Kakao Friends Official Goods Review

Here are the two latest additions to my Kakao Friends collection, thanks to my brother who stopped by the Myungdong Lotte Young Plaza location in Seoul. I gave an introduction to the brand here along with my unboxing of the Apeach Travel Beauty Pouch. This time I will be unboxing the Apeach Hoodie Neck Pillow and Apeach Face Eye Patch.

First off, here's the shopping bag (which my brother said cost roughly an extra $1 USD). One side has Muzi and Con.

The other side is an image of all the characters.

Apeach Hoodie Neck Pillow (official product page here)

I really wanted this Apeach neck pillow ever since I saw Golden Child's Bomin have one during their Vlive ("골든차일드의 부산 대구 습격" from September 16, 2017). This neck pillow was given to Bomin by 3 fansites (here).

This neck pillow comes in a nice plastic bag with a handle at the top.

At the corner of the bag is the holographic Con seal.

The backside of the bag has product information in both Korean and English. The neck pillow is made of cotton and polyester. The dimensions are 30cm by 33cm by 10cm.

Here is how the bottom of the pillow looks like.

The side of the pillow has an APEACH tag.

The white tag underneath lists the same information in Korean as on the bag.

At the top of the neck pillow is a subtle, nicely designed handle.

The hoodie is really nicely designed as well! There is an extra strip of fabric at the top so that it fits over your head really well.

There is also a drawstring around the edge of the hood, just like a real hoodie.

And here's me using the neck pillow^^ It's so practical and cute; I can't wait to use it while I sleep on the plane!

Apeach Face Eye Patch

I also wanted a matching Apeach sleep mask like the one Lovelyz' Kei had on in Lovelyz' 2018 Season's Greetings (here)! I wanted a sleep mask with a closeup of Apeach's face, however these styles were no longer displayed on Kakao's website. The site only had the Apeach eye mask with a white body, which is definitely not what I'm looking for. Therefore, I'm so happy my brother found this style at Myungdong!

The eye mask is packaged inside a plastic ziplock bag with the same holographic Con seal in the corner.

Inside is a glossy pink cardstock, with the backside containing product information in Korean and English. The eye mask is made of polyester and has dimensions 21.8cm by 11.6cm by 1.2 cm.

The front side as a soft, velvet-like touch. On the left is a yellow KAKAO FRIENDS tag, with the backside stating MADE IN CHINA.

The backside of the mask is very smooth and satin-like. The elastic is very thin, and seems like it'll turn brittle with age and if left out in the heat.

Here's how the mask looks like on me. I had to make the elastic to the most extended length for it to fit well.

Frodo Coca Cola

My brother surprised me with this Kakao Friends branded cola from Incheon Airport! This cherry blossom themed can is really cute and clever - the Korean text (pronounced kkot - gwa - ko - la) sounds like "coca cola" and means "flower and cola".

Overall, I'm so happy that my Kakao collection is growing with these 3 items! I absolutely love the neck pillow and plan to use it on my travels. I was never one to use sleep masks but now I will because Apeach is just so adorable. As for the coke...I'll leave it unopened and displayed in my room.

My Mini Korean Haul! May 2018 Edition

My brother came back from his trip to Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong, and gifted me with some goodies! This post aims to share these additions to my collection and to tell the background stories to these items. 

Here are my goods from Kakao Friends - an Apeach neck pillow and an Apeach sleep mask. My brother also surprised me with this Kakao Friends branded cola!

I also received a cold cup from the Starbucks 2018 Cherry Blossom collection. 

I'll have separate unboxing reviews for these Kakao and Starbucks items (including the cola!) soon.

Kakao Friends Apeach Travel Beauty Pouch Review

Kakao Friends are the characters created by Kakao for use in the messaging app Kakao Talk. All of the characters are so cute and each have their own personality. These characters are so popular that they have lots of merchandise available at various Kakao Friends stores around Korea, as well as their online store here.

I'm very happy that my friend surprised me with an Apeach Travel Beauty Pouch! I'll be reviewing this item here. First off, she sent me the shopping bag as well. The front side has the whole gang together.

The backside of the shopping bag has a closeup of Apeach.

The tag of the item is just as cute. There is a holographic sticker with Con.

The backside of the tag has the gang.

The inside of the tag is in both Korean and English. It has information such as the product name, material, dimensions, and more.

The inside of the tag also states various disclaimers in order to protect the item.

According to the tag, the dimensions of this bag are 20mm by 17mm by 7mm. There is a handle on top. The side has the plastic Kakao Friends logo sticking out. There is one large exterior zipper that goes from the left side to the bottom to the right side. The zipper chain is plastic while the pull tab and slider are metal. This goes for the interior zippers as well. All the zippers glide really smoothly, which is really nice especially because the exterior zipper is on a 3D plane.

The various Apeach expressions are plastered all over the exterior, including on the sides and bottom.

Here is the bottom of the bag.

The backside also has a large sleeve pocket.

The inside of the travel bag has many convenient pockets. The top is a webbed pocket with one long elastic strap inside that has several slots to secure items. Underneath that is a smaller pocket. And in the very front is another webbed pocket.

At the very top is a plastic hook, which can be stored in its own flap.

Here is how the travel bag looks like with the hook out of its flap.

The main chamber is pretty deep and has an elastic strap along the back wall that has slots with miscellaneous widths to store items upright, such as toothbrush heads and small liquid bottles.

Overall, I am in love with this travel pouch! It's the perfect size, it's flexible yet sturdy, and it offers a lot of room in the main cubby along with many pockets. I take this with me on all my sleepovers and trips. This is the only Kakao Friends item that I have, but definitely I'd like to visit the store myself and see what else the brand has to offer!