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HAUL | Pretty Interesting Things from March to April

Posted on the 30 April 2014 by Genzelkisses

So today is the last day of the month and as always, I’ve been tracking things that I buy every month and I’ll be sharing with you today some of the stuff that I got for March and April.  Some of these are gifts.  Since I have accumulated bunch of stuff for two months, I can’t include everything in one post, let me know if you’re interested in a Fashion Haul, and Home Decor Haul! :)

April is my birth month so let’s start first with some gifts!

Eiffel Tower - MUA - Makeup Academy Luxe London  Lip Laquers

Eiffel Tower Watch – a gift from a blogger friend of mine, who I know for more almost two years and still haven’t met her but we have constant communication via Facebook Chat :D  Thank you Deann of Itsmedeann.com! :D  She also designs blogs so if you want to revamp your blog, feel free to contact her!

MUA (Makeup Academy) Gel Eyeliner in Brown -  MUA announced a free shipping last month and we took advantage of the promo.  I don’t have any decent gel eyeliner and I wanted to give this a try.  If you have any great recommendation for gel liners, let me know! :)

MUA (Makeup Academy) Luxe London Lip Lacquer in Criminal –  this arrived together with the eyeliner the we ordered together with Deann.  I actually included Funk shade but for some reason, it got out of stock and MUA shipped our items without even informing us about it.  They just refunded our money for the shades that are OOS.  C’mon MUA, please improve that kind of process.  We should just have picked up something as replacement instead of refunds.  However, we placed an order again this month and I bought the rest of the shades!  Yay! I’ll be reviewing them soon.

Some gifts that I received, I posted in my Birthday something something.

Stylehood - Gold Bar ID Necklace

Gold Bar ID Necklace from Stylehood -  I’ve been wanting to have this kind of necklace for so long!  Finally I bought one for myself.  It’s pretty long tho so I have to go to a nearest jewelry shop to shorten the chain or maybe I can do it myself.

Bath Essentials

Bath Essentials from PCX, Watsons, and supermarket

Palmolive Naturals Intensive Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner -  This is my favorite combo for my hair when I was in Australia during winter and are my current hair products this month.  It smells so good and makes my hair really soft.

Garnier Fructis Repair and Shine Shampoo and Conditioner -  I’ve seen these from some of my friend’s blog and I wanna give them a try.  It comes in 3 or 4 variants I believe.  It’s my first time that I’m going to try Garnier for my hair.  I love their skincare products so I have high hopes for these.

Lander Peppermint Foot Lotion -  I just ran out of my favorite foot lotion and this is a replacement.  I love the minty feeling of this when lathered on my feet.

Dove Dry Shampoo -  I’m currently using Batiste Dry shampoo in Cherry and I am loving using dry shampoo so far.  It is actually not recommended to shampoo your hair everyday (normal shampooing in the shower) so this is like an alternative to that.  However, I find Batiste quite expensive for such a really small bottle.  It costs me 380 for the small bottle while this one from Dove is just around 294 I think and it’s way lot bigger.  Haven’t tried this tho but I’ll let you know soon.

Celeteque Clarifying Shampoo - I love Celeteque products!  Their skincare and BB Creams are superb so let me give this a try.  I just used it this morning so I’ll give my thoughts on this after a few more usage.  Once a week is recommended.

Zenutrients Underarm Whitening Cream – I passed by Sesou a few days ago and looked for something to buy and this got me curious.  I don’t have dark underarms but this says it lessens chicken skin and makes the UA smoother and whiter.  Let’s see.

Essence Nail Polish –  My first nail polish from Essence.  I love the shade and everything glitters!

Some products not in the photo:

Tresemme Hairfall Treatment –  I have ended my battle with hair fall but I’m still using some products to prevent it from coming back.  Tresemme is one of my favorite hair care brands.  Let me know if you want me to post about my hairfall struggle and how I managed to won my battle against it.

Goody Shower Cap –  Just had to replace my old shower cap and I find this nice plus I trust anything from Goody.

Sebamed Lip Balm –  First time to try this and I am so loving this lipbalm!  The best lip balm that I’ve tried so far.

Sample Room - Celeteque Calchews - Oracare - H2O

Items from Sample Room

OraCare Mouthrinse –  I love using mouthwash every after I brush my teeth.

