10 reasons to love Etude House

1.GOOD QUALITY

Etude House is not one of the most expensive brands in Korea, but their products are all really good in quality, which is why they are popular in other Asian countries as well. They might be originally made for Asian skin, but I've been using their products for years now and it works magic on my skin. My skin has improved a lot, thanks to Etude House. I own LOTS of Etude House products and I've never been disappointed with any one of them.

2. AFFORDABLE PRICE

Etude House offers products at prices that are also affordable to students. And in addition to their regular prices, they often offer discounts and sales, so you can always find a way to buy that product you've had your eyes on ^^

3. ADORABLE DESIGN

Pink is my favorite color! I love everything cute and pink and there's so much of that in Etude House. Of course not everything is pink, but pretty much all products come in really really cute designs. When you buy a lipstick, what really matters is that you like the color and that it feels good on your lips and doesn't dry them out. But if that lipstick comes in a really cute design, then so much better ^^

4. CUTE STORES

Etude stores are everywhere in Korea - as of 2014 there are more than 500 in Korea and over 200 in other Asian countries. And they are so cute! It is almost impossible to walk by it and not take a quick look inside. They really do look like doll houses.

5. EASILY ACCESSIBLE

Apart from their stores, which are located pretty much everywhere in Korea, you can also shop online using their cute website. All the discounts, sales and gift items are also available online, not only in the stores. Same goes for mobile shopping. Etude House has a new app that allows you to shop online. And when you download it for the first time, you get a special 3000krw discount coupon too :)

6. REGULAR SALES

About once a month Etude House has a special sale on almost all their products - except for the new ones that just came out. The discounts are from 20% to 50% and there's an extra 10% for royal pink members. If you are a member, etude house will send you an email or sms on the first day of their sale to let you know about it. Or you can always just check my blog :)

7. REWARDED SHOPPING

Every time you shop at Etude House you get a special reward depending on how much you've spent. The awards change a bit every month, but there's always a special gift waiting for you.

8. REGULAR EVENTS

So many events to participate it. You can sign up for free samples, free gifts AND they always have some 1+1 events or special sets on sales. There are usually at least 3~5 events available.

9. SPECIAL OFFERS FOR MEMBERS

Apart from regular 1+1 offers, sales and all that, there are still so many things available for members. For example, you get a special 40% discount on ALL the products on your birthday ^^ There are also special kits available for members about twice a year. AND all royal pink members get extra 10% discount on the pre-existing 20~40% discount during sale time.

10. NEVER BORED

There is always something new at Etude House so you can check their website or visit their stores regularly and never get bored. They keep coming up with new items, improving their older items AND there are new events to participate it every few days. You can also collect special 'pearls' on their website by checking in every day. Once you collect enough of them you can exchange those pearls for Etude House products on the special 'pearl store' on their website. Shopping at Etude House is never boring ^^

Of course these are only some of the reasons to love Etude House. You can find many more such as free and fast delivery, vast variety of items etc. ^^

It's SALE TIME again! ^^

OCTOBER 2nd ~ OCTOBER 4th

It started yesterday, but I was unfortunately too busy to update. Anyway, another SALE at ETUDE HOUSE on almost all items is available till the end of Saturday October 4th!

Check out ETUDE HOUSE website to see what discount applies to what items. And also, there's an extra 10% discount for Royal Pink members.

SALE is also available on several Korean online shopping malls that deliver worldwide.

