all excited about the summer colors of the tangerine collection!?  i sure am ;-)

and behold the #8 Berry Berry pallet. hahaha no not like the vitamin deficiency :P

• the shades they go together very well
• pigmented enough for the price
• no weird scents
• the price
• easy to blend out
• useful spongetip applicators, soft brush and sturdy rubber spongetips.

sooooo it was nearing petsa de peligro, you know the one, the one you're getting closer and closer to the date before there's not much in your wallet but enough to get you home a couple or a day before that seemingly long awaited pay day.

so it was quite a stretch that on our budget that we eat here.

the sizzling seafood platter.  it's pretty ok, i just didn't appreciate the fact that there was too much bell peppers.  even on pizza i remove that.  i feel it's a meat extender and there's not much taste it cancels out or improves in dishes.  so bleh.

AYUN OH.  wow. i love this beef kare-kare.  sure it looks like it's lily's peanut butter soup but the taste was just right in its nutty flavor and sweetness.  and the beef was uber tender!  the veggies were crunchy and fresh.

ang order ni at-eh Marge.  their version of the roast beef sandwich.

the experience:

this restaurant is one of the newer restaurants on the new veranda of Robinson's Galeria, so the place is still new and still easy to maintain i.e. it's still fresh and clean.

we got there about half past 11am so we were only the 2nd group of people to enter the place for lunch.  in short konti pa lang ang mga tao.  so we ordered.  and since we work in a call center our time is always a certain period only and we get penalized if we go over said lunch/break periods.  we asked the waiter, R, sir, ilang minuto serving time? [how long is your serving time]  watdapak only is the reply: ah ma'am konti palang naman kayo, sandali lang yan.  [since there are currently few patrons then serving time is minimal].  if i my eye brow could reach my hairline it would.  so after 15mins we asked again, and got nearly the same reply.  ma'am sandali na lang...won't be long now waiter R replied.

so the peanut sauce based viand arrived and so did the sizzling seafood dish and the rice.  hmmmm i guess the sandwich takes that long to prepare.  

we were asking for luke warm water for one of our ofc mates, but all the glasses we got had ice in it.  so i followed up and asked for luke warm water, and got a blank stare fr waitress C.  so let's repeat it again for another time, anew. maligamgam na tubig plesss.  ok gets na BUT HOWEVER, THERE'S MORE aba aba inirapan ako ng waitress, ganon ha.  fine ako na mali, i cannot english anymore ika nga ni Bernbern!

soooo the luke warm water arrives and so does my sandwich.  half way through my sandwich, anak ng...it was cold.  yep a cold roast beef sandwich well the very middle of it was.  so hmmmm i asked for a waitress.  waitress L.  she walks up to me, ang sabi ko calmly miss malamig pa po.  [miss it's still cold].  and all i got was a blank stare.  twice i said it, too!  so my ofc mate saves the day and said.  miss paki painit po.  [kindly heat up the order pls] 

homayghad, i don't think i was speaking in tongues naman.  i was speaking in Tagalog, my first language, the main language spoken in Manila for frak's sake.  

look the sandwich was actually ok, but obviously i prefer it warm like it's just been cooked and not like it was popped in the micro for only about 2minutes. hay.

and lookee here, i love the food, nothing wrong with the food or the prices, the ambiance, the cleanliness, i don't even have a complaint that they don't have their own wifi like hyphy's [my phone's not been liking the robinsonsmalls and tennants lately -the wifi available at the mall in this resto] but omg.  from asking the serving time, to the maligamgam na tubig to my half cold sandwich.  this branch is not for me. 

next!

