Thursday is my favourite day of the week as it is the day iHerb refreshed their weekly special. However this time around I am not eyeing on what’s on the weekly special but rather something new caught my eye. I would also want to place a bigger iHerb haul but as usual, I really don’t have anything I want so this iHerb haul is another small one. I’m happy with it!

The Hyalogic Facial Relax Face Serum (RM104.01) caught my attention mainly because of the name “facial relax”. I was curious so I clicked on the product to read the description. Oh my gosh! This is a face serum that acts like a botox. It contain Argireline as its 2nd ingredient. Argireline is a unique hexapeptide that is known as THE ingredient to relax and smooth expression lines such as forehead, smile lines and around the eyes. It’s a product to minimize the appearance of wrinkles so to speak. But I was caught with its ability to relax and smooth lines. Results in 30 days some more . I need that for my forehead wrinkles lol. This is a new product on iHerb so it was on some discounted price.

Then ELF Cosmetics brought in so many new products and I literally wanted to bag everything! In the end I only bought one item as I suddenly remembered I have tons of stash inside my secret Sephora warehouse in my room. Bummer lol! I have been on the lookout for a mask brush. This ELF Pore Refining Brush and Mask Tool (RM21.71) fits the bill.

I looked at my cart which only contain 2 items and I needed to get more stuff to bring the shipping fee down. At this point of time I think my DHL Express shipping fee was RM20++. It’s cheap but a bit waste if I only check out with just 2 items on hand. After some intense browsing, I really don’t have anything else I want so I grabbed the EOS Shave Cream in Lavender Jasmine (RM22.01) as a backup to my Vanilla version which I bought not too long ago. It was not a Shipping Saver item but it helps in a way. I love it so I bought another one just in case.

The last item I bought is an OG. Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer (RM27.18) is the eye primer I remember hunting Etude House store for it many years ago. It was always sold out because it was that good. If you like the Urban Decay one, you will love this more. Honestly Urban Decay one sucks but THIS IS THE BOMB. Eyeshadow stays on all day, no smudging, no creasing. It is also so much affordable than Urban Decay. I thought since my Too Faced Shadow Insurance is running out, why not.

Overall I paid RM14.28 for DHL Express Shipping. Now, that is way cheaper than the RM50++ I used to pay. I will not opt for Global Mail anymore as my Pixi Beauty parcel was lost after more than 2.5 months. iHerb kindly refunded me BUT I was told it will be just a one-time off courtesy. Knowing this, I will definitely not going to opt for Global Mail anymore even though it is free because it always got lost and iHerb already mentioned that there will be no more refund from them in the future. I would rather pay for DHL Express Shipping as it is trackable and safe.

You may use my code RKZ742 to get 5% OFF your purchase. iHerb also introduced credit rebate upon purchase where you will get a certain amount of rebate back into your account (expires in 60 days)after each order placed. And many more deals and offers!

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Everytime a brand released a new highlighter, you went crazy and swear THIS IS your highlighter and IT IS THE ONLY highlighter you need. You hunt for it, you bought it and then, another brand also released a new highlighter, you find yourself repeating the same reaction or process. And another brand, and another. The story goes on. “I only need this highlighter in my life”. How often have you said that or heard your friend said that? Too often . “I only need this highlighter in my life” – NOT!

As much as I still go gaga or ooohhhs and ahhhhs over new highlighter releases, I don’t find myself wanting to purchase them. It’s getting stale. I find that everybody in the whole wide world is forever never ending releasing a new highlighter. It’s getting too repetition that I got bored and stopped buying highlighters. Let’s be honest here. Highlighter never finishes! I piled them up on my face every day and I don’t see that I’ll hit pan anytime soon. Let me show you my small little highlighter in my collection, which are my favourite and why I don’t purchase anymore highlighters.

Ultimate favourite, the one I regretted not buying a few more

I have heard Zoella talking about the Estée Lauder Pure Color Illuminating Powder Gelée Blush so many times that I regretted not getting it while I still can.

