Picked Ups: essence Cosmetics Warehouse Sale December 2012

If you follow essence cosmetics on Facebook then you would have seen that they were having a warehouse sale on the 7th & 8th of December, with some products discounted up to 40%.

Me and my mum went on the 7th, and here are the bargains I got!

(If you missed out of the previous sale, they are extending it again to THIS SATURDAY, 15th of December from 11am to 7pm @ 138 Joo Seng Road, #05-00 near the Tai Seng MRT station. *Cash and nets payments only*)

Swatches and reviews will be coming up later this month!

The first 50 got a free nail care bag (purple one) and if you spent over S$30 you got a free makeup bag (pink one)!

NAILS

 Whitening Toe Nail Polish S$3,  10 in the jungle: sea foam green creme S$2.50, 01 caribbean sea: metallic mermaid blue S$2.50

                                                                     

Nail Colour3 Duo Polish in 06 Ticket to the Show

Left side: ticket to the show : black with purple, red and gold glitter (so pretty!)

Right Side: front row or backstage? : gold/gunmetal glitter flakes

S$4

EYES

Circus Circus Liquid Eyeliner in My Sparkling Acrobat  

S$3

black with silver reflex

BLUSH

Cute as Hell Blush in Wawawawooo (hahaha the name is hilarious!)

S$3

Matte fuchsia pink (super pigmented)

Marble Mania Blush in Swirlpool

S$4.50

shimmery peachy rose 

(I never managed to get anything from the marble mania collection when it was in stores so I am happy I found this)

LIPS

 L-R:  Lipstick in 42 FAIRYTALE @ S$3, Stay with me longlasting lipgloss in 05 I Like Cotton Candy @ S$3, Circus Circus lip lacquer in 02 My Glammy Acrobat @ S$3 and XXXL Nudes lipgloss in 03 Nude Kiss @ S$ 3

 L-R: FAIRYTALE, I Like Cotton Candy, My Glammy Acrobat and Nude Kiss

 Colour&Shine Lipstick Pencil in 03 Trend Setter S$1 (S$1!!) and YOU ROCK! lipstain in 01 Let Me In Rose @ S$3

             Trend Setter                            Let Me In Rose

That all came to a total of S$38.50!

Lastly, I let my mum try out one of my essence quads and she really liked it so she kept it and brought me a new one at the sale, originally S$6.80, got it for S$4

08 wood you mind?

And the colour&go polishes in the old packaging were 5 for S$10 (originally S$2.80 each), my mum chose 4 and let me choose one, I picked WHERE'S THE PARTY? a beautiful purple, green, gray duochrome, been eyeing this one for a while!

So that's what I picked up from the warehouse sale, I've never been to one before so it was pretty exciting :)

Have you ever been to a warehouse sale before? Let me know!

Thanks for stopping by,

Becky

under-twenty20 Picked Ups: RealTechniques Brushes

I recently placed two orders with a online shop here in Singapore called under-twenty20, they sell Burt's Bees, Covergirl, Hard Candy, Stila, Tarte, Wet n Wild, Neutrogena and many more brands that aren't readily available in Singapore.

I placed two orders since an item I was going to get was out of stock and came back into stock like 2 days after I placed my first order!  I haven't used them yet so I'll have a reviews coming up later.

Here is what I got:

I may have gone a bit crazy, but I have been eyeing these brushes for so long I couldn't resist!

 

1. The Starter Set: S$32

L-R: Deluxe Crease Brush, Base Shadow Brush, Accent Brush, Pixel-Point Eyeliner Brush and Brow Brush

 

In the starter set you get 5 brushes, the purple handles are the your eyes/enhanced collection.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

2. Shading Brush: S$15



 

 

 

The orange handles are the your base/flawless collection:

 

3. The Core Collection: S$32

 

L-R: Contour Brush, Pointed Foundation Brush, Detailer Brush and Buffing Brush

 



 

4. Powder Brush: S$22

 

 



 

 

 

Lastly, the pink handles are the your finish/perfected series

 

5. Blush Brush: S$20

 

 



 

6. Stippling Brush: S$22

 

 



 

 7. Kabuki Brush: S$22 (2 in 1!)

 

 

 

Also if you spend over S$80 you get a free Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust, and since my mum got some brushes too, we ended up with 3 of them haha!

 

Left: Screaming Purple Right: Opal

(We got two of the Opal shades)

As for delivery, the first order was sent out last Friday and the second order was sent out on Monday with an expected delivery time of 3 working days. Both packages arrived with registered mail which is S$2.50 (which I would recommend since some customers have lost their packages recently) on Wednesday!

Payment was through paypal, which I personally enjoy using because it's pretty easy. I wanted to buy a lot more (like Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushers!) but I contained myself.

I am always concerned when buying products online that they aren't going to be authentic, however I already own the expert face brush and I can verify that they are the real deal! YAY


Hope you enjoyed this, and check out the website, it will be closed from the 25th of September until October 4th so order now if you want to get something!




Thanks for reading,
Becky.