Category Archives: Mascara

Boots Haulage (October)

Posted in Boots, Bronzer, Comb Mascara, Drugstore Finds, GOSH, Haul, Makeup Brushes, Mascara, No.7, Tweezers by

I popped in to Boots in the hopes of picking up the St. Tropez Self Tan “Purity” Bronzing Water Mousse (spotted earlier, here). Unfortunately, they were out of stock (I knew I should’ve purchased it, at the time). I believe they had a “15% off” Gosh Makeup, whereas all the other makeup brands were “25% off”. They also had a “Buy One Get One Free” promo on select brands. As per usual, the “Buy One Get One Free” did not extend to St. Tropez or K-Beauty (typical). Still, since I was there, I figured I might as well make the most of it. I picked up x2 Smokey Eye Brushes (one ended up being free) and a pair of Tweezers (to apply falsies) and repurchased that gorgeous Serum Mascara! The sales assistant also ended up tossing in a Bronzer for free (which was nice of her). Next time I see anything remotely interesting at Boots, I’m just going to go ahead and purchase it (then and there)! This is my millionth time returning to the same branch to buy the St. Tropez Bronzing Water and my millionth time not being able to find it lol

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Sephora Haulage (October)

Posted in Bags, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow Palettes, Face Primer, Givenchy, Haul, Lancome, Lip Balm & Treatments, Lipstick, Makeup Remover, Mascara, Sephora, Smashbox by

Smashbox Glam In a Flash Kit
The Lancome Drama Look

Not my first choice, but whatever. All the other options (here), were even worse lol

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Spotted at Sephora (October) Extra Long Post

Posted in Anastasia Beverly Hills, BB Cream & CC Cream, Becca, Blush, Body Glitter & Shimmer, Briogeo, Bronzer, Clinique, Contour, Curl Cream, Curls, Dr. Jart+, Dry Shampoo, Erborian, Essence, Eyeshadow, Eyeshadow Palettes, Face Masks, Face Mist, Face Moisturizer, Face Powder, Face Primer, Fenty Beauty, Frizz, Givenchy, GlamGlow, Hair Color, Hair Serum, Hair Treatments, Heat Protectant, Highlighter, Lancome, Leave-In Conditioner, Lip Liner, Lip Plumpers, Lipstick, Make Up For Ever, Makeup Brushes, Marc Jacobs, Mascara, Multi-purpose, Nars, Perfume, Pigments, Sephora, Sephora Finds, Setting Spray, Shine, Skinfood, Smashbox, Spotted, Starskin, Storage, Tarte, Texture, Tinted Moisturizer, Tom Ford, Too Faced, Under Eye Concealer, Urban Decay, Volume by

I like how they went from asking me to flat-out stop taking pictures (here and here) to now offering to hold up the products for me while I take the picture LOL I spotted some of the New Collections (new to Kuwait, rather) and a new Hair Care Brand called Briogeo, some fun Asian Skincare and more than a few absolutely stunning Palettes! With that being said, now that I’m getting older, I find myself… dare I say it… kinda’ losing interest in makeup (I’m 33). Not a lot seems to wow me anymore. I’ve also noticed the same thing happening with my choice of fragrance (I’m starting to turn away from all things candy and find a lot of my once-beloved gourmands straight up annoying now). If I ever fall out of love with videogames though, I’d be completely devastated (might as well not live anymore, after that! lawl). Thankfully, that hasn’t happened… yet.

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Boots “Buy 2 Get 2 Free”

Posted in Boots, Comb Mascara, GOSH, Haul, Isadora, L’Oreal, Mascara, Primer & Treatments, Self-Tan, St. Tropez, Tools & Accessories, Under Eye Concealer by

As you can see, it clearly states “Buy 2 Get 2 Free” and also “Mix & Match“. However, just to be 100% sure, I asked the nearest SA and she also confirmed that I could in fact mix & match (each item could be from a different brand and I’d still qualify for the Buy 2 Get 2 promo), store-wide. I knew Kuwait all too well, so I was skeptical (because it sounded too good to be true). However, I went along with it and filled up my shopping basket anyway. I wasn’t that interested in anything (bad mood) up until I spotted the St. Tropez display, which showcased all kinds of new products from the brand!

I mean… they had the Gradual Tan 1 Minute Everyday Pre-Shower Tanning Mousse (which you’re supposed to wash off after literally just 1 minute!) and the Self Tan Purity Bronzing Water Mousse (Bronzing Water! I die!) and the one in the gorgeous oil-slick packaging is the Self Tan Extra Dark Bronzing Mousse. They also had the rest of the St. Tropez range (about 3 rows of the stuff) including the Bronzing Lotions and Facial Oils and even the Tan Applicator Mitts!

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Weiß Kreuz

Posted in Aldo, Bourjois, Clothes, Colored Contact Lenses, Colourpop, Desio, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow, H&M, Jewelry, Lookbook, Mascara, Shoes, Sunglasses, Under Eye Concealer by

Serving you some far out 80’s shoulder-padded Powersuit realness!

