Month: May 2016

CoverGirl TruNaked Eyeshadow Palette in Roses

~ stashy ~ 73 Comments

It may not seem like it lately, but I’m not really an eye shadow palette kind of girl. And certainly, I’ve never gravitated toward drugstore eye shadow palettes. But what got me intrigued with the CoverGirl TruNaked palette were the general rave reviews online, and also seeing amazing live swatches from Allura Beauty.  There are 3 versions available and I ended up with the Roses palette:
CG_TruNaked_Roses_2
This palette costs $14.99 regularly but I redeemed Optimum Points for mine.

Continue reading →

Obsessed Canada Order

~ stashy ~ 33 Comments

I’d never heard of Obsessed Canada until I was on the hunt to replace my Nail Balsam by Trind (I mentioned it in my favourites lately post). I saw that it was sold not only NailPolishCanada.com (NPC) but also on ObsessedCanada.com (OC) – then I realized, OC is owned by NPC! 💡

What made me decide to order through OC instead of NPC was that OC offered a brand that I’d been curious to try for a while now: Mario Badescu. I ended up with these items:
obsessedcanada_2
I placed my order on May 2nd and it arrived in 4 days, not a bad turnaround.

Continue reading →

Helpless Whilst Drying’s Favourites Massive Giveaway Goodies!

~ stashy ~ 72 Comments

After quite the delay with the post office delivery (I think Royal Mail and Canada Post were equally to blame for this snafu!), I finally received my epic prize from Rachael of Helpless Whilst Drying! I don’t use the word ‘epic’ lightly, I mean, just look at this:
helplesswhistdrying_giveaway_2
It was like Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one as I unwrapped item after item! 😀

Continue reading →

April 2016 Low-Buy Accountability

~ stashy ~ 60 Comments

I had anticipated April would have been a crazy month of haulage due to the Sephora VIB sale but that didn’t turn out to be the case.  I had $252.74 in my April budget to start off with.

In the Sephora sale, I bought only 4 items, and I ended up returning one of them:
lowbuy_April_2016_2
My original total was $83.30 but after returning the busted BITE Beauty Agave Lip Mask, I only ended up spending only $52.70 at the VIB sale.

Continue reading →

Trash Stash: April 2016

~ stashy ~ 43 Comments

It comes as no surprise that I’ve got a bunch of empties again this month.
trash201604_2
Fine, I’ll admit it, I’m literally eating this stuff. I just want lots and lots of empties each month! I especially enjoyed the gulping down that Mizon snail serum – YUMMY. 😆

Continue reading →

New to Me: Teeez Cosmetics

~ stashy ~ 56 Comments

I heard about Teeez Cosmetics being available at Hudson’s Bay from Jodi of A Brash Attitude a couple of weeks ago. Then I happen to walk by the Beauty Underground section in the Bay downtown and saw the new counter that has been set up (sadly, it replaced the Anna Sui counter! 😦 AS is still available at select Beauty Boutiques at Shoppers though). Although the counter is quite sparse looking right now, the eye catching packaging of the Teeez Cosmetics products more than makes up for it. I had a nice chat with the SA and I ended up getting these items:
teeez_2
Aren’t they so fun? When I first saw the packaging, I thought they looked like a mix of Urban Decay and Benefit Cosmetics.

Continue reading →