Located at the sorta new veranda area of robinson's galeria, where we seem to usually go now on a friday night while waiting for the traffic to die down.

this is the row of restaurants where you find johnny rocket's, papa john's and that not so delicious, delicious kitchen by eat well.  so further down the veranda, you find a pricey Thai resto and starbucks at the end and this place.  

this is their grilled chicken fillet,

looks good, smells good, tastes pretty ok, but the serving or portion is too small for a hungry guy like theBenj.

my order, pasta con tuyo.  fine, anchovies LOL. spicy

it's about 250-300 per person here.  AND MY PHONE LIKES THE WIFI HERE.  yeah, anyone on my fb or twitter would know, my phone is not young anymore and is really really fussy what wifi it latches on to.  so on the wifi and this super yummy.  the grilled chicken fillet is something you can skip unless you have a pea sized stomach or had mirienda around 5pm and will eat again around 630 LMAO exag? :P

this place is a fusion resto, Pinoy fusion at that. as if Pinoy food isn't a fusion in itself already  so if you're into that, this place is worth a try.  the prices are ok naman and my order was fun and really tasty.  even theBenj dove into my pasta after he finished off his food in like 3minutes LOL.  plus i like the ambiance.  the people are low key and QUIET!  i'd come back here with my phone handy and or a book ;-)  awww dang i'm missing this pasta dish tuloy :P

Currently listening: judas by lady gaga

Phew! I'm back after what felt like foooorevah. super toxic at work, i just merely hope it was worth the aggravation. and hmmmm the 14 hour a day work days? yeah baby that's more than half a day for the last few days of our version of a fiscal quarter.

woah i missed blogging!  yeah yeah it's only been a few days since my last post, but, it sure felt like a very long time to me LOL.   and see, the finished pic i used below was taken last week pa, when i reviewed a my tony moly cheek stain.

yep this is the base/foundation/sun block i used that day and the succeeding days that followed til i finished off this lovely tube.  look at it!  it's super cute and you can twine it to your phone! bwahaha, ah these  people, don't they just think up of the cutest things?  

question:  just how many bb creams does at-eh marge go through? clearly, plenteeeeee! hehehe

see, it's sealed with the awesome goodness...can you already tell this is gonna be a great review of this product?

ingredient list.  Look ma! [and at-eh!] it's in english ;-)

looks like an ordinary foundation.  on the watery side but still creamy thick enough to say that it's still a bb cream.

blends right in, hmmm since it was a sample give away, i can't say if it's shade 2 ooops it does say it's number 2 in the card product insert thingy! LOL.   homaygahd lamang, my t-shirt is the same color as the wall, but howelkeribelz.

yeshH, tayo'y uminom ng suka sa umaga :P a shot of this applied on my skin and blended out, no flash

with flash, hmmmm slightly reflective since my face is now fairer than my neck.  never thought that would happen evaaah except maybe with the face shop's hydrosplash bb cream.  maybe this is what they meant by glowing? LOL but, seriously, there are no sparklies in this bb cream.

it's this pic again, LOL, yep, looks great without the flash,

and with the flash, still looks quite fair on me after i've set it with my revlon colorstay mineral aqua.  but i guess(?) i can pull it off.

this bb cream lasted on my face ha.  and i only blotted off the oilies about 2x a day.  since my foundation routine now consists of a bb cream and my revlon colorstay mineral aqua, i hardly need any touch ups, all i do is blot the oils away ;-)

there was too little of the sample product to know if i can become even more fair since it has whitening properties and therefore i can't write about its anti wrinkle effectiveness either.  but here are my few points on this product:

Likes:

• i like this way better than their total age repair wrinkle reduce royal bb cream
• the scent, it's like lavenderey [bwahahaha well the product insert does say lavender]  kinda baby powder scent unlike the total age repair that smelled like rubber.
• very smooth and creamy to apply and easy to blend
• lasts all day
• i think this is the one for oily skin, since it has a matte finish at least on me it does, so i like the matte finish, it isn't too matte but sorry folks not glowy which for is a plus LOL
• the price for a big tube with pump it's less than PhP700 for 60g!
• for my sample size hehehe i like the phone charm dongle - stretchy thingy 
• it has an spf of 30 and pa of ++
• no break outs ;-) no millia, no other funky stuff :P

Dislikes:

• it would difficult to use this bb cream in occasions where flash photography will be used =(

