Massive American Haul Pt.2

Hey Guys. Today is going to be the second part of my American Haul so let's jump right in! (I'll link the first part of this haul here in case you haven't seen it!)

5. I got the Laneige BB Cushion Foundation in the shade Light from Target. Laneige is a Korean 

skincare and makeup brand and I have heard wonderful things about this BB cushion. It contains the actual

 compact and a refill which is sweet, a little sample of their hydrating face cream. 

6 & 7. I got the Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black (Violet Sandalwood Vanilla) and White Perfumes ( Muguet Peony Musk) in rollerballs. I wish we have rollerball perfumes in our Sephora. They are just so handbag friendly, and of course a great way to try out perfumes. Love them!

8. Bumble and bumble Surf Spray. Again heard a lot of it and can't wait to try. By the way this is a miniature one. 

9. Another miniature item I got is the PoreFessionals from Benefit. I had a sample of this a while back and really liked it so had to crab it. It's only $10. Thumbs up for that!

10. I ordered one of the Tarte's Amazonian Clay Waterproof eyeliners from the Tarte's website. It's in the shade Bronze. Hopefully it won't budge. 

11. Another thing from the Tarte's website. It's the Tight & Bright Eye Perfector. It's a double ended eye product. One side is a Priming Serum and the other end is an eye Brightener. Interesting stuff. I'll let you know.

Point perks. I chose the Better than Sex Mascara by Too faced (100 points) and a mini lipstick by Givenchy (100 points) in the shade 202 Rose Dressing. Sweet ehh?! 

I also get to choose some samples with my Sephora online purchase, and here they are. A mini Benefit Push up Liner, a blusher called Fine-One-One to the Rescue also by Benefit. A Tarte Maracuja C-Brighter eye treatment. Soap & Glory Look Better Naked body butter and lastly a little Clean Warm Cotton perfume sample. 

I can't wait to try all of them and report back. Comment down below which one you are interested and want me to review. Hope you have enjoyed this rather big Haul (part 1 and 2). Have a lovely day wherever you are and see you in a couple of days! Bye! Muahh!

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Duty-Free Haul

wow The Perfect Neutral Eyeshadow

Makeup most beautiful in the world

Hello again beauties, hope everyone has had a great weekend. I know I just had a Sephora Haul like 3 days ago but for a beauty junkie like myself I just couldn't control my excitement when I saw all those lovely beauty products at the airport when I was on holiday 2 weeks ago so I gave in and bought some stuff, they are not all from the airport, some are from the duty-free shops on the cruise ship that I was on so without further ado let me show you what I bought. A little disclaimer before I start: this is by no means showing off, it's just sharing with my fellow beauty addicts the things that excite us the most so I hope you enjoy!

Ahh the most talked about and used shower product in the beauty world, when I saw this Almond Shower Oil at the Rome airport I just had to have it because I don't have a L'Occitane store in my area and the fact that I have to pay almost 10 euros for shipping if I order online is just a little too much so happy that I finally got this little gem. I bought the 250ml bottle (18.50 euros) because there were no bigger sizes but I shall see how it goes and I like the fact that you can even shave your legs with it so can't wait to try it!

I had a little sample of this L'EAU De Chloe (around $50 for 1.7 Oz) a while back and really liked it so when I saw this at the duty-free shop on the cruise ship I just had to buy it. So happy that I got this, I might give it to my mum as her birthday gift, I think she'll love it. It smells fresh, kinda citrusy and a little sweet I would say. Really like it!

I've also picked up a couple of Estée Lauder makeup. I don't have a lot of Estée Lauder makeup in my stash so I'm happy that I got these. One is the Pure Color Blush ($30) in Sensuous Rose, and the other is this gorgeous Pure Color Envy Eyeshadow Palette ($45) in 03 Provocative Petal. I will do an in-depth review on both of these because they are freaking amazing. 

After seeing everyone and their dogs are raving about the Mac Lipstick in Plumful (19 euros) I just had to see what the fuss was all about. I guess you guys are right, it is right up my alley, so darn pretty and it in fact was not what I thought it was gonna be. It's rather sheer and perfect for everyday use if you prefer some colour on your lips but not in your face bold and bright. Gorgeous mauve/berry-ish colour, perfect my lips-but-better and slightly darker kinda lipstick. I love it! 

I picked up this Too Faced Melted Lipstick (21.50 euros) in Melted Violet from the Sephora in Naples. I've always wanted to try one of these Melted Liquid Lipsticks and I can tell you right now that more colours need to be purchased because the formula is amazing, I actually prefer these than my Hourglass Opaque Rouge ones, yep I said it. 

