Finally!

because you're worth it :)

PHEW! This post is finally up! Been at it for like a month! Friends who have been following my blog for some time will probably notice that I do not stick to a specific brand when it comes to facial/cosmetics and I do not believe that one must use the entire series from the same brand in order to achieve maximum effect. I believe that each brand has its strength so one should tap on the essence of each and not blindly stick to one. I started basic regime after JC (about 19years old?) and it’s been about 5 years (you now know my age haha). I’ve tried most of the common brands we know and I’ve roughly figured out which brand/line works best for me. Nonetheless, I LOVEEE the thrill of discovering and trying new products each semester. But as you girls know, these new products surface faster than you can even barely finish your current ones. There are also a lot of products with similar functionality (it makes no sense to overlap) which is why I do a lot of research before I dive in. There’ll be instances where I use totally different brands for each step of my daily regime and instances where there’re more than 2 products from the same line but never the case where everything is from the same series (in today’s case, I got products from mostly 2 brands, something pretty unusual but purely incidental) . I’ve always tried doing a rough product recommendation at the end or start of each semester but I’ve never really documented them in proper, I thought I could start this time :) This is by means no professional guide but my personal passion which I’d like to share with you guys. Of course I’ve yet to try out the new purchases so this is NOT a product review. The purpose of this post is to share how great a steal I got this time round so that you guys know branded facial/cosmetics doesn’t  always cost a bomb :) I did pick out a few main steals that are too good to ignore, take a look!

Because I’ve finally finished using my SKII Facial Treatment Essence which I was HIGHLY impressed with (that 150ml took me centuries to finish), I decided to give the other products from SKII a shot this time round. I started looking for a new sunscreen (keeping in mind not to repeat brands I’ve tried which pretty much ruled out everything ) and that’s when I found the SKII UV Lotion (SPF50 PA+++). When I went further looking for whitening essence and other essentials, that’s when I realise I haven given SKII enough exposure so yes, here I am :)

Not forgetting my brush craze! Haha, it’s barely over.. Here’re some of the lowest prices I’ve ever paid for brushes, they’re my most pleased buys this time round :)

And of course something for the BF who is super anal about the products he uses and you know the thing with men – once they find something they’re happy with, they stick to the same boring shit for the rest of their lives.. In this case, it’s DHC for Edward.

To sum things up, here’s roughly how much the above would’ve cost vs what I paid :) Like I said, after you’ve researched on the products you wanna get, you can then focus on securing the best deals. Always look and second look :) Less than 40% of the original cost, you get everything you need *beams*

This is the first time I’ve actually taken a shot of the products I purchase back from Taiwan. This time round it’s mainly skin care stuff. The previous time I came back with shitloads of makeup stuff on top of the skin care but this is roughly the quantity I deal with every trip home. As you can see, I get a lot of freebies too. They’re kinda annoying cause they take up space and are always left untouch yet I never throw them away -tsk- a problem with girls and storing junks haha :) 

I thought I’ll just briefly describe my daily regimes. Just something that works for me, by no means the only nor the best method :)

Day: Lesser steps than at night because you tend to sweat and it’s too hot and torturous to throw on too many things on your face anyway. Basics are lotion->essence/serum->moisturiser->sunblock/sunscreen->makeupbase->loose powder. I’ll keep day time light and simple. Essence/serum are usually moisture replenishing because it’s one thing to control oily skin and another to retain moisture. In another words, just because your skin is oily doesn’t mean it is moisturised, you CAN have oily but dehydrated skin, they’re 2 different things.

Night: Cleansing is SUPER important. NEVER EVER EVERRRR wear make up to sleep and ALWAYS use make up remover if you’ve applied sunscreen/block in the morning (which in my case, it’s everyday). Basics are pre-lotion->lotion->essence->serum->night cream (looks very little but the essence/serum part is the tedious one cause sometimes I apply 2 to 3 different types of essences/serums ie. whitening, refining, moisturising so that easily add up to 6-7steps for the night regimes)

Yupp! So that’s about all for now, those who don’t know, Teepee is returning to Singapore TOMORROW (for Commencement)! Right now I can’t reveal too much but I might be heading back to Taiwan after the ceremony because Daddy is getting admitted on the 9th of July and we’re unsure when exactly will he be discharged. Graduation trip will have to be on hold until his condition stablises, if need be, I might have to stay put in Taiwan for a while. We’ll see how things go, please pray for daddy dearest :)