Her Beauty Days

Call it good timing or anything of a similar nature, but I can assure you, these products were acquired before I decided to adhere to the ban. I realised that it was just so abrupt that I had purchased so many products then threw in a spending ban to conclude the month. It came quite as a shock that I had hauled a bit too much. On a positive outlook, I've started the new year with new products to play with.

Priceline Haul

From the skincare sale:

The products purchased were inspired by sleepandwater's BeautyJoint haul (of course, my admiration for the haul contents).

e.l.f Studio Blush in Pink Passion
I don't have that many cool toned pink blushes and have never ventured into purchasing e.l.f products, so it seemed very plausible that I should purchase this.

Wet n Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Trio in Silent Treatment
I saw how gorgeous the swatch of the eye lid shade was and had to purchase this!

Wet n Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow Collection in Comfort Zone
This seems like a great neutral palette; the swatches looked great. Another addition I had to have!

Cherry Culture Haul

There was a special on NYX products so I threw a few products in accompanied with products I've wanted to try from different brands.

Milani Baked Blush in 05 Luminoso
I purchased after reading positive reviews. It's also my first Milani product and of its kind (baked blush).

NYX Rouge Cream Blush in Tickled

NYX Rouge Cream Blush in Natural
I picked up these cream blushes after enjoying my first one in Hot Pink that I got from local Target store for more than twice the cost of these.

China Glaze Nail Lacquer in 842 Snow Globe

China Glaze Nail Lacquer in 565 Tantalize Me

China Glaze Nail Lacquer in 557 Up All Night
These are my first China Glaze polishes; I'm very excited to try them out.

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in 604 Milk
I've seen this pop up in my eyeshadow tutorials on YouTube. I don't feel this is a necessity but I'm curious to see how this works under my eyeshadows.

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in 617 Iced Mocha

Cherry Culture Balm in Chocolate
This was an added bonus for purchasing over $20.

NYX Black Label Lipstick in Hot Pink
I don't have a hot pink lipstick so I'm starting off my first one with NYX (possibly can't go wrong there!)

Benefit Haul


I received an email from benefitcosmetics.com of a sale on discontinued products. And unfortunately, I got lured in, as simple as that.

I purchased two limited edition Christmas sets:

Benefit Love at first shine! Gloss Set
This contains 6 deluxe sized ultra plush lip glosses - a great way to sample Benefit's glosses!

Benefit Show me the love! Set
This comes with a full sized they're Real mascara, Benetint and a deluxe sample sized of the POREfessional. The set costed only a few more dollars than the cost of a full sized Benetint so why not.

The rest of the products were discontinued and on sale for only $10.

Benefit Full Finish Lipstick in Flirt Alert

Benefit Velvet Eyeshadow in Dandy Brandy

Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in Sippin' N Dippin'

BeautyBay Purchase

I splurged on Urban Decay & Oz: The Glinda Palette after spotting it on various blogs how gorgeous the swatches were plus it was on sale at beautybay.com (damn those sales!). When it comes to eyeshadows, I'm definitely a more neutral kind of girl, so this palette was my first step out of my comfort zone. I'm surprised that the shades are very wearable!

And that concludes my haul for January! Quite a lot there; I've only used a few and I'm already loving them so far. I hope you've enjoyed this post; I love reading about hauls myself!
If you would like to request an in-depth review of any of the mentioned items, please leave me a comment below!

Stay beautiful everyone!

There's a considerable number of items to showcase here today, but for three month's worth - it's quite less than what I expected.

Moisturisers

1. LUSH Gorgeous Facial Moisturiser (10g sample)

This is one expensive moisturiser ($74.95 for 45g). I can see why, I absolutely adore the scent, the moisturiser itself fared well with my skin - my skin was radiant, plump and exhibited signs of good health in the mornings, after applying this at night. The only thing preventing me from purchasing the full sized product is the price-tag!

2. Olay Moisturising Lotion (150mL)

My HG moisturiser! I'm currently using another moisturiser at the moment but will definitely return to this one. I've included this product in my Skincare Tag, you can read about to find out what's so special about it!

