Pink and Undecided: eye shadow

Unboxing : October Lola Box (Make Up and Beyond)

Hi everybody!

It's been such a HOT day (well, it's been super hot the last couple of days) i couldn't really function properly. #Undecided and i kept on BBM-ing each other, daydreaming of laying inside a cooling pool all day long but then as usual our crazy imagination got the best of us and we began worrying that we might fall asleep and drowned. Pfffftttt. I dunno what's wrong with us, how come our conversation still sounds like our note-exchanging days in junior high school (i actually read a blogger describe her relationship with her long time BFF like this and couldn't relate more!)? I guess we've never really grown up, haven't we? I'm so jealous of those of you who lives in four-seasoned countries and experiencing autumn right now. Pfffftttt. J.E.A.L.O.U.S.

I can go on and on all day, but i guess i need to get the priorities straight and actually write the main point of this entry :p, unboxing October Lola Box :

At first glance? Meh. Hehehe

I received the box on Thursday together with BTI (which i will unbox next, be patient okay), i was torn on which of the two boxes (which were equally uninspiring this month :(...) i should unbox first then decided to do the one that i am ever slightly more excited about. Very slightly okay.

Unlike previous months' boxes, they change out the outer "bread box" into one embossed with their logo

Ta-daahhh. Unfortunately the box itself snugly fitted into the outer box, making it hell to slip out of! I literally had to shake and topple it upside down to take the actual box out. And of course, making a total mess of the products inside in the process..

In real life the box' color's more of a neon-ish pale yellow (if i make any sense. It's like baby yellow but with an injection of fluorescent), of course there's no way my stupid camera would be able to capture (anywhere near) the real color!

The theme this month

See what i was talking about. It actually was very neatly wrapped, not haphazard like this. But there was nothing i could do, otherwise i wouldn't be able to take the box out of the outer box!

It was really light (as well as the BTI) so i was already prepared that it wouldn't be a wonderful box haha. You can pretty much see all of the products featured in a first glance

Looks better after i re-arrange them, yes? LOL

Vouchers from Luxola and Elianto. Thinking of using the Elianto one, but not 100% sure yet because they have promotions all the time, i'm not convinced that this voucher (IDR 50.000 off with minimum spending of IDR 250.000) is a better deal than their usual promotions. Not very interested in the Luxola voucher since i've gotten better ones before (20% off) and still didn't convinced me to purchase anything there so far...

The list of products featured in October box

To be completely honest with you, i wasn't sure why themed their box "Make Up and Beyond" this month. I dunno if it's just me, but i'd be expecting a lot more make up products with that kind of theme! Instead there's only one make up product featured in this month's box. Doesn't make any sense to me...

Oh yeah, i must apologize in advance for the worse than usual photos, i was in a hurry and didn't pay attention to my own shadows blocking the products zzzz. Sorry!!! It'd be equally bad for the BTI one but you can still see everything clearly lah :p..

Laneige

Laneige Water Sleeping Pack and Water Bank Gel Cream (one sachet each)

Yea... I don't think i need to explain to you anymore how i feel about sachet samples, right? Hehe. Received the exact same sleeve of Laneige samples from BTI so i was freaking out a little bit, but apparently they featured different variants. BTI's one's slightly better since they featured three sachets instead of two *LOL*. Not that it's a good thing (sachet samples, pffffftttt) but still like 1% better haha. Also got a little card (that i forgot to take picture of here but will be making an appearance in the unboxing of BTI next) that can be exchanged for trial set samples at Laneige's counter BUT only available in Jakarta. PFFFFFTTTTT. Why bother?

Elianto Eyeshadow (2gr) 12 Earth Brown (worth IDR 45.000)

Usually Elianto's products are manufactured in Korea but the eyeshadow was manufactured in Italy! I dunno why a Malaysian brand would manufacture their products so far away?

This is the only make up product in this box and the sole reason why i liked Lola Box a teeny tiny bit better than BTI this month (BTI didn't feature any make up item, boo!). It's from Elianto, which is a (cheap but) nice brand and i am thinking of getting their empty palette and fill it with their eye shadows (which is always on a buy 2 get 3 promotion) so this is a start (the eye shadow's refill style that can be slip in the palette easily). I'm not keen on the color though... pffftttt.... earth brown, what color can be anymore boring than this? LOL.

