Hi!

If you know me, I absolutely love bargains! At the start of each day as soon as I hop on the computer, I skim through all my bookmarks of group buying websites.

What is a 'group buying website' and how does it work?

After selecting your city on the website, it will list the deals within your city.
These deals are categorised into Adventure, Beauty, Fitness, Online shopping, Food and Travelling.

Through browsing these daily deals, you'll be able to treat yourself trying out new restaurants, going out on adventures and pampering yourself at great prices.

After purchasing a deal, you'll receive a voucher via e-mail.

A group buying website, Spreets - Daily deals Sydney, has kindly given my readers a chance to obtain $25 credit on any daily deal they have! 

I mainly look out for beauty and food deals since they are the ones I'm most interested in. My sister and I are actually going to a Thai restaurant tomorrow with coupons we had purchased at a great price from another group buying website, here.

You can check out all the deals Spreets has going on in your city Daily deals.

This giveaway is available to everyone within Australia!

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Rinse your nose thoroughly with water.

 I love reading information about the product I'm going to use :( Shame.

Foil bit to peel off 

 I washed my hands and began to squeeze it out of the bottle. It was a really thick and sticky texture, it had a floral fragrance with a tinge of some kind of fruit.

I spread 2 thick layers across my nose, I was being a bit paranoid so I think I spread on more than I needed.  After applying, wait 10~15 minutes until the entire mask hardens.

Peel it against your skin, top to bottom. Wash your face of any parts of the mask still left over.  Peeled off, and lucky for you my camera can't capture all the gunk.  

After I peeled it off, as usual, my nose had felt super smooth and all of the blackheads on the very sides and tip of my nose had come off. I surprisingly didn't feel any pain besides the mask tugging from my skin, oppose to the Biore which hurt really really bad! But your experience with it may be different from mine.

Sasa @ $9.00

Notes: 

Would I recommend this product?

Yes! Just remember to use steam to open up your pores first or it won't work! I think this is an awesome mask compared to the strip ones since sometimes the strip ones still leave the stubborn black heads, using this product you can just go over those stubborn blackheads by spreading the mask over any part of your skin and it'll be gone once you peel it off!

Would I repurchase?

Yes! I looove it and it's so cheap!

Hi!

I was given a chance by KKCenterHK to try out a stamping nail plate from their store.

I had always wanted to try out these plates! 

I received this plate and a stamping kit:

 It is a template of tips in horizontal lines, stars, leopard, lines and plaid.

You can purchase this plate from their store here

The nail art stamping tool and plate came in different ziplock bags with a sticker of the company's information.

The three products came new and unflawed. 

The metal plate had a clear cover over it.

Stamping using the plates is such an amazing process! The rubber stamp picks up all the nail polish left in the template after its been scraped. During the whole thing you have to be quick though, I took to long taking pictures of it that it dried out on me.

Step-by-step image on the KKCenterHK site:

I used false nails to test the plate and stamping tool on.

 I started off with using the middle template with stars using Sea Gurl

Scraped off and stamped

Not bad.

I decided to use blank false nails instead to stamp the rest.

I'm so excited!!!!

It stamped just how I expected it to. 

How much nail polish that was still stamped on depended on the angle that I scraped the nail polish off.

It was pretty tricky to get the hang of at first but yes *success*

I can't wait to buy more!!!!

I just think that the plates should be circular so it could fit in the plate holder things!

(The cheapest shipping to Australia is around $2.50 by the way!)

Would I recommend this product?

Yes. They have quite a range of plates from their website along with their new plates that have 42 patterns on it each, but only two of the smaller plates were appealing to me.

Would I repurchase?

Yes, but maybe from another place if I can find it cheaper else where. It's really hard to find pretty plates that I want, especially on eBay since it's so tough to win the bids! But I want lots of cutesy plates with flowers, ribbons and lace on them!

This product was sent to me for consideration but has no way influenced my opinion, read further on my Disclosure Policy.

Exactly a month ago I was wandering with my friend around Westfields at Burwood for the first time. 

We spent quite a while in Target going through the products in the beauty aisles.

While looking for bargains, I saw a new brand! 'Essence'. I got all giddy going through their nail polishes @ $2.55 each, narrowing down which ones I was going to buy. Their entire range of nail polishes had been completely untouched when I first saw it... I didn't think it'd sell out so fast! 

I ended up with 'Choose Me' and 'Make it golden' because I love love love glittery/shimmery nailpolishes! I don't have much of them though. I had previously used Make it golden in my nail art post here.