Do i recommend this? : yep, it's not too pricey, but has the usual promises of bb creams, the foundation, the base, the sun block. just don't use this for santa cruzan or fiesta since digicam flashes are really harsh, it will look nice on you in real life but toshio fr the grudge will appear on your pic instead of your pretty face. 

araseo? 

has anyone else tried this? ang bango noh?

truth be told, i'm not a real fan of 2am, i like a couple of their songs and that's about it. but with those two songs, got me to admire their voices and their harmony.

they're not your traditional pretty kpop boys. they hardly dance either. they are balladeers. and really good ones, too. the type that do not compete with each other while belting out their notes of their songs.

this performance was at eastwood mall. i hardly go there, and i wondered if the organizers thought it wise to hold their final day in such a 'not so accessible area' as east wood. but ok, wth, it's very near where i live so at least going home for me wouldn't be a hassle. i was way early, i had lunch with theBenj and headed to eastwood by a little after 1pm.  their MCA Hyundai van was even in front of the cab i was in.  even they were early, to account for traffic and rehearsals.

the members

and my purchase to get close to the vip area. oops i forgot to add the lanyard with a dangling card thingy to this last pic.

over all, i'm glad i went even if my gusto or fangirling mode was not turned on to its highest setting.  if you could see my vids of kim hyun joong's performance last june and rain's last september you'd know that i'm the absolute fangirl for kpop. [maybe on the first year anniversary since leader's last visit, i'd have the gusto to upload it on my youtube.] the performance by 2am was wonderful, even the two girls that were their front act had really good voices, i just didn't appreciate the cover songs.  

2am will be around for a long time to come, i suspect.  they are after all, the great JYP's kids.  2am is very very talented.  their voices brought tears to my eye in one song.  to think i'm not a ballads kind of music lover! they were here for 2days of meet and greet and the third and last day, which i caught was their live performance day. i apologize for the not so great vids.  i was being knocked around, AND my mem card was on the fritz.  loved it when Jokwon yelled, 'babalik kami!'

do you know 2am?

ciao for now, am preparing a haul vid, hopefully i get to upload it by mid week ;-)

Currently listening: i was wrong by 2am

I first saw this on youtube being used by Fuzkittie.  so duh, naturally i had to have it and try it out.  the only other lioele product i have tried and actually bought a second bottle of, is their blooming pop tint, reviewed on my blog here.  the Fuz swore by this that this would not smudge or smear or something to  that effect that it's one of best liners for her waterline for tightlining.  Her current fave though is dollywink hehehe.

so it's a liquid liner in pen form.  and the brush has fine bristles.

it's a true and dark black UNTIL:

and the water test.  so avoid bar brawls and getting yourself thrown water on your face while wearing this if you want to keep your eyes lined, darkly that is.

so the tip is, when lining your waterline with this, just squiggle the brush tip at the roots of your upper lashes, yeah the way Fuz does LOL may rhyme pa.  tried to run my finger thru what's left of the line and what's left of the pigment didn't smudge or flake off.

eh ako na may duck face LOL.  this thing did last on my waterline and upper lash line through this horrid heat.  i waited in the sun, well under that tree you see for more than 30 mins, then the van that i rode DID have airconditioning it just died later in the afternoon which hmmm my test for this thing?  AND NO smudging, no streaking, and no dark spot/patch of eye liner melting down or occurred around the outer corner of my eyes.  the tightline didn't transfer to my lower lash line either.  but hmmm, i was teary eyed at this place i was at and no streaks and no smearing.

Likes:

• the brush tip, it's very precise really pointed tip
• really dark black upon application
• dries pretty quickly
• didn't smudge, flake, or budge throughout the day
• no streaks, even you almost cry, so it's ok to have this on when watching, hmmm i don't know steel magnolias? oh alright, blind side naman para medyo bago :P
• not too pricey and yes, i got this thru my suki, Charmaine of kkochipida of multiply or facebook.
• easy enough to remove with my etude house eye makeup remover
• no chemical smell
• no stinging when i tightlined.

