My Haul from Ulta 20 Days of Beauty

General Haul #46 - Taiwan Summer Trip

I had made an unplanned trip over to Taiwan this summer and only had a day or two to myself for some quick shopping. I got most of my purchases from Cosmed and the Neogen stuff at 86小舖 86 Shop. The first pic was a quick pic in Taiwan right after my purchases so the lighting wasn't the best.

I will do reviews as I slowly use the products. Stay updated!

Below are the stuff that I got for my friend.
I've noticed that this summer, most of the brands had a Disney theme or collaboration.

General Haul #45 - Korres Sample Sale

I have known about the Korres Sample Sale in the past, but I never gone to one.
So I brought a skincare beauty friend and we went shopping!
I was expecting a line, so I took my time getting there and arrived at 10:30am.
It was surprising to see no lines and the store empty. I was probably the 4th person in the room.
Better for me to browse and take my time!

There were a long two rows of skincare and just a small amount of makeup to choose from. I wasn't planning to get makeup stuff cause Korres are more known for their skincare.
I have dry to combination skin so the wild rose collection was best for me.

There was stuff for all types of skin. It was surprising to see two different kinds of night creams, two different kinds of eye creams and many box sets.  


I didn't get many box sets. Just one for my mom's aging skin and my friend's oily skin.
The foundations are concealers were $5 a piece!!!
Definitely worth going if you are low on skincare or want to try this brand.

General Haul # 43 - Sephora and Hautelook Becca Sale

 BECCA Lowlight/Highlight Perfecting Palette Poured                 $21
BECCA Shadow & Light Bronze/ Contour Perfector™-Shadow Bronze/Light Bronze                    $20
BECCA Beach Tint Shimmer Soufflé-Lychee/ Opal                    $13.50
BECCA Cosmetics – Ultimate Eye Colour Quad - Sun Chaser - $9.97
BECCA Cosmetics – Perfect Skin Mineral Powder Foundation - Nude $14
BECCA Cosmetics – Blotting Powder Perfector - Tinted $19


This was my first time purchasing Becca products so individual reviews coming soon if I really end up liking the products.

General Haul #42 - NYC Kbeauty MeetUp 2016

     

I was honored to be able to participate in the First Annual NYC Kbeauty MeetUp where all us Asian Beauty Skincare addicts came together to talk, gush, love and shop.

First CupidDrop came by when the group met up for coffee in the morning at CaffeBean.

They were so generous to talk about their website where you can buy Korean stuff for free shipping within the US. I know that I will be using their services because I hate buying for international shipping to have my goodies ship from Korea.

   

Next Amy ( @ ) carried these goodies all the way from Delaware to NYC to give these to us. CosRX was kind enough to provide us these generous package of goodies including the popular blackhead cream, acne patches, and the toner. I am so excited about the one-step pads because I never tried that and I find them perfect for lazy people like me during the AM skincare routine. Plus the socks, which I have on now, are so comfy and perfect for the winter season which is 17 degree F now outside.



After coffee, we walked over to Nature Republic to do some shopping. I loved all their products that had Bulgarian rose scent in it. They ended up suprising us with a goodie bag which contains the popular aloe gel, hand cream, ampoule and the ginseng royal silk mask. I couldn't wait much longer so when I got home that night, I used the ampoule and the ginseng royal silk gold mask and I loved it. This brand totally took me by surprise!  

To continue onto with our shopping trip, we went to Club Clio which is one of my favorites Korean makeup stores in NYC. I ended up buying a cushion foundation, which to be honest I still have to get through 20 other cushions foundations. But I couldn't resist this waterkill cushion in shade 03 ginger. Plus the aqua line sheet masks were only $1 each so I got one to try out.

At checkout, Club Clio surprised us with a huge goodie bag including the Dr. G gel serum, a gift set and many sheet masks.

I didn't know that there was a TooCoolForSchool flagship in NYC.
The prices are a bit pricey but it's nice to know that it's accessible to people who can't get it from Korea. I do love their egg cream products such as the sheet masks. I'm looking forward to try their pumpkin 24K Gold mask. And I do think the hand cream will definitely be used during this winter.

After the morning shopping, since we were at Koreantown, I went to get a bun from bunn and green tea from BesFren. Very tasty!

