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Shopping in Seoul: Olive Young (Beauty Store)
Shopping in Seoul – Olive Young store Olive Young is a health and beauty store in South Korea. Olive Young basically stands for All Live Young! I frequent the Olive Young stores frequently because this is pretty much the only place where I can easily find International drugstore brands. Different stores may vary a little…
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Shopping in Seoul: D-Cube City, Sindorim (Shopping Mall)
Shopping in Seoul: D-Cube City (Sindorim) D-Cube City is one of the largest shopping centers in Seoul alongwith Times Square, I-Park mall etc. I have been there twice already and it is shopper’s dream! There are many international and Korean brands. The building complex offers many eating joints and a small Pororo park. I feel…
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Shopping in Seoul: Boons Apothecary (+ Beauty Store)
Shopping in Seoul: Boons (Beauty Store) Seoul is a shopper’s paradise! But some brands can be a little difficult to find. Most international high end beauty brands can only be found at the Department stores while the drugstore brands are available at Boons, Olive Young, Watsons and other stores. Since I am participating in the…
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Shopping in Seoul – Apgujeongrodeo Shopping district (A is for Apgujeong Rodeo)
Shopping in Apgujeongrodeo, Seoul I am participating in the A to Z Blogging challenge this April. The task is to write a post every day (except Sunday) for 26 days with the corresponding alphabet of the English Language. Today is April 1st so it is time to write about something with the Letter A as…
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Shopping in Seoul – Myeong-dong (Shopping district)
Shopping in Seoul – Myeong-dong (Shopping district) After covering my least favorite, I am taking a leap to my most favorite shopping district in Seoul – Myeongdong. It is a well-known shopping district; there are multiple stores of brands in this area and it is so crowded, that many people may not be able to…
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Shopping in Seoul – Itaewon (Shopping district)
Shopping in Itaewon, Seoul Itaewon may be the only place in Seoul where one can find more tourists than Koreans. When I was first getting acquainted with South Korea, Itaewon came up in the articles too often to be missed. It was a bit of a let down honestly, when I came to Itaewon and spent…
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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…