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Hot from MAC: The Playland Collection + a quick review of the Sweet...
I was out of town last weekend so I missed the uber colourful MAC Playland launch last Friday. Bawl. Thankfully though, MAC sent me an early preview of the collection in the form of the Sweet...
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You're invited: The Project Vanity x Burt's Bees Beauty Q&A
We know the basics of skincare - facial wash, toner, and moisturizer - but how do you maximize these products? What's the correct order if you also use serum and eye cream? How do you know when your...
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Avon Color Corrector Cream SPF50 PA+++
Today might be the hottest, if not the hottest, day this summer according to the news. Being forewarned, I'm not going to even try to leave my air-conditioned bedroom! It's just too much! It's like...
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Commenter of the Month for April and June gift
Changing the look of my blog is like...getting a hair cut. It feels new, with an entirely different identity! I feel ridiculously excited to blog again. ^_^ That was kinda the point. When you've been...
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Complete swatches + review: the Maybelline Pink Alert Lipsticks
Pink is one of my favorite colors. I like it bright and scorching hot, please, since no other color lights up my face the way it does. I'll try to cook up a list of my best pinks soon! For today, check...
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The best under eye concealers to try
Eye bags: so easy to grow, so stubborn to erase! A few late nights, crappy sleeping positions, and a dose of stress are all you need to get under eye circles. Some people are luckier, some people are...
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Fantastic Female Monsters
I've created a series called Fantastic Female Monsters. I only have four characters so far, but I definitely will add more in the future. Meet my women! Medusa is an actress and a fashion model who...
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Happy Skin Make A Clean Sweep Micellar Makeup Cleanser
Removing your makeup is just as vital to your skincare routine as the products you put on your face. Taking all that gunk off properly ensures that your pores won't get clogged by cosmetics, oil, and...
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First look: the MAC Maleficent Collection
Sleeping Beauty is beautiful and kind, but she is literally the most passive, weakest Disney princess in existence. That's why I have always been more fascinated by Maleficent, the villain. She is...
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Melissa Bliss Sandals
Here's something cute from the mail a couple of weeks back! Sample Room gifted me with these Melissa Bliss Sandals (P2,219) and I thought they were weirdly interesting. Well, they're definitely not...
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FOTD: Polished peach
I'm trying to shake myself out of this summer beauty laziness by wearing a more interesting face. The other day I had sea green cream eyeshadow on, and yesterday I piled a green and violet eyeliner on...
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Etude House Magic Any Cushion in Magic Peach
Sheer, lightweight, and brightening face bases with SPF are du jour for the summer. Thick foundations are almost too much to bear in this heat unless we REALLY have to. Aren't you glad that there are...
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Come and learn: an Estee Lauder Workshop with Global Makeup Artist Bobby Wang
I've said this before but it bears repeating: we are super lucky that brands like Estee Lauder regularly bring their international makeup artists to share their tips and tricks with us mere mortals....
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Bobbi Brown Art Stick in Sunset Orange
We've been flooded with twist-up lip crayons these past years, but they usually come in balm-like formulas or designed to be outright lipsticks in a fun form. But have you tried a legit jumbo lip...
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Unboxing: the Shu Uemura Art of Beauty BDJ Box Luxe
I first heard about the first ever BDJ Box Luxe while at a meeting last Friday. My friend was asking me if it's worth getting the Shu Uemura box - I was like, what box? She said, you know, that box...
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Fun new colors: the Eye of Horus Goddess Pencils
I wonder if you've noticed that I've stopped wearing colored contact lenses lately. Maybe it makes no difference to you, but I struggled with that decision for a while. I felt like colored lenses made...
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Because guesstimating your foundation shade is so 90s
Doesn't it suck to guess your foundation shade online? It's seriously already difficult to do it in person, what more when all you have are pictures! That's why Ellana Minerals recently started...
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An orchid fantasy: The Avon Over Nature Collection
Avon has been sending me amazing press kits year in and year out. I am always impressed by their latest collections and the way that they are presented to beauty writers like me. The one I received...
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A dirt cheap thrill (that's actually good): the Nichido Eye Shader Brush #233
I've still kept the old habit of checking out drugstores like Watsons to see if there's anything new and exciting from our local affordable brands. As much as I love luxe cosmetics, there's still...
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The grand launch: Clinique For Men
When I met Marco seven years ago he only used shampoo and soap. Now, he has his own facial wash and I've even convinced him to use sunscreen and exfoliate every once in a while. You can't even guess...
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