All The Things I Can't Live Without...

I want Redberried's Giveaway!!!

There. I yelled it out in bold red, and who wouldn't want it when it has such nice prizes?

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It's gonna be a long post - that's why I've decided to split it into 1/2, and I'm sure there's gonna be more work-related rants in the future.

So I'm currently resting at home today, and resuming work tomorrow. Naphula is working in the store today however, her off days are different from mine. 1st thing I wanna say is: My. Feet. Are. Killing. Me.

Period.

Standing for 10 hrs on end is seriously no joke, and apparently I was stupid enough to wear the 2-inch boots to work on the 1st day. I mean, 2-3 hrs in those boots are fine, but when it's 10 hrs... lol, my feel felt like breaking in 1/2 when I returned home that night! Ha ha, lesson learnt, so I went to get a simple pair of Cotton On flats immediately after work. Even now as I'm wriggling my toes and typing this out, I can't really feel my 4th and 5th toes and the balls of my feet are still in a dull pain. Haiz, really stupid of me to do that.

Anyhoo, here's a picture...

.. of my name tag and the badges we're currently wearing!

Apologies for the weird black badge -I censored some of the words out- that's why there's a weird black smiley face there.The "I *heart heart heart* Matte" badge is because we're currently promoting Bare Escentuals' newly launched mineral matte foundation (with spf 15, yayness). I haven't really tried it but I've heard really good reviews about it. The only thing, as with all mineral products, is that the powder flies everywhere and it's quite a mess.

As for my name tag, lol, I think it's over-rated! I am definitely no beauty advisor, they should give me something like "sales/store assistant". Cos that's what I really am! I mean, I'm still learning all the ropes and with this name tag, many customers come up to me with all these really complicated beauty questions, to which I flash them a blank look and hurriedly refer them to the real beauty advisors. However, I'm trying to live up to the name tag so I'm constantly picking up stuff/tips from my seniors. I was so proud of myself yesterday when I helped a lady match a liquid foundation (bingo on the 1st foundation shade I picked)!

As for sales, I think there has been a quite a buzz about it lately? Yes, there's currently a lot of discounts going off in the store. Quite a few 40% off items like Sephora-brand brushes and accesories; many other items like the body sugar scrub, skin products, cosmetics have 30% off; Burt's Bees shimmer lip balm are going for 2 for S$20 (r.p S$12), etc. And oh yes, currently, one of the hottest sellers right now is the Sephora Limited Edition Color Play Palette!

So it's in a neat rectangular holder (like Coastal scents) with 5 individual removable palettes. So you can see, each palette has a different colour theme, so there's a lot of different colours to play around with. Each palette also comes with 2 rectangular strips of lip glosses (beneath the squarish eye shadows) and a blush. Good worth for money, I'll say. It's selling in Sephora SG for S$59.00 (r.p up to S$250), I got the pic from the U.S site.

Anyway, back to the job, we also attend training sessions sometimes during our work hours. For example, yesterday I went for 2 trainings - 1 for Bliss products and 1 for Juicy Couture's newly launched perfume, Couture Couture. Not sure if you guys have heard of the brands, but they're pretty big in the U.S. And guess what? I got samples! ^__^

Couture Couture, by Juicy Couture.

Eye masks by Bliss.

I'll be writing about these products in the next part, so thanks for reading for now! See you in a while~

Edit: Ohh yes! And I forgot to complain about 1 more thing!!! The store kept replaying Lady Gaga's "The Fame" album over and over again! Over the 2 days of work, I've heard it at least 20 times. =__= I think I'm going ga ga soon... I find myself even humming the songs sub consciously at night, the hell...