Last but certainly not least is this beautiful pair of Antica Murrina earrings that I bought in Venice Airport. Apparently every pair is different depends on on the stones. They are very famous and special to Venice people so happy that I got those. They are just so cute! 

That's it beauties, It's safe to say that I won't be buying anymore beauty products for a while after those 2 hauls. I think I won't although there are still quite a lot of items are on my list. Story of my life, story of my life. Anyways I hope you have enjoyed my hauls and as always follow me on Twitter/Instagram @eflicciardello as well as Elaine's beauty reviews for blogposts update. Until next time... Muahh! 

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US Sephora Haul

New Makeup New Look 

The Perfect Neutral Eyeshadow

Makeup most beautiful in the world

Hello friends, I'm back from my holiday. It feels so good to be blogging again and share awesome beauty finds with you guys. I have a rather large Sephora haul for y'all today. My husband travels to America from time to time for work and I always order something from Sephora's website there, send to him and he brings back to me so I feel very lucky and a massive thank you to my bae! I love ya for not just bringing beauty goodies obviously... A.N.Y.W.A.Y... ... I haven't tried any of these products yet but I will report back of course after trying them out for sometime so just bear with me for now. 

Let's start with skincare. I got the NUDE Perfect Cleanse Omega Cleansing Jelly ($38) because I have a thing with oil based cleansers as you probably all know, and of course Amelia Liana talked about it so I had to try it myself. I've also got a couple of REN products because I'm very impressed with the Lift and Firm Eye Cream that I got maybe a month ago. I like the fact that REN is an all natural skincare brand so I bought the Resurfacing AHA Concentrate ($45) and Bio Retinoid Anti-Wrinkle Concentrate Oil ($60). I was gonna get the Luna Oil by Sunday Riley, the new Retinoid oil that is blue colured, but that one costs $105 and the blue gorgeousness is actually synthetic dye so no thank you. Last skincare item that I desperately wanted to try is this Powdermud Dualcleanse Treatment by GlamGlow ($19). I got the miniature one and I can't wait to try it as I love GlamGlow masks. 

Moving on to makeup... I've never tried Perricone MD products before but I was very intrigued on trying this No Foundation Foundation Serum ($55). It sounds promising and I really needed a foundation that is light for the summer, also has lovely skincare ingredients so I'll report back. You guys know how much I love my Hourglass Opaque Rouge liquid lipstick in Empress so I went ahead got the miniature version of the red shade which is called Icon ($10). I just love how dinky it is, perfect for travel and you know how I feel about red lippies right?! 

I've only got one hair product which is this Perfect Hair Day 5-in-1 Styling Treatment (travel size) by Living Proof ($15). It is not yet available here in Europe and Anna from Viviannadoesmakeup raves about this little gem so I have to see what the fuss is all about plus I adore Living Proof hair products so it's meant to happen. 

Now because it is my birthday month Sephora kindly threw in a present for me and it couldn't be a better gift because it is a pack of 2 Nars Lip Pencils that I always wanted. I've never tried any of the Nars lip products before but I know that they are pretty darn amazing so happy that I got that. Sephora had a promo going on the time I ordered so I get to try some of the best selling skincare minis. I got the Clinique Repairwear Sculpting Night Cream, REN Glycol Lactic Radiance Renewal Mask which is so highly raved in the beauty world, and a little bottle of the Ole Henriksen Truth Serum unfortunately it broke so that's that. And of course I get to choose 3 free samples which are the NARS all day Luminous Weightless Foundation, Kate Somerville Exfolikate Intense Exfoliating Treatment and lastly GlamGlow ThirstyCleanse Daily Hydrating Cleanser. Can't wait to try them!

There we go, those are the things that I picked up from US Sephora and I hope you've liked this haul. Please comment down below which one you want me to review and I'll see you next Tuesday for my holiday haul. Yep! There's another haul on your way! #feelingspendy indeed... 

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Massive American Haul Pt.1

Hi guys. Happy Saturday! I am so excited about today's post because it's gonna be a haul! Yeah!! Sorry if I'm being nut here. I just love hauls. I loving reading haul posts, I loving watching haul videos, anything haul related... If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram (which you should @eflicciardello) you know that my husband just got back from a business trip in America and he brought me tons of goodies which I am so grateful so without further ado lets get started... By the way I have to split this haul into 2 parts otherwise this post will be way too long. Second part of this haul will be up next Tuesday! 

Let's start with the biggest gift from my lovely hubby. It's the 13 inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display. I really needed an upgrade to my computer and couldn't be happier that he bought this one for me. Thank you Luca! 

