Smashbox x Casey Holmes Spotlight Highlight Palette

Hi Junkie,

 

Alot of youtuber now is getting a colab with so many makeup company and its a good thing. I love buying colab product as youtuber know what does their followers loves and they made it to suit every skin colour. No matter if the makeup company is from a indie brand or a mega big brand, we sure will buy and support our favourite youtuber right?

 

Another favourite youtuber of mine is Casey Holmes.. Been watching her youtube channel for a very long time. From she is having a blonde hair till now. What i love about her is that she have oily and texture skin and she will recommand product which is suitable to that. I trust her recommandation and yes i bought all the stuff that she mention because i love her so much. :)

 

Now she have come out with a highlighter palette!! She colab with Smashbox Comestics to create Soptlight Highlight Palette. She came out with 2 different highlights which is Pearl and Gold. She mention in her channel that she wanted to have a highlighter which nice for texture skin and eventually she wanted to do one but as she love Pearl and Gold, she have to invent 2 palette and of coz we love her ideas.



Smashbox x Casey Holmes Spotlight Highlighter Palette

 

This two highlight palette is now available in Smashbox website and Sephora US website. As usual, I bought the Pearl palette tru Shop and Box. My boxer Leia is kind enough to help me find this and she is waiting for shipment to be delivered to her. Yeah!!

 

I purchase Pearl is because i love the shade. Im more to that pearly, champagne, pinky kinda highlight. Im not into gold as im having a light asian skin. Im too scared to buy the gold as i dont want to see any gold straps on my cheekbones and it does not look nice on me. I even saw reviews that the gold is too glitterly and does not stay long on the skin.

 

Smashbox x Casey Holmes in Gold

Smashbox x Casey Holmes in Pearl


I will do a review once i receive my palette from Leia. I might do some hand swatches and also to let you see whether does it stays on my skin the whole day as im having oily skin. I will support all my favorite youtuber for the product that they be colab. So who will be next??  

ABH x Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit

Hi Junkies,

I have been seeing alot of news in Instagram that ABH and Nicole Guerriero is coming out with a highlighter palette. I was thinking twice whether should i get it or not. So I start to look for swatches and also youtuber reviews, I told myself to grab it before I regret it. The reviews are all positive and thats why im getting it. Furthermore, Nicole is one of my favourite youtubers and i have to support her..

 

 

Just by the look of the packaging, you know you need it. The shades are very pretty.. All of the shades does suit alot of skin tone. From Fair - Medium, you can use Kitty Kat, Forever Young and Forever Lit. From Tan Medium - Dark, you can use Day Dream, Glo Getter and 143. The swatches just killing it.

 

As lm living in Singapore and Sephora SG does not carry any ABH items (I WISH THEY HAD IT), I bought mine from Shop and Box. The shopper over there help me to purchase it and im so happy that they are able to get it before it was sold out when Sephora launched this highlighter in their App for 48 hours only.

 

I also see reviews that some of them received a broken pan. Im not sure how does Sephora US packed them but with only tissues and the courier guy is very rough of coz we will received a broken palette. Im hoping that my palette wont be broken as i wont be able to get a refund or do any exchange of it.

 

I cannot wait for mine to arrive very soon. Im still waiting for some orders to come in. I even order the ABH A23 brush as i know that it is good for hightlighters.

 

So junkies, are you getting this??

 

 

 



JACLYN HILL FAVOURITE PALETTE!!

Hello Junkies,

 

I know this palette is quite old but I think this is one of my favourite eye shadow palette from Morphe. I know that this palette is sold out at their website but I was able to get it through Shop and Box. If you are in US, you can get this at their Morphe Store in Burbank.

 

This palette was meant to be Jaclyn favorites eye shadow from morphe and she really did a good job in this. I love the colours in this palette and I did not regret getting this. I did some swatches and use this palette so many times. I'm hoping that I will not hit pan on any of the eye shadows. :(

   

 

Let me tell you more about this baby!! This palette is a very beautiful combination of neutral and wearable “pop-of-color” shades that are highly pigmented and smooth to the touch. This is my first introduction to Morphe eye shadows and I’m highly impressed. I love finding alternatives to high-end products and these shadows are rivaling some of my long-time favorites. 

 



The palette comes with 28 quarter sized pans and you will get is a great mix of mostly warm-toned and some cool-toned shadows with an array of finishes from shimmer, to satin, to matte, and metallic. If you only owned this eye shadow palette you’d be pretty set when creating everyday looks to more dramatic ones; It’s that wonderfully curated.

If you are unable to get this palette, they are sold individually on their website for $2 a pan. You will be able to customize and make your own palette but the price will be doubles.

