Review: Origins Clear Improvement and Out of Trouble Masks!

One mask, two masks! For those who read up and watch reviews online of trending brands and products, today's featured items in this review would not be a surprise. Origins is an American brand known for producing natural skincare products. Being a user of clay products, a fan of liquid masks and someone with combination skin, I'm excited to be reviewing two liquid masks I picked out!

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Origins Clear Improvement active charcoal mask to clear pores and Out of Trouble 10 minute mask to rescue problem skin masks!

Haul: Finally trying Colourpop!

Colourpop hauling! Sooooo as everyone has already jumped on the Colourpop bandwagon at least 2 years ago little old me just got my first bunch of goodies late last year when they started shipping internationally. Before it was available that way I could have bought from resellers online here in Singapore but I just couldn't be bothered and when my boyfriend offered to help me order I just sent him screenshots of what I wanted!

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Colourpop haul! Super shock shadows, lippie stix, lip pencils, super shock cheek, ultra matte lip and creme gel liner!

Holiday Special: Food, Beauty and Shopping Haul from Bangkok! (March 2016)

Bangkok Hauling! This haul has been long awaited! It's from all the way back in March of this year when I had visited Bangkok for a much needed break with my mom and we did quite A BIT of shopping! This time I didn't go as crazy with the make up but we spent more time eating and getting bags and clothes.

It's a shame that Bangkok is restructuring many areas in the city where street vendors selling clothes and accessories will be moved as well as temporary food stalls that pop up only at night. This was announced a few months ago in part of their effort to clean up and make the city more organized for both the vendors and easier for tourists and patrons to enjoy the stalls. Whatever the case, I will always travel back to Bangkok year after year!

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Holiday Special: Food, Beauty and Shopping Haul from Bangkok! (March 2016)

Holiday Special: Day 2 in Bangkok, lunch in Siam Square, Beautrium and the Gourmet Market! (March 2016)

Siam Square and visiting the Gourmet supermarket! Day two of my trip to Bangkok with my mom back in March consisted with having a huge delicious lunch at our favorite restaurant in Siam Square and then shopping around the area! Ban Khun Mae is a very popular and well known restaurant serving Thai food in Siam Square, they are opened all day and we headed for lunch. While in the heart of town, we spent most of the day at Siam Paragon and the amazing large gourmet supermarket there that has EVERYTHING!

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Holiday Special: Day 2 in Bangkok, lunch in Siam Square, Beautrium and the Gourmet Market! (March 2016)

Special: Lunar New Year Celebrations, Outings and Food 2016!

Let's welcome the year of the Monkey! Happy Lunar New Year to all my fellow followers who celebrate Chinese New Year! It's that one time of the year when Chinese all over the world try to be around family to celebrate and to spend time together. As I always tell people, the Chinese New Year is like Christmas, Independence day and New Years all in one for the chinese people! For my family it's usually a private affair, my immediate family has dinner together and I love visiting Chinatown multiple times before the new year day itself as its bustling and so full of temporary shops and sellers.

This post is super photo heavy from my visits to Chinatown and the meals I had with family at home as well as at my favorite restaurants in the Chinatown area with the boyfriend!

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My Lunar New Year Celebrations, Outings and Food 2016! Visiting Chinatown, shopping around, meals out and reunion dinner!

Special: Year End Collective Haul 2015! (Chanel, Shiseido, Clinique, Bourjois, Etude House)

Year end collective haul time! Last year I did a big collective shopping haul and not surprisingly I have one yet again for the end of 2015! I've started a new job that's been going great since November and so my blog has slowed down a bit recently as I've been getting used to my new schedule. I did give myself the go ahead to spend lots of money in December as I've been very good the last half year on a low buy period. I rarely ever indulge in high end products and made up my mind that I was going to satisfy myself with products that I've wanted forever and still had on my shopping list!

Everything in this haul was purchased over November and December on many different occasions! I finally got myself a fancy, expensive skincare product which I've been thinking about getting for a long time. I picked up two drugstore foundations on a whim, ordered three holy grail lip balms, finally managed to get a black beauty blender, picked up the super pretty clinique cheek pop blush, bought a lip stain product on impulse and got a gorgeous lipgloss from an unexpected place.

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Year end collective haul 2015! Makeup, skincare and other bits!

Haul: Things purchased over October and November! (Forever 21, H&M, Charles & Keith, Swatch, Asos)

Collective haul time! I've really done my best the second half of 2015 to keep shopping to a minimum as I do spend mostly all my own money on clothes/accessories. Here is a post consolidating all the things I've purchased throughout October and November! I had nothing in particular that I wanted to buy but I came across so many things that I loved and ended up buying.

Coincidentally I ended up getting quite a few things that were shiny and pretty that sort of when along with the year end as well as my love for holographic and duochrome things! There were a few items that really were meant to be mine and I'll be pointing them out down below!

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Haul time! Clothes, shoes, bags and swim suits purchased the last two months!

