TONY MOLY 블러셔본 퍼프

Today I'm actually going to do a tool~ if this one goes well then I'll also show you my facial cleanser tool...

So, this is the Tony Moly 블러셔본 퍼프 (blush powder puff). Unlike most puffs I've seen, especially British ones, this one is cute and furry! Most ones I've seen are sponge and they rip and tear and hold onto the product for ages...which is pretty unhygienic isn't it?! So when I was sent this puff, I was pretty happy with myself ㅋㅋㅋ~ not only because it had a bow and it was pink mind you...

I've been using this puff to apply my blush for a couple of weeks~ before that I used my Sephora brush~ in comparison? The 블러셔본 퍼프 is a clear winner, the application is far smoother, it's even and more pigmented - so I get more use out of my blush now then!

The main problem at the moment though? I'm not sure how to clean it! Should I just wash it like a cloth or brush or something? Or would that ruin it? Also, because my Korean isn't that great, it takes me forever to figure out what everything means...so as far as I'm aware, it could have all of the instructions on the back ㅋㅋ {one of the reasons why I should at least learn makeup terminology!}

Anyway, I really don't have much to say about this puff, other than if you have the opportunity to use one of these things, take it ㅋㅋ Korean blush seem to usually have these in anyway, so if you already use one~ I suppose you could use this thing as a replacement? 

That's all though! I'm going back to listen to MBC표준FM now...아이유's Raindrop is currently playing~ I love 아이유! Have a nice day everyone, and I'll be back with a proper post once I try out some more samples! (I want to get rid of my current breakout first though so that doesn't affect my review ㅋㅋㅋㅋ) 

Cookyshop Mini Mate Organiser

Welcome to my organiser guys! I swear, I freaking love this thing~ I've only had it like two weeks and I'm just starting to move things across and use it more efficiently so this is just a preview of the pages~ I didn't want to show you all of the pages because they're so easy to find online~ The sellers of this organiser usually use the original photos which are really detailed, so my post is just showing how much space the boxes have and things like that ^^ If you want to purchase one, I got mine just off of eBay after I saw this post on THE YESSTYLIST.

I genuinely get so excited by organisers and stationary, so korean stationary? You can imagine how happy I was when this came! So let's move onto the actual pages!

What's in my bag?

I haven't done a "What's in my bag?" post in years~ I was going to say I've never done one...but I think I did one like 4/5 years ago~ so the stuff I carried then were completely different to now...

I like to think that I'm pretty much prepared for life with my bag, so here's the general contents of my bag, some items change around and depending on the weather and what I'm doing on the day I'll carry different things of course...but these are the basics that I don't really take out of my bag!

Here's a quick overview of everything so you can just see what I've got, (left to right: makeup bag, camera case, first aid kit, umbrella, earphones, purse, keys, pen and pencil, organiser, lip balm, phone and hand wash)

So these are the skincare/makeup etc. stuff in my bag. I've got a little first aid kit with plasters, a small amount of bandage and tweezers and stuff, my SHINI Star Lip Balm which I actually reviewed here, my hand wash which has nearly run out because I use it way too much...and finally my makeup bag...which I really need a new one~ I've got like a million but they're all the wrong shape/size or whatever so I'm searching for a new one at the moment!

Here's my electronics...The case holds my camera and two iPods (I use a touch to store my magazines and games and then a nano for my music), some earphones - sometimes I'll take out my mix-styles as well, but I always make sure I have a pair of earphones as well - and finally my phone...which is actually in the process of being replaced because the buttons on the sides are broken~ this is the 8520 in lilac.

My organiser! This is the cookyshop mini mate diary (serious question yeah? This one is a Korean diary, and all the labels are in English~ so do most Koreans know basic English then?) I've also got one of those plain boring cheap pens...I should have bought the matching one for my diary, but I mainly use the MUJI set in my diary~ and then just a San-X Monokuro Boo pencil.

Finally I have...the other stuff? I've got a purse and keys...I actually only just started using this purse because the one I liked broke ㅠ_ㅠ The coin section had a hole in, so the money all fell out ㅋㅋ so I'm going to see if I can fix that one because I love it so much...but until then I'm just using this one~ which does actually fit more stuff in it~ (I've even got some travel tea bags...) but I like white purses~ so yep~ that one matched everything else in my bag ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I've also got two keys~ one is my house key, the other is my bike key~ I don't have a car yet, so I don't have a car key ^^

Well, that was a really quick post, but I hope you enjoyed being incredibly nosey and looking through my bag! What do you guys have in your bag?

SKIN79 Super+ Beblesh Balm

I've been using this BB for a couple of weeks now so I wanted to let you know what I think of it quickly. In short, I love it. In comparison to the western 'BB' creams it's perfect. SKIN79 make some of the most popular BB creams and this hot pink one is known as one of the best all-rounders on the BB scene.

According to the English directions of this BB we're supposed to "Use it proper quantity on the area of your face like patting at the last step of skin care." Clearly...I think that sentence really explains this cream well...-_- ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

I've split this review into 7 different sections so you can focus on what you're actually interested in...so here it goes!

Outing with an 언니...

Because 언니 wanted my post to come quickly of our day out on Thursday, I decided to move the original schedule of this post forward, so please enjoy my account of what we did on our day out!

So I met up with one of my 언니, who I shall call S언니 for the purpose of distinguishing her from the other 언니 because I'm the 막내 of my friends! (well I always say 언니, but I'm not sure that a 3 month age gap really classifies her as an 언니! But oh well, she is my 언니 and that's final xD)

We got a really early train to London - it was the 9.30ish one I think, which wouldn't be an early day any other time of the year~ but it was a hot day in the summer xD - and it was packed so~ lots of people, lots of standing and hee~ it was a busy start to the day~

We started off at Westfield and got some early lunch to beat that annoying lunch rush~ here's a picture of the lunch we got from Pho - the Vietnamese place - I originally wanted to get stuff from Bamboo Basket...but they weren't open when we got there~

Korean Skincare Haul #2

You may have seen the teaser image for this haul a while ago (if not, wae? :3) So here it is! These are just my purchases, I'm not going to go into detail about the seller but if you haven't seen the information about the seller then check out part 1 of my Korean Skincare Haul here.

This time I ordered from the website itself, which was nice because I hate how much clicking and entering things is involved with purchasing stuff from eBay, the site itself it nice...however they haven't got a currency change option on the site yet so I had to use a converter to figure out how much everything was in £.

On to what I actually ordered though! I only purchased 3 things, The Lioele Blackhead Zero Nose Patch set (there's 5 in that pack), three of Etude House's Collagen Eye Patches - this is also what I ordered in part #1 of the haul and I liked them so I ordered 3 more and finally Skin79's famous BB cream! 

As the same as last time, I received a lot of samples and freebies! I have another 네슈라 pore strip, 스킨푸드 Royal Honey Hydro Cream and Agave Cactus Emulsion, Missha's Time Revolution First Treatment Essence, Etude House's Black Charcoal Chin Pack, Nymph Aura Volumer and Precious Mineral BB Cream. I also received a Tony Moly blush ribbon puff which was really cute!

So the same as with the first set of the haul, I'm going to go through each product separately as I use them because then it's easier to navigate and you only have to read what you're genuinely interested in!

The package came relatively quickly again though - I say relatively because as I keep saying free postage, so one week is so quick! - and it was well packaged and once again I received more free things than I did actual products which was sweet!

They're also pretty good at communicating and interacting with customers which I also like, so thanks for that!

I think that's all I have to say on the delivery and the actual overview of the products themselves though, so I'll sign off here instead of rambling! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Summer Playlist

Hey! So I'm writing this just before I go on holiday and I'm just going to go through what's been my favourite tracks this summer! The music this year has been amazing - well so far anyway! And as I've been to my friends, the rookie groups of this year have all been amazing as well so when it comes to the rookie of the year award, it's going to be tough this year! 

