Another Miri Haul (theBalm, Dolly Wink, Garnier, Books, etc.)

Should I just do a pic dump?
I'm kinda tired lol.

Anyway, I overspent a little bit than normal because some of the stuff I bought was pricier than I normally go for...in fact, I nearly indulged in a high-end foundation (Estee Lauder Doubler Wear) but I didn't!! That'd be in my wishlist.

Well, two items from theBalm already used up most of my money lol. I am so far happy with the things I got, the ones I've used already. Like, I think it's worth it.

Moving on~

From SaSa

It's hard to resist this place, really. Especially when it's the only place that sells theBalm.

I've become more wary of the things I buy from them, of course, I always ask for the SA to show me the products now lol before I buy. I do notice that no matter what, it seems like it's SO HARD for theBalm powder products to look flawless somehow.

Of course you can't tell if it's been swatched or not but sometimes, there are marks still, and it makes you go "What." but eh. The foundation is sealed inside, which is good. I still wish the powder products are sealed as well. like, after they inspect if it's broken or what, they should tape it.

Here's what I got:

1. theBalm timeBalm Foundation

2. theBalm Bahama Mama Bronzer

3. Lennox Calorie Limit Tea (found out that I might be allergic to one ingredient >_>)

4. Combos Skin Pore Refining Set

5. Dolly Wink Liquid and Pencil Eyeliner

6. Prestige Primed & Ready Eye Primer

The foundation is the priciest item I got in this haul...it would have been beaten by the ELDW if I did buy it though LOL.

I got only one item from Watsons.

This thing right here.

I actually love the feeling of this scrub. On the body and on the face, it works wonders XD

Yes, it is abrasive for the face BUT I have pretty thick skin >_>

From Guardian

1. Nexcare Acne Patch x2

2. O'slee Lemon Soda Serum

3. Darlie Expert White Toothpaste

4. Garnier BB Cream

No.2-4 is mainly bought because I saw ads on it.

Yes, I fall for ads.

Damn me.

Haven't used any of them yet (except for the acne patch)

From Super Save and Cindy

Random stuff haul lol.

I needed some stuff for my bathroom.

I got some hair ties, some cheap e.l.f brush dupes...they work well btw.

Tweezers for falsies, eyelid tape (yep, for days my eyes are uneven) and a hairbrush.

The envelopes are for sending giveaway presents.

I started to force myself to draw again...so I bought some sketchbooks.

I dunno why, I have a lot at home but I did it anyway.

Sorry, trees ;-;

BOOKS.

As always, I find myself buying ViVi even though I'm not THAT into fashion :x

I got the Little Black Dress book so I can learn about making dress patterns.

A book about cats? I needed one.

That's all for my haul!

I'm pretty content with the things I got I guess lol.

'til then, take care!

-Nisah-

Let's DYE...

....it blood red.

Or rather, die trying to!

*LONG POST AHEAD BTW*

So yeah, been losing the will to blog, I have a lot in mind but too lazy to blog I guess. Feel moody here and there, unfortunately. I was gonna do a blog about how happier I am now but that's down the drain somehow.

I'm gonna go on a trip from the 21st until the 25th I think, to KK :)
I can already hear the flapping of the wings from my money~

Anyway~ Let's do a quick update before I move on to the title of the blogpost.

First thing's first:

I won this giveaway hosted by NYX Cosmetics Brunei for The Spring Fling Palette (retails there for BND$49.90 I think). BTW, right now Shop@Sarah's is having a 20% sale on NYX (and apparently an additional 5% for members) and no, I'm not paid to say this XD just telling you guys out there~

Also sale on their Urban Decay, Sigma, TooFaced, etc. Until January 13th. I'm debating on getting the Vice Palette. SO MUCH that I sold my 120 Palette to my lil' sis for BND$7 LOL.

As much as I'd like to buy from Shop@Sarah's, the online shopper in me does know they kinda mark up the price quite high. But well, if you want to try US makeup (other than the usual drugstore ones), that's the only place for you to go :) I'll buy from them if I really can't find it online anymore I guess.

So here is my derpy photo for 800+ people to see on their page:

I'm happy, okay?? Just tired.

Yes, this was around the time I hauled Tony Moly and Paloma I think. I THINK. When I went out with Moo Moo and Mars XD

I didn't wear any eye makeup that day, just face makeup.

Anyway, I gave this palette to my cousin. I actually joined so she could get it. It was either her or my other friend. Decided to give it to her but I found out after that she rarely wears eyeshadow (Yes, I know you're reading dear. Wear it often!!)

