I am going to confess about my naivete with pencil eyeliners in this entry.

Way back, I preferred liquid eyeliners. My preferred liquid eyeliner was mineral eyeliner ( in whatever color I fancy ), plus a drop of Bare Escentuals Weather Everything Liner Sealer. Twas perfect. Did not budge a bit. Even when I swim, it stays on my lids, and it only comes off when I use facial wash on my face!

Then came makeup school. It’s actually the first time that I’ve learned that you apply eyeliner at the inner rims of your eyes! So there, the idea that pencil eyeliners are needed came to mind because it is just a bit disturbing to imagine liquid eyeliner or something too darn permanent and drying to applied on the inner rims! haha! With my very very oily lids, and face, for that matter, I immediately asked for the most waterproof and smudge-proof eyeliners : I got both MAC Powerpoint and Artdeco Waterproof Pencil Eyeliner. I’ve different thoughts about the two, so here goes : Continue reading

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Emm….take a look at my nail polish collection. I don’t even want to look at it because it would be prohibiting my practical mind to buy some more, which I do once in a while. ( Howelse am I going to finish all those bottles? If I had ten pairs of hands, maybe! ) I just love collecting nail polish. I know, they dry up in time, and they’re not the best investments, but I like having them around just in case, by whim, I would want a nice mani-pedi, as I always bring my own bottles with me.
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Cold weather. Very very cold weather.

For the first time, I felt my skin dry. In dire need of hydration and moisture. I guess I can’t escape lotions for ever. It was only yesterday that I could always not opt to use lotions because I just hate the feeling of applying lotions on my skin, specially the rich ones. But looking at my skin now, I think it’s better to withstand a little cream in my skin than feeling roughly textured skin. No way. Looks like I can’t get away from lotions any longer! People do grow old. Sigh.

I was given a chance to try Skintel Hand and Body Lotion. This very minimalist packaged product is one of the products of Skintel, a consumer brand that has been on the shelves for a long time but never had advertisements to back them up. I’ve been hearing about Skintel alot, despite their absence on TV, and I have feedbacks from friends that their anti-acne treatments work. For now, this body lotion seemed very interesting to me because it was what I needed for the moment.
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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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I’d be totally honest and tell you that rainy days are not my thing. I know how comforting it is to sleep under such chilly weather, but summer is just my favorite, favorite season of the year. As soon as Christmas is about done, my mind takes a fast forward drift as I consider February as summer!

Anyway, Leyede’s new fragrance, called Beach Bomb, fixes me in a trance that makes me feel like summer forever. Its fresh fragrance takes me my mind to the beach to savor the fresh, unforgettable breeze. Sigh.
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From the latest Clarins Summer Fever Collection 2008, let me present to you my pick for the best product amongst the items in the collection - the Clarins Summer Fever Sun Sheer Lipsticks, with SPF 15.

At first look, these lipsticks look too small to be well, lipsticks. Standing a little bit above two inches, they pass for the word “cute” and are considered travel-friendly for their size. Let’s open them and see the shades!

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The New View Collection is one of MAC Cosmetics‘ latest mineralized collections, together with Electroflash and Sonic Chic. Looks like mineralized or “baked” cosmetics are in right now! On my end, I was able to discover MAC Mineralized Skinfinish from the MAC workshops I’ve attended in lieu of my makeup studies. I’ve learned that it’s a very versatile product as it can serve as a light coverage powder foundation, a finishing powder for that soft focus finish, a highlighter when lighter shades are used, and a contour product for darker shades. It’s a fresh, and lighter ( less chances of breaking out as well ) from the MAC Studiofix. With the New View Collection, about 2/3 of the pan is matte Mineralized Skinfinish, and about 1/3 of the pan is shimmery in texture.

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The new hype of HD products just got me all intrigued. With the dawn of HDTV, even a small imperfection, fine lines, and even clumpy mascara could be seen. *Gasp, right?* on my end, I see HD makeup products as really photogenic ones that would turn out fantastic in photos even if they are beauty shots. Aside from the Cargo Bluray Foundation that I have been using for shoots, I was also able to try the Makeup For Ever HD Microfinish Powder as Jheng got a full tub of this - perfection is just the name of her game, as a makeup artist..
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Charged water, fused with vital ions from a diamond and instilled with a spirit-lifting therapeutic aroma, then delivered to the skin in the soothing aura of a revitalizing hydrating mist. Like its source – a diamond – on application it makes the skin feel clear, sparkling, pure and energized. Its aroma, a blend of green tea and citrus.

Jheng was telling me how addicting the MAC Charged Water was as she just could not help but spritz it on her face during idle hours. I got intrigued as Zeldy of MAC spritzed this on Aiza Seguerra’s face as she evened out her liquid foundation application. So there, as I was on my weekly visit to the MAC counter at Glorietta, I grabbed a bottle for myself ( as the Fix+ was out of stock ), and took it home with me.
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I could not forget how many rejoiced the moment Kiehls landed in our country, because of the cult favorite lip balms. Alot of people just swear by Kiehls, and even my bestbud loves using it specially the facial wash and moisturizers as it is fitting in cold weather, when she spends her vacation in Canada during the holidays. Well, of course, the curious me wanted to try out some Kiehls, and I decided to try the very much raved about product, which are their lipbalms.

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