Now onto the more "attractive" stuff... Let's do beauty sets first. These are all from Sephora by the way, and I haven't tried any of these yet but I will definitely report back once i start using them. 

1. Discover the Amazon 3-Piece Kit by Tarte. It contains a full-size pure maracuja oil rollerball; deluxe Amazonian clay full coverage 12-hour foundation which I have been wanting to try in such a long time and a full-size gifted Amazonian clay smart mascara. By the way how pretty is this little makeup bag that it comes with! Wow! Would be perfect for my hand bag. Tarte is something that I cannot get in Italy so I had to get something from this lovely brand right?! Stay tuned for reviews. 

2. 5-piece Amazonian Butter Lipstick Set by Tarte. It's from last year's holiday collection I think and they are so pretty. It comes with 5 different colours which are Angelic Nude; Sweet Peach; Merry Berry; Pink Poinsettia and Candy Red. 

3. Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil Set. I have heard so much about Bite Beauty and really really want to get my hands on some of their lipsticks. Since I don't know which shade to choose I got a set. This little set contains 4 mini colour crayons: Quince; Rhubarb; Cranberry which is limited edition only to this set and lastly Madeira. 

4. The only skincare item I got which is a bit odd considering I am a total skincare junkie. It's the 3-piece mask set from Peter Thomas Roth called Skinstant Mask Magic and it's exclusive to Sephora. I mean how cool is this set?! It costs $45 for 3 masks. Bargain! If we have this in Italy will probably cost around 90 Euros if not more. It includes the famous Cucumber Gel Mask; Rose Stem Cell Bio-Repair Gel Mask and Pumpkin Enzyme Mask. Will definitely report back on this one!

Stay tuned for the second part of this haul and hope you have enjoyed this post so far. I'll see you on Tuesday for the rest of it. Have a lovely weekend with your loved ones and see you soon! Muahh! 

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Feelunique Haul

Hey beauties! Happy Saturday! It's haul time. Are you ready?! 

I placed an order on feelunique last week and it's here. I am so excited. Well I really need to put myself to a no-buy from now on because I am getting outta control. Lol. Let's see if I can resist for at least a month! Come on Elaine! 

I have ordered some skincare products because I am running low on my eye cream and moisturizer so I have to get myself a replacement but you know me once I am online I just have to pick up some extra bits. Ohh dear how typical! Not so good for my wallet but good for you guys because you get to see what I got. I assume we all like hauls right?! I hope so! 

Feelunique if you don't know it's a beauty shopping site where you can get all things beauty related from drug store to high-end and it ships to all countries which is awesome. Last week feelunique had a 20% off for all French Pharmacy products so I took the opportunity and got myself some products which I have been wanting to try for a long time. By the way the sale is still on so if you are interested then hop to it! 

I picked up 2 products from Caudalie and they are both from the Polyphenol C15 line which is newly launched if I 'my not mistaken. I got the Anti-Wrinkle Eye and Lip Cream and Broad Spectrum SPF 20 Anti-Wrinkle Protect Fluid. I have heard some good things about those so I thought I would give them a go. I like the packaging, very simple and sleek. I haven't opened them yet because I still need to finish my Kiehl's ones but I'll report back for sure you know that! 

While I was on the site I saw this mask kit and it's from the brand Transformulas which I have never heard of to be honest. This kit is called Advanced Cosmeceutical Anti-Wrinkle Face & Eye Treatment and it contains a face sheet mask and a pair of eye patch which is also a mask but for eyes. It also has a £5-off coupon for the nest purchase which is pretty cool. I thought it was kinda interesting and I remember I used to love sheet masks so why not. I will let you know once I try it out! Stay tuned.

Now onto the last product which is the only makeup item I picked up from feelunique is the La Touché Magique Perfect Match Anti-Fatigue Illuminating Concealer by L'OREAL. I got the shade in 02 Ivory Beige. I was gonna get 01 which is more pink toned but it was sold out. I think this shade will probably work for me as well. We shall see! I'll let you know.

I picked it up because I wanna try a drug store highlighter/concealer pen thingy since my YSL Touché Elact was finished, and I have heard so many wonderful things about this so I have to try it. I haven't opened it yet because I wanna finish my Estée Lauder Double Wear concealer first. I am trying to be good this time. I will not open a new product if my old ones are not finished. Let's see if I can achieve that goal! 

Along with my order feelunique has thrown in a couple of samples which is always a good thing. I got the La Roche-Posay Dermatological Corrective Concentrate Intensive which is a face serum and the Diamond Oil Hair Treatment by Redken which is a deep hair conditioner. They are both pretty good size as far as samples go. I am excited to try them out! 

