Revlon Lucky Bag

Oh boy, oh boy. Lucky bags are perhaps my favourite thing about Japanese shopping.

Usually they only come out at New Years where every single store presents their own 'Lucky' bags at various prices with an assortment of old and new products. 

I thought I had missed this years lucky bags until I passed by Plaza (makeup and food import store) on Thursday afternoon and saw this beauty sitting out the front.

The price for the lucky bag is always significantly less than what it holds. In this case 1600yen for 5000yen worth of items ($16 for $50 worth of items).

Sure, it's all old products that aren't selling too well but that won't stop me!

Standard for all of these lucky bags is the Revlon ColorBurst Lip Crayon, Bold Laquer Mascara and 24 hour ColorStay Whipped foundation, and a revlon nail polish.

Unfortunately (or not?) everything but the nail polish is the same in each lucky bag. The foundation is 180 Natural Ochre (too dark for me, any takers?). The mascara is water proof is Blackest Black. And, the Lip Lacquer is 30 Flirtatious.

The nail polishes are different however... how do I know this? Because I bought two.

My first nail polish above is ColorStay Gel Envy in 013 Sky's the Limit. The second, below, is Revlon Parfumerie in 17 Sunlit Grass. I tried out the second and found myself oddly in love with the yellow. I think it would look even better with Essie's matte finish top coat.

Fairly basic mascara but definitely worth it for the cheap price tag.

Swatches - sadly the foundation is too dark but I'd be more than willing to give it away. I might try using it for contouring first.

So, yes, I have a problem. But the makeup fiend in me just goes crazy at the sight of more products for less moolah.

Can you blame me?