My Alternate Source for Beauty Products - LookFantastic

I have been THE online shopping Queen back in Singapore, then I moved to Perth, Australia and even before I arrived in Perth, I had sourced out the shopping links for my beauty products hoarding to continue.

Now that I have moved to Denmark, there is minimal culture shock, except for online shopping culture shock! Well, you know about EU right? So, my past beauty stash sources are predominantly from Asian continents - think Korea! It had little impact when I moved to Perth except for some price changes - so much cheaper to buy from Korea when I was in Singapore. It’s a whole lot of tax and duty change when I move to Denmark!

For an order of AUD45, I have to pay a tax and duty of approximately AUD40! What! Ok, so I have been actively sourcing for product alternatives (I do miss my snail creams. sob sob), and new online shopping venues in the Europe (buy from Europe, and there is no tax!).

I have found LookFantastic and have since ordered thrice with them - and I’ve only been in Denmark for two months! Speedy delivery, and fabulous free gifts, and discounts! Not only that I found great discounts on there, my HG products like Alpha-H and Moronccooil are available on there too, at better prices!

Tips:
1. Subscribe to their newsletter, they have different beauty bags every so frequently, you will find yourself wanting to buy something just so that you get their beauty bags!
2. With the newsletter, you will get updates not on the freebies, but also special discount codes to use (up to 22% discount) on your order. As usual, conditions apply.
3. Check your country of delivery and try to meet the minimum order to qualify for free tracked delivery.

I will be reviewing the Avene products over the weekend - 1-2 products per post. They are not sponsored products, I paid for every one of them. They are so good!

P/S: I have also found alternative source for my supplements supplies, iHerb orders got taxed too much, so I decide to put iHerb aside for now, until I am back in Australia. 

Another source is Amazon.

Vitamin E, Lip scrub, Probiotics, and Whitening Soap

I have changed out the probiotics to Jarrow Formula brand - no real reason, I review the supplements from time to time, and especially when there is a sale, I take it as an opportunity to try new brand. The reviews for this particular probiotics are quite amazing, so I thought I give it try.

Along with that, I bought a few more stuff:

• Madre Labs, CafeCeps, Instant Organic Coffee Beverage, 3.52 oz (100 g)
• Jarrow Formulas, Jarro-Dophilus EPS, 120 Veggie Caps
• Chocolove, Almonds & Sea Salt in Dark Chocolate, 3.2 oz (90 g)
• Now Foods, Solutions, Certified Organic, Jojoba Oil, 4 fl oz (118 ml)
• Hobe Labs, Naturals, Vitamin E Oil, 50,000 IU, 2 fl oz (59 ml)
• Dr. Woods, English Rose Soap, Skin Lightening, 5.25 oz (149 g)
• Eco Lips Inc., Organic, Lipscrub, Vanilla Bean, .5 oz (14.2 g)

Organic Cofee - I am more of a tea person than a coffee person. It’s something to do with how coffee causes migraine for me, and also that I really don’t do ‘sour’ very well. Only some coffee tastes less acidic, but most of them leave this acidic aftertaste that I don’t like. I like Madre Labs organic coffee though,  but coffee preference is very personal, so it might not be your cup of ‘coffee’. 

Jarrow Formulas, Probiotics - I have changed out my probiotics, and this is working really well for me, so I am going to stick with it for a bit. The great reviews have definitely boosted my confidence.

Chocolove sea salt chocolate - I used to order this a lot, but it’s either my ageing tastebuds are changing or the quality of the chocolate is changing. I don’t find the ‘kick’ out of it anymore. I used to find it more ‘creamy’ despite the 55% cocoa contents in the dark chocolate, but I find it less creamy now, so there is a lack of satisfaction. 

Now Foods, Organic Jojoba oil - I am out of Jojoba oil as I am using more of it for the homemade salt scrub. 

Vitamin E oil - I had a few ‘oil seeds’ under my eye, and they were an eye-sore, so I picked them out with needle and tweezer (not recommend!!) and that left dark spots instead. I scar very easily. I am using the Vitamin E to hopefully lighten the marks and also dabs it around my smile line and around my lips. As with most vitamin E oil, it’s thick in consistency, so a little goes a long way. Have yet seen noticeable result, but will continue to use nonetheless. I also use it in the mud mask! 

Lightening soap - I was rarely out in the past. I am considered fair-skinned. Since arriving in Perth, I developed a love-hate relationship with the open spaces. I love how spacious Perth is as compared to the densely populated Singapore, however there are also lots of open spaces and Australia has the highest pfravelance rate for skin cancer because of the UV rate is higher. My exposed skin is a shade darker than my skin, and I am not happy. I really don’t like inconsistency. This English rose soap seems to receive many successful reviews on lightening and washing out tan-lines. I am alternating this with my salt scrub and nice smelling mango body wash! It’s been only a week, so I can’t tell if it’s working yet. 

Lip sugar scrub - I hate dry lips and lips with dead skin. While my gentle exfoliator for skin seems to work well for lips too, it can be too drying. I like this sugar scrub that leaves my lips soft, exfoliated and moisturised. 

Alternatively, I shop at Amazon because the boy has a Prime account.

20% off Probiotics

This week’s special discount is Probiotics! See, I am quite ‘well stocked’ for my staple supplements, but when iHerb runs specials on this supplements, I will stock a few more.



Another sale going on is the greens items! I have recently bought some Matcha powder, it’s so good!
I made ice cream out of it, and I love it!


Don’t forget to check out the weekly special’s section for great buys.

My Story:

Probiotics is one of my staple supplements, so I jumped on the opportunity and ordered some more. I had experience sever acid reflux problem (GERD) some years ago, it became so severe that I could not swallow food or liquid. The problem was eventually managed, but it never really go away. It was kind of ‘dormant’ for a few years and then came back with a vengeance. When it returned, I was not able to digest solid or more ‘dense’ food by mid-day (I suspect that the digestive system was worn out by mid-day), so it was quite annoying when meeting with friends or when holidaying as I was missing out on many food choices. Probiotics have been keeping my reflux problem at bay.

I save at least 30% when buying on iHerb for high quality supplements, health, beauty and household products. 

If it's your first time ordering from iHerb, you can save $5 off your first order using this link: 

http://goo.gl/vGyZ5u

With FREE SHIPPING option offered by iHerb, it helps to stretch my dollars.

Happy Smart Shopping!