Pharmacy Haul - Apivita, Korres, Frezyderm & Avene.

Καλημέρα everybody! Πριν λίγες μέρες έκανα μια αγορά σ’ ένα ηλεκτρονικό φαρμακείο γιατί είχα ανάγκη από κάποια καινούργια skincare προϊόντα μιας και τους τελευταίους μήνες αντιμετωπίζω κάποια προβλήματα με το δέρμα μου που σχετίζονται με λιπαρότητα και σπυράκια. Και μιας που δεν έχω κάνει ένα haul post εδώ και αρκετό καιρό σκέφτηκα ότι τώρα είναι μια ωραία ευκαιρία να σας δείξω τι ακριβώς πήρα.

Sephora Haul.

Πρόσφατα έκανα μια επίσκεψη στα Sephora, είχαν αρκετά καλές εκπτώσεις και έτσι πήρα κάποια πραγματάκια που ήθελα εδώ και καιρό να δοκιμάσω, και κάποια άλλα που είναι staples εδώ και χρόνια και τα αγαπώ πολύ. Τι λέτε, να δούμε τι πήρα? 

Collective Haul - Sephora, Feelunique, Allbeauty.com

Γεια σαααας! Όπως θα έχετε ήδη καταλάβει έχουν συμβεί κάποιες σημαντικές αλλαγές στο blog! Ήθελα εδώ και πολύ καιρό να κάνω κάποιες αλλαγές στο blog, πρώτον ήταν να αλλάξω το template το οποίο θεωρούσα πια βαρετό, και νομίζω πως μετά από 3 χρόνια με το ίδιο ήταν πια καιρός για μια ανανέωση. Δεύτερον, και όπως θα καταλάβατε και από την αρχή, είναι ότι πια από εδώ και πέρα θα γράφω στα ελληνικά. Τώρα θα με ρωτήσετε, μα γιατί? Ο λόγος ήταν πως ήθελα να αλλάξω κατά πολύ το blog, και τα ελληνικά μου φάνηκαν μια αρκετά δραστική αλλαγή. Επιπλέον οι πιο πολλοί αναγνώστες μου είναι από Ελλάδα, όποτε το θεώρησα πια άσκοπο να γραφώ στα Αγγλικά, επίσης με αυτόν το τρόπο θα μου είναι πιο εύκολο να εκφράζομαι και να επικοινωνώ μαζί σας. Ελπίζω να αρέσουν και σε εσάς όλες αυτές οι αλλαγές, και ελπίζω με τον καιρό να τις συνηθίσω και εγώ!

Collective Haul - Essence, Bourjois, Bioderma, Korres, Loreal.

Hello my lovelies, how are you doing? I hope you're all having a wondeful weekend! I thought that this week it was about time to write a haul post about all the goodies that I got from the drugstore and the pharmacy these past few weeks. The majority of these products are from Essence, every now and then  I love a good haul from Essence, they're super affordable and amazing! Let's see what I got!

Collective Haul (The Body Shop, A-Derma, Vichy, Korres)

It's time for a haul post! As you can see I've got a lot of new skincare products to try out, because recently I run out of moisturizers and make up removers. I hauled a few stuff from The Body Shop, mostly because of their sales, and some other from french pharmacy brands. So let's see what I got.

Collective Haul - Iherb, Avene, Clinique, Seventeen, Radiant, Apivita.

Hello my lovelies, I'm back with a haul post this time, I think it's been more than a month since my last haul post. Last week I received all the goodies that I ordered from iherb, I've also bought a few bits and bobs mainly from the drugstore so I thought of doing a collective haul with all of them together. 

 Let's see what I got!

 Hugo Naturals Vanilla & Sweet Orange Body Lotion and Soap

 I remember seeing in one of Lucy's video the shower gel from this line, and see said that it smelled like an orange cake, so I was really curious to try it but I went for the soap instead and a mini body lotion. I haven't try the soap yet but from the lotion's scent I'm not so sure if I like it or not, I was expecting more of an intense vanilla-orange scent but it has a very faint orange scent.

Dessert Essence Lemon Tea Tree Shampoo

This shampoo is also one of Lucy's recommendations, and I have to say that Lucy is such an enabler when it comes to iherb, but since I'm a sucker for anything that smells lemons I had to buy it! I haven't tested it yet, I'm going to use it as a clarifying/once a week shampoo and see if I like it or not, even though I'm not exactly sure if this is 100% a clarifying shampoo.

