Beauty Bay Haul

God I love returning home and seeing a package waiting for me that I didn't really expect. It's like having Christmas early! I don't quite remember what I was reading that struck me to look up more reviews on the Stila One Step Corrector, but darn it if I didn't end up searching for a site that sells it at a decent price too. Whereby I found beautybay.com, persuading me to shop there with their free shipping on all orders to Australia offer. I couldn't help but browse through what ARTDECO products they also offer, having heard a bit of the brand, but never previously found a store that sold it. Of course, I was enticed to get their Eye Brow Color Pen, I love brow products and lord knows mine need help. And being the person that I am, I thought that was a pretty small loot, just two products? Aw, go on, one more. And so I opted for the Glimmer Balm by This Works, again, another brand I have been interested in, never owning any of their products before.

Pretty much the majority (if not all) the reviews I read of the One Step Corrector were positive; while the colour correcting isn't too intense, this product apparently makes your skin smooth, matte and brightens too, with maybe a tad of evening out the skintone. I absolutely love primers, so I'm hoping this was a good investment. 

Of course, what is a face without the brows? I love brow products, cause damn, eyebrows are so important to any look, but lately I've been wanting a bit more definition, and so a brow pen by the German brand ARTDECO I thought was the way to go. I got it in the shade light brown (03), and it is quite a bit browner than the usual ashy tones I go for, but I think it will suit with my hair nicely.

And finally, I do love me some highlighter too. Apparently, the shimmer balm by This Works can be used on the lips, cheekbones, eyes, decollete, pretty much anywhere to give you that golden model glow, and the name of the brand clearly helps too. It's a tad bit greasy on first swipe, and a tad yellow also, but I have the feeling this will really give the glow that most people are looking for.

Besides my glorious products I carefully chose, beautybay also offers to upgrade your order to a "premium order", whereby if you pay about AU$2 more, they'll include some deluxe samples and mama loves some deluxe samples!

A shampoo from a brand I've never heard of, Anne Semonin, was one of my samples. It's the gentle mistletoe shampoo, and at first whiff, it was a bit strong simply because it's a scent I'm not too used to, but I can see this fragrancing their hair just enough to be pleasant. The other sample I received was the Time Technology cream Institut Esthederm. Have not heard of this brand either, but from what I gather from the big ass brochure that this sample was inside of, this cream makes "your skin sustainably younger", really just to enhance your complexion by brightening it and adding radiance. Well, I could dig that.

Admittedly, this order did take a relatively long while for it too arrive, especially considering I opted for free shipping, I was unable to track it, so that was a bummer. But everything arrived as it should, I got deluxe samples mystery style, and the site sold a number of brands, many of which I'm interested in. So placing an order in the future? Most likely.