Started off my morning with another trip to a bakery & got two delicious cheese focaccia buns, an mini apple tart (JUSTINE!), a cream-filled bun, and a cool yummy focaccia chewy bread pretzel thing with olives in it. With black olives!!! How random is that? It's like my dream come true haha; for those of you that don't know, black olives are favorite thing ever to eat on pizza, by themselves, etc. The cakes looked delectable as always (I can't believe these are real things lol, they're so perfect it looks like they're fake!). I want to buy one so bad but alas I have no reason to :'(
I took a different path today and wandered off, just enjoying the neighborhood and crisp autumn air. My initial goal was to try to locate a Homeplus store that my friend Yeji had looked up for me, but I eventually admitted defeat -.- I had wanted to buy a suitcase there since I will be leaving Gangnam at the end of this week.
After a full week of careful research on the Internet and reading of reviews, I have finally gone out and bought my SkinFood products of choice. There's so many to choose from and so many lines! I think I've covered all the bases of what I wanted though. As I've talked about before, I have never done anything to my skin except face wash because skin care products in the US (the good quality ones) are usually pricy and I'm super lazy. Now that I'm here though, in essentialy the new cosmetics capital of the world, good quality beauty products are not only plentiful, they are affordable! And cute as heck, which never hurts :) I've had my Acocado Rich Toner from Skinfood for awhile now but I also picked up a Parsley & Mandarin emulsion, Lettuce & Cucumber Water Drop Essence, Fresh Juice C Serum, and Peach Sake BB Cream. I also got my samples and a cute fabric pouch they gave as a gift I'm guessing because I'd spent $45. What I love about shopping here is that they give you tons of free stuff and services! It's meant as an enticement to come back and it totally works on me. If I leave a store feeling happy and pleased towards it, I would definitely want to go back when I next have a need to. At SkinFood they allot you samples based on how much you spend I'm guessing. E.g. When I bought my toner for $8, I got 5 free samples (which are all adorably packaged as well, in cute egg, honey-pot, water bottle, etc. shapes and cute colors). The free bag they gave me is also surprisingly high-quality; I was expecting one of those flimsy, cheap pouches they give out in stores in the US but this one was double layered, good material, lined on the inside, and had a good, sturdy blue zipper on the top!
I also made a stop at Nature Republic because they are having their apparently annual huge 50% sale right now. I bought 3 of my favorite Breeze-In Body Lotions by them (in all three scents, Amercian Garden, European Garden, and Asian Garden!) for $3 each, what they call Herb Dressing Purple Honey Cleansing Cream (for make-up removal; I asked the saleslady and she said the purple one in this line was for oily skin like mine), and a cool new loofah. I also got free samples (oil essences), free toner cotton pads, and two free facial masks! See how well they treat you here? That's a good $5 they just gave me in free goods lol, and I'm just one customer.
On my way out, I passed a NesCafe (over here, these are actual cafes not just a brand name lol. It made me do a double-take the first time I saw one). They were doing a promotion apparently and were handing out free 4-packs of new Nescafe instant coffee! I got two because the second suited-up guy didn't notice I had already gotten one. Guess I'll try this in the morning :)
On my way out, I passed a NesCafe (over here, these are actual cafes not just a brand name lol. It made me do a double-take the first time I saw one). They were doing a promotion apparently and were handing out free 4-packs of new Nescafe instant coffee! I got two because the second suited-up guy didn't notice I had already gotten one. Guess I'll try this in the morning :)