3. Sukin Hydrating Body Lotion (50mL)

I love Sukin's face products but I wasn't accustomed to applying their lotions onto my body due to the scent. I'm just so used to applying body lotions with fruit scents! Overall, it's a great product but I won't be repurchasing.

4. La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo (40mL)

I purchased this when it was first became available at Priceline (remember that period?). I didn't notice much improvement but during the course I used this, I didn't get any pimples (yay!). I didn't use this alone as a moisturiser and had to top it up with my Olay one. If I see this on sale at Priceline, I'll probably purchase it again.

5. Aveeno Daily Moisturising Lotion (354mL)

Marketing has done well in positioning this product. I'm wired to adore Aveeno's products' I've already repurchased this but in the variation designed to relieve stress.

Makeup Removers

6. Simple Eye Make-Up Remover (125mL)

This stuff is like water; it removes my eye makeup quite well.  It doesn't leave any oily residue and is gentle on the eyes. I don't think this will work for waterproof mascara, but since I don't use that - it's perfect. I'm currently using the bi-phase makeup removers but will return to this eventually.

7. Lancôme Bi-Facil Double-Action Eye Makeup Remover (125mL)

I really enjoyed using this. It's gentle yet very effective at removing everything. I don't think I'll be repurchasing this due to the cheaper options available.

8. Maybelline City Rescue Total Clean! Express Eye & Lip Makeup Remover (70mL)
I purchased this makeup remover in my Maybelline September haul which I blogged about here.
It's a bit expensive in my book, luckily I got it on sale and it works great. A great substitute for my Lancôme Bi-Facil I might add.

Makeup

9. Australis Ready Set Go Finishing Powder in True Translucent (7.5g)
Love this finishing powder! It sets my makeup nicely, mattifies my face a bit, helps with oil control and it goes on colourless despite its white powder form.

10. Benefit They're Real! Mascara (3g sample)
This mascara lasted over two months. That's two months of perfect lashes - long, curled, voluminous and separated lashes were achieved! I'm also loving the bommy-knocker at the end of wand - it helps me reach the corner lashes!

11. ModelCo SHINE Ultra Lip Gloss in Strip Tease
I received this from the company ages ago and it's time I gave it the boot. It's a really sheer shimmering lip gloss - quite average yet the pricetag implies otherwise. The inclusion of a mirror was handy but the scent was a bit sweet for my liking. I would not repurchase this; I don't find ModelCo's products worth their RRP.

12. Rimmel Vinyl Gloss Voluptuously Shiny Lipgloss in 110 Keep A Secret
One of my favourite glosses, likewise to ModelCo's lip gloss, this one is also on the sheer side. A great everyday shimmer lipgloss that would sure give you that luscious looking pout! I would repurchase this lipgloss in other shades (and possibly the same shade!).


Other

13. Avène Eau Thermale Spring Water (300mL)
Spraying this on my face = wonderful! The spray distribution is even, there are so many uses for this product and I've already bought backups. A staple in my skincare routine. Read my full review here. 

14. Lux Luminous Touch Body Wash (400mL)
Love this body wash so much! (love Lux body washes in general) Even though I don't detect the presence of illuminators on my skin, it's what I've been looking for in a body wash - pleasant scent, nice lather and moisturising! Would definitely repurchase this.

15. Clear Scalp & Hair Beauty Therapy Total Nourishing Care Shampoo & Conditioner (50mL samples)
I really love the scent of this. It's quite an average shampoo and conditioner but I don't think I'll be repurchasing it - I'm interested in trying more natural products.

16. Jurlique Replenishing Foaming Cleanser (30mL sample)
I used this after I had the horrible reaction to Indeed Laboratories' Pepta-bright which you can read all about it here. This was a lovely cleanser to use, it didn't strip my skin of its natural oils and it was just so gentle on the rashes I received. The only thing I don't like about it is the scent - which is understandable since there are natural derivatives within the product.

And there you have it. Three months worth of empties!
What did you think of the items I've finished? Have you finished any items lately? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below, I'd love to hear about it!