2 years ago, I went to Estée Lauder Staff Sale and I saw this! There she was, sitting beautifully on the table with no one near it. Everyone probably thinking it is too shimmery to be used as a blush but I knew this is not a blush type of blush but a darn pretty highlighter. I giggled my way to the table and grabbed one without blinking. Not even a split second. I had an urge to grabbed another one but I thought I wouldn’t use this as much as that time I wasn’t into all the contouring and highlighting routine. It was my one and only highlighter and I have used it so much so that it has a small dent to it. It’s a waste that Estée Lauder no longer make them anymore as they are the most absolute gorgeous highlighter ever. I was hoping that I will see this at the next warehouse sale but nope, these never make an appearance anymore. It was made in 2013 so Estée Lauder wouldn’t sell this at 2016 staff sale. No way I am throwing this away. There is something about a pink highlighter that goes on so beautifully on the skin. I never quite get this effect from other highlighter except from this. It’s the only highlighter that shows up on photos for me.

The one that shocked me and caught on camera

I tried this Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips All-in-1 Custom Nude Palette For Face & Eyes one day on camera and my shocking reaction was caught on point on camera.

Not only this Shimmer Strips has a cute lace box packaging, albeit a bit bulky but I like lace so yeah. It is said for the face and eyes. So far I used it as highlighter as that’s what I learnt from international Youtubers. Plus I have a separate eye palette within the range for my eyes so I don’t use this for the eyes. Some people has been using the warm bronzey bottom as their bronzer but I find it to be too shimmery. As a topper yes, not as the main bronzer alone. I like to use the top two rows, run my brush on them several times and voilá. The highlighter is so blinding that it lasts the entire day. If you have darker skin, just swirl everything together. Another thing I notice is how fine the shimmers are. There aren’t much powder kick back to it. Although I have been using this like crazy, I still don’t see a dent. How is that even possible! I am so totally recommending this if you need a good highlighter that is absolutely affordable.

Waitlisted, bought and disappointed, the one that is cheap but does nothing

I wanted to complain about the ELF Illuminating Palette so much but it is so cheap, like RM26.84 cheap that I shut my mouth lol.

I own a ELF Contour Palette and it was not too bad so when iHerb has the Blush Palette and Illuminating Palette, I bought immediately. However the Illuminating Palette was sold out within the next minute that I was put on waitlist. I immediately check out when it was back in stock.

It was a disappointing palette to be honest. It has no pigmentation AT ALL. The only shade that is more shimmery is the 1st shade on the top left. The rest is more of a matte shade with no pigmentation at all. I don’t reach out for this palette at all nowadays as this palette require plenty of time piling up. And the end result is not wow even though so

Does better than how it look

I decided to lump these two Essence Prismatic Rainbow Glow Highlighter and Wet n Wild Mega Cushion Highlight together because my thoughts on them are pretty similar.

Essence Prismatic Rainbow Glow Highlighter is an exciting purchase this year. It is so cheap and it’s pretty interesting to see a rainbow highlighter turned into a golden highlight. It is beautiful on the skin, with super fine shimmers and almost no powder kick back. The highlight is subtle but definitely there type of highlighter. As it is a golden-ish type of highlight, I can’t see clearly in my dark room and I always end up piling them. What amazed me was that, no matter how much I used, it is not blinding or looking too overly done. It is still beautifully highlighting and yet not overly done type of highlighter.

Wet n Wild Mega Cushion Highlight on another hand requires a little bit of getting used to at first when it is new. At the beginning I ended up with a patchy highlight strip on the top of my cheeks and that freak me out. Later on I found a way around; and that is to tap on the back of my hand to even out the liquid highlight before dabbing it on my cheek bone. It is so gorgeous! I was blown away everytime I whipped this out to use. The end result looks like as I was using an expensive highlighter but actually this cost just $5.99 each. I’m glad I bought 2!

The most outrageous expensive highlighter I use

Ahhhh Guerlain Coque D’Or Perfumed Shimmer Powder Body & Hair. I fell in love with this mainly for its packaging. Do I have any use for perfumed powder? Not at all

These days no one goes out with shimmery hair or skin unless you are in a photo shoot or fashion show. I missed the previous one so I told myself I have to get this. And I did. Then I ended up not knowing what to do with it. It cost me nearly RM400. I told myself it’s too expensive as vanity table decoration lol. So I ended up using it on my cheek bone as highlighter! It works but the misting has to be really precise and on point. If not and you need to spread it out with your fingers, you will find all the shimmers stick to your fingers instead of the face. It’s a waste of money I tell you lol. During my earlier highlighting days, I used to use this a lot but I can never get a precise mist. It always ended up on my cheeks rather than on my cheekbone. It also has fly away shimmers that tend to get on every other part of the face. It’s outrageous, it’s expensive and I’m using it as highlighter. Oh well

Now, confession time. Which one of you cannot stop buying highlighter? I think I have problem to stop purchasing contour or bronzing product but highlighter? I don’t need a lot. So far I have been doing pretty good.

