With August 2012

With August 2012 issue came with a Clear Impression x Disney thermal lunch tote and bottle case set. Although I've never needed a thermal lunch bag before, I suddenly needed one now, especially when  it's white polka dots Mini Mouse print on black background. Yes, I should have grown out of this phase at least two decades ago. No, I don't care if you laugh at me. How can I ever resist Mini Mouse and polka dots at the same time?

With November 2011

It's been a while since my last magazine post, isn't it? I just got really sick of Japanese magazines (still am, actually) because they all seem to publish the same damn fashion articles over and over again, albeit with different clothes. Come on, how many freakin' 30 days of coordinates, top 5 key pieces, new hair, new shoes, new bags, blah blah blah, do I need to see in every damn issue?!? I know I know, they are women's interest magazines, and most women are interested in shopping (I do, don't you?), at least it seems that way with Japanese magazines. And I guess the magazines at home aren't that much better. They all repeat the same damn articles too. 

But I'm a total hypocrite, of course, because I still bought these magazines for their freebies and the issues from August, September, October, and November are starting to make a huge pile in my apartment xD So I thought I should start posting magazines again. It is more than half way through November after all, and many magazines have already put their January 2012 issue on the stand! Sheesh folks, it's not even December yet! If I have time, I'll go back and post the other backissues later.

Anyway, this is With November 2011 issue that comes with a Jill Stuart makeup case and matching tissue holder. 

With June 2011

I was really indecisive about getting this With June 2011 issue. It comes with an Earth Music and Ecology tote bag featuring Snoopy and the Peanuts characters but from pictures online, it looked just like any other cheap and super thin and wimpy nylon eco bag.

But then the design won me over I think, gray dots on a powder pink background. I finally gave in and bought it.

With May 2011 (Picture Heavy!)

Almost through with May magazines, I think...

This is With May 2011, which comes with a Ships reversible freebie tote.

With November 2010

There was a lot of buzz about this November 2010 issue of With magazine due to the Samantha Thavasa ID case with a Hello Kittie flower and strawberry print. Well, I needed an ID case for my train pass, so I picked it up.

To my surprise, it also came with a set of the newly revamped Lux hair care line Super Rich Shine version (the other version being Super Damage Repair - but see what I mean when I complained about the lack of variety for hair care?).

Here a picture showing Lux's old versus new packaging, though if you pay closer attention you'll see that the newer bottle is actually smaller than the older bottle. Cost cutting, I see.

I will definitely try these and perhaps buy the full sizes to review!

Here's the Samantha Thavasa ID case along with the gold metal ball chain in their packaging.

The case actually a bit larger than your typical ID/train/point/credit cards case with 2 very roomy front clear slot and an inner slot for other cards.

I put my Suica card (a rechargeable debit-like card for the train, bus, convenience store, and vending machines) in the front clear slot and it ended up having extra space on the side as well as the top!

The back of the card is a shiny polyester laminated Hello Kitty flower and strawberry print fabric. It is padded, though only slightly but is still substantial to secure an iPod Nano if you want to slip one in or a Shuffle if you want to clip one on.

Here's the front clear slot with nice and even stitching.

And the inner slot with slight padding on the print fabric side. I really like my new Suica card case, though I did remove the gold metal ball chain because it was just too big.