I'll have her review it on behalf of me :)

It's a very pretty palette. When it was in my hands, I looked at it with tears in my eyes LOL.

So Pretty!!!

A less tired/derpy photo of me and the palette.

Yes, I was very tired.

My order from Makeup Academy or MUAStore came :D

This order was made during their 35% off + Free Shipping around November. It arrived in Brunei around December 1st but I only got it like, last week? I think so.

Only 4 out of these 6 are mine.

I think you can figure it out by now, what the three palettes and the three lipsticks are for.

Yes, it's for a giveaway. But I will only announce it once I get back from KK.

The one that I hauled for MYSELF:

- MUA Heaven and Earth Palette
- MUA Matte Foundation in Gentle Fawn
- MUA Lipstick in Bare
- MUA Bronzer in Shade 3

So far, I love all of them!!
I've only tried the foundation once, I don't think it contains any SPF but I might be wrong. The reason why I got the Heaven and Earth Palette is because it's really ME in a palette.

It's bronze, gold, browns, taupe and some lighter shades. Perfection for me.

The bronzer is nice, comparing it to my Holika Holika and Etude House "bronzers"/contour powder.

The Bare lipstick is....very,very nude. I look like a zombie if I don't have any makeup on, but with makeup, it's perfect.

My other order from MUA that I sent to my sis in the UK also arrived but eh, I don't wanna post the photo LOL.

My order from Cherry Culture hasn't arrived D:

Other hauls I got:

My acne was acting up so yeah.

The BB Cream shown here is SPF-free!! OAO

Brought my friend out to shopping and I hauled stuff too.

I'll say TheFaceShop haul was impulse buy but I don't regret buying the eyeliner. No way. I will collect them in KK I think.

The contour/highlight powder from Etude House....hmmm.

Just got the body butter and I am running out of it already.

I. LOVE. IT.

I might just stock on 'em while in KK if they're cheaper there.

I love the herby smell, not so strong but effective. It's made in Thailand. The Body Shop's body butters are also made in Thailand. Go figure.

And lastly, the one I got yesterday~

Ta-da~

Really, Nisah? You're gonna go on vacation and you hauled something again?

Really?
Yes, I did.

I wanted a pore tightening thing but apparently this is more of a serum than a pore tightener. We'll see how it is. I might get the pore tightening one either from Holika Holika or Etude House or somewhere. Anywhere.

Got some DIY stuff from Kim Super Save....

....and that brings us to the title of the post.

DIY DYE.

Okay, so basically nobody wanted to help me so yeah, I just went for it.

First box! Look at the unevenness!! HURRAH.

I was going for blood red but apparently it turned out more auburn than burgundy/blood red.

So I did another layer the next day, and dyed random parts of my bangs and stuff, avoiding the roots (for obvious reasons).

And here it is, with flash:

My sis called me a vampire.

It's overexposed but basically, It's got a mix of orange, red, brown and black.

Weirdly, the reddest parts are the ones that were black.

My dyed ends turned weirdly orange.

AND weirdly, I got....addicted to dyeing.

I'm easily addicted to things, hence I got another box (this time, Cherry Red) and a proper dye brush thingy.

I dunno. I really wanna go full red. I just want to. I dunno.

My maid complained that I'm changing a lot.

Fashion wise, I lost weight, started wearing contacts more often, sleeping weirdly, etc.

She said I'm not originally 'me' anymore.

Well I can't help it.

The old me was always depressed, suicidal, etc.

Does she want that?

Well she got it.

I got kind of depressed the other day.

My look yesterday night.

Is it wrong that I want to look fashionable?

It's not like guys are attracted to me anyway.

I have low self-esteem, why always bring me down?

I just wish people would just let me enjoy being someone else.

Oh yeah, I've been busy taking care of Shyla and two orphaned kittens. Well, when I wake up anyway.

The reason why I need to dye my hair (LOL NO)

Shyla's been well, weird.

She's been acting weird.

She's so high-maintenance I wanna cry D: She's so picky with food.

"I'm Princess Shyla and I love my food soft"

So basically, keeping her, honestly, she eats more than me. Enough said.

The orphan kittens unfortunately, one of them died ):

Mariah, Toby and Marina.

Marina, passed away last week, exactly a week ago I think. Poor girl ):

She didn't want to drink the formula milk.

I had high hopes for her too (man, I'm slightly tearing up) coz she reminded me of Ming Ming.

Pray that Toby and Mariah survives, okay? Please.

I'll be really heartbroken if they die too ):

Been playing this too.

