Love Package from Momo-chan^^ (pics heavy!)

Momo-chan has been my very resourceful buddy from Japan and have been helping me to source different Japan exclusive items and ship them to me. We have been exchanging swaps for quite sometime now. However, since she has been volunteering in her kid's kindergarten, she has been extremely busy and had pushed off sending things to me for quite sometime.

Then out of the blue I received her package!!!

As usual, Momo-chan's package has been full of surprises. A quick peek as I open up the box:

Inside the box there lay a pretty shopping bag with some lovely hand-written notes. She mentioned earlier that she got me some yummy chocolate lucky bags (福袋) and here it is... so cute!

Full line up of the items in the parcel:

From the cosmetic department, these are the long awaited CP loot!

From SUQQU, the fall 2011 face powder and a discontinued palette from Japan Yahoo Auctions, along with generous foundation samples from the counter:

ADDICTION blush in Gorgeous and cream cheek stick (can be double up as a lipstick as well) in African Sunset, heard a lot of great things about this line that is so similar to NARS.   ADDICTION (a JP department store brand, not a drugstore brand) was started by Miss Ayako who used to work for NARS as their international makeup director. This is probably one of the main reasons there are a lot of NARS similarities amongst the offerings from this brand. Though NARS has decent color payoff in their lineup, I don't really like their rubbery finishes to all of their packaging. I like ADDICTION because it has a sleeker design, well, all things Japanese to me always sound better!) Can't wait to try them:

Albion makeup pouch packed full of samples:

From the drugstore makeup loot:

Various mascaras and eyeliners from Kiss Me Heroine Make, Dejavu Fiberwig, and K-palette:

Mascara, eyeshadow and eyeliner from Kanebo Kate, and a couple of eyeshadows from Visee. I have been loving the packaging and the color pay off from Visee and in particular I am very fond of their limited edition range, for this round I am getting the limted edition range from Visee X Allia Alla, Visee X Smacky Glam, and Visee meets blondy:

And a lipstick from Lavchusa (BE-6, a beige tone, my favorite lip color!), L'oreal eye contour Revitalift (I think we have a similar range in the US, but interesting to see the JP version and see if the JP version is better...) and the SANA Hadanomy facial mist in a limited heart shape bottle edition (I have been loving this mist and woot for the limited edition!) and a Country Stream Eau de Toilette in Muscat note, a very refreshing scent for summer months:

Now moving to the sweets section, Mary Chocolate lucky bag, it was highly recommended to me, as Momo-chan said it's absolutely delicious:

Then there is a bag of lovely Valentine's day chocolate presents, too cute to be unpacked:

Momo-chan's mama was also very nice to send me a very pretty chirimen coin purse with my favorite Sakura print:

It's a very lovely cherry pink color with pretty sakura patterns all over:

I totally adore the level of details with Japanese products. Even the inside is lined with Sakura print cotton fabric:

And take a look at the charm piece! A mini purse charm with a Sakura logo:

"Made in Japan," always ensure quality!

Then there is this orange bag from Kiddy Land. I have been to Kiddy Land when I visited Tokyo and I absolutely love this store as they have plenty of cute toys and stationery and even I am a grown up I still love these things!

Much of the items in this bag was from Momo-chan's previous stationary haul for me in one of her recent trips at Uemeda, as I have blogged about it here. She added the neko (kitty) calender in, as I had a 2011 baby kitty calender before and I absolutely enjoy watching cute kitties on my desk everyday!

How can you pass this cute nutrition facts label? Only I wish kitty items are much cuter in this country and less retarded...

Hello Kitty collagen wash! Cuteness+skin care in one, awesome!

Finally, a pressed powder by Love Clover. I can't wait to try this as well as I have heard great things from my beauty pals. (At the same time, I wish I am not hooked with it, because it will be a hassle to ask for a CP from Japan again!)

I hope all of you have enjoyed my sharing for a recent love package from Momo-chan! If any of you have used any of the products mentioned above, please let me know how you think about those products! Thank you for reading!

Momo-chan's live report in Umeda! SUQQU limited edition Face Color Palette EX01

Momo-chan is my lovely friend from Nara, Japan. Since a few of my beauty pals in Singapore (Elaine and Jie Jie) and Malaysia (Sue Lynn) has asked her to custom purchase several exclusive make up brands or limited edition only sold in Japan, she headed to Umeda the past weekend to pick up a few items for us!


During her few hours in Uemda (near Osaka), she constantly updated me with sha-mails (emails with photo attachments). Because of the time zone difference, I basically stayed up all night to catch up with her. But it's ok I am having so much fun as her constant coming sha-mails made me feel like I am shopping with her physically!!!


So this post will be dedicated to her live report on past Saturday, and be warned, it's picture heavy!


1st Stop: Hankyu Department store in Umeda


First, she headed to the SUQQU counter and grabbed the limited edition Face Color Palette EX01, 7350yen. Rouge Deluxe has a post here and SUQQU's official website here.


I was trying to look online high and low for their swatches before hand but this is a new item and it is scheduled for sale in all SUQQU counters on September 2nd, swatches are almost impossible to get (come on, for a almost $100 blush, I need to be more careful on its color, right?). Hankyu department store had an early launch on August 17th, with a limit of 30 sets of these palettes for sale according to their website. My buddy, Jie Jie, and I are 2 of the lucky ones during Momo's shopping visit.


However, the best online picture I got from Japanese search engine is this:

Woot! I am excited! The colors look very sophisticated and I see great potentials with a face contour and highlighter! A very versatile face palette! And it comes with 2 blushers too!!! Very thoughtful!

Then when Momo-chan arrived, she confirmed with me if this is the palette:

Bingo! But I am still worried about the color of the blusher so I asked her for a swatch:

I see the second strip will add fine shimmers to the blusher (depending if you swipe your brush on it) but I am fine with it. I am very excited with this blush color because usually my blushers are more warm-toned peach color and this one color will be something new to me. In for 2 for Jie Jie and me!

Sue Lynn also wanted 2 of SUQQU's eyeshadows, but was unable to find good swatches of 07 Komorebi. Momo-chan sent over some sha-mail to us:

Unfortunately the limited edition GWP (a blue passport wallet) was all gone even with a massive purchase. 

下記期間中、SUQQU 秋の新色（全7品）※1 を含む税込 26,250円以上お買い上げの方に、「SUQQU オリジナル マルチケース」を差し上げます。
パスポートやカードなどを収納できる機能的で洗練された大人のためのマルチケース。
表地は上品な牛革製。日常使いや旅行にも最適です。サイズ：約H225×W110mm

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●ブレンドカラー アイシャドウ　07 KOMOREBI 木漏日【新色】、08 MIZUAOI 水葵【新色】、EX-04 TOUKAEDE 唐楓【限定新色】
●フェイス カラー パレット＜ブラシ付＞ 　EX-01【限定新色】
●クリーミィ グロウ リップスティック モイスト　EX-01 SANGOIRO 珊瑚色【限定新色】、EX-02 HIMEHAGICHA 姫萩茶【限定新色】、EX-03 USUBENI 淡紅【限定新色】

I believe the requirements for this GWP was to purchase one of the Fall limited edition item and a purchase over 26,250yen. Then Momo-chan asked the BA for some samples instead. But she said it was unsuccessful because they are reluctant to give out more samples. Momo-chan said she doesn't understand why they can be that stingy and I replied to her in the US samples are a must as they want us to come back over and over.... Maybe it's just the SUQQU people that are a bit snobbish?

Then, Momo-chan headed off to ADDICTION counter.

Elaine and her beauty pals in Singapore has requested an ADDICTION haul for a few of their eyeshadows. I have asked Momo-chan to get me one stick cheek and one blusher last time so I have skipped this time (Still consolidating for a combined shipping! Haha!) Elaine wanted to see a few more swatches and I have e-mail Momo-chan the list and she came back with this sha-mail:

Top, Blushes, L to R:  Emotional, Romantic
Bottom, Eyeshadows, L to R: Missa (M), Horizon (P), Blue Moon (P), Pink Python (P)

                 

Eyeshadow in Keshi (P)

Complete list of Addiction eyeshadow and blushers:

Then Momo-chan went to have lunch (Tonkatsu) with her family and in the family she started shopping again with....

2nd Stop: Sanrio Store

Momo-chan was able to find some very cute items that are hard to come by in the US. I was so tempted to ask her to bring the entire Sanrio Store to me!!!

First so spotted these:

I spotted the Hello Kitty version of Tsubaki hair oil on the far left. I have been using Tsubaki hair oil over the winter months, and a little goes a long way.... so one day when finished mine, I will definitely ask Momo-chan to get me the hello kitty version!

For the facial wash, from left to right, the white tube with pink ribbon is for peeling wash, pink tube is for collagen wash, blue tube is for acne wash, and the white tube with red ribbon is just regular cleansing wash. I asked for the collagen. Who would say no to collagen? They are 589yen each.

She saw some pretty Hello Kitty dolls in kimono outfits:

Then she headed off to the stationary section. First off, plastic files!

See how cute the Hello Kitty cookie file is? There is even a calorie count too... haha, Japanese are too calorie-conscious! I asked has to get the Kitty one for me!

More Melody files:

Cinamonroll, so sexy:

Next, lunch box section:

Next, Momo-chan headed off to check out some memo pads and letter set, such a huge collection!!

Memo-pads:

Letter sets:

I ended up asking Momo-chan to get these 2 sets:

3rd Stop: Sony Plaza

Elaine told me about Love clover and this brand is exclusive in Japan. I haven't seen it sold elsewhere on the web and I have been curious to try their pressed powder (while Elaine want to try their blushers on the top shelf!) So Momo-chan stopped by Sony Plaza to check out their pressed powders for me.

Love clover display:

I asked her that I want a pressed powder that has good pore coverage and oil control when doing touch ups. She narrowed down into this square compact:

According to Sony Plaza's website, this is their  product description.

Pretty amazing poe coverage huh?

From left to right: 

#3091: Natural clear

#3092: Light Ochre

#3093: Natural Ochre

Momo-chan thinks if I want a matte finish, I should go with #3093 Natural Ochre. Her swatch of Natural Ochre over her very fair skin:

But I fancy the shimmers in the #3091 Natural clear:

You can see very fine shimmers in her swatch:

So in the end, I got the #3091 Natural clear. And that concludes her shopping day in Umeda, and she said her kids are getting tired at this point and heading back home (so she skipped the Matsu-Kiyo drugstore stop, for next time!)

And by then it's already 7am here, so I pull an all-nighter to do a virtual shopping for her. It was tiring but FUN! I will do it again if she is going to Umeda again!

Let me know if this kind of shopping post interests anyone of you, if so, I will continue to do more!