Saturday, June 28, 2014

Clio Professional Gelpresso Waterproof Pastel Upper Liners

I walked around the Myeongdong shopping district several times and I finally went into Club Clio to get a few of the upper liners. There are pastel pink, purple, mint, and brown. Normally, they're 12,000₩ which is about $10-11 USD. They were on sale for 6,000₩($5 USD)! I was really excited but I only bought the purple one because the mint one was limited edition and they said they didn't carry it anymore... so sad! Luckily I remembered that Home Plus carried it. * Home Plus is a grocery/everything store. So today I bought the mint color except it cost 12,000₩... kinda expensive... It was the last one so it was worth it! After I swatched them I let them sit for a few minutes. And I just did a smudge test on my forearm. No smudge or budge, and its waterproof! But if you rub it with water it'll will come off. So it doesn't erase easily with water. I love it so far! 
What do you think? Have you tried any? Which colors are your favorite? Leave your comments below!

Colors: #3 Mint Ade and #4 Peace One Day

Here are some photos and swatches.

Cosmetic Stores on Myeongdong 4-gil

By the way if you didn't know "gil" means street in Korean. Here are some of the stores on this street.

So have you been to any of these stores? Do you have a favorite Korean Cosmetic store? Which one would you like to visit first? Let me know what you think in the comments! 

Myeongdong Main Street

Some cosmetic stores on the main street.

Myeongdong Tourist Information Centre

I wanted to get maps of this place and other places like hongdae and dream forest. The info center is located on myeongdong 9-gil near paris baguette. Theres a whole wall full of maps and pamphlets and guidebooks in English, Chinese, and Japanese. So feel free to look around and grab as many maps as you'd like!

Some Cheap Places to Eat in Myeongdong

So during my one month internship I've found a few cheap places to eat at Myeongdong. The first two photos are 명동 교자 (myeongdong gyoja) and they carry noodles and mandu. Everything on the menu is 8,000₩. You get seated and order n pay at your seat. If you get noodles you can get more noodles or more broth at no extra charge. Cooked rice is about 1/2 cup no extra charge. The service is fast and they refill your kimchi when you run out. There are 2 of these restaurants on the street myeongdong 10-gil.


 1.

 
2.  The next two are 명인 만두 (myung-in mandu). They serve a variety of dishes. So they have a menu with pictures and there's an order sheet you have to fill out to give to one of the servers. If you can't read Korean you can request for the actual menu which includes pictures. Water is self serve as that place is quite busy. Service is pretty quick. Most of the tables have a drawer with spoons and chopsticks. There's nothing over 6,000₩! Awesome right?? BUT!  Warning they have the occasional cockroach.  I saw one today so I covered it up with a nearby trash can. This is on myeongdong 3-gil.



 3. The third set of photos are 유가네 (yoo-ga-ne). There's also 2 of these as well. I ate here today and I got marinated chicken fried rice for 6,000₩. It wasnt very spicy and it was really good. I highly recommend it! The server will come by now and then to cook it for you at your seat. You also get to borrow an apron so that you don't get food on your clothes. Each table has a single stove thing.  Both places are on Myeongdong 10-gil.


Do you know of any cheap places for food? Let me know your thoughts in the comments! Thanks for taking your time to read!  

Art Box in Myeongdong

So after I finished intern work for the day I decided to stop by the popular Artbox that everyone talks about. These are just a few pictures to highlight what they have in the store.  So they have bathroom things, sleep masks, candy, albums, frames, art supplies, small section of cosmetics, pencil cases, gift boxes, message capsule jars, keychains and things like that.

PSY FACIAL SHEET MASKS!!!


 Such cute USB Hubs!!! 

Adorable Hair accessories! 

Hoodies, Shirts, Tops 

Nice Journals... 

Part of the Small section of cosmetics 

I got a pack of 2 small bottles that each have one message capsule for 1,000 KRW. Have you been here? What did you buy from Art Box? Questions, Comments? Let me know!