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As a kid, I used to play with these paper dolls, where you could “wear” dresses on them with these tabs you would fold down to hold them in place on the doll. Anyone remember those? You could even design your own dolly fashion if you were so inclined and I never was.

It was these paper dolls and the fashion possibilities that kindled Joanna’s love for fashion and when she decided to open her own boutique, she knew what she wanted to call it – Paperdoll!

Paperdoll

What is the Paperdoll Boutique?

Paperdoll boutique is located at the new Tropicana City Mall. In fact, Paperdoll had started much earlier in 2008 with the launch of Paperdoll online – the online boutique, before taking it to a proper brick and mortar store. And what a store it is! Have you seen anything more adorable than the Paperdoll store front? It made me think of a whimsical little town with springtime flowers and sipping coffee while sitting on the sidewalk minding my pooch… not that I own one 🙂 It would not look out of place on Main St. USA, or Europe and this whimsical eye catching design is carried into the store as well.

Paperdoll boutique

Walking into the Paperdoll store is like walking into a closet or a best friend’s room. Dresses are hung neatly on racks designed to look like cupboards and a shelf and table holds accessories and tank tops. What makes the shop unique to me is the personal touches that Joanna brings to the decor – prints, photo frames, souvenirs and knick-knacks from her travels… it all makes the place feel much like stepping into someone’s home. There is a special promotion in store for My Women Stuff readers so be sure to read on till the end. 😉

Review: Kanebo Eye Makeup Remover

January 1, 2009 Paris B 23 Comments

Happy New Year 2009! If you partied hard last night, or maybe just partied 🙂 , I hope you all remembered to remove all your makeup before going to bed. After some last minute planning, I had a blast last evening with a new friend, Kahani of Soloverly at The Curve. Yes, it was fun 🙂

I used to use cleansing oils to remove all my makeup every evening just before my shower and when I say all, I mean ALL including eye makeup. It was as a result of 2 things : (1) running out of eye makeup remover and (2) laziness 😛

However, I’ve recently been told that its not a good idea to use just cleansing oils to remove eye makeup, because the skin around the eye is very thin and delicate. When you use oil on the eye area you have to massage it to remove all the makeup and stubborn mascara and this might result in premature wrinkles and lines around the eyes. Also, cleansing oils might contribute to milia or oil seeds around the eye area.

Since I’m vain 😛 I decided to pick up an eye makeup remover and after my facial at my regular Kanebo International salon one evening, I spotted the Kanebo Eye Makeup Remover.

Kanebo Eye Makeup Remover

The Kanebo Eye Makeup Remover comes in a cute squat square blue-green bottle that’s slightly opaque. You will notice that there are 2 layers of liquid in the bottle. This is an oil based remover to help remove the most stubborn of makeup.

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