Seoul Visit 2013 Part 2 (Korean Cosmetics Haul: Etude House)

I know it's not a Saturday or Sunday. I'm late. Sorry!! Had relatives from my hometown come to visit this weekend. I was super busy!! Anyways, as promised from the previous Seoul Visit 2013 Part 1 post, I will be blogging about my purchases from each cosmetic brand in Korea. (Reviews on products and close up photos of products will be done 2 months prior to this post).

Seeing as I did mention that I spent a bomb at Etude House, therefore I'm starting off with Etude House.

The Etude House I visited on Myeong Dong Street.

The very first thing I grabbed as soon as I walked into Etude House was this baby right here,

Etude House's Wonder Pore Freshener

Yeap, the infamous Wonder Pore Freshener / known to some people as a Toner. I purchase this in Korea for 15,000W (15USD/RM47) only to realize that I should have purchased more in Korea. It's so freaking expensive here in Malaysia, I walked into an Etude House here in Malaysia and it was RM79.90 for this thing. Come on, the price here is almost doubled of the price in Korea. 

Etude House's Wonder Pore Cotton Glove

Not only that, but I also got a packet of cotton gloves from Etude House to use with the product. It was free. The cotton glove in Malaysia costs RM29.90. *DISCLAIMER* In Korea, you do have to purchase this Wonder Pore Cotton Glove but when I bought the Freshener, it was a special edition where they gave this cotton glove away with the purchase of the freshener.
The online reviews for this was really good. So I thought I'd purchase one to try it out for myself.

The next thing on my list was Etude House's famous Precious Mineral BB cream. This, I have tried the sample I got here in the Etude House here in Malaysia but the BB cream here was really expensive so I thought of buying it in Korea.

Etude House's Precious Mineral BB Cream with SPF30/PA++

I bought the one in W15 Sand Beige. I purchased it for 14,000W which is also equivalent to RM43. Let me remind you that everything in Korea was cheaper because no import tax is needed.

Always being curious and always wanting to try out their CC cream definitely made me crazy and I grabbed myself one tube and threw it into my shopping basket.

Etude House's Correct & Care CC Cream with SPF30/PA++

Again, this was the same price as the Precious Mineral BB Cream (14,000W = RM43)

Have you heard of the LANEIGE BB Cushion?? Have you seen their advertisement done by Song Hye Kyo?? That advertisement was one of the first advertisements ever in my life to get me so hyped over a product. But, I am still a student without much money so I ended up getting one similar product from Etude House. This product actually promises an air brush finish (if I'm not mistaken).

Etude House's Precious Mineral Any Cushion

Partly why I bought this product so confidently was because the BB Cream used for this compact was actually the same as the Precious Mineral series just in a different form of packaging. But the weirdest thing is, that I bought this BB in W13 Natural Beige when it was suppose to be W15 Sand Beige. I just somehow felt this Natural Beige suited my skin tone better with this product. So, remember to test out the products at all times rather than assuming that your color tone for all products are the same. Owh, and before I forget, this was 23,000W equivalent to RM71. P.S. I bought this one sale. Usually, you'd have to pay RM71 for just the BB Compact but this time it came with a free refill and pen (I know the pen's quite irrelevant but it did come together).

Here I go again, have you heard of the infamous BEAUTY BLENDER?? Yeap, I'm still too poor to purchase that so I got myself a cheaper version from Etude House. Here, in Etude House, it's called a Baby Doll Puff.

Etude House's Baby Doll Puff

Etude House's Baby Doll Puff

I've used this product and it works fine for me. I love it. A much more detailed review will be up soon. This cost me 7,000W equivalent to RM21.50.

I guess that's about all I got from Etude House.

You're most probably thinking, this ain't much but let me assure you they did cost me a bomb. I did find them a little pricey but if you're visiting Korea, bear in mind, nothing here is extremely super cheap. The price of each product basically tells you all about it's quality.

And as usual, I got fabulous free samples. Etude House gave me 1 sheet mask, 2 set of twin moistfull collagen toner and emulsion, a few sachets?? of bath wash (milky soy and some berry ones) and a hand mirror (which was super cute)!!

 The free gift I got, comes in so handy. Thanks Etude House Korea.

Once again, if you have any questions, please leave a comment down in the comment box down below. For any other further enquiries, you could e-mail me at loui_96-li@hotmail.com . Thanks :)