There you have it. This is my feelunique haul if you have any questions please feel free to comment or Tweet me @eflicciardello. Also do follow me on Instagram because I post photos everyday. If you like my blog please follow me on Bloglovin'. That's it see you all next week bye! Muahh! 

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Mini Sephora Haul #2

Hi beauties, time for a little makeup haul from my favorite place on earth SEPHORA. I have been doing a little shopping online yes! I just couldn't help myself. Sephora is very dangerous but I love Sephora. Who else is with me? I know I'm not alone! Hah!

Sephora Italy recently had a 25% off of everything in store and online for their black and gold card holders but only for 3 days, and I think it's the equivalent of the VIB thingy in America. Sephora Italy only does this 1 time a year if I am not mistaken. So you know what that means?! I had to take this rare opportunity and get myself the stuff I wanted. 

Here it is. I only got 1 thing which is this Dior 5 colour eyeshadow palette in 609 Earth Reflection and I believe this is from the Iridescent collection. I have been wanting one of these 5 Couleurs Palette in a long time because they are highly raved products in the beauty world, I mean everybody and their mother is talking about it. They are not cheap by all means so that put me on hold for a while and also I just wasn't sure which palette to get. I want get one that I can use all the time considering the high price tag. 

(Beautiful packaging)

I had seen a lot of swatches online and finally I decided to get this particular one because the colours are simply gorgeous and this can be used for day and night. I think I can create a lot of looks with this palette and I'll make sure to do a "look post" by using this one. Let me know if you are interested. 

I can't tell you too much about this palette yet because I only used it once and I wanna keep using it so that I can give you a more in depth review, but I think I am already in love as those shadows are so soft and easy to blend. Anyway I'll do a separate post on this palette so stay tuned. 

Along with my purchase Sephora hooked me up with 3 samples which is always a good thing. One is the Valentina by Valentino perfume. One is the Baume de Rose lip balm by Terry which I have heard so many good things about. I have already tried it and I have to say it is really nice and lush, smells lovely but I would pay for like 70€ for a tub of this. It's just way too much and I actually prefer my Nuxe Reve de Miel to be quite honest. 

Last sample is the new Pure Colour Envy by Estée Lauder. There are 4 shades in here and it also comes with a tiny little lip brush which is very thoughtful. I will be trying these out and if they are nice I think I will be picking up a lipstick from Estée Lauder. 

That's it guys! This is my Sephora Haul. See I told you it was MINI. Anyways stay tuned for another haul because I should have another package coming from Sephora this Friday because the summer sale has begun. Ouchh. I really need to start a no buy from now on. I have enough. 

I hope you have enjoyed my mini haul and let me know what you favorite Dior eyeshadow palette is and why because I'd love to know. Please follow me on Twitter and Instagram for daily updates and if you do like my blog then follow me on bloglovin as well. Thank you so much for reading and I'll see you on Saturday! Bye! Muahh! 

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Mini Sephora Haul #3

Sephora summer sale is now on so I picked up some sale items that I think are pretty cool. I didn't buy too much as some of the stuff are just not that appealing to me. Anyway here it goes. 

First up it's this MUFE Rouge Artist Natural Moisturizing Soft Shine Lipstick in N43. Another lipstick I know. I'm getting out of control. Well in my defence I didn't have any bright orange coloured lipsticks. No I don't so I am allowed right?! Lol! Anyways I'm really glad I got this because it is creamy and moisturizing, kinda reminds me of the Dior Addict Extreme lipsticks. Very similar in terms of formula and effect on the lips. Light to medium colour pay off with a nice subtle sheen to it. I'm digging it! 

The only issue I have with this lipstick is the scent. It smells like some perfume and very artificial which I don't like but it's not strong at all so I guess that's ok. 

Next up I got this Sephora 4 Makeup Brush Set which is a limited edition set I believe. It comes with a Foundation Brush, a Blush/Powder Brush, a Full Eyeshadow Brush and a Eyeshadow Smudge Brush. 

I like the pattern design on these brushes and the fact that they are very small so great for traveling. I have already used the brushes in this set and I am really liking the 2 eyeshadow brushes. The blush/powder brush is not bad as far as applying face powders but it's a little scratchy on the face and sheds which I just don't care for. The foundation brush well it's too small to be a foundation brush and I never use this kind of flat brushes to apply foundation. I like buffing brushes or fluffier ones so this is a miss for me.

