My Taiwan Mini Haul

Here's my small Taiwan mini-haul, I call this mini because it's nothing comparable to the haul I got in Hong Kong this January. My Taiwan trip was mainly searching for plastic wares and food processing machineries so it's understandable there's very little time to shop around.

Nevertheless I'd like to share these brands and items with you in case you're going to Taiwan, you'd be more familiar with the products and brands there. ^.^

I got these from a friendly neighborhood hypermart Tsia Le Fu or Carrefour, PoYa and Jmart that's located in a wet market. Did I get anything from Watson's? =/ No I don't think so...

I'd be creating a different post on where to find beauty stuffs in Shu Lin, Taipei County, Taiwan ^.^

First on the list are Neutrogena oil free Acne Stress Control Power Foam Wash and Neutrogena Pore Refining Toner.

Neutrogena products are scattered everywhere and I got these from Carrefour.

These are from PoYa

I originally got two boxes of Nexcare acne care (the peach colored boxes) and surprise surprise it was on a promo! Buy a set and you'll get another box for free. Sweet deal ^.^

I wanted to try My Beauty Diary Face masks first before buying a whole big box, luckily I found out there are smaller boxes with 2 mask sheets inside so this is a pretty pragmatic deal for me too

I got these from Jmart.

Due to my cousin's ravings I got Biore Cleansing Gel, I got this from PoYa

I love that it removes makeup instantly but if I have extra strong mascara AKA Majolica Majorca so I need the aid of cleansing oil or Etude House Mascara Remover One Shot Clean

My Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Body Mist Sunblock with SPF 30 is almost running out. I wanted to buy the same sunblock in Taiwan but I find the prices jacked up compared to the Philippines. I think I got my bottle for Php400+ but in Taiwan you'd get it for NT$400+ too! That's roughly around Php600+

So I got Biore instead, I'm not sure if this is lightweight like Neutrogena but it might be worth a try too! I got this at Carrefour.

I got this cute fruit nail art at Jmart for NT$59! 

Here's a close up

There's apple, orange, watermelon, kiwi, dragon fruit, strawberry and so much more! ^.^

This is a breather from the usual gemstone nail art I always see... I'm not much of a nail polish person but this is too cute I have to get one when I'm in the nail polish mood.

Perhaps the only thing I can consider as makeup from my haul is Majolica Majorca Lash Enamel Glamour Volume Mascara I got from PoYa =p

This is the latest mascara released by Majolica Majorca for their Spring 2010 collection.

Mentholatum Acnes Medicated Sealing Jell I got from Carrefour is a lil bit of a disappointment for me considering their creamy medicated facial wash works wonders drying up my zits but nevertheless the Jell works slowly but surely in drying my zits up ^.^

My aunt from Taiwan gave me this fringe clip, it's actually my cousin's spare fringe clip she got for free when she bought Mod's volumizing shampoo. They gave it to me so I could save a few NT$ because it's around NT$30-40 in Jmart.

Here's a close up; I'm not sure if you're familiar with this one but you use this to aid reshaping your side swept bangs when you're blow drying your hair. You clip this on your fringe and blow dry your hair so there are a lot of holes in this clip and the shape is curled inward. I have stiff straight bangs that go awry sometimes so this is a great aid for me.

Nexcare Acne Patch

When my mother and baby brother came back from Taiwan this summer, they bought me this Nexcare because I was having break outs due to stress (but now my face is pimple free! ^.^) and as you can see on the photo I have not used all of it yet. This Nexcare Acne Patch has 40 dots you could use and I have only used 8 dots.

What Nexcare says:

You don't have to cancel all your date and hide in the room. Use Nexcare™ Acne Patch to get rid of your acne problem.
Nexcare™ Acne Patch is a water-based material that absorbs the oil secretion and pus from your acne. It also acts as a protective layer that prevents bacteria infection.
With Nexcare™ Acne Patch, you can treat your acne and meet your friends with confidence!

• Waterproof and breathable
• Prevents infection
• Fast absorption of oil secretion
• Soothes burns and aches
• Convenient & easy application

My Review:

At first I was baffled at the thought of covering up my pimple with a rubber or gelatin like dot to the fear that it just might aggravate my pimple more. But I gave it a shot when I saw the kit, it was inside a sterilized pack and it includes a cute mini plastic tweezer- in pink! ^.^

Since the Nexcare Acne Patch kit was written in Chinese, I really have no idea on what kind of pimple to use this for; I used to use this at small pimples and it did not work so I thought this was just another marketing gimmick. 

When I tried using this on cystic acne, it really works! It absorbs the pus and it helps lessen your aggravated skin although I feel uneasy because I am always thinking my skin cannot breathe and I tend to touch it unconsciously but trust me, it's all worth it. I just use this at night when I am going to sleep so it doesn't bother me so much. When I wake up, the big pimple became smaller and you could see the pus absorbed on the Acne patch. 

I wish I could show you a before and after result but I do not have any cystic pimples right now (and I hope it is going to be that way from now on!) all thanks to Mentholatum Acnes Medicated Creamy Wash. Do not get me wrong when I say the creamy wash is responsible for my clear skin. For a long term pimple preventor I use the Acne facial wash to kill the bacteria and if I do break out and get cystic pimples I reach out to 

Nexcare Acne Patch. ^.^

I am not sure if Nexcare Acne Patch is available in the Philippines since I got 

this from Taiwan but you can ask Airvony if she could import Nexcare Acne

Patch from Taiwan since she's based there. =)