Beauty Haul - Clinique & J'adore Pink Cookie

I was being cheeky again and went to pick up a couple more stuff from the sale. I couldn't resist, not especially when I saw the price for the Clinique 3 Steps System. I have been wanting to try this out but keep procrastinating due to its price and also I simply have too much products to go through!

The two sets I picked up - Clinique 3 Steps Skincare for Combination Oily and the J'adore Pink Cookie Set

J'adore Pink Cookie - Comes with a tube of body wash and shimmer lotion. Haven't tried this before and I just randomly dropped this into the basket. Any of you have tried this before? How do you like it?

Now my favourite buy - Clinique 3 Steps Skincare System for Combination to Oily

Comes with a huge pouch. Great for travelling!

The goodies inside the pouch - a full sized set and a travel sized set. 

All for £39. Now, does that spell BARGAIN?? How could I resist! The full sized ones are huge. I think this will last me forever! 

I am starting this new routine tomorrow and I hope I would agree to the amazing reviews I've heard so far! I think I might still add a serum in though. What do you girls who are familiar with this routine think? Is this advisable? I am just feeling very insecure if I leave the serums (morning & night) out. Let me know please?

That's all for the short haul. Hope you like it. :)

Boxing Day Haul - Clothing

Hello! This is the second part of my Boxing Day haul. You can find the first part on beauty items here.

Let's get started!

First, from New Look.

White mule, white fleece hoody jacket, pleather shorts and fur coat

Both the shorts and fur coat had sold out size 8 and 10 so I had to get size 12 which was the smallest available size. I was contemplating really hard weather to leave them behind but decided not to with such great bargain. The fur coat is gorgeous and looks ok on, do you think so? The shorts look slightly too big but I think still acceptable though. I'm definitely keeping the coat but will think about the shorts. Let me know if I should keep or return it?

From Berskha

Red fur collar cardigan, leopard print dress and denim jacket

Super love the denim jacket and red cardigan! Again, I was worried about sizing when I picked the cardigan up. I saw it in the store and fell in love but ONLY size L left! Surprisingly though, I put it on and it actually looks flattering! Only the sleeves are slightly too long which is ok, considering this is an outer wear anyway.

From Topshop

Dress coat, skinny soft jeans and collar necklace

Love the coat a lot. I have been looking for a dress coat for ages and finally found it! The fur collar is detachable. The skinny jeans makes my thighs look so slim. LOVES! Lol.

From H&M

Blue shirt, green washed blouse (picture above), front fur jacket and brown skirt

The skirt is too big on me so I will be returning it. I'm still thinking about the blue shirt. It is short in front and long at the back. I don't think it looks flattering on me. 

Finally, from Jane Norman

 Just a red bag!

That's all for my clothing haul. Hopefully I will not be adding anything into the collection anymore as I have been spending wayyyyy too much! Lol. 

Let me know what you've got on Boxing Day! :)

Boxing Day Haul - Beauty + Swatches

Hello! Did you manage to grab all the deals you have in mind yesterday? I went to Westfield Stratford City and Oxford Street yesterday and came back with goodies! Not as much as I expected though. Most probably due to the humongous crowd which I am not a fan of. It was IMPOSSIBLE to enter Next at all and everything in River Island was in a big mess when I entered - not a pretty sight. Eeeeks.

Anyhow, I decided to split my haul to two separate entries - one for beauty and another one for clothing. This post as the title says, is for the beauty items that I manage to picked up. :)

*Swatches to follow at the end of the post*

First up are the goodies from Boots.

2 nail polishes, a lipstick, 3 lip glosses and a lip liner

From Rimmel - Colour Show Off Lipstick in 140 Kiss Me, I Love Lasting Finish Nail Polish in 030 Double Decker Red and Lasting Finish Lip Liner in 011 Spice

A lot of REDS going on here for the festive season! I don't own any red lipstick nor nail polish and I was very inspired to do bright lip look and so I got them. :)

From Collection 2000 - Cream Puff Moisturising Lip Cream in 3 Fairy Cake, 1 Cotton Candy and 2 Powder Puff

I saw this from one of the haul videos by StyleSuzi and I was hooked! They look so gorgeous and I knew I had to get them. I am not a matte lip person but this is not drying at all and look very flattering on. Plus, Boots was having 3 For 2 sale across all Collection 2000 products so I grabbed three!

17 Fast Finish Nail Polish in Revenge

Next up from Superdrug.

Only two items from Look Beauty - Lipslick in 5 Peaches and Nail Pop in 13 Flamingo

Both are matching colours!

And then I went to House of Fraser and pick up the item that I am MOST excited about! 

The Benefit Boxing Day Beauty Gift Set. Look at the gorgeous packaging!

Opening the box reveals the goodies inside.