Contacts: Desio Wild Green
Sunglasses: Louis Vuitton Aviators
Earrings: Call It Spring Gunmetal Triangle Studs
Vest: Marks&Spencer Reversible White Vest
Jacket: H&M Light Beige Fitted Jacket (haulage here)
Top: H&M White Sleeveless Blouse (haulage here)
Pants: H&M Light Beige Suit Pants (haulage here)
Shoes: Aldo Stellaa White Peep-Toe Pumps (haulage here)

I cut my hair!!!! Well… technically, I was at the salon and the hairstylist cut my hair. I was taking my nieces to get their herr did at the salon for Eid and it was taking forever, so I plopped down in one of the chairs, and on a whim, asked the hairstylist to chop all my hair off! Incidentally, the woman who cut my hair didn’t speak a lick of English nor Arabic, only Turkish, and literally the only word I know in Turkish is tuz which means salt, so we had to basically communicate using over-exaggerated gestures and a lot of pointing, but we got there, eventually.

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Sephora Summer Haul #2

Posted in Bags, Brightening, Clarins, Classics & Cult Following, Eye Masks, Face Mist, Face Moisturizer, Face Treatments, Hair Treatments, Haul, Highlighter, Korea, Lip Balm & Treatments, Lip Stain, Lip Tint, Makeup Remover, Mascara, Popular & Trending, Sephora, Sephora Finds, Setting Spray, Starskin, Tony Moly by

I received a text message on July 18 that said they were giving out a free gift to anyone who spent KD 24 on the Sephora Collection which was my main incentive for going back to Sephora. However, I also wanted to pick up my Brand Gift which was between either a Becca trio or GlamGlow trio (as shown on the left and also on display all the way at the bottom of this post, here) both of which were equally awesome! I’d actually qualified for the Brand Gift by accumulating the 200 points (exactly KD 0/800 per point) earlier, on June 5 (haulage here) but on June 6 (when I went back to exchange something, here) was told I had to wait for a certain e-mail. As you can tell from the photo (on the left), eventually I received the e-mail with the Gift Voucher on June 18 (only 2 days after I e-mailed them, which was very professional of Sephora UAE and so unlike Sephora Kuwait) which meant I should’ve been able to claim my Brand Gift. Unfortunately, that was not the case. On July 20, I went to Sephora again to pick up my Brand Gift and tried to discreetly take a few photos for my Spotted at Sephora post (here) and even purchased a few of the items, to qualify for the Sephora gift with purchase as mentioned in the text they sent out to everyone. However, at the cash register, I was told that both Brand Gifts were out of stock but they would contact me once they were back in stock… if I just gave them my name and phone number. The guy at the check-out counter proceeded to pull out a rather large book already full of pages and pages of names and numbers of other people on the “waiting list” for the Brand Gift . We’ve been through this before with MAC, guys. Doing it old-school just doesn’t work, at least not in Kuwait. C’mon now, y’all are Sephora. Surely you guys have a more efficient way of doing this LOL Like I said at the start of this post, I went back to Sephora on July 20, meaning they’ve had my name and number for a little over a month now and still haven’t contacted me. Heck, I’m not sure if they even added the points I accumulated from this haul. In any case, everything I purchased in this haul, was featured in my Spotted at Sephora (Summer) post (here).

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Origins Haulage

Posted in Anti-aging, Brightening, Brightening, Depuffing, Eye Creams, Eye Treatments, Face Moisturizer, Face Serum, Face Treatments, Haul, Mascara, Origins by

I don’t want no mediocre
I don’t want no mediocre
I don’t want no mediocre, no

From high-end to drugstore, all the mascaras I’ve been trying seem to be complete misses for me lately. I’m tired of all these mediocre mascaras, so I figured it was high time I just go ahead and repurchase one of my faves, Origins GinZing Mascara (previously reviewed here). At $20.50 a pop (used to be $19.50), it’s not exactly inexpensive, but I’ve spent double (if not triple) that amount already on mediocre mascaras, so I’m more than willing to shell out 20 bucks on a tube (or 2) of my tried and true favorite!

Origins also came out with a whole bunch of Flower Fusion Sheet Masks ($7 a pop) each targeting specific skincare concern and I chose just one for now (Orange Radiance-Boosting Sheet Mask) to try out. It’s not shown because they shipped it separately (and I got charged by Aramex for a whole shipment that only contained a single sheet mask -_-). Anyways, as an added bonus, I got to pick out a handful of samples, including a mini version of Origins GinZing Mascara! I placed this order on December 29 2017 and it arrived shortly after (minus the Sheet Mask which arrived much, much later). The total for this order was $52.26 (about KD 16). Lastly, I signed up for the Origins Rewards Program and apparently for every $1 spent you get 10 points!

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