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TONYMOLY – discovery

This is a Korean cosmetics and skincare brand which I’ve recently discovered in a Morning Glory store in the Sydney CBD.

What I fell in love with was :

1. The packaging – everything is in a unique/cute/pretty packaging. Whether its a fruit shaped lip gloss box or a styled tint, it just looks incredibly appealing.

7 Fruit Princess Gloss

Cutie lip gloss that gives a clear glow to the lips

2. The colours and the range – The number of different products they have will have you struggling to buy just one thing at a time. I know I wanted to buy the entire range when I saw it on the shelves. Had to restrain myself to just 1 lip tint but am definitely going back for more!

Backstage Oh! My Lip

3. The quality – From what I’ve read so far, the makeup and skincare products are great. I can’t speak for every product in the range, but from what I’ve tried and read reviews on TonyMoly products don’t often disappoint.

Read a review on a TonyMoly Face primer from becoming-beautiful here

4. The fragrances – Everything smells fantastic! I know that most of the times fragrances are bad but I am not a big fan of fragrance-free make up as it’s not aesthetically pleasing. Give me a cherry flavoured lippy anytime!

Prestige Crystal Lipstick/SPF13
Clear cased lipstick with UV blocking functions

5. The price –  Really awesome fact – TonyMoly cosmetics are more than affordable. My lip tint was $12 when I just paid $40 for a Benetint the other day. The quality of TonyMoly is the same, if not better.

The brand concept is Chic, Urban, Stylish & Modern – and that’s exactly what the products reflect.

To have a look at the brand and the range of products go to their website here http://eng.tonymoly.com/ (this is the international site)

Nail Lacquer Glitter 

This is the product I bought:

TONYMOLY Backstage Sure Tint in Peach

There is an easy applicator brush

Pink/Peach colour with a bit of sparkle

This is the colour on – the tint lasts for at least 4 hours and is quite bright so I try and layer a lighter finish lipgloss over the top. Its so nice not to have lipstick on coffee cups in the morning!

Would love to hear from you if you’ve tried TonyMoly before and have a product you recommend!

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What’s the story Morning Glory?

Why haven’t I been to one of these stores before?

After a weeknight dinner with a friend (Wednesday night), I stumbled into a cute store called Morning Glory. I’ve seen them all around town but figured the stuff they sell would have no meaning to me as it was all oversized toy pigs and funky looking alarm clocks in the display window. Something possessed me that night to walk in and take a look, maybe I was just passing time…not sure…

What happened was – I didn’t come out of the store until an hour later and didn’t realise it got so late….

I was like a kid in a candy store!

I felt like I was re-living my childhood for the minutes I was in Morning Glory, looking and picking out funny looking pens, choosing the pattern for my pencil case, ogling the pretty hair ties and mobile phone covers….

Truth is, I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, just was blown away by how much “STUFF” was inside this little boutique.

An hour later and a surprising amount of stuff I found I needed, here is what I walked away with: (I still feel like I was hypnotised in the store and don’t quite remember what happened! oh the bright lights of Hello Kitty!)

Morning Glory pencil case – helps me get organised again with all my writing utensils for studies

Panda pen

Highlighters and marker pens

This one is for my Mum, she is a piano teacher and works with kids. I thought this would be a great addition to her lessons!

Told ya it was like being a kid in a candy store- who doesn’t love crayons!!!

Live is Good and Sweet notebook! Amen!

This penguin pencil is a later addition to my spree during the week. I just bought it! (tehehee)

Justification – I need a pencil for circling things in my study book – don’t judge!

To find Morning Glory in Sydney join their FB page here – there are loads of awesome products they showcase there.

Something to LOL at – the photo below was taken from the Morning Glory Facebook page gallery of visitors to the store. Its nice to know even ONE DIRECTION shops at this boutique (no offence boys who look like One Direction and pose with a “pe-a-su” sign inside a totally awesome store.)

This is the shop where I become Alice in Wonderland:


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