What am I rambling about? My Haute Look haul. I was so wishy-washy about it that I kept going to checkout then chickening out and finally, when there was just about a lil over 10 mins left on the event, I did a bit of googling on the items I had selected, saw the positive reviews at a glance and clicked on the "CHECKOUT" button with no hesitation!
I mentioned there was a NYX event on Haute Look and I was waiting for my credit card's January billing cycle to close before I delved into that and when it closed yesterday, I had a day left on the NYX event. I had looked over the selection a number of times prior - the event started on Thursday - but kept my wits about me long enough to wait it out till today before I did anything. I ended up getting three things from the NYX event and a VIOLight toothbrush sanitizer - LOL, I know, the toothbrush thingamajig is totally random :) I think I made some pretty good selections from the NYX event.
First thing I wanted was the set of 4 concealer in a jar. It was selling for USD13.20. This set is described as creamy concealers designed to provide spot coverage that blends well and looks natural. Infused with skin-conditioning agents, the concealer jar is non comedogenic and provides medium to heavy, natural looking coverage. The set includes 4 concealer jars in the shades yellow, green, lavendar and orange. Yup, ORANGE. I have never heard of orange concealer before this but apparently it is the shade to use to cover dark undereye circles - who knew :)
Next item I was loving the look of was the Diamond Sparkle lip set. The colours in this set are of a light pink/peachy hue and as the name suggests will provide a shimmery look. The set contains two lipsticks and a lip gloss. The shade of the lipsticks are Dusty Rose and Flamingo while the lipgloss is in the shade Rose Sparkle. I read a number of reviews on the lipgloss and they are unanimously loving them! I am excited to try the lipsticks though as most of my lippies are of the matte variety - I was never one to have shiny lips but this year I'm branching out a little on that front. Hopefully, for the price of $9.90, my lips will look fabulous, lol.
Last from the NYX haul is this set of lip glosses in the shape of pies and cupcakes. I am unsure if this combo will come packaged like the sets I saw on Amazon.com but if they are then I should be receiving a set of three Sweet Pies lip gloss and a set of four Candy Cupcakes lip gloss. The product looks more like lip balms to me but we'll see once I receive the product in hand. I got these to give as gifts to my colleague - she's into cutesy stuff like this. I might keep one from each collection for myself though. This was selling for the low price of $9.60.
The random and final item from my Haute Look haul is this VIOLight iZap Personal Toothbrush Sanitizer. It was $12 on sale and I figured it was time I invested in a toothbrush sanitizer. I was made aware such a thing existed through drugstore.com when I did some random browsing. I was always intrigued but the price usually put me off - it was always in the region of 30 bucks and onwards. But when I saw it going for 12 dollars on Haute Look, I didn't think much and just added it to my cart. The great thing is that it can be used with both manual and electronic toothbrushes. The item even comes shipped with a free toothbrush :)
The VIOlight UV technology is said to eliminate 99.9% of germs and bacteria on a toothbrush and the VIOlight germicidal UV bulb is rated to last over 8000 hours. It operates on 2AAA alkaline batteries and to use it, simply slip the dry toothbrush into the sanitizer, close the lid and it automatically goes to work for 7 minutes. When finished, the bulb automatically shuts off and the toothbrush is fresh, clean, and protected for the next time brushing. Seems like an awesome gadget.
So in total, I was charged $52.65 inclusive of the standard $7.95 Haute Look charges for shipping and handling. I figure that is a very reasonable amount spent on beauty products. Putting it into perspective, my haul of 15 items cost just as much as my Jane Iredale foundation powder :)
I mentioned there was a NYX event on Haute Look and I was waiting for my credit card's January billing cycle to close before I delved into that and when it closed yesterday, I had a day left on the NYX event. I had looked over the selection a number of times prior - the event started on Thursday - but kept my wits about me long enough to wait it out till today before I did anything. I ended up getting three things from the NYX event and a VIOLight toothbrush sanitizer - LOL, I know, the toothbrush thingamajig is totally random :) I think I made some pretty good selections from the NYX event.
First thing I wanted was the set of 4 concealer in a jar. It was selling for USD13.20. This set is described as creamy concealers designed to provide spot coverage that blends well and looks natural. Infused with skin-conditioning agents, the concealer jar is non comedogenic and provides medium to heavy, natural looking coverage. The set includes 4 concealer jars in the shades yellow, green, lavendar and orange. Yup, ORANGE. I have never heard of orange concealer before this but apparently it is the shade to use to cover dark undereye circles - who knew :)
So in total, I was charged $52.65 inclusive of the standard $7.95 Haute Look charges for shipping and handling. I figure that is a very reasonable amount spent on beauty products. Putting it into perspective, my haul of 15 items cost just as much as my Jane Iredale foundation powder :)
