I was out in Tacoma and stopped by the mall. I decided to hit up the stand alone Sephora since I prefer this store than the one inside JCP.  Ibought only two items but I'm still very happy about my purchase~!


I decided to pick up the L'Occitane "Dry skin essentials" 6-piece kit for USD$35, that comes in a cute pouch.

The kit includes:

• Shea Butter Ultra-Rich Body Lotion 2.5 fl. oz.
• Shea Butter Cleansing Oil 1 fl. oz.
• Shea Butter Hand Cream 0.3 fl. oz.
• Shea Butter Foot Cream 0.3 fl. oz.
• Shea Butter Light Comforting Cream 0.27 fl. oz.
• Extra-Gentle Shea Butter Milk Soap 1.7 fl. oz.

I'm taking this chance to try out L'Occitane (since I'm a complete newbie) and understand the hype.

While in store, I wandered back to the fragrance area and happened to see NEST's small, aesthetically pleasing display on the shelf.  I hadn't really heard of NEST--not that I've been keeping up with Western beauty, or even the fragrance side of things--but curiosity got the better of me. I tested a few of the scents and I was blown away at clean, crisp floral scents.

I initially thought to maybe consider the roller ball size since $68 for the full size bottle is a bit..much (I'd rather like, order some AB off of Amazon for that same $$...) but then I wasn't too sure as I was kind of pressed for time.

I happened to see a mini duo set for $15, near the checkout at the very dangerous "beauty on the fly" area--dangerous for the wallet!!! So, I ended up buying the mini duo set that includes "Dahila & Vines" and "Midnight Fleur", for $15.

Hello ♪ So, the quest for a new cleanser continues.....
やっほ♪　んで、もう新しいクレンザーを見つける続けるんだw・・・・・

I decided to just...go for it and finally try out Cosrx's Low pH Good Morning Cleanser that is pretty well known in the AB blogosphere. I ordered from JOLSE through Amazon and paid around USD$10.

Wow, time has really gone by, lately.....!! I've been settling into my new position at work now, but it means that I'm practically ready to go to bed when I get home in the afternoon. I'm doing more physical work--double the amount than before--so by the time I'm off of work, I'm beat. But as I always say, it beats going to the gym!

I recently caught a cold, the flu and another cold, so my skin suffered (and is still recovering) since then. Despite keeping my fluids up, my immune system is literally the worst right now, but I'm trying to better that.

I've also fallen in love with Zayn's debut album, Made of Mind. It's just SO!!! GOOD!!!! I'm holding out for the limited Target edition (it comes with a few bonus tracks) even though I bought a few songs on iTunes. Zayn really brought some great vibes to this album and I'm so happy for it.

Anyway, RoseRoseShop kindly sent some products for me to review (plus some unexpected samples of their recently launched brand, Neulii) and all arrived pretty fast. Thank you, RRS!

Also included were two samples~~


Yay!

The It's that time again: looking at my trash so I can throw it out!!!

Here's a lengthy post, detailing the array of sheet masks I've used over the past two weeks or so and some accompanying thoughts of each mask.

Hello all! Wow, what a long busy week!! I'm going to start and share that I did 15k steps, just during my shift yesterday. I walked faster and larger strides than usual, so I don't think that's a truly accurate count.

Also my skin is shitty right now. I usually have redness and have been able to tone it down with a gentler cleansing and actually being gentle when I cleanse; hydrating layers and paying close attention to fermented products, such as that amazing fermented tea I've mentioned it on a couple threads on the AB subreddit, but it's gotten worse, in some ways.

Basically, back around the beginning of the year, in early to mid January, a mysterious dry patch with a few bumps on the side of my mouth appeared, but it went away after I put a CosRX pimple patch or two on the area while at work.

my #nofilter naked face feat. my red cheeks!!! im using the @cosrx pimple patch @ work !!! ✨✨ im trying to reduce a nasty weird mark on the side of my mouth. its not a pimple or acne but maybe purging or weird reaction from using #hadalabo gokujun lotion again........ :((( HA is probs not working the best for me; i want to try the arbutin shirojun lotion asap!!! . . . #rasianbeauty #cosrx #skincare #abbeauty #kbeauty #koreanskincare

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