Etude House Singapore Flagship Store at Wisma Atria: Haul

Hi all!

I'm back with a post on Etude House's newest store in Singapore! It isn't just the largest Etude House store in Singapore, but the whole world!

They had a private event that Pony attended & gave makeup tips. Too bad it wasn't open to public! I would love to see & meet Pony!! ):

We visited the store on Sunday, 2 days after the official opening + media event. A few items were already out of stock! But we still got some good deals.

Cute brochure.

Click for a closer look

The store was big! It didn't seem very big initially since there were so many people around. They went all out on the decor and there was even a full size pumpkin carriage! Lol and I actually FORGOT to take a photo of that. I actually didn't take much photos as I was carrying 2 baskets (my toner took up one whole basket!) I was most excited that they have brought in the full range of Play101 pencils. I wish that they keep the store stocked up!! I would love to go down and slowly browse the full range again.

Another exciting thing is that they have brought in the LE Princess Happy Ending range. Check out the display:

Erm, where's Snow White? 

Full Play101 pencil range! 

Was so overwhelmed and I didn't swatch all 50 even though I would like to. Lol. I particularly like the eyebrow colours 41 & 42, and eyeshadow 32 & 33, and a couple of the blush/lip range.

They have quite a good promotion going on, so we got a couple of things! 

"A couple of things"

The things on the right are all freebies! & the play101 pencil palette is free too (it's just an empty tin btw). I will show more pics below.


The first things that went into our baskets were of course items from the Princess Happy Ending range! I really LOVE the rose blushes (please go google pics of them!) but I didn't like the shimmer in one, and the colour of another. So we only bought the nail polish sets!

Like little books!

They come with nail art stickers too! You can't really see it from the front. The colours, packaging, and nail art stickers are all very in theme with the princess, although I feel like I associate Belle with yellow and blue/white more than burgandy & pink?

The Cinderella set didn't come with stickers but I like them too!

Cinderella

Snow White

Belle

Next, we got 3 pencils from the Play 101 pencil range. Quite good control, no? 50 colours & I only picked one for myself. I got #42 for my eyebrows.

The colour palette is free with purchase of >3 pencils.
Funny story: I saw the palette & asked the lady how much it cost. HAHA. Isn't it kinda misleading though? It looks like it's a set with pencils in it right?? But good thing I asked, if not I wouldn't know we could get it for free.

Inside the color palette

The color palette came with pictures of Pony's tutorials! Very helpful. You can go view the videos on Youtube. She did the full make up with just the pencils! (except base makeup of course)

I also bought  a handcream because I love handcreams & this was like... a mini Etude House.. house.. There are 4 fragrances & 4 colors. I'm glad I liked the pink one the most!

I also got a bottle of my favourite toner. It's inexpensive, and works. I highly recommend this to everyone. I've done a review of it here: http://rebelheartx.blogspot.sg/2013/10/review-etude-house-wonderpore-freshner.html

It used to be just 7-in-1 but now it's 10-in-1!

This is sold as a set, although you can really consider it to be the toner + free cotton pads + free facial soap. The facial soap retails for $14 iirc. I've not heard of it before until that day, but free then take lor! lol. It smells really good though, so I can't wait to try it.

My sis also got lip liners!

One for $4.90! Quite cheap imo and they had quite a good selection of colours! All seemed quite nice. I've not noticed them before!



We split our buys into 2 so we could get 2 sets of the $50 gifts for the two of us.

You get a mirror, Wonderpore kit, and 2 pink coins which you can use to exchange for charms for the bracelet!

Had I known that I was getting this mirror, I would have not bought that $2 one from Daiso.

All of you are born as a princess.

close up of the bracelet & charms.

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That's all!


Share with me what are your favourite Etude House products!

Gmarket Haul #12: Sulwhasoo, Innisfree, fashion items

Gmarket Haul #12! Quite happy with my purchase this time although I spent quite a lot this time ): BUT! The savings were tremendous!!

I ordered on Friday night, most items were mailed out by seller by Monday to the Gmarket warehouse. All items reached Gmarket warehouse & was packed and dispatched out by Tuesday evening to the airport. Reached Singapore on Wednesday, and delivered to me on Thursday! Fast?? Yes! As always! The part that's most likely to delay your shipment will be when you're waiting for the individual sellers to send your items to the Gmarket warehouse. Then it also depends on how often there are (cargo) flights from Korea to your country. For Singapore, I think there are flights almost everyday... So it is always pretty fast for me! So for that shipping price, and that speed, I think it is very worth it! Like I've mentioned many times, shipping will be more worth it when you purchase more items. Just study the shipping fee table and you'll understand!
 