Currently listening: stupid liar by big bang

tada?! a not so heated hair iron, and just a swipe.

and it looks like i've a proper hair dryer to begin with. LOL.

Likes:

• the smell. it's so feminine citrus-kinda scent
• cleans squeaky clean
• easy to rinse off
• lasting effects of soft shiny hair, softness of the roots is almost the same as the woah, the softness of the tips of my hair.
• i don't get greasy after a day, i get greasy in about 36 hours so it's not that oily.
• makes hair styling even with my ancient hair iron easy.  and once it's ironed it stays 'ironed looking'
• THE PRICE! for 200 bucks per 500ml [conditioner 500ml, shampoo is 500] then this beats shiseido's price [around 700 for almost the same content] and since i got a 100 points bonus it's like 'ma'am parang 99 na lang binayad nyo!' as the cashier happily pointed out
• doesn't weigh my hair down

Currently listening: stupid liar by big bang

I received a text from the body shop inviting me to attend one of their demo/work shops and what intrigued me was their launching of their own bb cream.

hero Tania was with me that day, ♥♥♥

so there were several women with me who attended and there was a make up session.

i had won a special prize for what their makeup artist deemed to be a very good night time look [the makeup artist on the left, winner of the body shop world wide makeup artistry contest]

ooooh bath stuff!

and what my sole purchase, their new bb cream which i reviewed here

i haven't purchased anything from the body shop in two years, actually, since their seaweed line broke me out which then made me look towards South Korea for really inexpensive alternatives to cosmetics.  so now, naturally, it would still be a bb cream that i purchase as it was the star that night.  as i have mentioned, we got a thank you for coming introductory discount so i actually only bought the bb cream for PhP500 which made it a worthwhile purchase for me.  

In retrospect, i think i will applaud the body shop for making this effort.  if dior [as in christian dior] snow, shu uemura can make bb creams, so can the body shop, and so the body shop has.  like i mentioned in my video review of the bb cream, and in written review, though it's run of the mill, it's still a fairly decent bb cream and way way as in way better than the maybelline bb cream.  

the body shop work shop was fun, they even fed us, nomnomnom.  thank you for the invite and the opportunity.  i even renewed my LYB card because of it LOL.

Currently listening: stupid liar by big bang

Shen from the famous beauty blog ShensAddiction was super duper nice to invite me to this event.

the host:

the Pond's model/endorser

the blog contestants

mommy Lace and Earth Rulan

Shen and Jheng

Nikki and Sophie

all of the blogger-contestants in a row

i finally meet Nikki after all of my off the wall comments on her blog LMAO

sweet Lace, how dare me call you mommy! parang di ka naman nanganak! ♥

2 of the power of three whose blogs i follow ;-)

and sweet Shen!

naturally, i HAD to have a pic with the Azrael, duh? oi enge icecream! LOL

hero Tania was with me  ♥

last pic for alcohol ;-)

and the loot bag, weee, hero Tania and I got the last two.  hahaha silly us we were enjoying the thin crust pizza and the lychee martinis.  sorry di talaga ko tinamaan bwahahaah too star struck after i met the power of three ;-)

Sophie and Nikki won the grand prize while Shen and Jheng were one of the top three most popular.  this contest was a three week period of trying out Pond's flawless white and regular updates on both their blog and with Pond's i hear it was quite tedious but these girls are uber dedicated!

Congrats all around, the event was short and sweet, lovely! the Fiama wifi worked on my phone, too!  

has anyone else tried this flawless white range from Pond's?

