During normal days, the normal majority ( yes, that’s me, included ! and maybe you! ) uses mass marketed hair care products that are found in groceries, drugstores, and your department store beauty section. One can’t help it - mass marketed brands are practical because of their price, and their quality aren’t bad actually, because of the highly competitive marketplace. Take a look at how Pantene and Sunsilk are competing with each other by improving formulation and adding beneficial ingredients at such a fast speed that the consumer themselves cannot keep track!

But once in a while, we seek something out of our daily routine, maybe something more luxurious.

Take for example, the hair story of my mom. Her hair is subject of every family member’s envy, specially her kids ( with us all girls ) because her hair texture is very fine, and her hair’s glossy black against our coarse, poofy hair, that whenever we have our hair rebonded, when we see our mom’s hair, we just go green with envy that she never had to undergo that stuff. Going back, she can use any shampoo, and prefers local shampoo as she finds imported shampoo too strong for her taste, that it gives her fine hair some hairfall.

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Here I am happy from a micro shopping spree with my good pal, the Swiper. On a Thursday afternoon, we were able to buy twin sister travel blow dryers from VS ( Vidal Sassoon ). Her reason was, she needed a new one, and my flimsy reason was, I got envious with my friend Tin’s when she brought her adorable travel-sized hair dryer during our trip to Singapore that I borrowed it everyday, as my hair turns Tina Turner thick after a blow-dry that I need to iron it out with my hair iron. Okay, that was a long story.

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This beauty blog started because of recommendations. My friends would ask me what products they should buy for this and that. I loved doing it so much that I, well, started a beauty blog! ( the perfect excuse just to stay inside the beauty section of the mall, and just stare at those beautiful things ). I was thinking, everyone loves the weekends, specially me, as they are free to go out, play, and most importantly, SHOP! So, as a treat to my readers, I shall be writing a Friday special called Beautynomics Weekend Story. Weekend stories would include product recommendations, reader questions ( please do send them in! ), some random rants and raves, and sneak previews of what products are going to be reviewed in Beautynomics in the coming days.

To start off, I’d like to share my story for the weekend, with Bottles Half Full. These are products that I love, love, love and I use all the time that they are half-full already, and ready for repurchasing soon!
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Last night at the beautiful poolside of the Intercontinental Manila, held the most awaited Pantene’s Dare To Get Wet Event. The event was like no other as Pantene launched their new formulation - water-activated Pro-Vitamin B5 formula that gives 3x less hairfall due to breakage even on wet hair. And we know that the hair strand is most vulnerable when wet. Water maybe our hair’s worst enemy, our “water-loo ( gosh, pun intended )”, but this time, this water-activated formula, our hair will just “go with the flow”, without the threat of getting damaged. Fantastic.

For Beautynomics‘ coverage of the event, I was there together with beauty blogging girls Sasha and Angel, beauty blogging duo Bambi and Liee, and male friends who maybe fancied a glimpse of the Pantene’s Most Beautiful.
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I’ve been coloring my hair since I was in highschool because of some stubborn gray hair. I think I’ve tried everything - from henna, to cellophane, DIY’s from semi-permanent to permanent, and those done professionally at a salon.

Well, I just can’t keep on going back to the salon to have my hair retouched for two reasons - I don’t have enough time to go to the salon on a regular basis, and I think if I have my hair retouched at a salon everytime, I think it’d cost alot. A whole lot. So come DIY home treatments.

The best so far I’ve tried is Clairol’s Nice n’ Easy. I love how it “stays” on stubborn gray hair ( because there are some hair color brands that just wash out in a matter of days and don’t hold up on gray hair. ), and how pretty the shades are and how it just covers well. My current color’s Light Golden Brown, and I love how it looks, specially when I’m under the sun. Quite a gorgeous shade that softened my features, because my usual shade was just a dark brown.
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First of all, Happy Valentine’s ( that’s Valiumtimes, to others! ) to everyone!

