Last December, when I had my hair bleached, and dyed into ash blonde, I was actually having that fear that if I didn’t take care of my hair, I would end up having awkward, frizzy, really ugly, damaged bleached hair. Eew, my imagination just freaked me out. As a promise to take care of my new high maintenance hair, I started researching good hair products, and stumbled upon The Souq Organics’ Moroccan Argan Oil. It has been very much present during bazaars and I have been reading about it online, and it seems that argan oil is the “it” ingredient as of late bearing the following benefits :
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I fondly recall the last time I was so smitten and in a total girlcrush mode was when I saw Marian Rivera for the first time during her first major teleserye role in Marimar. That was like, n years ago? After that, it was Andi Eigenmann. I don’t really go crazy over movie stars and celebrities, but sometimes, there are such talents that really make me zoom in and support! Haha!

And now, I have just found the next celebrity that I really, really admire! The young, fresh, and really beautiful Julia Montes!

I watched her first during the remake of Mara Clara, and found myself liking her alot for her beauty and for her acting prowess! She can really make you hate her onscreen! I learned, ( well, by cyber-stalking on gossip websites LOL! ) that she is very down to earth and humble in person, that I even followed her on Twitter ( teehee ! ) I initially had doubts that it was a good thing to be paired with Coco Martin for Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan because I felt she was too young, but now, my entire family is yet again hooked, watching every single night this teleserye! Aside from being really beautiful, she can really act! I predict that she will be one of the biggest stars in the coming years. Consider me your fangirl, Julia!

Anyway, for some fun watching, here is Julia’s Youtube video teaching us how to pose to have great Facebook photos. She’s just really cute here! Great choice of endorser, Eskinol Philippines!

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Earlier this year, it was a quick stroll in the mall when I chanced upon MAC Cosmetics’ temporary pop-up stall. My eyes immediately zoomed in the latest collection, which was Iris Apfel. There and then, I was able to swipe one of the brightest, most daring, and oh! so beautiful orange lipstick in the whole wide world. I exclaimed, “ahhh! beautiful!” just as soon as the makeup artist manning the booth smiled and told me, “out of stock.” I felt my world fell apart that day!

This was MY orange! Ahhh!!! It couldn’t be!

I actually contacted my friends over at MAC Cosmetics to ask if there were still stocks coming in, or if they would still have them in other branches. Dingdingding, I wasn’t doomed at all! Kirsten of MAC Cosmetics told me that this is not a limited edition shade, as it was part of the permanent line, so I immediately had one tube reserved pronto! Thanks to Phoebe for picking it up for me, and when I finally got my hands on it, I was in cloud nine!

MAC Lipstick in Morange is a loudmouth orange. All I can say is that it was bright, bright, bright! Knowing me, I would tend to shy away with bright, red lips, but I’ve always wanted to sport a look that is similar to that, just not red. I have self proclaimed that I am more of a peach/coral/orange person rather than a red person, and I even look better with peaches than pinks. So I am claiming it my color!

I am rather nervous with a bright orange shade, well, I just mustered my guts to sport the look, and here are the looks that I came up with! Continue reading

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the world above the clouds, surrounded by overflowing positive energy, full of colors and full of light.

the same scenery, the same world can look so different, if seen with all your senses full open.

unchain yourself, play with the colors, enjoy make-up, and above all enjoy precious moments that exist in your life.

For Spring, Shu Uemura has launched Celestial Garden, and just by taking a look at the campaign photo, we are talking about fresh, fresh shades!

Here are my thoughts with regards to some the products that are included in the collection :
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Last month, March, was the most busy month for me. Why? Because two little girls hired me to be on call, and do their makeup for their parties, and graduation! Hahaha!

Sarabeth was about to graduate high school, and this March, she was having twice-a-week birthday parties and debuts. I was actually wondering how come alot of her classmates were celebrating their 18th birthday parties this March, and well, that includes Sarabeth. Sarabeth just told me that it seems that most girls in her class were March babies! I did her makeup for every party, but maybe the most memorable one that I’d share with you, aside from her 18th birthday party makeup, was her makeup for the Graduation Ball.

For her Graduation Ball, I did some grown-up smoky eyed makeup on her. I figured that she already had enough of fresh, cute makeup looks, I wanted to experiment on some a little bit grown up makeup on her. I did makeup for her, and her friend Paulene. The picture above is Sarabeth’s Grad Ball getup. She’s wearing a Coexist dress, which is mine, by the way, but since I kept it inside my closet and never got around to wearing it, she came first because she crammed me for an outfit three days before the ball! Haha! I am totally liking her pink heels from Call It Spring!
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Our next stop after Nuwara Eliya was Yala National Park. It was a far drive, and by the time we arrived to our accommodations, our driver, Roshan, asked us to take a really quick lunch, as we needed to be ready by 2.30pm for the Safari driver who will fetch us. We had half an hour to freshen up and to eat lunch! Result? We had sandwiches and of course, french fries.

