A Small Beauty Haul


Friday January 20, 2012   

Earlier this week I received an order from Yesstyle. It’s a bit telling that it has a few New Year’s Resolution hopes tied to it! Ha! Lots of firming up body gels. I recently finished my giant bottle of Nivea Skin Firming Moisturizer Q10 Plus. I wanted to try more firming gels again. The Nivea one I used to use (which worked wonders) is no longer available.

So I picked up these three from SANA-




A few other things I got include -

I still have a lot to try from Christmas too.
I’m sorta on a beauty goods binge lately but it makes me happy so I’m not going to chastise myself over it right now :) Instead I’m off to try my Hadanomy cleansing gel!

This post had a lot of butts in it :P

 

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52 Responses to “A Small Beauty Haul”

  1. Jenii says:

    XD so bootylicious!! Haaaa all your beauty goods has me doing research on my own makeup/skin care upgrading…I have much old stuff ;_;

    Hope the skin stuff works!! :)

  2. _lyne says:

    i’m using the facial water vita-C as a night time moisturizer and i really like it! the salmon brightening cream is not impressive though =x hope you will let us know after you have tried them ya ;)

    and now, i’m tempted to pick up the glass drop gel top coat too!

  3. Namie says:

    Wow~ I’m looking forward to seeing what you think about the cleansing gel. Right now I’m using the makeup remover from Naruko’s AMPM line and while I like the other Naruko products I’m currently using, the makeup remover is so drying…

    • jenny says:

      Ah I hate that about makeup removers. I used it last night seemed great but my makeup was a bit light. Gonna see how it works on serious black liner, heavy lids, and thick mascara xD

  4. Leslie says:

    Ooh I love Skin Food! They opened a new store in a local mall and they’re always super nice and give samples.

  5. Jade Love says:

    wow! Look so awesome!
    I want to try some firming lotions too.
    Hope to see reviews of these products!

  6. Jenna says:

    Awesome haul! ^^ I actually saw all of those butt firming products at the store the other day and wondered if they worked! Nivea worked? :O

    • jenny says:

      The old Nivea gel worked GREAT but got taken off the shelves for “false claims” b/c I guess some people bought it thinking they’d magically lose 20 lbs in weight. It did an amazing job at firming up skin!!! Their Q10 lotion works ok but no where near as well.

  7. lissy says:

    lovely haul, saw heaps of these in my trip to Japan :)

    • jenny says:

      Oh yes, definitely a ton of available products there! The US has like just a handful and I’ve found some aren’t so great like Fat Girl Slim. It actually made my cellulite look worse.

  8. Naomi says:

    Nice haul!
    i would love to hear a review about the esteny firiming lotions,
    i’ve wanted to try them but i’m hesitate as to if they even work or do what they say they do ( ´,_ゝ`)

    • jenny says:

      Yeah it’s frustrating when you buy stuff and don’t see results. The old Nivea gel was amazing. Their new Q10 lotion is only half as good. I’ve tried Fat Girl Slim from Bliss and it actually made my thigh look more dimpled! LOL

      I used the massage stuff from SANA last night & already noticing a firming change!

  9. Heather says:

    I have a sample of the Skin Food eye stuff but I wanted another opinion first!

    I would love to see a post on your opinion.

  10. Jessica says:

    Cute buys!! I always love the Skin Food packaging, so pretty and feminine. I wonder if the Majolica Majorca top coat is any good, because if it gives the gel nail finish, then I definitely wanna try it out too!

    • jenny says:

      Agreed on Skin Food packaging! I used the top coat today, it’s pretty!! But I’m curious to see how long it takes to chip or get dull.

  11. cin says:

    Nice butt time!

  12. Tori says:

    lol! I hope they work out for you! ♥
    I think splurging on beauty goods isn’t as ‘frivolous’ as splurging on clothes & shoes… After all, improving yourself from the inside out is worth the cost! ;)

  13. Courtney says:

    There WERE a lot of butts… haha!
    Ah, I’m starting to appreciate & love beauty products x3

  14. winnie says:

    Oh this looks like such a lovely haul! There is something I love about Japanese/Korean make up packaging. Love Skinfood! All their products smell so gooood!

