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Coach OP Art Sateen Hailey Crossbody Bag Style #14337

A few weeks ago I placed my order to purchase Coach OP Art Sateen Hailey Crossbody Bag Style #14337 from a seller who I bought a few times before. The bag ETA will be end of December. I gotta stop carrying so many things in my work bag therefore getting a smaller bag but not too small is the only way. And this is a 2-way bag too.

Most people I know love LV and I don’t. I prefer Gucci or Prada and even Coach although Coach is NOT a branded in oversea. With Coach you can easily spot a fake bag. But my main reason to choose Coach over LV is for the high quality material even if it’s fabric or satin, high quality leather (still smells like new after so many usage), superb perfect straight stitching, workmanship and alignment. The “C” is perfectly aligned. I scored a really good deal from this seller. I won’t mention the price here but let’s just say she sell a few hundred cheaper than other online seller. Go visit www.how2shop.blogspot.com!

Biteki Magazine Coach Deicy Dia Daisy Magazine Gisele Magazine Japanese Magazine Kitty Lab Neal's Yard Remedies Review: Magazine Sakura Magazine

Japanese Magazine Haul!

Yesterday as usual I drove to Kinokuniya to check out the latest arrival of japanese magazine. Nothing really interest me this time. The one I wanted is expensive. The one I don’t want is rather cheap. Then I remembered the bargain corner so I went to take a peep and I snagged 3 magazine at a bargain price in less than 5 minutes!

Here’s my haul of the day. . .

Biteki July 2010, Sakura July 2010 & Dia Daisy July 2010.

As my eyes were looking at the bargain corner, I was looking for any bulky magazine. At first I was disappointed as all the magazines are thin which means there are no brand item available. Suddenly I spotted a huge and bulky magazine stuck in between all the thin magazine. I slipped in my finger to peep at the cover and I saw the blurp! It’s a Hello Kitty flip flop and I thought I was dreaming. Quickly I picked up the copy and I take my sweet time looking at the blurp and the hidden box inside the mag just to confirm the brand item. Dia Daisy July issue comes with a pair of Kitty Lab flip flop is at a clearance price of RM15. Usually magazines which is at bargain corner is only RM10. I even spotted before more than 10 copies of Spring April 2010 issue which comes wich Jill Stuart tote bag. Anyway, I was worried about the size of the flip flop at first. There’s a small caption of “(24cm)” at the blurp which indicate the length of the flip flop. I remembered my size is around 24cm too. But I care less if the flip flop fits me or not. It’s a rare find! And cheap too =)

Dia Daisy July 2010 X Kitty Lab Flip Flop & Anklet (oh yea, I only found out that an anklet is included when I opened the box at home!).

The blurp which caught my attention. I say this many many times before. . .these blurp kills me! So nice!

Kitty Lab flip flop comes in a box, not those brown cardboard box packing. Nice right?

Back of the brand item box.

How the flip flop was packed in the box. Very neat and well protected.

Tadaaaaaa. Kitty Lab flip flop. So cute! I love it inside out, left and right, up and down *lol*

Kitty Lab logo.

The anklet included. It has an initial “D” on the love pendant. Unfortunately I took the picture upside down haha.

My best, cheap, most thrilling purchase of the day! The flip flop is sooo well made and looks exactly like the blurp picture. Really really worth it right?

Immediately right after I found Dia Daisy, I found this! Nearly missed it as the brand item box is very very small and thin. It was hard to spot on in between all the magazine though. Luckily I flip through one by one. Sakura July 2010 issue comes with Deicy clear makeup pouch is selling at RM10. I was looking for a pouch and I need not to spend RM40-RM50 this week for a pouch. This is just nice. I actually thought the pouch is huge but nope. It’s smaller than usual. Nevertheless, the size is OK for me.

Sakura July 2010 X Deicy clear makeup pouch.

Blurp of brand item on front cover. I couldn’t resist pouches!

Brand item box and packing.

Deicy pouch in brown cardboard. I just realize the 2 love resemble a specs >.< The cute pouch itself.

Back of the pouch is beige polka dots.

Initial “d” on the zipper pull.

Another great find! Yippy! The pouch looks exactly like the blurp picture on front cover. It’s very well made. Not those cheapo and flimsy pouch at all.

As I was about to leave the bargain corner, I spotted this out of the sudden. Biteki July 2010 issue comes with Neal’s Yard Remedies Rejuvenating Frankincense Facial Serum and notepad is selling at RM12. You know how I love skincare as well so I bought this too.

Biteki July 2010 X Neal’s Yard Remedies Rejuvenating Frankincense Facial Serum and notepad.

