Hello!

A long time ago, I used to write a wax/bath & body blog where I documented my hauls, reviews and notes. I stopped writing that blog in 2010 when I graduated from college and began focusing my energies on my work and developing my passion for film photography. There was also nothing much to write because I made the decision to stop hauling regularly to try and finish up what I had. I rarely bought new make-up products, I made only 2-3 small wax orders a year to replenish whenever I needed a little more. This usually happens in December or January when I feel a little more flush from work bonus payouts.

This year, as I started to look up the various vendors again, I noticed how much the wax world has changed! New vendors, new products (pies, loaves, chunks), new ways of the wax world (super long TATs, vendors having to close down within minutes to deal with demand, projected openings), new ways of communications (facebook groups), new terminologies (RTS, destash). It took me quite awhile to figure everything out all over again. But it was exciting and I wanted to get back into it.

A less exciting discovery was that less and less vendors were shipping internationally, and that USPS Priority Shipping had risen to 25USD for international packages. Which is crazy fast, considering that it was only 12USD about 3-4 years ago. For the last few days, I have been looking into online shopping & shipping services that would allow me to have a US address for online shopping and combine my packages from US to Singapore to save a few bucks. I have already settled on one and I am going to be testing out this service for a couple of orders. If this works, I can definitely see myself hauling regularly again.

And this is where this blog comes in. I wanted a fresh start from the old blog to motivate me to write and to document. I also wanted a way to contribute and to be part of the community. I don't intend to start a youtube channel (although there are a few impulsive videos I did in 2009/2010 floating around out there) and I find it hard to contribute on the general facebook groups as an international and a less than frequent buyer. So here's hoping that this will work out. I am really looking forward to it!