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Fragrance Mists and Body Mists Review

I tend to acquire decants and samples when I'm in a midst of a crash out (I'd buy actual perfumes whenever I'm in dire mental straits if my funds allow me but it does not!), so might as well put my quick thoughts about them. I'll try to update this list as I try new ones. Bath & Body Works ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (I have repurchased these) Wild Honeysuckle - FANTASTIC! One of their more complex fragrances that I've tried. Honey right out of the gate. Smells briefly of kisses (type of aroma beads that was popular in the 90s). Then you get a burst of overwhelming jasmine flowers before settling in to subtle medley of florals. Disappointing longevity however, even for a fragrance mist. Wish I could find something that smells the same but would stay much longer. Moonlight Path  - Smells like powdery, musky flowers. Some people would say old lady perfume but this is actually one of my favorites. THE PERFECT BEDTIME SCENT! One thing I've learned is scents either get reformulat...

Fan Casting the brand list included in Tokyo Girls Collection TGC Shop at Ayala Vertis North

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Disclaimer: This is not the official list of brands that will be available at the Tokyo Girls Collection / TGC Shop at Ayala Malls Vertis North . I say "fan casting" because I couldn't think of a better term lmao Here are my personal picks although most of these brands don't appear on the TGC runway. They seem to be wanting to emphasize on "kawaii" and their target market is teens - 20 somethings so I mainly looked at brands that are in Shibuya 109  because I think that's similar to what they're going for PUNYUS https://store.punyus.jp/ I think this is the only brand on my list that usually participates in TGC so there's a high chance that this will actually really be one of their choices. A lot of their clothes go up to 6L (6L is around US 20-ish, but it really depends on the clothing), they do carry standard sizes as well. The price range of the clothes is 2000 to 9500 JPY on average Liz Lisa Liz Lisa Prices are a...

Tokyo Girls Collection Shop in Japan Town at Vertis North

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TGC Shop at Ayala Malls Vertis North Tokyo Girls Collection is known for their huge semiannual fashion festival in Japan but they have also done events in the U.S. , China , Thailand and Indonesia . Hallohallo Inc. , Mitsubishi Corp , Ayala Land of the Ayala Group has partnered with W Tokyo to open up a Tokyo Girls Collection Shop or " TGC Shop " at Ayala Malls Vertis North ! The location will be in the back, near Japan Fudo Street and Timezone Reportedly, the TGC shop is going to be around  4,230 sqm . Apart from the shop area, there's gonna be space for events complete with a runway. TGC Shop at Ayala Malls Vertis North They will choose up to 20 "kawaii" Japanese fashion brands which will carry accessories, clothing and lots of other stuff that will best represent their theme of "bringing Japan's real clothes to the world". Hallohallo will focus on managing the shop, while W Tokyo will stay closely involved ...

Visiting Mandarin Supermarket in Binondo

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Mandarin Supermarket is located on the ground floor of the Mandarin Square building at Ongpin Street, Binondo . I wanted to arrive at 8:00am to take some pictures while there's not much people around. When I went there, it was still a few minutes before 8:00am and the supermarket signage was still turned off, but when I looked down the hallway I saw someone with grocery bags so I went in ( please note their opening time is listed at 8:00am so don't blame me if you decide to go earlier than that and its still closed ). Apart from Chinese goods, they have some Korean and Japanese items ( mainly Korean noodles and ice cream then Japanese chocolates, toys, curry and noodles ). They also carry local products so they don't exclusively carry East Asian goods. I wanted to take as much photos as I can but there were boxes littered around so it was hard to stand in front of some of the aisles. Anyway, here are some of the photos I managed to take: Tea They only had...

Kiko Mizuhara at the Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet

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Kiko Mizuhara shows up at day two of Cannes Film Festival red carpet for the screening of Yomeddine (English title: Judgement Day) With Wang Likun/Claudia Wang from Dior's weibo account Embed from Getty Images Video from Kiko's IG stories ( @i_am_kiko ) Wearing look 42 from the Dior Haute Couture Spring Summer 2018 show Full list of celebrities who walked the red carpet on the second day of Cannes Film Festival can be seen here: https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/actualites/photos/on-the-red-carpet-on-may-9th

Forever21 Global Store EMS Shipping to Philippines

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2019 Update: Forever21 has retired their global site earlier this year, but you can now buy directly on Forever21.com List of countries they ship to can be found here: Forever21 International Shipping Destinations As a plus size person, shopping is hard although I admit it has gotten easier during the past few years. It's still somewhat hard to find clothes that aren't matronly or too professional. T-shirts and shorts compromise 95% of my wardrobe, and it's not easy looking for cute, casual clothes locally. Forever21 has a local store but the price difference from the online store is a lot (considering their online store frequently does sales). I normally use a forwarder but sometime back, Forever21 launched a global online store so customers from can have the items shipped to them directly. On a side note, if anyone out there wants to lecture me about the harmful impact of fast fashion just gtfo. Poor people also deserve things and it's not realistic to ge...

POBOX.PH Air Shipping Review 2018

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I wanted to purchase some supplements but the local sellers I usually buy supplements from doesn't have them. I've seen other sellers selling them, along with those alarmingly cheap fake/expired 40 peso lip tints so I didn't want to risk it and decided to just buy them from Amazon. POBox.ph - it's their 10 year anniversary this year! POBox.ph charges  $6.50 per pound or per volumetric weight (whichever is higher) for their air shipping service. They also have a minimum chargeable fee ( 3 lbs .) so minimum air shipping rate is $19.50 on top of the additional 10% of the declared value of shipped items. I'm not sure if they have different rates for certain items like gadgets. Same drill as their sea cargo box:  - purchase the items and ship it to their warehouse - add the items to your account (item name, quantity, store purchased from, tracking if available, etc.) - wait for them to mark the items as 'received' - request for shipping ...

Kiko Mizuhara at the Disney x Opening Ceremony Fashion Show at Disneyland

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Opening Ceremony launched their Spring collection on Disneyland (the runway show is titled, Celebrating Mickey, the true orignal - in time for Mickey Mouse's 90th Birthday!). This is the second fashion show held at Disneyland since it has opened Kiko Mizuhara wore two outfits on the runway: Kiko on the Opening Ceremony Spring 2018 Fashion Show at Disneyland! #kikomizuhara #mizuharakiko #disneyland #openingceremony #fashionshow #spring2018 #runwayshow #openingceremonyxdisney #ocxdisney #水原希子 #mickey #mickeymouse #mickeymousehair #mickeymousehairstyle #mickeythetrueoriginal A post shared by @ neknekenken on Mar 8, 2018 at 12:25am PST First outfit she was wearing: Opening Ceremony Jacquard Elliptical Seam Shirt in Stone Blue Opening Ceremony Silk Reversible Bustier in Stone Blue Multi Opening Ceremony Denim Nylon Dress in Navy Multi Kiko on the Opening Ceremony Spring 2018 Fashion Show at Disneyland! #kikomizuhara #mizuharakiko #disneyland #open...