Nail Haul
15 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Bargains, Nail of the Day Tags: essie, haul, mini, nail, summer collection
I found this Essie mini Summer collection 2011 in TJ Maxx and I just couldn’t resist them 
. Seriously 4 nail polish for $ 10, who can resist it. The colors seen here are Meet Me at Sunset, Smooth Sailing, Braziliant and Super Bossa Nova. I have see one more collection but it was like a natural looking nail polish which I am not fond of. Hopefully these look good on my nails 
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Search for a perfect Crossbody bag
30 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains, Product Review Tags: bag, crossbody, ebags, equipments, handbag, overland
You all know how I LOVE handbags . I have a lot of bags that hubby always rolls his eyes when I drool over any handbags in shops. I love changing my handbags and matching it with my outfit. But since the baby, I realised that my normal handbags is not working out. It’s tough to manage a baby in one hand and handbag in your shoulder . Then I discovered the Crossbody bags in a baby website. I got one during last summer and realized how comfortable it is. I got them in an outlet mall, just plain brown and completely functional . I have used that for the past 6 months and I don’t want to go back to my normal handbags at all, maybe after the baby have started school, I will go back to them again.
I have been on the lookout for a perfect crossbody bags and believe me most of the good ones are expensive . I didn’t even know there are so many brands out there until I discovered ebags . I absolutely love this website and drool over handbags atleast once a week . I started noticing the brands like Baggailini and even ebags brands. And I was still hesitant to spend about $ 40 or more for an unseen handbag and have the hassle of returning them back if I don’t like it (remember my laptop hassle from Bestbuy 
). I even found some crossbody bags in shops like Target, Fred Meyers, etc but somehow I didn’t like any of them. I found Baggalini in TJ Maxx but I didn’t like how the bag feels. It is a good bag but I don’t like the look of it .
I also found lot of small crossbody bags which won’t fit my stuffs . Its like fitting one small purse, sunglass and phone, just the essentials and I needed something which can fit all my stuffs during travel. I also love the organization area in the travel bags. I also had my eye on Travelon, Pacsafe and overland equipment brands because they have organization area in them and its a travel handbags. But I kept wondering what should I get, Was it worth the money? or should I go for cheaper option if it has good reviews. I had the dilemma for about 3 months. So during the Black Friday sale, I decided to get the travel bag and since it had good discount, I decided to search for them. Till the end of the day, I couldn’t decide which was best for me.
But since we were travelling to India, I did want a travel bag because it will be a bother if I took my normal handbag and I could just imagine me trying to hold the baby in one shoulder and hold the handbag in the other, struggling with the strap since it will keep sliding down . So during the christmas sale, I decided to get one even if I had to return it. So I ordered them on 20th Dec and I got 20% off and the shipping costs about $ 6 . And I got them on 24rd Dec, I was pleasantly surprised that I got it so soon. But then I saw that the stitches in the straps had come out in 2 areas. So I just emailed the ebags customer service about it and within 3 hrs they emailed me back that they will send a replacement along with a fedex return label. So I received the shipping details on 27th Dec and I got them on 29th Dec . That was quick and I am quite impressed by the customer service.
I ordered the Overland Equipment Donner bag since it had some good reviews and I ordered them in the color Blackberry. And the price I paid for it was $ 43.99, yup, It was expensive and I knew that I would keep worrying about spending so much money on 1 bag but hubby convinced me that if its good for travel and if it lasts then its worth it.
On the first look, I liked it. The material is untextured nylon (don’t know what it means but I like the feel of it) . I like the color, its dark but not black, more like a deep plum. I thought the organization area on the front was little small but it has all the pockets necessary for holding necessary items and the main compartment is spacious which can hold my wallet, travel kit and my e-book reader . I am certainly impressed by it, no wonder it has a lot of good reviews. Will give an update after I return from my vacation about how it worked out.
