by vanya — Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 8:05 am
in Shoes, Travel and tagged with ION, Mitju, Muji, Rubi, Sephora, Singapore
A few weeks ago, Fashionese Daily got an invitation from Singapore Tourism Board to visit and explore the city. So last week, one of us went to attend the invitation. So who was going? Yes.. it’s yours truly, girls 
Last time Hanzky has mentioned a little bit about Shopping at Orchard including ION. This time I will write more about it and some other stores there.
First, of course I could not resist the temptation to visit Sephora. How can you not love this place. The bright lighting, the friendly shop assistants and the array of makeup and skin care… A must visit place for beauty junkie. Some brands that it has are not available in Indonesia such Urban Decay, Benefit, Bare Minerals, Too Faced, Rosebud Salve, Burt’s Bees and of course Sephora Makeup and Sephora Nails.
Sephora at ION
Besides Sephora, ION has many other cool stores. Some of them are available in Indonesia, some are not. And from the latter group, I found Mitju at the basement floor. The store is quite big compared to other stores at this level. And there are so many people shopped there, too, so it’s surely caught my attention.
Mitju sells shoes, bags and accessories for women. The price is very reasonable. The shoes starts at SGD 20, bags starts at SGD 30 and accessories price start ats SGD 10.
Unfortunately I can’t give you too many pictures as the sales assistant told me that it’s forbidden to take pictures there, even though I have explained that I was sent by Singapore Tourism Board. But seriously, they have some pretty collections, so whenever you visit Singapore, please check them.
MITJU Store
When we’re talking Singapore, of course we have to go and get our self some Rubi shoes. Well, it’s not originally from Singapore, but they have so many outlets there. And the fact that the shoes are very comfortable and relatively inexpensive make it such a loss if we don’t get a pair (or two.. three :p) when visiting Singapore. The flats shoes priced at around SGD 15-25. Every now and then, they have some shoes on sale for SGD 10. Besides flats, they also have sneakers (starting at SGD 20), flip flops from SGD 7.5 and some dressy heels from SGD 30. And to top it off, they were having second pair 50% off promotion when I went there. Sweet!
After that, I went to Muji. I know we have it in Plaza Indonesia. But their outlets in Singapore carry lots of stuff that are not available here. For example is Muji Cleansing Oil and the rest of the skin care/makeup series. Muji in Singapore is also carrying more complete collection of stationery (organizer, binder, business card case, pen, pencil you name it). Household utensils, bathroom collections, clothes and snacks are also available there. They even have furniture! And what’s nice is for the clothes, they offer you alteration service for less than SGD 10 per item.
Unfortunately both stores above did not allow picture taking in the store, so I couldn’t share it with you. But I have two pictures of what we (me and some other FDers at Singapore) got when visiting the stores
Colorful Rubi Shoes
What we got from Muji
The basement floor of ION is also interesting. There are some small booths that sell clothes, chocolates and knick knacks. There are also some small stores selling accessories and cute clothes. The price is very affordable too. I saw a collection of necklaces for less than SGD 5, bags for around SGD 10. I took home a pretty dress for less than SGD 25
Basement Level - ION
ION has many other interesting stores, including Kikki.k stationery, Uniqlo, Agnes b. Voyage, bYSI and many more including the high end brand at the lobby floor. But unfortunately I can’t write about them all, or else this will become one endless article. To sum it up, this place is definitely a must-visit 
ION at Orchard
On the next articles, I will write about some must-visit stores, local boutiques, dining experience and some useful information. So this is only the beginning
*angguk2 kepala… tanda setujuh….. makin ga sabar ke ION
ah..Vanya..membuatku ngecezz di pagi hari…tak sabar menanti kunjungan kesana..
UD en Benefit ada ya di Sephora? Harga en koleksinya gimana?
ada juliette, koleksi si UD lumayn kok.. yg koleksi intinya mereka ada, with a reasonable price banget.. trus harga2nya juga ada yg nge post di thread si UD di forum say.. kalo benefit juga lengkap kok tp gue prefer belanjanya di tangs aja, soalnya MA nya baek2 and generous.. ngebantuin pula kalo mau beli2 yg kita ga ngerti.. cuma ya harganya markup nya lebih tinggi dari si UD.. misalnya concealer Boi-ing nya yg aslinya US$18 dijual seharga S$41 dibandingin UDPP yg harganya US$17 cuma dijual seharga S$33 .. luamyan banget menurut gue itu si UD..
must have visit! gak sabar nunggu bulan Juni..
uhuyyy .. nunggu artikel ttg sing lain nya ahhh
Uh oh…. ngilerrrr….have to go there in June….
Waaah.. ternyata ION banyak toko lucu2 dan harganya ada yg lmyn murmer jg ya, kirain high-end semua. Must go there the next time I visit sg, including Universal Studio too wohoo..
melongo liat foto2 dr sephora ION…what a heaven of make up…
i love ion since the first time i saw it!
bentuk bangunan luarnya unik bgt, kayak keong mas tp dr kaca huehehe
dan lightingnya klo malem bagus bgt!
ada satu lg sih shopping centre baru di orchard, namanya Orchard Central
klo malem jg bgs tuh lightingnya dan di dlmnya ada eskalator yg langsung ngelewatin 3 lantai sekaligus hahahaha
Whoooaaaa… pengen banget ke MitJu, lucu2 sekali sepertinya….
Hmmmm… wait… UD on Sephora Ion??? Kok gw nggak pernah ‘ngeh ya? Terakhir gw ksana pas Desember kemaren kayaknya nggak ada deh perasaan… baru ya? Huhuhuuuu… can’t hardly wait till my next trip!!!!
Mana foto makhluk2nyaa?
i went there only last month, i had to spent three days there because i just couldn’t get enough!!! so many stores so little timeee.. my fave was prada & miumiu stores, very spacious and with complete collections
also must-visit, the nice tea shop/cafe in the middle of the 1st floor. aaahhh wanna go backkk…
PheeBee, AnThY, mimyjempolan, poinky, mybagstage Iyaaa emang seru banget kok Mallnya.. nanti kalo udah ke sana share ceritanya di forum ya
juliettehasagun, gerberairis, kokoya Iya Sephoranya gedeeee dan emang menyenangkan sekali ada di dalem
acid_saxifrage Iya ada tuh… mungkin baru ya? Gw juga ga tau
Dan Mitju itu emang lucu-lucu barangnya 
harganya reasonable pula…
iyank piscanillie tungguin yaaa masih ada banyak review toko” lainnya
MissPotter he eh tuh bentuk mallnya keren ya
Trus depannya gede dan megah banget keliatannya 
Pake air mancur segala pula… hehehe
gitsss Wah tea shop nya namanya apa? Kemaren soalnya waktunya limited banget jadi cuma sempet sekali ke ION. Ga sempet explore banyak-banyak… hehehe
Bentuk bangunannya lucu banget. Kayaknya pengalaman belanja sepatu dan make up yg menyenangkan banget nih.. Wah i have to go there someday! Mudah2an bisa liburan tahun ini