Junkies, you will not regret if you are able to get this. Every eye shadow are so pigmented and importantly there is no fall out from it. So what are you waiting for? Go and grab it on Shop and Box or the Morphe Store.. :)

MY EXPERIENCE WITH GO SEND!!

Hello Junkies,

As I have mention in my previous blog that Sephora does not allow to ship any 3rd party address. Im quite pissed off regarding this as a makup junkie, I love to buy all of my makeup at Sephora.

But when I watch youtube, I saw one of the youtuber mention about Gosend. This made me quite curious and because of that I went to their website to check them out.

What is GoSend??

GoSend is a global ecommerce and shipping company that enables consumers around the world to buy from retailers in the United States — and save on sales tax and shipping costs.

Founded in 2014, their service opens up a new way for consumers across the globe to buy and U.S. retailers to sell. With a number of US retailers not offering international shipping, their vision is to create an online shopping experience that matches the ease and convenience of consumers buying from within their own country.

When I read about this, I quickly signup and was so eager to try them out. Once i have signup, GoSend give me a U.S shipping address which obviously qualifies for free or low-cost shipping as it's an American address.

The address is in Delaware which is a state that doesn't add on any tax to products. After that, I went to Sephora website ordered my items and send it direct to the given address by Gosend. All I need to do now is to wait for them to update me once the item have arrived at their warehouse.

Once I have received an email to let me know when they had arrived at their end. They put my items in Go Shop virtual Locker and I will be able to see photographs of the items that GoSend had taken. I think this is a great added feature because I will know whether the items are damaged or not. After I have satisfied with everything, I made payment for the shipping cost to Singapore which was about US18++. Once payment was made, it took around 3-7 working days to arrive to Singapore which is quite fast.

Membership??

For the first signup, you will be able to get 30-Day Free Trial with No Credit Card Required. Once you enjoy using Gosend, you will be able to purchase their membership with a payment of $10 per month for VIP Monthly or $50 per year for VIP Annual.

 

What is Shop Assist??

As GoSend is your new personal shopper and ShopAssist is your one shopping cart for any retailer!
They can buy products on our behalf if an online store does not accept your credit card or if you just want them to find the best price for you. All items are shipped right to your GoSend virtual locker and its all U.S. tax-free. They currently accept Paypal and Wire transfers.

For this Shop Assist, I have not try this out service yet but I have read that they will have a service fee of US$5 which is not bad at all rather than you need to pay tax for each items that you purchase which can end up paying more than US$5.

 

 

I have just received an email from GoSend saying that Sephora have already banned Gosend address. Because of that Gosend encourage us to use Shop Assist and they will waive the service charge of US$5 for our convenient. They will be updating their service so that we are able to purchase from Sephora. This is great right??

 

Dear Norra :

It has come to our attention that Sephora has not been fulfilling orders placed by our members due to an address discrepancy. This is an unfortunate issue that we are currently working to resolve. We are in business to break down barriers for international shoppers and are once again faced with a new one!

In the meantime, GoSend members can still buy from Sephora through our ShopAssist service. ShopAssist was designed to help global buyers overcome extraneous international shopping barriers, such as this domestic shipping issue we have encountered with Sephora. Through ShopAssist, GoSend members are able to place Sephora orders with their own personal shoppers, who will then purchase the items on your behalf. This should make the global shopping experience much simpler for you, our valued members.

To thank you for your patience with this matter, we will automatically take $5.00 off all Sephora ShopAssist orders. You can also now place ShopAssist orders through GoShop. We are currently working hard to make it an even better experience so please look for updates on our new automated ShopAssist 2.0 coming soon!

  

Overall??

 

After using this service for 2 months, I really recommend signing up to GoSend if you shop a lot on American retailers and hate paying extreme shipping. So what are you waiting for? Go and signup and enjoy this services!!

TOO FACED PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY!!

Hello Junkies,

First of all, let me apologies for not updating my blog for quite a while.. I have been very busy lately with all of the classes to attend and also work. Secondly, Im Engaged and Thirdly, Im back to do more blog for my Junkies!!!

Have you all heard about Too Faced Peanut Butter and Jelly Palette?? When I heard about it, my mind is thinking of food.. :) But when I look at the packaging, it is so freaking cute.. This is the latest palette that Too Faced released at their website and also exclusive to Ulta only. I bought mine through Shop and Box Anne as she knows that I would love this palette even without seeing the colours inside.

 

Too Faced Peanut Butter And Jelly

This palette was inspire by one of the colour in The Too Faced Semi Chocolate which is Peanut Butter. Everyone was raving about it until Too Faced heard our feedback and they do this Limited Edition just for us.  When the palette were launched exclusive to Ulta online, it was sold out within 1 week. This was crazy seriously. Everyone is waiting for the palette to be available back online and in stores. Looking at the colours now, it is soo pigmented, soft, smooth, blends well and I think I will not regret getting this palette. Furthermore, the palette is small, the colours are beautiful and it is travel friendly.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Eye Shadow Palette | $36.00

• Spread the Love - Medium peach with gold sparkle
• Peanut Butter - Matte medium orange brown
• Peanut Butter Cup - Metallic golden bronze with gold sparkle
• Bananas - Soft peach gold with fine gold shimmer
• Peanut Brittle - Metallic burnt orange
• Jammin’ - Dark chocolate with golden sparkle
• Extra Creamy - Matte creamy beige
• Jelly - Vibrant orchid
• Nuts About U - Matte brown with red

With that price and colours, I think and recommend my Junkie to buy this as I promise you wont regret it. This palette have already launch in Ulta Stores and it is back in store on Ulta website and Too Faced website as well.. So what are you waiting for? Go and grab this before its gone!!

BLACK FRIDAY, CYBER MONDAY & SEPHORA LOYALTY SALE

Hello Junkies,

It has been a while since I update my blog. I was on vacation during my Birthday Week and I have the best time in my life. I got to go to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta for my vacation. As usual I spend quite a lot of stuff.

Lets talk about Black Friday and Cyber Monday.. This is the biggest sale that is happening in the US. People will rush, push, pull and even fight just to get the discounted items. But for me it is better to just be in your PJs and shop online as there is a lot of offer going on too.

I did not manage to get anything during the Black Friday as I was in Jakarta and most of the stuff that I want is all sold out!! BUT during Cyber Monday yesterday, I did managed to get some of the things.

What I get was from Elf as they have 50% off online, Lorac Pink Champagne exclusive on Amazon, Cotton On as they are having 40% off online, Mac Holiday collection as they are having 25% off (MAC don't give discount this much) and also Sephora which I bought the 2 of the Philosophy Purity Face Wash in 12oz for just $15/bottle. I wanted to purchase the Liquid lipstick from The Balm but they are having problems with their website. So I try to check again after 2 hours, the 2 colors that I wanted is already sold out.. It is totally insane seriously but it is ok. I have already spent so much in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta plus during Cyber Monday too.

Have you heard that Sephora is having their Loyalty Sale which is happening right now. Every Rouge/VIB/BI will be having a snail mail with a code on it and also an email which I still have not received it yet (I am still waiting Sephora!!). For Rouge member will be having $25 off min purchase of $50 or more. For VIB member will be having $20 off min purchase of $50 and For BI member will be having $15 off min purchase of $50.

I wanted to purchase the UDxGS palette which they have already selling in online and hoping that it wont sold out before I get my codes. I have an email from Ulta for my birthday special which I can get a $10 off of any purchase and for that I am planning to purchase Tarte In The Bloom palette. Both of this pallet is a must have right now.

Oh ya about my Sephora purchase from Shop and Box, I got 38 items and my boxer separate 5 boxes so that I wont be able to pay the Duties and Taxes. Maybe I will bring it down to Singapore next week as my CC is going crazy. Seriously after spent so much..

I seriously need to start saving as my special day will be coming next month. Ok Norra, you better stop buying and start saving!! You have so much makeup now.. *Crying now

Ok Junkies, let me know what you will be buying for Sephora Loyalty Sale. Hope that the code will be available to you soon as I am waiting for mine too..

BECCA COSMETICS AT LUXOLA.COM

Hello Junkies,

Even today is Friday 13th (SG Time), this is the best day ever for my SG Junkies as Luxola.com have launched the most talk about brand which produces Champagne Pop with Jaclyn Hill. That is (DRUM ROLL!!):

Now my SG Junkies will be able to purchase their newest product which is Afterglow, Backlight Priming Filter and the very famous and always sold out Champagne Pop by Jaclyn Hill.

Im in love with their highlighter that I have purchase each one of them.. I admit that highlighters is my thing as I love my skin to be glowing.. I guarantee you that I am going to have a backup of the Champagne Glow and even try the Ever Matte Primer.

I am hoping my Junkies from Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Philippines and New Zealand are able to get their hands on Becca as I am pretty sure that Luxola are able to send Becca products to the mention Countries.

Psst!! Sometime Luxola is having a 30%-40% sale.. That is even the best time to get this!!

SO LET US ASIAN SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND!!!