Recent Craze

I believe at certain points in life, if not at all times, girls do addicted to online shopping. Or so I try to justify myself.

Am a late bloomer. Been successful in convincing myself that the safest way of shopping would be to buy what's in my hands & be near to the person who swipes my card. I'd managed to stand by this thinking (though conservative) for so long which had effectively kept my credit card bills in control & hubby from shocks.... till recently.

The very 1st item I purchased online was a dress, more than a year ago. But that's under the influence of a friend as the vendor was her friend. And it didn't turn out to be a pleasant experience as the dress was ugly. Or rather, it's ugly on me. Forced myself to at least wear it once & it's given away. Lesson learnt: no dress or pants without fitting.

Then how did my e-shopping fad begin? Ardell Lashes. Browsed their webby a month ago & you know how crazy I've a super soft spot for falsies. After hesitating for a coupla days, finally made my first purchase. Great stuff! Regretted that I didn't get more. So my 2nd batch came up shortly & ordered end of last month. Damages: USD 104.26. Oops.

Shortly after, started a shopping list with Victoria's Secret. The sale was too tempting to resist. Also heard good feedbacks about the So Sexy range of hair products. Have been e-tracking my shipment... it's finally reached Singapore this morning! So meaning I'm going to receive it any time now!

Next, spent hours shopping for my mineral makeup which I've finally got down to search after lemming for months. Apparently mineral cosmetics have been a rage in recent years but the ignorant me only heard about it a year ago (Youngblood) & it sounded too good to be true. Especially seemed to be just right for my problematic skin. But deduced that the products must be too costly for me to afford & it wasn't widely available in Singapore then. Or even now,
though getting more common.

Had purchased 2 sample items from a Singaporean company bringing in US MMU. Hot from the letterbox when we returned this evening.

Just had another shopping cart checked out @ Lumiere Mineral Cosmetics. Free shipping including international destinations till 1 Jan 08!! Too good to miss. So got a limited edition Christmas set of MMU @ USD19 (only!) & some brushes. Gonna inform hubby of my yet another purchase.


Earlier this week, was browsing the much raved-about Alima MMU & about to pay for a list of sample items I've chosen. What stopped me was the shipping cost. Glad I did. Found out that there's this tiny shop in Central selling Alima products. Went there with hubby last evening & got what I wanted! Hee! Of course, for a complete range, still gotta go online. But at least by then, the quantity of items purchased will be more justified for the shipping cost charged.

Adding on to the MAC brush set from hubby & the few I just bought, should be a Kabuki brush. Spoilt with choices & am doing my homework :) So my shopping continues...............

While I'm typing this, I heard the door bell rings. It's the UPS man delivering my VS items @ 10.25pm! Yeah!