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Sunday, 21 June 2015

TokyoTreat - Japanese Subscription Box - Un-Boxing!*


TokyoTreat.com
June Subscription Un-boxing!


One of my biggest fascinations has to be all things Japanese; I adore the fashion, the beauty and even the food, and my dream is to one day travel to Tokyo to have the full experience and do a lot of shopping too!
My obsession with Japan started out from watching Kawaii related YouTube videos, to the point I'd see Popin cookin DIY candy making videos that drew me to the bizarre but creative candy that Japan has to offer. I remember ordering my first Japanese candy Online and the excitement on receiving it was beyond words.. Since then I am popping into my local Asian express supermarket to see what to try next from savory to drinks!

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TokyoTreat.com is a fantastic idea and if you love subscription boxes then this is one to try out. This is the June box which I was kindly sent and as you can see it was full to the top with treats!
This is the premium box and can also be ordered in either the Small or the Regular. The box comes out every 2 months and can contain the most premium candy and snacks Japan has to offer but sent to the comfort of your own home.

Here is the selection of items that came in the June box!





























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As you can see the selection was amazing with 15 rare Japanese candies including 
Super Mario World Choco Egg - it reveals Nintendo figurines (Mario, Luigi, etc) when you eat the chocolate.
Honey Butter Chips - probably the most coveted and expensive chips in the world at the moment (super rare, some sell at $50 / bag on Ebay!). Details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Butter_Craze
Baked Cheesecake Kitkat - the latest Nestle work with Kitkat, the only bakeable Kitkat and exclusively sold in Japan only.
I would personally say my favorite of all of the candies I've tried so far were the Honey Butter chips, they taste so sweet yet combined with a savory after taste and also the Apple flavoured Jelly that I had to store in the fridge was a surprising taste sensation too with both the flavor and the texture as it was packaged in a sippy pouch!
Thanks to the very kind Yuko Suzuki, Owner of TokyoTreat, she has supplied my fellow readers with a coupon code for 15% off your first box! Just use the code UniqueLoveStyle

Feel free to check out the online website for more information on the subscription service with any questions you may need to be answered available on there too!

https://tokyotreat.com/

  
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Friday, 19 April 2013

*NEW* Feature Friday - MinkyShop 19th of April



New Feature Friday!
Featuring MinkyShop

 Happy Friday everyone! This week's Feature is the most adorable, MinkyShop! They sell the amazing Lolita and Cosplay Japanese wear. Looking on their website I feel in my element, everything is so unique and cute and Minky is such a lovely person too.

 Minky is a part-time student and model for much of the stock, Minky founded MinkyShop in 2004 as an ebay store. She followed her passion for fashion and helped open up a gateway for Japanese and Asian fashion clothing and footwear. Today, MinkyShop offer more variety, great prices and a friendly service that's in touch with the scene. Finding stock for followers of gorgeous eastern fashion is important, but they like to add a little extra fun with diverse and different products of the culture. As such, MinkyShop has had everything from Lolita dresses and footwear to Cosplay, Tabi Socks, Japanese video games and Hello Kitty car seat covers on their virtual shelves!

 I completely adore the website's layout, the images are perfect and very well described for their customers. If your also unsure about the sizes on certain items they include size guides which is extra helpful! 

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Interview with Minky l Owner of MinkyShop


1) What has been your key inspiration to your current career?

Ooh, fashion. Like all good Asian girls I studied business before fashion, which helped with setting up an online store. I love fashion and style, everything about the scene inspires me. Sometimes it only takes one image or glimpsing a pair of shoes to suddenly make me think about redesigning my entire wardrobe. I like the flexibility of fashion too: it's easy to go wrong if you don't think about your personality when you're buying clothes, but if you're sensible then experimenting with new styles is loads of fun. 

2) What do you enjoy the most about your job?

My MinkyShoppers! Honestly, I have a really, really lovely community of buyers. I always communicate with honesty and transparency, and find that people warm to that and are really sweet and often contact me just to chat. I don't think business is about automated emails, it's important to be a real person.
They also respect that I'm only one girl and there's a lot of pressure involved, and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for understanding that sometimes I'm just very busy.
Of course it's not all plain sailing: I have a lot of very young buyers who aren't too trustworthy of the internet and end up snapping at me impatiently if I don't respond quickly enough. Guys who don't read the listing info or FAQ, or let all my email go into their spam filter make life really hard lol!

 3) To date, what has been your 'proudest' moment?

Opening the MinkyShop website! eBay selling was a nightmare, they made it almost impossible for me to carry on there so I had no choice but to leave. I walked into the scary unknown, spending seven months working non-stop to try to get a site together (with no experience). 
Thankfully my help was very good and on launch (nearly!) everything worked. It took almost a year to iron out the little hiccups, but not too many people noticed those thankfully. I love my store, I think it's the absolutely cutest website ever, exactly how I imagined it to be! ^_^

 4) Where do you see yourself in the future?

Not sure really. MinkyShop can be very hard to run for me. I'm multi-lingual, which is the only reason I can maintain the operation, but all the east to west communication and trying to buy in new batches of stock can be challenging, especially at the rate Asian fashion is sells out at wholesale: it's all in high demand and stuff disappears right your nose a lot. I'd like to expand if I can and actually hire some staff. We'll see. 

 5) What tips/advice would you give to someone who wants to go down the same career path as yourself?

Passion and vision: there's no success without those two things, and that applies to anything you choose to do I think.

 6) Which would you say is your favourite item off your website at the moment?
Probably the Purelove Sweater, I got a white one for myself and I love it. Too cool! The black sold out almost instantly, I'm hoping to get a restock soon.  


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MinkyShop currently have a sale on so you should head on over and see what bargains you can pick up, I know I will!

Which item or style would you dare to wear? Do let me know in the comments! Be interesting to see your views on this cute store.

To stay in the know of MinkyShop feel free to follow, like and check out their links!

Website - http://www.minkyshop.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/minkyshopdotcom
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/minkyshop
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/minkyshopdotcom
Tumblr - http://minkyshop.tumblr.com/

Big thank you to Minky for allowing me to feature her! Means a lot to me!

   
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