Cherry Culture Haul
26 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains, Beauty Tags: cherry culture, eyeliner, haul, jordana, lip color, lipgloss, mega shine, milani, nyx
I have wanted to buy stuffs from cherry culture for a long time but just didn’t think it was worth it. But I decided to get some stuffs during the Black Friday sale . They had 20% off plus free shipping going on. So I decided to stock up stuffs which I wanted to try. Will do some review soon.
- NYX Mega shine lipgloss in Sunset
- NYX Mega shine lipgloss in Golden Pink (They changed the original color and I don’t like this color at all )
- Milani liquify eyeliner pencil in black
- Jordana Easy eyeliner in Sea Green and Blue Devine
- Jordana Easy shine glossy lip color in Sugar Plum, Sweet Strawberry and Sugar Cookie.
Target Beauty Bag 2
18 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains Tags: beauty bag, coupons, samples, target
Target did the Beauty Bag again in August and as soon as I saw some of the blogger’s talking about it, I went to the Target website and ordered them. If you don’t know what it is, It’s basically beauty samples and coupons which is free. This time they send us just sachet/samples which was disappointing 
. So the beauty bag has Sonia Kashuk Cosmetic bag which is pink since last time it was blue/purple . Then it had John Frieda Full Repair shampoo & conditioner, Garnier Shampoo & conditioner, Loreal youth code face serum, Tresemme naturals shampoo & conditioner, Ponds wet cleansing tissues and some coupons.
I am certainly disappointed that this didn’t have any beauty samples, it was mostly hair care products. But hey, its free and I got to try some of them so I don’t mind .
Target Beauty Bag
Nail Polish Haul
16 Dec 2011 1 Comment
in Bargains, Nail of the Day Tags: blue ray, essence, essie, grape set match, haul, nail polish, opi, serena collection, servin up sparkle, shine of the times, your hut or mine
I have hauled lot of nail polishes lately and I have to show you stuffs which I got in the past 2 weeks since I thought it was some of the best bargains . I have to talk about the OPI Serena collection. I found this pair in TJ Maxx and I love that shop . I got this pair for $ 8 where as I still saw this collection in Ulta for $ 15 . Then I went to Ulta to see if I can find the Essie Shine of the times nail polish since it is a limited edition and one of the best dupes for Sally Hansen’s Hidden treasure which you can’t find it anymore . Anyway, I couldn’t find it , the shelf was bare and I was so disappointed so I checked out their clearance area and I found 2 nail polishes which I liked. I found Essie Your hut or mine and Essence Holographic nail polish in Blue Ray.
So I thought that I am never going to get that nail polish, but hubby took me to Walgreens on sunday and What do I see? Essie Shine of the time and you can see me diving to the shelf to get one 
and I seriously shouted “YES” . I am so thrilled to get this nail polish. I am hoping to do more nail series in the future.
L to R : Essie Your hut or mine, Essie Shine of the times, Essence Blue Ray, OPI Grape set match & OPI Servin up sparkle
Bargain Alert #15
30 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains Tags: bargain, leggings, noxema, riteaid
I know its been so long since I have posted any bargains but I found a fantastic bargain which I absolutely have to tell you all. I always browse Rite-aid and sometimes I do get wonderful bargains. I went there today to get some vitamin D for Baby A and decided to browse . I found lot of skin care items on 50% off. So I decided to get the Noxema cleansing lotion and foaming face cleanser for my cousin. I also found the Freeman face mask on sale for $2.99 .
Moving on to the fantastic find, I never knew leggings were so comfortable until I got pregnant. I love 
my one and only black maternal leggings. I wear them on top of my kurtas, long comfortable tops or ever summer dress. But constant use for more than a year made them a little bit rough . And I was looking for a good leggings to replace them. Most of the time, I always purchase tights instead of leggings and then once I get home I realize that I got the wrong stuff. So moving on, I couldn’t find them in Target. But during the cyber Monday sale, I saw black leggings on sale for $11.99 and I kept wondering if I should order it. But finally I completely forgot about it so I thought maybe its not meant to be .
