Showing posts with label Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman. Show all posts

Friday, 3 May 2013

iherb May 2013 haul #2

My iherb order came today, just a few bits and pieces, products get more exciting as you get further through the post :)

My iherb.com package before I unpacked it




1) Deep Steep, Foaming Hand Wash, Refill "Tangerine-Melon" 474ml
It was such a good price and I needed to buy some hand soap, using "normal" soap lately has really damaged my sensitive hands even more :(

2) Clean Well, All-Natural Antibacterial Foaming Handsoap "Orange-Vanilla" 280ml
Don't know about the scent I chose, but I was happy to find a naturally antibacterial soap, as they are harder to come by.

3) Better Life, Dish It Out, Natural Dish Soap "Clary Sage & Citrus" 651ml
I have the unscented version and it's pretty good, but doesn't always get rid of stronger food odours so I thought I would give this one a go.






4) Honeybee gardens Nail Polish Remover 120ml
So, I obviously got the remover for the nail polish that I bought. I didn't expect the ingredients to be perfect just something better, I wish they left out the "fragrance" ingredient, it doesn't say whether it's natural or not so I am hoping it is.

5) Honeybee Gardens, WaterColors, Water-based Nail Enamel in "Abyss"  14ml
I wanted to try a natural nail polish as I do love nail polish but don't wear it often because of my concern of the chemicals in it. Anyway I am really glad they can ship it to Australia, to be honest I thought it wouldn't be allowed, super happy it is. SUPER happy it has no odour and is water based  I got a black colour because it is my favourite nail polish colour, goes with everything and  basically I think it completes a look, so fingers crossed that it was a good buy :)

6) Mineral Fusion, Top Coat  10ml 
I wasn't going to buy a nail polish without buying a top coat, as I want the nail polish to last more than  a day or two, I got this because it was 20% off and the other two nail polish top coats that I preferred were out of stock so I thought I would give it a go.




7)EcoTools, Shower Cap & Storage Case
I actually love shower caps because 1) when my hair has conditioner in it keeps it from water washing it out by accident, especially because my hair so long  2) it helps keep the heat in, therefore conditioner is working it way more into the hair for softer hair. I keep buying these shower caps from Chemist warehouse and they are so crap, the elastic keeps getting stretched so much so that it becomes unusable, hoping this will be better.

8)One With Nature, Vanilla Oatmeal Soap Bar 200g
I always like trying new soaps, and I know oatmeal is very hydrating so it's great for dry skin plus winter is coming up and it's already freezing where I live.  It's very big which I like, so hopefully it will last a while.

9)Nubian Heritage, Lemon Grass and Tea Tree Soap with Orange Lemon Peel 141g 
I have almost finished the bar I have already of this, I don't use it for my skin because it would be too drying for me, I'm pretty sure this is for oily- breakout prone skin though but as I said I couldn't use it for my face so I use it for my hands because of the antibacterial ingredients.


10) Earth Therapeutics, No Mess Nail Clipper (with easy slide clipping catcher)
I have a manicare nail clipper which is great but I need another one replace my priceline clippers which aren't very good.


11) Toothsoap, Natural & Organic Tooth Cleanser in "Pepper Whip"
Favourite toothpaste, love it . . . . . that's it :)





12) EcoTools, Naturally Beautiful Lash System, "Naturally Lush 1260" (1 Pair of Lashes)
I was so excited to see this, I love that the glue is formaldehyde free, it comes with a cute mascara looking wand to blend the your real and fake lashes together I assume, they're adorable lashes, can't wait to try....too cute!!! They have a few other designs I guess, I wasn't sure which ones to get so I got these and I might cut them in half because I love half lashes :)

13) Mineral Fusion, Concealer Duo in"Cool" 
It's one of the best concealers I have ever used, the colour matches me exactly and it was 20% off, it felt like a good decision to buy a back-up.





14) Physician's Formula, Organic Wear Mascara, Black Organics
I was trying to buy this online during priceline's 40% off special but the website wouldn't work all day until a bit before 12am, then as I am checking out the special  ends and the discount is no longer applied to the products I was trying to checkout with, after getting a response from my complaint email surprise, surprise it contained nothing useful or helpful BUT I am now happy that Priceline had given bad service because I found it cheaper on iherb.com, SO psyched :)


15) Physician's Formula, Organic Wear, Lash Boosting Mascara, Black Organics
I really was excited to see this, I couldn't find too many reviews on this but a few pictures which looked great and I am excited to try this and really happy at the price since Australian prices are so ridiculous and we don't even have this available to purchase in Australian stores. Yay! Winning! LOL






16,17,18,19,20) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Your Eyes Enhanced Starter Set, (includes 5 brushes and a case)
Of course I had to get this, being not so blown away by my Sigma eye brushes I decided to give these ago  since everyone raves about them, although I do love my ecotools eye brushes I think these are quite different from them so I can't wait to start using them. I think I'm gonna love the deluxe crease brush the most :)
I would say I am set for brushes now and really shouldn't buy anymore! Happy to eventually do a review if anyone wants to see one :)


21) EcoTools, Airbrush Concealer brush
A bit of an impulse purchase I just really wanted to try this, I didn't NEED it, I was just curious. I think this will be a nice eyeshadow blending brush too as well as for blending concealer!


22) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Lash & Brow Groomer
I wanted to get it before but didn't so I thought I would just buy it cause I'm really trying to work on my eyebrows. I like that the lash comb is metal rather than plastic and has a cover, unfortunately it has a very small crack in the cover so hopefully it doesn't get worse.








For anyone's first purchase at www.iherb.com you can use my referral code QUM327 to receive $5 off   an order under $40 and $10 off an order over $40.
If you use my code I do receive a small commission percentage of your orders placed.



Please comment on any specific products you would like me to do a review for in the  future :)




Thursday, 31 January 2013

BIG iherb haul part 2

The second part of my order came today and I have to say I am so disappointed, one of the products I bought leaked over everything which I'm really bummed about but, and the cookies I bought (in part 3) were completely smashed, I will be emailing iherb to let them know,  anyway...on with the haul :)




1)  EcoTools, Deluxe Fan Brush   $5.82 (USD)    I've actually never been too fussed about getting a fan brush but when I saw ecotools was coming out with one I decided to try it, first thing I noticed was all these new ecotools brushes are so, so, so soft :)

2) EcoTools, Tapered Blush Brush   $5.99 (USD)   When I saw this on iherb it looked more like a angled contour kind of brush that's why I got it, but it's not. Still really nice I think it would be nice for blush and contouring still because of that tapered tip.

3) EcoTools, Domed Bronzer Brush   $8.50 (USD)  I've had my eye on this brush ever since I saw Laurenbeautyy use it in one of her older videos, it's so dense and soft, so glad I got it!

4)  EcoTools, Custom Coverage Buffing Brush  $5.75 (USD) First off this picture for some reason makes this brush look angled, I think I must have taken the picture from a weird position because it's not angled, it's a flat top brush. Anyway bought this because it looks like the Sigma F80 brush and thought it would be interesting to see how it compares to it. I am looking forward to try it, hopefully it works well because it would be a much cheaper alternative!





5) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Your Finish/Perfected, Setting Brush  $7.99 (USD)  This was a bit of an impulse buy, but I thought it would be useful for setting my under eye concealer. It's fluffy and slightly stiff  (not in a bad or uncomfortable way), interested in how it will perform.

6) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Your Base/Flawless, Foundation Brush  $7.99  (USD)
Again another bit of an impulse buy, I don't like these kinds of brushes for foundation (I will try it though) but I do like them for concealer and selected area foundation work (around the nose).

7) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Your Base/Flawless, Expert Face Brush  $8.99 (USD)
 I've seen this all over youtube especially, so I am really looking forward to trying this, it's very dense and it is a bit smaller than I thought but it should be fine :)

8) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Contour Brush  $17.99 (USD)  For this brush I'm thinking it would be good for contouring and highlighting, very soft like all of these brushes.

9)  Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Pointed Foundation Brush  $17.99 (USD) I think this is way too small for foundation, I would not have the patients to use this as a foundation brush it would take too long, BUT I think it's perfect for under the eyes, especially for someone like myself you has blueness/ darkness under the eyes that need to cover a bit of a larger area under the eyes.

10)  Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Detailer Brush   $17.99 (USD)   This again is very small, I think spot concealing or a lip brush.

11) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Buffing Brush   $17.99 (USD)  This brush I am looking forward to using the most out of this set, I think it might be similar to the Sigma F80, can't wait :)

12) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Your Base/Flawless, Powder Brush   $9.99 (USD)  It's big and so soft, I think this will be great for any face powders and blending out mistakes with blush or bronzer.

13) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Your Finish/Perfected, Blush Brush    $8.99 (USD)   This is so ridiculously soft I want to just want to bring it everywhere and stroke it on my face lol  or..... it will be great for blush and bronzer too ;)


14) Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman, Your Finish/Perfected, Stippling Brush   $9.99   (USD)   I am very pleasantly surprised with this brush, it is very small but dense and very soft so I think this would work well for foundation, blush and highlighter.



15) J.R. Liggett's, Old-Fashioned Bar Shampoo, Damaged Hair Formula (99 g)  $4.55 (USD)    I bought 2 of these along with my other 3 that I have already, I am currently using this shampoo bar and I have to say I love it and I prefer it over normal shampoo.