Happy shopping~~ ^^

Let Your Pink Out - Winners

Remember the LET YOUR PINK OUT event I posted on my blog in August. It was the event where you could get a 50% discount on the new Dear My Blooming Lips Talk Etude Pink by posting a photo of a pink item you own. Lots of princesses participated and every single one got a 50% discount. Now they have chosen 10 of those participants to receive a special gift too. And I can't believe it, but I am also one of the lucky 10!!! :D

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, ETUDE HOUSE!!! ^^ <3

I logged in to the ETUDE HOUSE website yesterday to check what's new and I saw my name in the list of the 10 winning princesses. Wow, that really really made my day ^^ What an amazing surprise :)

The prize was supposed to be the Princess Happy Ending nail polish, but Etude House has changed that to the Play Therapy Wash Off Pack - Brightening Up. And I received mine on the same day I saw the results. ^^

Here it is:

I haven't tried it out yet, but I will, today! ^^ I am so excited. I'll post a review after I've tried it for a couple of times. And if you want, you can get it at ETUDE HOUSE store fore 8.000krw (8$).

I think more about this wash off pack, I am just excited to have won anything at all :) You see, it is definitely worth participating in Etude House events. It seems impossible to win, when they only pick 10 princesses out of hundreds participating, but obviously it IS possible ^^

Yay, so happy!

I LOVE ETUDE HOUSE!!! ^^

New: Dear My Wish Lips Talk Lipstick

The new Dear My Wish Lips Talk lipstick

There's a new lipstick at Etude House called Dear My Wish Lips Talk. I haven't tried it yet, but I would love to. However, I just bought the new Dear My Blooming Lips - Etude Pink a week or two ago and also my boyfriend got me the Princess Etoinette Cristal Shine Lips not long ago. So, I'll have to wait a bit, before I can afford the new lipstick.

However, there is a new event at Etude House every month where you can apply for a free sample or a free beauty tester and this month it's the new Dear My Wish Lips Talk lipstick. It says on the Etude House homepage that you have more chances of winning if you post the link to your blog. There's very little chance of winning, but it doesn't hurt to try.

The new lipsticks comes in 10 different colors. And there is another special event that started on September 15th, where you get a special lipstick holder if you order two or more Dear My Wish Lips Talk lipsticks.

Event: 2x Dear My Wish Lips Talk + Lipstick holder

Like I said, I haven't tried it yet. But I have several lipsticks from Etude House and I am really happy with all of them, especially the Etoinette Cristal Shine lipstick. I love the color and it is so nice and moist and it doesn't dry out your lips.

My humble collection of Etude House lipstics ^^

I am afraid the 'free samples' and 'free beauty tester' events are only available for princesses living in Korea, but you can order any of Etude House lipsticks online through either one of the Korean online shopping malls such as gmarket or through Amazon or any other page. The price for the new lipstick in Korea is 9500krw (9$).

This is the link to the Free Beauty Tester event:

http://www.etude.co.kr/beautyTester.do?method=list

My Order

I received my order today - yay!

I didn't spend too much, but this is what I got:

• 1 Shea Butter Nutrifull Cream for 11.000krw (original price: 22.000krw)
• 1 Moistfull Super Collagen Multi Stick for 6.000krw (original price: 10.000krw)

It is definitely worth buying things on sale. I just saved 15.000krw!!!

First the Super Collagen Multi Stick

The Moistfull Super Collagen collection came out this year, so it's still pretty new. The collection includes cream, essence, multi stick, eye cream, mask sheet etc. The sale is still on till tomorrow evening and if you buy the cream or eye cream you get 30% discount (40% for VIP members) AND a cute Etude House camper bag!

I ordered the multi stick, so I didn't get the bag :'( But that's okay :)
Since this collection is still rather new, you can get a sample for only 2.000krw (2$)! The sample box or the First Tiral Kit as it is called includes:

•  25ml of essence
• 10ml of cream
• 5g of CC cream

And it looks like this:

I also got this kit for myself, but still haven't tried it out lol Obviously I have too much cosmetics as it is, but I can't resist myself... I always want more :D Well I decided to get the multi stick, since my skin is always quite dry. You have to apply it on your face before your moisturizing cream. You do this in the morning and evening. Also you can apply it again any time during the day when you feel the need to. And this is one of the reasons I ordered it. It is practical, it's small so it fits easily in your bag and you can use it whenever your skin feels dry again. And it smells really nice too. I have a feeling this will be really great to have in winter when my skin feel even more dry.