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Right before Chinese New Year, I was casually browsing iHerb like every morning and I spotted a bunch of new ELF products listed in. Normally I like to just check out the New Products section but someone these new ELF products were not listed in the New section. Hmmpphh!

I went bananas! Everything I want was in stock except for two palettes. The Illuminating Palette and Light Blush Palette. It was written that they will be in stock at the end of January so I put the products into Notify Me list. To my surprise it went back in stock much more earlier. I quickly add everything I want into the shopping cart and voilá! I complaint about the rate increase with DHL Express. Last time the rate is RM53.33 and the rate will drop to RM35.55 if your total purchase is RM177.76 and above. Then it was RM70++ and the rate did not drop with higher purchase value. I was in luck that iHerb announced a lower shipping rate less than a week after I complaint on the high shipping fee. I paid RM58.15 for total purchase of RM174.46.

First stop. Palettes! I had the Contour Palette from last year so I bought one Illuminating Palette (RM26.84) and two Blush Palette (RM26.84) each in Light and Dark. Aren’t they a beauty?

Then, brushes. These are the brushes I have been eyeing for eons ago and they are now in iHerb. Lots of Youtubers raved about these brushes especially the Small Stipple Brush (RM13.42) and Small Tapered Brush (RM13.42). I bought two of each since shipping is so expensive now. Why not get it all one short lol. I also get the Flawless Concealer Brush (RM13.42) and that brush shocked me. It is so much bigger than I thought!

Additionally I also picked up two of my current product as I am about to run out. The Lip Exfoliator (RM13.42), which I have reviewed here and Kiss It Goodbye Lip Color Remover (RM13.42), which I have also reviewed before here.

I still like to shop at iHerb but the higher shipping rate makes me cringe. What I do is to wait for the rate to drop as iHerb seems to be dropping the rate once in a while to attract sales. According to them, their prices has also dropped. I have yet to notice that except for some cheaper Real Techniques brush set, which they later increased it back to normal price. Not sure what iHerb is doing increasing and dropping rate like that lol.

You may use my code RKZ742 to get $5 OFF first purchase ? . iHerb also introduced credit rebate upon purchase where you will get a certain amount of rebate back into your account (expires in 60 days) after each order placed. And many more deals and offers!

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Last week was the EcoTools 20% OFF weekly promotion deal on iHerb and I have to get something. Picking what I want to buy and checking out this time around is so much faster and easier. No idea why. Probably because I have not been hauling anything from iHerb for the past few months. One thing for sure is that I am itching to get something from iHerb for quite some time. I also notice that their weekly promotion for beauty brands has slowed down for quite a bit. So when I stumbled upon one, it is shopping time.

I have been eyeing on 20% OFF promotion for ELF Cosmetics, EcoTools and Real Techniques for so many months. Although it is just EcoTools, I did include some ELF stuff into my shopping cart as it is really not that expensive to wait. Why wait? JUST GET IT lol! I have been getting so many questions on what type of shipping I would go for. I talked about this so many times. I am someone who cannot wait weeks for any parcel to arrive so I would pay for DHL Express. Shipping method is a personal preference. I cannot stress this enough. It is entirely up to you. If you can wait, take the cheaper one. If you cannot wait like me, take the DHL Express. Simple.

DHL Express rate now is RM53.33. The rate will drop to RM35.55 if your total purchase is RM177.76 and above. Do not ask me why the odd numbers. Ask iHerb! They set it, not me. So naturally I have to fill my cart to more than RM178 in order to pay for a lower shipping AND faster as well. As usual, here is the parcel status. Comparing to the first time I placed my order from iherb where my parcel went half the globe (sorta) before arriving Malaysia, this time around it only went to Singapore.

