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Friday, June 29, 2012Y
Taiwan Haul 2012 - Part 1 Skincare


My boyfriend and I embarked on a 9 days trip to Taiwan recently. Okay, maybe not so recently, since I went in late May and now its almost July. 

It was free and easy trip, and our main focus was shopping, eating and R and R. My primary goal was a little more simple, which is to go shopping! And I am so glad that I managed to achieve my goal! I bought lots of clothes, bags, cosmetics, skin care, food, etc. I am so amazed that the combined weight of our check-in luggages were only 40kg!!

We spent 3 days in Yilan and the rest of the other days in Taipei. At Yilan, we spent most of the time sight seeing, enjoying the nature and the fresh air. We also went cycling. My boyfriend even went paragliding! I didn't join him as I was afraid of heights.

Okies, enough of intro, I shall move on with the haul.

Let 's start with the items from the drugstore. I was in luck as a lot of the skincare items I bought from the drugstores were having some kind of promotions or discounts... It could be buy one get one free or buy one get the next item at a discount, etc.

I stocked up on some sheet masks from Deary and My Beauty Diary.

 My Beauty Diary Platinum Colloid  Mask

  From left: Deary Edelweiss Hyaluronic Acid Moisturising Invisible 
Elastic Mask and Deary Chamomile Arbutin Whitening Invisible Elastic Mask

From left: Deary Bright Refresh Mask and Deary Moisture Ease Mask

I also got some eye masks from some random brands. I didn't know which ones are good, I only chose those that are on sale.... Hehe~

 From left: Dr Morita EGF & Collagen Eye Mask and Lifecella Eye Mask

 Random Brand Jelly Eye Mask

To my delight, I spotted these babies at the convenience store in Yilan! My favourite bear! Rilakkuma~~!! 

 From left: Rilakkuma Hand Cream and Rilakkuma Brightening Face Mask Sheet


Both: For Beloved One Hyaluronic Acid Molecules Moisturising Serum

From left: My Beauty Diary Blossom & White Lotus Moisturising 
Mist and My Beauty Diary Rose & White Peony Brightening Mist

The My Beauty Diary face mists  were on sale as well. There were only two flavours available, Blossom & White Lotus and Rose & White Peony, so I got one of each.  I have been lemming for these face mists for some time already, but I keep skipping them over when I go to the drugstores.
 
From left: Shu Uemura Depsea Water Face Mist in Mint
and Neogence Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Fluid

From the beauty counter, I got another bottle of mist, from Shu Uemura and I chose refreshing mint flavor, so that I can spray myself awake when I am in the office.

I also stocked up on my all time favourite sunblock, which is the IPSA Super Sun Block SPF 50 PA+++.
 

I don't know if you can tell, since I bought 3 bottles of the same item, I really love these IPSA Super Sun Block! Now that IPSA has pulled out totally from Singapore, I will have to search for a new favourite... 

I will start using them again once I finished my current Sofina sunblock. And hopefully, these three bottles can tide me over until the end of 2013.

You can find my very brief review in my  post in April 2011 Updated Skincare Routine - Day. My review is  near the bottom of the page.

At the Shiseido counter in one of Taipei's shopping mall, I bought some d Program skincare items. I first found out about d Program two years ago when I was in Taipei. 

From left: d Program AC Lotion, d Program Balance Care 
Lotion I and d Program Balance Care Emulsion I

I really liked the AC Lotion back then, so I decided to get one bottle. And this time I also got a Lotion I and a Emulsion I from the Balance Care range to try out.


I have been using the Balance Care Lotion I and Emulsion I nightly for nearly month already. I have nothing bad to say about them. Both hydrates my skin well, does not leave any sticky feeling and I have not got any negative reactions (eg. breakouts, sensitivity, redness) from using them. But other than that, I do not see any significant improvements.

From the Changi Airport Duty Free, I bought the SK-II Cellumination EX Essence. You can find my review here.


Well, that's all for now! Thanks for reading! Bye~~!!

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