Speaking of Elianto, i wonder why there's no further confirmation on when i can actually collect my prize after winning their giveaway earlier this month? It's been more than two weeks already. None of the winners got any further confirmation yet, i guess i should be more patient....

Vitamin Science Vita Advanced Whitening Multi BB Cream and Vita Advanced Multi facial Gel, one sachet each

Another sachet samples *YAWN*. At least they are from a brand i've never heard of before *consoling-self*. But seriously. Stop giving out sachet samples, beauty boxes!!!

Rudy Hadisuwarno Hair Intense Repair Serum (full sized worth IDR 73.700, but i'm pretty sure i saw them at a much cheaper price at supermarkets)

The only other full-sized product in this month's box, i've actually received the exact same product at BTI's May box but since it's from another beauty box service, it's forgivable i guess. I am currently using the one from BTI and it's pretty good (review coming up, i think that's what i always say whenever i'm mentioning a product i'm using haha) so this is actually my second fave item (other than the eye shadow, obviously. Which i'm not even that thrilled about considering the shade haha) from this box.

La Perla Divina Eau de Parfum vial

Oh, this one's okay too lah. I love perfume samples and this one agrees with my nose on the first sniff. Definitely gonna make a use out of this...

Beauty Editor's Pick : Manicare Magic Buffer

Lately Lola Box' extra beauty tools are even more exciting than the actual products. LOL. This buffer got four sides with all different colors

And it's foldable

And that's all. Like i said, not very inspiring at all. My Lola Box' subscription's just finished (again. I took their three-months subs) and this last box makes me very unsure whether or not i should renew the subscription. I am very torn though because the previous two boxes were quite good.I dunno lah, i probably would and hope next month their box would be better than this one...

Personally i think this box' products were the lowest-valued products in total Lola Box had ever gave out. There were only two full sized products (and one extra tool) while the rest are not even "deluxe" but just sachet samples. Totally not worth the price one had to pay for the box :(. Disappointing because Lola Box' actually one of the beauty boxes that is the most consistent so far. Alas, if anyone's interested to subscribe, please use my referral :

http://www.lolabox.com/?refid=DVCjo4quJn

Okay, i'm done with the unboxing, but i still got a few things to tell you. One is actually a whine LOL. I've been craving.... crazy cosmetic shopping lately! OMG. What to do? I know i have hundreds of new products still sealed (Rosemary always told me i have enough products to open an online shop... But of course i could never part with any of my stuffs zzz). I've just purchased two Nature Republic's flower-shaped lipstick (purely for their shapes, obviously) and placed (6 items...) orders on Etude House's Disney limited edition line... But i really feel the urge to go CRAZY.

How can i resist this?

And this???? HOW????

I am also currently obsessed with vampy, dark colored lipsticks (a very new step in my beauty products life LOL). I only own one (that's not even that vampy, it was more gothic because it was super dark brown-almost black instead of very deep berry colors i'm craving for) and feel the strong need to add at least like, 10 (i almost purchased one from Wardah, but then the kiasu in me pulled the brake because Wardah's like almost always having a promotion always and there wasn't any yesterday. I can wait) in my (soon to be) collection (i mean, i only have one. ONE! Can't hardly be called collection, can it???). I've tried it out a few times (with no strong reaction from anyone, which is surprising) and will blog about the look soon.

Anyway, i don't think i'd be able to curb this obsession. Am currently browsing through online shops and felt like buying EVERYTHING. I might go absolutely MENTAL again. Oh well, it's been a few months since my last "break down".

Moving on now, i know i never really shared "what i've been listening" kind of stuffs before. That's because i am never one to actively look for new songs (a far cry from the teenage me who's always be the first to know the hottest latest singles, thanks to my constant obsession with MTV and radios). Now i rely on my hubby to look for new songs (and he only does that like, once i a few months LOL) and keep on listening to the same play list.