Ciao ♥

The Body Shop did not pay me to review their product. I paid for this bb cream with my own money.  video review below:

So last Thurs i went to one of the demo launches of this bb cream at the body shop with Algo/hero-Tania.

naturally i was intrigued as it's a bb cream and this time it's from the body shop.

it's very creamy and not at all as watery as that thing maybelline calls their bb cream.

sorta matches the skin on my neck but i still notice a yellow undertone.

not as reflective as the hydrosplash bb cream from the face shop.

photo above taken without a flash - bb set with a little revlon colorstay aqua

photo above taken with flash - bb set with a little revlon colorstay aqua

photo above taken on another day with flash several hours after application also bb set with a little revlon colorstay aqua. [this is day i fell in love with the Nars Orgasm blush] mental note - don't go in there! parang horror slasher flick lang! :P

I'll just present most of what i said in my video in bullet points

Likes:

• creamy and easy to apply
• good shade match - yellow undertone [unlike my the face shop hydrosplash bb cream which was just plain white even on my fair skin]
• not reflective - i don't end up looking like a floating white head
• can be applied with fingers and still get good results [ahem the face shop hyrdrosplash bb cream]
• has not broken me out yet
• finish - semi-dewy 
• i like this better than the face shop hydrosplash bb cream just bec it applies better and has a better shade match

Dislikes:

• doesn't cover my scars well
• i'm oily in about 2-3 hours compared to my expert triple blemish bb cream  fr tony moly [that only have to blot the oils away 2x a shift]
• in line with this, it doesn't last too long without being set with some like mineral foundation [i used the body shop's mineral foundation on the day of the event and my own revlon colorstay aqua mineral foundation]
• the price!!! - PhP1195 for something that's only 30ml for something other bb creams promise anyway [whitening, anti wrinkle, moisturizer, sun protection, makeup base, foundation and a partridge in a pear tree]

Will I recommend:   yes, to those who are interested [and have the budget] in bb creams but don't know much about asian brands and are still timid about Korean cosmetics ;-) c'mon you can do it! 

Will I repurchase: truth be told, i got this tineeweenee bottle at an introductory - thank you for coming - price of PhP500 but as much as it performed like any other bb cream - minus the coverage and lasting power, this is not something on my repurchase list

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Music:

Park Jung Min - Not Alone Instrumental

Kara - I'll write a letter to you

Currently listening: oh! Ah! by kim hyun joong

• it has a very light scent it's hardly noticeable at all
• creamy
• the price, this one is not too expensive considering it's a product from the face shop! PhP695
• moisturizing

• have not mastered the art of applying this, ikr, i've gone through so many different bb creams already yet when i apply this one it just turns out either uneven or blotchy, still it may still be my technique
• reflective
• may only look like it has good coverage on the pix but either for pores or scars like that one slightly to the left of my nose can still be seen.  pores are covered too well either.
• i get oily in about a couple of hours.  hehehe i notice i have more face oil blotting films to throw out at the end of my shift when i use this.
• too dewy

Currently listening: tonight by big bang

it's pink!  i was intrigued when i saw One shot Clean.

one cotton square can clean both my eyes.  thus each line is each slit of my eyes.

Likes:

• smells good, lightly scented
• means it when it says ONE SHOT CLEAN
• not too oily
• PhP198 for something that's lasting me for more than 2-3 mos now
• it's PINK!

thank the gods of mount olympus i only have this as a sample.  i got this at the Missha store at SM North-Annex.

so since i don't read, i didn't read what this was actually for until after i tore it open.  it's merely a primer to a bb cream, so to me it's a primer to a primer LMAO.

after it's blended on the back of my hand and on my face.

so yes, ladies, i popped my zits and black heads and i have OILY to combination skin thus my pores are well shall we say HUGE.  i don't have the full size product, so i can't say anything about its packaging.  i only used this twice, why? read on:

Likes:

• moisturizing

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ever since the non-renewal of the contract of kim hyun joong's, idol pop group, SS501, [meaning they can't use that name, can't perform together using that name without a new contract under their previous label] i've been wanting these dvd's.  the pink one is a compilation of their performances when they first debuted.  while the other is their last performance ever together as/in a concert.

these dvd's come with photobooks.  and my sataima performance even came with a wallet sized picture album thingy container.