Jason Apricot Scrubble Facila Wash & Scrub

I was in search for a facial scrub, and I was reading so many good reviews for this Apricot scrub from Jason and to be honest it didn't take me too long to include it in my order, I love apricot scrubs! Until now I was using the St. Ives which I really love, but unfortunately it's not available in Greece. I thought that this one would be like the one from St. Ives, a typical creamy facial scrub but no, this  foams up like a facial wash. At first I was dissapointed because I never liked scrubs that is a mix of a cleansing gel and a scrub, they never exfoliated my skin as much as the creamy ones do. But this one is something different, it lathers but in a creamy way and that's what makes it special, it still feels and does the job of the St. Ives but it also cleanses my face without drying it out. Genious product for lazy mornings!

Alba Botanica Hawaiian Oil Free Moisturizer

I wasn't planning on getting this one but last month I noticed that my skin was breaking out for no particular reason, even on the days I wasn't using any make up at all and just my Frezyderm 24H moisturizer so I thought maybe my skin just can't tolerate that moisturizer anymore so I decided to try this one. I've been using it for a week now and I have to say that it's really good, it's still too early to tell that it won't break me out but overall I really like it. It's for the days that my skin is not oily neither normal or dry, it's perfect for combination skin because I can see that it can be a bit greasy for the oily gals and a bit too dry for the ones with drier skin. 

Avene Cleanance Cleansing Gel

I run out of my HG cleansing gel so I had to get a new one and this time I found it in a special 300ml size with the same prize as the smaller one! I've talked about it so many times, perfect for combination/oily acne prone skintypes, I've been using it for many many years and I'm not gonna stop using it.

Clinique Clarifying Lotion #2

An essential product that I had to repurchase because I run out.  It's my HG from all the Clinique's Clarifying Lotions, because it suits my sensitive/combinations skin the most. I'm using it mostly on my bad skin days, whenever I'm having breakouts and things like that, because it really helps! 

Apivita Propolis Face Mask

Best face mask for acne prone skins in the world! OK I know I'm a little too excited with this mask but this is the only one that actually works on my problematic skin. Whenever I'm having a break out, I'm using this one and on the next day my pimples has started to dry up.The best think about this mask is that it never dried up my skin like most of the face masks that are targeted for blemished skins do, it only dries up the pimples and that's genious because not everyone that is having break outs has oily skin. The only bad thing about this mask is that it really stinks, and I mean it! 

Radiant Magna Lash Mascara

This is one of the most popular mascaras in Greece, everyone keeps raving about how dramatic it makes their lashes look. I've been using it for a week now and maybe that's just my first impression but I'm still not 100% convinced with this mascara. I mean yeah it does make my lashes look a bit dramatic, and that's propably because of the ridiculously huge brush it has and the amount of product it leaves on my lashes, but nothing too special. I'm not blessed with thick or very long lashes and maybe that's the problem, it propably works so well on girls that already have thicker or longer lashes than mine, but for me it does nothing more than any other mascara managed to do in the past. Maybe my expectations were too high with this mascara......I don't know.

Seventeen Natural Matte Silky Blushes #11 Natural Rose

This past year I've been obsessed with Seventeen's matte blushes because of their great pigmentation and their buttery soft texture, I really wish I could buy them all! This time I chose a shade that I'd be able to use it with any make up look, something that goes with everything and I think I made a good choice with this shade. Natural Rose is exactly what the name says, a natural pinky-muted rose shade, quite similar to Mac's Blushbaby which I also love, only lighter and a bit more pink. If you haven't try them yet, what are you waiting for? Just go and buy one!

 

Now if you've never ordered from iherb before, it's an amazing site that you can find any organic beauty brand you want, like Physician's Formula, Ecotools and the famous Real Techniques brushes which I absolutely love! Also any organic food you like from teas to protein bars, pretty much any organic brand you want, you can it find it in this site!  

 Now I have a special code that you can use and you will receive 10$ off your first order of $40 or more, or $5 off if your order is less than 40$, the code is TDZ975.


I hope that you enjoyed my really long haul post! Let me know if you've tried any of these products.

Drugstore Make Up Haul - Catrice, Essence, Bourjois and L'oreal.

 Fall season is here and I'm back doing haul posts again, actually I haven't done a haul post in a while, I think my last one was in July. I've bought a few drugstore goodies last week, some of them are from Catrice and it's the first time I'm trying anything from this brand, so I wanted to share them with you. I always love a good drugstore haul post, don't you? Let's see what I got!

Catrice Prime and Fine Pore Refining Anti-Shine Base

If you're reading my blog for a long time you'd propably already know that I rarely use face primers, and that's because they never do anything for the longevity of my face makeup neither they do anything for my oily areas, but this one was  really cheap and it's a Catrice best seller so I said why not? So far I've only used it once so I don't have a full opinion on it yet, but there's one thing that I'm sure of, this one isn't a pore filling primer, it doesn't have that silicone feeling, which to be honest I prefer! I'll have to put it to the test a few more times to see if it helps at all with my oiliness.