To note: I was waiting for the EMS tracking page to update, but it was stuck at "Received by air carrier" (meaning it reached Incheon Airport & awaiting a flight to Singapore) for almost 2 days! I thought it was weird but guess what... turns out it already made it's way to Singapore! The status just wasn't updated in real time... which was something I observed the last time. It didn't use to be like this.

My tip is that once you get the tracking number, use that to track on your local postal company who is in charge of deliverying EMS parcels. In Singapore, it is Speedpost. Speedpost will update when they received the parcel in Singapore and will update when it is out for delivery and you can know when to expect the delivery.


In my previous haul, I mentioned how Innisfree likes me because of their impeccable timing of holding sales. I was waiting for a sale for a long time but they never did. This time I was like ahh I shall just order without Innisfree sale....and guess what... when I logged in to Gmarket (Korea) to prepare my order... Innisfree started their sales!!! Great timing or what! (lol I know it is just luck)

And that's how I ended up with this: 

As usual, let's start with my Innisfree haul:

I bought quite a few items this time. I mainly bought things that Innisfree Singapore does not carry. I do like to shop at the Innisfree Singapore store because their prices aren't marked up too much and still reasonable. Without sale price, the items aren't always cheaper on Gmarket Korea. So I do recommend buying from the stores in Singapore!

I love that they always pack my items so well! And despite ordering several items with varying quantities, they always get my order right. My items never leak and the boxes are never dented. My nail polishes don't spill. And my handcream aren't dented much!! Thumbs up to the packers....

I got a couple of sheet masks. They've got new sheet masks and also new design for the It's Real mask. I shall do a little research on the new masks later. My main concerns this time was whitening and brightening. From what I heard, when Korean products state "whitening", it doesn't always mean making your skin fairer but rather, to help with pigmentation or uneven skintone. I also needed brightening products because my skin can look dull and that's why sometimes I have to put on some base makeup even if I don't have major blemishes to cover.. My Innisfree Soybean Energy Essence has been very good in helping my skin look less dull! Hopefully these masks will show results too.

Next, I got a new gel liner in black! Somehow they are always sold out of these in Singapore every time I visit the store.

I am totally the kind who likes flowery granny scents (but I like fruity scents the most!!) because somehow they are kinda comforting and familiar to me. I love the smell of all the gardenia blossom scents in Innisfree. I haven't seen this in Singapore so I popped this into my (virtual) cart!

(But as of Oct 2014, I've spotted these in stores.)

My hands are always dry, even in sunny humid Singapore, and so I always have a bunch of hand creams around me. These aren't all mine. Bought these as they also aren't in Singapore yet! Love any gardenia scented things.

This was for sis! My mom has also tried a product from this line and she also got me to buy another for my sis. I'm guessing it must be good?

Another haircare item!!
Warning! This does NOT smell very good at all. Yes, even someone like me who has pretty high threshold for stinky herbal products found this a bit... unpleasant. It doesn't have the usual ginseng smell. It does smell herbal. I'm not sure what's "green ginseng" but I do not like it that much. That said, this is very cooling when I spray this. I think a lot of us neglect our scalp but it is also delicate skin! This also isn't available in Singapore. (yet?)

As usual, we got a couple of nail polishes. The one on the left is supposed to be orchid colour and it looks more pink in real life. It looked kinda purple on photos.


Innisfree also recently launched this new exciting nail product.....

Make your own glitter polish!! I went a bit crazy and bought almost all the glitters. Well, it isn't fun if I don't buy more than one to mix right? The whole point was to mix and create your own combination..

They also sell this clear polish that's specially for this make-your-own glitter polishes. They are all sold separately. It is more expensive than getting one glitter polish off the shelves.

& a close up of all the glitters! I'm sure someone is gonna steal this photo.

Some goodies from Sulwhasoo....

unpacked!!

Guess how much all those above cost? ..... $65!!

That's the price of the Sulwhasoo Evenfair Perfecting Cushion actually. It is already discounted PLUS they give so much freebies... In Singapore, the cushion retails for 74. It comes with a case and 2 cushions. The freebies are quite big (those 2 pump bottles are 50ml each!). This cushion foundation is SPF50+ PA+++!

Love the packaging. I also love the product. Coverage is medium-high and it gives a flawless finish. Thinking about it, $65 is wayyy above my budget but well, it was worth it I guess! Manufacturing dates are all very recent!!


2 fashion items this time!

That's not me in the photo. Just wanted to show you what the stock pic looks like!

& my photo! Quality is really good. Thick enough to prevent VPLs (lol).

I also got a black bucket bag. because I love black bags. and I love simple bucket bags. I know this looks like a particular branded bag that has like a 4/5 months waiting list (SO hard to get your hands on one these days!). I love the design too. This is just a small fraction of the "original" piece. It isn't 100% the same so it isn't imitation or a fake, so I was okay with buying this.

 

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That's all! :)