Haul: Clothes and my Birthday drugstore haul! (New Look, H&M, Zara)

Repurchases, pretty clothes and new bits! I'm very happy to report that for the last few months I've really held back on shopping for clothes, make up and skincare! The most major purchases I've made are from the last month (august being my birthday month) where I got some new clothing bits from here and there as well as a nice big shop at my favorite drugstore Watsons here in Singapore!

I always look forward every year to a big shop at Watsons during August as being my birthday month, my first purchase will get lots of extra points which I like to save up and spend later! This year's Watsons shop compromised of mainly repurchases and back ups with a few new items!

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Clothes and my Birthday drugstore haul! (New Look, H&M, Zara, Watsons)

Mini Haul: Innisfree and Anna Sui!

Mini K-beauty haul with Innisfree! After months of really having my beauty and skincare shopping under tight control the two months have seen some lovely hauls in the beauty/skincare department as there have been great summer time sales and my birthday was in August (and of course I was entitled to some shopping)! In this post I bring a small haul from the very affordable korean brand Innisfree which has multiple free standing stores here in Singapore.

I went into Innisfree with the goal of buying hydrogel masks if they had any and a new milky type of moisturizing lotion to replace the ones I've been using from Hada Labo and Aqua Label for years as I feel ready to try something different! Unfortunately (but actually NOT so unfortunately) I ended up getting a few more extra things, a nice freebie set and later in the day I finally bought something I've been lusting after for years!

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Mini Haul: Innisfree and Anna Sui! (hydro gel masks, mineral shadows, lotion, Anna Sui blush)

Clothes and swimsuit haul from April! (New Look, Denizen, Berksha, La Senza)

Haulage from April! I used to almost never shop for clothing in my teenage years, wearing the same favorite baggy t-shirt and loose pants for a year or two until I could be bothered to buy more of the same thing. I plan to eventually do a post looking back into my teenage years as I am basically unrecognizable compared to then. Until then, here's a small haul of some clothes and a few swim suits I had picked up before my beach holiday in Bali which I took two weeks ago!

Some of the swim suits were not recently bought but I wanted to show them in this haul anyway as I was modelling the newer ones and decided to take photos of all of them!

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Clothes and swimsuit haul from April!

Holiday Special: Duty Free Haul from my Bangkok Holiday! (Jan 2015)

Duty Free Hauling! Hey ladies! This duty free haul was from Bangkok's International airport! I had taken a trip to Bangkok with my mother earlier in January and for those who don't know their duty free selection for cosmetics is pretty freaking INSANE. They usually have 95% of everything in stock (UNLIKE SINGAPORE'S COSMETIC SECTION) and they have got a much wider range of brands sold in their duty free too which is such a pleasure to browse! I usually take at least 45 minutes- 1.5 hours to browse, compare and decide on what I want to get because their selection is awesome!

For those who missed or would like to see other days from holiday do click on the following links! Day 1 (see here), Day 2 (see here), Day 3 (see here) , Day 4 (see here) my big make up haul (see here) and my skincare/body care haul (see here)!

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A nice bunch of beauty items that I wouldn't pick up normally while shopping! (Shu Uemura cleansing oils, Nars Lipstick and eyeshadow, Shiseido foundation stick, Maybelline mascara and a Dior travel palette)

Holiday Special: Day 4 in Bangkok, Thailand! (Jan 2015)

Day 4 in Bangkok, Thailand! Here I have my forth day of my Bangkok holiday that I took with my mom earlier last month! It was trip that was basically all shopping, eating, walking everywhere and great foot massages! For those who haven't visited Bangkok it's one of the best cities to visit in south east asia for food, modern malls and historical places!

On day 4, we basically visited MBK center and then chatuchuk market, however although it was a friday there were only about 20% of the stalls open! Our flight back was on Saturday evening and hence we decided to just drop by around 6 when there were some shops open to take a look!

For those who missed or would like to see other days from holiday do click on the following links! Day 1 (see here), Day 2 (see here), Day 3 (see here) , my big make up haul (see here) and my skincare/body care haul (see here)!

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Holiday Special: Day 4 in Bangkok, Thailand! (Jan 2015)

Holiday Special: Skincare and Accessories Haul from Bangkok, Thailand! (Jan 2015)

Skincare and accessories haul from Bangkok! Hello everyone! Today I'm bringing everyone the next part of my haul from my recent holiday trip to Bangkok with my mom which we took in January. It's so hard to resist coming back to Singapore with one or two large suitcases full of skincare, body care and make up as there are so many awesome and affordable brands in Thailand!

Bangkok, Thailand has such great variety from the local franchise Beauty Buffet to korean brands from Karmart, products from Boots and other American and Asian brands I can't buy in Singapore at Beautrium! 

For those who missed or would like to see other days from holiday do click on the following links! Day 1 (see here), Day 2 (see here), Day 3 (see here) or my big make up haul (see here)!

Holiday Special: Skincare and Accessories Haul from Bangkok, Thailand! (Jan 2015)

Holiday Special: Make up haul from Bangkok, Thailand! (Jan 2015)

Make up haul from Bangkok, Thailand! For those of you who have read and followed my recent Bangkok holiday posts I definitely did a ton of make up and skincare shopping while I was there. There are plenty of amazing local brands that are of great quality and in general are sooooo much more affordable than singapore! 

