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Hello! It’s been awhile!

wallflowersforjane — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:18:20 +0000

Hi everybody, if there’s anybody still reading this. I know it’s been a long time since I have blogged. I have been fairly busy for the first half of the year and since I have been on nobuy, it’s been difficult finding a topic to blog about.

I am thinking of reviving this blog soon because I just came back from Korea with a whole bunch of skincare that I am currently using.

If I do revive the blog, I will probably change it up a bit, moving it towards a more lifestyle direction rather than just focusing on bath/beauty. I have always been interested in interior design and lately have been picking up on photography as well. With all these new interests, it just seems right that I incorporate more of these into my blogging.

So for now, I will just post up my Use it up list for the past few months, mainly tarts, and get back to thinking about how best to use this platform to represent my interests! I hope to see you around still!

CYS Orange Powdered Linen
LB Wedding Cake shea cream
SSS Bartlett Pear
CYS Coconut Raspberry Mocha
Lush Sultana of Soap soap
Bissy’s Jamaican Vanilla Cafe
CYS Sugared Apple Vanilla
CYS Kumquat Cranberry
CBV Wildberry Scone
CYS Heavenly Peace Body Milk
CYS Disney Dreams
LB Blood Orange Cocomilk

January Use It Up!

wallflowersforjane — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:49:48 +0000

CYS Pineapple Jasmine tart
BB Poison Pie tart
CYS Strawberry Lemonade Cooler tart
CYS Boston tart
Mandom Cleansing Express
SSS Green Tea tart
BI Pink Panther 2oz Body Lotion
CYS Vanilla Cola tart

Back to School Haul + Gifts.

wallflowersforjane — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:26:10 +0000

hello everybody! i am back with a quick quick video of my back to school shopping haul! i think i am going to try and record more videos because it’s faster and easier that way rather that taking photographs and writing up descriptions. i don’t have much time nowadays! sorry! the next video i am going to do is my luna bleu tarts order which came like ages ago, i have recorded a few videos about it but i was never happy about the quality soo…yeah.

so anyways here’s a quick video to reassure you all i am still alive and well!

I am leaving for…

wallflowersforjane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:25:22 +0000

See you after Christmas )

Mad City Soap + Bookdepository Haul!

wallflowersforjane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:04:51 +0000

Hey you guys!

How’s everything been going? For me, the semester has ended and it’s officially the December holidays! Instead of relaxing, I actually went back to work at the Museum because they hired me officially to work on an exhibition that’s opening next year. It’s been awesome back in the Museum. I feel very productive, working hard and earning some spending money of my own. This will explain why I went a little crazy during the Black Friday sales! Out of my Christmas list, the only ones left are my father and brother to shop for. They are the most difficult ones! Hopefully, inspiration will strike soon enough.

Anywayyyy…this post is not to ramble. I am here to share two of the orders that I made during Black Friday. I finally ordered from Mad City Soap, after lemming for them for, like, at least a year. And I am extremely happy with my order!

Here’s my youtube video of the haul. + I talk about my haul from bookdepository.co.uk (which arrived today!) It’s a really awesome e-bookshop that I cannot recommend enough! It has free shipping and the lowest prices for books I have seen! That should be enough to tempt you right? The links are all in the sidebar of the video!

First Ever Mad City Sue Order

wallflowersforjane — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:05:49 +0000

Mad City Sue was another etailer that had a sale on Black Friday, the promotion was for 20% off most products in her etsy store. But what made MCS so special that I had to purchase from her? Because she rarely has sales and I have been lemming for her products ever since one of my good friends, Inan, reviewed about her products on her blog! MCS has been around the etailer scene for a long long time and I have yet to see a negative review about her customer service or her products!

After browsing through her scent and product list, I decided to make a custom order of:

Two 4oz sugar scrubs in Peppermint Bark and Carmelized Pralines
Two 4oz shower parfait cream soaps in Orange Buttercream Latte and Vanilla Bean Boysenberry

Don’t they sound just so yummy already? When I saw Peppermint Bark and Carmelized Pralines, I wondered if they were the same scents that Candles by Victoria carried and have already garnered so many positive reviews on youtube. The scent descriptions are very similar and the names are identical. Hopefully they are because these two sound absolutely delicious!

I can’t wait till they get here and it seems they are going to be here very soon because I just received an Etsy convo from Sue that my order is completed and ready to be shipped out tomorrow via Priority International Mail. Yay!

The sale may be over but you can still check out her holiday scents, they sound divine and I had a hard time paring them down to just four!

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/madcitysue

Southern Alchemy Candles

wallflowersforjane — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:08:28 +0000

Southern Alchemy is a small candle business based in Tennessee. The owner, Marcee, has set up storefronts on both her own website and Etsy. She also has a pretty active facebook and twitter accounts where she announces specials and what’s going on in her life and her business. Recently she tried out a new special where a limited number of gift certificates priced at $10 but was actually worth $20 was put on sale on both her Etsy page and her website. I immediately jumped on the offer because I have been lemming for candles for quite awhile since she’s one of the few candle etailers that provides international shipping. Unfortunately I only had enough paypal funds for one GC But that’s ok, because Marcee was nice enough to let me combine my GC with the Facebook 20% discount and the Holiday 20% sale that was on-going as well. I actually saved myself a lot more money that if I had shopped at her Black Friday 40% Sale!

