The haul and the love(S)

X’mas x’mas x’mas..we love x’mas and it is time to gift.

Thanks so much to Jamilla for her X;mas card. This year, rather than putting all cards received aside (coz I never send cards... shame!) I duly displayed them. Unfortunately cats thought it is a knock the card game and every hour I am on my hands and knees to pick up the cards from the floor..

Anyway, I thought to those who are reading, you’ll notice I haven’t show any haul pictures for a long time.. so in a haul special.. I’ll show you some of my haul recently, nothing exciting and to say thank you all ladies who did swap, Secret Santa with me.

A super large disclaimer: because my cats love any kind of sticker that comes from the package, they have mess up which is which and therefore swaps are grouped into whatever cat find it first (and hide it last). Forgive me. I am Slave No.2 to cats (No.1 S title goes to S)




This is a collective haul from Uniqlo (and where i met miss_Waterlily at a japanese restaurant after this shopping)
My bro works in Uniqlo and it was family week, so I went in and snap as many clothing for myself and S.
I bought all essential items, Heat tech (they’re sooo goood.. soogood that it is unbelievable)
a premium down jacket from +J collection
a cashmere jumper from +J
a few tights.
cardigansn and jeans for S



This comes from Tammy from not a rich girl. She’s my secret santa and sent me some goodies. OMG! ELF blushes!!!! and face shop (never tried them before)



more goodies from Tammy (and some random samples I received from other packages)



more goodies from Tammy (oh benefit oh benefit, how can you be so pretty?) (Sing along with oh! x’mas tree)



Masks sheet that was consumed nearly as soon as it arrived at my door (oh yes those cellar tapes as well by cats)



My high end swaps/wins
Top right: a Dior blush swap with Jennifer (love you sweetheart. I’ll send you some survival package when you’re in Copenhagen)
Top middle: a little present from Yumeko (that came along with the handbag organiser)
Botton left: the Dior blush that I win from Jamilla’s giveaway. i should really put this under the x’mas tree but unfortunately the tree is destroyed every 5 sec.



Been approached to do a review for SKIN MD. and some samples. I’ll do a giveaway once I’m fully settled from my daily life chaos
and bottom left, is something I bought from cosmetic-candy blogsale (think is the black pore cleanser)



I found my natural shade!
Middle: lavshuca 070 two way compact. A bit drying but perfect shade colour. (that’s how I know I’m now a NC35)

Right: shu uemura brozne base control. I plan to use this to mix for the right shade with my existing foundation



Left: Shu Urmura UV Primer, again a swap from Jennifer
right: a Japanese primer from japan. Privacy

So that’s all from me.

I’ll try to post a review on a few of these items within this week. Been busy trying to setup 2 business at the same time. and fiddling with all these website design..

oh well. once it’s done you’ll have a look :)

and Finally

Merry x’mas to all girls! hope you have a lovely x’mas

With Love from East Asia

So after nearly a week without blogging. I give you 2 post at a time.

Mainly is to say thank you to 2 people. Kay and Jennifer who’s package arrived amid the 3 weeks postal strike. (yes for the past 3 weeks, the postal strike in UK every weds thurs fri.. it took 1 package from HK 3 weeks to arrive.. and it has cash in it..)

First Kay’s package ended up roughly the week before.. all I did was munch through her chocolate biscuits thingy..
I swapped some BB cream to her, and she help to buy the JuJu Aqua Moist hydraulic acid serum which I was desperate to try. I have a pharmacist friend who swear hydraulic acid is really good for your skin and it is a must ingredients for good skin routine. Since JuJu says it is 100% hydraulic acid.. lets see if it will transform my skin



the chocolate cookies thingy which i ate almost immediately (yes it is empty) the JuJu acid serum on the top right and some sample from Kay.
i was quite anxious coz my package took 3 weeks to reach Japan..

The second package came from Jennifer. I saw she was offering to swap away her dior Blush and since we both have similar skintone I thought It’ll good to try (and when i met her in summer, she said it is her HG.. ) I also got a swap for a Shu Uemura Primer as I’m a primer and foundation addict at the moment..

I totally recommend jennifer as a swapper. I met her in MUA and since then she even took me to makeup shopping 1st day when I arrived in HK. The swap I got from her all come with original box.. and tonnes of samples



see all the goodies? thank you muah! and the maquillage lippies sample..

seriously for people with darker skintone, we need to sample the colour before buying. We simply can’t fit any colour they launch.. that’s how i buy my other lippes

I am currently super uber busy even I don’t need to go to work in cupcakes. I am setting up a second company, working through my self assessment and struggling with phd.

I wonder if anyone here can read Korean? I’m struggling with some korean content and need some help... it is about Leon Lai, who sung a tv theme song in Korea...

I noticed there’s lots of interest in Ettusais so I have taken all my Ettusais products photo and will do a review on them. They are mostly products with nearly no review so keep an eye on this blog..

that’s all from me.

From Jamilla with Love

Recently did a swap and bought a few items from Jamilla, all of them within a few days apart. I thought i’ll share my haul with you all. Thank you Jamilla in spoiling me with these which i never can afford

The photos are taken with holding the items in front of my macbook webcam. This is the only quick way to take photos since I no longer have a compact camera. I am lemming over the Samsung ST550.. which beautified your face and has 2 LCD which allow you to see how you look like. My old Canon TX-1 has a swivel camera like a camcorder but it was broken (out of focus) too quickly. And now I got a DSLR Song A200, which is a bit bulky to use day to day in my opinion.

Guerlain Make Up Palette

Neutral is my best friend...

Dior Bronze Sun Couture Palette (i thought the colour looks perfect on my already tanned skin)

This is a aswap from Jamilla, the Armani Designer Modelling Compact Foundation SPF22 No.5

Which is very interesting, it is cream foundation but you use the brush to apply

Looks little light on me (but the correct word is glowing!!!!)

Shu Uemura Pro Concealer 3YR

I tried very quickly on my eye bag.. and jesus...

Good bye boi-ing, good bye laneige

This is my fav..

Promise to do a FOTD next post, this is due too long