I have been secretly compiling my iHerb shopping cart for the past three months and it has been left as it is because a few things that I want it out of stock and when it’s back on, I changed my mind and the whole process repeated again and again until a few days ago. I wanted to get non-beauty products this time around but I have no idea what to get. I googled a bit on what other people normally buy from iHerb to get some idea and this is what I ended up with. This is not a major haul first of all as I wanted to keep the haul small so that I don’t get charge with tax all of a sudden. These are just something that I’ve been wanting to try for months.

So why am I blogging about a not-so-major-haul that doesn’t have anything interesting at all? That is because I want to share with you a slightly different experience with DHL Express Worldwide shipping. I personally feel that the most important thing about making an online purchase is not the items you purchase but it’s the dreadful shipping experience. Agree?

If you recall my first iHerb haul and my second iHerb haul, I had a pleasant experience dealing with DHL on both occasion. I always opt for DHL Express Worldwide shipping method that cost me USD10 (RM32.46) as it only take a few days to arrive my place and it’s not cheap at all if you make the purchase alone. It is much feasible to get a friend or two and combine purchase to split the shipping cost. What I notice about DHL Express Worldwide shipping is that it gets faster and faster nowadays. The tracking is even shorter minus all the unnecessary country stopping. I placed my order on Tuesday afternoon (30th September) and I received my parcel on Friday morning (3rd October)! Holy cow that’s fast. Here’s what’s different. Usually DHL will courier out my parcel using Poslaju as Kajang is out of DHL delivery area so I would receive my parcel a day or two later than DHL expected date. Yesterday morning I saw that DHL had sent out my parcel so I was expecting the Poslaju guy to send the parcel today. To my surprise, I received a call from DHL delivery guy saying he’s already nearby and he was a bit lost. I chatted with the delivery guy for a bit when he arrived. He said that they’ve always been delivering to Kajang all these while. It’s just that when DHL center have a lot of parcel for Poslaju, they will just send out every other parcel as well. What?! So all these while I was tricked into thinking Kajang is an area that wasn’t covered? Well, anyway I was delighted to get my parcel on the dot and earlier than I predicted. Another pleasant DHL shipping experience. Let’s hope to keep it this way

Now back to my mini iHerb haul.

I notice that most people bought the Nestlé Mini Marshmallows Rich Milk Chocolate Flavor Hot Cocoa Mix ($2). I was attracted to the mini marshmallows so I decided to haul some a few months ago. But it was out of stock. When it’s back on stock, I had the item in my shopping cart waiting for other items to be back in stock. So yes, this hot cocoa mix is the trigger of the haul. I’ve decided to not be greedy and just get a box to try first, just in case I don’t like the taste lol.

I love the “Trials” section where customer get to purchase sample size products to try. Sometimes iHerb throw in full size as well. The downside is you can only buy once. Previously I hauled some under eye mask for $0.50. This time I only bought two items, one is the St. Dalfour Organic Tea Sampler Pack ($0.25) which contain three different type of tea bags.

I happen to stumbled upon the new ELF Eyebrow Treat & Tame ($3) and again, all shades are out of stock. I was eyeing on the shade Dark, put myself on notification alert when the item is back in stock and within a few days, iHerb sent an email notifying me that the item is back on.

I also wanted to get a cheaper backup stippling brush and the ELF Studio Stipple Brush ($3) is highly recommended. Some even said it’s better than Real Techniques one. It was out of stock [duh!] at that time. The brush was then restocked on the same day as ELF. While I’m at that, I added ELF Studio Powder Brush ($3) to my shopping cart, also as a backup powder buffing brush, just in case my Real Techniques Buffing Brush is at the wash or my CCM Flat Top Foundation Brush is dirty. Some even say this brush is better than my beloved Real Techniques Buffing Brush so we’ll see about that. For $3 per brush, I can’t complain much right?

Last but not least, also something from the Trial section. California Gold Nutrition, Garcinia Cambogia ($1). Errr no comment on this . Oh and last time I got a mini iHerb pen. This time I got a cute iHerb eraser! I can start a iHerb stationery kit already

That’s all from me today. A very small, not so interesting iHerb haul. I have been staying away from iHerb for quite a while now as I don’t have anything else to buy. And if I do, I will compile it all in the shopping cart (just like what I did earlier) and keep until I think it’s time to check out. I usually keep my haul below $40 if possible and I try not to buy the same item in a large quantity so that I don’t trigger the custom officer into suspicion. I have heard numerous stories on how customers are being tax for a small purchase without any valid reason and the charges is even higher than the overall haul amount. So my advise is, haul small or break your purchases. I’m not sure how to break the purchases into a few small one as I’ve never done it before. To be safe, just keep the amount small

Have a great weekend girls!

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