Hongkong Shop Guide

Recently, I have been traveling and shopping with friends who often come to Hong Kong. Coupled with the information collected on the internet before, I have conducted tests to varying degrees and gained some personal experience. I want to record it, hoping to help my friends who want to go shopping in Hong Kong in the future. Please indicate the source for reprinting. :)

There is nothing wrong with how crowded Hong Kong people are, but for anyone who wants to shop, more will represent the endless attraction of prosperity. Pacific Place in Admiralty and Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui are the favorite places for tourists from all over the world to visit all day. If you have money and goods, you can go to the landmark in Central. It is said that you can find discounted famous brands. But too well-known clothing brands sometimes make me feel different and have a strong sense of stage, so I seldom go.

There are two intersections between the subway and KCR. One is Tsim Sha Tsui, which is suitable for short-term stopovers and concentrated shopping. I will summarize the routes near Tsim Sha Tsui after sorting out the goods. The other intersection is Jiulongtang Station, which goes directly to the Festival Pedestrian Street. This mall itself is a mid-to high-end positioning, and all major brands basically have it. The following will classify 1) cosmetics, 2) clothes and shoes, 3) jewelry and watches, and 4) electrical products. But the category of cosmetics will be my focus, followed by electrical appliances, jewelry and watches, and clothes and shoes will be the least. You should be prepared in advance, hehe.

When you arrive in Hong Kong, you can buy an Octopus card at the airport express or the ticket counter at Luohu Railway Station. One card can be used all over Hong Kong, not only by train, subway, bus, peak cable car and ferry, but also by shopping in many 7- 1 1 convenience stores, paying in many Watsons stores, buying food at Maxim's fast food, shopping in supermarkets such as Parknshop and Wellcome, and eating in our school cafeteria, haha! In the past, the restrictions on returning Octopus cards were relatively strict, that is, the 50 yuan deposit was not refunded within three months. Now, it's much easier. The lowest price for you to buy an Octopus card today is HK$ 65,438+050, of which RMB 65,438+000 is deposited as a deposit in 50 yuan. However, even if you return the card to the Mainland tonight, you will only be charged a handling fee in 7 yuan, and all other remaining stored values and 50 yuan deposit will be refunded. Much more humanized, it also facilitates the tens of millions of tourists who pass through the Luohu Pass every day on holidays.

If you need local contact, you'd better prepare 1 yuan and HKD currency from 2 yuan. There are pay phones everywhere, but most of them don't refund money (I don't know why). Once I made three local calls with 25 yuan, and I lost money. People who will stay in Hong Kong for a few days are advised to buy people's stored-value cards, each SIM card costs tens of dollars, which can be used by plugging in a mobile phone, and travel is enough. Moreover, it is also very cheap to make domestic long-distance calls, which is much more affordable than those advocated flying lines between the two places, with one card and two numbers.

Hong Kong Shopping Guide-Cosmetics Map

What should I buy to bring back to Hong Kong? If you ask me to answer this question from a woman's point of view, my first answer must be: cosmetics. Hong Kong has gathered most of the world's famous brands, from top court brands to middle and low-end supermarkets, and 99% of them have a considerable price difference. As for which brands to buy, individual differences are too great. It may not be appropriate for you to use what others say is a good brand, so you should think about what you want before you shoot. Don't even think about choosing them when you get to Hong Kong. I'm sure you can't help listening to the lady standing at the counter.

There are several brands on the Internet that are generally considered to be quite different from domestic prices: Lancome (this one is really 30% to 40% off, and the counter is 10% off), Clinique (I didn't actually buy it, so I didn't compare it, but it is said that it is much cheaper than domestic ones), Clarins (the price of a Hong Kong counter is about 30% off the domestic price when there is no activity, and the counter is 10% off), and Elizabeth Ya Dun (Sasha often has different products to buy one for one, get one free). Bodyshop (this brand is not sold through official channels in China, but made by an agent, so I have the opportunity to buy some small things from other countries in Hong Kong, such as eye cream mask and neck cream, which are not expensive) is also quite good.