Ever since i became obsessed with Kim Jong Kook, his songs (he has plenty because he's been in the industry for 17 years, FYI. I don't listen to his Turbo days songs though! Dun like them >.<) are the only songs i've been listening and singing (or more like mumbling most of the time because it's not really easy to sing a song in a language you don't speak more than 5 words of) to, like... non stop. I have plenty of favorites but my current one's this song that's an OST of a Korean drama (no worries, #Undecided. I have no intention to watch the series. LOL)

I am obsessed with his voice (as well as himself) OMG. And keep in mind, that sweet, soulful voice? Belong to someone who looks more like a martial art athlete physically. And someone that's always been portrayed like this :

Angry and scary Kookie. They don't call him Sparta Kook for nothing :D

Anyway, i was looking for a close up picture of him looking scary or mean, but found none. He's always smiling cutely in all of his pictures PFFFFFTTTT so i had to settle for that. I just find his voice even more amazing, coming from someone that's physically built like that hehe.

Okay lor, that's enough rambling for one entry! Toodles!


I was wearing a much brighter lipstick than my usual safe colors but sadly it didn't translate well into the picture zzzzz. It looks very sheer here, eh? Bold my a**.... #Pink

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Just One of My Many Hauls :p

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Hi everybody!

There was a time in this little blog when i blog about my hauls WEEKLY. And my shopping was (and still...) so bad that even blogging weekly couldn't keep up the frequency of my shopping so the entries were always backdated. Then i got too busy blogging about other stuffs (mainly travel entries) that i had no time to blog about my hauls specifically. Now i am missing doing a real (instead of inserting them in my other posts) haul post, that's why i'm writing this (read my last weekly haul long time ago here)! (Also the fact that the pictures of my hauls were getting ridiculously PLENTY, i gotta do it fast if i still plan to do it at all!)

I don't want to miss anything (like i always said, this is my way of keeping track of what i've been buying, because i keeps on buying-and i buy so MUCH-that i almost always forgot that i've purchased this and that! Don't want to buy something i already bought!!!), so i actually going to show you my haul... from MARCH! LOL!

Look at The Body Shop's paper bag! I haven't shopped in TBS since forever! Okay lah, i mean at least since March :p. I think this is the last time i shopped there because then my vouchers were finished and sale season's already over. Having said that, it's already August, so in like two or three months their crazy sales would most probably start again and i'd start going crazy again FML.

I think i bought this using BCA credit card's promo, Buy 1 Get 1

Moisture White Shiso BB Cream SPF 25 PA+++ (30 ml)

I went to TBS specifically because i was attracted to their BB Cream, you know.. me and BB Cream... i just feel the need to have every single one of them from every brand known in this whole world WTH. I actually wanted to get the All-in-One BB cream (which is like IDR 10.000 cheaper than this) but then i saw this and it contains SPF, for someone like me who couldn't be bothered with any sunscreen (but i am trying hard to change this habit now because i developed some-almost invincible-sun spots under my right eye. No, you won't be able to see them with naked eyes so don't try okay :p), i'd much prefer BB creams that has SPF properties in it.

It was IDR 179.000, definitely not something i'd pay normally, that's why i KNEW that i bought this on those Buy 1 Get 1 days. For the free item i got this :

Coconut Shower Cream (250ml)

Originally priced IDR 75.000, but i am 100% sure i got it for free. I love coconut scented stuffs, so when i saw this i was like "Perfect!". Plus hunny's skin can only tolerate a few brands, TBS included, so whenever an opportunity presented itself to stock up on them, i never missed them. Coconut seems to be one of the scents that one either love or hate, nothing in between :p, i happen to LOVE it!

Next are L.A. Colors eye shadow palettes i got from Celtic Butik (bought this at their Multiply page, my first and only purchase there because Multiply closed down soon after and i didn't even know about it if Rosemary didn't tell me! Celtic Butik's still operating on their own website though). I've been eyeing those cheap colorful cosmetics from L.A. Colors for months, all the while convincing myself that i absolutely do not need any new make ups, but finally... i couldn't resist anymore. You can see from the first picture above that i got THREE palettes, but i actually only bought two.

This is why i got three instead of two:

L.A. Colors Glittering Starlet Eye Shadow in Jean and Audrey

I originally purchased the Audrey (and Ginger) palettes, paid for it, and then suddenly the owner texted me, telling me she just dropped the Audrey palette and one color totally cracked. She offered me a refund or another palette (Jean, that she also dropped FHL, and one color also broke but not as bad as the one in Audrey) for free. Didn't take me long to tell her to send them all my way! LOL. Kiasu max? I mean... Instead of getting 10 colored eyeshadow, i got 18 (and you can count those two cracked ones as 1 full sized one, so i got 19), if that's not a good deal i dunno what is.

Here's the other palette :

L.A. Colors Glittering Starlet Eyeshadow in Ginger

You can see one of the colors also chipped a bit but i think the owner was super generous, professional and nice so i can't complain! Plus they were dirt cheap! I cannot for the life of mine remember the exact price, but i remember it being super cheap. It was probably IDR 55.000 or 60.000 each (max would be IDR 65.000 lah or else i wouldn't be interested in the first place, so i paid no more than than IDR 130.000 for those three.

All these checking on online shops for those old hauls (coz i couldn't even remember the shop's name at first) is waking up all of the desires to shop online that had been sleeping ever since i started joining beauty boxes services, OH NO!!!! *closing tabs ASAP* *not really, i'm still peeking, i can't help it!!!*.

The Innisfree sachet was a bonus, obvi

I bought that Peri's Tint Jelly on a Pre-Order (from an online shop that i cannot remember the name anymore, i only shopped there once) together with lots of Etude House My Sweet Recipe items-but like i've already whined about months ago, only the tint jelly was in stock WTH.

Cute box, not quite like my type of cute actually but it was still cute haha

Peri's Tint Jelly in 2 Pink Stick

The reason why i bought this was clear :

Yep, pun intended

I was still pining over Maybelline's Pop Stick, so i was frantically searching for ANY see through lip sticks! It was about IDR 70.000 i think. I got plenty more of these kind of stuffs (went crazy and bought like, four Soda Pops from SilkyGirl-you'll see them on my SG-KL haul in the future) but i still want to own a LOT more. And still not giving up on Pop Stick, i WILL have them in the future! Yep, it's clearly a (not so) new obsession-and when it comes to obsession, i tend to hold on to them for a very... very... very... long time.

Collagen Crystal Eye Mask

#Undecided first introduced me to this kind of collagen masks, i think. She loves using this kind of masks (both eye and face masks) because she hates those sheet ones, and it kinda rubbed off me but for eye masks only. I am now reluctant to purchase any sheet eye masks, but i love sheet facial masks still. I don't even know the brand of these masks, i'm pretty sure it's China brand, but they are effective and oh-so-nice to use. And dirt cheap, each pair costs less than IDR 4000 (USD 0.40)!!!

I either bought this from disdus.com or groupbeli.com, can't remember which. This was the first time i purchased the black colored ones though, i used the see-through (clear) and golden ones and loved them (used like, more than 2 or 3 dozens so far). Whenever i see them popping up at disdus or groupbeli i'd quickly order them in bulk coz i use them every week (and sometimes put them on my hunny's too) so i got through them pretty quickly.

That's all for beauty stuffs this time, we're not done yet though!

Bangles and earrings from Shine

I am a sucker for cheap and cute accessories... I have like hundreds still unused FML and yet i still buy them daily WTH. I got too lazy to prepare new sets (like i used to whenever i go out) recently and i used the same ones over and over again (i think because i lost some stuffs whenever i travel, nowadays i use a new ones over and over again first so that if it's lost or misplaced at least i've used them plenty of times already instead of once. OCD person's logic), need to start using the new ones every time i go out again!

Silver bangle with two balls attached (LOLOLOL, please refrain from thinking of dirty things ok) IDR 11.000

Diamente Shooting Star Bangle IDR 10.000

Golden Woven Ball Ear Studs IDR 6.000

So damn cheap, how can i resist them?

And the last but not least :

Christian Siriano for Payless Leopard Sling Bag

I've been wanting ANY Christian Siriano for Payless bag (especially the leopard printed ones), not only because they are oh-so-attractive, but also because i am always attracted to designers collaborations with mass-market retailers. Because we don't have Target or the likes of them in Asia, i guess the closest i could get is Payless. And i quite admire Christian Siriano anyway.

This was originally priced at IDR 219.000, i'm sure i bought it at a much cheaper price (coz i wouldn't buy it when it's still on its full prize, even though i can't even remember anymore, i know myself well enough that much), it couldn't be more than IDR 139.000. It most probably was IDR 119.000. Or was it IDR 129.000? I can go on all night, questioning myself like that, but i wouldn't torture you like that so i'm gonna stop now :p.

Hope you enjoy my haul post, i am thinking of bringing back the weekly haul posts from its hiatus, but i can't make any commitment just yet, i haven't even start on my SG-KL trip and we're still stuck in Day 1 of our Taiwan trip afterall (but we're finishing up Day 2 part 1 right now and we should be able to post it tomorrow!)

In the meantime, have you joined our giveaway? It's closing tomorrow at midnite, hurry up there's still time!

#Pink

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Beauty Treats June 2013, Gold VS Platinum Box

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Hi, my dearies!

I wanted to blog about this yesterday, i was already planning to, but then hunny tempted me with the new Dinasty Warrior game in X-Box, and we ended playing for hours until my thumbs hurts (i tend to push the buttons super hard with my thumbs, as if it's gonna make any difference with the outcome *LOL* i dunno why i do that, i can't stop though zzz), actually we are now continuing the battle from last night, it's just that recently home Baby Boy (just arrived from two days long road trip from Jakarta with his grandparents, they stayed the night at Semarang) called hunny to ask him to assemble his new Lego set (remember, he's not even 6 yet, but he loves complicated Lego sets that would make even his dad got frustrated trying to assemble them hahaha) so we paused the game i sneaked in sometime to blog before hunny's back and start tempting me again.

Oh yeah, are you surprised that i play games on X-Box? Don't be haha. Used to be quite addicted to video games when i was young, nowadays i only play a very selected games (more on the lappie and tablet than consoles), but am a huge fan of Legend of Three Kingdoms, and i can never resist their games.

Actually i am faced with so many distractions lately, i made a resolution to blog daily again *like i used to*, but those distractions are proven too strong! I have a pile of "homeworks" (accounting papers for our hotel), hunny keeps on distracting me with games and Running Man videos (we missed quite a few of the newest videos when we were abroad and in Jakarta because we're simply too tired at the end of the days to do anything but fall asleep!), and my girls kept on asking me out on a girly date (with G last Saturday, resulting in quite some accessories and clothing hauls that i absolutely do not need, and again today with L, resulting in a La Senza undies LOLOLOL just because it's on a huge sale and quite dirt cheap and a stunning dress from Gaudi that in my defense, is formal enough to do corporate thingy in, i have some events and even meeting this month-which i cannot tell you about yet-so i think i kinda need it *excuses excuses*), see... so many distractions right?

Okay, enough yapping, now let's get in with the essence of this entry. Like i already mentioned before, this month i subscribed to both of their boxes, Gold and Platinum boxes. They both arrived very very late in June, i kept on checking with my employee as usual, but since i also always stalk their twitter, i knew that all of their member's boxes were late, not only mine, so i wasn't (too) freaked out. Not only they arrived together, they also looked exactly the same from the outside *LOL*, i dunno why i expected them to come in different boxes or whatever. No, only the ribbons are different.

Let's start with the Gold box, shall we!

Yes, i know it looked really sparse *LOL*

I wasn't too surprised (although definitely not too pleased either!) to see how sparse the box was because i already read some other bloggers' entries on their own June BTIs and all of them were as err... arid as this one hahaha, one blogger (i can't remember who though, it was probably Shaha if not Rini) even call it "sad". Hahahaha. I can definitely see why she'd say that.

Although you can easily see what items were featured in June BTI Gold box in one glance, what's the fun in that? I'm gonna break down the items one by one, and peel layers leading to those things inside hahaha.

The usual brown card box housing the actual box :

They only have one booklet for both kinds of boxes, so i two of that booklet. I totally tots the gold booklet was for the Gold box only *LOL*

This month's BTI came in a white box (both types, like i said, the only difference was their ribbons. The Gold box came with, naturally, a gold ribbon). I must be honest and say that the white boxes are sadly my least favorite box! I liked the first box' black box and LOVED the second's baby pink's box, but this June white box looked almost... Cheap... Not only it looked cheap, the material was probably not as good as the previous months' boxes since both of the boxes came in a less than perfect conditions.

