Christmas Hauls (Part 1): Lush, The Face Shop, Forever 21

Been blogging lesser lately due to me trying to lead a healthy lifestyle. Been going to the gym in the morning after which, I would go about doing my everyday routine (eg. meeting friends, slacking at home etc.) and after which, sleeping early due to being tired from gym-ing and what not. So have not been sparing much time for blogging. After all, this blog is just a place for me to relieve my stress while doing what interests me! :)

As said, I have been going out quite often with friends to shop; mainly to get Christmas prezzies and also, giving myself the excuse of splurging during this festive month! :P

First and foremost, I went to the newly opened Lush outlet at Wisma Atria! Was close to hyperventilating when I first heard it was going to open an outlet in Singapore. It was to the point that I would stalk its Facebook page to get details on the actual day it was opening. However, I only went there on the third day as I HATE squeezing with dozens of people on the first day. In addition to that, they had a cocktail party theme! More reasons as to why I refused to go on the first day! haha~

On the the third day I was there, most fresh face mask and some other products were out of stock. Lucky I was not that interested in the face masks (YET) as I have a TON of others at home. Will try to finish some of them first before buying those from Lush.

Anyway, back to the main topic. Out of those that were out of stock were the extremely large bottles (500g) of SNOW FAIRY: a shower gel for both the body and hair. So basically you can use it either on your body or your hair; whichever way you like. I suppose the 500g bottles were sold out as this is only a seasonal product (only during Christmas period) which is why everybody is stocking up on it.

I myself decided to buy a 250g bottle after much researching. (It was highly raved about by LOADS of people) It was also more economical to buy the bigger bottle for $20. sth dollars instead of the 100g ones for $10. sth dollars. [If you calculate by proportions]

Here is a picture of SNOW FAIRY that I bought:

All I can say is... I HATE THIS PRODUCT FOR NUTS! I totally can't stand the smell! Its too strong. When smelling the product in the shop, it didn't smell THAT strong. It could be due to the overwhelming smell of all the products in the shop. (Will talk about that in a while) But basically, I do not like this product. The description says its supposed to smell of bubblegum. It smells a little like bubblegum but more like really sweet barley? (Not that I hate barley) But you know the smell of very sweet candy? The kind you can smell from a distance when your friend open its wrappers? That is exactly how it smells like. Its smell is too overpowering that I get a headache.

So this is a MISS for me. I would either give it to my sister if she likes it or give it to my friends!

I bought another 2 products from the shop; Ickle Baby Bot Bath Bomb & Space Girl Bath Bomb.

Here is how Ickle Baby Bot Bath Bomb looks like:

I've already used it so I just grabbed the picture from the Lush website. Basically, it just 1 blue robot which makes your bath water blue in colour. (Put it in your bath tub and it fizzles when in contact with water) It has lavender in it which makes it very good for those in need of relaxing after a long day at work. Mine broke into half when I took it out of the bag. But it works just fine broken.

Price: ~$5.70 (?)

Here is how Space Girl Bath Bomb looks like:

This on the other hand makes the water in your tub purple in colour with slight shimmers. The shimmers are really small so there is no problem cleaning your bathtub after that as it just washes down with the water.

Price: ~$6.95 (?)

So that's basically all I got from Lush but I will definitely be going there to buy more products as the price is not SUPER expensive. Its reasonably priced. However, the smell of the shop itself is very overpowering. Even though I love Lush, I feel that the overpowering smell is due to the fact that the shop is quite small, however, the products were close to overflowing in the shop making there very little space left to walk. (It isn't the case for Lush outlets in the US as they are usually very large and airy, allowing there to be ventilation)

One thing the staff at Lush could do is to put coffee beans on standby for those who have their nose blocked by the overpowering smell. This prevents people from making "wrong" purchases (like yours truly here).

On to stuff that I bought from The Face Shop. I just bought 'ONE' package from that shop. Which consists of: Raspberry Roots Sleeping Mask, Aqua Water Drop Pack & 2 face masks. (random)

I went there with the original intention to buy a nose pack that was highly raved about but kinda got 'derailed' from my original intentions. It all comes in a pack together, with both sleeping mask being 50mL each. (It will last a very long time! Trust me!) I've only tried the Raspberry sleeping mask twice, but so far.... IT WORKS WONDERS! The day after waking up, your skin will feel as smooth as silk!

It makes a good Christmas prezzie for your close "girlfriends" as it is not only good, but affordable.

Price: $15.90 (plus they gave me a mini candy cane! :P)

Last but not least, I went to Forever 21! (All on the same day!) And I bought an UMBRELLA! haha~ Not just any umbrella but one that has the FOREVER 21 logo on it! EXCITED!

When closed, it looks like this:

Gotta love the handle! Its so cute! the handle can be extended to a comfortable length. So don't worry about it being to short!

It also has a cute yellow cover where you can keep your umbrella in after which!

The thing I like about the cover is that its not like many other umbrella covers that only fit the umbrella just right only after wrapping it really tightly and nicely. This is slightly looser. Which means that even if you do not fold it properly, you would not have a problem trying to squeeze the umbrella into the cover. And best is that the cover will not slid off too! YAY!

I love the signature colour of yellow and black for this umbrella! Just gives a very sunny feeling even though its raining. It same when folded but when opened, is quite large! Able to cover 1 person perfectly!

Price: $5

That's all for today~! Will continue writing part 2 of my hauls tomorrow after I go check out the L'oreal sale at *scape tomorrow! :P Excited much! To know more details about the L'oreal sale happening, check out the following link below:
http://livinginsingaporetoday.com/19404/loreal-christmas-beauty-sale-2011/