Where Are My ASOS Packages!

After a really good experience with ASOS's free international delivery for the first time in August 2011, I became rather addicted to the website. I mean, how could you not like it? The clothes are pretty damn nice, and they always have sales. And FREE INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY. Like wtf. Even those within UK (nearer) have to pay, but if you live OUTSIDE UK, it's free. I bet all the people in UK are mad jealous. Well, don't be - you'll see why.

As I was saying, after the first good experience - whereby my package arrived even faster than the 10 days they said it would take, I confidently placed an order for a shitload of stuff. I bought 12 items... this was way back at end October 2011.

** I blackened out my size, wtf**

I waited... and waited... and waited for the package to arrive and it never did. If I got a letter from Pos Malaysia saying that I had to pay tax for it, I would've gone and paid for it in KLIA. It's because among the items in this order, there was one item that I desperately wanted. In case you are wondering, it's the Rare Embellished Fluted Sleeve Dress. It's 20 pounds (around RM100?) and it is something I wanna wear for a very specific occasion. It is not too showy, but despite looking just plain and white, it also has some cute sequin & beading embellishments in front of the dress. It's really nice! And it is cheap! And I want to wear it for a specific occasion!

I even waited some more when ASOS's customer service told me to wait longer for it to come. Maybe there's some slow down due to festive season. Finally, in the middle of November, they kindly re-sent the package again. However, due to some items being out of stock, my 12 item purchase had dwindled down to only 6 items. They refunded me for the other items that couldn't be replaced.

Although I was pretty pissed off that all my cheap and cute underwear seemingly cannot be bought anymore, I was still relieved that the Rare Embellished Fluted Sleeve Dress was still in stock! I had my hopes up that I could get the shipment by end of November. Again... the waiting game being. Waited... waited.. waited... I was really hoping that some of the items arrived before December because I was going to Singapore then and I wanted to look pretty! You know lah, Singaporeans dress really nicely. :P

Guess what? Never came. Even I myself felt embarassed to ask ASOS to refund me or re-send the package. I don't know if it's the problem with Pos Malaysia or what. I even asked ASOS if they could charge me for postage as when they gave the free delivery, it is with STANDARD delivery. This means - no tracking / shipment number. It's like you fling it to the postman and hope for the best. They said that due to someTHING (don't really know what), they cannot offer express delivery for stuff outside of UK. OMG, I was seriously thinking of getting them to ship it to an address within UK, and paying extra for the shipment from UK back to Malaysia. Maybe use a service like VPOST. Sadly, this time, they told me that almost all the items are OUT OF STOCK. That included my Rare Embellished Fluted Sleeve Dress. Since that was the item that I really, REALLY wanted and was willing to pay the extra postage for.. I decided... FTS, and asked them to resend with Standard Delivery again. Lol! This time, my order of 12 items which became 6 items had dwindled down to 2 items!

One panty and one skirt! WTF. I imagined some perverted postman wearing all my panties from the first order. Bastard! But then guess what?

Although ASOS Care said that they were OUT OF STOCK for a few items, I found out that they were actually IN STOCK when I surfed the sales items again. This included my Rare Embellished Fluted Sleeve Dress! OMG! Are they lying to me, or did my package really get bounced back from Malaysia back to UK (don't know why didn't get delivered), or is their inventory system not very updated, or did someone return it, or did they never even send out my package in the first place? I don't want to point fingers, but I thanked God (because I really want that dress!) and I made another placement for the dress! And guess what? The dress became 2 pounds cheaper... Lol!


At the same time, since I dwindled from 12 items to only 4 items (2 re-delivered, and 2 re-ordered), I decided to splurge on another two items that became recent sale items. Keep in mind, all this was placed within 2 or 3 days of each other, I didn't place all on the same day. Yes, I stalk ASOS daily.

And guessssss whattttt? In the end, only my re-order of the Rare Embellished Fluted Sleeve Dress and the Full Mini Prom skirt arrived. The other two items are lost in transit AGAIN. WTF! I just don't get it. My friend Sookie has been ordering from that website and she says that she has never missed a package. Why is it that I lost SO many?! Anyway, I just asked them to re-deliver again, and my package of 2 items has dwindled down to 1 lonely panty:

Can you imagine? This from my original of 12 items. Became 1 panty. Costing 4 pounds. -__-"

The redelivery of the liquorish metallic skirt and pleated mini skirt are still in stock. I hope my 2 skirts and underwear gets delivered. Cos I'm honestly sick of constantly waiting in vain for the stuff. After this, no matter how good the ASOS sales are, I won't be purchasing anymore. At least I got THE dress in the end. Sigh...

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Skinlite Brightening Essence Mask

Another cheap mask from Skinlite, was hoping that it would be better than the first. This one is the Brightening Essence Mask. As mentioned in my previous entry, I got it from Hong Kong - about RM2 from Sasa. The Brightening Essence Mask is for skin radiance and brightening. Enriched with Vitamin B & E and phyto collagen to help hydrate and heal skin within 15-20 minutes.