Yes, you heard that right! Southern Alchemy is having a 40% off sale for Black Friday! The sale runs till 1 December! I think it’s probably one of the more awesome deals available. And even if you miss her sale, she has a Holiday 20% sale running as well!

Southern Alchemy currently has three types of candle scents to choose from – holiday, signature and exotic. All of them sounded so yummy that I had to choose something from all three lists!

I ordered 5 candles in:

White Christmas
Fresh Cut Christmas Tree
Apple Maple Ginger
Coco Mango
White Chocolate Coffee

And 3 wax melts in:

Star Fruit Pavlova
Bourbon Vanilla
Sea Salt Caramel

Unfortunately not all the candles are for me. At least two of them will be going to my Aunt and I ordered them with the retro Christmas labels that I think would go perfectly with her holiday decorations! I am really looking forward to my first ever etailer candles! Here are all the links for Southern Alchemy, the sale is so worth it, everyone should at least take a look. I am including the link to her blog as well because she has really interesting blog entries about the way she runs her business and her daily activities, it’s so fun to check out what’s going on behind the scenes of etailers.

Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/southernalchemy
Store: http://shopalchemy.com/
Blog: http://southernalchemy.blogspot.com/

Happy Black Friday!

wallflowersforjane — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:16:39 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Although I am really busy with revision, I just had to get online today because it’s BLACK FRIDAY! WHOOHOO! SALES SALES SALES! I have already started buying ) heh heh heh! So far, I made 2 orders, although they technically don’t have anything to do with Black Friday sales.

1) Moleskins from Bookdepository – I got one for me and another as a Christmas present for one of my best friends!

2) Southern Alchemy – I scored the $10 for $20 gift vouchers, made use of the Facebook 20% off and got a really really discounted order of candles and melts. Marcee, the owner, was so sweet the whole time we were exchanging emails. I am looking forward to my very first candle order. Shipping was a bomb though…will talk about more about this in the haul post.

Am planning more purchases! There are sales from Mad City Sue and Bathed & Infused going on too. I have always wanted to try MCS so this may be the perfect time to grab some scrubs. And I want to stock up on my favourite B&I scents. I am hoping Luna Bleu will have a sale too. Really want some more tarts from her!

What are you going to get from the Black Friday Sales? I would love to hear what you got!

The November Lust List

wallflowersforjane — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:49:12 +0000

Hello everybody,

It’s November! Just one little month before Christmas! Has anyone started their Christmas shopping yet? In Singapore and especially in my family, Christmas isn’t that big a deal. Well, one of my aunts does give a party every year but most of the presents go to the little kids rather than a huge big exchange. The gifts are token rather than thoughtful. It’s not that we are unfeeling people, that’s just the way we are.

For me, I try to make it a point to get some little gifts for my parents, my brother, my favourite aunt, her daughters, my favourite cousins and my best friends. Sooo…not that long a list! Last year, I got them bath&body products from Bathed & Infused! And they loved it! This year, I haven’t decided what to buy yet but I have a few ideas…

Parents – Not sure yet! they seem to have everything. maybe i will just give them good grades! heehee!

Brother – No idea either! he’s going to the army in four months, I wonder if I can find something useful that he can use there.

Aunt – I was thinking of getting her some candles (Bizzy B, Southern Alchemy or Candles by Victoria). She has loads of decorative candles around her house so I know she will definitely love them, it’s just finding out what kind of scents she likes.

Cousins – Probably bath & body products (Luna Bleu or B&I), they love foody scents!

Best friends – I am going to get the two girly ones make up palettes from coastal scents and the third one, a 2010 moleskin organizer! I scoped out all the cheapest places already, I am going to wait till the last possible moment in the hopes of some sales!

For myself…I have a long long list of lemmings!

- Candles from Bizzy B’s, Southern Alchemy and Candles by Victoria
- Lumiere Pre Buy Brushes
- Luna Bleu tarts
- Because I’m the Princess scrubs
- 10 pc blush palettes, 15 mini camouflage concealer palette, 26 pc e/s palette
- and a long wishlist for books

Hopefully, there will be some awesome Black Friday deals to help me save some money because this is going to an expensive Christmas for me!

October Use It Up!

wallflowersforjane — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:55:52 +0000

October went by pretty fast, huh! I submitted three essays, sat through numerous lectures and seminars, cracked my head over tons of readings and drank a lot of caffeine to keep myself from falling asleep as much as possible! So October’s over and November is here. I have two more papers to go and then to prepare for finals. By 30 November, I will be a free bird!

But before I get ahead of myself and stop the momentum, here’s my October Use It Up! I think I am finally making a dent with the products I brought to campus! I may actually run out of soap soon! Haha!

- CYS Monet’s Garden 3-in-1 sample
- CYS Green Apple Chamomile tart
- BI Key Lime Cheesecake Body Wash
- SSS Euca Mint tart
- SSS Ginger Peach tart
- CYS Americana Sample Soap
- SSS Fruit Slices tart
- BI Lait Sucre Body Mist 2oz
- Skin Food Tea Tree Cleansing Foam 150ml
- SSS Sugar Cookie tart
- CYS Hawaiian Rain tart
- CYS Seattle tart
- CYS Gourmet Velvet Cake tart

Must work hard at using my stuff up this November because I have a feeling the etailer sales during the holiday season will be brutal on the wallet!