Hoola Bronzing Powder (full size), Some Kind-a Gorgeous Foundation in Medium (full size), High Beam (sample size) and Bad Gal Lash Mascara (sample size)

This is a total bargain! The two full sized items retail at £23.50 each and this gift set was priced at £29.66. I grabbed it despite not being entirely sure that the foundation shade matches me. However, after speaking to the SA and she assured me that it should match and she wears the same shade too so I could get some idea. I am not a big fan of Benefit just because of its price which is on the expensive side and now I can try these babies out! :)

Swatches for the lip products (all without flash).

Left to Right - Rimmel Colour Show Off Lipstick in 140 Kiss Me and Rimmel Lasting Finish Lip Liner in 011 Spice

Left to Right - Look Beauty Lipslick in 5 Peaches, Collection 2000 Cream Puff Moisturising Lip Cream in 3 Fairy Cake, 2 Powder Puff and 1 Cotton Candy

That's all for the Beauty haul. Do share with me what you've got. :)

Winter Lookbook #1

I was browsing through all my photos and noticed a lot of photos which I have not posted, so decided to do a lookbook entry.

#1 - Department Christmas Dinner

Little Black Dress - Gmarket

Tights - Primark

Boots - Gmarket

Coat - H&M

Purse - Gmarket

#2 - Shopping in London on a cold weekend

Scallop Top - Primark

Faux Leather Skirt - H&M

Drape Cardigan - Forever 21

Thick Chunky Cardigan - Gmarket

Tights - Primark

Knee-length Socks - ASOS

Boots - Primark

Purse - Gmarket

Leopard Print Scarf - H&M

Necklace - H&M

Alternative views without all the crazy layering and this is how the scallop top looks like. Love it!

#3 - Outfit to work

Stripe Jersey Top - H&M

Jumper - H&M

Legging - Gmarket

Ankle boot - Primark

Purse - Gmarket

Ring - H&M

Lastly, some camwhore pictures of me! :)

That's all. 

Hope you like it! :)

Gmarket Haul & Remington Curling Iron

Two parcels arrived today for me! *Happy dance around the room*

You girls shopaholics out there must understand this excitement of mine. :) Packages make my day hands down and especially one from Gmarket. They rarely disappoint. Whenever I receive an order from Gmarket, I usually cannot wait to rip it open!

So yes, I cheekily placed yet another order. I've lost count really. I have been hauling like crazy lately with all the sales and great deals going on. And I can't help it. Autumn/Winter is my favourite season to shop!

Let's get into the haul, shall we?

I have a complain this time though - LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE BOX!! Not Gmarket's fault. I believe UK custom opened it. This is the first time such thing happened to me out of the countless times I shopped from Gmarket before! Luckily there are separate packaging for the items and they are not in any way harmed. Or else I would indeed be very unhappy.

Only three sub packages. :)

I picked up only leggings and a bag this time basically. To be more specific, many leggings and a gorgeous bag. :)

Here are all the six leggings I picked up - faux leather, thick winter leggings and a jegging.

The winter leggings are really thick, all fleece lined and perfect for the cold weather now. And the faux leather ones are my favourite of the lot! I've been spotting this everywhere this season but somehow couldn't find one which suits me size and cost wise. When I was browsing Gmarket earlier, I saw these and immediately added them to the cart.

Leather leggings - seller link
Thick leggings & jegging - seller link

Now comes my utmost favourite purchase - the bag.

See how well it is packaged!

I picked this up as I realised that despite having so many different colour bags, I do not own any in black! Can you believe that? So I got this - something classic, basic, suitable as an everyday bag.

Sorry for the blurry picture. But this bag is absolutely gorgeous and not to mention such good quality!

This honestly feels much much more expensive than how much I actually paid for it. I am so happy with this purchase! Would definitely check out the same seller again in the future.

This is how it looks on my hand. It's huge. Great for a person like me who dump all sorts of junk into the bag. I can definitely see myself carrying this very often. And I know it will last quite some time. :)

Now on to the second parcel I received today.

The Remington Curling Iron from the Tribal Collection.

Leopard print handle. HOW CUTE IS THAT? When I saw this on Superdrug, reduced to £9.99 from original £24.99 (currently £12.49 on the website which is still a big bargain!) AND free delivery, I had to get it! And it comes with a pink pouch and mirror! I had no time to research for reviews before I purchased this so I'm not sure if this will suck or not. Any of you girls tried this before? Care to share your experience please?

Currently for hair curling purposes, I own the Babyliss Professional 30 Piece Roller Set and Babyliss You Curl Curling Iron. I have extremely long hair (although just chopped off a few inches two months ago) and both still take way too long for me to curl my hair on a daily basis. Well, maybe I won't be doing that every single day but I need something that is easy and fast enough for me to style my hair often. Let me try this out and see if it works!

That's all for this haul now. Hope you enjoy reading it! :)