Showing posts with label shihlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shihlin. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Travelogue: Beauty Hauls & Loots from Taiwan


Showing you my Beauty Hauls and Loots from Day 1 to Day 5 from Taiwan!

Day 1
Most of these were basic necessities like the body wash, shampoo, hair wax, tissue paper (because we forgot to pack in extras) and the hair dye which we forgot to include in.

I stared with some beauty hauls and they were going for really cheap. Take for example, I use only Canmake Eyeliner. It costs only SGD11 there while it retails at 14.90 here in Watsons. The 2 spray bottles you see on the right side are My Beauty Diary Face Scrub which were going for 1 for 1.

Most of the facial masks were on promotion and retailed from a range of 199 all the way to 499 and Buy 1 Get 1 Free promotion

B love the pink DC shoes and insisted that I buy them. The retro headband was his favourite too.  Items above were purchased at Shih Lin ye shi execpt for the 1028 cleanser and cucumber facial mist which we purchased at Watson's because I needed the makeup remover.

 Day 2 - Wu Fen Pu & Raohe Ye Shi

Most items at Raohe were retailing at even lower prices as compared to Wufen Pu.
All the shoes, hair accessories and the mini pouches were purchased from RaoHe and the pathetic amount of apparels were from Wufen Pu. Ted was from RaoHe too! There was a shop selling Sanrio products and Ted was on promotion. Too adorable that we just got to bring him back with us!
Returned back to Ximending and since we had some time, decided to explore their Daiso and purchased the face  scrubber (see those in pink? on the front row) and I bought a pair or lower eye lashes to try. Stepped into Watsons with the objective of purchasing another box of hair dye but I got distracted and ended up with the Ma Cherie shampoo, conditioner, 1028 blusher,Naruko Job's Tears Night Gelly, Fino Hair mask and purchase with purchase cucumber facial mist. The boxes of facial masks were purchased from Cosmed


 Day 3 - Danshui & Ningxia Ye Shi

Bimbotic me didn't know there was a Momo outlet in Ximending and so, when I spotted an outlet in Danshui, I got excited and my poor boyfie had to help lug these items from Danshui to Ningxia and back to the hotel. And he did all these without complaining. Thank you B! :)

Bought some But,Becky masks because Cosmed and Watsons didn't carry this brand and Dr Morita cleansers were going at a promotional buy 1 and purchase the 2nd cleanser at a special price. I got 2 random masks as free gifts
Accessories in Taiwan aren't as cheap as those in Bangkok but I came across these 2 lovely necklaces in Danshui Lao Jie and decided to buy them despite the price because it was too lovely to skip them. The picture doesn't do justice to the necklaces but I was too tired to recapture them
There was a stallholder who was so patient and friendly introducing us to the different health beverages offered in Taiwan that I couldn't resist supporting his excellent service and gave in to purchasing 3 packets of different flavours - Bird's nest jelly with cranberry and brown sugar, Ginger Tea with Brown Sugar and Bird's Nest something. It tastes too good and refreshing especially on a hot day.

And we purchase the usual, Pineapple shortcake, Taiyang Bing and this other biscuit that was unique to this shop that sold Hello Kitty taiyang bing, shortcakes etc. Decided to buy here instead of Chiate or  Liyi because we didn't want to make a special trip down to their outlets just for them. These were good enough for us. 
Ah Po tie dan (Iron eggs) They are covered with this special preservative and contains quail eggs. This is overrated and I don't see the hype over this brand. I've tasted better ones and although the eggs were softer, the outer texture was too hard that the old cannot chew on it. Too tough.
At Ningxia Ye Shi, 1 of the very few stalls selling items instead of food and they were too pretty for me to resist. Bought 7 designs for TWD200 and received 2 nail files as free gift. 
 Day 4 - Ximending & Shih Lin

Doing a count of facial products before I add on to the pile!
I couldn't stop thinking of Momo and decided to purchase more items from them at the Ximending outlet.We went Watsons yet again. So....more facial cleansers, pore tightening toners, limited edition masks and surgical masks, just in case. 

At night at Shih Lin Ye Shi, got a good deal for the 3 pairs of shoes,. The grey ones are our "Couple shoes" So a pair for him and a pair for me. Eyelashes were going really cheap at this hidden stall which didn't look like a stall at all. She was the cheapest in the whole of Ximending and all the Ye Shi we went to. So I decided to stock up for the whole year. I bought a total of 7 bags because there was an additional 15% discount for purchases above TWD1500 and the bags I bought retailed at TWD290 each! How not to resist??? 

It was time to pack our luggages and I decided to take a snapshot of my purchases. The masks were all camouflaged by the cleansers and Ted but all in all, I bought about 45 to 50 boxes of masks, some to give away.
My man! Trying out his new pants, t shirt and shoes! Best buy of the trip! He is priceless!