Yes, I'm a girl and I enjoy Call of Duty. Mostly the Zombies portion but hey, I can play XD

If you wanna play online with me, my sis and my bro, do add us on PSN: Silverduan (Highlight to see)

Other than that, I finally tried Gloria Jean's Coffee?

Yummy cake :D I love the muffin particularly!

I had Mint Chocolate Bomb (decaf) and I thought it was okay.

I prefer the Coffee Bean Peppermint Chocolate thingy.

Also bought this!

Bought this due to watching The Yogscast play it.

LOVE IT.

But I haven't been playing as often as I should lol.

It's a good game, it is :)

In a perfect world, I'd give one free code to him....but the world is not perfect.

And last but not least:

GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!

Take care, everyone!

-Nisah-

New Banner, Shyla & Some Insta-Haul Pics!

As much as I'd like a new blog layout, I think for now this is still the best layout. Unless, you don't think so?

Anyhow, I'm sure you'd have noticed the new banner by now?
I commissioned my friend, Farah, to draw me my new banner.

I'd have done it myself but I'm out of touch with my art side and I doubt I can draw myself.

The theme of the blog banner is me and macarons. The story is that last 2 weeks, my older sis bought loads of macarons for us! I wanted to take a photoshoot with the colourful macarons but my sis was out so I got bummed.

Look at all those macarons!! A total of 12 flavours and it cost BND72 !! 

Then my friend brought about the idea of drawing the macarons. I thought I'd do it, but then I decided to ask her to do it. LOL. Why? Because I'm lazy.

No, actually, I'm a bad colorist. So yeah, I commissioned her to do it. What do you think?
Is it nice?

Anyhow~

If you remember, a few posts ago, I said I was gonna adopt a cat named Pinky. It turned out that if I wanted to adopt her, I had to adopt her sibling, Brain, too, because they're so close. I don't have the energy to take care of two cats!! So I decided to adopt Shyla instead.

Meet Shyla!

Shyla, as the name suggests, is a shy cat. Or was a shy cat anyway!

Now, she's in heat currently and is curious about everything. I just got her approximately 9 days ago and so far, so good. She's so docile :) I love her. She kissed me on the lips the other day lol.

Here's a short video of her playing:



So yeah....the last few days, or a week ago, I hauled a lot of stuff. I went to Miri, I went to haul HolikaHolika stuff and then went overboard again with shopping D: My stuff from sasa.com also came!

I took photos with my sister's DSLR but unfortunately, she has not transferred the photos >_>

So instead, I'll show you a snippet of the hauls through my InstaHaul pics :D

From my sasa.com order:

Two of them are freebies :D and I got Buy 1 Get 1 deal on the scrub! 

For my Miri Haul:

I actually booked theBalm's The Balm Jovi Palette in advance, just in case I didn't manage to get it! I'm so happy I got it! It's such a nice palette.

I also got a free clear lip gloss and a lipstick with it! Ain't that a good deal??

Since I butchered my eyebrows accidentally, I decided to get an eyebrow pencil that's slightly waterproof. I also got a Kate Eyebrow Mascara and last but not least, a nice synthetic brush nice for applying powder!

Sorry for the bad photo! 

Along with SaSa, I went to TheFaceShop which was having a sale at that time.

I got myself some nailpolishes, a lip tint and decided to try out the Lip & Eye Make-up Remover too.

Look at that!

I impulsively hauled some cds and dvds. WTF.
I didn't regret getting the Angela Aki album but the Nakashima Mika dvd was wtf >_>

Impulse Buy #1

I also got the November CLEO and Vivi but I'm too lazy to take pics of it!

I also hauled a bunch of Maybelline Baby Lips Color Lip Balm.

I bought Coral Flush in Brunei. The rest was at Watsons.

I gave away the Pink Lolita in my last giveaway and I gave away the Rose Addict to my niece :)

I myself have not tried them yet. I heard the colours are very subtle.

I might just get the complete collection (all 5 colours) for myself :D

Oh, and I also got these amazing shoes for half off!!

My dream shoes :D

Unfortunately, I don't have jeans that go well with them. So far, I have to wear tights or leggings with them.

Case #1

Blurry photo by my niece lol (Yayasan OOTD) 

My first time wearing them out. The soles are actually quite slippery!

Case #2

Blurry photo by my nephew lol (The Mall OOTD) 

A lot of my friends said I lost weight. Well, I did but honestly, I always had the smallest legs compared to the rest of my body LOL. No, I didn't photoshop this. It's the combination of the shoes and the black tights/leggings that make me look thin. If my stomach problems didn't happen, I could have toned my legs better.

Anyway, back to Miri~

Green Tea Cheese Cake. It was so silky and smooth!