Notice the tearing on both of the boxes' edge :

It's pretty bad, isn't it? I hope BTI would pay attention to this and bring us a better quality boxes on the next month's edition. I know most people would probably say that what's inside are what matters, but i am quite a detailed person when it comes to this kind of things (a total opposite to when i buy stuffs at stores, i don't really check them out, i went home and discovered holes and tears on my newly purchased clothes and broken/missing parts on my accessories, all the time FML).

You'd notice right away how little stuffs are inside this box hahaha

So, i do agree that the box looked a bit... sad? Poor Rosemary even went and BBM-ed me (yeah, i managed to make her join BTI *LOL*, i do wish she got the previous box first, i am a bit embarrassed because her first box' so... unimpressive. I also feel a bit bad because i recommended BTI so much in my blog entries that at least two persons joined and let me know, the other one's some random girl on my BBM contact, i bought Etude House's stuffs from her two or three times and she complained endlessly about this box. Not that there's anything i could do about it, they don't even sponsor me formally you know *LOL*, and the girl didn't even use my referral after asking me endless questions about all beauty boxes!!! The nerve!!! LOLOLOL) and asked "Is that is???" LOL.

I read in yet another (quite famous beauty blog) that if you expect a full sized items in your every beauty box, that you probably signed up to the wrong service, and i agree. That being said, i still think this June BTI's Gold box is still considered quite... bad in general. Let's see the items one by one to understand why i said that.

Kay Beauty Dual Sided Eye Brush

I dunno why but every beauty boxes seems to be including beauty tools from either Kay Collection or Masami Shouko (or in this case, both). I didn't mind at first, but as the months goes by, i became less and less excited to see beauty tools, that almost always the same (sponges, puffs, gahhhh!!!). This is the first brush i ever got from a beauty box, so i guess i wasn't too frustrated getting it. The price underwhelms me though, it's only IDR 11.900 *LOLOLOL*. So, feeling very bland about this item.

Paula's Choice Moisture Boots Daily Restoring Complex (1.77ml)

One teeny tiny sachet sample. I know beauty boxes are supposed to contains 5-7 deluxe sized samples, but sachet samples? I mean... I was always unhappy getting a few sachet samples, and this time i got ONE sachet *laugh hysterically*, seriously BTI, can this be counted as ONE deluxe sample? I don't think so. I think to be taken seriously they should featured at least FIVE sachet. LOL.

Never heard of the brand Paula's Choice before, so if they were to gave us a real deluxe sized samples (what's a deluxe size anyway? I just pretend that i know LOLOLOL, i think it's the tiny sized ones, even smaller than travel size?) i'd be quite happy with it. But no, i am severely unhappy with this sachet :p. Oh yeah they also gave me the normal to dry skin variant, when i specifically filled my beauty information as having an oily skin. Tsk.

Masami Shouko Compact Foundation Sponge

OMG. Another sponges? Really? PFFFFFTTTT! My cupboard will be full of them, if this continues! Anyway, ONE beauty tool per box is already more than i enough i think (i believe in most of foreign beauty boxes they don't feature beauty tools that heavily!), but two in one box? It's getting out of hand!

Lioele Red Ginseng mask

I normally don't mind a sheet mask since they are very useful and i try to use them frequently (not that i do a very good job lately-my skin's kinda broke out-maybe there are two zits but that considered very bad for my skin already-since the JB-SG trip, i'm trying to restore my zitty skin to normal first, i don't dare to use too much creams or lotions of masks on my face whenever my skin kinda breaks out like this, don't want to aggravate the condition, you see), but the mask listed in the booklet was Lioele's Perfect Essence Mask. I hate herb scents (ginseng's definitely included!) and the other blogger said she hated the smell, and yes... i am easily influenced and prone to suggestion, so i am already leaning towards hating it just from her reaction alone *LOL*, won't judge it too harshly before actually trying it though, would much prefer the Perfect Essence ones though, they looked cuter *LOL* and i bet they'd smell better!

