I received my Pink (LE) Clarisonic Skin Care System last Friday, didn't get around to playing with it until Saturday.  But before I go on, let me just say that this post is NOT an official review on the Clarisonic.  It's just me showing it off =)

So yes, I've been using it for a few days now.  And no, I don't see any major differences in my skin (yet?), other than the fact that it does look more even toned.  I don't know, maybe it's just me? However, since I JUST finished that time of the month, I normally would expect my skin to be splotchy,  oily, dry, spotty.  Basically, it should be a total mess right now.  So I guess it's safe to say that it has made some difference in my skin within a matter of...*counting fingers*...four days.  

I ordered mine at beautychoice.com.  The set includes a Clarisonic brush and charger, one sensitive brush head, a 1 oz Nourishing Care Cleanser (for normal/dry skin types), 1 oz Refreshing Gel Cleanser (for normal/oily skin types.  I use this one),  and a 1 oz Hydrogel Cleanser (for all/sensitive skin types).  Along with my order, I also decided to purchase an extra brush head, so I don't have worry about ordering it when the third month "expiry" date for the brush comes up.  It says in the manual you are to replace the brush head every three months or so.  You can also get the the Clarisonic system and the replacement brushes at Sephora.com.

You know, although I did spend less than I would normally at Sephora.com, I still spent quite a fortune on this thing.  Before I list the costs, I have to warn you guys that it looks like beautychoice.com has raised their prices on the Clarisonic system and the replacement brush heads.  So I can't be more thankful that I bought it when I did!

This is what I paid for everything (in US dollars):

  

This is not including the duty I paid when I picked it up at the post office, which came out to an extra $26.50 cdn.  Sooo, $196.40 converted to Canadian dollars was $214.77 + $26.50 duty = $241.27 cdn. Ugh.  Just repeating that in my head made me dizzy.

If you go over to beautychoice.com, you'll notice that the prices are higher now.  The Clarisonic system is now $199.95 and the brushes are $24.95 each.  So neener neener neener! Ok wait, I take my neener back.  I don't want to jinx myself and have this thing not work out for me and be a total waste of money.

Overall, so far I am really liking the Clarisonic.  It feels so good using this thing on my face.  The one thing I do not like about this is the one and only button that it has.  You use this button to turn it on, off, pause, and change the settings.  To change the setting, you have to listen for the corresponding beeps.  Like example, for a two minute session you have to press and hold the button and listen for one long beep followed by two short beeps.  Or was it one short beep followed by two long beeps? Something like that! Like what the heck? I find that rather annoying, don't you? I just want to press a button and give it a go, damn it.  The default is set for a one minute session and that just doesn't cut it for me.  So I have no choice BUT to listen for those gawdddamn beeps to get the two minute session.  *sigh* Oh well.  You can't win aaall the time.  But freak, for $241.77 I wish the inventors of this thing could have cut us some slack and at least added another button! Like, how much more could this second button cost? An extra .50 cents probably? Sheesh.  

So anyway, I will follow up with an update and an official review a few weeks from now.  I'd like to give it at least one month to see results because that's how long it normally takes my skin to adjust to new skin care regimens.

I just placed an order for this...



Haha.  Yeh, there's the hint that I haven't been doing good with my whole gym routine.  I went from going 3-4 times a week to once a week.  I was doing good until Jun started this part time job which had odd hours.  He would sometimes go to work at 8am and come back at 1pm, then his boss would call him a few hours later and have him work another 3-4 hours.  And since he needed the car for that, I'd have no way of getting to the gym.  So the only time I could really go is on his days off.  I can't stand going to the gym only once a week.  I like to have that constant routine so my body doesn't go into "settle" mode, otherwise I lose the motivation and I get lazy.

Anyway, I wanted to try this out.  It's called Lipo in a Box.  I was going to order Spanx, but I remember reading reviews from people that said it would roll down and so, no thanks.  Lipo in a Box was featured on Oprah twice...and so was Spanx, not sure how many times though.  But I thought I'd try the former since I read more good reviews on that.  

