My Gorgeous Pink Cheeks: Haul

Shipping From US To PH with Jinio by Xend + My US Beauty Haul

Ever since I discovered the power of using freight forwarders, I have buried myself into online shopping - as in buried real deep. I no longer join pre orders and I stopped pestering my family and friends living abroad to buy stuff for me and oh boy, it was indeed very liberating. Good for my sense of self-esteem, bad for my wallet.

However, after having my package on hold by Customs for almost two weeks because of lack of documentation provided by the previous freight forwarder - MyMallBox (read my post HERE), I was on a hunt for a new shipping company.

So when I saw that my bank was offering a 15% off discount on shipping fee on Jinio, which is operated by Xend, it felt like an illuminating discovery. I have been using Xend to ship out my items for years and I never had a bad experience with them so I thought Jinio was worth checking out. Weeks after, I got my package already and a review to share.

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Shop and Ship From US to PH with myMallBox + My US Beauty HAUL (Nordstrom, Sephora, Mac & Sigma)

Been itching to purchase that newly released highlighter or eye shadow palette from

Sephora.com or similar US shopping sites but holding back because of the hefty shipping fees, or worse, these sites just don't ship to your country? I feel you. I've been there and it was such a bummer.

Tell you what, gone were the days when we just sit and lust over these brands that only ship to a US address. No need to wait for a relative from the US to come home so that we can make "pabili" because we can now get to enjoy shopping our hearts out and having our purchases delivered straight to our doors. All these thanks to the rise of freight forwarding companies that ship goods from the United States to various countries (including the Philippines).

After much deliberation (and reading Hollie's blog post), I decided to give myMallBox a go. Yesterday, my package came so I decided to write a blog post about my experience with myMallBox.

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Althea

#AltheaTurns2 Birthday Sale Haul + Win A Trip To Korea For 2

July is my birth month and so is my go-to online shop for my K-Beauty needs - Althea. Althea turned two this month and to celebrate this milestone, the fairies at Althealand laid out a bunch of freebies and giveaways for the whole month of July. Add to that, once you shop, you'd get a limited edition birthday box and diy kit which you can use to decorate your birthday box just like what I did.

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Cosmetics

My Japan Make Up and Skin Care HAUL!

I recently went to a very short trip (2 days) to Osaka and despite the very limited time I had there, I was still able to squeeze in a little bit of beauty shopping. To be honest, compared to Kbeauty, I don't have an en exquisite knowledge about Japan beauty products. I know the big brands like RMK, Shiseido, Kanebo, SK-II, and Shu Uemura to name a few but I was really overwhelmed with their drugstore brands. I just knew I wanted to buy a mascara and a brown liner because my beloved Dolly Wink pen liner is starting to dry up already. So without prior research, I started adding stuff in my shopping basket (at 2am). Scroll down to see everything that I got!

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Althea

My Korean Skin Care Haul From Althea (Missha, Son & Park, Innisfree & Laneige)

If you've been reading my posts recently, you'd already know that I'm seriously hooked into #Kbeauty (and #Kdrama). I just couldn't help it. You see, for a girl like me cursed with a direful sensitive skin, finding products that work on my skin without causing a massive break out is something that's hard to come by. But things went sweeter when I decided to dip my fingers into Korean skin care. Lets just say that my skin reacts beautifully with products from the Land of the Morning Calm. #PraiseGod

Well, it doesn't help that one of my favorite online shops to get my Korean skin care fix, - Althea, posts crazy deals all the time. And those crazy deals led to the situation below!

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Haul

Awesome Kitchen Finds At Miniso Japan

Now that I'm married (tied the knot last December), my priorities definitely changed gears. I find myself (happily) spending hours in the home section, looking for bits and bods for our new abode. I stopped buying make up brushes and instead, I'm slowly growing my kitchen utensils collection.

And don't get me started with my Youtube playlist. Instead of binge watching beauty gurus, I'm currently subscribed to various cooking channels with the hope of stumbling into a rave-worthy recipe every now and then.

Now don't get me wrong. I ain't complaining. I'm really happy. I'm blessed to have the most wonderful husband in the entire universe.

It's just that I remember being ecstatic every time I catch a glimpse of a new make up store. Now, I see a shop that carries home-related stuff and next thing you know, I'm already inside that store with a basket at the crook of my arm. This is precisely what happened when I saw the Miniso shop at Glorietta days ago.

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Althea

My Althea Korean Beauty Haul + Contest Details!

Despite the fact that I just recently been to Seoul, Korea last month, I was still not able to haul as much Korean skin care and make up items as I thought I would. I just bought my holy grail BB cream which is the Dr. Jart+ Black Label BB Cream and that was it.

The reason being is that I was overwhelmed with so much Korean skin care brands (especially in Myeondong) that I did not know what to get. Add to that, I was just in Seoul for two days and I had very limited time to shop. Good thing, I can still get authentic Korean products online (at a very reasonable price point) and have them delivered right at my doorstep (free shipping) through Althea.

So after watching a couple of Korean Youtubers, I made a list of Korean beauty products that I would like to try and ordered them through Althea. I placed my order last July 20 and I received my package straight from Korea today. Yey!

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Another Sephora Philippines Haul!

Ever since I discovered Shopback, I went a little bit nuts with online shopping. If you are not yet familiar with this program, Shopback is a nice way to earn back a portion of what you've spent through rebates which you can cash out to your paypal or bank account. It caters to a lot of online shops like Zalora, Lazada, Sephora.ph, Agoda, etc.

On that note, I placed my second Sephora.ph order and just like my first haul (posted here), everything went smoothly. I got my package 4 days after placing my order and all the items that I got were packed nicely.

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My Sephora Philippines Haul!

I finally hit the bullet and placed my very first online order at Sephora Philippines last May 8, 2016. Sephora had a 15% off sale that time so I took advantage of the discount that they were offering and got myself a few things.

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Cosmetics

Mac HAUL!

I know that I have been on a major beauty blogging hiatus recently. Please excuse my absence because I have just been so caught up with other life-changing things (read:my wedding, updating my blog layout, etc). But now that I have finally booked almost all of my major wedding suppliers (thank God!), expect to read more blog posts from me (promise!). To kick start my home coming to the blogosphere, I have a decent collective Mac haul to share with you all.

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Cosmetics

A Small Mac Haul!

I've been on a no-make-up-buy for the longest time because really, I have more than enough in my stash. But my self-imposed make up ban ended after an innocent makeover at Mac. My MUA (Hi Kaye!) did a wonderful job that I ended up getting two of the products that she used on me. Believe me, I had to convince myself a gazillion times not to include a bunch of lip products and just get what I really need. #GoodJobBec

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Fashion

Fashion Collective HAUL: Mango, Miss Selfridge, Warehouse and Yhansy

I went out yesterday to check out two shops that I particularly adore - Zara and Topshop. Both brands are currently having their mid-season sale and I couldn't let this opportunity pass by without scanning through their racks. On that note, I went to Shangri La with a hopeful will but unfortunately, nothing in their shelves stood out to me.

So yup, no Zara and Topshop pieces for me. Booh! But don't fret because I still have a small collective haul to show to y'all (which y'all know by now based on the title of this post). Luckily, I decided to drop by at Warehouse and at Miss Selfridge. They were also on sale which makes me one happy camper. After a good 1-2hrs of non-stop fitting, I was able to go home with a decent number of amazing items. Also, I got a few more pieces from Mango awhile back which I will also show in this collective haul post.