Here are some places to buy cosmetics:

Holiday stroll

The big shopping mall next to our school, I like to go shopping after dinner. As mentioned above, the holiday walk is located at the intersection of subway and train. For friends who come from Shenzhen and enter Hong Kong from Luohu by train, it is convenient and not detour to take a stroll when changing trains in Kowloon Tong. Cosmetic and perfume brands included in the holiday stroll are arranged in alphabetical order, including: biotherm, Barbie Brown, Body Shop, Chanel, Clarins Poetry, Clinique, Crabtree AmpEvelyn, EsteeLauder, Fancl, Giorgio Armani, Glycel, Guerlain, H2O, HugoBoss, IPSA, Jurlique, Kiehl's La Prairie, Lancome, Europe. Shiseido, Shu Uemura.

It's good for people who want to buy counter goods when they encounter promotional activities on holidays. I wrote an article about buying cosmetics at the counter before. To sum up, I want to repeat it here: 1) It doesn't matter which store in any shopping mall has a promotion. Any counter in Hong Kong can give you the same discount. As long as you slowly and patiently consider whether to buy it here, for Pakistan, the full gift package of 1k can be delivered to you at 600. 2) You can get a few more free samples, and I can easily get eight more 5 ml Lancome whitening essences, which are almost semi-genuine (domestic counter price is 690).

To be more comfortable, almost all these things can be bought in shopping malls with domestic UnionPay cards, and the exchange rate is very favorable, which is a middle price between the bank's buying price and selling price, so it is more cost-effective than buying things after you convert RMB into Hong Kong dollars. Moreover, if you are not sure whether your credit card bank will charge a handling fee, it is very safe to use the UnionPay savings card.

Sasa

It's still the place where I often go. Friends who care about less money are friends, and of course they don't go to the counter to buy them. The goods in the counter are at least more expensive than those in the airport duty-free shops 10%. Occasionally there are rumors that Sasha bought a fake. To tell you the truth, I don't really believe it. As the leader of cosmetics sales and bodybuilding beauty service providers in Asia, Sasha's registered trademark enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad, and it is also a major selling point of Hong Kong's tourism industry. You're welcome to say that people's long-term business is far from being based on the petty profits we buy one or two goods, so reputation is very important. Of course, many cosmetics claimed that there was a problem with the shelf life. I suggest you prepare a complete set of production batch numbers first, and check the goods accordingly. With the production batch number in hand, what are you afraid of? Of course, if the logo of the production date is damaged or blurred, it is suspicious, so be more careful or go to other stores to have a look.

There are many discrepancies between the product information on Sasha's website and the actual store. Some online stores may not sell, and some may say that they are out of stock or not listed at all. You just need to write down what you need to buy on a piece of paper and leave the rest to fate. No one can guarantee which one will be available. The price difference will not be too big. But pay attention to the price, don't let people say how much, the price tag is attached to the packaging of the goods. Ask clearly whether it is the final price or the discount on this basis. Sasha, I have heard many people complain that Ba talks too much or is overcharged when shopping.

Zhuo Yue and Sasha are very similar in essence, so I just wrote it. The result of my comparison is that pizza sand in Zhuo Yue is cheaper. Shelf life, again, by comparison, there is a batch number that is more accurate than anyone else.

Sasha can use a domestic credit card, but the exchange rate is determined by your issuing bank. UnionPay card, I'll confirm it later and then add it.

Longsheng

It has always been the most admired by Hong Kong people, and many mainland tourists have come here in recent years. I think the main problem of Longcheng is that the goods are extremely incomplete, that is, genuine products. Only three or more counters on the right hand side of the door are closed exclusive high-end cosmetics brands, including Shiseido, Lancome, biotherm, Clarins and La Prairie. I really don't remember the rest. There are not many goods anyway. There are few kinds of goods in each brand. Anyway, I saw with my own eyes that there are always three or four boxes in biochemistry.

But there are many samples in Longcheng, and they are extremely cheap. My friend bought a bunch of Dior samples. There are six kinds of lotions alone, two are anti-aging and wrinkle-removing series, and the other four are deep moisturizing and whitening, which makes me dizzy. There are many samples of Lancome, EL, Clinique, biotherm and Shiseido, including the one I just saw on the page the day before yesterday that Lancome is the best but not sold in China. There are several kinds of Shu uemura.

