Hi, lovelies! So, every time I've been in Seoul I mostly hang out around Hongdae and this time is no exception since I live in Sinchon which is only 1 subway station away. I rarely go to other places since I really don't like to go by subway, especially if it's more than a 30 min ride. Anyway, my friend invited me to have some tea at a Traditional Korean Tea House in Namhansanseong which is about a 1 hour away by subway. I've never been to a place like that before so I was really excited about going there even though it was really far. And besides, we went by car so it didn't take too long to get there.

We grabbed some dinner at a small sushi restaurant nearby first. We had some salmon and I could literally eat this every day for the rest of my life!

This is the outside of the place. I didn't bring my camera so the pictures aren't that great. Sorry about that!

I was kind of caught up in spending time with my friend, so I didn't take many pictures. I kind of regret now because it was seriously so pretty and cozy there. The layout was amazing! I will at least try to explain what it was like.

The inside was pretty much just a really big room, everything was pretty much completely made out of wood. In the middle of the room there was some kind of fountain. It was so pretty! Traditional music was playing and the smell of wood was almost overwhelming, but the whole atmosphere was really relaxing. The sitting areas were located along the walls. You pretty much just sit on a pillow so you have to take off your shoes before entering.

There were so many different kinds of tea to choose from! I had green tea and my friend had... I don't know. Haha~ It was really delicious and everything looked so nice. I was actually so tired that day so this was exactly what I needed to relax. I'm so glad that I got to go there!

I really want to share more of my life in Seoul and everything this city has to offer. What would you like to see more of? Please let me know in the comments!

Thanks for reading and bye for now, lovelies!

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Korean Makeup & Skincare Haul

Hi, lovelies! So one of the first things I did when I arrived in Seoul was some shopping and I want to show you the things I got!

This is what I got: Etude House My Beauty Tool Cotton Pads, Skinfood Black Sugar Cleansing Oil, Skinfood Black Sugar Bubble Foam, Etude House Nail Polish Remover, Etude House Face Designing Brightener #Wannabe Face, Etude House Surprise Concealer Kit #02, Innisfree Green Tea Balancing Cream, Etude House Look at my eyes Café PP503 Taro Milk Tea, Etude House Look at my eyes Jewel BE107 Moon Crystal, Etude House Look at my eyes BR403 Caramel Latte & Etude House House Longlash 03

I also got the Wonder Pore Freshner from ETUDE HOUSE but I totally forgot to include it in the picture. It's my second bottle and since I've used it forever I simply didn't realize that I actually bought a new one.

I will post separate reviews of most of these things that I got! Let me know if you're interested in a particular product so I can post it first.

Thanks for reading and bye for now, lovelies!

ETUDE HOUSE 8-Color Palette

Hi there! I saw an image of this cute 8-Color Palette from Etude house by chance and fell in love with it at first sight. I started looking at the usual online shops where I usually get products from Etude House, but I found out that this palette was pretty much completely sold out everywhere. I had to look for quite some time before I found it. At first I found it at amazon and immediately bought it. First of all, the package never arrived and the seller had to re-send it, and when I finally got it, they had sent me a completely different palette. Aaargh! I was so frustrated, at that point I didn't even care about contacting the seller again. Anyway, I started looking again after a while, and a seller on eBay had finally listed it, so yet again, I bought it immediately and not much later I finally received the palette I wanted for so long. To be honest, there's not really anything special about this palette. I just thought it was so pretty, and the thing is that once I see something that I really like (which is quite rare), I just have to have it no matter what. Anyhow, enough of backstory. Let's take a closer look at this cute eyeshadow palette.


Here's the packaging! "All of girls are born as a princess. But you have forgotten who you are! Now it's time to let your pink our." - Cute quote!


It turned out that this one actually is from Etude House Japan. I don't mind it and I'm not surprised at all since it was completely sold out everywhere else and really hard to find back when I was looking for it.


I just love this type of design! Black & pink will always be one of my favorite color combos. Kind of reminds me of Dolly Wink designs back in the day which I used to absolutely love.


I really like the big mirror, and another small detail I like is that there's a small hole next to each eyeshadow-spot so I can easily replace and re-arrange the eyeshadows. I had a smaller palette from Etude House in the past and it didn't have those little holes which actually made it a bit more difficult to replace them.


I'm usually not too fond of using the Makeup Brushes that come with items like this, but I actually really liked these and use them a lot. I was surprised by how good they actually are.

I'm really happy that I finally got a hold of this Makeup palette and it was definitely worth looking for. So far, I have only put the 4 eyeshadows from Etude House that I already had (which I obviously added after taking these pictures). I wanted to get 4 more to fill it up right away, but I thought that it will be a lot more fun to go one of the Etude House stores in Seoul and pick out the eyeshadows on the spot. Let me know in the comments if you would like me to make a part 2 of this post to show you which eyeshadows I ended up filling this palette with.

Thanks for reading and bye for now, lovelies~

[Makeup Tutorial] Tangerine Makeup (EXID's UP&DOWN Inspired)

Hi, lovelies! As you know, LVLUP recently made a Cover of EXID's UP&DOWN. I think it's so much fun to try new looks and play around with makeup. Whenever we do a Cover and take pictures for it I try to make my Makeup look similar to what the other artist is wearing in the MV. So obviously, this Makeup look was inspired by the girls in UP&DOWN. All of them have similar Makeup, but I really liked Hani's Makeup so that's the look I went for and I decided to make a quick Tutorial on how I did it. Check it out!



I almost never wear Orange, Coral, Tangerine or any color like that and rarely use it when I do my Makeup, so this was actually something very different for me. The funny thing is that I'm absolutely obsessed with Orange lips now! Tangerine is actually a trendy color for Summer 2015 so I think that this is a perfect and fun Makeup look for Summer, and you can definitely pull it off as an everyday Makeup look If you skip the lower lashes.
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Thanks for reading/watching and bye for now, lovelies!