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Home » Face » BB Cream » A Korean Haul to soothe the shopping Seoul

A Korean Haul to soothe the shopping Seoul

May 11, 2011 Paris B 65 Comments

Haha… I just know that there are some of you waiting for this post 🙂 Truth be told, I did not buy very much, relatively speaking 🙂 I did stumble on a sale going on at Lotte Department store where I picked up some very lovely winter jackets (down filled!) at 50,000 Won (about RM140 each!) so I’m dying to go on a winter holiday next LOL Otherwise, I wasn’t quite into buying clothes, shoes or accessories.

masks from korea

What I did return with a lot of, was face sheet masks. Everyone who has ever raved about how incredibly cheap face masks are in Korea were not wrong. I picked up different masks from the different Korean brands – Skin Food, TheFaceShop, ElishaCoy, Baviphat… just to name a few. The masks are usually sold in packs of 10 or 20 and I got them for between 10,000-20,000 won (RM14-28) a pack. This was a shared pack, and I took out quite a few for gifts and suchlike. Should have picked up more 😛

Other than that, who leaves Korea without picking up BB Creams? They are everywhere, from the cheapest to the most expensive of brands.

bb creams galore!

L-R: Holika Holika Peach Girl BB Cream, Elisha Coy Always Nuddy BB24, Elisha Coy Time Capsure BB, Elisha Coy Diamond Shiny Pearl BB, Bobbi Brown BB Cream, Skin Food Platinum Grape Cell Essential BB Cream

Well, perhaps I cheated a little. One of them isn’t Korean and was actually picked up at KLIA – the Bobbi Brown BB Cream which I actually thought was not bad. I was actually at quite a loss when I stepped into the various stores and was totally overwhelmed. There is just so much choice available for everything, even if every brand started to look alike after a spell. They all seem to sell the same thing – just in different packaging 😛

elisha coy

I also picked up some products from ElishaCoy – BB All in one Cleanser, Milk Cacao Black Sugar Scrub and Cacao Green Tea Age Fitness mask.

elisha coy masks

I loved the smell of the cocoa in the mask and scrub which was instrumental in my picking them up. The reason you see so many ElishaCoy products is because I stumbled on a Beauty and Cosmetics Expo at Coex mall so I went in to browse. ElishaCoy had a booth there and all their products were 50% off! The BB creams you see were 1,000 won each only (RM2.80) so I figured they were worth a shot 😛 I can’t remember how much the rest cost but they weren’t expensive.

In terms of colour cosmetics, these were all I got.

korean makeup

L-R: Holika Holika Magic Pole mascara, Etude House Miss Tangerine Sweet Shower Lips and Etude House Miss Tangerine Cream Choux Blusher

I did tell you I was overwhelmed 😛

I have a couple more bits and bobs – a herbal shower gel from Tony Moly that makes you smell like bak kut teh (herbal soup) and that ubiquitious Tony Moly snail cream.

And everyone who has ever raved about the generosity of Korean cosmetics houses with samples weren’t kidding either. Here’s all the samples I accumulated (this is the shared loot and not all are mine)

samples from shopping

Most of the boxes of cotton pads and face masks were given out as an enticement for you to enter the store. Competition is very great amongst the Korean beauty brands hence the need for enticement. You aren’t obliged to buy anything, but if you want the sample, you have to at least step into the store and browse. If you don’t they take it back! The rest of the sample packs were tossed in at the counters when you make your purchase. The more you buy, the more and better samples you get. But you almost always at least end up with 2-3 sachets of skincare samples for making a purchase.

And lastly, on the flight home, I picked up this item from Chanel – Les Roses Natural Finish Face Highlight and Blush. It said in the duty free magazine that it was a flight exclusive which means you can only purchase it on board the aircraft.

chanel les roses

Chanel Les Tendres de Chanel Natural Finish Face highlighter and blush – Les Roses

I was taken by it, and I think it’d make a very pretty blush 🙂

And that’s it! Reviews will naturally come as I start digging through the products, but if you have something you want an earlier heads up on, do let me know and I’ll try to oblige 🙂

Paris B

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  1. yuki says

    May 11, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    love love love!! I came back with more samples than my purchases! They’re so generous with their samples right right???

    One reason why I love Korea~~
    That’s a HUGE haul!! I want the BB Creams!! hahaha…

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      May 12, 2011 at 5:25 pm

      Yup! Very very generous with samples and their enticements too haha…

      Reply
  2. Luna says

    May 12, 2011 at 5:32 pm

    I think I got enough samples to put together a whole skincare routine for a couple of months.. lol..

    I very almost got the Chanel too! But I was on my flight home and my wallet was feeling much too light by then.. Kinda regret it now cuz it’s really pretty =)

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      May 12, 2011 at 5:37 pm

      For some reason I ended up with quite a few BB Cream samples. I think I’ll just give the samples away to some friends 🙂 And I’ve been wearing the Chanel blush for 2 days now and I really really love it! 😀

      Reply
  3. jen says

    May 12, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    may i know how much is the bobbi brown bb cream? you should try innifree in korea, its one of the “better quality” skincare brand

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      May 13, 2011 at 9:32 am

      The Bobbi Brown BB cream is RM126 at KLIA. I was just overwhelmed by the choices so didn’t end up buying too many things (plus had no time to do research before going! But now I know, I’ll be sure to keep it in mind… in case I go again 😉 )

      Reply
  4. janis seet says

    May 12, 2011 at 11:35 pm

    Im jealous of your haul!!! im super curious about he herbal shower/bath gel 😀

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      May 13, 2011 at 9:33 am

      Ahhh…. I really liked that one! I smell of bak kut teh as I sleep! LOL Coming right up!

      Reply
  5. milktea says

    May 13, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    Magic Pole mascara! What a name! Makes the mind think of… 😉

    More innocently, look forward to the Tangerine choux blush. Makes me think of Papa Beard cream choux. 🙂

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      May 13, 2011 at 3:37 pm

      Oh darn! Now you are making me think unwarranted thoughts 😛

      Reply
  6. Irene says

    September 3, 2011 at 2:22 am

    THANK YOU for posting the prices as well! I’ve been trying to figure out how much everything was in korea vs other asia cities i’m visiting!
    thank you!

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    • ParisB says

      September 4, 2011 at 3:04 pm

      Glad it helped you Irene

      Reply
  7. iheartkoreanbeauty says

    October 24, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    Amazing haul! I’ve not really used the TM snail cream yet, only tried it in the stores but from what I remember the consistency is on the thicker/ slimier side, like the DR MJ. Prefer It’s Skin, it’s more easily absorbed!! P.S. U’re making me crave a Korea trip!! 😛

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  8. Janice says

    October 30, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    Hi paris B,

    Have you tried out on all the BB cream that you have purchased that were shown above?

    Will you write a post on pro and cons on the different bb cream? LOl, there are too many brands which i haven’t tried one of them before. i just apply sunblock on its on, foundation on its on…

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      October 31, 2011 at 10:00 am

      I’ve tried out one or two of them but not all. Bad me! I will be reviewing them in time to come so if you come back or subscribe for updates, you might see it. Thanks for reminding me 🙂 I am not a BB Cream fan in general. I prefer using foundation.

      Reply
  9. Anngy Cakie says

    May 8, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    hi, may i know which shop in seoul you purchase the ELISHACOY masks?

    Reply
    • Paris B says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:24 am

      I think it was at a beauty expo I happened to be at. But I could be wrong because it was a very long time ago and I’ve forgotten.

      Reply
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