Price comparison. I made a comparison with Zhuoyue's price, and the results showed that the samples of these high-end products were generally cheaper than those sold in Zhuo Yue. For example, Lancome's moisturizing cream samples cost 28 pounds in Longcheng and 40 pounds in Zhuo Yue. Sasha should be similar to Zhuoyue, or a little more expensive. But low-end products are not necessarily the same. My friend bought several L 'Oré al Perfect Triple Whitening Facial Cleanser, saying that Shenzhen Shopping Mall sold 80 yuan, and Longcheng sold 28, but it was silly to go to Zhuo Yue and only sold 23. I bought 400 ml of Lux Deep Moisturizing Shampoo and Deep Repair Conditioner in Longcheng. Each 23 yuan is much cheaper than Watson's 29 yuan, right? However, there are gift boxes in the special promotion area in Zhuo Yue, and each set of the same shampoo and conditioner is 200 ml, as long as 19.9 yuan. As a result, I bought another one for my husband to take a shower after exercising at school.

A cereal vitamin sold in Longcheng is good for the elderly. 100 is a box, tin box, flat and fruity vitamin. Every time I go home, I bring a batch to my parents and elders, and send two boxes at a time.

There used to be an article saying that all the top three products in Longcheng were sold, and I spent some time looking for them. Hehe, I only found the first Spanish-made J. Alicia Herrera hand cream, each box 18 yuan, 75ml 2.6oz. Although the faded paper on the shelf (with the sales ranking of Longcheng, the first so-and-so, the second so-and-so, etc.). ) I was suspicious. I bought a tube and tried it at night. My husband said that he liked the taste very much, but I thought it was just so-so, a bit like the brand of drugstore. Quietly tell everyone that this hand cream is not sealed. You can open the outer packaging carton and lift the lid to smell the hand cream. Don't buy it if you don't like it. Of course, don't try, it's immoral, hehe.

The biggest disadvantage of Longcheng is that it only accepts cash in Hong Kong dollars, not credit cards and other currencies. If you buy it here, you should bring enough cash and exchange it first.

There is something wrong with buying cosmetics in Hong Kong. Recently, I read the Givensie green tea series commented on the page and wanted to try it, but Longcheng, Shasha and Zhuoyue didn't sell it. You can only go to shopping centers with Lane Crawford, such as Pacific Place and Harbour City.

Last time I asked someone about La mer, there was a counter in Harbour City.

Another EA grape seed mask I am going to buy, Sasha clerk said it was out of stock long ago, ft!

Sogou in Causeway Bay also has a full range of cosmetics. But generally speaking, we don't have to go to the mall.

Come to think of it, tell me more about Bodyshop. Many people are interested in its products, and its family also has various promotional packages all the year round, such as three bottles of tea tree essential oil, a mask, a mask, and sometimes shower gel+lotion. Last Christmas, the gift box was very beautiful. About 14, 5 cm square. There are three or two bath lotions or essential oils in it, 50 yuan each, which is a gift for people. There are also many shops in the Festival Square, which can be found in shopping malls and streets in Sha Tin, Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui.

Finally, summarize the route and give it to friends who can't decide whether to go to Longcheng or Sasha. Tsim Sha Tsui is highly recommended. Take the subway to exit B 1 in tsim sha tsui station (the street sign says "Granville Road"). On the road, there is a wide street (opposite a mosque, and on the right side of the mosque is the famous shopping avenue). Don't cross the road, turn right, and a few steps on the right hand side is a huge salsa. You can go in and see the price. Go on until you come to a road, which is Granville Road. Turn right on this road. When you need to cross the road at the first intersection (Canard Lane), you will see a Zhuo Yue on the right corner of the road you want to go, a body shop on the left corner, and a salsa more than ten meters away. Zhuo Yue, look at the price. After coming out, continue the direction just now and walk more than ten meters on Galinwei Road. On the right is Longcheng Pharmacy. In this order, we can know the price of each store, and also ensure that the goods that can't be bought at the lowest price can be replenished in the second best store.