Hahaha! Don’t you think that the title’s funny? Instead of “travelling pants,” I’ve made it a whole lot vain-er . Well, come to think of it, we always want our hair styling tools around us, don’t you agree? They’re our sisters, and somehow, we share them with our friends during our getting-ready moments!

I remember during high school, during our retreat, seeing my really cute classmate ( she’s a girl ) fresh from the shower, with her hair wet, as she whipped up her hair blower, and started blow drying her hair. In that moment, I knew, that it was her secret for her impossibly bouncy and enviable hair that she sports everyday!
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Nikki Guevara is a stage actress, a singer, a TV personality, and just finished taking up makeup lessons in the Make Up For Ever Academy here, so just imagine the pressure on my shoulders when I was asked to do her makeup for this photoshoot. Oh yes, my shoulders were sore for an entire week after. Hahaha!

Kidding aside, Nikki was so much fun to talk to, as she was friendly, and we had our love for makeup as our common ground. She even brought with her a traincase full of droolworthy makeup ( at least she was more organized than I am! ) , and a Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual, that I really really love as well! As I was chatting with her, I kept on sensing that she looked familiar, until out of the blue, I just asked, “are you related to Carla Guevara?” She said, “Yes, she’s my sister!” No wonder, they looked so much alike ! I remember applauding over Carla Guevara-Laforteza’s performance in Avenue Q, and looks like Nikki is also going to steal the stage just like that soon! Continue reading

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Last Sunday, I was invited by friends, and my beau for a fun photoshoot. M, knowing that I miss doing makeup, was very supportive, as I was very supportive of him as he has been too busy with work that he has neglected his hobby, which is photography.

R presented me with three beautiful models, that I was happy to stare down, and fantasize about. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I’m all wholesome! Hahaha! Makeup artists fantasize on what looks they can come up with on their subjects for that very gratifying finished product – work captured in photos.

Christine Riley was a breath of fresh air. She had great skin to begin with, and a great smile, as well! She’s very young, but I was amazed with the makeup collection that she brought for the photoshoot – a collection of MAC makeup brushes, and a wide variety of professional and high end makeup brands! Well, girls really start early! Christine is quite a makeup and makeup brush collector, that I had the honor of using her tools, and products for the shoot.
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When I used a D-I-Y permanent hair color for my hair just in time have my hair rebonded, I didn’t expect that one of my friends would say that I should have my hair dyed again since it lacked lustre. I just needed to dye my hair to cover my grays, and it was just saddening that someone found my hair color too dull! So when I was presented the chance to try out L’Oreal Professionel’s new hair color, INOA, I was more than game to see if it would give my hair some lustre magic.

What is INOA?

INOA means Innovation, NO Ammonia.

INOA is the new professional permanent hair color to darken, lighten, or cover white hair. It is a true technological revolution that transforms the coloring experience with NO ODOR, NO AMMONIA.

INOA is the hair color that provides OPTIMAL RESPECT FOR THE HAIR FIBER and OPTIMAL SCALP COMFORT and is ODORLESS.

At the heart of INOA is the ODS: Oil Delivery System. Unlike classic oxidative hair color, this is a breakthrough technology based on an oil-rich system that boosts the action of the hair color system.

What are INOA’s Benefits?

UNPRECEDENTED COMFORT
Indulge in an unprecedented hair color experience for the senses
o No more odor. No ammonia.
o Optimal scalp comfort
o Rapid self-emulsifying mixing
o Incredible velvety texture; A REAL HAIR CREAM

OPTIMAL* RESPECT FOR THE HAIR FIBER
o A better-preserved hair fiber, application after application
o Hair is as smooth as before the hair color** for a soft touch

INFINITE HAIR COLOR POWER
o 44 predictable shades: true neutralizing cool shades, vibrant and luminous warm shades
o Lightens up to 3 levels
o Exceptionally even color from roots to ends
o Sublime shine
o Up to 100% coverage of white hair

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Hi girls and boys!

I would like to share this award to all of you, who read my blog, and continue to support it.
I’m always grateful for the love! This month, I am chosen as one of the Winning Bloggers of the Month by Medicol, representing my niche, my true love, beauty.

I must admit, beauty has played a huge role in my life. I say it found me, instead of me finding it. Right now, I am just happy, that aside from my day job, I have my online beauty boutique, and of course, Beautynomics!

Do register to read my article about my best beauty tips there!

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Makeup indeed, can do wonders, and can weave magic. You can be anyone you want to be, just with the right makeup, and add to that, fashion!

And for this statement, Charice Pempengco fits the bill! Charice Pempengco is our country’s prized gem, as she makes our country proud with her amazing vocals, and accomplishments! She’s now soaring high in the international music scene with her pop hit, “Pyramid,” and soon, she will be in Glee, making us more proud! Woot!

Anyway, here’s Charice’s transition from one look to another, using makeup!
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It’s been a messy month for me as some of my things are suddenly missing, or I may have just neglected my cleaning duties in the house. A consequence of that happens to be my missing eyebrow grooming tools – my ever so reliable Aero Tweeze Slant Tip Tweezers, and my small scissors for my brows. Oh no!

As a substitute, I just grabbed some eyebrow razors that’s been lying around my vanity table, and use it for days. Yes, they’re pretty quick in keeping my brows back into shape, but give it a few days, that I could not control my eyebrow hair growth anymore. I needed good ‘ol eyebrow scissors, plus, the regrowth of my eyebrow hair feels just so bumpy and harsh against my skin when my I run my hand on the area. Oh, how I felt so irritated with that feeling that I was determined by hook or by crook to find my tweezers!
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Haven’t you noticed how time flies so fast lately? How days pass on just like a blink of an eye? One minute, you are rejoicing the weekend, and before you know it, you are dreading Monday again?

Haha! Forgive me for rubbing it in. I’m turning a year older in a few weeks’ time, thus, the blues. With my birthday drawing near, I always plan ahead on something vain – my annual hair rebonding ( oh, waves be gone! ) , reuniting with my dermatologist from my long absence due to toxic work, and of course, if I can’t stall my age from adding one more, I know I can stall my age from showing – specially in my eyes!

The eyes are just the first to age, and the area in my face that I am most concerned with ( amongst alot of things ). For ages, I’ve been on the lookout for that perfect eye cream – something that would REALLY work. But the thing is, eye creams are tricky – you need to commit to them long-term until you see results. It’s a big risk, really.

With that, I am trying something new from L’Oreal, called the L’Oreal Revitalift Double Eye Lift.
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Elianto is a Malaysian beauty brand that is very well known because of its quality products coupled with really affordable prices! One of the highlights this quarter was being able to stroll in an Elianto boutique for the first time (yes, I only chance upon them on Robinson’s department stores ), as my eyes were fed with such visual candy. And I mean it!

There are so much stuff inside the Elianto store – they have skin care, hair products, makeup, makeup brushes, nail polish, cottons, I can’t even enumerate all of them! Multiply it with several product lines at that!

Here are some highlights of my trip inside the beauty wonderland called Elianto :
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Boy, this must be one of my favorite collections so far. When I received some items from the latest MAC Collection, namely Pret a Papier, one look at the shades, and bam. I felt that MAC just solidified the orange revolution. This collection will surely make you think twice of getting another pink lipstick again, and would really make you want to try an orange one!

Okay, let’s make a run thru of each of the items I have over here :
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