What's Inside Sweet Magazine April 2010

I also got this from Taiwan, I think it's on sale for NT$275 because May 2010 already came out and it retails for NT$299.

These are the magazines I got from Taiwan with a freebie Jill Stuart Cafe bag

Sweet is really really thick compared to VoCE if you'll check the comparison

here's my little thumb also for comparison

So far this is my heaviest magazine with a whopping 470 pages (not including the cover flaps)

Sweet is mainly a fashion magazine with a bit of makeup laced on the sides

This is one of the few makeup section

Sheer dresses seem to be all the rage now in Taiwan, I heard dresses are accumulated in China, Korea and Hong Kong, of course you're better off to buy clothings from Korea and Hong Kong but China dresses aren't that bad if there's quality control.

I'm loving the white wedding dress with a delicate ribbon tied on the waist!

Footwear! I love the elf boots

MAC Lightful powder compact-

it's exclusively available in Asia, you won't even find this in maccosmetics.com!

I'm just not sure if MAC Philippines carries this permanent line (I think)

I haven't seen this yet but I'm sure it's not fake, it's in Sweet Magazine! ^.^

I love lace blouses and tunics

Floral prints seem to be the rage also

This might be my favorite tunic in the magazine

More bootsies! I love boots

The provide the comfort of rubber shoes but it looks more fashionable

More lace tunics

Has lace tunics and floral blouses arrived in our tiangges?

Tiangge is Philippine's version of night market-only that it operates whole day and night 

My cute Jill Stuart Cafe bag!<3

Jill Cafe has opened in Daimaru Department Store in Osaka, Japan

Here's the interior- it's not cushioned but it's okay 

There's a divider flap also so you could place small nifty things in.

The bag feels like towel cloth though =/ 

but what the heck, the magazine itself is a bargain at NT$275 considering how thick it is

What's Inside VoCE Magazine April 2010

*Gasp!* It's such a crime to go to Taiwan and not hoard Japanese make up when it's cheapest there! However, 7/11 are a dime a dozen there so I got to snap up VoCE Taiwan at the very least. I also got the famously 1 inch thick Sweet Magazine with a Jill Stuart Cafe bag freebie but that's gonna be another post. 

I'd like to share what's inside VoCE this April since Asian magazines are hard to come by here in the Philippines. I was drunk with makeup info with this magazine, it's really packed with make up stuffs which was great. I've been searching for magazines that are purely dedicated to makeup and this comes close- almost every page is filled with makeup information.

P&J lovin'

I'm still a JS fan! <3

Their mix blush is fool proof!

Looking for foundation? VoCE picks it out for you!

Eye make up palettes

tutorials how to use the palette

nail art! 

I'm loving this design; it's chic and elegant

More tutorials

More foundation- and that's my Jill Stuart Moist Silk Liquid Foundation below

More intensive tutorials

This pretty model reminds me of our model-photographer Noelle Hernandez

Ah... I've been meaning to buy this since I'm running out of powder compact but I can't fully understand what is written. I'm posting this in case a dear reader who has better Chinese reading skills can help me. 

What's Inside Vivi Magazine February 2010

Now I'm getting sick saying 'I got this from Hong Kong', nah just kidding =p

It's such a great opportunity to grab Japanese magazines while staying in Hong Kong ^.^

I can't find a bookstore or magazine place selling Japanese magazines here in the Philippines

The bad news is that I'm starting to get hooked browsing through Japanese magazines

I grabbed Vivi Magazine from a magazine stand at the streets just a few walking distance away from the hotel I've stayed in. I got this for HK$68

Can you see the black and white pattern? I've watched a Japanese TV channel before and it features this.

I saw some Japanese people demonstrating how to use this; most of their phones carry special features when you point your phone camera to this pattern and snap it up, it would enable you to download product information and it could also reroute you to brand product websites.

I saw one demonstration wherein a young girl goes in a phone store and asks for a copy of phone features, the SA hands her a small card and she snaps the code up and viola! The information is automatically saved on her phone.

I'm not sure which phones can do this, I think DOCOMO does... ^.^ Wouldn't it be cool when we're gonna have the same technology? It could save so much trees! Most of the time after reading a pamphlet or leaflet we'd just throw it away.

The magazine features Ayumi Hamasaki, their Cover Queen

Here in this shot you'll see pages showing us her music video in the making

A lot of fashion spreads

I have grown fond of looking Japanese Magazine because it suggests to you how to dress up on the streets on your normal day.

Shoes galore!

Cover ups, anyone?

Love the girly jacket on the left, reminds me of sweet sweet Jill Stuart ^.^

This is what I've been looking for!

Ever wonder how almost every Japanese woman seems like a pro doing their own make up?

Tadah! Vivi teaches you how to do your own eye make up, putting on blush and lip color.

What I like here is that they do it step by step; it's very detailed.

More eye make up and how to put falsies on

Most of the make up brands featured are also Japanese brand which is great because they support their own.

I love her hair cut especially on the left side.

More make up, I can't read Katakana or Hiragana, I can read a bit of Kanji because it is Chinese but I have heard Japanese have different interpretations for various Chinese characters so it might not be accurate. Like for us the Chinese character for soup means hot bath house for the Japanese.

Aw... I wish I could understand what they're saying about the products!

I'm not sure why they have black and white spreads but they do!

Tip on reading Japanese magazines: 

Like any regular Chinese books, Japanese magazines' spine are on the right side

Open the magazine from the left side

Read or browse from right to left,

If it's heavy on texts (like the lower part of this page), read from right to left (direction of reading), up to down (reading sentences)

I hope the directions are clear =p

Along with Vivi Magazine comes this small diet book

I quickly checked on this page

So just like what I said on reading Japanese magazines, when you're looking at the photos or the dance moves, the first step to be done is the one on the upper right side going to the left

I just love this fab picture! ^.^ I guess you know why, it's so quirky! =p