My feature for today is a very very cute beauty product that is just fitting for today’s occasion.

Say hello to Clairol Herbal Essences’ Long Term Relationship Hair Care Line.

Long Term Relationship is a Clairol’s product line for long hair - just look at how tall the bottles are, they sure were specified to be like that in consideration for the long maned girls out there.
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If I were asked to handpick one single product from the entire L’Oreal Elseve line, I’d pick the L’Oreal Elseve Smooth Intense Serum in a heartbeat.

I truly believe that it is the best, and really, the best hair serum I’ve ever tried.

If Kerastase Oleo Relax Masque is my Holy Grail intensive conditioner, then the L’Oreal Elseve Smooth Intense Serum is my Holy Grail hair serum that is just perfect for my frizzy hair.

I remember one time when my hair was newly cut, and it was flying away in all directions ( horrible, horrible time of adjustment, let me tell you ), I had to use the hair iron to make sure my hair was in good shape before I left the house. One really busy evening, whilst I was late for a dinner date and my hair wasn’t dry yet, I applied some L’Oreal Smooth Intense Serum on my damp hair, concentrating on the tips, steering away from the roots ( as they make make my hair limp ), as I rushed off.

Lo and behold, as I arrived just in time for dinner, my friends were complimenting me on my new ‘do, saying that it wasn’t as stick straight as before, and they loved how my hair was still bouncy but not frizzy. ( For the record, my hair’s layered right now, teehee ). I was pleasantly surprised because I didn’t expect the serum to work that way - it made the tips of my hair manageable, and made my hair look neat and well-maintained.
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Dare to wear black this Valentine’s Day?

Dare. Only if you’re dandruff free. Move closer, anytime.

Drat, did I just say that? Hahaha! I must just be too carried away with CLEAR’s new commercial featuring my one ( of three HAHAHA ) true love, Piolo Pascual.

The commercial’s just so darn sexy and provocative. Black happens to be my favorite color.

Anyway, CLEAR’s in the market for a good few months already! Any feedback on the product? I mean, I like it! It keeps flakes at bay, alright. How about you? I’d love to hear from you!

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I’m sorta late for reporting about my very fun weekend with my beauty blogger girlfriends, Phoebe and Sasha. When three beauty bloggers flock together, well, all I can say is that the major topic that are discussed are all about beauty, and fashion ( since I’m also getting tips from these two fashion savvy girls, oh, I need it, love them ). Topics discussed were boots, skirts, eye creams, shades, hair cuts, and oh, ALOT! It was so much fun spending the day with these girls, as we grabbed some lunch, got some coffee and had some chitchat, went to a meeting ( for a possible event, ) and last but not the least, spent our free remaining time shopping and being pampered in the salon ( oh, heaven! ).

Went to F Salon, the salon inside First Aid, in Greenbelt 3.

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As Phoebe and Sasha had their fabulous cuts, I had my eyebrows and upper lip threaded by Marissa. Boy, she made me cry, but did a great job nonetheless. I’d recommend getting your brows fixed by her anytime, because there are other salons that offer threading but don’t even do it well (bad experience, take it from me ) It was also very affordable, considering the location to be at Greenbelt 3, my bill was only 300 bucks.
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BOB - It’s screaming, just about everywhere, thanks to La Beckham’s trendsetting prowess, that she managed to start an obsession about the “it” hairstyle of the moment. Followers include Rihanna, Katie Holmes, and even Paris Hilton.

A few weeks ago I was gushing over how pretty Paris Hilton’s new ‘do was, but with the texture of my hair ( which was coarse and thick ), it would be horribly high maintenance for me to have my hair cut like that. So, I let go of the thought and started growing my hair long for maybe a perm by June.

Guess who outdid me, and sneaked into Paris’ new ‘do.

None other than my unbelievably vain sister, JULIET. ( which my pen name’s inspired from , a eureka moment when I caught her once with blue eyeshadow all over her lids. The “mime” makeup’s another story altogether pfft haha ).
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