MAC HAUL

Recently a friend of mine went to America, as MAC is ridiculously cheap over there i got them to pick me up a few things.

Left to right: Plush glass - Big Baby, Ample Pink; Matte Lipstick - Candy Yum Yum

both ltd edition eye shadow pallets,

All woman (flawless figure, brains and brawn, all woman, black magique)

Caramel Sunday (cheryl chic, dreammaker, caramel sundae, showstopper)

i am totally in love with the all woman pallet and my candy yumyum lipstick!

Kikki-K Haul

I needed to do a big clean up and re-organisation fr while, of pretty much everything. So i decided to start with something simple, my paperwork and the kitchen, to help i bought a few re-organisation tools from Kikki-k.

I was hard to resist these super cute items while they were on sale :-)

this huge clean up my life binge has also meant a little hiatus from blogging.

Next thing to clean up on my list, my makeup table and wardrobe, blah going to be a huge effort!

FUKUBUKURO - LUCKY SALE BAGS JAPAN 2013

 Japanese fuku (福, good fortune/luck) and fukuro (袋, bag). = Fukubukuro

Fukubukuro is used to refer to the 'lucky dip' sale bags that a lot of Japanese stores release on New Years day. The bags aren't just for clothes, they can also be for food, cosmetics, electronics and well pretty much anything!

They generally cost around 1,000 yen to 10,000 and have any number of items in them with the goods being valued up to 10,000 yen, some stores even produce special bags/suitcases for their Fukubukuro. They are like a luck dip because you don't know what items are inside each bag or the value, but that's half the fun

It is well worth a look at if you are in Japan around new years.

The fuku comes from the Japanese saying that "there is fortune in leftovers" (残り物には福がある). Popular stores' fukubukuro usually are snapped up quickly, Shibuya 109 in Tokyo will have a line wrapping around the block with customers eagerly awaiting the New years sales.

You will often see people set up a make shift swap shop outside large stores, to swap the contents of their Fukubukuros.

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More Fukubukuro's below

Boxing day shopping in Sydney 2012

Christmas gift ideas and Lust want items

Victor Ralph - Flower Bomb

Natural Products - Black Penguin Hand Cream

Too Faced - Ltd ED love sweet love collection

Mimco - Electric Baroque satchel

Ecoya - Mini Metro Gift Set

OPI - Gift set, Top Coat, Base Coat and the World is not Enough

MAC - Divine Desire Paramour Pink

ASOS HAUL

Yesstyle.com mid year discount

Here our some coupon codes for you to use at yesstyle.com

Topshop + TopMan (finally) comes to Sydney!!

As some of you may have heard the rumours are true! for months the Gowings building in the Sydney CBD (think where the supre flagship store use to be and lincraft) has had a huge tarp covering the 5 story shopping levels.

There was much speculation at the being of the year that this top secret shop being constructed would be the long awaited Topshop Sydney. Earlier this week the Rumours were confirmed.

Topshop and Topman (lucky guys don't miss out this time) is said to be 4 stories, presumably the two levels in the QVB, the street and level 1. The fifth level will most likely be a storage floor.The Sydney flagship will stock the brand's Boutique, Dress Up, Makeup, Petite, Tall, Unique and Collaborative lines, as well the main-line apparel, shoes and accessories collections.

The Store will open in October (no set date announced as yet), Keen to check it out on it opening days? Think Zara madness, or you can see how busy the Melbourne store was when it first opened...

http://media.smh.com.au/life-and-style/essentials/fashionistas-in-a-frenzy-at-topshop-opening-2825969.html


For prices you can watch the short video below, where some basic outfits are shown. From the video it seems like items will be a little more expensive, so maybe a little try before you buy on-line... after all they do have free shipping
http://grazia.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=1021923&showcomments=true

Boxing day sales haul

Every year i go boxing day sale shopping, i love getting some of the one day only bargains.
This year i thought the sales were pretty lacking, most of them started before Christmas so they only had the odd stock left (the large sizes and strange colours). Plus i don't think i have ever seen Sydney so crowded! you could hardly move!

If i am here next year i think i will probably give it a miss. I didn't get very much this year, but i thought id share with you what i got, everything was 50% off except the Missha make up which was 20%.

What i bought in the city: Missha items had 20% off: primer, blush and nude lipstick. I absolutely love all three of these, i tested them out today, best primer ever! and a pair of suede nude Siren shoes, look fantastic with fake tan.

