Monthly Empties: Aug & Sep 2013

My long awaited monthly empties! There's so many products to show for Aug and Sep, ironically, there's probably only 2 items for Oct that I see so far. I guess I used up things quick for the summer time.

Aug 2013 Empties

Monthly Empties: July 2013

A little late for a July Monthly Empties post, but I spent a chunk of my August planning and preparing for a week long trip to Disney World with the BF.  His idea to celebrate my birthday no where better than the magical land itself. =)  I want to post up my travel necessities too, so stay tune for that!

Here goes, my July monthly empties (haha, just realize it was all shades of green and blue):

July 2013 Monthly Empties

Monthly Empties: June 2013

Another month and another monthly empties post! At least I'm sort of keeping up. =)

June 2013 Empties

Taiwan/Japan Trip Beauty Haul

Back to the home sweet home, though I do miss those 2 countries already. Definitely will be going back, everybody was so polite! How come people in NYC isn't like that? =P

Did quite a lot of shopping in those 2 major cities (Taipei and Tokyo). Everything was so pretty/cute/cheap! Yes even in Tokyo! Now I realize how much people jack up the prices on Asia-imported beauty online stores.

 

Beauty Haul from Taipei/Tokyo

Here's my beauty haul from the 2 countries. I actually didn't get a lot, nothing was too appealing to me. But I definitely saw BB creams everywhere! Most pharamacies in Taipei had a special beauty section just on BB creams alone. I didn't find any Kevin Beautymaker products! Grr.. that was one of my planned must-buys. Sigh. It's ok, next time. ;)

1. Rosette Hello Kitty Collagen Face Wash (500 yen = ~$5.00) - Found this at Tokyo's RanKing RanQueen (they sell the top 3 products of various item types). This face wash was voted #2 face wash in Tokyo. =)  Plus it was so cute! I tried checking some US based beauty websites and they are selling this exact face wash for US $12!
   
   
   
   
    
   Rosette Hello Kitty Collagen Wash
2. Shiseido Majolica Majorca Honey Pump Gloss Neo (NT 150 = ~$5.00) - During my studio picture shoot (yes, I took them in Taipei!) my makeup artist was putting on this beautiful lip gloss on me, so I had to go get one for myself. It's in a nude beige color. Very nice lip gloss, not sticky at all. <3<3<3 I saw this selling here for US $15! (crazy)
   
   
   
   
    
   Shiseido Majorca Majolica Honey Pump Lip Gloss
   
   
3. Laniege Water Sleeping Pack_EX (NT 798 = ~$20.00) - Saw this at the Taipei International Airport's Duty Free shop, I've been wanting to try this brand out after seeing Bubzbeauty Youtube channel. A more detailed review to follow later (I know, I owe many), worth the money!
   
   
   
   
   
    Laneige Water Sleeping Pack_EX
   
   
4. L'egere Whitening Anti Dark Circle Eye Roller Pen (NT 300 = ~$10.00) - Saw this in the Queen show and I wanted to try it out. Can't reallly find L'egere products here in the US, but Taiwan's very big with them.
   
   
   
   
   
    L'egere Whitening Anti Dark Circles Eye Roller
   
   

Got a few beauty magazines. Yesasia really jacks up the price on the magazines. The Japanese Beauty magazines I saw in Tokyo like Nonno was only 698 yen (~US $8.00)! I can't read Japanese, so I got the magazines that gave out the best goodies. Most of the beauty/fashion magazines give out bags! =) Got 2 really cute ones, bags that is.

 

Japan Beauty & Fashion Magazine

The With Magazine even shows you how to use the bag!

Though the Taiwanese magazine I wanted most is the Queen Magazine, I couldn't find it anywhere, except the really old editions =T  Oh wellz, Yesasia it is! The Japanese magazines I picked up were mostly fashion magazines, the Taiwanese ones had more beauty and makeup how-tos.

 

Taiwanese Magazines w/ celebrities I know

 

Taiwanese Makeup How-To

Missha & Cosme-De Beauty Shopping Haul Mar 2010

Haha, another haul post! Well this time, I did it for a purpose (for the Missha purchase anyway) =)  to claim my winning prize for the Missha Sampler Review contest! You can check out my winning post here.

 

Missha Mar 2010 Haul

Once again, Missha ships out super fast! I got it within 2 days after they dispatched it. Nicely package so I have more boxes of peanuts. ^_^ I did notice that they increased their shipping charges, it's now $8.99. So make sure you rack up at least a $40 purchase to get that FREE SHIPPING!

Unfortunately, it looks like Missha took away the 20% coupon for first time shoppers, it's only 10% now but you still get their Deluxe Sampler. Go sign up here and put mellie.closet@gmail.com as the referrer email!

 The Missha Mar 2010 Damage (I mean Bill).

There are a lot of items on their clearance page. This time I got mostly their makeup products. I really wanted to try out their 270 Mascara! Got really tempted after watching this commercial. Will review how it comes out. (I know, I know, I owe a lot of reviews.)

Youtube Commerical

Next, I started browsing fuzkittie's blog and got very tempted to try out the Silk Whitia masks that she boasts about. =)  Sooooo I have another haul from sasa.com that should be coming soon. =(  though it's been more than 2 weeks since I purchased, it still hasn't arrive yet.

On the other hand, I purchased something from cosme-de.com, which is another Hong Kong Online Beauty retailer, and I received my package in less than 5 days!!! (I don't even get my US orders delivered as quickly!)  They seem to be a very promising online retailer as well. Best of all, they provide FREE SHIPPING for ALL ORDERS!

 

Cosme-de.com O'slee Haul

I was reading about these sleeping masks from O'slee, so I decided to give it a try. It makes it so much better that they had a BOGO sale on O'slee products. So I got O'slee Clear Spa Sleeping Mask, Rosehip Revitalizing Hand Therapy, and Skin Aerobic Whitening Sleeping Mask. All Buy One Get One Free. ^_^V  They also have a $5 coupon off $25 purchase if you are a first time customer.

 

The Cosme-de.com Bill (not too bad)

Last item from beauty haul, Laneige sample pack. =)  Retails for $13 from cosme-de.com but I got it off from an eBay seller (seller sold out now). Very small in size but nice for travel.

 

Laneige Snow Crystal Clear & Hydrated Skin Sampler

Coupon Summary:

1. Missha
   
   
   
   • 10% off for first time registrants (add mellie.closet@gmail.com as the referrer email!)
   • Free Shipping for orders over $40.
   • Clearance sale ongoing.
2. Cosme-de.com
   
   
   
   • $5 off $25 purchase for first time registrants (add mellie.closet@gmail.com as the referrer email!)
   • Free Shipping for ALL ORDERS.
   • Promotion sale ongoing.