Total of my purchase was RM200.68. But because some of the items are bulky, I paid RM38.83 for shipping. Not too bad. It is still below RM40. The main purchase was EcoTools. I saw that they have makeup brush shampoo and I desperately needed some as Daiso everywhere in Malaysia ran out of stock for their sponge cleanser. And my Real Techniques one are finishing soon. That one is a crap so let’s pray these EcoTools Makeup Brush Shampoo (RM35.02) are better. I bought two because there are additional 5% if you purchase two and above. Why not

I also got the EcoTools Makeup Brush Cleansing Cloth (RM30.63) as I never seen anything like that before and I was intrigued. I thought this would be good for spot cleaning. I have used it once. So far so good. Not too wet and so convenient.

Then, I included EcoTools Flat Eyeliner Brush (RM17.49) into my cart as I wanted another flat eyeliner brush to apply eyeshadow onto my bottom lashes. I go through phases with brushes and the current phase is using flat eyeliner for bottom lashes . I was thinking to get the one from H&M and it is much more expensive that EcoTools

Initially I wanted to wait for ELF Cosmetics weekly promotion but since I needed to fill my cart to more than RM178, I bought a few ELF products that I have been hearing nothing but good reviews. ELF Makeup Remover Cleansing Clothes (RM13.15) was raved by beauty Youtuber such as Jkissa and more. And they are quite cheap comparing to those I can get from local drugstore. Again, if you buy more than two you would get extra 5% OFF. So I bought two. No surprise here

I cannot recall which Youtuber talk about the ELF Contour Brush (RM13.15) and I have one from many many years ago when the brush handle are in white color back then. I love that brush so much and I have always been wanting to get more. I have too many brushes at home so I only bought one. I thought I could get more of it next time with the 20% OFF promotion. One is enough at the moment

I am so happy when iHerb carries a little bit of Yes To range. I hope they carry more. Yes To facial wipes are the most raved wipes I have ever read. I do not really remove my makeup with wipes and this is only for the lazy days or for light makeup days so I bought just one to try. The one I wanted the most is Blueberries range but they do not have it. So I bought Yes To Cucumbers Soothing Hypoallergenic Facial Wipes (RM28.97). For someone who do not use wipes to remove makeup, I sure do haul quite a lot of wipes in this haul LOL.

Now onto snacks. Once in a blue moon I like to include some snacks into my beauty haul. iHerb is also known for their snacks. I mean it. Even Shaaanxo bought this Garden of Eatin Blue Chips (RM23.53/453g) from iHerb. If Shaaanxo said it is good, it must be good. I needed to fill my cart to a certain amount and so I bought this blue chips. There are two sizes for this chips – 229g and 453g. Of course I took the big pack. What if it is REALLY GOOD and I needed more? Heck I am not paying so much shipping for chips! So big pack it is lol! I do not usually spend on junk food. This is my first time.

This one is impulsive purchase. So cute, I cannot. I have heard so much about the cheddar cheese version. I bought the Annie’s Homegrown Bunny Grahams Friends Honey, Chocolate and Chocolate Chips (RM18.32) instead as chocolate is my favourite flavour. Plus inside it comes with three flavours. Who says adult cannot have this? It is really just a bite size snacks . It is organic as well.

Black Friday 2016 Sale

iHerb had just emailed out their Black Friday promotion yesterday which will end next Wednesday that I thought you might be interested.

Current iHerb Customers
Receive a 10% discount in the shopping cart for orders over $40.00, by using promo code GREENFRIDAY. Or 15% for weekly specials on Bath & Beauty, Sports & select coconut items.

New iHerb Customers
10% off first iHerb order. You are able to combine the first time discount ($5 OFF) with promo code GREENFRIDAY and get as much as 20% off across the board.

I have tried the promo and the discount are auto-deducted in the shopping card, even without me entering the code lol. However this 10% discount code may not be combined with other online discounts such as the weekly special promotion.

You may use my code RKZ742 to get $5 OFF first purchase ? . iHerb also introduced credit rebate upon purchase where you will get a certain amount of rebate back into your account (expires in 60 days) after each order placed. And many more deals and offers!

Happy Black Friday shopping girls!

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