as some of my readers may know, ever since boys over flowers and the song because i'm stupid by ss501 [used on the boys over flowers soundtrack] which was used a great deal on youtube make up tutorials, i became hooked on bb creams and asian makeup which led me to become hooked on kpop and ss501. and now i have these babies.  i'll be satiated for quite awhile.

i miss them and await their return, hopefully this year.

these dvd's are actually my 2nd orders of these items.  my previous orders didn't go thru and i had to wait about 5 and half months for them to be available again.  yes, they are hard to come by especially now that they are rare items [the pink one is out of print while the saitama is from japan and is limited.]

i ordered and should've ordered [to begin with] from fangirl asia and yes asia for these.  word of advice to anyone new to this fandom, order from legit online stores and people you know who accept credit cards [as it adds legitimacy to their enterprise].  also, in fairness to legit online stores who have been in the business for more than 3years like Princess Ng / keeping8simple, there are online sellers that will have yearSS worth of good feedback.  so always always research and read reviews and feed back of the online stores you will be buying from.

that's all for now  ^_^ imma gonna watch my dabel s babies ^_^

Currently listening: because i'm stupid

we ask for something put our condiments on and we get this oil stained thing. 

it was lunch time and these office types are here for good food.

and the servers were all over the place.  

this place serves unlimited hainanese rice, well the limit is set by your patience when the super busy and harassed waiters and 1 waitress either understands you, remembers what you asked for or sees you at all.  

the prices at this place is for your basic office person budget about PhP100-PhP130 without drink.  

our experience today was:

• one of my office mates nearly got his pants splashed with the food of  previous occupants' of the table we took over after having waited what seemed like 10mins or so for our table to be cleared to begin with
• the food arrived timely enough the funny incident is the food of our table mate arrived ahead of his spoon and fork, while we had spoons and forks but we were waiting for our food
• so eventually our food began to arrive one by one.  
• but we didn't get our service water til much later, our table mate didn't even get water at all [but the dude eventually got his spoon and fork, eventually]
• it was VERY difficult to get the attention of the waiters and to get waited on.  but eventually we got our extra rice.  my office mate had to get up and call the attention of the cashier to get us our extra rice.
• then my office mate's water was hmmm shall we say contaminated with something clear, so my camera couldn't pick it up.

i bought this set awhile back.  it's what i replaced my beloved skin food peach sake skin care routine with.

my first step after cleansing my face is this toner.

the toner is the lightest toner i've tried so far.  it has a clean scent, not floral, not citrus but something i can't describe.  i'm running out of this so i ordered another of this toner from my suki Charmaine-kkochipida.

my step 2 is the pore clear lotion.  it really is like a lotion but not as thick as hand lotions or creams.  this easily spreads and but takes a tad bit before it gets absorbed.

my step 3 is the serum or in this case is their essence.  this is more like a gel like substance really slick to apply. but gets absorbed quicker than the pore lotion.

i use the pore lotion and essence during the day while at night i use the last product i have in the line, their pore clear.

of the creams in this line it's this pore clear i like best.  it's a tad thicker than the essence but smoother.  this makes me think/feel i have no pores LOL.  all the creams here are very moisturizing but my oilies is controlled better by my peach sake line.  

Disclaimer:  i keep using these pore clearing pore assisting products in the hopes of making my pores smaller. but in fact once your pores are widened either by popping zits or black heads or just by having near open pores because of having an oily skin type, nothing will close pores back to the way girls with dry skin have closed pores.  nope, aint gonna happen.  and my disclaimer is i know nothing will help my pores, but i keep buying these because they're also formulated for oily-combination skin so at least it's for my skin type.

Likes:

• tony moly is supposed to be one of the least expensive Korean cosmetics brands, but by the way their packaging is done it looks not  cheap at all
• the pore clear and essence feel so good on my skin and are very moisturizing without me looking like a grease ball 
• didn't break me out
• keeps my skin supple, moisturizing effect lasts throughout the day or night
• the scent is pretty light and ok
• so moisturizing that it's easy for me to apply bb creams or foundations on my skin after absorbing the creams on my face