For example pressed powder goes for average of $4-10 SGD in Thailand whereas drugstore brands in Singapore cost $15-30 on average. I did most of my make up shopping at Beauty Buffet, Karmart, 7-11 and the local supermarkets!

If you missed my recent holiday posts check out Day 1 (see here) and Day 2 (see here) of my trip in Bangkok! I will have separate posts for my duty free and skincare purchases!

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Holiday Special: Make up haul from Bangkok, Thailand! (Here is everything including Duty Free and items for a future giveaway)

Special: Year End Collective Haul! (New Look, Charles & Keith, Laniege, Threadless, Addiction cosmetics)

My year end collective haul! Hey ladies! Hope December has been a fruitful month for everyone! So many people are busy traveling to be with their friends and family and some are only just done with celebrating Christmas! I know December is a big deal to many people but for most of us in South East Asia or at least in Singapore, Christmas isn't celebrated like in Europe with more religious/traditional meaning but more because it's something internationally recognized and an event everyone can make money from!

If you ask me what I like about December/Christmas, I'll honestly tell you I love this time of year because of the food and tons of sales! I've been purchasing and hauling lots of bits and bobs the last two months or so and here is my big fat collective haul to end the year with!

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Special: Year End Collective Haul! (New Look, Charles & Keith, Laniege, Threadless.com, Addiction cosmetics)

Haul: Year End Sephora Haul 2014!

Year End Sephora Haul! For many ladies in the US all I've been seeing on blogs and youtube are the huge Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales which are not sales that occur in Asia and our Sephoras. You will never see such amazing sales in Singapore in most fashion/beauty retail stores, it's rare, the most discount I've seen in our drugstore is 30% and only for a few brands in store!

I rarely...RARELY go to Sephora. The prices here are a bit hiked up and I try to avoid Sephora as a plague as $100 SGD barely gets you 3 things. Only recently did I treat myself to a mini Sephora haul and although it's small it was a splurge to me!

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End of Year Sephora Haul 2014!  (Urban Decay and Marc Jacobs)

Haul: My first Innisfree beauty haul (Nov 2014)!

INNISFREE ME! Yes, as of November the popular super affordable brand Innisfree has been in Singapore for one year! I wasn't aware of this until I left the shop and noticed the free gift I was given in my bag. Innisfree is like  Skin Food and The Face Shop in the sense that they have a wide range of products with lots of fruit/vegetable ingredients. However Innisfree is the most popular of these three brands and is also the most affordable too!

There are two giant Innisfree shops in singapore, one in the basement of Ngee Ann City and the other in Dhouby Ghaut Atrium. Both sell everything from eyeshadows, foundation, BB cushions, lipsticks, face masks, skincare, nail polishes and more! Be warned, everything is really affordable you'll go insane once you see the price tags!

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My first Innisfree beauty haul! (cleansing oil, eyeshadow, lipgloss, face masks)

Special: Beauty and Food Haul from my holiday in Bandung Indonesia 2014!

Indonesian Beauty and Food haul! For those who aren't aware I went on a really nice extended holiday with my boyfriend to his hometown city of Bandung Indonesia a few months ago! We stayed both in the city and in his grandparent's flower farm! To check out what we did during our holiday see here!

During my time in Bandung I couldn't help but to buy plenty of beauty/skincare/food goodies! For those who aren't aware, the price of things in general are not only so much cheaper in Indonesia compared to Singapore but there is soooo much more variety and they have lots of sizes of products!

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Special: Beauty and Food Haul from my holiday in Bandung Indonesia 2014!

Kawaii Stationary Haul! (Rilakkuma bear and Sumikko Gurashi)

Super Kawaii Stationary! I don't know why it took me so long to jump onto the kawaii bandwagon collection stationary or accessories! I know of many people who just love one character or several and will buy any thing that has the character on it! From pens, notebooks, cups, sweaters, stickers, pouches and all kinds of collection and useful goods! I've really held off from buying all these things because when I was younger I did buy these things but looking back they were mostly a waste of money.

Out of the cutesy characters I know my favorite are Rilakkuma bear (and also the line bear because of its face) and this group of 'creatures' called Sumikko Gurashi! I bought everything at the Stationary Superstore at Funan Digital Life Mall!

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Kawaii Stationary Haul! (rilakkuma bear and Sumikko Gurashi)

Haul: Luxola and Shopping disctrict! (Alpha H, Steam cream, Z-palette)

Luxola haul time! This haul was done more than a month ago but I was so excite waiting for these lovely bits I made sure I was home when the order was scheduled to arrive! For those who don't know Luxola is a singapore based beauty store that has international shipping and is known for stocking up on a variety of brands that can't be found in Singapore or bought locally in South East Asia. 

They also carry a lot of Zoeva brushes which are mostly out of stock because they are so popular and more luxurious brands like Rouge Bunny Rouge and SKII, although don't expect full lines available for all brands.

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Skincare haul from Luxola!  (Alpha H skincare, Steam cream, Z-palettes)