The Conservatorie's sale -30% on the private label line until July 2

To celebrate 4th of July the Conservatorie is offering -30% off their private label collection: foundations, blushes and whatnot. 30% sale is not to be sneezed at. I have no idea whether the foundations offered in the private label collection are the same as the bulk foundations they sell - therefore one may not decide based on the swatches I have on this blog.

Conservatorie'l on allahindlus 2 . juulini - 30% nende private label kollektsioonist, seal on nii pulber- kui pressitud tooteid ning isegi lauvärvi aluskreem. Seda viimast tahaks proovida aga ei viitsi suurt hunnikut osta. Ma ei tea, kas need puudrid on samad kui hulgimüüdavad puudrid, mille testrid mul olemas ja siinsamas blogis ka swatchitud.

e.l.f. haul

entire haul

e.l.f. UK works really fast, ships in a day and items arrive in a week. Nothing was missing! :). I have to add, I got quite a good price during the -20% offer :).

This time the parcel had been mishandled by the mail carrier though - it was soaked wet, no need for scissors to open  the box - I could pick the cardboard loose with my fingers (not the fault of our local mail carrier - Eesti Post even added a note of receiving the parcel soaked through).
Some of the packagings suffered (mostly nail polishes, lip-stuff and the Essential-line blushes). Am very glad the Beauty Encyclopedia survived (saved by being tucked in the midst of brushes) and that packaging took all the damage on itself.
Products seem unharmed but I guess I'll find out more specifically when I try to use those blushes. I do not worry about the lip-stuff or nail polishes, those can handle moisture. I just have to discard the packaging when I give them away.

Ühishaul läks hästi - mõned asjad olid tellimise ajaks otsas kuid seda ikka juhtub. Seevastu olid kõik tellitud asjad olemas ning midagi polnud katki. Saime päris hea hinnaga :) 
Pakk oli transpordi ajal kusagil päris korraliku vihma kätte jäänud - lausa Eesti Posti sellekohane akt oli juures. Nood mässisid kogu kupatuse omakorda kilekotti ja see aitas kauba läbivettimisele muidugi veelgi kaasa. Kannatada said huulepalsamite, küünelakkide ning Essential-sarja põsepunade pakendid.


PS! Loodetavasti annavad tellijad ka oma tellitud asjade osas pärast tagasisidet :).

EOTD Simply Naturals Umber and Raisin

Cant remember what I used all over face, pic's done on Tuesday.

Colors used on eyes (Simply Naturals' Umber and Raisin) are too similar  and the overall look is therefore too bland. Will try different color combinations next time. Perhaps Umber and TKB's Totally Teal.

When is the best time to shop at e.l.f's UK store?

Here's some calculations for NON UK people. (UK peeps have slightly different calculations because their shipping cost is lower and they receive free shipping on orders starting from £30.) 

First column contains the price of items, second the entire cost of the purchase including shipping, third describes the situation during free shipping and fourth allows us to see, how much we should purchase for the -20% offer to really start paying off. Please let me know should there be any miscalculation on my part.

Of course there are several other offers, recently there was a -25% offer on all Studio products but those are totally random and cannot be predicted. Free shipping and -20% storewide are predictable, both of them are launched as e.l.f. UK store's FB page reaches another 10 000 likes.

Igaks juhuks seletan ka Eesti keeles - e.l.f.'il on teinekord soodustused, tavapärased on postikuluta saatmine või siis 20% odavam ostukorv. Selles tabelis siin on näha, et milline neist pakkumistest on soodsaim mingi tellitava koguse juures. Seega kui soovid tellida üle 20 naela eest, on mõistlik ära oodata -20% soodustus samas kui väiksema ostuga tasub "free shipping" end rohkem ära.

20% sooduskood või free shipping kukub siis, kui järgmised 10 000 Like'i FB kodulehel kokku kogunenud. 


PS! Here's the calculation for UK peeps as well:

Simply Naturals - old flame, new haul

This was one of the first places I shopped when I first entered the MMU world - cheap piggies! Most of them I have given away by now, kept only a chosen few. A makeup beginner usually purchases "cool" and "interesting" colors but "cool"  and "interesting" do not always mean "suits the skin tone". ;)

Tina sells some piggies straight but also makes her own blends. One of those I absolutely adore - Cafe Satin. For me it's the perfect dark taupe ever. Since it's jar is becoming more and more empty I decided to get a refill and one more just in case. Lately I had been eyeing rest of Tina's brown colors as well and here they finally are:

Two of them are more in the purple category: Ladylike and Devine. Ladylike is a variation of TKB's Smokey XXX and Devine is silvery dark gray with a tiniest tint of pink. 

wet swatches

Umber and Raisin look utterly delicious to me - delicate neutral brown and matching beige. Plum Tree is based on TKB's Chameleon Glitter (I guess) - hard to make a wet swatch and extremely glittery - needs a sticky base. This one will probably look a lot better when applied on the eyelid. I'll try tomorrow :). Monarch - like a very expensive camel wool coat, beautiful light pinkish-beige taupe, lovely silvery sheen. Beachwood is your typical warm dark brown but it has some shimmer in it - this one should be tested on the eye as well. Hazelnut and Cafe Satin look like a perfect pair. Hazelnut somehow reminds me of TKB's Athena but it's not quite it. They could be sisters. Cafe Satin has no equal - no MMU wholesaler carries a mix like this, it's subtle, elegant everyday wear for a classy look - I LOVE it. 

The jars are packed to the brim as usual (no sifters) and pigments fall all over the place when one takes off the plastic wrapper and opens the jar... I usually depot them into larger jars but this time I'll press them - what a lovely neutral palette this will make! :)

tiny Simply Naturals eyeshadow haul

Odavad lauvärvipigmendid = Simply Naturals'i eBay pood. Kiire ja lihtne, soovitan väga soojalt. Infot selle kohta, kuidas tellida, tuleks vaadata mu jaanuarikuisest postitusest. See konkreetne 10-topsine posu läksmul maksma 19,99 dollarit  (saatmiskulu seal sees), mis teeb ühe värvi maksumuseks 1,53 eurot! (ca 24 kr 5 gr per volume tops).  Kohale tuli ühe nädalaga (tavaliselt tuleb USAst pakk kaks nädalat).


PS! Here are swatches of the free samples that also made it to my parcel: Lizard, Golden Poppy and Aqua Marine.