Anyway I'll try it out and I'll let you know about it after I've been using for a while.

Also, this is again a part where I would make a small event and give out Moistfull Super Collagen First Trial Kit to one of my blog readers (if I had any lol) I guess I'll have to wait with these gifting ideas for a while. Unless there are at least 5 people interested - in this case please let me know in a comment.

Okay, the second thing I got is the Shea Butter Nutrifull cream - 60ml that comes together with 20ml of Sleeping pack :) I've been using the Shea Butter Nutrifull eye cream for a while and this year I got a Shea Butter Skin Care Kit for free at one of my purchases in the Etude House Store.

I've been using it for a while and I love it. There's 10ml of cream, 10ml of essentializer and 20ml of sleeping pack. It feels great on the skin, but I mostly love the smell. It smells amazing!!! Anyway I've been using this kit for a while and I decided to finally get the cream. And here it is:

I am really happy with my order. I would love to write more about the Nutrifull collection, but I might write a review on it separately since I don't really have time to do it right now.

Anyway, the sale is still on till tomorrow night so hurry and order online! :)

20~50% SWEET SALE!!!

10.9. - 13.9. SALE!!!

ALSO AVAILABLE for WORLDWIDE ORDERS!!!

Starting from today and till the end of Saturday ETUDE HOUSE items are on SALE!!!

Except for the NEW ARRIVAL items, ALL products are at least 20% off!!! A lot of them are 30% off, some 40% and some even 50% OFF!!!

Shopping directly on ETUDE HOUSE homepage only allows orders in Korea, but Sweet Sale is also available on Korean online shopping malls that deliver worldwide, such as Gmarket! (Don't worry, it's all in English.)

Visit ETUDE HOUSE's G-market Shop and check it out! ^^

Happy shopping! ;)

Free Gifts from My Pink Etude Blog?

Last time when I posted a blog about my order, I got an idea about giving out some gifts every now and then. Especially in situations where I have two or more of the same items.

Last time I got another ETUDE HOUSE summer blanket, so I have two now. These blankets are not available for sale, but you can get them by participating in different events. However, most of these events are only available for princesses living in Korea.

Therefore, I was going to give one of my pink summer blankets to one of the princesses who don't live in Korea and would like to have it. ^^

Of course, I would need at least 10 subscribers or 10 people who read my blog regularly for this. ^^ Since I just started writing my blog less than a week ago, I doubt I have 10 readers ;) I might be wrong though.

Post a comment if you read my blog and tell me if you like this idea. If there are enough people interested I'll make my own simple event and give out my pink summer blanket :) Otherwise this would have to wait until my blog become a tiny bit more popular lol

Also you're welcome to subscribe ^^

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

My Order

On Saturday morning I received my order from Etude House, but I was too busy to post it online right away. But here it is.

I ordered:

• one set of nail art stickers (2000krw = 2$)
• one nail art dotting tool (2000krw = 2$)
• one magic any cushion pink puff (2000krw = 2$)
• one dear my blooming lips-talk lipstick: etude pink (5000krw = 5$)*

*this lipstick originally costs 10000krw (10$) but I used a 5000krw discount that I got from the "Let Your Pink Out" event.

And I received two gifts:

• one pink summer blanket (free)
• one kitty wrist cushion (free)

*These gifts were only available till the end of August, I wrote about them in my last post. Sorry if you missed them, but new events are coming up soon!

So basically I only paid 11.000krw (11$) for all this. ^^ I'm quite happy with my order, yay! ^^

First, let me show you the wrist cushion.