I was slightly more pleased with this mask than the previous one - seems like there was more essence, and the mask smelled pleasantly soothing. It also felt nice and refreshing against my face... really no complaints in the process of applying the mask.

Sadly, after I had removed my mask, it was like I hadn't done ANYTHING to my face at all. There was no extra moisturisation. There was no brightening or extra radiance. Sad...

As always, the cutting of the mask leaves a lot to be desired. Eyeholes are just way too big, and it upsets me because I wish that the mask could do something about my eyebags. ;)

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Be Careful Of What You Put On Your Face...

Community message from Drug Store Beauty... a young girl got a really raw deal when she used a b.liv mask and wound up with a face full of pus-filled bumps! Read the story here on Stomp.sg.

Isn't it scary? I hope b.liv gets in touch with her and helps her out!

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NYX Haul - Affordable, High Quality MakeUp!

I've previously blogged about this website that sells NYX make-up cheaply (even cheaper than it already is) and the stuff that I wanted to get. I have ~finally~ decided what I wanted to get, ordered, and managed to get all the stuff delivered to me safely. All this and it took a little over a week! Love it!

So... presenting~~ my NYX haul, and how much it cost me. :)

I love how they wrapped everything up so nicely. All my stuff came in good condition, although it smelled like something had spilled. Thankfully, nothing actually did.

This is how everything looks like, unwrapped. :)

I had totally forgotten that you get free stuff if you spend above USD$25. It's a tiered reward system, so above USD$25 gets you the Creme mini eyelash curler and a Cherimoya Eye Pencil. I'm giving the eyelash curler to my friend because I've already gotten a free one from Maybelline that I hardly ever use. Oh, and I love how the Eye Pencil comes with its own sharpener!

If you spend above USD$50, you get the above 2 items and a 41 color eye palette from Cherimoya. And above USD$100, you get the eyelash curler, the eye pencil, the eye palette and a 5-pc makeup brush set.

I had been hankering for these NYX eyeliners ever since they launched it! It totally looks like markers, hehehe. One is the Super FAT eye marker (USD$8.75) and the other is Super SKINNY eye marker (USD$7.75. Excited to try it out!

I wanted to try this new Cherimoya lipstick.. I can't believe there's a lipstick even cheaper than the legendary RM10 NYX Round lipsticks. :P Not sure if this is any good though. It costs USD2.98, and I got it in "Her Majesty". On the website, it looks more like a light, pinkish peach color, but it looks much redder in real life. The packaging is a bit blah, but otherwise, the lipstick itself looks yummy.

So greedy - couldn't decide on what colors I wanted, so I got FOUR round lipsticks from NYX. Each costs USD3.25.

I got Eros, a very brilliant and vibrant red; Snow White, a very dark red; Narcissus, the Barbie pink and Watermelon, a very ginger tone. A bit disappointed with the Watermelon as I thought it would be more peachy, but it looks more beige / coppery in real life.

Decided to spring a little more for this NYX Diamond Sparkle lipstick... it is USD$4.25. The packaging is a bit nicer than the round lipstick.

Decided to go a bit Ke$ha by getting a glitter liner! In fact, it's so pretty that I wanted to get two or three glitter liners! In the end, I reined myself in and only got the golden one because it's more festive! This one is called Copperfield. It costs USD$2.65. Cheap!!

Got the Jumbo Eye Pencil for Dull. She told me that she wanted the eye pencil last time, but we both didn't combine resources to buy together (due to indecisiveness). So this time I bought it for her. Cheap only (USD$3.98) - my gift to her. ;P

I promise to blog more about how the stuff are... if they are really good, I would totally buy from this website again. Dependable, quick, good service. Plus, last time Dull told me that one of her eye palettes spilled and they shipped her a new one immediately (even though she didn't ask for it, she just emailed them as a comment). Good service or what!

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I *heart* My Boyfriend!

The BF came back from Bangkok bearing gifts! I'm so happy, not because of the $$ value of the gifts, but because he thought about me when he was there. :) Before he went, he kept asking me what I wanted in Thailand, and I really couldn't think of anything that I especially want. I mean, how do you bundle up the experience of shopping at Chatuchak, finding great bargains in Platinum Mall, eating numerous plates of mango sticky rice or just finding joy shopping at their local Tesco? Then I remembered something that my colleague told me VERY recently... "Boots eh? Whenever I go to Thailand I just stock up like crazy. I don't even care if it's shampoo or shower gel or whatever.. it's all good stuff!"

Ahhh... another fellow drug store lover...

Thanks to HIM (yes, it's a guy!), I told Tron... I would like some shower gels from Boots please! He was actually aghasted at my request! He was like, "Huh? Don't ask me to carry stuff that can spill lah!" But it's the only thing that I really really wanted! And I told him if there's any "funny" tee shirts, please get me one? And make sure it's not above 100-120 baht, from Chatuchak.

