My Dollar Store is a Daiso-like store--only, it sells products from American brands instead of Daiso's Japanese ones (Am I making sense?) It has chocolates, biscuits, cottons, tissues, shampoos, lotions, etc. But what I really wanted to get from this store are branded make up from USA which will costs more than a few hundred pesos if I will buy it from the regular stalls at the mall.

I first encountered My Dollar Store in Anne Clutz P500 Make Up Challenge. I heard it again in one of Purpleheiress videos, where she and fellow Pinay YouTube Beauty Bloggers Raiza Contawi and Anne Clutz explore My Dollar Store in Market! Market! After some keyboard strokes and mouse clicks, I found out that this store actually offers make ups from L.A. Girl, L.A. Colors, Beauty Treats, Jordana, and other US brands for a fraction of their regular mall prices. I've been meaning to get L.A. Girl PRO concealer but I want to finish my EB Liquid Concealer first. I am not sure yet how much it ordinarily cost but I am sure that its price at My Dollar Store is way lower than its regular mall price.

So one Sunday afternoon, I drag my husband and son to Shopesville in Greenhills, San Juan to visit this store. I am actually torn between going to this branch or to its Ali Mall branch in Cubao. However, it has been quite some time since I last visited Greenhills so I decided to choose this branch instead of that one in Cubao.

Before heading to the My Dollar Store, we ate our lunch first since it was already 1:00 PM when we reached Shoppesville. We took the bus from Recto and the traffic was not that heavy. After eating our lunch, we asked directions from the guards on how to get to My Dollar Store. For those like me who aren't familiar with Shopesville, they may have a hard time locating this store since it is located in one of the hallways away from the main one. 

I wish I was able to get a picture of the entrance of the store but I never got the chance since I was carrying my son when we found the store.

The first thing that I noticed upon entering the store are the CHOCOLATES. My son also ran towards the shelf which carried M&M's. The regular sized one cost P49. 

The make ups are situated at the front area facing the entrance. I was quite disappointed since there are only few make ups on display. But there are LA Girl HD pressed powders, PRO concealers, and Creme lipsticks. There are also some LA Colors liquid lipsticks and pressed powder and other products from other brands which I am not familiar with.

I took swatches of the LA Girl pressed powder since I do not know my shade yet. It was quite disappointing that I cannot really tell the difference between the different shades because of the lighting inside the store. I just went with my instincts and decided to go for the shade Creamy Naturals. 

Afterwards, I went to the lippies section, Boy, was I glad that there are really LA Girl lipsticks here and the store carries the complete line of LA Girl Creme Lipsticks. I bought two; Amour and Rendezvous.  I also bought LA Colors High Shine Lip Gloss in the shade Dynamite.

However, I was not able to get the concealer that I've been wanting to get on this trip. I do not know my shade yet and they have no testers! The display is not arranged accurately according to its shade and the line already lacks some shade. The correctors are already out of stock. I just thought that, maybe, they are really that good.

I am hoping to do a first impression and review of the products that I was able to buy from My Dollar Store. 

By the way, the pressed powder costs P249. The LA Colors Minerals Pressed Powder costs P149. It is cheaper compared with the LA Girl one but I chose LA Girl it since it is HD already.

The LA Girl Creme Lipsticks cost P99 only. I read somewhere that if I bought it in mall stalls, it would cost me around P299. Can you imagine that? I can buy three for the price of one! The LA Colors High Shine lipgloss also costs P99.

The following day, I was able to visit another My Dollar Store branch. This time, it was the branch located in Ali Mall and it was called Dollar Store Plus. I was hoping that the line of cosmetics that they have there is wider than that of their Greenhills branch. However, this one is smaller and they only have two column of shelves for the cosmetics.

I was glad that they still have the complete line of LA Girl Creme Lipsticks and I was able to get the other shades that I liked. This time, I got Tell Me Lies, Kiss and Tell, Promise, and True Love. But I notice that only a few tubes are still sealed.

They also have here two sets of Beauty Treat eyeshadows in 02-Cool and 04-Smoky. The Cool one has some glittery colors while the Smoky one has matte eyeshadows. I hope that they are pigmented and stays long. They costs P99 each.

I still was not able to buy LA Girl Pro Concealer because I still don't know what shade will work for me. They also do not have the corrector shades.

I went around some of the aisles and found a bottle of Personal Care Vitamin E Skin Oil which costs P99. I bought one thinking that I might be able to use it for skin and hair care. It is good until 2019.

Since I've been wanting to get an E.L.F. Stippling Brush, I went around some Watsons store located within the Araneta Center but found none. I think the brush was really out of stock since it is also not available online or in SM San Lazaro. However, I found out a stippling brush in a Nichido counter. I did not know that they have one and I opted to buy it instead since I really need to have one. It costs P288.  Aside from the brush, I also bought Pure Derm's Argan Oil Make Up Remover Cleansing Towelletes. It has 30 sheets and costs P99 also.

I was hoping to share my experiences with this products and rest assured that I will be sharing it with you.

Stay tuned for my next adventure! Until then, mmmmmwah!