So today at Rite-aid while I was browsing I saw leggings and the picture on the box looked good and to my surprise it was Buy one Get one Free. Common, I have to try it, right . I did feel the leggings and it did feel soft so I decided to go for it. After we returned home, I just wanted to check if it fits and I have to say they are the best thing EVER. Its one of the best bargains I have ever got for clothes . I absolutely LOVE the feel of them. Its so soft and it fits perfectly.
So readers, If you are near Rite-aid go and get the No Nonsense leggings and you won’t regret it at all. Want to know how much I paid for it? $9.99 for 2 . Isn’t it great?
Bargain Alert #14
28 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains, Beauty Tags: altoids, body wash, convertable color, eye shadow, lip pencil, lipstick, nail polish, set, soap, stila, tone, walgreens, wet and wild, wet n wild, yardley
I went to Walgreens to check out some bargains which they had in their store this week and found some good bargains. The stuffs which are not in the picture are the Tone body wash and Altoids . This week, If you buy Tone Body wash which is $ 3.99, you get $ 3 back as a reward and the Altoids are just 99 cents each instead of $ 2.20 so I got 2 of them . I also got Yardley soap in Pomegranate Rose which I just couldn’t resist for 69 cent .
So the first thing which caught my eye is the Wet n Wild cosmetics for 69 cents (yayyyy). I thought it was just for April month but apparently they are still in the Walgreens which I went to. So I couldn’t resist getting a lipstick in Java and also a nail polish in Wild Card which is a light purple. Of course, you all know how obsessed I am with the color purple, somehow I gravitate towards that color. And I went to the clearance section where I found Revlon Vintage lipstick in Fire & Ice which is a limited edition for $ 3.99 . I just couldn’t resist the red lipstick .
So then we went to Costco to do our shopping, we usually get all the food stuffs there since they are comparatively cheaper and also the baby formula for Baby A. I also read in someone’s blog about the Stila set so when I found it, I got it . It is such a bargain, the lip & cheek duo alone retails for about $ 25. Where as this set has one lip & cheek duo, 2 lip liner, 1 sharpener and 2 eyeshadows for $ 10 . Isn’t it amazing? .
I also found some product with clearance stickers but I just didn’t find anything which I wanted. So that is all my bargains. Did you find any bargains this week?
Bargain Alert #13
08 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains Tags: bronzer, brush, coupon, eos, physician forumla, tangerine
Ever since I found the coupon for Physician Formula, I have wanted to get a good deal and buy their products. I decided to wait until I see a BOGO 1/2 off, but I just couldn’t resist going to Rite-Aid when they had BOGO offer last week on Bronzers . I did want to get a good bronzer since I got two tones on my face from my pregnancy . My face has become more fair where as my neck is darker. so I decided that Bronzer is a good way to even the color in my face.
Normally, Physician’s Formula Bronzer retail for about $ 14.95 which is high for a drugstore product but I saw that it has some good reviews. So when I saw the offer in Rite-aid, I decided to get them with my $ 5 off coupon . So I went to Rite-Aid and saw that the Bronze Booster had a $ 4 off coupon stuck on them (yayyy) and so I had to get them. Since it was Buy One Get One free, I wanted to try their new Cashmere Wear bronzer as well .
I got Bronze Booster in the color Light to Medium since I didn’t want it to be dark . So guess how much I paid for them . Lets count. The Bronze Booster was $ 14.95 and the Cashmere Bronzer was $13.95. Since It was BOGO free, it’s just $ 14.95, it had a $ 4 off sticker in the box. So its $ 10.95 and I had a $ 5 off manufacturing coupon, leading the total to $ 5.95 . Isn’t it amazing?? . So for 2 products which retails for about $ 30, I got it for $ 5.95 . I was in total makeup buzz yesterday.
I also found the EOS lip balm in Tangerine which is hard to find and it retails for about $3.50. I also got a bronzer brush as well since I didn’t have any with me for about $ 6.50.
The coupon is valid till June and the offer is for each product . I have 4 more prints of these and I am waiting for the some more sale on their eyeliner and eye shadows . I also got some Reese peanut butter chocolate which I can’t seem to get enough of . Tell me what you got from the Physician’s Formula with the help of this coupon .