It is so cute! ^^ If you like pink and cute stuff like I do, you would love it! I wasn't sure how useful it would be though, when I got it. But there are several ways of using it explained on the wrapping:

1. use it as a cushion when you fall asleep on your desk (very practical for students ^^)
2. use it to clean your phone or your computer's screen (yup, possible, but I wouldn't want to make it dirty :'(
3. use it as a cushion to support your wrist when using a computer mouse

The summer blanket is also cute and practical. I actually have one from before and I've been using it a lot! It is great to carry around because it fits in your purse. I wear skits most of the time, so it's perfect to cover your legs in places with strong air-condition. I use it on a bus, subway, cafes, movie theaters etc. Really practical.

Also, in Korea, you have to sit on the floor in many restaurants. If you wear a skirt that can be really uncomfortable. That's why it's great to carry a small blanket or a scarf around in your purse. Once you cover your legs you can sit more comfortably without showing off more than you'd want to :)

As you can see I have 2 so I haven't opened the one I just received yet.

I also got the new Etude Pink color of Dear My Blooming Lips-talk lipstick. I haven't tried it out yet, but the wrapping is really cute ^^

I might post a review on all the nail art items from my order later, however, you must keep in mind that I'm a complete amateur when it comes to nail art. I would seriously need the "nail art for dummies" book or video, although there's a chance even that wouldn't help me much either :) But anyway, I tried out the dotting tool today and this is what came out.

The dotting tool actually works well, you just have to know how to use it. Maybe I just need time to get used to it. After all, this WAS my first time using it.

You are of course welcome to share your tips on nail art or anything else in the comments. ^^

Also if you are interested in buying any of these items from abroad and are not sure where to find them, ask me and I will help you out! ^^

Chuseok Sets Sale

Chuseok is a an important Korean holiday coming up in September (usually called Korean Thanksgiving in English) and ETUDE HOUSE has prepared a special event for this occasion. They offer 30% discount on 6 different type of gift sets.

Check out all these sets on the CHUSEOK event page.

Some of these sets are also available on Gmarket and other Korean online shopping malls that deliver worldwide. Here is a direct link to ETUDE HOUSE mini shop on English Gmarket:

I'm not sure if they have all these sets available, but I found at least two of them and the price is exactly the same as on the official ETUDE HOUSE website, which means you can also get 30% discount there. The event just started so they might also add other sets later.

EVENT PERIOD: August 30th ~ September 21st

Mobile APP event

There are so many benefits in using ETUDE HOUSE internet website or their mobile APP. I will try to post about all their events up to date, so that you can all participate. But unfortunately, these are only available to princesses living in Korea.

This month, you can get 2 free gifts if you order through ETUDE HOUSE mobile APP in the amount larger than 10.000krw (10$).

1. FREE GIFT: ETUDE HOUSE SUMMER BLANKET

It's pink, it's cute and it's thin so perfect for summer.

2. FREE GIFT: ETUDE HOUSE WRIST CUSHION

That little kitty looks so cute, I just must have it! ^^

So how to get these items?

All you have to do it visit ETUDE HOUSE website or their mobile APP. Look under events to find it, or click on this direct link.

You click under each photo to download the coupon. Next, you have to order something in the amount larger than 10.000krw though mobile APP. It has to be through the APP, not using the internet site on your phone. When you place an order, the coupon will automatically appear and you will receive both of these items.

I finished my ordered yesterday. I took the opportunity to use my 5.000krw coupon on the Dear My Lips Talk lipstick, that I got by posting my pink items on ETUDE HOUSE website. I also ordered a couple of other things, but I will write a new post about them when I receive my package. I'll also include a short review on the cushion and summer blanket. ^^

Hurry up, you can download the coupons until the end of August 2014!

You can then use then before September 9th.

Review: Dust Cut Finish Cream

Ok it's finally time for my first review :)

I decided to write about one of the latest products I have bought at ETUDE HOUSE. It is called DUST CUT FINISH CREAM.

I heard all positive things about the Dust Cut line, especially about this finish cream from my friends and my last roommate, so I decided to give it a try.

