Another week has gone, did I break any rules? What have I learnt?
1. A Recap
My rules:
- No spending on ANY make up or skin care. No exceptions. I do welcome free gifts or samples though. Note: during this span I shall have at least 3 Glamaboxes coming in, so that can keep me entertained!
- Every single day I survive this ban, I will put HK $100 into my Fun Fund. When the ban is over, I can treat myself well (perhaps some Burberry or Guerlain make up??). :D
- My 100 Day Spending Ban starts on 1st of April and shall end on 9th of July.
2. Fun Fund (Week 7: 13 - 19 May)
$3,900 + $700 - $200
= $4,400
i) 13th May:
To tackle Monday blues, I went ahead and did some damage at Sasa buying Dolly Wink. Pencil Eyecolor (85 HKD) for highlighting tear-duct area. This helps achieve the innocent bright eye look. Also picked up two Eyebrow Pencils - 3 Dark Chocolat, 2 Chocolate Brown (65 HKD each) because I wanted the liquid eye liner gift. I must have gone out of control quite a bit...
When I got home, I saw on Glamabox's facebook page their special Whoo box. The History of Whoo 后 literally means the beauty secrets of queen. It has been on my radar for a while but nothing came as close as this box in terms of price and convenience to obtain. So I picked up one for myself and one for my cousin. 138 HKD is a great value for getting a taste of Korean royal luxury~
ii) Prof. TK:
Mother's Day was a sales peak among Taiwan online and offline shops. Everyone of them is doing discounts or value sets or cash-back. After some elimination - Dr. Hsieh and Dr. Douxi (sorry, next time) - I have craved in and made an order off Prof. TK dot com. Taiwan media (or bloggers) hold Prof TK in some of the highest regards available. Their Bio-Cellulose Masks and Three-Toner Method has been talked about a lot.
Mandelic Acid is a really intriguing ingredient to exfoliate and gently renew the skin. Cousin H raves about the Dr. Hsieh's 10% MA, which I will some day get a bottle of, so often, that I cannot take my eyes off the Mandelic Acid promotion of Prof TK. I picked up one of each from that line, along with some masks.
I am stupidly/evilly not going to count this as violation - don't judge me. Plus, I think I hauled in at least two blog sales - one of make up, one of dress and shoes...
iii) June trip to Taiwan:
Mr A and I will be visiting Taiwan in early June, three days in Taichung following by four in Taipei. It's been less than a year since our last visit so I am hopeful that I can restrain myself from over-hauling. Books and skin care bits seem unavoidable. My wish is no new make up come home with me - possible?
iv) 15th May:
Speaking of Sasa. I shouldn't even allow myself to set foot in one. With a 50 HKD cash coupon in hand and a voucher to redeem free gifts, I did more damage to my wallet...
Flower Embossed Cotton Pad 80 piece (Sasa link) $15 HKD for 2 packs
Green Acne Medicated Skin Mist $98 HKD for 250 g
Naris Up ACMedica Medicated Acne Care Mist (Japanese link) $48 HKD for 150 ml
Naris Up ModeReal 3 Way Powder - 01 Natural Brown (Japanese link) $89 HKD
Naris Up ModeReal 3 Way Powder - 02 Dark Brown (Japanese link) $89 HKD
v) Freebies:
Neogence, Dr. Jart+, Beyond, blotting sheets, Methode Swiss - from Sasa.
Clinique CC Cream - from Clinique counter.
3. Lesson Learnt
「歷史是沒有任何教育意義的。」－－｛黃子華 ＠嘩眾取寵｝
From my beloved stand-up comedian Dayo Wong, "History serves no educational value."
4. Wants or Wishes
I will write these down weekly, and after the 100 day spending ban I will look back and see what I really will buy. I suppose this is a good way to see how unnecessary some of my desires are...! I am limiting myself to add one wish per day only, is that considered self-control, too?
- Cover FX Total Cover Cream Foundation (video review by lisasz09)
- Fresh Peony Whitening Night Treatment Mask (blog review by Jess/hakme. I am also eye-ing at the Fresh rose line, will be added to wish list one by one later!)
- Ren Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask
- Pai Camelia & Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser (one of ttsandra's favourite)
- Innisfree Jeju Fermented Leaven Mask
- Innnisfree Soybean Energy Essence
- Innisfree Red Ginseng Mask
By the way, I tried to put in equal number of high-end and low-end items onto my wish list, to keep things 'in balance'. After 7 weeks of editing down, I realise I have eliminated quite a few of the low-end wishes. Perhaps this is my evolution?
Other updates:
1. Blog Sale is up and updated! Link in the tab on your top left, or this link.
2. Recap of last week's posts: Continual update of my Journal. Skin care post, on face masks, and a 'cocktail' of them. Things I got in a UK swap - some fresh new &OtherStories and (more) Kiko!
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Beautiful wishes,
Lazy silly Jacq :")
Focus! Focus! Taiwan - Tom Ford - Taiwan - Tom Ford - I keep repeat these to stop myself from spending!
How are you doing with spending/saving this week? Are you planning and travelling for the Summer?
How are you doing with spending/saving this week? Are you planning and travelling for the Summer?
Beautiful wishes,
Lazy silly Jacq :")