Catice Multi Colour Blush in080 Peach Frappucino

I never buy multi colored blushes, but I was really curious to see how all these colors would combine into one blush shade, peach and muted pinks-such an intresting combination. When I swatched it on my hand it looked like a warm pink, but on my face it transforms into a warm peach shade with just a hint of pink, for me this is the perfect fall peach shade.

Catrice Absolut Eye Colour in 630 Fancy A Coppa Tea?

From all the eyeshadows they had in the Catrice display this was the only color that caught my eye, and it has such a catchy name, don't you think? It's a shimmery gold-champagne shade, on my hand it looks more gold than it looks on my lids and that's because my lids have a natural brown tint so it transforms to a beautiful -all over the lids- champagne shade.

Here are swatches of both, blush and eyeshadow:

Bourjois Volume 1 Seconde Waterproof Mascara

I've been looking for this mascara for over a month now but the waterproof version was always sold out, I finally found one and I grabbed it right away! I haven't tried it yet, but I've read amazing reviews for both the waterproof and the non-waterproof version. I got the waterproof one because I'm sure it will hold a curl for hours, I only hope it won't be a completely nightmare to remove it.

Essence I Love Extreme Crazy Volume Mascara

After trying the Essence Get Big Lashes Waterproof Mascara which I completely love, I was curious on trying more mascaras from Essence, and this one is one of their best selling mascaras. I've tried it a couple of times, I'm not a huge fan of the really huge plastic brush it has, because the first time I used it I poked my eye with it and it really hurt for a whole day. But I really like the results it gives to my lashes, it doesn't give much of a volume but it makes them super long and curled.

Essence I Love Stage Eyeshadow Base

I've been using the Too Faced Shadow Insurance Primer for years and years and before that the Urban Decay Primer Potion, so I don't have much of experience with drugstore eyeshadow primers but this one is very popular and I really liked the fact that is tinted that's why I bought it. I've been using it for quite a while now and it's not comparable to the high end eyeshadow primers, it doesn't hold my eyeshadows for more than 3 hours, but I do like the fact that it's tinted because it neutralizes the brown tint on my lids, I may try and use it on top of my Too Faced one just for the tint!

L'oreal Collection Exclusive By Leticia Color Riche Nail Polish

L'oreal released an exclusive collection with lipsticks and nail polishes in various shades of red, I'm a huge "red nail polish" lover especially when it's a fall season, and this one is the perfect dark "vampy" red shade! It's a combination between dark red and plum, isn't this just perfect? 

I really wanna buy more shades from this collection!

Essence Studio Nails XXL Nail Thickener

I was looking for a ridge filler for my nails, and  when I saw the name "XXL nail thickener" I thought that this base might do the same job, and in a way it does but the consistency of the product is different. It has a sheer off-white shade but it's very glossy and thick, like a gel nail polish. I really like this gel consistency for my toes, it creates a really good and thick base.

Essence Studio Nails pro White Rose

I'm still not sure if this is a base coat or an actual sheer nail polish, nevertheless it's amazing on its own and on top of the XXL Nail Thickener, it has a a very sheer pink tint that makes my nails look more fresh and polished. It's the best solution when I'm super lazy to do a full manicure, I just use this and I'm done!

So that's all the drugstore goodies I bought last week, I know they're not all new or seasonal products but they're new to me and I would love to know if you've tried any of these, and if you like them or not.

Mac Haul.

 Hello my lovelies! I hope you're all having a great summer so far. As I mentioned in my previous haul post, I would do one more haul post in July because it was my birthday month and I bought a few make up goodies from Mac that I wanted to share with you guys!

  I'll start off with the two things that I didn's actually buy but I got them with the Back 2 Mac program, if you're not familiar with the B2M program it's very simple, you can return 6 empty Mac containers to a Mac store and you can get a free eyeshadow, well in Greece you can only exchange them for an eyeshadow but I'm pretty sure in other countries you can also exchange them for a lipstick. I had 12 empties so I got 2 eyeshadows, I got Amber Lights (the left one) and Woodwinked (the right one). Amber Lights is a shimmery bronzed gold shade and Woodwinked is more of a frost light bronze.

I was in need of a true matte peachy blush, 6 years ago I used to have Mac Peaches but when I hit pan I never repurchased it. I was searching for a cheaper dupe but since I couldn't find one I decided to repurchase it. It's a very beautiful orangey-peachy shade, completely matte that goes with every make up look. If you have warm skintone you should definitely get it!