The last and definitely best item in this box :

Wardah Eye Shadow

I tried to find the eye shadow palette's name (or at least number), but there's none (that i saw) in the packaging hahaha. It contains a navy blue, dark metallic grey and light silvery grey eye shadows.

Now, you know how much i LOVE getting make up items in my beauty box (yes, i know, i am starting to sound like a broken record, i say this every time i get and didn't get any in any box, with different reactions obviously) so, yeah i was happy with the eye shadow, definitely. I was also always tempted to buy a Wardah eye shadow palette whenever i saw them in Guardian, but try not to buy too much decorative make ups (okay, that's a lie. I can't resist the ones with cute packaging and i do tend to buy them in bulk, so i try my best not to buy any that didn't come with a cute packaging so that i wouldn't have too insane numbers of them, of course that's not too successful either...) but getting them from beauty boxes doesn't count, does it?

I am happy with the eye shadow palette, but i'd be lying if i say i'm 100% happy with the colors hahaha. I mean... they're kinda dark and maybe great for smokey eyes, problem is... I don't do smokey eyes much! I wonder what other colors of the palette is available for June BTI, i saw the brown colored palette in the other blogger's entry. But if the only other color available was the brown one, then i am happy with this one lah! LOL. I'm not into brown, boring colors. However i did see pastel colored eye shadow palettes (the trio like this one) in Guardian, and would be ecstatic getting them (since i am obviously more of a pastel eye shadow kind of girl), but i don't know if those pastel colored ones are available for BTI anyway.

But seriously, this lone eye shadow trio saved the box for me *LOL*, i know right, i'm so easy. I have to be brutally honest and say that this box is almost on the verge of being a total disaster, even for me who i must say, quite an easy person to please haha. Like, seriously, two mediocre beauty tools, one tiny sachet and one sheet mask? OMG. I really hope BTI would step up their games, and try to redeem themselves on the next box, because their previous two boxes were quite amazing, i'd hate to see them go spiraling downwards.

I saw all of the products listed for June Gold box and the selection's so small, the variation from my box wouldn't be too much, just varieties of different type of skin type or variants for every product, there wasn't much options for other items so all of the boxes would be pretty similar. Oh, Rosemary got Wardah's blush on rather than an eye shadow, it wouldn't matter if i got the blush on, i'd be equally happy with it as with the eye shadow. Nothing in the list i would change with the ones i got because there isn't anything to trade with! LOL.

I also notice from the other blog *coz i would not spot it myself* that BTI doesn't have a theme this month, and yes, again i agree with the blogger, that's kinda weird because that's like the niche for beauty boxes, having a theme to build the collection inside with.

I think they might be focusing on their new baby, that is the more expensive (and therefore, must be bringing in more profit so it's only natural that they'd put on more thoughts into it) Platinum Box, but i really hope they won't neglect the Gold box subscribers either. After all, those Gold box lovers are the most potential Platinum box subscribers, if we're unhappy with the Gold boxes, it'd be more unlikely for us to subscribe with the more expensive plan, right?

Now let's continue with the Platinum box, don't worry, i think it's much better than the Gold one haha, it's not so sparse :p.

Like i said, exactly looks the same from the outside.

So much that i actually freaked out a bit when i opened the brown box and found the exact same booklet, i tots thought they sent the same Gold box twice mistakenly! LOL. Then i noticed the silver ribbon and relaxed haha.

Already look so much better and fuller than the Gold one, yes?

And they featured much more interesting, premium brands (naturally) in this Platinum box such as MUFE, Dr. Jart+ and Menard!

First item :

Yes, it's somewhat a beauty tool, or container to be exact. Masami Shouko Travel Mirror Powder Case. Yes, still from Masami Shouko, but first, it's a powder container that's a first in a beauty box (so i am not sick of it yet). Second, it's very handy, i can use it to bring my loose powder for my travels, always wanted to buy one but always too lazy to actually do it, another reason leads to number three, it's worth IDR 98.900. The Platinum box's IDR 135.000, so this item alone is already worth one third of the box's price! I like!