Calchews Food Supplement –  I got really curious on these so when I spotted a few samples left at SR, I placed an order.  So far so good.  I like the Chocolate flavor.

H2O+ Marine Cleansing Gel –  Haven’t tried but very curious on this brand.

Free Celeteque Cleansing Oil –  Love this product so much and I’m so happy they included a free one! :D

Skin Food Makeups - Skincare

Skin Food Products

Skin Food Oil Blotting Sheets –  The prettiest oil blotting sheets that I own so far.  So love the packaging.  I’m running out of my oil blotting paper so this one is a backup.

Skin Food Waterproof Pen Eyeliner –   Tested this on my the back of my hand and I’m pretty amazed.  I’ll let you know more once I’ve tried in on my lids next time.

I got the samples on their official launch for their newest branch at Alabang Town Center.  I want to thank Glenda for being so nice and the rest of their staff as well at ATC :)

Blue Magic Pillow

Last Valentine’s Day, I gifted my boyfriend a neck pillow from Blue Magic similar to this so I decided I wanted one for myself too!  It’s so comfy to use.  I also bought this mini cupcake coin bank which I find super duper cute!

Eazy Fashion Craft Materials

Items from Eazy Fashion

I have a bunch of items to share from Eazy Fashion when I do my Fashion Haul soon. These are some of the misc. stuff.  I love the crochet craft tapes!  I actually have used both lilac and blue last night.  Travel friendly plastic cup is the one I posted on my IG video (add me @genzelkisses).  Then those super cute premium pluggies are just too adorable!

Paper Book - Colored Pens - Bookmarks - Crafty Hattie

Craft and DIY Materials from Crafty Hattie

You know how I love DIY and crafty projects and these items are a must-have for me!  Some of my friends say it’s cheaper in Divisoria but I still can’t find the time to go there to buy plus Crafty Hattie on Instagram shares their profit to help kids and typhoon victims via feeding programs.  It feels great to buy and help at the same time!

Apostrophe - Macaron Lipgloss

Macaron Lipgloss from Apostrophe

I’ve been searching for this for so long!  There are other colors like Blue and purple but it’s 140 each (kinda pricey) so I just grabbed one and of course, it must be pink.  It looks so cute!

Star Finder

New pair of Eyeglasses from Star Finder

My grades have increased on both eyes that I had to replace my old eyeglasses that I had for a year.  I noticed that I’ve been changing eyeglasses yearly.  The first one, I found it too heavy that’s why I gave it to my auntie (she just have to replace the lens).  This new pair is my favorite so far.  It’s so light and very comfy to wear.  Before I can’t stand wearing eyeglasses the whole day that’s why it worsen my eye condition.  Star Finder is my favorite optical shop!  The lenses are already Crizal Forte and the frame is kinda flexible / bendable (less prone to damage).

Punchdrunkpanda-Camera-Strap

Camera Strap from PunchDrunkPanda

Finally replaced my boring camera strap! :D  Been wanting to buy one but I tried to convince myself that I don’t need it because my current strap is still okay but I this strap is just so pretty to resist! :D  When they posted items on sale, I immediately placed my order!  Isn’t it pretty!   This strap is called Mask Masaya.   Their products are designed by talented graphic artists!

Elephant Pink Headphones - Datablitz

Elephant Masterpiece Headphone from Datablitz

Wanted this pretty guy over here for so long!  My boyfriend even offered me to buy it for me but he has just given me a lot of gifts already so I want to buy it myself.  It’s the last stock in pink so I won’t waste the chance.  It was like, “Hey girl, this is meant for you!”  Okay, I’m just trying to convince myself and justify it *haha*  I’ll be using this for my video (song) recordings.

I’ve been loving Elephant so far.  Remember my pink wireless mouse from them?  I also have a pink earphones from the same brand and they are all working great up to now!


That’s it for my collective haul.  For sure I have some things that I forgot to share or list down here, I’ll let you know when my poor memory remembers them.  Ohh and by the way, tell me if you want me to share a Fashion haul and Home Decor haul posts!  I have a bunch here to show you guys if you want me to :)

Hope you enjoyed this post and you find something interesting!  For questions and suggestions, just leave it in the comments section below.

Any favorite item from my list?

Have a great day!

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