Brand item blurp on front cover. I kept on wondering what’s the blue and green thingy.

It comes in a box though.

Back of the box is similar to front of the box.

This is how the inside looks like. Ahh so the blue and green thingy is a notepad.

Neal’s Yard Remedies Rejuvenating Frankincense Facial Serum. I haven’t try this so I don’t know if it’s good.

First half of the notepad is blue.

Second half is green.

Mum said “cheh” when I showed her. But to me this is another good find though.

Guess what else is in my shopping bag?
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I spotted a copy of GISELe December 2010 issue which comes with Coach Poppy 2011 diary. I bought another copy for a client friend of mine who asked me to get her a copy a few weeks ago. This is now selling at RM50.85.

Coach Gisele Magazine Japanese Magazine Review: Magazine

GISELe December 2010 X Coach Poppy 2011 Diary

Went over Kinokuniya on Thursday to check on my order for Gisele magazine but the shipment will only arrive late evening the same day. I was advised to collect on Friday which is the next day but I decided to collect on Saturday as I can take my sweet time browsing and walking in Kinokuniya.

On Saturday I collected my order and grabbed a Chinese magazine along. When I was handed the magazine, from far I was wondering where is the diary. As I grabbed the magazine, I couldn’t feel the brand item. I have to really really feel the magazine slowly only to found out the diary is inside the magazine. It’s not bulky like how it used to be. My guess at that time is that the diary is really small and thin. This issue of GISELe is selling at RM56.60 and I didn’t see any copy at the open rack.


GISELe December 2010 & FG 美妆 Taiwan October 2010.

GISELe December issue comes with Coach Poppy 2011 diary. Coach just launched their new line of Poppy which tartan print is one of it. I guess this brand item is inconjunction of the new line?

Blurp of the brand item on the magazine front cover.

The diary itself covered with clear plastic revealing the beautiful tartan print.

Back of the plastic cover. The white background is actually a cardboard protecting the back of the diary where the elastic is at.

Cover is hard but not too hard and is a UV cover.

Back view of the diary.

Diary first page. Cute.

2011 calender.

Quite a number of these planner page. But it starts at November 2010.

Pages of “Notes” is included as well.

Overall this is a good buy for Coach lover and collector like myself. Although I still don’t know what to do with this diary but I just couldn’t resist a Coach =). I think the diary fits in my Coach Poppy Clear Cosmetic Case.

Coach Japanese Magazine Review: Magazine

GISELe December 2010 Issue

FINALLY! A sneak peak of the magazine cover!

I’ve been waiting for ages for this. This will be launched in Japan tomorrow; 28th October 2010. Won’t be reaching Malaysia that soon =(

From the blurp on the cover, the diary looks ok. Nothing special.

Here’s a close look at the brand item.

Still nothing special though.

Apple Care Kit Coach Coach Cleaner

Apple Designer Care Kit

Right after I bought my Coach Soho Pleated Signature Large Hobo, I placed my order for Apple Designer Care Kit from a seller online. The kit is selling at RM169 inclusive of PosLaju delivery.

Kit contains:
1 x 4oz Apple cleaner (bottle #1 in pic)
1 x 4oz Apple leather care (bottle #2 in pic)
1 x Apple Garde rain & stain repellent (bottle #4 in pic)
1 x Shine cloth
1 x Care guide
1 x Clear vinyl zippered case

I use Apple Cleaner to clean the leather trims on all my bags. It’s only for leather. Not for fabric.
Many reviews in TPF says that this is harsh and the cleaner take off the colour of the leather a bit. This is true. I experienced it but its not bad till it lighten the leather and spoil the leather. I actually thought that’s the dirt lol. I guess I was too late. I read TPF after I’ve done cleaning all my bags haha.

After I clean all the leather trims, I let all the bags to dries up and I follow up with Apple Leather Care. This is like some kind of moisturizer to bring back the shine, moisture and soften the leather after harsh cleaning. This is really good. My small leather purse is really shinny and moisturized after applying this. Reviews at TPF says that this bottle can act as leather cleaner AND moisturizer at one time. I’ll try that next time.

After the bags dries up nicely, I stain garde all the bags with Apple Garde Rain & Stain Repellent. This will lock-in all the moisture that I did earlier and prevent the bag from oil, stain, rain and dirt from staining the bag. I actually sprayed 1 layer only and decided to do a second layer. Gosh. This process takes me more than a month as I only have weekend free time to spare to do this. The bag need to be air-dry for 24 hours for one side before doing the other side. 