16) EcoTools, EcoPouf Exfoliating Sponge   $1.70 (USD)   This was super cheap and I love the ecotools normal loofah (it's my favourite) so I wanted something even more exfoliating and again so cheap :)

17) Out of Africa, Organic Shea Butter, Raw, Wild Crafted  $12.24  (USD)  I love shea butter and I use it all the time so I wanted to buy another Nourish organic raw shea butter but they were out so I got this one cause it was raw too and a bit cheaper, hopefully it works as good.

18) Out of Africa, Organic Shea Butter Bar Soap, Apricot, 6 Pack (48 g) Each  $11.42 (USD)   I go through bar soap so fast, I thought I would try this scent because it came in a 6 pack, I didn't realise it was only 48g though......my bad.

19) Tierra Mia Organics, Baby Soap Bar, Raw Goat Milk Soap, 4.2 oz    $6.24 (USD)  I love the ingredients on this soap, specifically the raw goats milk so I want to give half to my brother to see if it helps his eczema, and my skin is very dry. A bit pricey though. 

20) Badger Company, Beauty Balm, Damascus Rose (28 g)   $12.60 (USD)   This is one of my favourite things I got, because it says it can help wrinkles so I bought this to use under my eyes because I have fine lines that really annoy me. Only bummer is it's gonna smell like rose and I do prefer no smell for products near my eyes but I'm hoping for the best.

21) Out of Africa, Pure Shea Butter Bar Soap, Unscented 105 g  $2.88 (USD)   I am liking this brand lately  and i am trying to find the best bar soap.

22) Madre Labs, Hand Cream with Argan Nut Oil, Unscented 71 g  $6.71 (USD)  I have very, very, very badly dry hands with dermatitis and nothing is controlling it anymore, it has gotten much worse on my finger they are all cut and sore. It's very frustrating so I am just looking for some kind of cream to help, I'm hoping this will help.

23) Elemental Herbs, All Good Goop, Handcrafted Healing Balm, 2 oz  $10.39 (USD)  This is a multitasking balm, kind of used for the same things people use paw paw ointment for; lips, burns, cuts, bites etc so I'm glad I found this and I hope it works well cause if it does it will come in handy :)



24) Dr. Mercola, Natural Sunscreen, with Green Tea, SPF 30 236 ml   $15.97 (USD)  It is more on the pricey side but I needed a natural sunscreen for me and my family and I trust Mercola products plus I know he would NOT have nano-particles in his sunscreens.

25) Dr. Mercola, Natural Aloe Vera 236 ml  $9.97 (USD)  I love aloe vera and it's great to have in this hot weather especially if you are going out in the sun! I'm excited to see how this aloe vera performs.

26) Larenim, Eye Color "Deja Vu" 1 g   $6.83 (USD)  This is a very cool toned, browny-grey from what I can tell. I will make sure to review and swatch the larenim eye colors once I've had a good use of them :)

27) Larenim, Eye Color "Devil's Food" 1 g  $6.83 (USD)  This is a very dark brown from what I can tell, I haven't swatches it yet but I will keep you posted on these.

28) DeVine, Lip Refresher, Vanilla Spritzer, 2 Pack (2 g Each)  $5.25 (USD)  I saw these by accident and I found them interesting  in that they have Resveratrol in them, that being said it's the second last ingredient in them and these 2 lip balms are equivalent  to 1 standard lip balm, so a bit pricey.

29) Mill Creek, Organic Lip Balm "Vanilla Honey" 4.2g   USDA organic   $1.79 (USD)  I know, I have a lip balm addicted, but it was cheap for usda organic. 





30) Thayers, Rose Petal Witch Hazel, with Aloe Vera Formula, Alcohol-Free Toner 355 ml  $7.96 (USD)   I have been trying to get this for ages but it goes out of stock so fast on iherb, I have a different toner without the rose from this brand and I like it but I think the rose will be better for my very dry skin.

31) Heritage Products, Rosewater & Glycerin, Atomizer Mist Sprayer 120 ml $4.84 (USD) I've heard some really great reviews for this if you have dry skin so I got it. This is culprit that leaked everywhere in the package which is disappointing cause it wasted a noticeable amount of the product and wet other things in there. It was in a plastic cover slip but it has opened so therefore wetting other products. The bottle is either cheap and weak or a dud cause I noticed the product was still leaking after making sure the cap is tight.




This is the first time with iherb that I've had a problem with the way they packaged my order (I think this is my 10th order from iherb), some things were loose without any kind of wrapper (some had wrappers and some didn't) which I thought was stupid and I will be emailing the company notifying them of what happened.






For anyone's first purchase at www.iherb.com you can use my referral code QUM327 to receive $5 off   an order under $40 and $10 off an order over $40.
If you use my code I do receive a small commission percentage of your orders.



Please comment on any specific products you would like me to make a review for in the near future :)