Speaking of peachy shades, when I went into the Mac store I was determined to get a coral lipstick, and I was sure I was going to get Costa Chic but I when I saw Flamingo I completely changed my mind! Not that I don't want Costa Chic as well but Flamingo is a unique coral shade that I haven't try before. It's almost a neon coral pink with no shimmers, and it looks amazing if you have a tan.

Last but not least I got a new concealer/highlighter because I run out of my Sephora Smoothing and Brightening Concealer, I got the Mac Prep and Prime Highlighter in Bright Forecast which is almost identical, the only difference is that the Sephora one is a bit more peachy, the Mac one is not as salmon toned but it's more brightening for sure! I love using that type of pen/concealer/highlighters for my undereye circles, I know they're not supposed to be used alone but I think they work just fine on their own. I have really dark circles, I don't find that they cover as much as other, more high coverage concealers, but somehow they manage to cover and bighten the darkness just fine. If you have dark under eye circles, especially brown ones, you should try one of these pens, you'd be surprised!

Here are some pictures with swatches of all the things that I got:

Amber Lights left, Woodwinked right

L-R: Bright Forecast, Flamingo, Peaches

I don't usually go to Mac, not as much I used to when I was younger, but this summer as you can see I did a small damage, some of them were essentials and some others were not , but hey it was my birthday, I was allowed to splurge a bit! Tell me have you tried any of these products? I want to know!

Collective Summer Haul (The Body Shop, Mac, Sephora)

Hello everybody! I hope you're having a great summer so far, here it's extremely hot and I can barely function! Anyway, I've done some hauling lately for the summer, not much though. Unfortunately this is going to be a small haul post but I'm propably going to get a few more stuff within the next few weeks so you should expect one more summer haul post in the near future!

From The Body Shop I got a much-needed Shea Body Butter because I run out of my previous one and also because it was on sale, there's no need to say more! In my opinion this is the best body butter from The Body Shop, it has a very warm/natural scent that it's not overpowering, perfect for any season! I also needed a new gel cleanser, I was using the Avene Cleansing Foam but I'm almost out and I prefer using gel cleansers when it's summer. I used to love the Seaweed Day Mattifying Day Cream, you can see my review here, so I wanted to try the Seaweed Deep Cleansing Facial Wash too. So far I think it's a very good gel cleanser, it never dried out my skin, but I'm not 100% convieced that this one worth the money,  it costs 11 euros for only 100 ml of product which in my opinion is a lot. Last from the Body Shop I got the brand new Vitamin E Aqua Boost Sorbet moisturizer, the idea of a face sorbet really impressed me. It's oil free and it leaves a matt finish which is not usual for a product from the Body Shop's Vitamin E line, but it doesn't do anything more than that. It doesn't hydrate my skin at all and it doesn't leave a refreshing/cooling effect on my face which is a shame because that's why I bought it in the first place. I also have to mention that it has a very strong floral scent, it took me more than a week to get used to it! The first week it caused me headaches and made me nauseous, I've never had this problem with any other moisturizer that I've used in my life.

I visited Mac to get a new Blot Powder because I hit pan on my previous one and but also it was very old and I had to replace it. It's the only powder that keeps my oilness away, I've tried many powders that failed to do that, even the famous Rimmel Stay Matte was a huge disappointment. I also got the Charged Water Skin Hydrating Mist, which is a product that I wanted to try for a really long time but I always hessitate to buy, I thought that it would do the exact same job as the Avene Eau Thermale Water Spray, but they're not similar. They're both refreshing waters/facial mists but the Avene one is just plain water, as the Charged Water actually hydrates the skin, after I spray it on my face I can feel it being a bit sticky for a few minutes. I love using it mostly as a toner right after I've cleansed my face and right before I use my moisturizer. I don't know if it worths the money, propably not because it's overpriced, but I love using it, it's like an extra-luxurious step in my skincare routine.

Last but not least, I got this new limited edition Sephora Sol De Rio bronzing powder, which is literally humongous! We're talking about 20g of bronzing powder, and let's be honest, I'm never going to finish this up, at least in this lifetime! Colorwise and texture wise it's one of the best bronzers I've ever tried, it's unbelievably smooth, like a cream, also very blendable. It's completely matte and it has a true brown shade which works very well with my NC25 skintone but if you're darker than a NC30 I don't think this one will show up on your face. Here's a swatch:

 Well that's everything that I bought, I know it's not a lot but I hope you enjoyed it anyway! I'm pretty sure that there will be another one soon, since my birthday is next week and I'm planning to get a few more goodies! I'm wishing everyone a relaxing and sun soaked weekend!

Big Collective Haul (The Body Shop, Avene, La Roche Posay, Redken, Sexy Hair etc.)

