Glow by Lady E

I found this line of hair care products from Schwarzkopf when I did some grocery shopping at Landmark. Of course the packaging of the shampoo was what caught my eye. I looked closely and found that this line is for damaged hair. The conditioner and shampoo are Php54 each. These are the small bottles. I got the small ones to try out first. The hair treatment costs a little over Php100. I have high hopes for these products as they are from Schwarzkopf. Fingers crossed!

This is a part of the gift that A gave me for Christmas: She got this in Australia when she went there for work/vacation last December. I have this habit of using products that I don’t like first then using the best ones last. I smelled each tub and I thought that this had the weirdest scent but when I applied it on my skin, it smelled really nice! I thought the coconut and vanilla would be so overwhelming. I mean they are both strong scents on their own and combined??? The product itself is orange and reminds me of papayas. I have no idea why they made 2 white products orange. The tub is not full. It’s about half full. I am almost done with this tub. I like it very much as it keeps my skin moisturized for a decent amount of time. I’ve been spending a lot of time at home and I’m thankful that the weather has been nice and cool again lately so this body soufflé does not make my skin sticky. It also gets absorbed easily and leaves a nice faint smell on skin. I have t...

Here’s the other eye look I mentioned in my previous post. I picture this look for a costume party having a space theme. I have no idea why I associate those lashes with an alien movie I saw somewhere. This will go nicely with a sleek silver space suit with tall boots and long white hair. I used the Wet n Wild Spoiled Brat palette hence the title Spoiled in Space. I also applied some UD Last Call on top of the pink shade as it was too matte. This is the UDNY palette. Finally, I used my Saizen falsies and some glitter makeup from Bobbi Brown which one of my mentors gave me. I also used my Heroine Make liquid liner .  The liner was not supposed to be that thick but the lash glue was all over the place (I’m really bad at wearing falsies) so I covered it up with eyeliner. I think these photos are better than the previous post. I will do more eye looks using this setting and using my new palettes.

I’ve been trying to get a good shot of my EOTD’s. I can’t make the colors show with my camera settings. I wanted to show some eye looks I made using my new palettes. Here’s my first try: I was so frustrated because I couldn’t make the colors show. They are more vibrant in reality. I can’t even remember which palettes I used for these eye looks. Anyway, I tried again using an old Wet n Wild palette and used a different camera setting. I’ll post them next.

This shower gel is a part of M’s gift last Christmas. To say that I am addicted to shower gels is an understatement. I finish about 2 bottles a month, depending on the size. This is a good sized shower gel but I need a lot to make a good lather. It smells nice but not enough to leave a scent on my skin. It’s actually not too drying, a surprise because most shower gels that are part of a set tend to dry out my skin. I also didn’t experience any allergies. I like the packaging although I wish it were a pump version. I also like the pink colored shower gel. It makes me smile every time I see it. I am halfway through this bottle and I am very happy with it.

Ahhh, Sunday! I love Sundays because I get to spend time with my family, go to church, have lunch and do a little bit of shopping. I’m supposed to be on a shopping ban but that failed one Saturday. I was buying a few things for the family in Singapore and well, one thing lead to another. At least I’m still keeping my makeup shopping ban. If I can finish even just one palette, I’d be so thrilled. Anyway, I bought mostly necessities except for the bags from SM. I got some toiletries from Watsons (wet tissues, cotton pads, Lulur Body Scrub) and some essentials from Bench. If you like using cotton pads, I suggest you get the Watsons brand on promo. They have a 3 in 1 pack with each pack having 40% more free. It’s really sulit , I tell you. I probably wouldn’t have to buy cotton pads for the next 8 months (or even a year!) but I’m stocking up on them as they rarely have promos on cotton pads.  You see, I don’t like buying these things on a regular basis. I hate running out of cotto...

I got this as a GWP. I only use Clinique Eye Creams because it’s the only brand that caters to my sensitive skin. I finished one jar and so my favorite Clinique Consultant at Rustan’s gave me this to try. I only use this when I go out. I don’t want to put too much product on my face when I’m just at home because I tend to break out plus my eyes are too sensitive and they become itchy if I put products every single day. Although I don’t use this daily, I can truly say that it works. I don’t have puffiness and dark circles on my eye area. If I lack sleep, it does not show when I use this. I was scared to use this at first because Baby said that this is a stronger product than the one I’m used to. I’m glad that it’s not too harsh on my skin. I think a full sized jar costs around Php2,000+ because that’s the price of my regular eye cream. I’d like to try Benefit’s eye cream next time. Have you tried that yet? If you’ve blogged about it, please leave a link in the comments s...

You all know I have several of these: One pack of 3 for only Php84 I go through about 2 cases of these a week so I end up with a lot of cases. I thought it would be too wasteful to just throw them away. I put some in our recycle bin to be sold along with our other plastic junk. I was cleaning the mess on top of my drawers one day and found too many loose mini hair clamps so I put them in a case then one thing let to another: I put the small hair clamps in one case, the bigger ones in another case. We have a lot of loose batteries around the room so now they have a home. I also wanted to bring along some Hello Kitty candy (featured in 240baon ) in my bag but I hated the idea of them getting scattered around my bag so this is a great solution. I am almost done with another case and I will put all my Goody hair stuff in it. I used to buy the mini cases from Beabi because they’re very useful when I travel but they cost Php70 each: It’s bigger by a few centimeters t...

This Eye Bright is a part of my Confessions of a Concealaholic kit. I know I said that I don’t like this and I have no use for it but I changed my mind. One day, I was looking at this kit and was really excited to see that everything has hit pan except for this. Frustrated that I couldn’t find a use for it, I used it under my eyes. Oh, my… What a difference it made! It made my eyes pop! On the box, it said to use as a highlighter. You can use this is a corrector. My mistake was I put too much on my first use so you can really see that my under eye area was too bright. On my next try, I put a small amount but I still wasn’t satisfied. So on my third try, what I did was I applied a small amount, made sure to blend it thoroughly then applied concealer on top, blending everything with a brush. Now that did the trick! I’m telling you, I now use this every single time I go out. I also brush some of my ELF HD Undereye Setting Powder to make it last. The trick is to blend everything...

Happy Hearts' Day! How nice is it that this product is named So In Love? How appropriate! I am halfway through this bottle and I can definitely say that I like this better than the Sweet Serendipity shower gel. I think So In Love was also the lotion that my cousin C blogged about here. This shower gel costs Php109, it’s the same size as Sweet Serendipity. The main difference is the scent. For me, this smells like perfume. I love it! The scent lingers a bit on my skin but when I apply lotion, the smell is completely masked. It also takes a few pumps to make my bath lily bubble up so it’s not too economical either. Anyway, I’m enjoying this shower gel and I always look forward to bath times because of this.  I will not repurchase as we still have a ton of shower gels in our stockpile.

I know I said I’m on a shopping ban but I have to do the groceries, right? *evil grin* I found a few goodies at the supermarket and I figured it won’t be so bad to purchase a few. After all, I don’t consider the supermarket as a shopping destination. Grocery shopping for me is a chore and shopping (for clothes, makeup, etc. )is well, therapeutic. And that is what banned right now.   Camay has been around for some time now. I think it left Philippine shores for a while. Now they’ve repackaged and got a famous local endorser. I couldn’t resist because they smelled like grapefruit! They smell just like my Love and Beauty lotion! The bar costs Php22 while the shower gel costs Php65. Don’t buy the shower gel at Watsons because it costs Php74 there. Buy it from your favorite supermarket. It will take a while before I use these though. Perfumed linen sheets. I know this is not an exciting purchase but it took some time before linen sheets became available in our supermarke...