  15. Mary says:

    olala~ the thing with the legs on it makes me curious xD Hopefully they all work out nice!

  16. Wen says:

    Lovely purchases! Gahh I need skinfood too

  17. Is firming gels legit? I always find it hard to believe a gel can help tight up your body, but maybe it does.. A trick I’ve learn though, is to brush your skin (where it’s most common to get cellulites) with a grooming brush (same as grooming a horse lol) a while everyday to get the blood flowing and it will tight up and prevent cellulites. But I don’t know if this work yet, we’ll see in 10 years.

    • jenny says:

      I think it’s all REALLY relative to your own body’s /condition./ Like my thighs really show a difference b/c my fat kinda collects there in the most pouch-like way but using this stuff on my stomach = no results b/c my tummy never really shows weight. To think it eliminates cellulite is too much, but it does firm your skin which can create a much smoother line which I like. on my things.

  18. mango says:

    I find that these products all take consistency of use to see effect, and it’s just easy for me to get lazy and slack 5 days out of a week haha. Speaking of Sana, (this is off topic) their extra large mascara is amazing, zero smudge and keeps the curl all day long, even makes my sparse asian lashes look like faulsies!

    • jenny says:

      AGREED AGREED. You have GOT to use them daily, twice a day for best results. I used to always slack on it but I can really be good at using this stuff for months at a time now and the results definitely show when you keep a solid routine.

  19. Natalia says:

    I have used Skinfood’s Carrot Collagen Eye Sheet several time. It’s really good~ I hope you do a review on the Esteny Hip & Leg Power Tight. I’m really interested to know how good it is ^^.

  20. Veronica says:

    Ooh hope the gels work out! Haven’t tried anything Esteny yet!

    • jenny says:

      Me neither. So far the massage gel is pretty awesome at least in aesthetics but starting to see some results, not much but only been a few days :P

  21. Sidney says:

    I have like, the most awkward big butt ever. It’s not a cute bubble-shape or anything. Just BIG. Now I want to buy ALL OF THESE in hopes that it would help. But it wouldn’t. What is the main improvement you have noticed with firming stuff? Less obvious collegen or just “tighter” skin or…???

    • jenny says:

      Tighter, firmer skin! OK I have like the most classic type of saddle-bags possible. The type that look shitty in a silk skirt or in a lot of thin tight denim jeans! They’re dimpled and bumpy and curve out then back in sharply making it super obvious that it’s chub. Even doing thigh & leg exercises don’t work b/c this is just my butt and how it looks LOL. BUT! When I use firming gels (esp the old Nivea one) it smoothes the puffy pouches out and sorta makes them more into an hourglass shaped butt/leg instead of fat pouches hanging off my arse.

      I also use this stuff on my underarms. My thighs & under arms are where I show weight gain first! Never fails. Using the gel tightens up the skin enough that there’s no like slight bulge when I have my arms to my side and no jiggling either :)

  22. Vermillion says:

    The products you got from SANA seem interesting. I can’t wait to see you tweet or blog about the results xD

  23. Lisa says:

    Lolololol! Love the butts on the packaging!

  24. M says:

    i can never remember to use all the products that i have. i have some, but still can’t rmb to use them all T_T

  25. sukipooki says:

    Hey Jenny! I just noticed we both have the skinfood salmon eye brightening cream! Have you tried yours yet? I love mines, though I don’t see any brightening affect but it sure is moisturizing and it smells like heaven!!!!

    • jenny says:

      I tried it the other night!! I actually did see my dark under eye circles half fade away for nearly 2 days! But I only had a tiny sample and it’s hard for me to buy.

  26. Shmuberry says:

    So many samsples! When I was in Korea, whenever you buy something at Etude/SkinFood/Missha/etc, they give you SO MANY samples, it’s crazy… I still have a bags full of samples that I’ve been trying out and giving to friends lol

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