Ah... Etude House!

As soon as I read posts about the opening of the first Etude House branch in the Philippines, I knew I had to pay that cute little store a visit. I could have done so before the 25th, but the heavy traffic (especially in the Ortigas Area) and sea of people flocking malls put me off for a while. And so after all the holiday rush (and after doing Ynez' makeup), I headed to Megamall and began my search for Etude House. It isn't that hard to spot if Megamall's your turf, but in my case, I got lost a wee bit before spotting the store.

On my first visit to Etude House, I spent only about 10minutes or less inside the store as I still had to meet my beloved and his mother in Mega B before rushing to work. I could've picked up more than a Secret Beam Highlighter, Top 10 lipgloss and Dear Darling Lipgloss (these three items got me a free Code B Eyelash Curler) that day, but I didn't have enough time to look around and search for a good find. After admiring the gorgeous packaging and after being stunned by how inexpensive their products are, I promised to go back to Etude House to search for the items that have been getting so much raves and recommendations over the internet. I was supposed to go back on Tuesday, but my beloved asked if I could put it off to the morrow so he and I could have dinner together. I, of course, obliged. To tell you frankly, I've been itching to go back to Etude House since my first visit and well, I did...yesterday. What did I pick up the second time? A Black Head Heating Scrub, Black Head Off Finger Tip Silicon, Nude Lip Concealer, Proof 10 Eye Primer and a nail polish. Shopping blunder: I picked up the tester bottle of the nail polish in my frenzy. Haha! This gives me a reason to go back to Etude House to return the tester and well... pick up a few more items!

My haul (from my first and second visits)

Apart from spotting and picking up great products at Etude House last night, I spotted two pretty girls: our resident Kikay Pinay, Shen, and the lovely Korean SA, Sarah. I first saw Shen two Tuesdays ago while I was doing a bit of shopping at SM Hypermart (again, before work). I wanted to say a quick hello but I was in a rush as I had a meeting to attend at 2:30. Weeks passed and what do you know, I bumped into her in Etude House! I greeted her and she almost instantly recognized who I was. Cool eh?

Ahhh... Shen is lovely even without makeup. She also seems like the perfect shopping buddy! I recommended a few items to her: the Nude Lip Concealer, Proof 10 Eye Primer, Black Head Heating Scrub and Black Head Off Finger Tip Silicon, all of which she put in her shopping basket. Who knew I could enable the Kikay Pinay to purchase these?

Anyway, here's the doll-like SA, Sarah.

Me with Sarah (I look harassed. hehe)

Sarah with Shen

It was such a pleasure meeting you, Shen. Too bad I couldn't stay long. I hope we could go on a shopping date one of these days. Till then, see you on blogger.

5hours and 12minutes to go till 2010! Wooooooohoooooooooooooooo!