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Announcing "Shopping in Seoul" Series
Shopping in Seoul When I first arrived in South Korea, I’d heard the hype about Asian cosmetics but hadn’t researched about the brands or products. So I was pretty much ignorant about everything here. I only bought a couple of face masks from (I think) Holika Holika and a hand cream from Beyond while I…
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Innisfree Creamy Tint Lip Mousse – All Shades and Swatches
Innisfree launched a new product last month, the Innisfree Creamy Tint Lip Mousse, and I got one of the shade from the line (#4). These are the non-shimmery glossy lip tints with the soft whipped texture of a mousse. I love how creamy these are! These lip mousse are meant to be creamy, hydrate lips,…
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L'Oreal Paris Shine Caresse – All Shades Swatches
I love doing posts showing the swatches of all lipsticks in a range. I think it helps in deciding which color to try. The photos on the websites can be so misleading to the actual color payoff, pigmentation and texture of the product that seeing the swatches can make a huge difference in opinion! I…
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Canmake makeup products – Japanese cosmetics
I have been seeing Canmake products in Olive Young stores for quite a few months now and since I know their original price in Tokyo, I feel they are quite expensive in South Korea. Something that costs 10$ (direct conversion from Japanense Yen) can cost upto 21$ (after converting in Korean Won). I have heard…
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Etude House Dear My Blooming Shimmer Blusher – New Launch
Etude House has launched another new product and this time it is a cheek product. We have already seen the Dear My Blooming Cheek which were blush + highlighter duos (like The Body Shop Baked To Last blushes). These are the Dear My Blooming Shimmer Blushers which come in a shimmer brick type form. These retail for…
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Etude House Dear My Blooming Lips Talk – Pink Talk swatches (all shades)
One my favorite lip products from Etude House, Dear My Blooming Lips Talk is beautiful range of long-lasting, creamy and moisturizing lipsticks. There are 25 shades in the normal line and then 5 shades in a special range called Pink Talk. Today I am going to do a swatch post on all the colors from…
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Innisfree skincare and makeup haul (Sales Shopping)
So as promised here is the Innisfree haul from my second trip to the store during SALES! I had actually wanted to pick these up on my first trip but I like to keep my one time shopping expenses under a certain limit. So I kept these back and decided to return a couple of…
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The Great Yearly Sale at Innisfree! (Skincare and makeup Shopping Haul)
So Innisfree yearly Sale just culminated. I had not tried too many of their products (thanks to Etude House, Missha, The Face Shop, Nature Republic, Skin 79, Maybelline for emptying my pockets before I could look at Innisfree stuff) so decided to check it out since this is (my) Birthday, Wedding Anniversary month (+ Valentine’s…
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Etude House Best sellers (+ My thoughts on those products)!
Update 21-Apr-2016: This post was written in 2014. Etude House have since then launched many new products and they now have a global website where they offer international shipping. Check it out. The bestsellers list also keeps changing. *** I browsed the Etude House English website today (for some info on the new launches) and I must…
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Etude House Magic Any Cushion Launch (The Secret is Out!)
So the much anticipated Etude House Magic Any Cushion testers are out in the store. There are three Magic Any Cushion in this line – Peach, Berry and Mint just like the Baby Choux Base. These will be officially sold from 28th February onwards. Update 15 March 2014: Read the review of Magic Any Cushion.…