Last but not least is this Tapered Blush Brush by bareMinerals. It's rather small than I expected but it feels quite lovely on the face and it gets the job done well. I think it also can be used for applying highlighters because of the size and the fact that it's tapered. The only down side is the wobbly handle. It's not well made so keep that in mind. 

Sephora had thrown in a couple of samples with my purchase. One is the Clarins Extra-Firming Day Cream which I have had in the past and I do really like it. Smells lovely as all Clarins products do, and of course the cream feels nice on the skin as well. Worth trying. However the Erborian BB Cream is not for me. I bought the full size like a couple of years ago and I didn't care for it. It's light yes but looks very oily on my face. It just feels really greasy so I wouldn't recommend it. 

That's it guys I told you I didn't do too bad, did I?! Let me know what you did/will get from the sephora sale and how you like them. Please follow me on twitter, Instagram as well as bloglovin for daily updates. Have a lovely weekend and I shall see you all next week! Bye! Muahh! 

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Haul Time

Hey beauties! It's time for another Haul. Yes! I love doing haul blogposts it's just so much fun. It might not be fun for my wallet but hey girls gotta go shopping right?! Disclaimer: this is in no way of showing off it's just a popular topic either in the blogger world or the YouTube world, beauty wise!

By the way I will be doing reviews of these products in the next few weeks, this is just a straight up makeup and skincare haul. 

I placed a couple of orders from spacenk and cultbeauty last week and they both had arrived yesterday so let's crack on with the good stuff! 

First up is from spacenk. I only ordered one thing which is the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Dim Infusion. (£28 for 4.2g 0.15Oz) You may have seem my Top 5 Fav Blusher post where I gave the full deets on the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blusher in Mood Exposure. I love the ambient lighting blushers. They are just so smooth and pigmented so I picked up another shade which is this Dim Infusion. I have seen tons of beauty bloggers and YouTubers talked about this particular shade and I just had to have it.

It's infused with the famous Ambient Lighting Powder in the shade Dim and it looks very flattering and pretty. It's like a peachy coral shade but very light and subtle. I'll report back on how I get on with it, and I'll probably do an Hourglass Blushers blogpost soon. Let me know if you fancy seeing it! 

Moving on to the order from cultbeauty. I got 4 things. First is the most expensive and the best in my opinion from this order, which is the Foreo Luna. (£145) I got the pink one which is for sensitive/normal skin type. 

It is a skin cleansing device which deeply cleanses the skin and exfoliates at the same time. It also have the anti aging benefit to it! It seems pretty easy to use, you just turn it on and massage it all over the face with your cleanser for 1 minute then rinse, and after you put on your serum and moisturizer turn it on again for the anti aging part for another minute. 

I used it last night and it did feel pretty good. It's fairly gentle compare to the Clarisonic cleansing device because the Foreo Luna doesn't have the harsh brush head and instead, it has a bunch of silicone points which are much gentler for the skin. I'll do an in depth review and demo on the Foreo Luna so look out for it! 

Next up is a mud mask for hair from Aestelance. (£17 for 120ml 4Oz) Doesn't that sound interesting?! A mud mask for our hair. Wow I am excited. I might have bought it after reading the blogpost of Anna from Viviannadoesmakeup so have a look at what she has to say about this one by clicking . Again full review will be up after I've tried it long enough. 

The next item I got from cultbeauty is a bronzing powder from Stila, (£12 for 9.9g 0.35Oz) and I believe this is a limited Edition for Valentines day. I am not 100% positive but it's called Sweet Treat Bronzing Powder. Isn't it pretty?! Look! 

This bronzer has 4 different shades in it and 3 of the colours are matte with only one shimmery shade. It's very natural by looking at it I mean I haven't tried it yet so I can't tell you if it's good but I will let you know soon! 

Last but not least is this hand cream from Yes! Nurse. (£5.50 for 50ml 1.7Oz) I love the packaging and apparently you can turn the box into a piggy bank which is pretty cool. I like the ingredients, they are all pretty natural.

It's founded by paediatric nurse Antonia Steven, and she used to have dry and cracked hands by washing too much so she created this hand cream and it supposed to be very moisturizing. I'll let you I know how it is later on in my blog after I try it! 

That's it guys! That's my haul. Unfortunately cultbeauty forgot my samples which is bummer! But I love cultbeauty and spacenk of course. They just have so much good stuff going on all the time. 

Anyway I hope you like my haul! I certainly do. Can't wait to try them out and report back to you guys. Just keep checking on my blog or the easiest way is to follow me on for daily beauty updates. Have a good day beauties and I'll see you all next time! Muahh! 

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