worth noting...MAC WAREHOUSE SALE

DEC. 06, 09

HI everyone! It's been awhile since i had such a BARGAIN'S HIGH. Today, my sister and i went to the MAC warehouse sale. WE WERE FORTUNATE enough to get FREE tickets to this INVITATION ONLY event. (not to rub it in, ahaha, actually nevermind that comment: but we were able to get access to this event for all 3 days we just couldn't co-ordinate our time because we had work, so we opted out for SUNDAY-last day of the sale:(. )

I already knew what i needed so i wasn't too skeptical on being a headless chicked walking aimlessly through the warehouse buildings (those youtuber vloggers were really helpful and insightgful). This was actually my first MAC warehouse sale, i forgot to mention. I already had a limit going into this sale only because i'm leaving soon to go to KOREA/PHILIPPINES and i didn't want to over excite myself (MIND YOU: it was really hard, everything was REDONNNKULOOOUSLY INEXPENSIVE). Sooo, let get to it...

• this sale happened in TORONTO, MARKHAM AREA (you need access to a car)
• INVITE only (employees of any of the companies, estee lauder, etc. ONLY ARE GIVEN 2 TICKETS each for each day)
• happens 4 times a year
  
• only allowed to spend $600 before tax
• can only pick 4 of the same items (eyeshawdows, blushes, etc...so if you have a favourite of a particular colour, you can only have 4)
• accept all methods of payment (debit, credit, cash, minus the personal checks)
• it's set up in 3 buildings that link together, each group are according to (nails & cream, eyes, and then face)
• when you're finished purchasing your items, there's this BREAST CANCER foundation table where they have MAC GOODIES (there's no way of knowing what you get for your money til' you're done shopping. ***for $5 (no tax & CASH ONLY)...I CAN'T EMPHASIZE this enough, this is where you get your MONEY'S WORTH! sometimes, in these MAC GOODIES they included (BLUSH, MSF BRONZER, LIPGLASS, AND eyeshadow. that is what my sister and i got). I KNOW in previous years, they got like those make-up wipes and lipglasses, so we lucked out this weekened cuz that's what most of the goodies included except in different colours for different days.
• there's a $3 bin that contains travel size make-up removers, empty make up containers, eyelashes, etc.
  
• when you hand in your ticket, you get a free gift of some sort. SO don't lose it!
• EVEN if it was the last day that my sister and i went, we left the house 2 hours before the opening, going there early is CRUCIAL!!! if you want a really good deal on the $5 care packages. LINE UP IN THE COLD IF YOU HAVE TO!! cuz we found out later that they ran out of the ones they were giving out and ended up selling the fix+ spray!
  
• hopefully, this is thoroughly enough for the next time any of you people go to these mac events.

So, I know my haul isn't ALOT but it's the items that i WILL USE and when the next sale comes, i know which items i can start collecting (eye pigments, i wish i got at least 1). I don't put a lot on my face and i'm slowing starting a make-up collection. BUT, i'm a big lover on MSF BLUSHES AND BRONZERS! LOVE anything that gives my cheeks an extra BOOST!!!

what msf i got:

• PETITCOAT
• PROCEALIN PINK (THE WAS INCLUDED in the $5 package)
• NUNACE
• WARMED
• BLONDIE
• MOON RIVER
• EVERSUN "WARRIOR" collection (this too, was included in the $5 package)
• DUO MINERALIZING EYESHADOW

each msf normally retail for 32.50 (canadian prices), these were for 12$ a piece:D SAVED SO MUCH!
*I WOULD HAVE got most of the SKIN FINISHES AND MINERALIZING BLUSHES but majority of them were sold out.

$3 bin

• 3 travel sizes fix plus
• 2 ESTEE LAUDER make up remover
• 1 mac eye pencil sharpener

and then those $5 breast cancer packages that were such a STEAL!!!!

in total i spent: $100 (the limit i set myself)

**when you go to these warehouse sales, esp. on MAC/ESTEE LAUDER. DO SOME RESEARCH. I hope this was useful and handy for you readers!!! It's not a well rounded range of make-up but like i said, i had a limit to go by and i only had eyes on MSFs and the fact that it was THE LAST DAY (i'm quite pleased with myself).
NEXT TIME i do go, i'll make-sure to really take the time to look around and go on OPENING DAY!

til' next time!