 I haven't done a haul post in..... I don't know, maybe two months? Which is a long time for me! But all this time I've done a few mini hauls, mostly online for some new skincare and haircare goodies so I've been waiting to collect all them so I can include them in one big haul post. 

So let's start!

I really wanted to start using salon hair products so I needed to do some online shopping to find a few good ones. I'll star first twith the stuff that I got from Beautybay, I got a new curl enhancer because summertime it's almost here and I always let my hair dry naturally at summer,  for me that means curly hair. For those who have naturally curly hair can understand how undefined and frizzy natural curls can be so I always use a curl enhancer. For almost two years I've been using the Sunsilk curling leave-in cream (the green bottle) but now I wanted to try something else so I chose the Curly Sexy Hair Curling Cream, I've been using it for almost two months and I love it! If I don't use a lot of this product it creates beautiful and super soft loose curls and I prefer these over the tighter ones. I'm in a very "curly hair" mood lately, I'm planning to try more products for curly hair this summer! Also from Beautybay I got the Macadamia Oil No Tangle Brush, which I fell in love with. At first I wasn't completely sure if I was going to like it or not because I've never tried a brush like that, but I did like it and now I use it all the time. It does wonders right before I shampoo my hair because my hair's curly and it always gets tangled so that makes it difficult for me to run my fingers through my hair when I wash it, I have to say that this brush has helped a lot with that problem.

I was in search for a good conditioner that would leave my hair extremely soft, I read so many good reviews about the Redken All Soft Conditioner so I decided to get that one from Lookfantastic. But to be honest I'm not that impressed with it, I don't know why because it seems that everyone loves it, but all of the times that I've used it it never left my hair soft or smooth, the drugstore ones that I've been using all these years are way better than this one. If any of you have tried this conditioner, please let me know if you like it or not, I'm curious to know.

Recently from Feelunique I got this leave-in conditioner, the Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Tri-Wheat Leave In Conditioner Spray , wow that is a huge name for a leave-in spray. Also I've read the best reviews about this one, I haven't tried it for more than three times and so far I'm still not sure if I like it or not. It does miracles controlling the frizziness but after my hair's dry it doesn't feel soft or anything like that, it feels kind of rough and I don't know if that's happening because of the protein it contains. But I will continue using it to see if I like it or not.

From various greek pharmacies online shops, the pharm24.gr and the ofarmakopoiosmou.gr I got a few skincare stuff. I was looking for a new cleanser to try because my previous one, the Apivita Foam Cleanser with Lavender and Olive was a bit too heavy for my oily skin right now so I decided to get the Avene Cleansing Foam which is for combination to oily skintypes. I've been using it for almost 2 months and I really like it, it cleanses well without making my skin feel tight afterwards but I'm not so sure if I'll repurchase it or not because I'm not so into the foaming cleansers, I prefer the gel ones especially at summer. Nevertheless it's a really good cleanser for combination skitypes. I also got the matching moisturizer, the Avene Mattifying Fluid which I don't like that much. It clogs my pores and I've noticed a few pimples around my chin area. I will continue using it but I had higher expectations for this one. Two more skincare products that I got is a new bottle of my beloved La Roche Posay Physiological Micellar Solution, and this time I got the small bottle because it's more travel friendly for the summertime. Last for skincare I got a double packet of the Apivita Face Mask with Propolis for the bad skin days when I'm having break outs and stuff. 

When I found out that Body Shop re-released the Viveyard Peach line I had to run and get a few stuff, because the last time they released this line I didn't get anything and I still regret it. I got the body lotion and the body mist and OMG these two smell like heaven, it's like I'm smelling a ripe peach, if you've never smelled anything from this line, you have to!

Last but not least I got two products from the drugstore, my absolute HG concealer the Seventeen Ideal Cover Liquid Concealer, I finished my last tube of this a few months ago and no matter how many concealers I own I need to have this particular one in my collection! I also got a nail polish, the Erre Due Last Minute in #398 Peter Pan, which is a beautiful sky blue color. I generally don't like blue nail polishes, I don't think they compliment my skintone but that shade of blue is one my favorites and so I searched a lot at the drugstore to find one and that's the only one I could find. I love Erre Due's nail polishes, they have a huge selection of colors.



So that's everything that I hauled the past two months. Let me know if you've tried any of these products, I wanna know your opinions about them.

Collective iHerb and Pharmacy Haul (Apivita, Bourjois, Real Techniques, Frezyderm, Elancyl, etc.)

If you follow me on Instagram you propably already know that a few weeks ago I placed two orders, one from iHerb and one from an online pharmacy, the Pharmnet, so I think it was about time to do a detailed haul post showing you exactly what I got.