Well anyway, I finally had a chance to try out Choose Me! And I love it!

Except that I think it's a bit overwhelming on it's own so after adding or applying it differently, I thought it looked much better!

The shade is actually more of a greenish-blue with a slight golden sparkle! No matter how I tried to take the picture, I just couldn't capture the green! It just looks blue. I google imaged it and I dont think anyone else was able to either.... 

 The bottle is pretty small being 0.16 fl.oz which is approximately 5ml

A normal size bottle is usually 14ml so this is pretty small.

 The cap for each of the nail polishes from Essence's range has the shade of the nailpolish on it along with the name on a sticker.

 Flat brush

Choose Me! applied with 2 layers:

*unbelievably super sparkly if you see it in real life!

Trying to go for the backdrop of where Ariel would live (in the deep deep deep ocean):

 Gradient layers (my favourite!):

And last of all, Choose Me! without painting in the half moons:

So many types of ways to use the nail polish! I love it!

 Pros

Many shades and types to choose from

Moderately quick drying

Cons

None

Would I recommend this product?

Yes! They have so so so many shades that I think everyone would like!

Would I repurchase?

Hi!

After winning a giveaway on L'oreal Beauty Confidential, I received a L'oreal Elvive Nutri-Gloss pack which included shampoo, conditioner and conditioning shine spray!

I had received this pack more than a year ago and after finishing my last few bottles of Head and Shoulders shampoo and conditioner, I was able to finally try it out!

What the product claims to do..

Elvive Nutri-Gloss Shine Shampoo:

"L’Oréal Paris ELVIVE Nutri-Gloss Shine Shampoo penetrates the hair to deliver feather-light, root-to-tip nutrition leaving it thoroughly clean and ultra-shiny all over."

Elvive Nutri-Gloss Shine Conditioner:

"L’Oréal Paris ELVIVE Nutri-Gloss Shine Conditioner instantly detangles hair without weighing it down, restoring shine and vibrancy."

Elvive Nutri-Gloss Conditioning Shine Spray:

"A leave-in shine enhancing conditioner you can use everyday, in a spray that's light and quick to use"

(This product has been discontinued so I won't be doing a detailed review on it, a similiar product to this that L'oreal has just launched is this one I believe)

My take on the products...

Note: My hair is normal, my scalp is dry and I shower every second day because my hair ends up getting oily quick.


Initially, I had been using only the L'oreal conditioner and Pantene for shampoo. The conditioner had a very discreet pleasant scent and was working well on it's own. My hair didn't get oily until midway into the 3rd day since I only applied the conditioner to my ends and I felt like my hair had gotten less tangled making it smoother. 

Afterwards, I decided to use the shampoo and conditioner together to see if there would be any changes. After continually using both products every second day, I found that my hair was smooth, less tangled and it had gotten less oily. Along with the plus sides of using both the conditioner and the shampoo, my hair had started to become more stiff and 'straw-like', just how I remember my mum's hair to be which I suppose is the reason for the lack of shine. Occasionally I would use the conditioning shine spray on my ends which smooths out my hair, detangling any knots instantly along with giving a temporary shine.

I didn't think that the shampoo was necessary besides making my hair that little bit more smoother. The conditioner worked fine on its own along with whatever shampoo you would choose to use. I don't believe that the shampoo is 'feather-light' since I don't see any difference in volume.

The product also claims to have 'Proven results' for a 'mirror shine, cashmere touch'.

I think everyone who purchased this item was captivated by the idea of their hair being smooth and having an amazing shine. My hair is definitely smoother but I don't think I would compare it to cashmere and I had found no change in the amount of shine.

Overall, I think this product is perfect for me! It's the first time I've found a product that I've been really happy with! I might drop the shampoo though and use something else since I feel like I don't really need it. 

Available at: Any leading retailer


Price: $4~6

Would I recommend this product?

If you have normal hair like me and you're looking to have your hair become tangle free and smooth, then go for it! But your hair will become more 'straw-like and stiff, I can't really explain the texture. So if you have dry hair this product is definitely not for you!

Would I repurchase?

Yes! Definitely the conditioner. Plus it's affordable! *yay*

Note:

I read from a majority of reviews that putting the conditioner anywhere near the scalp, it'll create itchiness and a dry, flaky scalp. So be aware of that if you're planning on trying out this product!

Also, L'oreal has a whole range of products for different types of hair.
Damaged, Dry, Wavy or Coarse, Coloured and Split ends! But I'm not sure if the other products work just as well.