CONGRATS TO MY SIS FOR PASSING HER RN EXAM.

la famila 09' (kaye off to korea to teach)

so 3/4 success stories in my family and one more to go:D

i was at work and my sister text me saying that she finally PASSED her RN board exam, i am so proud of her!!! my parents are ecstatic, only because they only REALLY have me to worry about. They're not getting any younger (that also applies to me) so, the fact that all my sisters have their careers on motion, they're content! i'm kind of relieve that my sister passed her exam because this was her second time taking it and if there was a different outcome, i don't know how my parents would be able to handle it. They already have one daughter with no motive on building her future, so it's kind of a big deal that my sister passed this exam. FOR THE SAKE OF MY PARENTS' OLD BEATING HEARTS!

maybe next year will look up for me. again, after this trip i'll be taking on dec. hopefully something will hit me (not literally).

want to give a shoutout....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAELA:D

love. me.

DR. McDREAMY EYES.

so, i'm an avid Grey's Anatomy watcher, i've been watching the show since season one and have kept watching it on thurs nights religiously so. anyhow, if you use to be a grey's anatomy fan, now it's time to get back on it because they're definitely stepping up the HOTNESS. by hotness....just look at this man's beautiful face. *sigh

He plays Dr. Jackson Avery (aka Jesse Williams), a new resident from another hospital (merger). This is what every man should look like...lol...and/or JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE&HUGH JACKMAN.

inspired lauren conrad double ring....

i saw this ring on lauren conrad when she was on the hills, i absolutely adored it but every time i went into a legit jeweler's place...no one had any idea of what i was talking about and thought the concept of the ring was tacky & they look at me as if i was crazy. But once i showed them a picture and ask them an estimation, they made it sound like it was going to be IMPOSSIBLE to create such a ring & were charging me over 600$.

so when i want something real bad, i research and look for places that might be able to create this ring with a reasonable price (note: if i applied this much effort in school, i would be having no issues coughing up the prices they were asking to get this particular ring made). anyhow, i got in contact with the actual place where lauren conrad got her ring made but it was about 5bills (US, note: i'm Canadian) + s&h + customs fee, so i wasn't going to pay all that money for this ring.

in the end, i found a website (legit and secured) that made this particular lauren conrad inpired ring. i love it and people who don't watch the hills, come up to me and compliment how i creative i am (obv. i take the credit, haha). it's definitely a good conversation starter.

& the ring came up to $200 (10k yellow gold). i saved 300ish.

that's it for now....til next time;D

BAG OBESESSION...

i love lovee lovee bags! you know how many girls say that about shoes and that you can never go wrong with buying a nice pair, i say that about bags! i feel sexy when i put a gorgeous bag on my shoulder, i absolutely adore them!

this bag is my holy grail to all bags that i own!! it's absolutely breath-taking but hella expensive. it'll take me in my 70s to actually afford this bag! it's beautiful. I EAT, BREATHE, AND SLEEP FOR THIS BAG. CONSTANTLY ON MY BDAY and XMAS WISHLIST (however, no one is willing to cough up 5 grand to purchase this bag) and plus it's limited edition.

i'm normally not a luis vuitton type of girl but i adore the design, the color, and the size. it's the ideal bag for me. it's the one. (little white lie, since i said that about my many bags ive collected over the years).

here it is....

enjoy its beauty!!

has no idea where to begin....

So, i started this blog because at the moment, nothing exciting in my life is happening and with that boredom comes to play.

I am currently working part-time in sales and I have no idea where my future will take me, i have to motivate myself and pave a path for me to build my future but somehow, i manage to find myself stuck and lost! It's a scary feeling not knowing what you want to do with your life or where i'll end up in the next 5-10 years. This realization hit because i am going to leave Canada to travel to East Asia (Philippines/Korea) in less than a month. I'm a bit apprehensive, only because i have not seen my extended family for over 11 years and it might be overwhelming.

The reason why i'm a bit apprehensive is only because of the fact that my cousins over there are doing well, they're getting their education down and building their futures. & the country they live in is overpopulated and one of the most poorest countries in the world. I live in Canada, a very privilege country and yet i have nothing to show for. Which is kind of sad, if you ask me. I guess, if you live under certain circumstances, you strive more. Hopefully, visiting my motherland will give me some sort of revelation or an epiphany to figure out what i was set to do in this big world of ours.

Aside from that, I will continue blogging and will see how i develop in the upcoming months leading up to a brand new year. for now, peeeace out til you read again;)

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