Showing posts with label Aura Cacia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aura Cacia. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

My Winter Skincare Routine - Affordable.

Hey girls. I thought I would post what I use on my face everyday to cleanse, tone, treat, etc. My skin type has changed over the past year, from very oily to oily/combination. The dryness of the cold winter wind and the heat coming from the heater in my bedroom has made this changes happen.
These products are affordable, mostly under $15.
Keep in mind I do use a few products that are very moisturizing, or may not be recommended for oily skin type. Even though my skin type is oily/combination, I do not have necessarily have acne prone skin.

- My Skincare -

- Revlon Colorstay Eye and Lip Makeup Remover $12.95 -
Awesome to remove my eye makeup with, has no problems removing waterproof liner, cream eye shadows and waterproof mascara.



- Garnier Naturals Clean Detox Gentle Brightening Foam $6.99 -
This cleanser may not be for everyone, it leaves that rubbery feel behind. But when my skin feels like that after use, I know all my makeup, dirt, etc. is all gone. I remove my makeup with this, so I double up. And, a pea size amount creates a surprising amount of foam. After I come out of the shower, my skin feels clean and  appears brightened.



- Dickinson's Original Witch Hazel Pore Perfecting Toner $4.85 -
I love toner, especially this one. It isn't harsh since there isn't any alcohol. I find that if I don't use this, my pores do get clogged almost instantly. Also, I don't cleanse my face in the morning with a cleanser, I splash water on my face, wipe it off with a towel, and apply this onto my skin. It works and I'm lazy haha.
Get this on iherb.com, use my discount code: FUF619, to get up to $10 off your first order.




- Invite-E Vitamin E Cream $11.49 -
I use this most nights on my face, this acts as my night cream. It restores and moisturizes my skin to reduce any dry patches from coming up. Also, this is a savior for the dermatitis on my hands and any other dry spots on my body.




- Aura Cacia Restoring Rosehip Oil $9.34 -
I use this around 3 nights a week, same concept as the Invite cream above, but since this is an oil, I am wary that I may breakout if I use this too much. One pump goes a long way. I have found my skin tone has evened out a lot since using this, and it has reduced some redness on my cheeks, as well as scarring. I love this stuff.
Get this on iherb.com, use my discount code: FUF619, to get up to $10 off your first order.




- Clearasil Ultra Spot Treatment Cream Extra Strength $14.49 -
I only ever get pimples and spots when it's around that time of month. I put this cream on those suckers at night, and by the next morning they have dried out and reduced in size dramatically. I am cautious when using this product, since it does dry out the skin, I only apply where it's necessary.





- Pure Source Rotorua Thermal Mud Mask For Face and Body $34.95 -
My parents went on a cruise to New Zealand and they came back with this mask as a gift. I feel like this mask really gets into my skin and cleanses it. Whenever I have really congested skin, I use this.



- Avene Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water $24.99 - 
I use this after a shower or if my skin feels a bit tight or dry. Also, if I apply too much powder on my face, I spray this on and it makes my makeup looks so much better. And, my body can break out in hives at any given time, so spraying the area helps to calm it down a lot. I don't know what it is about this product that makes it amazing, I mean it's just water in a can right?



- The Body Shop Face Brush $4.95 & Daiso Fase Brush $2.80 -
I use both of these with my cleanser; the Daiso brush almost daily, and the Body Shop one if I need to really exfoliate my skin.


What are your winter skin essentials?

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

iHerb.com Haul Disaster: Ecotools, Bdellium, etc.

I love receiving packages in the mail, it feels like Christmas to open it up and swim in the goodies you bought. But, I couldn't really open this one up, since it was already open to begin with. Let me explain and show you.


I could provide a rant the size of a 1000 word essay, but to keep it short, DHL did not bother to ring my doorbell, or knock, hence I had to pick up my package the next day at the post office, and this is what I saw. Obviously, my package did not receive careful handling at all, it was torn, ripped and thrown around. Neither was it packaged well as one of the contents were bigger in length than the actual box itself. So the service of iherb and DHL were clearly poor.
This mistreatment took great effect to the contents inside, packaging of the products were torn, had dints and the Mint Julep Masque's cap was completely smashed, causing the product to leak in the plastic bag (that had holes in it, which could have made the mask leak on everything else!)
Safe to say, I was bloody fuming, so I made complaint emails to both companies. I am waiting for their replies. I will update this post when this issue is resolved.
I have made numerous orders on iherb before and have never had a problem like this. The order I made is significantly larger to other orders I have made in the past, so packaging is different and should have been put in a larger box. Also, I have always chosen the cheapest method of shipping for previous orders (Global Priority Mail by DHL), but this time I paid a bit more and chose DHL Express to receive my order quicker. Safe to say, I will stick to the cheapest method and wait a little longer.
Anyway, rant over, now over to the haul.

- UPDATE -
So I finally got a reply back from iherb.com, they are going to send me a full replacement with shipping with no charge. DHL said it was iherb's responsibility to give me compensation for the delivery, shipping is through iherb's account in which they have with DHL. I'll update this again when I receive the replacement.

Oh, I should mention, I did say before I was on a spending ban, however, these were on my 'need' list for quite a while since I wanted to get a separate set of brushes for my makeup course I start next week (so excited!) and some new skincare (ban applies only to makeup). I'm going really well on my spending ban, haven't bought makeup since my last haul, I've noticed that I have more money in the wallet which is great!


Here is what I got:

- Bdellium Tools Studio Line 12 Piece Eye Brush Set with Pouch - $47.60US



- Ecotools 6 Piece Day to Night Brush Set with Clutch - $14.16US
http://www.iherb.com/EcoTools-Six-Piece-Day-to-Night-Brush-Clutch-Set-6-Pieces/46978




- Queen Helene The Original Mint Julep Masque - $3.84US


- Aura Cacia Organic Restoring RoseHip Oil (30mL) - $9.34US
http://www.iherb.com/Aura-Cacia-Organic-Rosehip-Oil-Restoring-1-fl-oz-30-ml/38543



There was an extra 5% discount on all orders over $60 and I had rewards of 18 cents. I chose the DHL express shipping method which was $10. All together it cost me $90.89 US, or $99.37 AUS (dat exchange rate D:)

My order shipped on the 5th of July and received on the 9th of July (picked up the next day at the post office), average time on the website stated 2-4 days. I think mine was a bit slower since it was over the weekend.

You can use my discount code on iherb.com to receive up to $10 off your first order, enter in when checking out: FUF619.

Let me know if you would like to see any reviews on these items :)

Have a good day! :)