Paris, Rome, Singapore Part 2

Okay, finally here are my pics from Paris! Sorry for the late upload, but finally here they are!

Paris was BRRRR!!! It was so cold, but it was so beautiful! I love it! It was so easy to get around because the subway was so convenient, much like the subway system of London. It turns out that London, Paris and Budapest are the oldest subway systems in Europe.

Anyway, before I got to my first stop, lookie what I saw:

A Sephora store! It was hard to show the whole store in the picture, but it was big and had two floors! Ooh...

Here's a little info I gathered about prices of French products:
Loreal and Garnier - more expensive in Paris, but they do have a lot to choose from
Paul and Joe - I'm not quite sure, but it seems that P&J is not cheaper in France
Avene - it's so cheap in France! it turns out that Avene is terribly overpriced here in the Phils.

Anyway, here's me in the inverted triangle in the Louvre Museum. This was made famous in the DaVinci Code.

Me in the Arc de Triomphe

Eiffel Tower at night

Me in the beautiful Versailles gate!

Here's just an example of how beautiful it is inside! Oh wow...

Anyway, that's all for now. Stay tune for Part 3 where I show you pictures from Rome.

I'm back! Paris, Rome, Singapore Part 1 + award

I'm back! All I can say is, I'm so tired from all the walking I did for the past 11 days. It was insane! Anyway, before I go to serious travel talk, let me start with my haul from Singapore first (although it was the last stop on my vacation) just because I'm quite excited with my goodies. But before anything else, here's a picture of Sephora in Singapore.


Okay, it's not as tiny as what I expected from everyone else's comments, but it is much smaller than the other Sephoras I've seen in Europe.

Here's a picture of Sasa in Singapore:


Now this is what I call tiny! It's really small, unlike its counterparts in Hong Kong, which is Sasa land! I was hoping it would be bigger. Oh well.

My sister and I bought an epilator in Singapore. This is a shared purchase. I tested it and it was nice. Quite expensive though.


Here is my haul from Singapore:


Here's a rundown of the stuff I bought: I bought 3 eye brushes from Sasa. The brand is Arezia (never heard of it actually) and they were cheap. They were less than P120 pesos (around USD2.5) and they looked soft so I decided to try them. I got a sample of Clinique Turnaround Visible Concentrate because I've read a lot of good reviews. I got a sheet of nail stickers from a nail art stall I saw, a pack of Biore black pore strips since I've read a lot of good reviews, an e/s quad from Coffret D'Or (since Kanebo is cheaper in Singapore than in the Philippines), and Legere Water Drop BB cream. Thank you everyone for you input, BTW. I tried some of the BB creams I saw. I also really liked Legere Multi White BB cream (the purple one) but the petrolatum scared me since I'm really oily and I might breakout from continuous usage so I got the oil-free one instead.

I also forgot to add these:


I bought some stuff from MAC Duty Free since it was cheaper than retail price. I bought the Summer Rose Beauty Powder from A Rose Romance Collection. I'm loving this! It gives me a very natural blush. I also got a Layin' Low paintpot. This was the only neutral paintpot they had, since the Duty Free stores don't have all the MAC items.

Here is my happiest beauty purchase:


This is a pack of 5 Shu Uemura Cleansing Oils with a free extra brightening oil in the rightmost! I've been really curious about Shu oils (since they're supposed to be really fab) for the longest time but I didn't want to invest in a big bottle until I'm sure which one worked for me. So now, here comes a set of the oils in 50 ml sizes! Perfect for sampling since I need to sample one product for at least 3-5 days each. I can't remember the exact price I paid for it but it costed less than P2500 for sure. It still doesn't come out cheap but since they are Shu oils the price is reasonable. I haven't seen them outside Duty Free Singapore, though.

Anyway, that's it for my hauls! Stay tune for Part 2 of this post.

Let's move on. I'd like to say thank you for the love you've given me while I was away. I even got this lovely award from Shatz, Pammy and Vonnie:

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1. Paste the Award Logo in your blog

2. Give out the award to 10 Blogs that you feels the most inspired and most friendly

.3. Make sure u back linked the recipients' blogs to your blog.

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5. Give some love to the person who give you this award.

I'm not sure who's received this award while I was gone but I'm passing it to these people:
Gale
Chrissy
Nikki
Chris
Soapaholic