Etude House Haul

Since the 2 months I've been back in Singapore, I've collected my fair share of Etude House products. Every time I go into town, I'll be pulled in by Etude House's cute-ness. SERIOUSLY. HOW CAN ANY GIRLY GIRL NOT BE?! 

If you have not already heard of Etude house, it is pretty much a cosmetic and skincare store that started in South Korea and has expanded into Asia. Korean products are such a big trend lately! With many Koreans being widely admired for their beautiful, clear and radiant skin, of course we'll want to buy whatever they use to get the same results. 

A month ago, I did a little research and found out that Etude house was having a big sale on their past collections, I did what I had to do and rush down there to check it out. 

Needless to say, I came back with a bag filled with make-up and less-cash in my wallet. 

Here's what I got

It has literally been over a month since I've gotten these products and have yet to use them as I wanted to blog a Haul before I destroy the prettiness (-.-) - I know right? With that said, I honestly do not know how much each items were except that all of it costed me 50SGD which was really cheap.

So starting from the left:

• Pink Tonic Lip Glass (#2 Sweet Pink) 
• Dear Darling Roll Roll Gloss 
• Be My Love Crystal Shine Lips Special Set (I bought 2 sets) - 10SGD each
• Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk - Christmas Collection (#2 Holiday Pink)
• Dear My Blooming Lips-Talk - Christmas Collection (#1 Christmas Red)

Lying on the floor in the center

• Bling Bling Eye Stick (#05 Silver Milky Way)
• Bling Bling Eye Stick (#04 Purple Aurora)

I don't think any of these products are still in stores since 2 of the lipsticks I purchased was from the Christmas 2012 collection... but definitely sure that there is a similar color in it's permanent line.  

A Review will be coming soon. I have bought quite a bit of lip products from Etude house, so I'll do a full review of those that I gotten. 

Meet Harrous. This little kitty was definitely a naughty one! While I attempt to photograph, he would run in and completely destroy my layout and give me this innocent "I didn't do it" look. 

Thanks for reading and have a great day/night where ever you are! :) 

Love,

Rachel

INGLOT Eyeshadow Freedom Palette

Hey Everyone,

I have something really exciting to share with you all today!
There's this make-up brand that I've been trying to locate and try out for a couple of years now, but I've never been in an area that has that particular brand near by. However, this all changed when I found out that they have a store right across the border in Johor Bahru! Upon learning that, I immediately jumped upon the chance to head to JB with my grandparents.

The mysterious store is... INGLOT!

Alright, I was interested in this brand mainly due to their freedom system. The way it works is pretty simple, you pretty much pick out the colors and design your own palette. You can form different eyeshadow palettes in combinations of 2, 4, 5, or 10 square pans. They also have round pan options. You also have the option to build your own bronzer, blush, concealer, and lipstick.

It was so hard to not go overboard with the picking, but I finally decided on 8 colors to bring home.

I decided on 2 palettes of 5 squares as opposed to a palette of 10. I thought it would be easier for traveling should I just want to bring my self-created neutral palette.

Here are my Neutrals:

Here are the colors in my neutrals - matte white (373), pearl finished champagne (395) , shine finished rose-gold/taupe from noble collection (153) , matte soft brown (337), and matte black (63)

Next, I got an incomplete palette. It's mostly for colors... but as you can tell, I stuck to the pink/purple range.

I got the AMC shine light pastel pink (29), double sparkle light purple (493), and a pearl finished eggplant (446).

The color pigmentation of these shadows are amazing. They were really opaque and smooth to the touch. Even those with glitter-finishes were really blendable! In general, I find the quality of these shadows comparable to MAC.

The pricing of the individual pans and empty palette were surprisingly affordable! Each pan went for 30 Malaysian Ringgit (~ 11.50SGD & 9.3USD)  and the empty palette was 35RM (~13.5SGD & 10.83USD). I believe that items sold in US outlets are a fraction cheaper.

Here's my review of everything in general: 
Pros:

• High pigmentation
• Affordable
• Able to be personalized
• Quality is on par with MAC
• Cover is magnetic and the palettes are stackable and held together by magnets. 

Cons: 

• Not many Inglot stores can be found around the world. In fact, Malaysia has 5 outlets and they are the only ones in South-East Asia. 
• There were not alot of colors to pick from compared to a MAC store
• Colors are identified with numbers, quite hard to remember compared to names
• It's pretty hard to remove the pans once it is in a slot. The sales-lady demonstrated it with a penknife. 

This is a place that I definitely recommend! 

The outlet that I went to was in Johor Bahru City Square, which is right next to the woodlands causeway point. 

Below is a link showing all the Inglot outlets around the world. Hopefully there will be one close to you :) 

Inglot Locations 

let me know if you got any Inglot products and whether you love/hate it! 

Love,

Rachel

** Please note that the currency conversion is as follows: **
Currencies change daily. So the converted currencies may not be the same when I bought it compared to the future. 

1 USD = 3.23 RM and 1 SGD = 2.5RM

Where's Rachel?!

Where is Racheese?!?!

So much for consistency eh?

I can come up with a lot of excuses to justify my absence, but that would just bore you and I. But in my defense, I have actually been really busy with life. :)

After my last post back in late, I've literally been here, there, and everywhere. Currently, I am back in my home country of SINGAPORE! It has been close to a month since I've arrived. It has been a bitter sweet feeling to be back, sweet to see my beloved grandparents and friends after so many years, but definitely bitter to be away from my hubby. I would give anything to be back in Houston with him, but this trip back to Singapore was something I had to do. On a more exciting note, I will be exploiting my limited time in Asia by doing some traveling and definitely LOADS of eating and shopping! 

I took my traveling-word seriously, about 2 week ago,  my high school friend and I made a trip to Hong Kong. Boy, that was great fun, and 100% memorable. I'm in the midst of  started my goal by going to Hong Kong. It was great fun, so definitely watch out for a travel post and a HK haul coming up this week!! 

I shamelessly admit that I've done quite a bit of shopping here in Singapore. Though most of the items were bought by family members who brought me out :) heehee... I feel so pampered! I've been OBSESSED with the Korean cosmetics brand - Etude House, I'll definitely have to do a haul post.

Other then that, it's so great to be back in Singapore! There's just so much to eat, see, and to love. Every time I head to town, I am always awed by how much Singapore has developed over the years. I am proud to be a citizen of such an innovative, changing country. <3 

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