Sneak Peek | Banila Co. x Pink Panther Holiday Collection.

As we enter the colder, blustery month of November, expect a flurry of new products and Yuletide-themed collections from our favorite makeup and skincare brands. Christmas, after all, is just 47 days away! Wow, where did the rest of the year go?!

Korean cosmetics brand Banila Co recently dropped teasers of their upcoming holiday collection, and boy oh boy, we're in for another cartoon collaboration! This time, it's with Pink Panther, one of my favorite cartoon characters when I was a child! (Insert the classic Henry Mancini theme!)

Photo credit: Ceci Korea.

The Banila Co. x Pink Panther Collection includes the cult favorite Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm and the Clean it Zero Cleansing Foam with Pink Panther pictures printed on it. Pink Panther's even wearing reindeer antlers, you know, for the Christmas-y feel.

Photo credit: Nylon Korea.

The Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm comes in an ultra-size 180 mL jar and retails for 25000 won (around Php 1062). The Clean It Zero Cleansing Foam, on the other hand, comes in a 100 mL tube and sells for 18000 won (around Php 765).

Photo credit: Marie Claire Korea.

The two items can be bought as a set - housed in this pink gift box - with the Pink Panther towel hair band as freebie. Great gift idea, isn't it?

Photo credit: Beauty Talk App.

The Banila Co. x Pink Panther Holiday Collection will officially hit Korean stores on November 18th! Hopefully, they'll still be available when I fly back to Seoul next month! :)

Seoul Searching | Mad about Myeongdong.

Ahhh, Myeongdong - Seoul's shopping haven, the mecca of makeup lovers, and now one of my favorite places in the world. I went to Myeongdong twice during my two-week stay in South Korea, unaccompanied on both instances.

Walking along the streets of Myeongdong - my favorite exercise. Lol!

On my first shopping trip, I came home with seven (or was that eight?) shopping bags, much to the horror of my husband. On my second shopping trip, my husband was practically begging our son to accompany me because 'delikado iwanan si Mommy sa Myeongdong, ang daming binibili pag nag-iisa,' he said. (It's big trouble if Mommy goes to Myeongdong alone because she spends a lot!) But Yue just wouldn't budge. The odds were in my favor. Haha!

Anyway, allow me to walk you through the streets of Myeongdong and let me show you what to see, buy, and eat while you're there. :)

Let the shopping begin!

Myeongdong, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways!