This week, as promised, I'll be sharing another travelogue which is our trip to Korea in 2017. To kickstart my Korea Travelogue, today I'll be sharing my "What's in My Makeup Bag" and show the goodies I brought with me during this trip. Head over here if you want to see my Japan Travelogue: "What's in My Makeup Bag" edition!

The Day 1 of my Korea Travelogue will be up on Friday so stay tuned for that! This travelogue is yet another backlog but I'm still posting this especially for those who want to travel to Korea in the future. I'll be posting whatever I can remember from this trip that might be helpful so hope you'll enjoy it! 

For now, enjoy this short post and hope this inspires you to have fun planning your own makeup bag for future travels, wherever it may be! 😊

PRODUCTS LIST

• L.A. Girl Pro BB Cream
• L.A. Girl Pro Conceal HD Concealer
• Zoeva Rose Golden Eyeshadow Palette
• Sephora (Holiday) Eyeshadow Palette 
• MAC Brow Set in Beguile - check out the review HERE
• Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara
• MAC Fluidline Eyeliner Gel in Blacktrack- check out the review HERE
• MAC Cream Colour Base in Hush - check out the review HERE
• Clinique Chubby Stick Cheek Colour Balm in 03 Roly Poly Rosy- check out the review HERE
• Benefit Sugarbomb Blush 
• Shiseido Lacquer Rouge Lip Gloss in RD 501 Drama - check out the review HERE
• The Face Shop Water Tints

MAC Brow Set in Beguile and Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara

I've posted the last and final part of my Korea Travelogue yesterday. If you haven't seen it yet then you can check out the whole series HERE! 😊

Not sure what this is but I'm thinking, Maple Leaf?

My last Outfit of the Day in this fun and lively city. 😊

Coat: Terranova | Jumper: purchased from a store at Myeongdong Station | Pants: Levi's 

| Bunny Bag Keychain: from a store in Myeongdong | Shoes: Payless |

That's everything for the Day 6 of our Korea Travelogue! 

Hope you enjoyed this series and for more travel posts, do check out my Japan Travelogue HERE!

Stay tuned for our Dubai Travelogue soon and thanks again for visiting!! 😊

I'm back with another travelogue today and this time I'll finally be sharing the first part of our Korea Travelogue! I feel like I've been saying this so much in my posts but I've really accumulated a lot of travel backlogs. 😅This first travelogue will consist of two parts though since I don't want it to just look like a photo dump haha.

We went to Korea on January 2017, which is still during their winter season, and stayed at a hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. It didn't snow during our trip but it was definitely cold! The area where our hotel was located is surrounded by residential places so it seemed much more alive even late at night. It was also nice that there's a park outside of our hotel. I love areas like this because it gives you a glimpse of the everyday lives of the locals and you get to learn more about their ways and culture. We also stayed in a similar area when we went to Japan and it was really nice to mingle and talk to the locals. There was this particular lola (grandma) who called out to me on our way to the train station to greet me and say "kawaii" haha!

I also love the fact that there were a lot of shops near where we were staying like 7-11 stores, CU and other Korean marts as well. The roasted sweet potato they sell in CU is so good, which we also used as hand warmers tbh hahaha, and this is where we also got our cute reloadable Kakao friends T money cards for the train rides. These cards were around 4000 KRW during that time and were very easy to reload at the ticket vending machines in any train station. Aside from collecting train cards as souvenirs when I travel, I usually visit convenience stores, as well as groceries, so that I could see and buy what the locals are eating haha! I liked visiting their convenience stores in Seoul to check out and try some local food products. 

It was nice that we had easy access to all these local shops and places. There was even a local market, which I'll be sharing in this post as well, that was also near our hotel. The train station isn't a stone's throw away from our place though so you really have to walk a lot before you get to the nearest one. I didn't really mind because, in a way, it gave us a chance to explore the city. 

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Our plan for our first day in Seoul was to explore the Dongdaemun Design Plaza and Dongdaemun Shopping District. But on our way to the train station, we spotted this serene stream in Changgyeonggung-ro so we stopped by to appreciate the view. We just wanted to take it all in and see what the locals do here on a normal day. We saw children playing on the stone steps, people that seemed to be on their way to work or their homes, and those who, like us, were just there to relax and enjoy the view. 

That is what I like about travelling. It's not just about taking pictures, posting on social media and telling people that you went to this or that place. Travelling for me is when you take the time to really explore and learn about the place you're visiting. That even doing simple things like slowing down to take in the view is a wonderful thing to do. That you're not just there to visit touristy places for the sake of visiting them so that you could tell people that you've "been there." You get the best travel experience when you take the extra time and effort to really appreciate, know and, in some way, understand the place, culture and the people living in it.