Jill Stuart Mook
We got lucky at Bugis Kinokuniya and laid our hands on Jill Stuart’s 5th anniversary mook. I didn’t go as ga-ga as my sister over this mook, because I really do have a lot of make-up cases at home. But nonetheless it is quite a cute addition to my collection. =)
The make-up case is really made of good quality cloth, and the design is feminine and petite. Very suitable for the kawaii babes out there. There is a mirror as well, and the make-up case can be divided into two portions.
The first batch of Mooks has been sold out at all three outlets (we were the lucky two who laid our hands on the last two Mooks at Bugis outlet), but Taka’s Kino just called us to say that they received an unexpected shipping of the Mooks today. So grab your copy!
Jill Stuart Lunch Tote
last month, In Red gave its readers a Coach Poppy pencil case. For the month of August, In Red is giving its readers a Jill Stuart lunch tote bag.
Just like the Coach pencil case, the Jill Stuart lunch tote bag does not feel cheap, instead it feels awfully durable - it is made out of cotton; spots a cutsie pink apple motif.
In Red august is available at Kinokuniya bookstores for $19.10.
I purchased the last copy of the magazine at the Ngee Ann City outlet. So do check out the other Kinos for this magazine! 
PS: Sorry for the poor lightings, I was feeling a little lazy on a rainy day.
Coach poppy pencil case
Hey girlies! Good things are meant to be shared. You have got to be really excited about this.
In the latest magazine tie-up, japanese magazine More collaborated with popular fashion house Coach to come up with a cute red Coach pencil case and two pens, in tune with their fall 2009 poppy series.
In view that two weeks ago there was a massive queue outside Coach boutique in Takashimaya, I can’t understand why this magazine has been sitting in Kinokuniya for such a long time.
I admit that prior to buying the magazine I contemplated on whether I should get it, because I had this illogical fear that it was a too-good-to-be-true-offer and feared that it would be of inferior quality.
But, hey it was an authentic coach pencil case retailing for $18.10. Plus at a 20% discount (Kinokuniya GSS special), which meant that this pencil case and the two pens is being sold for $14.48? Come on. Whom am I kidding.
It looks really pretty, do get your copy from the Kino stores before they run out!
Swak May 09
Even though I can’t read Japanese, I’m hooked on buying Japanese magazines. Seriously.
In order to attract readers to purchase their magazine, the publishers package their already glossy and pretty magazine with kawaii (cute) gifts.
Just last month, Swak gave its readers a Jill Stuart make up pouch - small, cute, handy, travel friendly, and awfully useful.
For this month’s issue of Swak, readers would get a cute Barbie’s 50th anniversary pouch. The little blue bag is made from satin. It fits basic make up necessities, or small toiletries.
With all these cute little freebies to fill up the bag, no wonder Japanese women always have no qualms about showing off the contents of their bags.
BR: What’s Love Got to Do with It?
My third book from the Little Black Dress Series. Written by Lucy Broadbent, “What’s love got to do with it?” entails Hollywood glamour, money, and the high life.
This Hollywood fairytale is spun around Isabella Spires, a British blonde beautiful bombshell. Orphaned as a child and having her last assets taken by her aunt, Isabella grew up to be a tough lady inspiring to marry a rich husband.
Her lucky break came when she found job as a nanny to Stephen’s children. Stephen is the most powerful agent in LA. Offending Stephen would mean “the end” for an aspiring actor. As it turns out, Isabella fell in love with Stephen’s first son, Jamie (an aspiring film maker). Unfortunately for her, she did not realise that the one short date with Stephen (in which he gave her a Cartier watch) meant that he liked her. After finding out that Jamie and Isabella wed in a spontaneous wedding ceremony in Las Vegas, in a rage Stephen chased the couple out of the house and cut them both off from power Hollywood.
Struggling to keep her marriage afloat and to pay rent, Isabella turned to Bill (rival of Stephen) for help. Isabella was redefined, remodelled and re-presented. After clinching a job in television, top advertising deals arrived. Unfortunately, Jamie felt that Isabella was two-timing him and had already left her. But, like the previous 2 little black dress series I have read, it is happy-ever-after for Isabella. Jamie made his film without the help of his father, and the couple got back together after a long year.
As I was reading the book, I felt like I picked up a gossip magazine more than a book. It had numerous Hollywood names and events. But how much are these facts or fiction? I guess only those who are living in Hollywood Tinseltown would know. =)
BR: Wish you were here
I completed my second book from the little black book dress series.
Written by Phillipa Ashley, this book is about star-crossed lovers rekindling the old feelings they have for each other and having a happily ever after.
Ex-lovers Jack and Beth reunites after 8 years in a company that organises outdoor tours. Beth furious and heartbroken that Jack had left her after proposing to her 8 years ago, was not looking forward to working with Jack all over again. But desperately in need of a job and money after her dad’s accident, Beth decides to take up the job.
Months later, after working together as pure colleagues, a company tour and a hot spontaneous kiss threw both Jack and Beth off balance and rekindles the buried feelings they have for each other. And like all fairy tales, Jack and Beth married and were happy.
I personally preferred the first book I read for its interesting way of writing. This fit-for-a-tv-drama-series story was a little cliche to my liking. Having said that, it is still a sweet book to read when you are on a holiday whilst hoping to land yourself a prince charming.
BR: This is how it happened
A few months ago, I was browsing the Chinese book shop at Cathay and chance upon a girly book series called Little Black Dress Books. Fun fiction for the girl at heart. True marketing genuis I thought.
So I picked up a couple of books from the series and have been reading since then.
First up, the only one I have managed to complete - This is how it happened. The story goes that Maddy is plotting a pay-back-revenge on her ex-fiance who stole her marketing ideas and kicked her out when he finally got hold of the company. She first starts off with simple witch spells and then hires a hit-man. What I like best about this story is that the chapters ding-dong between 1) what did the fiance do to maddy and 2) maddy’s plots. Rather refreshing way of writing. But well, like all girly books, the girl wins beating the poor lad and it’s hooray for the reader!