I'm going to be attending two formal events this Fall, which means I'll be in a dress and so I need all the 'body' support I can get.  *sigh* I remember the days when I looked like a total knockout in a wrap dress.  Now, I just look like a knocked out, overstuffed sausage in a wrap.

Looking forward to trying this out.  The one I ordered (pictured above) is called the High Waist Brief.  $40 + $20 for shipping internationally = $60 usd.  Not bad I guess.  Definitely a lot easier on the pocket than an actual lipo.  I'm hoping that the size I ordered (Small) won't be too big.  I was going to choose XS but someone had said to go a size up so that you can get into them a lot easier.  If this is as good as the reviewers said they are, I'm going to order 1 or 2 more =D

And later on today, I will be headed to the mall to grab the Spiced Chocolate Eye Shadow quad from MAC.  I've been wanting a a neutral quad for so long, and this looks like it could be it (I hope).



I think that's all I want from the Cult of Cherry collection.  I'm going to steer away from buying anymore lipsticks/glosses because I already have so many that I barely use.  I want to try to at least use some of those up before I buy anymore.   See? I do HAVE control!

And speaking of having control, that is what Jun and I fought about last night.  It's not so much that he said I have no control over my spending habits, it's the fact that he embarrassed me by announcing it to my family.  It's one thing to get mad at me about money in the privacy of our own home, but when you freakin' get mad at me about it in front of family, that's so uncalled for! He knows me, I'm no drama queen.  No matter how pissed off he gets me, whether we're outside in public or at home with family around, I will NEVER EVER show that I am angry knowing that there are other people around.  One, I think it's rude for a couple to fight in front of other people.  Doesn't matter if they're family or not, you're still putting them in an uncomfortable situation.  Who the heck wants to sit around while you two fight over money?? And two, other people don't need to know about your marital problems.  That's not any of their business.  Yah yah, I'm sharing it with you guys on a blog that could well be read by anyone, but I really could not care less at this point because apparently, he doesn't give a shit who knows about our problems! So why should I? Ugggggggggh!

So I have no control eh? Okay.  I'll show you NO CONTROL.  And I will make him pay for it.  LITERALLY! The mall may not be open 24 hours, but the internet is! Muahahahahaha!

Yes, I am well aware that I am being immature.  But I.dont.care!

Thanks to sweetcandlelite (sorry, stupid ass rich text won't display lj user link properly) and Makeup Alley, I will soon the be the new owner of this...

I was going to settle for the white one, but when it gave me an option and I saw 'pink' there was no way I was going to pass that up! I love my baby pink.  If Jun wasn't so damn "manly" I would have our house painted in pink. 

Anyway, I came upon this through sweetcandlelite's post in asian_beauty It got me curious then, but I didn't really pay enough attention as to what it REALLY does.  I've already owned something similar to this in the past and to say the least, it sucked.  It really didn't do anything for my very confused skin.  

You see, my skin is schizophrenic.   Sometimes it's really happy and loves to love me and make ME happy by being flawless and glowy, but that only lasts for a few days and then it starts to act up and suprise me with uncontrollable breakouts like you would not believe.  Like last week, without even changing anything in my regimen, I woke up with massive zits around my chin and jawline and I had those white pimples beautifully scattered around my face.  I was like WTF, para akung kinulam! For real, I really thought someone had cast a spell on me.   So now, I am left to deal with the aftermath.  

Today I was going through the beauty blogs I frequent on a weekly basis and I came across the Clarisonic once again in Jeban's beauty site.  So I finally decided to pay some attention and look up reviews online.  As it turns out,  it has a very high rating in Makeup Alley.  And not even 15 minutes later, I just had to place an order through beautychoice.com. 

At $159.95 + $20.00 shipping to Canada, it's definitely an investment.  This has got to be theeee most expensive thing I have ever bought in the name of beauty and it better work! So let's pray that it'll save me from this nightmare happening on my face and will shower me with more beautiful (or at least decent) skin in the years to come.

I will definitely let you ladies and gentlemen (it's for the boys, too!) know how it goes in the next coming weeks or so.  But only if you promise this post does not get to the Mister.