Following up on my first post on shopping for skincare products in Australia, I thought I’d do a part 2 today and that’s on makeup. One thing I love about makeup by Australian brands is that compared to skincare, good Aussie makeup can actually be a lot more affordable. I’m not sure if this is [...]

An email I get often from international readers goes something like this: I’m visiting Australia for the first time and would love to check out the beauty products that you have there. It doesn’t only have to be Australian brands. What would you recommend? To be honest, the last thing I’d recommend are non-Australian brands [...]

Forgive the 3rd-person speak but oh yes she did. She shopped big! My shopping haul for the 5 weeks I was away isn’t big but as you’ll see as you read on that I did end up spending a lot of money. Finally, after months of saving, it was time to splurge. This isn’t meant [...]

Okay, in hindsight, it’s probably not that much but when I was packing for home on the last day of the holidays, I had problems stuffing everything (including Tim’s shopping) in the luggage :P I went a bit bonkers at Matsumoto Kiyoshi. It’s a drugstore chain that sells a crazy amount of Japanese cosmetics brands [...]