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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Tokuya Japanese Discount Goods

So yesterday while roaming around in the city, I visited a little Japanese discount store in Bourke Street. I'd been there before but I always find these kinds of stores a little interesting. My favourite section of any store really is the cosmetics section and I always find myself spending a really long time looking at all the products but I don't actually ever buy any just because I don't feel that they would be any good.  I mean everything is $2.80 - how good can the quality be? Well.. I'm about to find out. I managed to pick up a few things that I was curious to try:
(Left to Right: Half Lashes, Concealer pen, Mascara, Concealer stick, Brow Pencil)

I spent a long time trying to pick out products to try and I had an amusing time trying to test out my Japanese ( I studied Japanese throughout highschool and did a semester in Uni) by reading the products. To my amazement, I was able to choose the colours of the concealer stick so I was a little useful. Anyways, I couldnt decide which concealer stick to get as there were two and one of them is double ended, so in the end I just bought both of them to compare. With the mascara, well I thought it was mascara but as it turns out it is a clear liquid that I cant decide whether you apply before or after actual mascara as it is supposed to hold the curl. So today i did end up using it and applied it BEFORE my mascara and I must say it does pretty good at holding a curl. I'll have to use it a few more times and maybe try applying it AFTER mascara to see the difference. I also used the brow pencil today and I really like it. I bought it in brown and it comes with a spool at the end of it - it's my first time using a brow pencil as i generally just use my Benefit Brow Kit but it just takes so long to fill in my brows i wanted something quick and easy for when i'm on the go. I actually really like this one so far.
I haven't had a chance to use the concealer sticks yet or the eyelash so I'll keep you guys updated on those at a later time. Has anyone else tried and loved the make up products sold at these kinds of Japanese discount stores? let me know x


6 comments:

  1. Oh wow that place sounds great, whereabouts in Bourke st is that? What's it close to? :)
    It sounds like Daiso but I didn't know there was one in Bourke st! :)
    Stuff sounds pretty good!
    xx

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  2. Yeah it's really similar to Daiso but a lot smaller. It's just a little past Target, you'll see a green sign but you have to go down some stairs, you sort of walk into an optometrist and there's an entrance to the left - You can't miss it! :)

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  3. Aww, I wish I was accessible to these places! Must really get myself to Melbourne someday soon haha. $2.80 is a steal for asian products!

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    1. yeah definitely! i just dont want to get my hopes up though in case they don't work well but we'll see :)

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  4. They don't have these stores in the UK but i would definitely spend a lot of time in them if we did!
    Thanks for sharing the products, look forward to finding out your thoughts in regards to the eyelashes! The clear mascara is intriguing! Anything that holds a curl is a winning product to me!

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    1. aw that's no fun, are u sure though? usually you just have to look around for them. But i'll definitely write about my experience with the other products im yet to try. thanks for reading! x

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