Update

Hey Everyone! I hope you're having a lovely Canada-Day long weekend or a grand weekend in general. My computer died on me and I just got a new one so that's why I haven't been posting. I've also been back home in Vancouver for a couple of weddings and will be returning soon. Posts to come. If you haven't already, enter my Missha giveaway in the previous post! I'm really happy that people have shown interest in it. Thanks guys! Jenn

Missha Haul and GIVEAWAY (Ends July 6th, 2013)

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

So I showcased some of the sheet masks that I bought at Missha in the last post. Anytime I talked to a friend in Korea about beauty products the first brand they mention is Missha. I poked into a store a number of times to figure out exactly what I wanted and ended up with two major things aside from the masks. I got the Time Revolution Best Sellers Special Gift boxed set and the All Around Safe Block Essence Sun SPF 45 that +Musings of a Muse spoke so highly about. I've also decided to do a GIVEAWAY. Rules are at the end of the post.

Trip Haul!: Korea (Seoul)

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

I had a really fabulous time in Seoul. Having a personal guide and friends to go explore with makes a traveling experience so much more memorable. One of the top things I did in Seoul was go shopping. Even my boyfriend was encouraging since everything was inexpensive and I needed a new work appropriate wardrobe. He did start to get tired from going into all the bizillion cosmetic stores though but I had so much fun picking around everything item. The below photos is a mere sample, click the jump to see the extent of my purchasing sinnage (le sigh).

Trip Haul!: China, Vietnam and Thailand

(Unfortunately photos in this post were lost due to The Great Deletion of 2014. Some efforts to re-do photos will be made but not all posts will be redone.)

Hello there! Today I'll be sharing the beauty items I picked up from the first three countries on my trip (China, Vietnam and Thailand). Korea deserves a whole post for itself due to the embarrassing amount of products I purchased. If any of this seems excess that's because it most likely is but I'm more than a bit excited to start using and experimenting with my new buys. :)

China

Selected Travel Photos: Korea

In Korea, we only stayed in Seoul and lived with David's friends from when he taught there. Seoul was easily my favorite location out of our entire trip. There is a vibrant dynamic atmosphere that only Asian mega-cities have and though I've been to Hong Kong, Seoul is a cut above in my humble opinion. We ate a lot. We shopped a lot. And we had an awesome time with friends. Here are a few photos from our time there. Beauty haul posts to follow next time :)

Galbi!

Selected Travel Photos: Thailand

In Thailand, we went to Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Vietnam was hot, but this was pretty near unbearable and we embarrassingly found ourselves, more often than not, in an air conditioned mall after a few hours of morning sight seeing in Bangkok.

Getting off the plane in Chiang Mai, we were immediately hit by how green and lush everything was and the number of outdoor adventure activities one could do there. We opted for elephant riding and swimming by waterfalls. Hope you enjoy this set of photos, one more to go!

Grand Palace in Bangkok

Selected Travel Photos: Vietnam

Vietnam was a bit of a change from the places we went to in China. The weather was much hotter and more humid. The traffic was crazier. The places were a lot less modern. Here are a few photos from our time there. We went to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hanoi, and the amazingly beautiful Halong Bay.

A lady selling food on the side of the road. Restaurants are movable enterprises in Vietnam. Don't be afraid, just dive in. (and take some Dukoral before you go lol)

Select Travel Photos: China

Somehow I ended up with 7GB of photos which, for some, is a piddly amount, but for me, is still a sizable chunk of my hard drive space. I don't know about you but I found that near the end of my trip I took less photos than the beginning but to be honest in Seoul, we mostly explored neighborhoods rather than go to specific tourist sites. After a while, photos of buildings, just look like photos of buildings and don't really capture the atmosphere of the location, not with my bumbly photography skills anyways. Here are very few photos of the amazing places I got to visit! The first batch is from our time in Beijing and Shanghai. I hope you enjoy them :) 

Tiananmen Square Beijing