Korean Cosmetic & Skincare Haul

Since I've finish my Etude House Dust Cut Finish Cream so I repurchase and also grab few other stuff. So here is my little Korean skincare and cosmetic haul. See More

Where to shop Ready Stock?

Some people are to impatient for Pre-Order. The fastest one you should wait for 1 week to arrived the other you must wait for months to arrived. So here is the list of online shop where I shop for Ready Stock Item. I pick 5 stores with best price, best item, and best service.

1. Preorderbmimo (instagram)

I'm sure have spend a lot of money in this shop, and I'm satisfied with price and service. Preorderbymimo not only give pre-order services but they also sell ready stock item. they usually have a large stock of product on popular demand let say Urban Decay Naked Palette, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream, NYX Matte Lipstick, Beauty Blender, Real technique brushes, Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade, Coastal Scent palette, Paula's Choice. they always sell at the best price you could find in the market.

ps. if you open the website and visit the Ready Stock Forum you'll found many more ready stock item, samples that are not posted in instagram.

Currently wanted: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on  Pencil in Liar (250k IDR)

2. Shoppinglust (instagram)

This is where you could find the crazy color of Lime Crime Velvetines (ready stock and in a best price), various color makeup like nail polish, lipstick, eyeshadow and some skin care. I would say you will find the most random thing here. This shop tend to stock in latest beauty item in trend. 

You should try: Tatcha Polished Rice Enzyme Powder (265k IDR)

3. Sevenminutesbeauty (instagram)

Here you'll find much more various brand rather that shop I've previously mentioned. While the other two tend to stock popular items (I mean popular in indonesia). This shop sell newly launch product, If you wanted the latest eye shadow palette you could go to this shop. They also sell makeup Geek Pigment, Blush and Eyeshadow.

Currently wanted: Makeup Geek Pigment in Utopia and Afterglow 

(afterglow is already SOLD OUT hopefully restock soon)

4. Cristalbeauties (instagram)

If you are so much into designer cosmetic line you should take a look at this shop. They sold Dior, YSL, Guerlaine, Tom Ford, Chanel, Marc Jacob etc. Although not all items are ready stock, they had fast Pre-Order. 

Currently wanted Marc Jacobs The Sky-Liner Petite Highliner (Limited Edition)

5. Make up tool shop

If you are looking for make up brushes, brush guard, brush cleanser, or eyeshadow shield this would be the right place. They sell tools in affordable price with wide range of variation.Also if you are looking for sleek makeup you should visit this shop. They had large selection of i-Devine palette and lip4 Palette.

6. Sephora.co.id

No explanation needed, finnally sephora open an online store.

7. Beauty Haul Indo

If you are looking for limited edition MAC, Charlotte Tilbury , Viseart etc. This Store have quite wide selection of high street/high end brand.

8. TWL Cosmetics

If you are looking for drugstore, more affordable makeup you should visit this website. It has quite complete selection of maybelline products that did not imported in Indonesia.

Disclaimer: I'm not sponsored to make this post. I've been personally shop at all shop mentioned.

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Pre-Order 101

Where did you get that Hourglass palette?  Where could I get that Aesop's Toner?
I admit it, I'm not just enjoy wearing make up but also hunting for makeup. There's not much selection in the market (especially if you live in a small city). So to furnish my needs and desired I asked for personal shopper help to acquire some stuff. They could help you to get small beauty item to styling tools, fancy cleansing device etc. We called this process as pre-order.

What is Pre-Order?

Pre-Order is an order made to item that is not available in stock. As we know that the lack of selection of beauty brand and product, some people took initiative to offer a service to acquire a product based on your order. These people are happen to have relative who live in other country or just generally travel aboard a lot. This kind of service been operating since past 6-7 years.

Why Pre-Order?

We use this kind of service to acquire some beauty brand that is not available in Indonesia. Or you just some one who is always keep up with trend and couldn't wait till the product launch here.

Where could I Pre-Order?