Make Up Forever HD Powder

Always happy getting a high end cosmetic brand in my beauty box! Saw other bloggers getting this item from June Lola Box and i was so disappointed that it wasn't in my box, but BTI gave it to me, so i am happy now! Yay!

Menard Blotting Paper

Hmmm yeah, not a fan of blotting papers. But it's from Menard! Such a prestigious brand, should be nice, right? LOL yeah, i'm so cheap and easy to please, the brand alone already made my eyes turned green hahahaha. It's safe to say i will be using it! Am actually quite happy with this.

Menard Fairlucent Whiter Essence (5 ml)

Isn't this how a deluxe sample supposed to look? LOL. Yes, a tiny tube that housed 5 ml of product. Again, from Menard, and i do need more serums (coz i don't ever purchase them *LOL*), so again, happy with this one.

Astalift Anti-ageing range

This one is only available for subscribers older than 25 years old, LOL. I know i know, i'm so old. Now, i haven't opened the little lace bag, but it seems to be containing three sachet samples and one little bottle *serum?*. Now, that's what i consider the right size for ONE sample, not one single, lonely sample. You know what i mean? I do need anti ageing stuffs LOL, so quite happy with this one too. Oh, they also featured a voucher for Astalift too.

It can be used in any Sogo, we do have two Sogos in Surabaya, problem is... Is Astalift available in Sogo Surabaya? I am not familiar with this brand at all, never heard of it before, so i am highly doubtful that it's available (yet) in Surabaya. Plus it's worth IDR 100.000, which is generous, but it seems to be quite a premium brand so... IDR 100.000 would probably mean nothing. Wonder of one product actually priced in millions? LOL.

Last item in the box :

Dr. Jart+ Pore Clear Mask

Like i said earlier, likes masks, so i welcome this happily. Plus, it's from Dr.Jart+, another prestigious brand and i do want to try this brand out. I saw they also featured Dr.Jart+'s BB cream, which i am more keen in trying out rather than the mask, but then again the BB cream probably came in a sachet, if so then i prefer the mask any day hahaha.

As you can see, i am happy with practically everything they gave me in the Platinum Box, which is a vast improvement than the Gold one (and IDR 40.000 more expensive, but judging from this month's contents it's more worthy than the Gold one), but there's always a room for improvement, and they did neglect one aspect, no make up item at all in this box.

Obviously, i am a lot more satisfied with the Platinum box (nice brands, nice range of products, nice amount of stuffs too), but as much as i am disappointed with their Gold box, i do think the Wardah eye shadow was a nice consolation (like i said, i'm cheap), but considering the box' price (IDR 95.000), and how Wardah's eyes shadow's priced around IRD 30.000-IDR 40.000, then i sadly have to say that it's not worth it (so sad to say that because i've always been a huge fan of BTI so far).

So, Gold VS Platinum? Platinum won, big time. I know that the Platinum one's more expensive, but trust me, i don't judge in favour of it just because of the brands or the price of the stuffs featured in it, but mostly for the range of items and value for money. If they featured all local and drugstore brands in their Gold box with more normal *deluxe, not single sachet* size and more interesting stuffs than puffs or tiny brush, i might recommend the Gold box more!

In my honest opinion, the Gold box kinda sucks *LOL* and the Platinum one's quite nice. They failed to be my favorite beauty box this month though. I hope next month's Gold (and Platinum) box would be better and at least worth its price, otherwise i'm afraid their subscibers might lose interest and move to other beauty box services (but i just realized i forgot to renew the Platinum box's subscription for July! OH NO!). After all, it's more unlikely for them to upgrade their subscription (to Platinum) if they hate the Gold one, i bet they would prefer scrapping it altogether and move on.

On the happier note, i already got my second free box (good for January 2014!), thanks for my readers who used my referrals! And those of you have used my referrals and already a member, if it's not too inconvenient for you, you can still use my link to go to BTI and renew your subscription from there, apparently it works that way too! And for those of you who haven't join and are interested to, please do click the link below to get you to their site via my referral, i really really appreciate it, thank you thank you *bowing profusely*.

http://beautytreats.co.id/?id=62

And that's all for today folks, have a good... rest of the day (coz it's almost the evening here haha)!