Tokyo Day 5

Yesterday was the final day of my trip. And like any good makeup addict, it was filled with some last minute shopping. I had just read this glowing review of a Japanese mineral BB cream by Yumeko on her wonderful blog and it sounded like too good to pass up!

Luckily, the Estnation store at Roppongi Hills was just a stone's throw away from where I was staying so I hiked on down there first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, they did not have the 1890yen trial set so I ended up getting the full sized Powder Snow in Nude (5040yen), Snow Base (5775yen) and the Clear Snow Pressed (3150yen for refill, 1575yen for case and brush).








My new Agnes B. bag! This is available only at 3 stores in Japan, including the flagship store in Omotesando. This was 9500yen. The Agnes B store offers tax-free shopping for tourists if you spend 10,0001yen and above.



Interior of the bag.


Agnes B. bag charm which was about 3500yen.


Assorted Care Bears stuff :-)






I had CP'd several Kiss lucky bags for some friends a couple of years ago and they were the most amazing deals as they contained 8-9 Kiss products for only 1680yen. I'd given up on finding these already on my current trip only to discover 3 Kiss lucky bags at the It's Demo store in Narita Airport Terminal 1 :-) Too bad I had already checked in my luggage or I would probably have ended up buying at least one of these sets. Each had a Fairy Bright Powder, two lipsticks, 1 lipgloss and 4 nail polishes.




Ettusais blush with a free vinyl pouch.


Susie NY set that included one eyeshadow quad, 3 nail polishes and a makeup pouch for only 1470yen.


The It's Demo store is located in the public area of Terminal 1 and is great for shopping for accessories, makeup, snacks and clothes. Opposite it is a Tsutaya DVD and bookstore which is good for shopping for magazines. That's where I bought Steady magazine which came with a very roomy Stila pouch and a huge sheet of stickers meant for use with a schedule book as they have stickers titled "salon", "shopping", "meeting", "date", "birthday" (but all in Japanese) etc.




The Banana Republic Christmas tree at Roppongi Hills with shopping bags as decorations!

Tokyo Day 4

Hi everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts on my Tokyo trip as I spent the past couple of days with three female colleagues basically eating and sightseeing around Tokyo. Today, I was on my own again and did some shopping at Ikebukuro's Seibu department store. The store has many of the most popular young ladies' apparel brands in Japan so it's a great place to find everything in one place.

I came home with these...


Brownie Bee eco-bag (2100yen) in chocolate with mint green polka dots. Mint green seems to be a popular colour this winter in Japan as I saw many clothes shops selling mint green sweater sets and dresses along with the usual pink, brown and black. You can check out the Brownie Bee official website here.



I love how the service staff here wrap up everything nicely :-) I'm saving the sticker in my diary!



Paul & Joe Sister shopper bag (2625yen).



Inside of the P&J Sister shopping bag.


Rebecca Taylor dress.


My buys from Ainz Tulpe (some are CPs):



The new Canmake Cheek Gradation #5 Peach, which looks more pinkish than peach. I also picked up the new Canmake Loose Cheek #8 Peach Squash which is also more of a mauvey pink than peach.



More Charmy Kitty and Sugar Bunnies stickers for my cousins!





Hilarious mobile phone ad.


A window display outside LaFloret mall in Harajuku.


Autumn foliage in the park at Roppongi Hills.

Tokyo Day 3

Decided to head to Ikebukuro today where the world's largest department store, Seibu, is located along with other department stores such as Tobu and Parco. Also spent quite some time walking around Sunshine City which has more affordable stores compared to the department stores.

At Seibu, I discovered a new Japanese homewear brand Gelato Pique which was just launched in Japan in September. Ended up buying a camisole and shorts set. The material is super soft but what really hooked me was of course the cute cartoon print! I think this may end up being the only clothing I buy on this trip as almost all the clothes in the stores now are winter clothing, which I don't need.






Jill by Jill Stuart store in Parco in Ikebukuro. Couldn't find anything I liked which was a disappointment.






Betsey Johnson accessories corner in Seibu.



Got these Cinnamaroll stickers for my young cousins :-)



Pile of hideously pink Hello Kitty merchandise at the Sanrio store.





I've received hundreds of packets of tissue paper over my years living in Japan but this was the first time that I received a packet of black tissue paper! How cool is that?!



Also received this from a promoter when walking along the street in Ikebukuro. At first I thought it was an ad for a spa but turns out it was a pack of 4 samples from DHC, including a mini soap!




Came across a shop called Chocoholic that sells cakes like the one in this pic as well as various assorted household items.





More cute character stuff from the Chocoholic store



I always have a hard time resisting checking out such an appealing stack of gift sets...


From where? The Lush store! Lush used to be available in Singapore several years ago but I guess there weren't many Singaporeans willing to spend so much on bath bombs. I find the smell of Lush stores simply intoxicating, like the slabs of soaps are just whispering 'buy me'... My good buddy, the Muse, is always raving about Lush skincare on her blog but still I'm hesitant to try it out as I have very problematic skin. Sigh...



And finally, my yummy breakfast at Koots today! Edamame and cheese onigiri (rice ball) paired with the new black sesame brown sugar latte. It was simply heavenly, the perfect comfort food for a cold winter day :-)