If you are familiar with the biggest women forum in Indonesia, Female Daily. You could visit the Market Plaza and found some sub forum where they offer this service. You could find they offer to acquire beauty and fashion item, from US, Europe, Korea, Japan, Singapore etc.

or

From instagram. You could find the seller that offer this service by search the hashtag. Try a keyword likeyou could try 'Jual(name of the brand)' e.g. 'jualtarte'

My selected seller

From the FemaleDaily Forum

- Mimo (Pre Order by Mimo) (US)

- Valent (US)

- Moporie (US)

From instagram

- Cristal Beauties (Singapore)

My personal opinion

I'm not a big fan of pre-order. Just simply I couldn't wait when will the item will arrived. But I pre-order for some occasion, e.g. Holiday. We all know that close to holiday season the brands go crazy and give like crazy discount. We couldn't miss this chance to get the item that we'll always wanted or just feel great scoring a great deal. Around this time Pre-Order comes handy because you could get the item that is not available but in much tolerable price.

Honestly I never place an order openly in forum. I'd rather contacted the seller through email. and those 3 seller are really good, trusted and professional in my opinion.

BEAUTY SHOPPING : Where to shop?

Now you want to start to wearing makeup and take care of your beautiful skin. even if you are traveling to Indonesia and forget to bring your mascara. But where could I found them?

BEAUTY SHOPPING

People been asking me where I get all my beauty stuff/ cosmetic.

well most of the time, I got them in major department store or when I traveling abroad (or someone I know did, I will ask them to get me something). But most of the time I would buy them online.

Cosmetic/Beauty shopping in Indonesia in general could be tricky. Since here in Indonesia people like to get the best price to the point that they sell fakes (and there some people who buy).  So I will dedicate a post series about this thing. I will share you where to shop, what to buy, the strategy, basiclly everything about it.

1. Where to shop?
2. Pre-Order 101
3. Ready Stock
4.How to pick the right online shop?

Bad Experience Shopping in qoo10.co.id

The Online Shopping in Indonesia grow rapidly this past few year, it used to be sell stuff in social media and forum to a all-there mall shopping website. But unlucky, the system is too tricky and might be a big disadvantage for buyer.

Who doesn't love online shopping? 

Well some of you must hate it, because you couldn't try on the stuff, the fraud, the waiting etc.

I don't hate online shopping! Though  I would prefer bought thing from the shop or counter. But sometimes the price is lower, they got the foundation shade that more like a match to your skin tone, all the silly stuff that you couldn't get in your place. That's why the depression told me just to get stuff online. This past years the online shopping become more popular in Indonesia. It started from sell stuff in social media (fb, twitter, etc) to a shopping mall site (like japanese rakuten or korea g-market).

I never been shopping in those kind of site (g-market, rakuten, ebay, amazon etc). So I tried once, last month, and I've been experience a bad service I ever get from all online shopping adventure I've ever done.

Last 12th May, I hooked by the promotion put on the home page of qoo10.co.id. It is super cheap and said that the stocks is ready to ship from Jakarta (which would take like 3 day to arrived). It was so close to the closing time for the promotion, so I didn't do much research, I just pick the shade I wanted, place the order and paid via bank transfer.

I waited until they confirm my payment, soon they confirm my payment and by the may 14th, I received a notice telling that my package on the way...

Well I still waiting till this day and still the package haven't arrived.

I just instantly trust this shop since they put the advertisement of promotion at the homepage of qoo10.co.id.

I'm truly disappointed with qoo10.co.id and the seller (REOMING). I wouldn't take the reason that they need to ship the item from Korea. They said that the item is ready stock in Jakarta. How can they lied about the item availability. More over, they change the status of my order to being sent, and place some untraceable number for the tracking code. So each time I click the link it says that I entered a wrong number or it shown the status of item but not being sent to other place. Since the item status being sent I couldn't cancel my order.

I try to think positive that my stuff will arrived, but I don't think so. I visit their Facebook page and I found a lot of complain from buyer who haven't received their item for 1 month, 2 month, even after 4 month. I try to send message via Facebook twice but I haven't receive any respond.  

Until finally last night I try to connect them via the qoo10.co.id. This morning the replied me with the tracking code, and I could finally received my package this afternoon.