Food. I only had this and a burger from Mary Brown. To be honest, after my stomach problems, I don't eat much. Except during PMS (which is now).

Okay. Moving on.

Let's talk about Holika Holika haul!

Went out with my lenses and did my brows in a Japanese style. I did my niece's eyes because she wanted makeup but I had no time Dx

We went to Yayasan because I was craving for bibimbap!

Yummy-licious thing right here!

After that, I was tempted to get this eyeliner from TFS but in the end, I ended up buying from Holika Holika and got a membership card too!

The price made me cry but I think it's worth it!! I thought this was gonna be the last haul I did. It was, indeed. FOR NOVEMBER.

Will break this down in another post.

The freebies as a member. Look at that cat pouch!! OMG

The lovely purple umbrella.

You know, since it's Brunei Salebration Time, nothing is safe from my clutches. No, actually, nothing is safe from my money D:

Especially when I knew Tony Moly had 50% off some of their stuff at The Mall.

GDI.

So yeah, I hauled again! Let's count this as December Haul #1, okay? I went out with Moo Moo and met her friend, Maresa or Mars :D We hit it off quite fast!

All this for BND40.70. Imagine if it was full price D8

Unfortunately for my lucky dip, I only got samples *cries*

And the samples are skincare ones too! My face is volatile enough. I gotta be more careful, you see.

So far, I've opened one of the lip liners and the concealer.

Good news is that I am now a member :D just waiting for the member card now.

I should have bought some nail products!

I also had an impromptu Paloma haul:

There's something wrong here.

Only after buying it, I found out TSS has expiry dates on the boxes. So I checked.

And heck no.

The snail pact has expired last October!! I dunno if I can exchange it this week since I can't go to The Mall any time soon D: I mailed them though. Haven't been replied yet.

I also think I might be allergic to the BB Cream. I hope that's not the case. The BB Cream expires next year, so that's okay.

I'm kinda bummed :/ don't they check stocks? I know they were trying to clear stuff out by having a 70% off sale BUT selling expired products is wrong. Right?

I also bought his nice fragrance oil to burn:

V.A.N.I.L.L.A (what else is new, right?)

And also~ I got myself some shorts.

Family does not approve.

I'll do a break down of each collective haul once I got the pics from my sister, okay?

Gonna do another blogpost maybe tomorrow!

Okay then, have a great day!

Good night, stay safe.

-Nisah-

Collective Haul + Update

So yeah, here comes a pic heavy blogpost y'all!

Kinda.

So this is basically a collective haul that I hauled in 2 weeks or so. Kinda. And some gifts here and there. Most of them? Impulse buys, not gonna lie.

I don't remember which came first but yeah, I do distinctly remember some bits here and there~

Let's start:

Talking about Etude House Haul~ (in Two Days)

First day. Uhm. The brushes and the small pump thing is from Super Save btw.

Look at My Eyes in: Lemon Sherbet, Milk Cocoa, Silver Gray

Okay, lemme explain.

I got these three for BND$9.90.

What a steal right?? They were having a clearance sale. I decided to choose a set that was most 'me'. Well to be honest, I like the yellow and brown. But the gray----I thought it was a purple.

I don't like the gray one yet. But it might looks nice layered over a white base. Or for a smokey look.

Swatches of all three.

As you can see, the colour payout for the gray one is a bit disappointing. It's more gritty than smooth like the other two. I once ranted how Korean eyeshadows are always shimmer and no colour but this proved me wrong.

The yellow would look awesome above my 'Base Hit Kit' I think.

Second item I got was:

A Missing U! Tin

I've always wanted one, reason being I needed a place to store my magnetic eyeshadows I got from e.l.f cosmetics. Plus, it's cute :D

Lemon Sugar Hand Lotion

Now this one was an impulse buy. It was on the counter. For a dollar. Last one too...so yeah, I grabbed it and the rest was history. It's decent, it smells weirdly like lemony alcohol rather than sugary.

Oh yeah, my favourite SA, Princess Tara (I think) was there and she complimented my nails XD

I told her two of the colours were from Etude House and one of them was from TheFaceShop.

I was sad the colour wasn't available anymore. The deeper pink, because I wanted to do a giveaway with it! It's okay, I'll find a dupe!

On the same day, I also went to The Body Shop.

My sis who is studying in the UK recommended me this Deep Sleep spray, however when we went there, we found out that it was banned in Brunei o.o

Why? I guess they fear people would misuse it.

So dad got me this instead:

An oil burner and an essential oil in 'Quiet Night'

Did it work?

It did make me drowsy but not enough to sleep I guess.