 


While we are on the topic of BesFren, this store has became my favorite Asian skincare/makeup place in NYC. Great thing is that it's in midtown so it's easy to get to from subways and trains. They have so many brands in the store from skinfood to habolabo. The masks are always on sale and the prices are the lowest that I have seen in NYC. This is where I brought the most stuff on during this entire shopping tour,

 

 


At the end of the day, we received goodie bags from our wonderful coordinators, ranging from Naruko to pixie.

  
Overall, it was a successful meetup and shopping tour and there will be more meetups in the future!!

General Haul #41 - Taiwan National Holiday Haul 2016

Everyone knows you leave Taiwan with a lot of goodies!
This time I brought back food and sheet masks!

Snacks and SNACKS!

Below are sheet masks that contain silk.

 

This is the only Duty-free product that I brought on my layover in Hong Kong International airport.
I got the YSL eye cream and the lipstick trios.
They weren't cheap, total was about $180US.

Below are just pictures of sheet mask purchases that I got everytime I passed by a store that sold sheet masks.

I really wanted to try these "sexylook" brand so I got a few.

I got this cute schedule book for $5US and a Hello Kitty nail clipper.
Yes I brought it based on the cute packaging!

I grab some air cushion puffs, cleansing wipes, mouthwash and dry shampoo cause I needed it during my trip.

Above are deodorant spray, lip essence and a few sheet masks.

Below are sheet masks and I finally found the Hadalabo JAPAN Gokujun premium hyaluronic solution.                                                                                           

General Haul #40 - TesterKorea #18

Date Ordered : August 31
Date Shipped : September 5
Date Arrived : September 12

All about cushions!!

1.  The History of Whoo Gongjinhyang Mi Cream Pact SPF 34 PA++ 15g*2ea in Shade 1
2. SUM37 Sweet Smile mild Sun Cushion SPF32/PA+++ 15g
3. BELIF Moisture Bomb Cushion Miniature SPF50 #Light beige
4. MISSHA M Magic Cushion Moisture Set SPF50+ PA+++ (Minions Edition) 15g*2 #21

General Haul #39 Generation Beauty NYC (sept 17 & 18, 2016)

During my birthday weekend, I spent it at Generation Beauty!
The Early Bird tickets were about $106 including tax and I just wanted to spend my birthday with makeup and skincare this year.
I got a total of 3 hours of sleep per day in between work and going to generation beauty on both days.

Day 1 stuff from standing in lines to get products. I think the lines were more effective on Saturdays or maybe I planned out my day well. I went on the lesser known and avoid the lines when there were hosting YouTube meet-up times.

Day 1 goodie Bag (Saturday Bag).

So it seems that I am missing a few things from my goodie bags. I remember hearing some people complaining about that after they got their bags.

Day 2 goodie bag (Sunday bag) wasn't as great as Saturday in my opinion. But I was missing things from both goodies bags.

Day 2 standing in lines to get some products. Day 2 were awful, it seem like there were more people during Sunday.

I didn't get a chance to go to 6 booths because the lines were always closed everytime I passed by to get in line. Those lines included MakeUp Forever, pur-lisse and Jouer to name a few. Would I go again, no. I think every girl should experience it once a lifetime to enjoy and say that they went to Generation Beauty! My favorite booth was H2O+Beauty for giving up a full size sleeping mask and BareMinerals who give a full sized powder compact foundation and brush. Both of those brands color match and give you products according to your skin. It Cosmetics beauty rep was so nice in teaching me how to brow, contour and bronze-she took the time to explain and it made Generation Beauty worth it. If you just go for standing in lines and getting the products then this event isn't for you.

Many of these items are sold in Ulta only and in NYC, we don't have an Ulta yet so it was nice to be exposed to some of these products.

Here is where I learned that grown women aren't so grown.

HAIR!! - $18?

Marc Anthony Nourishing Argan Oil of Morocco Sulfate Free Conditioner with Keratin 50ml - $1.50

Marc Anthony Nourshing Argan Oil of Morocco Deep Hydrating Conditioning Treatment 50ml - $3

Marc Anthony Repairing Macadamia Oil Deep Rescue Conditioning Treatment 50ml - $3

Marc Anthony Deep Repair Aloe Vera Jasmine Deep Repairing Conditioning Treatment 50ml - $3

Marc Anthony Clear Dry Shampoo 44ml - $3

Marc Anthony Hydrating Coconut Oil Volume Hairspray 53ml - $1

Rock Your Hair Spray it Clean Dry Shampoo 85ml - $2.50

EvaNyc Forget me Knot Dry Shampoo 4ml - $0.25

EvaNyc Therapy Session Hair Mask 20ml - $0.70

Lippies!! Lip gloss, lipsticks and lip pencils. - $147?

Elf moisturizing lipstick in the nude 0.11oz - $3

NYx ombré lip duo lip liner old09 razz leg and dazzle 0.015oz - $12

Doucce gloss wear lip gloss 6ml - $24

Pop beauty permanent matte lip paint poppy pout - $14

Milani amore matte lip creme 12-loved 0.21oz - $8

Make matte lipstick 4206A-scarlet 0.12oz - $25

Absolute NY velvet lippie Avl14 razzle - $4

Absolute NY velvet lippie avl15 scandal - $4

Crown brush jada kohl k-15 - $3

Pop beauty kajal pen inky purple - $10

Nudestix magnetic matte eye color army- $24

Nyx butter lipstick bls31 midnight swim - $6

It cosmetics ylbb your lips but better waterproof lip liner stain blushing nude - $10

Face makeup cosmestics - $102?

Tarte sculptor contour face slenderizer park ave princess 2 - $24

Milani stay put matte coffee 2 17-hour wear liquid liner - $8

Nyx baked shadow BSH32 Nebula - $6

Nyx bright idea illuminating stick BIIS02 Coralicious - $8

Absolute NY Blush Balm glide on cream blush absb08 - $7

Jouer powder eyeshadow opal - $22

NYx cream blush CB02 natural - $6

Pixi beauty bronzer +kabuki subtly sun touched - $18

Elf smudge pot 21695 cruisin chic - $3

The brushes!!!
Good timing because I was going to buy new brushes. $93?

Royal langnickel - concealer$5, highlighter$7, and eye shader $4

Essence cookery eyes brush $5

Luxie tapered highlighter - $24

Luxie small tampered blending - $12

Royal langnickel brow - $6

Bare minerals core coverage brush - $30

Foundation, primers and concealers. $160

Bareminerals prime time foundation primer 30ml - $24

Makeup forever step 1 skin equalizer 5ml - $5

CoverFX illuminating primer 5ml - $6

Estee edit pore vanishing stick 0.24oz - $28

Bare minerals barePro light natural 09 - $30

Hourglass veil mineral primer 0.14oz - $10

It cosmetics bye bye pore pressed airbrush silk pressed antiaging finishing powder - $15

It cosmetics cc+ 12ml - $14

Too Faced born this way naturally radiant concealer - $28

Eyelashes that I got because my birthday was in September and they gave 6 extra boxes for those with Sept bdays!! About $40

Mascara...mascara, I have more to last a couple of years, but I will be giving away all to family members and only keeping four - 1 tarte, EsteeEdit, Benefit and TooFaced) - $127

Pur volume vixen0.16oz - $6

It superhero super black - $12

Josie maran Argan black oil mascara 5ml - $9

Estee edit the edgiest double mascara 10ml - $24

Pur big look 0.12oz - $12

Doucce boombastic lash volumizer $12

Tarteiest lash paint mascara 7ml - $23

Too faced better than sex mascara 0.17oz - $12

Essence forbidden volume mascara rebel 12ml - $5

Benefit roller lash super curling and lifting mascara 0.1oz - $12

The brow section, I think I should start somewhere with my brows. $50

Pixi mini endless brow gel pen - $5

Peek express natural stain brow powder - $18

Benefit gimme brow volumizing fiber gel 5 - $24

Crown brush brow blade - $3

All the skincare goodies which I prefer over makeup. $187

Mizon UV Mild Sun Block SPF 35/PA++ - $23

Purlisse blue lotus +seaweed treatment sheet mask - $8

Leaders Amazonian acai anti pollution mask - $6

Leaders pore-scaling black Aqua sheet mask - $2

Befine fine foods skin care 7 single packets ranging from cleanser to creams - $10

H2o+beauty water right color correcting mask 50ml - $42

H2o+beauty oasis hydrating treatment 10ml - $13

Estee edit radiance activator 5ml - $10

Skinfix foaming oil cleanser 30ml - $5

Laneige water sleeping mask 20ml - $20

Dermae microdermabrasion 0.5 oz - $8

Dermae firming DMAE eye lift 0.5 oz - $20

Josie maran surreal skin Argan finishing balm 0.1oz - $7

Josie maran Whipped Mud wash off mask Cucumber Aloe - $8

Make dual phase eye makeup remover 30ml - $5

Below is some of my Giveaway that I will be hosting when I get 200 followers on Instagram.
Follow me at @chalilened and look forward to the Giveaway post!