He wound up getting me TWO shirts - one from Chatuchak and another from Cotton Brush, which both him and his mom keep telling me is darn expensive. :X And he got me the shower gels.... *heart*

In fact, I have tried the one on the left before. :P And it smells super awesome. Can't wait to try the mango one too. Tron said he took a whiff and was like, "OMG, she will really like this!" I love how our sense of smell is in sync. :P

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Yuberactive Review : Rimmel Glam Eyes Day 2 Night Mascara

Thanks to Yuberactive, I have the opportunity to review Rimmel's Day 2 Night mascara with 2-in-1 magic cap! It's truly a unique mascara, I've never seen anything like it on the market!

The packaging looks pretty normal - in fact, one might just brush it off with a ho-hum - what's so special about this black & pink tube of mascara? But then check it out...

Oh my God! Bet you didn't expect that, eh! You have TWO wands within one tube - one for LENGTH and one for VOLUME. The LENGTH wand is to create exceptionally defined and ultra-lengthened lashes - your day look. The VOLUME wand is to thicken lashes with voluptuous, oversized volume. WITHOUT CLUMPING. This will be your "night look". Hence, you will be able to transform from day to night without the messiness of fake eyelashes. To be honest - I've always been looking for a mascara that can give you the "fake eyelash" look. I'm just way too lazy to go through the hassle of gluing stuff on my eyelid. If I can get the same results with two flicks of my mascara wand, all the better right? That's why I get so excited over mascaras that really make a difference.

You can see that the length wand's bristles are further apart and generally less mascara is on the brush. The effect for the length is not that "va-va-voom" when my eyes are open. But when I close my lids, you can see how long my lashes look. To me, not a fan of the length wand, but yes, it is suitable for a day look. There is a subtle difference to the overall look with mascara on, nothing too OTT.


The volume wand looks clumpier and more heavy-duty, but no worries, it doesn't clump on your lashes. I love the volume wand as I think it "opens" my eyes up better than the length wand does. It also doesn't feel super "heavy" as some mascaras tend to feel on my lashes. It is comfortable! I think I'll just forgo the length wand and stick to the volume wand from now onwards, hehehe.

All in all, I find this mascara SUPER worth it, considering it is only about RM40 in your local drugstores (do correct me if I'm wrong), and you get to play with TWO different looks. Maybe you would find the length wand more useful than I did (I have really short lashes, I need all the help I can get). The only complaints that I have is that it doesn't dry fast enough (I have a photo of me with a blotch of mascara on my eyebag... :P) and that it is not waterproof...

So don't go and wear this when you plan on watching a tearjerker. Otherwise, have fun! :)

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The Nature Lab Oxygen Shield Bubble Mask

I usually try not to blog about masks too many days in a row because I like to have a bit more variety in my posts. However, The Nature Lab's Oxygen Shield Bubble Mask is really like no other typical paper masks on the market!

It is pretty pricey.. I think between RM40-RM50 for a 50ml bottle. So what exactly is an oxygen mask? According to The Nature Lab - "Our body cells need oxygen to survive. Our skin cells are no exception. With aging, skin loses its ability to retain and utilize oxygen for repairing, regeneration and reproduction. If our skin fails to receive enough oxygen, it will appear dull and age prematurely.

Adequate amounts of oxygen speeds up the shedding of old skin cells and aid skin cell rejuvenation giving a youthful effect."

It also further states the 8 benefits in 1 action that you can get using their product:
a. Cleansing
b. Detoxifying
c. Exfoliating
d. Replenish Oxygen
e. Apply mask (lol, is this called a "benefit"?)
f. Hydrate
g. Tone skin
h. Provide Vitamins

The "oxygen mask" is in fact a clear, gel-like substance that you rub evenly all over your DRY face. After a few seconds, you will see bubbles starting to form over your skin. Massage the gel & the bubbles into your skin and wait for another 10-15 seconds for the skin to absorb. Wet your hands slightly and then massage your face again. After another 5-10 seconds, wash everything off. Yes, it sounds a bit tedious- massage, wash, massage, wait. But if you count properly, everything can be done in less than a 30 seconds!

You have to be sure not to leave the mask on TOO long though. The first time I read the instructions, I remembered it wrongly and left it on my skin for 10-15 MINUTES. I tell you, you will get a stinging sensation on your skin, and when things hurt, you know it can't be right! Thankfuly, I re-read again for the second set of instructions, but by then the damage had been done - my skin was left slightly red!

The gel has a slightly refreshing smell - very slight, so it is a joy to use. I don't use it daily, and I don't recommend you to either as things that claim to be exfoliating but does not contain exfoliating beads usually mean they contain AHA/BHA. I only use it once or twice a week, especially on days when I feel like I had more make-up on my face than usual. It really leaves my skin feeling more refreshed and clean!

I don't know the science behind how this product actually helps my skin absorb oxygen better, or detoxifies my skin. All I know is that it feels REALLY good after this mask, and I would seriously consider buying this again the next time I go down to Sg! Simple to use, and effective. What's not to like!

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