Birthday Gift & Haul
19 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains, Beauty Tags: benefit, birthday gift, bottom lash, clinique, hair cut, haul, jennifer aniston, mascara, perfume, sephora, some kind of gorgeous, stay put set
Hello Readers,
Today is Your Truly’s Birthday . And I decided to show you all what I bought and What I got . I remembered that last year this time, hubby took me to a shopping spree in Belfast and I raided some good stuffs in CCO there. So this year, hubby wanted to know what I want but I just couldn’t decide what I want.
So 2 weeks ago, I went to Sephora to get my B’day gift from them, which is Philosophy Shower Gel in Vanilla cupcake. I also decided to check out their Beauty Mini section which I LOVE. I hate buying a full product especially when it is expensive without checking if they will suit my skin or if I like it. So these are prefect for people like me. I went to Bellevue Square Sephora and I realized that they had nothing I want to buy . So I bought the Clinique bottom lash mascara which I have wanted to buy for a very long time .
This was followed by raiding JC Penny, nothing caught my eyes. So I went straight off to get a new jeans as Lee was having some sale for $ 25 . Since my pregnancy, I was wearing the maternity jeans and they have gotten loose so I decided to get a new jeans for my B’day. It just fits perfectly. It reminds of the NEXT jeans which fits me good as well. I got them in a dark navy color.
Last weekend, we went to the Alderwood mall and there I went to Forever 21 and I found a nice cardigan sweater in the sale rack for $ 8. Then I saw Sephora inside the JC Penny, so I decided to go there and try some Buxom lip gloss . Then my eye caught the Beauty Mini section and OMG, they had all the stuffs which I wanted to try. So I decided to get them for my B’day. I got the Benefit Some kind of Gorgeous to go and Benefit Stay put set. I am so excited to try them and was tempted to get more .
I also decided to get a hair cut. The last time I had a hair cut was during last week of November 2010 and I have neglected my hair a lot during my pregnancy which made my hair go very dry and fizzy. It has gotten longer, nearly to the middle of my back and it was difficult to keep up. So I decided to go shorter and easy to maintain hair style. I got a shoulder length with layers. Hopefully I can keep up this style .
So finally my B’day surprise gift from hubby, Ta da, Jennifer Anisten Perfume . I tried this perfume the last time I was in Sephora and I really liked it. So I told hubby that I want to buy that the next time . So he surprised me with this gift .
Finally we went out for dinner and had a good food .
Bargain Alert #12
13 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bargains Tags: argan oil, baked, bargain, Eyeshadow, hair accesories, hand lotion, haul, lip liner, lipstick, nail polish, proclaim, sally beauty, sally girl, walgreens, wet and wild, wet n wild
I felt like going for a shopping haul today so I decided to go to Walgreens after a long time since I wanted to check out the Wet n Wild cosmetics since they are only $ 0.69 this month . I checked out blogs to see what everyone are talking about and I got some list of stuffs to check out.
Once I was in Walgreens, I straight away went out to the stand where they had the Wet n Wild items. I got 502A Dark Pink Frost and 521A Fuchsia with blue pearl. I also got the lip liner in Willow followed by nail polish in Aubergine Frost. Then when I was just browsing the shop, I saw the hair accessories bin which was $ 0.99 each so I decided to raid them along with my mom. I got some nice hair bands, clips and shower cap.
I then decided to go to the Sally Beauty which I wanted to visit for a long time. I had my eye on getting the Argon oil since I have started using them on my hair. It is supposed to be like a treatment for the fizz. I had neglected my hair badly during my pregnancy and my hair has been pretty dry and fizzy. When I found that Argon oil works best on dry hair, I got the Josie Maran Argon oil from Sephora. But it is expensive of about 0.5 oz for about $ 14. Whereas the Proclaim Natural 7 oil is about $ 5 for 8 oz which is pretty good value. I also got the Gingersnap hand lotion for about $ 0.49 and the Sally girl baked eyeshadow in Gold which is $ 0.99.
So overall, I did get good bargain today .
