concealer is 9,00€ for 1,2 ml. The Avene clears up dark spots and hyper pigmentation of the skin. Instructions state to only use it at night and not to go out with it on in daylight. This will cost you 33,90€ for 30 ml. Yeah 33 euro that's almost double the price of the box!!

Overall, I'm super happy with this box. I reviewed these items on their website and racked up enough points for a free box so yeah January's box is free, yaay!! We are moving in March to a different part of Germany so I don't know if I'll get the February box. We will see.

Ciao!