Bourjois Happy Light Foundation

I'll start off with something that I got about a month ago and I absolutely love, the Bourjois Happy Light foundation. A couple of months ago I tried a sample of this foundation and I knew I had to get it in full size, the formulation of this foundation is something else! It doesn't have the texture of a regular foundation or any foundation that I've tried so far, it's extremely thin and fluidy, it provides a light to medium coverage and the best part is that even though it leaves a matte finish it's not that flat matte that most oil free foundations leave, but more of a glowy matte if that makes any sense. It may sounds really similar to Mac's Face & Body but it's not, Mac's F&B was extremely sticky on my face and it was really hard to blend , also the coverage was close to zero. Happy Light's texture is very similar to Garnier's BB cream for oily skins, I actually compared them both on my face and I find them extremely similar, they also provide the same coverage but the Garnier BB is more matte, it doesn't have the glow that Happy Light has. My only problem is that the shade 52 which I always buy at Bourjois foundations, the Happy Light in 52 is way too dark for me that's why I got the 51. I can still a small difference between my face and neck, especially the first half an hour of wearing it but after that it's like it melts with my skintone and I can't see any difference, which I find too weird.

 

Apivita Light Texture Face Cream SPF30 with Sea Lavender & Propolis

The quest for a face sunscreen that doesn't break me out has officially begun for me! Generally I have a really bad luck with face sunscreens, 99% of what I try always end up breaking me out, and I've tried so many brands, Avene, Vichy, LRP, Clinique, Korres, Shiseido, Roc, and many many more but in the end they all broke me out, and the ones that didn't, which are very few, they were extremely oily for my skintype. But there's one brand that so far I hadn't try and that's Apivita, so I decided to get the Light Texture Face Cream SPF30 with Sea Lavender & Propolis, which also came with a Face Mask with Sea Lavender as a gift, which is a huge bonus! I've tried it four times and so far I like it, I haven't noticed any break outs yet ,but it's be too early to tell. It doesn't leave the skin super matte, even though it says it's for oily skintypes, but it's not heavy at all. One time it did get shiny on my skin but that happened because I put way too much product on my face, and after I blotted my face with a blotting paper it didn't get shiny again even after many hours of wearing it.

 Elancyl Cellu Slim Night 

I don't know how many of you have tried anti-cellulite creams, but I have and that's because I do have a cellulite problem and to be honest I hate it, so once in a while I try a new one, and that time just happens to be only a few months before summer, (you get me right?). I do not expect any miracles from creams like these, but if the cream is good I do notice a difference at the texture of my skin, it's smoother and I like it. So far I've tried a few drugstore ones, which did absolutely nothing, and from french pharmacy brands I've only tried the Vichy one which I used to like until they changed the formula a few years ago. I've heard really good things about Elancyl, which is a very famous brand when it comes to slimming creams, so I got their newest one which is the Cellu Slim Night with Cecropia extract, Caffeine and booster GP4G, and it's an intensive night slimming care. I haven't tried it yet so I don't have an opinion about it, I only hope it works.

Frezyderm Moisturizing 24H Hydrating Cream

The last thing that I got is my HG moisturizer the Frezyderm Moisturizing 24H Hydrating Cream, because I just run out of the one that I had and I seriously cannot live without it! This is the third time that I've repurchased this moisturizer within 7-8 months, and for me that's a record, I don't think I've ever repurchased three times the same moisturizer in the past. If you want to know more about this moisturizer and why I absolutely love it, you can read my full review here.

Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge and Blush Brush

I always enjoy an iHerb haul, especially when it comes to make up brushes! I really wanted to get a second Blush Brush because the one that I had till now I've only used it for bronzer and I wanted a second one to use it for blushes, that's how much I love this brush! Also it was a great oppurtunity to try the Miracle Complexion Sponge, I've never tried the original Beautyblender because to be honest I would never spend 20 euros for a make up sponge that I would have to throw away after a couple of months but I read really good reviews about the Real Techniques one and it only costed me 5 euros so I said why not? Plus I really love sponges to apply my concealer, I always use some cheap disponsable ones, I hope this miracle complexion one will do an amazing job!

Cococare Jojoba Oil

Jojoba Oil is something that I've never tried before, and I read really good reviews about it. I got it mostly for my undereye area because sometimes it's super dry and an eye cream isn't moisturing enough for me, that's why I went for the Cococare Jojoba Oil, because even though it's a small bottle I think it will last me for ages as you only need a tiny amount of this for both eyes. I haven't tried it yet because I don't have a problem with dryness on my undereye area this period, but I hope I'll like it.

Thayers Unscented Witch Hazel with Aloe Vera Formula

A witch hazel is also a product that I've never tried before and I really wanted to, and because I wasn't the only one, my brother also wanted to try it so I got the most plain one that I could find, the Unscented Witch Hazel with Aloe Vera Formula. So far I've only tried it once, and I'm not so sure if I like it or not, it leaves a tight feeling on my face, maybe I will like it more at the summer when I'm super oily.

So that's everything that I got, I hope you liked it. Let me know if you've tried any of these products, I want to know your opinions about them! 

Oh and if you've never ordered from iHerb before, you can use the code TDZ975, and you will receive $10 off your first order of $40 or more, or $5 off if your order is less than $40.

Small Collective Haul (The Body Shop, Maybelline, Bourjois)

I haven't done a haul post in a really long time, well it's a long time for me anyway, because I haven't really hauled anything the past month except a few things that I'm gonna mention in this post, so unfortunately this is going to be a small one. Anyway let's start.

 First of all I got a few things from The Body Shop, because they had a 20% off, so I decided to try a few products from their Aloe skincare line, which I wanted to try for really a long time. I got the Aloe Soothing Day Cream, which is a very good hydrating day cream. I've been testing it out for about a week now, and I have to say that it's a little too hydrating for me, because my face do get shiny right after I apply it. I really like it as a night cream or when I don't have to use make up that day, because it can be heavy underneath foundation. In my opinion it's a great day cream for those who have more of a normal to combination skintype, otherwise it can be a great night cream.

I also got the Aloe Calming Toner, I've used it only a couple of times but I'm really impressed, it's very cooling and soothing on my skin, and it's also hydrating, so whenever I don't feel like using a moisturizer I can just use this one. I'm not a toner person, for many years I've been purchasing only one toner, the Clinque Clarifying Lotion #2, but I don't use it all over my face, I use it only as a treatment on pimples whenever I break out, because it's very strong and contains alcohol. It's nice that I've found a toner that gives a cooling sensation on my face without drying it out. 

 One more thing that I got from The Body Shop was a Born Lippy in Raspberry, I don't know what possesed me in purchasing it, maybe I felt really nostalgic because it used to be my HG lip balm when I was a teenager many years ago. It's a gel type of lip balm which is very glossy on the lips, it's not the most hydrating lip balm I've ever tried but I really like it and I think I will use it a lot in the summertime because the taste and texture screams summer to me.

From the drugstore I got a BB cream which is very strange for me because I never use BB creams. I got the Maybelline Dream Pure BB Cream for oily skin, which also contains 2% Salicylic Acid. I'm not an expert in BB creams so I went for a drugstore one that it's also good for oily skins, I remember that I purchased the Garnier BB cream for oily skins a long time ago, but I didn't really have the chance to try it more than a couple of times just because I didn't really like it back then, well actually I didn't like BB creams at all, so I must have thrown it away, but I really wanna retry it in the future. So back to the Maybelline one, it has a really nice texture, it's not liquidy like the Garnier one, it's more of a a creamy one, and the Light shade has pinky-beige undertones but it adapts to the skintone really well. I love how fresh it makes my skin looks, but I have one problem, it gets shiny really fast, I mean within an hour. I don't mind blotting my face, I'm used to it anyway, but it will get shiny again within half an hour and I have to repeat the blotting process again and again, so I don't really recommend it for oily skins. I will do a full review in the future if you want me to.

A few weeks ago I purchased from Asos, the Bourjois Happy Light Luminous Primer for only 10 euros, here in Greece it costs 15 euros so it was a good deal. After I received it I realised that it contains only 15 ml of product which is half the amount of what other primers contain, so in my opinion this is a very expensive drugstore/high street primer. I got the Luminous primer because I didn't read the best reviews about the matt one, and everyone keep raving about the luminous. So far I've tried it three times and I never thought that I would like it that much, I'm really impressed because even though it says luminous it doesn't make my face look shiny or oily at all even after many hours of wearing it. Don't expect it to be like a liquid highlighter because it's not, I can't see any illuminating effect on my skin, but right after I apply the foundation on top I can see a difference on how my face looks, it looks more awake and the foundation just sticks to it really good and it lasts for hours! I think that everyone should try it, especially the ones that don't wear primers , because I'm not a primer person either but this one just changed my mind.

Well that's everything that I hauled, I hope you liked it. Let me know if you've tried any of these products, or if you want to try any of them in the future. 

Collective Haul (Mac, Sedona Lace, Clinique, Benefit, Trilogy)

  Only one day before Christmas I decided to show you all the stuff that I've been hauling the past month, I know I've waited too long to do this haul post, but I bought some of them online on Black Friday and you know how it is with international shipping on holiday season, it's always late! So let's start!