It is a cream that protects the skin from harmful environment by forming a protective outer film on the skin. Its plant extracts also clarify dull and exhausted skin. It can be used during the day or at night.

During the day: it protects the skin against harmful factors in the air.
At night: it protects the skin against harmful factors remaining in bedding

I don't want to go into details about the ingredients etc. as it is all written on the box (you can see it on the photos), I just want to emphasize that it has:

NO mineral oil, NO sulfate, NO triethanolamine, NO artificial pigment and NO paraben,

because I actually know people that are allergic to some of these things.

This is how it looks like. It is not pink, but mint is also one of my favorite colors :D

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE PRODUCT

I've been using it for a couple of weeks now. I put it on during the last step of skin care, as instructed. It is supposed to be also moisturizing, but my skin is usually quite dry, so I use the moisturizing cream first and after I'm done with all the skin products I use (I don't use that many, usually just pore freshener, eye cream and moisturizing cream) I apply the dust cut finish cream.

It has a nice smooth structure so it is very easy to spread it all over the face, meaning that you don't have to use too much of it. It also has a really really nice smell (I love the smell!) although it is a really light smell, not strong, so I think it wouldn't bother you even if you didn't like it so much.

After I apply it I kind of get this tight feeling on the skin. It also says on the box that this is normal and it means that the protective outer film has been formed. However, when I say a tight feeling I don't mean it in a negative way, it feels rather good on the skin.

After applying it, I wait for a couple of minutes and then apply the make-up. I usually forget to put it on at night before going to sleep, but I apply it every morning before I do my make-up.

And the results?

Well, the whole point of this cream is to protect your skin from stress, dust and other negative thing from the environment. But it is hard to say whether that is working or not. If you click on the link to the product on the ETUDE HOUSE website you can see the photos of a simple test. They applied the dust cream on the skin, put make up over it and then washed the make-up off with warm water. As a result, the make-up that has been applied over the dust cream is removed much easier than the make-up put over the skin without the dust cream. They say this is proves the protective filter on the skin. I didn't do this test, because some of my friends tried it and confirmed it is true.

But, in my experience, this is why I know it is working: I've never had any serious problems with acne even when I was a teenager, but I do get some pimples every now and then, especially when I touch my skin too much or if I'm under a lot of stress. Lately I've had some on my face too. However, soon after I started using the dust cut finish cream, all of the pimples slowly disappeared. I didn't even notice at first until my boyfriend commented on it. I then realized they disappeared soon after I started using the cream. I haven't had a pimple since ^^ Of course this doesn't mean that I've got a 100% pimple protection now lol but the cream obviously helps protect the skin from stress and harmful environment and if that means less clogged pores or less pimples, then that's just great!

I am very happy with the product, it smells wonderful, it has a nice texture, it feels really good on the skin and it clearly does help protect you skin from harmful environment. And since it helps me reduce the pimples that I get from stress I will continue using it.

Let me also say, that my skin is usually quite sensitive, but I've had no problems at all with this cream. I really have nothing negative to say about it, so I would like to recommend it to everyone! ^^

The regular price on the ETUDE HOUSE website is 14.000krw (14$) for a 65g of cream. This is the link where you can buy it, however, they only deliver to South Korea.

If you wish to order it from abroad, there are several websites where you can do so. I am not sure about the prices on websites like Amazon, but Korean online shopping mall such as Gmarket (also available in English) has the same prices and delivers all over the world. I don't know if the shipping is expensive though.

The DUST CUT line also offers two other products:

Dust CUT Mask Sheet

Dust CUT Facial Mist

I also bought the Dust CUT Mask Sheet but haven't used it yet. I'll try it out soon. I'm not sure if I'll buy the facial mist though, because I am simple not a big fan of facial mists and I think the finish cream does the job.

I hope you found this review helpful. If you have any questions about the product or if you wish to share your experience with the cream, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you for your time ^^