I’m writing this post while listening to Psy’s Gangnam Style and Tasty’s You Know Me. And I just realized that they sound alike!

I have been swamped with a lot of things regarding reality- which is better know as work.

I actually have 2 posts that I never gotten the chance to continue because of it and then I keep on forgetting. Pfft.

Moving along, August is almost done and one of the days next week will mark another year in my life. Weee!

August had been a very expensive month for me. I have spent much more than I can afford so I really need to cut down on my impulse spending.

I should seriously give wallet a rest and I hope I can actually do it!

Since I’ve already mentioned that I have spent a lot (a lot because I am also juggling my cosmetics purchases with paying for 4 gadgets), today I will showcase my haul for August.

Tadah!


This month I have ordered from Charmaine twice, went and bought items from Etude House thrice, once in Daiso/Saizen, and once in Japan Home Center.

From Kkochipida:
Mizon Watermax Moisture BB Cream - on sale for P385
Lioele Blackheadzero Nose Patch - on sale for P75
Elisha Coy Always Nudy Sample Sachet - free
Missha Time Revolution Night Repair Sample Sachet - free

From Etude House:
Put Your Hands Up Face Waxing Patch - P448 for a box of 10 patches
Wonder Pore Special Set - P1,548 includes 500ml Freshner, Whipping Foam, and Brush
Mask Brush - P98
Wonder Pore Freshner Spray Bottle - P98
Black Charcoal Chin Patch - P38
I Need You Lemon Mask Sheet - P58
I Need You Royal Jelly Mask Sheet - P58
Essence Mask Vitamic C - P58
Essence Mask Vitamin E - P58
Missing You Tin (prize from their Sweetie Spin promo in SM North EDSA) - free
O2 White Skin Care Kit (prize from their Sweetie Spin promo in SM North EDSA. This is my 3rd set. LOL) - free
Milk Talk Sampler Set (GWP for EH boutiques if you spend at least P2,000) - free

From Daiso/Saizen:
Silicon Facial Cleansing Pad - P85
Daiso Charcoal Mask - P85
Black Nanosilver Clean Puff - on sale for P25 (I got 4!)

From Japan Home Center:
Catena Mask Sheets - 3 for P88 (I bought 6)

Now here’s the fun part! The items I have listed above that has this Hello Kitty face right here , I have already tested. Hooray!

Obviously I have so much to share.

But before that, I mentioned on my last past that I have been impulsively buying the things I have and well, the last Etude House haul was the most impulsive of all.

Supposedly, I was just going to buy the Face Waxing Patch, but they had another Sweetie Spin and I really wanted a new toner. They didn’t have the toner on stock when I was there and the set was all they had. The SA (not Rizzy, though) calculated what I would be paying if I bought what was in the set individually, so the set ended up being somewhat a good deal already (but again, it was not part of my plans to buy it that day).

Aside from the price, my brother was pestering me to buy because he wants it too (to freeload from me, anyway!). Apparently, his girlfriend already bought the Freshner but her mom asked some of it. So no more for him. LOL.

I don’t want to blog about all of those I tried out in one post. You’d prolly get to lazy to read it if so.

I’ll start with a few things today and I will also try starting on the others with their own individual posts soon after.

I should probably start with the easy ones: Lioele Blackheadzero Nose Patch and Etude House Put Your Hands Up Face Waxing Patch.

Please forgive my fugly (duck)face. I was having too much fun with my iPad when I took that.

I like online window shopping. I really, really do. The apprehension I have is that I am not physically doing the transaction; hence, my fear of being scammed by online sellers. Even the most trusted sites are subject to f*ck ups. Take Ensogo for instance. I ordered a voucher for Californiaberry last July 20 which was supposed to be used this August. The payment is already posted on my Paypal account and my credit card bill (both online posting and the regular bill), still no voucher. I emailed their CS and heard nothing. I posted on their Facebook account and heard nothing. This experience is not something I would like to encounter ever again. So no matter how tempting the products are from Ensogo, I will not buy from them anymore. Sorry, but not responding to customers for weeks is a big no-no.

Good thing Charmaine of Kkochipida is not like the assholes who own Ensogo!

I’ve actually known about Kkochipida since 2010 (although she’s been in the business since 2009). Unfortunately I was not that into make-up (specifically BB creams) that much at that time (I have phases ). I was curious about BB creams but it was not part of my immediate plans to buy. Also, they were expensive back in the day. Hahaha.

So, after more than a year (and from buying my first BB cream from Etude House) I rekindled my love for make-up (and skincare!). Of course there are a lot of BB cream variations now (back then the only one I can remember was Missha and Dr. Jart), and they target different kinds of skin types.

Currently, the following are the Korean cosmetics brands that I know of that have set up shop in the Philippines:

• Missha
• Etude House (Love love love this!)
• Laneige (woah, expensive!)
• Skin Food
• The Face Shop
• Tony Moly
• Nature Republic
• Ianti (which I can no longer find the Landmark Department store)
• Lioele

Now, there are other brands out there that have not reached the shores of the Philippines, likely Baviphat, It’s Skins, Innisfree, Hollika Hollika, Peripera, Skin79 (WHY YOU NOT HERE YET?!?), Lotree, etc.

Well, there are two ways to get these other brands; 1. You go directly through Korea or 2. You get it from an online seller.

There are many online sellers out there who are passing fake products as the real deal. They mostly look a like; however, please think about your skin/health when it comes to buying make-up/skincare products. Although, we all know that the cheaper the price the better, we have to take into consideration if we’re paying for the real deal or not.

Again, there are many online sellers out there and Kkochipida is one of the many online stores in the worldwideweb.

So what makes Charmaine/Kkochipida different?

Kkochipida sells authentic products at reasonable prices!


For example is the Skin79 Super+ Triple Function Beblesh Balm (the hot pink one!) would usually cost P1,200+ from other places, but she sells it for P880. Awesome, right?

She’s also very accommodating. She replies to inquiries as soon as she can and she response courteously. I remembered texting an online seller before (and a pretty known one at that) and she was a bitch. It was as if she wasn’t interested in talking to her potential customers. Pfft.

Read more on my experience buying from Kkochipida, my OOTD, and a lippie review here!