Beauty Haul x Sephora Grand Opening @ Chermside Westfield, Brisbane

So, it has actually been more than a year since I wrote an entry for this space. Jokes on me because scroll down and you might find that I wanted to blog more last year. Unfortunately, due to Uni commitments and demand I wasn't able to set aside time to plan content for this space. However, if you followed me on Dayre, I definitely did document a majority of the days of my life on there for 2016.

Now, on the other hand, I feel like coming back to this space. So to kick start my 1st ever post in a year / 2017, I wanted to share some of my beauty hauls and I will also be updating on my skincare routine in the weeks to come. Times changed, people change, routines change.

First up, my first ever 3CE online purchase.

They recently launched the 6 colour-colour correcting concealer palette in their Studio Collection. I have been eyeing on one of these palettes for quite some time (like I was waiting for NYX's, but the rack at Priceline was always empty, not quite sure if it has yet to be brought it or it is always sold out). I also took the opportunity to get a Blush in #Maybe, Longwear Eyeshadow Stick in #Baguette and 2 Rose Lip Pots!



I have only been using the salmon shade (2nd in the Right Column) and a bit of the purple and green. It works alright, but I think you need to moisturise the skin around your eye area prior to using this in order for it to look nice on your skin. This palette also smells amazing!!! My current earcandy is also IU's Palette (just saying).



I am madly in love with the longwear eyeshadow stick! I have always used matte eyeshadows in natural shades like browns with orangey undertones. I had initially wanted to get the one in 'Jumping' which is like the popular colour, but on second thoughts, might be too pink for my liking.

Photo from 3CE / StyleNanda

#Baguette is an orangey/copperish shimmer eyeshadow colour which is very flatterring not only the model's fair skin, but also myself (slightly tan, mid-tone). This has been my go-to for days I put on make-up. So simple to use, just simply draw a few strokes on your lids, blend it out with fingers and good to go. End of year when I am heading to Korea, I will grab more colours.

Next I got myself a new blush! Not being adventurous, I stuck to a peachy one #Maybe. I knew I had to get it after I saw the photos on 3CE's site. The model and the whole make-up with the blush was perfection.

I really love the colour. It gives that natural flush and this blush is really long lasting! I have now placed a small brush (from a Japanese highlight) in the blush so I can bring it out to touch-up (but then again, I don't know why, because I never needed to).

  

My Lip Pots are in #Coral and #BrickRed I love the Brick Red one, gonna use it now that it is autumn and winter soon and I would experience more autumns and winters in Switzerland and Korea. The coral one is alright, not very pigmented, like a usual coral tinted lipbalm just like Liptone from TonyMoly.

2) ASOS

I recently got the thisworks sleepover kit, which has the pillow spray, rollerball and the balm! I would say the roller ball and balm are my favourite. The spray however is not as strong as I had like it to be.

I have since placed the rollerball and balm into my 'skincare kit' that I bring around. 

3) Sephora Opening

A couple weeks back. I did something crazy. I took the 1st bus out to the mall to queue for Sephora. Westfield had new stores opening, and sephora was one of them. The very first one in Brisbane! Last year Sephora opened in Gold Coast.

The queue formed on the night before the actual opening so I actually hesitated that night whether to still go to mall early in the morning. I took my chances and hoped. Took quite a while before we were issued number and wristbands. Was so relieved when I received my card. 

I queued from about 6.15am till 12/1-ish. We had to stay in-line in order to redeem our free gifts! But it was fun talking to strangers (although Asian mums say not to talk to strangers).

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All the things that I got from that day. It was pure joy!

This was the palette that I had to queue 6hours for (better than the 200+ infront of me who possibly queued overnight or from wee hours, I had slept and went early, so it was a better deal for me). The first 300 had the blockbuster kit which I couldn't care less for. Cause too bulky and I don't exactly like sephora lip and cheek stuff.

Here comes all the freebies that were given out while we were in the queue. Swear we were so excited whenever the Sephora staff was handing out all these samples.

This is Tarte's thesculptor in number 1, park ave princess. It is so blendable. But I not very pro with contouring yet. I usually use Benefit's Hoola to do light shading.

This benebalm sample is so cute. So tiny! But very travel-friendly which I love.

A free make-up pouch! There were a few designs, but I got this. Pouches I usually use it to put all my other stuff, so the design don't really matter.

Other sachet samples which till date have not tried. Will try them soon else I will never try them.

They also gave free Sephora Triple Action Cleansing Water. I opened it to smell, and it smells good. All my cleansing product either has to have no fragrance or smell just right.  Travel-friendly product again.

I think I found a dupe for NOV's washing cream (cleanser). YAY to no more needing to spend like bomb on my cleanser. The Dermaclear is a cream type like NOV (unlike what it states foam), but it foams up very finely and smoothly. It is able to remove light make-up. But with make-up I still prefer to double-cleanse. I bought this on the opening together with a concealer brush (since 10% off Sephora Collection)

M.A.C was opening too and they were giving out flyers for us to fill in to redeem a FREE LIPSTICK. I was sold immediately. But the first colour I got was very nude, which I wasn't happy about. So after I paid for my Sephora stuff, I thick-skinnedly went into M.A.C to ask if there were other shades I could swap for. I think that had last one or last few in Testosterone which is a sheer pinkish-red shade that I liked (I saw someone in the Sephora queue had it and I was quite jelly about it).

You will never know if you don't ask. So i was 2x happy that day. Got so much freebies and managed to swap for something I preferred.

Alright that's all. That's me on my way home after Sephora's opening. I think I had #Baguette on my lids and #Maybe on my cheeks. Sorry for the poor quality photos, not sure if blogger made it looked worse. My Samsung NX mini was beyond hope and I had to downgrade, to Sony WX500 which I haven't had much opportunities to play around with. I miss my NX mini with it's manual zoom and touch-screen function.

Hope you enjoyed looking at my new stash of beauty products. Not sure when I would get the time again to blog. But till the next time, work hard and also enjoy~