Etude House Princess 360° rotating makeup storage organiser review

Etude House Princess 360° rotating makeup storage organiser review

Tools Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, June 17, 2014

I have a dedicated, if small, vanity with drawers and shelves for my makeup and skin care stash. However, a number of sample and full-sized products that need trying out or using up, or that I use in my daily routine, end up scattered on my desk, and I hate to see them lying around. Worse, I tend to misplace vital tools such as stampers, nail art pens and hair brushes. That is where tabletop cosmetics organisers come in. I have the Lori Greiner Rotating Cosmetics Organiser, which holds everything I use on a daily basis. But that is for another post.
On May 15, 2014, Etude House released a rotating cosmetics organiser of their own, which they named the Princess 360° Makeup Table Organiser. While my trusty Lori Greiner holds all my daily-use products, I still needed something for all the samples, the to-be-tested products, and things I want to finish up soon. That, combined with the sheer cuteness factor of this storage pod, made me snap it up on the spot. Purchase details are at the end of this post.

Take a detailed look at the Etude House Princess 360° Makeup Table Organiser.

New in stash: Swatches and review of Accessorize Exposed palette

New in stash: Swatches and review of Accessorize Exposed palette

Swatches Cosmetopia Digest   Friday, August 23, 2013

The Accessorize Exposed palette had been on my wishlist for a while and I finally got my hands on it today. Like the You Are Everything and Lovely Day palettes from Accessorize, Exposed has cute packaging and 32 shadows.

The shadows are all variants of neutral shades, making this a must-have for anyone who likes eyeshadow. You can do quite a few looks with this; there are around half a dozen matte eyeshadows, and the others are shimmery, glittery or pearly. The best part is that they've chosen enough shades for the crease, lid and inner corner;

The A to Z of my beauty stash, with 25 makeup must-haves

The A to Z of my beauty stash, with 25 makeup must-haves

Tags Cosmetopia Digest   Sunday, June 30, 2013

The lovely Alice Waude of Underneath The Beauty tagged me for this post, and it is another fun way of showing off one's makeup stash. Incidentally, she invented the tag...wow! Please do check her blog out, I love reading her reviews. Sorry it took me so long to do this, Alice. I went through everything at least three times to find Q and V and still haven't found an X :(
What you have to do is pick your favourite item for each letter of the alphabet - it can be the brand, the product or the shade name. (Pictures optional)
Here are my beauty ABCs:

Accessorize eye palettes

Burt's Bees Deep Cleansing Cream

Crabtree and Evelyn Iris set

Rainbow Beauty Tag

Rainbow Beauty Tag

Tags Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, June 04, 2013

 

I saw DeBresha do this post and thought it might be fun to give it a shot and share a bit of my stash. What you need to do is pick seven items from your make-up stash that are the colours of the rainbow (the actual lotion/cream/powder product itself, not the packaging!) and post them. I had thought this would be an easy post, but all those gorgeous green and purple tubes contained white gloop. I've tried to keep myself from reaching out for the eyeshadows and the nail polishes all the time, especially for the trickier colours. So I decided to limit it to a maximum of two colours for polish/eyeshadow/eyeliner alone. Here goes:

Violet
Sephora Eyeliner, Too Faced Eyeliner, Accessorize Eyeshadow


Indigo
Wiki describes indigo as a "deep and bright blue" so here are Essie Aruba Blue and the gorgeous O.P.I. Yoga-ta Get This Blue (finally got it).

Blue
!!!

Green

Stash Show: Ten Soap and Glory stars currently being used

Stash Show: Ten Soap and Glory stars currently being used

Stash Cosmetopia Digest   Saturday, May 25, 2013

I am officially on an online shopping ban, so expect a few stash posts. Anyone who wants to join me on the ban (only online!) is welcome.

Here are 10 Soap & Glory products I'm using now:

• Flake Away: Bought the full-size after I ran through a 100ml container.
• Heel Genius: 125ml tube. Half done, and I have a full one inside!
• Glow Lotion: I love how it looks on my skin, but I tend to forget to use it.
• Girligo Body Mist: Will keep repurchasing forever!
• Supereyes Supereyes: As above (one in handbag, one in shelf).
• You Won't Believe Your Eyes: Will not repurchase. I'll explain later.
• Sexy Motherpucker: I love the tingling, so one in handbag, one in shelf.
• Five Fruits Butter: 300ml but I keep skiving off this because of laziness.
• The Righteous Butter: 100ml container. I prefer the above butter, so may not repurchase.
• Glad Hair Day Conditioner: Have around two uses left in the 200ml tube. Will definitely repurchase.

My Arch de Triumph is missing, as also the Hand Food tube and the Glad Hair Day Shampoo I got for Christmas :( They must be somewhere, since I've found the conditioner and the foot cream....
I will be reviewing the eye products and the conditioner; if there's anything else you want reviewed/a closer view of, do comment!

Stash show: Benefit kits so far... (just two!)

Stash show: Benefit kits so far... (just two!)

Stash Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, May 20, 2013

I used to (and still do) think that Benefit's full-size products were better value for money than the kits, so I've hoarded Porefessional (click here to see part of my hoard), Dr Feelgood, Hello Flawless, BrowZings and so on. I caved and ended up buying Confessions of a Concealaholic from Portugal, when I couldn't control my lust any longer. I also got Primpcess for Christmas - it has since been discontinued. Aren't the kits cute?

Primpcess contains: