Beauty Shopping KOREA

Korea is so famous for its beauty products and shopping is not to be missed!! As usual, I would stock up my products whenever I am out of the country. Shopping locally is just not worth it. Some of the item I fancy, I would not be able to get them here. 

What to buy

My shopping haul!! 

Before leaving for Korea, I have done some homework on my shopping list. Checking out blog reviews, you tube tutorial and even hunt for what must have item from Korea! We have heard of The Face Shop, Skin Food, Nature Republic and even Etude House. These brands are easily available here but they cost much lower in the home country. So if you are going to Korea, you must visit these store yea ^_^

MUST BUY Soothing Gel from Nature Republic

All from Etude House!! 

My favourite brands among these is Etude House! I have been using their make-up items and I must say their packaging attracts me. They have very cute and girly design which I love so much! I found out that some of the item I've bought from Etude House in Korea is not available in Malaysia yet. That's the perk of shopping at its country of origin!! Everything first to get!! HAHA

Laneige is MUST GRAB!! 

As for beauty products, aside from Laneige,  I am so into Innisfree. Not sure it's Yoona (Innisfree Ambassador) that attracts me or it's the product!! The organic and non harsh ingredient in this product and the pleasant smell makes me wanna buy its brand compared to the other local brands. 

I bought BB Cream and primer(make-up base) from Innisfree. They were both of different range. Since they seems to be so good, I bought another different range of BB cream for my sister. In the below picture (L-to-R) Innisfree cleansing cream, Eco science cream, Eco daily sunblock,  Natural Green Tea BB cream, Mineral Moisture Base, Jejubija Anti-Trouble BB Cream and Eco-Science Wrinkle Spot Essence. 

Tested Innisfree and I super love them!! 

BB creams and CC creams are a hit thing in Korea. Whatever brands store you walk into, you definitely get them - not one but many range for you to choose! It just so many that without any homework, you could end up buying nothing! Dizzy and undecided!! LOL 

CC Creams and It's Skin Serum

I have optioned for Banila & Co; the very famous CC Cream and not forgetting Tony Moly - as many raved for this CC cream too. I got the latter for my sister-in law. They will always be real happy when I am away for holiday as I could help them to get some beauty stuff ^_^

Too Cool for School is real cool!! 

Heard of Too Cool for School? Yeah! Another famous brands from Korea. I bought their pink blusher and lip crayon! Since I missed getting 3CE as they were not easily available, I bought Too Cool for School to compensate myself. What a "good" excuse! LOL

Free Samples!!

Korean are very generous when it comes to beauty products. When you buy one product, they give you samples. If you buy lots, they give you even more. There are some shops even if you don't buy, they still give you. Sounds so nice right? You can't get them here le!  

Clothing were considered affordable to me as their materials and quality were superb. Even so, we couldn't bought much as they were now having autumn and winter wear. Wear in Malaysia? Unless you wanna sweat like you've just bathe :-P 

Socks were very cute!! They were thick and cheap! I bought a few as souvenirs. Of course, I had some for myself too. HAHAHA

Since I major love Korean coffee, I bought this Soy Green Tea Latte from Osulloc at Jeju Island. With 10 packets in a box, I hope I don't finish it that fast!:(

Where to shop

I bought most of the items from Dongdaemun District at Seoul. Some can be bought from Lotte and Shilla Duty Free Store (no free sample but can be slightly cheaper). As for Laneige, I got them from Aritaum and Watson. 

If you are going to Korea on your own (free & easy), you may want to do some short tour around before you decide to get the items as some place could sell cheaper than the other. Some came with free gifts and vice versa. 

Don't worry about the distance as each shop is just located closely at the same area. For example, you can find Aritaum at the same street - one in the front and probably another one in the middle. LOL

I found a website that has some coupons for discounts - VISIT KOREA If you are planning for a trip there, you may not want to miss this sale ^_^

Using all Korean Beauty Products ^_^

Korean make-up is always about youthful look with dewy complexion. Super love them!!! 

Hope this entry would help a little for those who going to Korea for shopping! ^_^ I'ma gonna make time to review most of these item I bought from Korea soon and probably with some detailed location on purchasing the item. 

Going out now.. Till then, Bye!! 

Beauty Shopping Site!

Sometimes I feel like it's a waste of money if we can get something cheaper online and still buy them over the counter >_< We must be a smart consumer especially on beauty products. 

If you follow my blog, you would know I am an avid fans of Hermo.my Most of the bloggers out there are also fans of theirs. They sell lots of Korean haul which I find it perfectly affordable. Do check out their website as they had revamp with total new concept and GOOD NEWS!! They will be having Bazaar sale from 12 to 18 October 2013.

My current obsession is 3CE from Stylenanda. Looking at the products they offer from Hermo,it is really tempting that I really want to get them on my coming trip. Yeah!! I am going to see you soon... LOLOL   

Aside to Hermo, I found another website which is also selling beauty products ranging from beauty to supplements. It's NattaCosme As for Natta, I found they have more Japanese products. Guess what, I can now get my Ma Cherie shampoos and DHC range from this website. Yah hoo!!! 

Since me and my sister in law is craving for masks so much that we decide to get it from Natta Cosme. Their delivery is fast and rest assured - their products are original :-) 

Tadah!! Both of us in our newly bought masks from Natta Cosme. I even bought some eye masks. Time for some pampering moments... 

My cat eye mask.I love the moisturizing level but the minus point is the mask didn't really fit my eye area perfectly. 

Cat woman huh? Lol.. It fits my cheek area more than my eyes area. Didn't really serve its purpose for the eyes. Never mind! My cheek is thankful for it! >.<

Need more time and care for my eyes. The dark circle and puffy eyes are getting more obvious! Thanks to late night sleep!! I want aegyo-sal not eye bag la.. Huhuhu 

Pretty eyes please come to me! Lol 

Was at the immigration since early morning and I'm still waiting! Bored till I see spider web!! Was trying my first time to blog with iPhone. Hope the quality is good..

Stand till my leg is tired.. Sit till my butt is in pain.. Wait till boredom is visiting me... 

I shall continue to wait.. wait and wait.. Till then!!See ya again.. 

Essential Eye Care with Laneige & Sasatinnie

Go read my first entry of eye care if you haven't ^_^  Eye Care Part 1 

Using eye creams and massages could really help us achieve less-tired eyes. Of course, all these won't diminished away the imperfection; after all we are humans! Our skin and our eyes won't look different overnight but being someone who works extra effort would make a difference in the long run. 

I always believe our body are God-given and it's good that we take good care of it ^_^

Okie.. Enough of the story-sharing! Haha!! Let's see what I've got to share today!! 

My current favourite eye masks! This is from SASA and you comes with 3 pairs of eye masks in a packet. The packaging is resealable and it allows us to keep the remaining of the masks. This amazing item only cost 4 packets for RM10!! How not to buy?? 

I need all of it - Anti-Oxidant Regenerating, Detoxifying Anti Puffiness Smoothing, Intensive Sparkling White and Aqua Boost Moisturizing. I could use it like twice a week. ^_^ 

But before all of these eye mask applications, do we really deep cleanse our eyes?

Korean Inspired Hair Band | Flower Earring | Taipei City Sweater

The very delicate part of our face that is our eyes - we tend to enhance them with colours. So to me, removing make-up is crucial. If you do make-up, make sure you cleanse it well too! You don't want to see fine lines become deep lines overnight! 

I used to find something easy and fast for removal to remove eye make up. However, I still find them not perfectly clean. The residual from mascara and eye liner usually trapped on my eyelid area. Really frustrating and I tend to rub it a little hard on my eyes to ensure its completely clean!  Thank you but I get more lines now! T________T

No more harsh cleansing with this Multi Cleanser and Lip & Eye Remover! You can see it stated on the bottle - Speedy & Safe! Really good right? When I get to know more about Laneige products, I discovered lots of its benefit. I received these samples sizes from Hermo. If you are wondering any new products would suits you, try sample products, go browse Hermo website. They have lots of haul brands and Korean brands for us to try before buying the standard size!

I just need to shake well the bottle of oil free Lip & Eye Remover before use and the double-layered liquid forms will emulsify instantly to melt and remove any type of make up.

By applying onto cotton pad and place on my eye or lip area for five seconds, it will help to melt the make up. After this, I need wipe off gently. Very simple right?  

The cotton pad that grab away all my make up - mascara, eye liner and eye shadows! 

One side of the eye is clean now. Super fast and easy! 

Here I am using the Laneige Multi Cleanser. This 4-in-one cleanser is very useful especially during travel. It removes make-up, removes sun screen, exfoliates and cleanses at once. You will be having a completely fresh feeling.

This cleanser gonna help to cleanse the rest of the face and even my eyebrow mascara. Ever since I dyed my hair, I tend to apply eyebrow mascara just to blend them well. Otherwise, I look odd - you can see after removing make up, my eyebrows looks very black and harsh! Look so fierce ==" But I still feel blessed - look at my eye lashes; they are adorable to me - Long and visible ~ Hahaha 好自恋！！ 

Yeah! Once having perfectly clean eyes, we can now apply our favourite eye masks and eye creams. 

All clean and ready to sleep. Bought the eye mask from Bangkok! Very cute wording on the mask. I obviously need those eye mask as sister sleep later than me. She might wakes me up when the lights is on. 

Look I have dark circles! Need to apply Sasatinnie eye mask now!  

Looks like panda bear here - just that the mask is white and not black! LOL... 

Love the cooling sensation you'd feel while putting it on. Remain the mask on the eyes area for 10 minutes, peel it off and I can go sleep after the application. Don't need to wash them away! 

Now confirm can sleep! Haha.. Bought this cutie mask from Daiso. It looks big on me but still ok cause the main reason I bought because it contains some lavender seeds.  I can smell them and it made me sleeps better! Hehe!!

Till then, Good nite!! Sleep tight and Sweet Dreams!! ZZZZZZZzzzzzz.... 

LANEIGE Firming Sleeping Mask

Have you been looking for something easy to apply and wake up with crease free skin? We are familiar with almost all types of facial masks including sheet masks, bubble masks, clay masks and even leave-in masks. It's easier to use something that we don't have to wash them away after ten to twenty minutes. Sometimes, we got lazy but still want to look pretty at the same time. 

Kudos to Amorepacific, founder of Laneige - they continuously improve and upgrade it's products. Laneige Firming Sleeping Pack - currently one of the raved product in Asia! Thanks to Hermo.my again!! Received my sleeping pack in perfect condition. Super loved how they boxed and bubble-wrap our orders ensuring the products we received are in superb condition. I can also recycle the boxes and bubble wrap they sent us. Talking about environmental-friendly act! ^_^

Laniege 50ml Firming Sleeping Pack comes with a spatula for hygiene purposes since it does not come in bottle packaging. This supple and resilient pack restores skin firmness while we sleep. This is actually Laneige sleeping pack's new version, an upgrade version of the Water Sleeping Pack. The main ingredients - SleePOP -  an instant reshaping memory form gel that rejuvinates the sagging skin during the night. As for Sleepscent - it release a scent that helps deep sleep and soothes tired skin. I don't need to remove once I applied it, I can go to sleep and my dragged skin will be UP! My mood will be UP too!!  :-) 

Look at how the memory form gel recovers in 20 seconds. No matter how often I used the spatula to stir the pack, it will return to its original shape. This means the pack gonna restore and enhance my skin, it gonna help to recover my ongoing wrinkles during the night and prevents damage during the day. Sounds so good that  I can't resist Laneige again! Well, I literally need firming care now!    

It's easy to use this firming sleeping pack. After cleansing in the evening, remember to apply your favourite toner, serum and emulsion. Apply an appropriate amount of sleeping pack and gently spread from the chin to the center of the face towards its contours. Let it stay in the skin during the night and wash it off in the morning. 

That's the spatula from the pack. Laneige is always a loved item. I am sure most of ladies out there agree with me. Yesterday night before sleep, I applied the Firming Sleeping Mask, When I wake up the next morning, I went to the mirror and look if any crease lines from sleep. I feel more comfortable sleeping on my stomach and I am sure all these position contributes to crease lines. To my surprise, no more crease lines! I could feel a firmer and hydrated skin! Happy me!! ^_^

Achieve beautiful skin with this Sleeping Mask by using at least twice a week! Our skin gonna thank us for being a dedicated lady! Haha 

Bye Bye Crease! Bye Bye Fine Lines! 

Hermo.my is selling Laneige Firming Sleeping Mask at RM 99. They are having a limited offer this week - purchase Laneige Foam Cleanser Moisture and Firming Sleeping Pack for only RM 149. It's a real deal as normal price is RM 214! It's cheaper that getting over the counter. Rest assured these are 100% original! 

Check this out - Limited Offer from Hermo.my

Posted this picture at Instagram yesterday! I am trying on my new scarf given by my sis-in law. I can't wait for my coming vacation actually!! I will share more when the date is nearer!! Finger crossed!! By God's grace, I will be able to visit this place that I have been eagerly waiting! ^_^

Don't forget to visit Hermo.my! Have a blessed week! 

台湾点点滴滴 PART 3 ~ 台北~ 北投~淡水~

Taipei ~~~ I couldn't get you out of my mind. I must visit you again. I am sorry I can't get enough of you that I still think of you and I still want to share about you... LOL!!

If you haven't read my earlier post on Taiwan - PART 1 and PART２ and I am writing Part 3 - accompanied by my favourite songs sung by Taiwanese singers. 超有感! Super got feel!! Haha

Reaching the city of Taipei, we never stop wondering around. Too many good stuff to explore and I truly enjoy every single moment of it. Just like some other tourists, we chose to visit historical places and some other famous places so called not to be missed!

  

This is a must to visit I guess! LOL..Taipei tallest building - TAIPEI 101. We went up and truly enjoy every moment of it. I was told by the local taxi drivers that if you actually followed a group tour, they literally rush up and down the building like in seconds and you don't get to truly explore those places. What a waste! Going holidays and still need to rush like you are late to work! Haha I thankful that I get to travel with my buddies and we travel at our own pace, taking our own sweet time without the need to wait for others that we don't know.

To prove that we truly enjoy our time, so here's a picture of us with TAIPEI 101 icon. LOL!! Just kidding!! We took so many pictures and I really loved to share all of it here! But space constraint..... 

I must say that snail mail and cute journal-ling stuffs are easily available in Taiwan. I saw greetings areas at almost every places I visited there. They have very unique rubber stamps and postcards. We can actually make cute entry or daily blog in our hand written diaries, journals, etc! You can even send those postcards you've designed with stamping back home to friends, families or lovers! How sweet! 

After meal, went back to our home sweet home in Taipei. We don't usually stay in hotel. With this, we could truly enjoy the culture of a country! ^_^ The apartment consists of 4 rooms and it has pantry area (cannot cook of course)  Just water dispensers and a fridge. We also have a washing machine and dryer too. It's way too convenient that Watson and 7-Eleven is also just a walking distance. Can buy drinks and stock them for our six days stay! 

6 days of us in this cosy room. Super clean compare to those 2 stars or 3 stars motel la!!! 

Watching Taiwan drama, reality shows and movies while enjoying supper! Super nice!!! 

The next morning - we walked, took the cab, bus and MRT. Basically all the means of transportation available in Taipei, we tried it all. Haha... Found this CAMA cafe and we had breakfast there. Look at the menu; the price were kind of reasonable. 

The staff uses this bicycle to deliver orders from their customer. Call it environmental friendly. I never see any company here uses bicycle for delivery. That's the reason I share this picture. LOL

Saw this sculptures at one of the MRT station. I know the floor its dirty! But just feel like sitting down and capture the cutie! LOL!! 

Streets of Taipei. We walked around to really enjoy the varied scenery. 

And we reached here - Ketagalan Museum at Beitou. If you actually googled Taipei tourist attraction, they have lots of museums, parks and notable buildings. Although we didn't manage to visit all of it, but to us these few nice places that we managed to visit and really spend time to understand it's history is worth the walk. This Ketagalan Museum is a cultural and historical exhibition of the Ketagalan people. The term "Ketagalan" represents a totem symbol of lowland aborigines. We will see the different culture, language, history, arts of this urban indigenous people. If you love history, you may love this place. I don't like to study History but I love to visit such place for an eye opener. Don't need to take exam, still ok what! LOL!! 

Hello Ketagalan People!! LOL

Taiwanese people reads a lot! Look at this library! Super big.. And in MRT I see people carrying books to read too! 

Historical place around Beitou! If you are visiting Beitou, you can see all of these around that area - Tittot Glass Art Museum, Hong Gah Museum, National Taiwan Folk Arts Museum, China Ceramics Museum and Robot Museum. Basically, it's worth the visit right? ^_^ 

This place looks like the taekwondo area we always watched in drama.LOL

Visited the Beitou Hot Springs as well! If you go during Spring, Autumn or Winter, its a great time to enjoy the hot spring. Not on summer! Already so hot!! 

When come to this place, we hardly say no la!! LOL!! Shopping time!! We are at DanShui!

Super cheap bikinis!! :-) It's really a shopping paradise in Taiwan!! 

Bought bags and the owner super friendly. Got my bags for less than RM25 three years ago! 

Why I am heading to a boat? Yeah!! I am crossing over to another island for Lovers Bridge!! 

I am here at Lovers Bridge but left my lover behind!! Hahahahaha...

Took a lot of shots there! Thanks to my buddies! They are using NIKON camera for these shot! 

Why is Taiwan so loved!!! Everything of you is so attractive!! Even the clouds!! 

I really wanna go back there again!!! Must not forget lover this time!!! LOL!! 

Good Bye Beitou!! Next destination is night market. If not mistaken, we went to Shida Night Market (師大夜市) 

So you see.. These are food not found in Malaysia. Forget about Wan Tan Mee and Hokkien Mee for now.. We are hunting down for food... LOL!! 

Realized we took lots of foodie pics as well. Should make another entry to share with you guys best food around Taiwan!! 

See you again!! Chao for now!!