Sorted out the masks according to brands and removed the boxes so that I had more storage space. Masks from Sexylook & Lovemore

My Beauty Diary (I bought more of their newer masks - 2 Steps Facial Masks instead)

But, Becky & Dr Morita

More Lovemore & Sexylook masks
 Final Day last minute shopping

Sophisca food items to give away to family & friends as a novelty, Tony Moly egg pore tightening pack and egg silky smooth balm, Olay Pro-X Advanced Cleansing System - 1 set for B and 1 set for me and a Cookie Monster mask which was our very last minute purchase
A series of the masks we brought back but thankful that we didn't have to use them at all.
My masks! 

And the last minute purchases from SASA that I didn't managed to capture a shot because they had all been packed in after we purchase them. More Sexylook and My Beauty Diary masks. Love the Hello Kitty series!

After setting aside some masks to place at B's place, these were the masks I managed to pack and squeeze into 3 aluminim foil trays to keep at home. I counted and there were approximately 300 pieces! No need to worry for a year now!


I am 1 happy lady now but B commented that I actually do not need 5 days in Taiwan, just 1-2 days will suffice and all I need are 3 outlets: Watsons, Cosmed & Momo. Lol. He is probably right. I really should learn to stop shopping so much whenever I travel because Mum thinks the same way when she saw how I shopped and spent my leisure hours during our vacation in Gold Coast.

What can I say? I Live to Shop & Shop to Live!

Travelogue: Taiwan Day 4 Yong He Dou Jiang & Shih Lin

Day 4
If you hadn't noticed by now, we didn't travel much to touristy places like Yeh Liu, Jiu Fen and Taipei 101. Because B and I are both pretty lazy people and sometimes, we get disappointed with the scenery like you can just find similar views in Singapore too. So we decided to explore slowly and add more places to visit the next time we fly to Taiwan. 

So Day 4, he decided to try the complimentary breakfast provided by the hotel. We got up at 9am and were so disappointed with the spread. So, we took some porridge and went back to the room to sleep. LOL..



                                  Finally set off again around 2.30pm in search for YONG HE!!
B with wearing his new shoes


My camera was foggy, hence the haze effect. 



When we saw this menu, both of us went "OMG! All Chinese and no pictures" It takes alot of effort for me to read chinese and what's more traditional chinese! But we managed!

The Doujiang is really smooth and fresh. You can really taste the authenticity of it.

In Singapore, when you order 1 youtiao, it comes in 2 pieces stuck together. But in Taiwan, 1 means 1 and a very long 1. 

Yonghe Opening Hours: 0530hrs to 1500hrs. W made it before they closed and it was not crowded too. Basically, only 2 of us dining in. 

"You tiao dan bing". Similar to the egg crepe you buy here at Shih Lin stall, the base is light with egg cooked in between layers. If you eat this plain, it is really bland. Thankfully there were some sweet sauce mixed in to give in some taste and it wasn't that bad. We finished the Dan Bing.


Eat it while it's hot!

See! I told you...if I see Guo tie, I just gotta get it!  This time, it was fried just nice but they seem to add sweet sauce to everything and it was a tad too sweet for my liking

If I'm not wrong, they call this burger and we ordered one with meat and egg in it. You get to choose the colour of your man tou - Coffee, Purple or white and B chose this. More colourful! 

It was piping hot that we couldn't even take it out from the bag





The chicken had a smoky taste to it and it wasn't much to our liking. Didn't finish this though. 

The tang bao - equivalent to the Xiao Long Bao here. If you're in Taiwan, they serve Xiao Long Baos too but those are without the broth. You need to order Tang Bao instead.

This was a little disappointing because it contained very little broth and the skin was too dry.
This is the building opposite Yong He Dou Jiang. So if you spot this, you're on the right track. 
Nevertheless, we had a hearty brunch and it was time to explore another part of Ximending and after we got bored there, we decided to head over to Shih Lin once more since we didn't explore 1 part of the Night Market.

Remember Exit 1



This time, we crossed over to the commercialised area and turned left

Erm...R21. Too gross for us to try out. So obscene!



There's 1 Modern Toilet Cafe here too. If you missed it in Ximending, try it here. But it's located on the 2nd level. 

Tried the Mee Sua here
Taste average, nothing special, very small portion

The oyster didn't taste like oysters should. More like flour mixed with starch. 
Had this bacon wrapped with spring onions to go with the mee sua. Quite ex. TWD30 for 1 piece. Bacon not salty at all and again, they added sweet sauce to it.

Bought 50 Lan and Hot Star on our way back to hotel again!