G-Market Haul #1 Dec 2012

Sorry for taking so long... I just got a bit lazy when it came to uploading and taking pictures. 
Overview:
Ordered: 12/7/12 & 12/8/12
Received: 12/18/12 (Departed warehouse on the 15th, in SF the 16th, Customs until the 17th)
Est. Weight: 5.84 kg
Actual Weight: 5.24kg 
Shipping costs: 55,580 won so about $4 shipping for each item.

As you can see a pretty big package, and when opened not entirely filled up. Everything was well packaged though, however apparently customs opened my package. I suspect it is because Gmarket for some reason only put 1 item down on the customs form. I don't know why, normally I've read that they at least fill in all four lines but for me they didn't. As you can see in the picture below: 

Yes, I had it sent by Jang Dongwoo. Since I combined orders I had Jang Dongwoo on one 

and then on the other I had Infinite, but I guess they took Jang Dongwoo. xD

So yes, I'm pretty sure customs found it very suspicious that that big package was 8 dollars worth of cleansers. So they opened it up, and my two items that were in their own individual boxes were opened, and customs did not have the courtesy to tape the boxes back up. So when I received my package, my Holika Holika egg soaps were scattered all on the bottom of the package. Thankfully they are packaged in their own individual little egg cartons, so there was no damage. However I'm very disappointed with the customs department. One of the egg cartons was actually opened too, because the tape had been torn. I understand that they may have had a lot of packages to go through due to it being the holidays, but they should have at least put everything back the way the found it. At least because it was the holidays, I think they let me go and decided not to charge me taxes or any fees. I think if it had been a normal time of the year they may have. So I'm a little worried about the next time I buy from Gmarket. Here  is a picture of one of the boxes opened and my holika holika egg soaps after I put them back into their opened box. 

                       

                        

So now for the items. Since I've already talked about the Holika Holika Egg soaps I will start with them. 

Holika Holika Egg Soap

Blue Ocean: Happy Bath Facial Yogurt

So  I got all 4 kinds because as previously mentioned in my early posts they were only $1 each with free shipping. I wanted to buy more but for some reason the drop down menu on the page would not let me order more than one. I think I was lucky, I believe the page I found these on were from the November $1 special, where each week there were $1 items. I think Holika Holika forgot to delete the page or something, because after I ordered these they changed the price of these eggs to a whooping $2000! Just checked, now it's out of stock. Anyways I haven't tried them yet, so the only thing I can comment on is the smell and they all just smell of a strong generic soap.

I also bought Happy Bath Facial Yogurt in Herb Essence and Fruit Essence. They were having a 2+2 deal for $7. I like the smell of these. The herb one reminds me of fruit loops, and the fruit one smells of oranges. I have tried both. As of now my skin is taking a better liking to the herb essence, which is weird because my skin is really dry right now due to the cold weather so I thought the fruit one, which is supposed to add moisture, would have been better but I see better results with the herb essence for now. Granted I've only used it two times a day for 3 days. But the herb one which is supposed to be for oily skin and cleaning pores, has really worked wonders on my black heads. My blackheads were huge, but I've seen my pores slowly decrease in size since using these. But the fruit one is kind of doing its job. It has whitening properties and my face has definitely lightened up. Overall I like them. I think I'll be set for at least the next year, but I would definitely buy it again in the future. 

[미즈온] [I m]London Holic Long-gel Foundation 30g /BBcream/Base

My last beauty product  of this haul is Mizon London Holic Long-gel Foundation in No. 21. It was $12 and came with a makeup purse and a brush. I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get extra freebies because I've seen other reviews around the same time I bought mine and they all got little samples of stuff. So I don't know much about makeup so this review might not be the best one to base your opinion of the product on. For me, maybe because I have a lot of dry patches on my skin right now, you could see that I was wearing foundation. I'm also not sure if I bought the right shade for me. 21 is lighter than my skin, but at the same time the beige tone blends quite well so that it just makes my face one shade lighter. When looking at no. 23 I felt it had a more orangey tone, which my skin is not really orange, so that is why I chose 21. It doesn't really cover red spots well, or scars. I'm not sure if this was due to being a shade too light. But it did cover my blackheads on my nose and cheeks quite well. 

Now for the clothes!

