A super exciting post today! I finally plucked up the courage to make a purchase to a shipping service company from some websites that don't ship to Australia (Sephora and MAC, I'm looking at you!).

I have an affiliate link for ComGateway and would seriously appreciate if you would join their service using my link: http://comgateway.com/heytherejacquelyn/

ANYYYYYWAYS, let's go onto the haul damage!

Sephora

 From Sephora I honestly didn't pick up that much! The Lancome (Advanced Genifique and Hypnose Drama mascara) and Korres (Antiaging Primer) were samples and point perks with Sephora so I didn't technically pay for them - so thumbs up for that! Onto what I actually purchase from Sephora! I will try and include prices in Australia and US for applicable items.

OCC Matte Lip Tar - Black Dahlia: I have been dying over this baby for the longest time, but it was always sold out in Australia! I decided whilst browsing Sephora that I would finally get the beautiful deep, purple plum shade! I love OCC lip tars and have a full review here including lip swatches on my current collection!

NARS Audacious Lipstick - Anita: This is a gorgeous dusty pinky brown shade which looks amazzzzing. I wasn't expecting it too look like this, but it look amazing! The embossing on the actual lipstick bullet is going to make it very hard for me to want to use it.

 Next up is my MAC purchases! Now the price difference between US MAC and Australian MAC is ridic. Like... this was all less than half the price I would spend in Australia, which is freaking crazy and outrageous!

Eyeshadow x15 insert: Duh, keep my eyeshadows together! P.S MAC... wtf is with this price difference?!?!
 So that is all I got! It may not look like much... but it still cost a pretty penny! Plus the extra shipping charges through comGateway!

In total my shipping came to approximately AUD $55 for regular, DHL shipping. However, scouring the internet means you can find some decent coupons, with the benefit of comGateway allowing you to use multiple coupons in the one transaction!
So overall, through the use of coupons I managed to get the shipping costs down about AUD $44 which I feel is decent - plus I managed to get Express shipping too for free through coupons! Bargain!

I feel a lot more confident now being able to purchase through comGateway, considering it was always a daunting experience but now, I think it is damn simple and easy!

Just some little tips:

• For the first 0.5kg, it is almost $30 shipping alone, every 0.5kg after that is only approximately $4 - more splurge the cheaper technically!
• They will consolidate multiple packages so that you can pay one shipping for like 10 packages if you desire
• They can repack if the difference between the actual and volumetric weight is over 2kg difference
• They have a fantastic rebates system which is super simple and can help you save more money on your shipping -  I use it because they offer rebates on a ton of websites!