Glow by Lady E

When I started getting serious with makeup, I stayed away from drugstore and local brands just because I thought the quality of branded makeup is much better. I was wrong. Here are two surprise products that impressed me. Fanny Serrano Two-Way Cake Revlon PhotoReady Liquid Foundation Let’s start with the FS Two-Way Cake. This is very affordable at less than Php500. For all you international readers, Fanny Serrano is a famous makeup artist in the Philippines. He is one of the best and one of the pioneers in the local industry. My mentors say that if you want an affordable quality makeup, then you should go with this line. But, someone also told me that FS buys makeup from Taiwan by the kilo and just repackages it to look like an exclusive line. So I was torn but one day I needed something affordable fast. So I took a chance and bought 2 shades of the two-way cake. “Oh, my.” That was the first thing I said when I applied it on my client’s face. The texture is very f...

I’m pretty late with my Haul-over Wednesday posts. I keep losing track of what day it is because of my crazy schedule. This has been a haul I made a couple of weeks back: From Clinique, I got my favorite facial scrub: From Paul & Joe, this Protective Powder Compact Foundation which I  am totally in love with: And from Kenzo, I got their newest perfume, Silk, that makes me swoon: What’s the best part of shopping? Gifts with purchases! I will make separate posts on each but I think I already made a review about the 7-day scrub.

I don’t think so. Y’all know that I use Clinique’s 3-Step System but a few weeks ago I developed rashes and a few pimples so I tried using this: Huge mistake. I ended up with more rashes and pimples that covered  half of my right cheek and my chin. I only used this for 4 days and ended up like that. I stopped using it and went to Clinique for a consultation. Turns out, my skin is Type 3 now. It’s because of the changing weather. They gave me samples and I tried them and I’m happy to report that I only have a few rashes left. I really feel bad about this product as it’s very affordable, it has a nice smell and I really feel that it would have been great had I had normal skin. So I guess the moral of the story for me is to not try any other product and just stick to what works. Have you ever had a product disaster like mine?

I forgot to post this last Wednesday. Even when I was younger, I loved collecting accessories. So I guess that explains this haul: The top three are gifts for my cousin and grandma. I got these all from my friend who sells accessories. What was your midweek pick-me-up?

For the first time in my life, I’ve experienced split ends. I have no-fuss hair so I was really shocked when I noticed those darned split ends. I asked my former stylist about it and she said that it might be the weather. As you can recall, the summer months were brutal. It was fortunate that I saw this product when Kitten and I went out one day in June: This is the Sunsilk Co-Creations Weather Defense Serum. Kitten also bought one but in another variant. She already blogged about it. I use this product 2-3x a week at night. Why at night you say? In the morning I apply Monea Curling Milk to my hair and they don’t jive. This makes my hair too limp so I decided to use it at night. Besides, the body repairs itself at night right? The smell is wonderful. It’s non-irritating. The texture is a bit oily but not too much that you would end up with splotched pillows. I apply one squirt to one side and another squirt to the other. After a month of using this product with the L’oreal repa...

I tried doing some EOTD’s using the LA Colors Abstract palette but there was poor lighting in our booth so I had a hard time making the colors show. I hope you’ll get an idea though. This is my bestfriend C. I used pinks, corals and whites on her. This is our friend A. I used lavenders and purples on her at her request. Here’s another shot: A few days ago, I used greens for my EOTD: This palette is available at Hyphen . I will try to do more EOTD’s in the coming days.

I got a surprise last week: My favorite in the lot Filipino Pride Pretty studs Going Global Thank you Ahne for the wonderful gifts! There’s actually one more pahabol   that I forgot to take a photo of. Luckily, she blogged about it here . Now, I told MB that he should buy me enough Havaianas to fit all of these Pininhos!

“Oh wow”. That was the first thing I said when I swatched this palette.  This palette is absolutely cheap at only Php650 (at the Hyphen Store). It has 50 colors so that’s 13 pesos for each color. I was absolutely shocked when I touched one of the eyeshadows. It had a very creamy texture. When I swatched it on the back of my hand, it was love at first sight. The colors were so vibrant, so visible, even the white one. Even the other sellers in our bazaar gushed how pretty the colors were. Just one swipe and the color payoff was great. Pigmentation, obviously, is great.   low light swatch   I used this today when MB and I went out. We spent the whole morning driving and in the afternoon we went to MOA to attend to some business. When I got home, my pink eyeshadow was still very pink! This does not happen with my ELF palette. I used this with Money from my UD <3 NYC palette and it held up pretty good. As a matter of fact, Money was drowned by the black Bobbi Brown e...

Since there are a lot of review requests from friends, I present to you Bobbi Brown’s BB Cream: This shade is Light. I’ve been using this for 2 months now and I am declaring this as my HG BB Cream. I only use this for special occasions as it’s a bit pricey at Php2,160(?). I have super acidic skin on my face and I’ve tried countless foundations – MAC, Clinique, Bobbi, Shu and all of them failed me. My face became darker after a few hours. My mentor decided to use this BB cream as a base then topped it off with a dual foundation. Oh my, the results were astounding! 7 hours and counting and my face became only a tad darker. I only have to clear off the oil then re-touch my foundation and voila, no more acidic skin! What’s also great about this is it did not give me allergies. The scent is not strong nor irritating. The coverage is not too great compared to my Laura Mercier liquid foundation (more on that later). This BB cream gives you a light coverage. My pimple scars are still vis...

There are a few Haul-over Wednesdays that I missed. Here’s one of them: Bobbi Brown brush set with kit Bobbi Brown BB Cream in Light Photo credits: Kitten. She took the photos at Marciano’s. It was a bit dark that’s why she had to use the flash. Thanks sis!

I said I would post a close up look of my FOTD by Baby of Clinique but as usual, I forgot because of the gazillion things that I have to do. But here it is now: Baby was fooling around with my camera. She was the one who was taking these shots. I was really not in the mood for photos but as they say, the show must go on! Here’s a close up of the eye: I love how they make me look simple and fresh! A perfect pick-me-up!