So before I start rambling off about Korean rookie idol groups, lets just get on with the playlist!

1: BEAST (비스트) - Beautiful Night

Everything about this song is just perfect! The music video, the beat, (Yoseob's hair)...it's just amazing and it's definitely the track that's been played the most in my car this summer~! Since it came out, this has been on non-stop and I even saw my mother dancing to it! So well done B2ST! I love it~~~ <3

2. BAP - No Mercy

Everywhere I go I get this stuck in my head~ I've been in love with BAP since~~~ well since before their showcase and considering Himchan was an ulzzang, obviously I've got to love them even more! ♥ Zelo's hair and his rapping! ...In fact also Bang Yongguk's hair as well! Himchan's red suit~~~ yeah need I say more? Warrior was awesome. Power was awesome. Of course No Mercy would be as well! And they're definitely top in my books at the moment!

3. Kim Hyun Joong - HEAT

I'm actually only registered officially in 2 fan clubs (it used to be 3 but I left Cassiopeia after the split...) Kim Hyun Joong's is one of them! Naturally anything then that he comes out with gets stuck in my head and because this song is called HEAT, it's got to be in the summer playlist for the same reason as Hot Summer - f(x) was in last year's summer playlist!

4. PSY - 강남스타일

Who DOESN'T love this song? I actually saw the live on Inkigayo before I saw the music video, but this song has been on a lot as well~ it's so catchy! plus it annoys my brother who doesn't like Kpop...

5. SISTAR - Lovin U

Normally I don't like Sistar much...but this song is just nice and fun and well...summery. AND Sistar have great personalities so that makes them so much better as a group, even if I don't like their songs! But anyway, I do like this song! Especially the bit that goes "Let's talk about love~~" I just thought it was cool okayyy~? xD

6. G-Twenty - Magic Hour

I feel like I want to put in everything that's under Mono Music...but I can't~ otherwise this would just turn into pretty much a playlist consisting entirely of G-Twenty and Candy Mafia, but I love this song and it's just cute and great~! So if you don't listen to Thai pop, you probably will after listening to this! Especially if you're also a J-Pop or K-Pop fan!

7. 1:43 - Sa Isang Sulyap Mo

This is actually the only OPM group I listen to~ and I love them...I'm a secret huge Yuki fan! (Well not that secret) I actually started listening to them just before my birthday and then like a shameless fangirl, told Yuki that it was my birthday xD ...and yeah he replied :3 so I'm satisfied! 

Anyway, the actual song! I don't even know how I found it, probably just searching around Youtube and stuff, but all four members are either half Korean or Japanese - Yuki is half Japanese obviously... - so this song is great~ I don't have much to say other than listen to it!

8. Алексей Воробьёв - Бам Бам

I'm a HUGE fan of Алексей Воробьёв (that's Alex Sparrow to us UK folk...) but I prefer his Russian stuff to his English ones...I always find when non-native English speakers produce English songs...the lyrics are always kind of weird~ so I stay away from them!

It was hard to choose the song I wanted to choose for you guys because I usually just play through his albums~ I didn't want to add his newest one though (Get You) because you all already heard that in last year's Eurovision! So that's my only reasoning really for picking this song!

9. Big Bang - Fantastic Baby

I kind of feel bad for putting two songs by artists under YG Entertainment...but Big Bang are amazing~ CHOI SEUNG HYUN. Need I say more? The Alive album really did it for me as well~ Taeyang's new style, Daesung's new hair, GD's swag, TOP's ...face...eum yeah, we'll stick with face and Seungri's amazing vocals! So Fantastic Baby, which even my non-kpopper friends love (well the few that I have these days anyway!) It's a great song and now the second someone says the word 'wow' ...we all know it'll be followed with the words 'FANTASTIC BABY'...so need I say any more? Nope. I think not.