Can't deny how Halloween-y it looks like.

It smells nice though.

EDIT: Nearly forgot. On the day I went there, Josesphine was there too lol. I greeted her. I asked her if she remembered me. She took a while, because I was wearing my contacts. Then I reminded her that I was the girl with the allergy LOL. She immediately remembered.

I told her that I was having hard time sleeping (Like right now) and that it's taking a toll on my skin (acne D:). She asked me and my sis to smell lavender and then it wasn't pleasant. She told us, if the lavender smells bad to us, that means we're stressed.

I swatched this lovely colour called Golden Paprika. I WAS IN LOVE.
UGH.

But then I just got something from Etude House so no.

She thanked us for still patronising The Body Shop (even after what had happened).

Well, to be fair, I've always like The Body Shop. It's just a shame I got a bad allergic reaction. She told me they've reformulated the body mist now but I haven't tried it.

My look of the day on that day. LOL

Damn, it got desaturated like hell, sorry.

Oh yeah, I also got this thing...from WW Mart:

Brush Holder/Drier

Really helpful :D Other than this, I also got two other plasticky things. I used it to put my makeup palettes and my skincare stuff.

And then something happened.

My weird self got the best of me.

I wanted MORE of the Etude House eyeshadows. At least another set.

So I got it.

Begrudgingly.

I also wanted to get the flat-top brush from Super Save for my cousin BUT it was sold out D: what. The day before that, there were FIVE or SIX more, I swear!!

Wtf.

So yeah, I got this:

Look at My Eyes in: Apricot Illusion and Vanilla Cream.
Look at My Eyes Icing in: Sugar Icing

Actually, for this set, it had the same Milk Cocoa shade but the SA was kind enough to exchange one colour since I told her I bought the same colour the day before. The manager was there too :)

I haven't opened these as I find no need to, yet. I might open the Sugar Icing, to check the texture, which the SA said is gel-like.

My favourite SA wasn't there D:

But I always kinda love Etude House SAs, they're always helpful and they smile a lot more, I noticed, than the other SAs I've encountered so far.

Yesterday, my sister gave me this dress she ordered online that didn't fit her:

Lovely colour for my skintone. Sorry for the bad photo ><

Unfortunately, it's bare-back.

She said I should either sew a chiffon based fabric to the dress or wear something else that covers it up.

It's a weird dress. Doesn't show my fat stomach that much LOL.

Hair accessory/band from SJ

I wore this today when I went out, it went well with my blue polkadot shirt:

This is true to colour I think.

But yeah, you can't really see the band:

Crappy front camera.

I didn't wear any eyeshadows today, just BB Cream and my Tutti Frutti Lip Butter.

Derp.

I actually wanted to tuck in my shirt but everyone opposed D:

Too 90s?

Actually I had my hair in two tiny buns but this was after going out LOL.

Because I didn't have time to vain before going out for sushi.

Fits my mouth okay.

I had mostly vegetable based sushi. Was craving for the veggies.

Impulse Buy

I didn't mean to get them, I swear!!!

I only wanted the nailpolish but then I saw the sugar scrub!!

But after I bought it, I realized.

What was I thinking??

It was overpriced D:

Damn. Even with member's discount it was still overpriced.

But the nailpolish colour was to die for D: It's in GR505, btw.

Last but not least~

Here are the products I use mostly when I go out:

'Base Hit Kit', 'Mischievous Marissa', Petit BB Cream in 'Clearing'

My disgusting concealer palette. (Which I do recommend, btw LOL)

Either one of the lip products and also, the Sexy Mama Translucent Powder which I still don't know how to use.

So yeah....

You know, I'm contemplating on giving away the same kind of concealer palette or the 15 colour concealer palette in the future. Which one would you prefer?

I honestly do like this one, it's not that creamy. It depends. If your skin is too dry, don't even think of this palette lol. Use a liquid concealer!

I haven't found a holy grail for my foundation routine. That's smudge-proof, oil-proof, etc.

Oh and, I wanna adopt this cat :D

Her name is Pinky!

But I might call her Pinky Marina.

Look at her surprised eyes O.O

I hope she'll be a good baby.

And that she'll make me happy.

I think that's all for an update XD;

Hope you enjoyed my collective haul post!

Yes, I can hear you.

I need to not go to shops for a month.

Damn.

So yeah, good night :D

I have an appointment tomorrow with the Endoscopy specialist.

I hope everything's fine.

Take care, everyone!!

-Nisah-

P.S: If you haven't already, join my 100th Post Giveaway here!! I'll be adding some brushes because the sponge applicators are too harsh for the eyes!