The shoes and Missha items again, plus what i got in Chatswood.
 Super basic top, with cute frills from Kookai to wear to work.
Gold earrings from my absolute favourite store, Mouche.
And a Lush gift set which and their Daddy-o violet shampoo which is meant to be pretty good.

The little red bottles are some Christmas themed body wash from Bath and Body works which my Friend visiting from LA gave me, got these while boxing day shopping so i added them to the haul shot.


Reviews of the Missha and Lush items to come.

Black Friday Specials

Most stores/online sites in america will have Black Friday specials. Apple Australia even had an Black Friday special here last year. Here's hopping more retailers here will hold sales this year!

The offers vary from one day discounts, bonus points or freebie items when you order on that day. So if you've been eyeing something off lately Black Friday is definitely the day to get it!

Some websites to check out on Black Friday:

A hong Kong based Clothing, footwear, Accessories and beauty products store: www.yesstyle.com.au or www.yestyle.com
Makeup pallets and brush store: www.sigmabeauty.com/?Click=155081
I'm sure you all know what topshop is: www.topshop.com
Wittner shoes, an Australian Company has $20 off online until 30/11, just enter 20GIFT at the check out : www.wittner.com.au
Portmans is having 30% off full priced items on the 24/11, in-store and online: www.portmans.com.au
Online sale 20% off shorts: HEYSHORTY , 50% off knits: KNITTHING  at: www.sportsgirl.com.au

That is all i know off so far, if you know of any others please comment them below.

Happy Shopping!!!

just a quick tip: America is one day behind us so Black Friday will start on Saturday here.

Forever 21's Hello Kitty Line Launched!

Recently in Shibuya Forever 21 launched its new Hello Kitty Range.
It is super cute! And great for winter layering with a touch of Kawaii. The range consists of clothing, jewellery and all sorts of accessories.
The range will be available on the American website from 18/11/11 (American time) so Saturday here. Not long now.

Below is a video of the launch party and some shots of the range for you to enjoy

Lovin' the new eBay!

eBay recently launched it's 'Fashion Gallery', wish list and Shopping cart function as well as their deals section.

I'm not sure when each one started, but most were launched over the past few months.

The Fashion Gallery offers Branded eBay stores allowing you to purchase from brands you know ans trust.
The brands it offers are the really well known ones who have stores in pretty much every shopping centre around Aus, such as Supré, Witchery and Bardot.

I wasn't a huge fan of this at the beginning, why buy it in eBay when you can go into the actual store and try it on! But i guess it is good for people living in remote locations who can't get to the shops. However, eBay launched this sub site for the US and UK as well, allowing us to purchase from well known brands over there that wouldn't normal ship here.

Now I'm a fan!

Daiso Opens in Chatswood!

I was lucky enough to check out the new Chatswood Daiso store today for its pre-opening. the Store opened its doors from 12pm-2pm offering shoppers the chance to win a $1000 voucher and a goodie bag with each purchase.

I absolutely loved 100yen shops when i was in Japan, they sold everything! and all so cheap. I was super excited to check out the Australian store. The Australian version sells everything for $2.80, because of exchange rate shipping, Australian wages/rent and so on.
But still $2.80 is pretty cheap!

The shop itself is nothing special, cheap plastic racks and fittings, narrow aisles, but it is huge and stocks just as much stuff as the 100yen shops in Japan. I was disappointed about one thing though, no food! I was looking forward to getting some cheap yummy Japanese lollies or chips. I'm not sure if this was because they hadn't put this stock out yet, as some of the shelves were empty, or their just not planning on selling the food here.

To see what i bought, click below

Daiso Chatswood

As some of you may know Daiso is a Japanese 100yen shop (or as it will be in Aus $2.80 shop).
They sell a whole bunch of products from food, stationary to cosmetics.

I am so excited for the opening of their Chatswood store later this month! It should open in the mandarin centre  on the ground floor. It looks a pretty decent size ( not as large as some of the store in Japan) and hopefully carries a good range of products. They already have two stores in Melbourne but i haven't heard much about them yet.

The Daiso brand lashes which come individually with glue, are some of the best quality lashes you can get. Granted their not natural fibres like Dolly Wink, but they are super easy to apply and i actually prefer the Daiso glue to the dolly wink glue.

I have just had so many problems with the dolly wink glue coming off after a few hours, where the Daiso glue stays on all day and all night! They both dry clear but the Daiso one dries a lot faster, which means less chance of the corners coming unstuck.