 On Black Friday I ordered a few brushes from Sedona Lace because they had 50% off on all their products. At first I wanted to get only one Sigmax brush from Sigma on Black Friday with their free shipping deal, the F88 Flat Agnled Kabuki brush, but instead I decided to take advantage of the Sedona Lace deal and get the 520 brush which is identical to the Sigma F88 and buy a few more brushes too since they're cheaper. I noticed that Sedonca Lace has really good deals quite often, maybe even monthl,y so it's worth checking them out if you want brushes similar to the Sigma's Sigmax brushes.

Since I absolutely love synthetic flat kabuki brushes to apply my liquid foundations, I got two of them, an angled one, the 520 Synthetic Angled Flat Top , and a regular flat top one the 928 Synthetic Flat Top. I haven't try any of the brushes that I've got yet, but they feel much softer than the Sigma F80 brush, maybe just a little less dense but I have to try them first to be 100% sure.

I also got a small angled flat top brush to apply concealer for under my eyes, the 618 Synthetic Small Angled Flat, and I'm very excited to try this one because I use the Sigma F80  quite a few times to apply concealer under my eyes but it's a little too big for that and I prefer the angled shape since it's easier for under the eyes.And one last thing I got from Sedona Lace is an angled liner brush, the 561 Synthetic Small Angled Brush, because I use my Mac 208 a lot to apply eyeshadow as liner and since it's the only one that I own I needed a second one, and I like the fact that this one is synthetic because I have very sensitive eyes and sometimes the Mac 208 irritates my eyes. Also that day there was deal you'd get a free Liquid Eye Pen if you were one of the first 4000 orders, if I remeber correctly, and since I was one of the first ones I got one for free. This liquid eyeliner is identical to Maybelline's Master Precise Liquid Eyeliner, I haven't try it yet but the pen, the shape of it and everything is a dupe of the Maybelline one.

 A little while ago I did a small Mac purchase because I needed a few staple products, such as my beloved Lingering Eye Brow pencil. It's the perfect eye brow pencil for me, it doesn't have any red undertones which I hate, and at the same time it's not super ashy. Also I love the waxy texture, it keeps my brows in place and it's super easy to use. I also got a mini Oil Control Lotion just to try it out as a mattifying primer, I'm still not sure if I like this product or not, because it does help with the very oily parts of my face such as nose and chin but I don't really like its texture, it's very slicky. Maybe it's just because I'm not used to that type of product, maybe I will use it more in the warmer months. I also did B2M for the All That Glitters eyeshadow, and I'm conpletely in love with this eyeshadow! I still don't understand why I've never bought that shade before, it's a beautiful shimmery peachy champagne shade, I love wearing it all over my lids with a little bit of Mac's Cork in the crease and a brown liner, I've been doing this eye look a lot the past month.

My skin has been a little dry lately and for a really long time I wanted to try the Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm because I read really good reviews about it. So far I've only tried it three times, and I have mixed feelings about it. I love the buttery and soft texture, I really like how it massages and melts into the skin, I remove it with a hot flannel and it does a great job at removing all of my face make up but I don't really like the tight feeling it leaves on my face afterwards. I just use the hot flannel, I don't double cleanse afterwards so I expected to leave my skin softer than my foaming cleanser does but it's not, and that's why I'm not so sure if I like it or not, but I will keep using it and see how it goes.

Also since the eye cream I was using so far, the Frezyderm Eye Balm did absolutely nothing to moisturize my undereye area, I got a new one, the Benefit It's Potent Eye Cream. When I first used it, I wasn't so sure if it's moisturizing or not, I had to wait 2 days to actually see a difference on my undereye area! It makes the skin feel so smooth and velvet, and the concealer applies on top amazingly well, it's like the perfect eye cream to use under a concealer. Of course it's not as moisturizing as the Kiehl's Avocado Eye cream but I had my problems with the Kiehl's cream, it was way to heavy and sticky and you had to wait like half an hour in order to apply concealer on top. I think It's Potent is a great moisturizing eye cream, perfect for everyday use. I can't tell you if it does anything for brightening the under eye circles because mine are very intense and I have them since birth but maybe some of you will see a difference, personally I haven't found an eye cream that does anything for the dark undereye circles.

And lastly I got one more thing on Black Friday, the Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil from Feelunique, because I heard and read amazing reviews from youtubers and beauty bloggers. I haven't tried it yet but I'm very excited to do it, because I have a few dark spots and scars from previous break outs and Rosehip Oil is supposed to do an amazing job for those.



So that was everything that I hauled the past month, I want to know if you've tried any of them and what's you opinion about them. I want to wish to every single one of you Merry Christmas and have an amazing day tommorow with your family and friends.