For that day, I was wearing red. My friends were teasing me that animals can spot on people specially when they are wearing red. That was all I had for the day! I was getting really paranoid, and wanted to change my attire, but one of my friends advised me against it and said that everything was going to be fine. Oh well, bahala na!

Well, the 4×4 jeep proved to be an adventurous ride. We were gripping to the rails, and good thing we brought with us small towels, hats, and shades, as the road was very dusty. We were told that from our accommodations, it was a two hour drive towards Yala National Park. We passed thru houses, and even bodies of water upon our view. I was getting excited as I started seeing exotic creatures like these that early,

Our jeep looked like the photo below. I actually took this photo as the jeep was just in front of us. Haha! Continue reading

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As we departed the beautiful city of Kandy, we headed for the tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya. The drive would be quite long, for two hours or even more, as we were heading towards the “highlands.”

I was actually getting excited to visit the tea plantations as it was a dream of mine to visit such. Since I was a kid, I would read about the famous tea plantation of Ceylon from encyclopedias, and even from romance novels that used that as a setting, and it was such a romantic place for me as it was very old-world. The tea plantations of Ceylon ( which is now called Sri Lanka ) have existed since the 1800s, after the coffee plantations were destroyed by disease. For a precise history of how the tea plantations came about, you may read it from here.

Sri Lanka is the world’s third largest tea producer, with its economy relying heavily on its tea produce. Ceylon tea is definitely famous around the world because of its quality and exquisite taste. Know the brand Dilmah? It’s being exported all over the world and tastes divine.

Anyway, the van was actually driving in circles, up to some sort of a mountain, and we just thought that the drive would never end. It was such a “high” drive! The scenery was full of lush greens, almost nothing but greens. It was mint to the eyes. Just one sore spot that caught my eye was a spot on another mountain that was balding because it seemed to be up for development. Sigh. I was so accustomed to the beautiful greens here in Sri Lanka that I was getting upset with Mother Nature being destroyed. Sri Lankan countrysides are such precious places, that I encourage everyone to go there and just enjoy the fresh, cool air ( specially in Nuwara Eliya ), and reflect. It’s the perfect place.
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Wooohoo! Post-Easter Sunday, and in celebration of my blog getting to be alive again, I am giving away tickets to a very, very good movie that I’ve been really excited about watching, that I’ve been counting the days!

Don’t tell me you’re not thrilled with The Avengers? Because I really am! and if you are, you are getting this chance to win two tickets for Upstagers’ special screening on April 25 at Resorts World!

Upstagers is a show-buying group that aims to give you the best movies and plays, that people will surely love! To date, they have had Little Mermaid, and In The Heights : A Repeat as two plays that they have offered to the public.

Now, on to the mechanics, so we can start the ball rolling!
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After the tiring day climbing Sirigirya Rock and Dambulla Cave, we slept quite nicely in our accommodations in Serene Garden. We were to wake up extra early the next day because we needed to be early to visit the tooth Relic Temple which was nearby, and head off to Nuwara Eliya. Yes, responsible Sophie woke up extra early, got ready, and ran her OC streak in running back and forth to make sure that nothing was going to be left behind.

As Kaths and I were already almost done with our packing, we were startled with a loud bang on the sliding door towards the mini balcony. Ahhh!!! We screamed! So, what was that sound?
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I’m back, I’m back!

Now that I’ve finally restored all my blog entries, let me go on with my travel tales from my trip last January to Sri Lanka. Until now, I’m missing the place alot. Such serenity never escapes the soul.

Well, the Sigiriya Rock climb was the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life ( and the most impulsive, I believe, ) and my knees were shaking, unable to go further as we climbed down, and walked back to our van. The adventure of the day was far from over, as we were about to “climb” up the Dambulla Cave Temple. I was praying really hard that the drive would take hours for my feet to be able to recuperate and rest before the next climb, and the drive bought me an hour ( or at most, a hour and a half ) to rest.

We arrived at the Dambulla Cave Temple Complex just in time for sunset. The day was almost over, and we thought that it was the perfect time to go up the temple complex, as it was the most romantic, and soulful time of the day. Continue reading

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