Hello ladies!
I wanted to share with you my experience with another order from Korea, this time through the blog-shop thecutestmakeup.com
I came across this blog-shop a a while ago, mainly when I was looking for swatches or closer looks at bottles of Korean and Asian polish brands like Innisfree, Etude House, Modi etc.
I would then come to check this blog quite often to see what's new in the Korean cosmetics and nail polish world, and it took me a while to realize that this was actually a shop where I can order awesome stuff and have them shipped to me, just like a regular online shop.
I was happy to find out that there's a lovely girl behind this blog-shop, she lives in Korea and has access to these great brands which are hard to find (well, you can find some them on ebay but the selection isn't that large and the prices aren't as low!) and she provides this service to anyone and everywhere! What an awesome idea, it even made me think of doing a similar thing here in Israel and offer my help with getting Israeli brands for the international ladies, but then I realized I don't really have enough time at the moment for such a project.

These are the items I ordered, I will list the names below, and if you want to learn more about how to place your order with this site, please keep reading this post.

Top row (L-R): Etude House - Royal Coral (DBR409), Lie Lilac (DPP502),Tint Mint (DGR701) / A'pieu Aurora - BE01, SV01 / Etude House Bling Bling Eye Stick.

Bottom row (L-R): Innisfree - 85, 96 / Modi - 57, 48 / Samples

You must be asking yourself "how can I order Korean brands from this blog-shop too?", well, it's really simple!
You contact her via the contact form, list the items you want to buy, and you will get an estimated cost for your items and shipping fee, based on the shipping chart. Then you pay in advance for the items (via paypal), and the lovely lady behind this blog-shop is going to look for your desired items around the shops in Korea. It will take a while to get the items, and some might be out of stock due to high demand, but don't worry - in that case you will receive this part of your money back.
In my case, when some of the items I requested were out of stock, she kindly offered me to pick something else, and I did, so she got other times instead and even refunded some of the money for items that were out of stock. Even the shipping fee was cheaper than estimated, and I was refunded for that as well.
As for shipping, the package arrived surprisingly fast, it took about a week or so (from shipping date), and it was shipped by regular mail. There is an option for express mail (EMS) or regular without tracking if you want to keep the shipping cost low (that's what I picked). Everything was packed carefully with bubble wrap and placed into an envelope.
I ordered 10 items, 9 were polish bottles and 1 eye shadow pencil. They all arrived in great condition, completely new and sealed. She was also very generous and included a large bag of different samples, which was really great and generous of her.

Overall I was very impressed with here service, she was extremely nice and patient, answered all my questions and even directed me to some swatches when I asked her about certain polishes I couldn't find swatches to. She replied to my emails really quickly, and indeed didn't take long to collect the items (well the only delay was me, since I kept adding new things to my buy list, but she was very quick with getting them), and the shipping was surprisingly cheap and fast.
I don't think I could ask for anything better! This will certainly be my new go-to place when I want to shop for Korean cosmetics and nail polish from now on. I truly recommend you to use the great service she offers, I had a great experience and I'm very happy with my purchase.
Thank you for reading and let me know if you have any questions regarding this blog-shop, I would be happy to answer.

My latest mani is something I enjoy wearing for the past few days, it's so pretty that I don't even want to change it. It's really simply yet soooo beautiful I just stare at it all the time. 

I really wanted to try the Innisfree flakie polish that I got a while ago, I actually got it because I was looking for a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Sweet Dreams, which is a gorgeous pink flakie. This one was pretty close and just looked fabulous. The polish you see below is actually more pink toned in real life and it shows more orange because of the color I layered it over. So in these photos it's not a really good example for it being  a dupe for DL's Sweet Dreams, but it's so gorgeous!

I started with one coat of GADE Fruit (which I swatched alone in this post), it wasn't opaque in one coat, but I was going to layer more coats of the Innisfrre polish so that didn't bother me.

Then I applied two coats of Innisfree Cherry Jelly (99) which is a pink-red toned flakie, in the bottle it looks very similar to Deborah Lippmann Sweet Dreams. I guess if I layered it over a bit more pink toned base, it could have been a better example to show you how similar they are.

The Inisfree polish was opaque enough with 3 coats, and on it's own it was pretty close to the look I created with the base color, but a bit more sheer.

It was really pretty with a glossy top coat, but I decided to try the matte look with Revlon Matte Top Coat which I came to love love love since the first time I tried it.

The result was stunning! It looks like flames on my fingertips, simply gorgeous. I even love that it didn't come out as I intended it to be (hoping to create a dupe look), but something more interesting and beautiful.

Innisfree 125

Innisfree 124

Innisfree 121

Sea Sand Mint 402

Shipping:

The package will be shipped to you from Korea worldwide.

As for shipping time, I'm used for packages to arrive within a month or so from Korea (most eBay purchases), but I was very surprised when I received my order from Korea Depart within two weeks of placing the order. For me it was very fast shipping, and I was satisfied.

You can also track your order status on site, they offer this service and more info there.

On site it states that estimated shipping time for registered mail is 14~40 days, and for EMS 7~14 day. This of course depends on where you live, but from what I've read they will deliver everywhere as long as there are no customs restrictions in your country.

For the Israeli Independence day I decided to create this white and blue manicure, inspired by the Israeli flag.

I really love creating nail art with gradients, I think this is a simple way to create beautiful designs.

For this manicure I used China Glaze - Hanging In The Balance and Wet n Wild - White French Creme to create the gradient, and on top of that I used a beautiful glitter coat by Innisfree - 109. I really love this glitter top coat, it's very delicate and pretty, it consists of white glitter mix (hex, square and bar glitter) and some square iridescent glitter (I wish there were more, I really love this kind of glitter in polishes) in a clear base. 

Innisfree is a Korean brand, and a good one I must say. For some reason, many Korean nail polish brands tend to have really strong (and sometimes unbearable) smell, but this brand doesn't, so it's really great for me. Their polishes are also so original and have so many glitter and flakes mixes which is not easy for me to find, so thanks to eBay, I'm able to get this brand. For now I have two polishes from Innisfree, but I have more on their way to me so I'm going to be one happy girl!

I decided to try making a tutorial video for this nail art, I hope you will like it and find it useful. In this tutorial I will show you how to create the gradient nail art as shown in this post.

Hope you'll enjoy it, let me know what you think!