As for the 3rd bottle in the picture, it’s Coach Signature Fabric Cleaner. I bought this from another seller for RM50 inclusive of PosLaju delivery. Coach boutique is selling this for RM75. I use this if there’s any stain on my signature fabric only. It feels like water but it’s very effective. I managed to remove a few stains including a recent glue stain on my new wallet. I guess this bottle will lasts me very very long. 

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My Lil Coach Collection

This morning I was in a stress to snap a picture of my collection. Someone is leaving me this afternoon and this picture is important. I finally did it after delaying this picture for quite some time.

Tadaaa. Here’s my humble lil Coach collection. All bought in year 2010. After some time on buying, selling, trading…finally I settled down with this small collection. By right the collection should have grown larger by now but due to unforeseen circumstances, I decided to lay my mind and eyes off Coach for a while.

Left to right:-
Coach Soho Pleated Signature Large Hobo – Khaki Brown (Style #13741) 
This is my “dream” ideal bag. I love Signature collection so for a big bag for work, I option for this instead. After some googling and searching online for an ideal bag, I found this but smaller with the style number of 13740. This particular seller doesn’t have 13740 ready stock and she only have 13741. She gave me 10% discount if I consider taking 13741 but I refuse based on the measurement that is quite huge. A few weeks later the seller started a “Gila-Gila Sell” promo and I bought something else from her. I asked if she’d list 13741 under the promo. And she would! The price was way cheaper than the one she offered me previously and I take it immediately.

Coach Ali Signature Top Handle Pouch Bag – Bronze (Style #42735)
My Signature collection started with this medium bag. This is my second Coach item and my first Signature collection. This bag was listed at RM499 and seller accidentally told me that the price is RM380. She wanted to discount RM19 off from RM499 but she texted wrongly. I only found out the price error when I told her I wanted to buy another one in different colour a few weeks after that. Of course I didn’t get the other colour. Overall, this is a great find!

Coach Brooke Op Art Signature Capacity Wristlet – Khaki Brown (Style #43105)
Saw this large wristlet listed in a seller’s website “Gila-Gila Sell” promo. It was so cheap inclusive of courier charges. I sent in my order immediately scaring other people might have submitted theirs too. Thank God I’m the lucky owner of this.

Coach Poppy Is…Capacity Wristlet (Style #43777)
 This wristlet is very different from what I used to buy and my friends commented that this look childish when I show them the picture. What a heartbreaker! But I didn’t take into consideration at all what they commented. If you take a closer look, you’d see the Signature fabric. Yes! The white fabric is indeed Signature fabric. The price is very cheap if I buy directly from US thru eBay. I was so shocked to received the parcel in less than 2 weeks and it was huge and so nice in real! The patchwork colours is so strikingly cute and gorgeous. I never regretted buying this and never regretted for not listening to my friends.

Coach Madison Leather Wristlet – Cooper (Style #43223)
Another great find 🙂 Yes I know. Every Coach of mine is a great find. Which I felt lucky to find all this at such a cheaper price online. I stumble into this listing in eBay Malaysia unexpectedly. Seller was selling this at less than RM130 (I think, can’t remember) and I pm-ed seller to ask for a fast deal at RM150 with COD. She agreed and the rest is history 🙂

Coach Optic Signature Pleated Wristlet – Pink (Style #43522)
I remembered I bought this without even bargaining with the seller. I paid for PosLaju but seller sent using Registered Post claiming she didn’t know the different. Gosh. Bad excuse. Both shipping method is different in terms of delivery time and rates. Seller have been selling Coach for so many years and I just couldn’t accept that lame excuse. For some reason, I just couldn’t use this and decided to sell it off.
Today, I swapped this wristlet with Coach Hamptons Signature Compact Clutch Wallet – Silver (Style #42984) at KLCC. Been wanting to sell this impulsive purchase off but no luck. It’s a nice wristlet, bigger than usual wristlet.  I hope this wristlet found a new good owner. *sob**sob*

Coach Madison Small Leather Wallet – Walnut (Style #41972)
I bought 2 of this small leather wallet from the same seller. One is Walnut colour and the one I have sold off is Parchment (white) colour. Still the cheapest compared with all other seller.

But…my first ever Coach purchase was this!

Coach Madison Op Art Graphic Wristlet – Colourful (Style #41995)

Which I’ve sold it off after realizing white strap could easily get dirty 🙁

Although I love Coach but I don’t simply buy without doing research. Lots of research. This is a must for me so that I don’t get cheated or bought at much more higher price than other seller. I’m glad this practice benefited me in so many ways. So far all my purchase is really at good price which you’d never find elsewhere.