Ami Dormitory

So they were having a holiday special, buy 3 get 1 random item free. The polka dot cardigan was the freebie, and it actually turned out to be my most favorite item of the bunch. The quality and fit is the best. The sweaters were all way too large for me. I did expect them to be large based on the reviews I had read, but I disregarded them because I thought "oh it's fine, I like oversized sweaters anyways." But these were like 2x plus size sweaters. Also, the placement of the sleeves were in very awkward positions that did not look right on me. I'm not sure what the material is but it felt like cotton, it is really soft. I actually gave the pink one to my sister. My sister is shorter and of a smaller build than me. She is also more toned and has more going on in the bust area than me, so I don't know if that helped her, but it definitely looked better on her than me. The color of the pink one was not what I expected either. It was much darker than in the picture.

As you can see I bought a navy version of the pink sweater. It is actually smaller than the pink one and looks better on me. All the sweaters in the shop are meant to be free size, so I was surprised in the difference of sizes. The striped sweater is made nicely. I originally fell in love with t he cable details on the sleeves. However once again, the placement of sleeves just look awkward on me. And unfortunately it's much more noticeable with the contrasting colors. All of the sweaters ended up having a chemical smell, so I need to wash them probably a few times, and hopefully that will also help with the shrinking them a bit. Overall they're okay. I did buy the items that were on sale, each sweater was $10, so maybe the shops more expensive items are of better sizing and quality. 

벌키수술터틀 : 딥그린

I bought a scarf in dark green. It has a nice lattice layer, and silver beads on the fringe. I like the detail, however it's a little shorter than I thought. I can wrap it around twice but I can't tie the loose ends up or anything. Also I noticed that there was a hole in it. Nothing majorly noticeable and an easy fix with a needle and string. For $4, I'm happy, and the shipping on this was quite fast. Shipped the next day after I ordered. No really strong chemical smell. It was made in China. Apparently almost all of the clothes items I bought were from China. Disappointing. I even made sure to check that on the page, where it says origin that it was either domestic or Korea, but in the end it really doesn't matter apparently. They lie...

Links: Gray Pants- 814그레이히트스키니

S_하이분또팬츠_베이지M & C_밴드반쪽워싱스키니_블루S

My last items of the haul were pants/jeans! From the top, a gray pair of jeans for $7, size 28. I love the color and quality, sadly only problem is that they don't fit me around the thigh area. The waist is perfect but these jeans have no stretch that I can't pull the jeans up all the way, so the crotch area is too low and when I walk it just feels awkward. So if you have a fairly under toned butt and thighs like me give extra room when it comes to measurements. When looking at these measurement for the thighs they were exactly what I measured, but I didn't take into account that it had no stretch. I think my other jeans from F21 are of a stretchy denim so they fit me just fine, but these jeans don't. Oh well, it just means I need to exercise. 

The next two are from a different seller than the gray one. The middle faded blue jeans is actually a size S, they didn't have any mediums anymore. Price $4. I was afraid it might not fit me, but thankfully it has an elastic band and also the material is stretchy so it is perfect. The front pockets are fake, but it does have back pockets.

The beige leggings are a size M. I probably should have ordered an S for them. They are a bit loose in the thigh area and it has an elastic band. Price $5. I thought they would be more pant like based on the picture, but they just look like beige leggings. The color was a bit darker than on the model. They're still comfortable and nice to wear. Overall, I would buy from both of these sellers. They're all good quality, I just need to be more careful with sizing. 

I just remembered that I had also bought a long sleeved shirt for $3. I thought I had a picture but I guess I accidentally deleted it. But here is the link and the picture of the model wearing it. I got the dark charcoal. I love it! It is made of cotton, and the quality is great for the price. I actually wish I had bought all of the colors. It's really a flattering cut and a very nice basic to have for this winter. 

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So that is all for my first, but not last Gmarket Haul! I don't know when I'll be making my next purchase. I mean there is a different sale going on everyday it is so tempting, but I think I'll limit myself to one haul each season. So probably if I find a job, some time in the next 3 months. Or if Gmarket has another discount on worldwide shipping, which is not often for the United States. :(

If you have any questions about Gmarket or about an item that I did not talk about please leave a comment and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible. Happy shopping!