10. Cross Gene - La-Di Da-Di

I love the dance. I love the vocals. I love the song. I love the members...it's perfect! And as I said earlier, the rookie of the year is going to be tough this year, and I'm hoping these guys are going to be included in the listing! So yeah, it's great! This song and Sky High have been played a lot on my iPod recently!

There we go then! That's my top ten! I tried to include a variety of different types of songs, different companies and also different languages~ I'm sorry I only included one song in Japanese~ normally I would include more, but not many have caught my eye this year I'm afraid! I'm also sorry I haven't included any songs by SM or JYP...well actually not so much SM~ *hate you Soo Man, but we'll cover that another time* 

I would have stuck my Junsu (XIA)'s Tarantallegra as well, but I thought the video was just a tad inappropriate for my blog, so if you want to watch that porn video then please go onto YouTube and check it out, because no matter how much I love Junsu and no matter how many times he thrusts or says 'bonzzouur' I refuse to link that video to my blog xD So yeah~~ it's slightly embarrassing that I've listened to it as much as I have, but I can promise you guys now~ I haven't learnt the dance :3

Sorry!

What music have you been listening to recently? I'd love to know~~!

PS: If you're wondering what fan clubs I AM in...I'm in BAP's Baby and Kim Hyun Joong's Henecia, I also still class myself as part of Cassiopeia~ just not officially any more because I'm actually not supporting either side (HoMin or JYJ) particularly at the moment...so I don't feel like I can really call myself an official fan because of how annoyed I got with them...but considering YunJae in my OTP~ I guess I'm always going to be a Cassie! *Once a Cassie, always a Cassie! AKTF guys*

네슈라 Pore Deep Charcoal Strip

This was one of the samples I received in my #1 and #2 hauls so I actually got my hands on two of these strips, although so far I've only used one of them. Honestly, this was the first time I've used a nose patch so I was a tad useless with it I think but it did feel nice and because it's in the small package it's easy to stick in a travel bag and use whilst you're away - which is one of the main reasons why I prefer the Korean packs to western ones!

I'd never heard of this brand before so I did a little research before trying out this product...

네슈라 (Nesura) The CEO is a woman called Soo Ok Park and she says "Nesura cosmetics shall make trustworthy products to be which you may happily recommend them to your family." So with that sentence, she's basically suggesting that her products are really good and they're suitable for lots of different age ranges as well? (I just got that from the word 'family' which I'm assuming then you'd recommend it to your mum, daughter, nan...or maybe even your dad I guess?)

The company started in 1986, so they've been at it quite a while then!

According to their site as well, they're all around the world...so maybe I've just missed out on them then!

AOZORA [BLUE SKIES]...

By North America's (and my) favourite cell phone novelist! TAKATSU from Toronto made an EP a while back and I've been meaning to get him to send me a copy~ so I finally did it in June according to the little note he wrote with it (Sorry it took me so long to write this!) There's 5 songs on the album itself and it's called AOZORA. I don't really have much to say about the album itself other than it's great, so well done Taka and I'm expecting another one soon! :3 I'd also like to point out if you haven't already read his cell phone novels, you should go ahead and do it now because they're so addictive...and seriously, once you've read your first one you won't be able to stop! But this post is about Taka as a singer, so I'll try and avoid just going on about Taka as a novelist because really they're two separate things! So check out his facebook, twitter and buy his album~ (you can either get the physical album or just download the songs, but if you've got a netbook like I have and don't think you'll be able to get the CD onto your iTunes? Buy the album anyway because once you've purchased the physical album, you can download the songs directly from the Internet anyway and it's always nice having real life albums!) ...Also, just like to point out that this was my first ever parcel from Canada! Yay Canada! ^^

PS: Just like to point out that you may be needing some handwriting lessons if you get mega famous Taka? ;D xDDD