Hooray pimples begone!

Sleepless after pulling an all-nighter at 2pm (say what?), I’m wearing a sneaky smug because of two things. ONE – Neutrogena Fine Fairness BB Cream UV is finally and exclusively available in Watsons Philippines.

Achieve instant fairness and inner whitening
with the new NEUTROGENA® FINE FAIRNESS® BB CREAM UV

Patience is a virtue, they say. And most whitening products will test that virtue by having you wait several months before you see your whitening product take effect. But sometimes, you need fairer skin RIGHT NOW. So NEUTROGENA® is giving you just that.

The new NEUTROGENA® FINE FAIRNESS® BB Cream UV provides instant fairness and blemish-free skin through special skintone-matching minerals. Because NEUTROGENA® is a strong advocate of healthy beauty, this BB Cream also contains the science of FINE FAIRNESS® to work within your skin and provide continuous whitening from the inside out.

The FINE FAIRNESS® BB Cream UV is the final addition to the existing FINE FAIRNESS® line, which currently consists of a Cleanser, Toner, Lotion SPF30, Night Cream, UV Sunblock, Serum, and Whitening Mask.

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Happy Chinese New Year guys and gals! Who’s feasting on tikoy with the fambam? I would’ve with my family except that I’m working tonight. *sad face* Something to be less iffy about: I’m wearing a “clean” face to work with my favourite (and lucky!) red top in celebration of today’s holiday. :)

Week 02 results: Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum

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LOreal Paris introduces Super Liner Lasting Crayon (Php 395): a sharpenable pencil in an extremely smooth formula with the ease of application of a traditional pencil liner but the application feel of a liquid eyeliner. This soft gliding formula was built for super long wear: smudge proof, waterproof, no transfer. The result? Bold and beautiful eye contours.

For a deeper and more intense smokey eye look, LOreal Paris provides the easiest solution: Super Liner Smokey Duo (Php 445). This duo eyeliner creates a smokey eye in 2 easy steps.

1st step: Soft crayon liner for exact lining. The easy to blend soft crayon is a waterproof formula with an intense color pay off.

2nd step: Smudger for a natural smokey effect. The other end of the pencil is a gentle smudger for easy blending along the contours of the eyes.

Quick confession: I’ve been using this trio since I got a hold of them last week. Why not when two of them are dupes of my favourite department store eye liners? :)

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I was about to hail a cab late last week when the unthinkable happened: my stomach grumbled out of hunger like it’s the end of the world. I cannot stay in Serendra for a full meal so I stopped by one of my favourite restaurants for a to-go to be noshed at work just before midnight.

Apart from the iced latte (approx. Php 165) above and the Grandma’s Crispy Duck Confit and Mushroom Risotto (Php 575), I ordered something new to me just because. Oddly, I eat pork but I will only submit myself to its full glory only when I need serious comfort. That said, I ordered the Grilled Maple Cider Glazed Bone-In Pork Chop (Php 475).

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Remember how I gushed about the Majolica Majorca Perfect Automatic Liner last year (review here)?

I finally caved in and got the other six colours. *happy kitty dance*

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For some three weeks now, this has been the talk of town at work. Sure, it might be (partly) my fault asking everyone to define and differentiate it for me. I’ve gone a little too nuts about it so I finally Googled it (hello SOPA) and this is what I got:

loy·al
adj.
1. Steadfast in allegiance to one’s homeland, government, or sovereign.
2. Faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty.
3. Of, relating to, or marked by loyalty. See Synonyms at faithful.

faith·ful
adj.
1. Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, cause, or idea; loyal.
2. Engaging in sex only with one’s spouse or only with one’s partner in a sexual relationship.
3. Having or full of faith.
4. Worthy of trust or belief; reliable.
5. Consistent with truth or actuality: a faithful reproduction of the portrait.

With the definitions presented above, I’d like to leave you with 2 questions:

1. What does it mean to be loyal but not faithful?
2. What does it mean to be faithful but not loyal?

It’s only Tuesday and I feel so spent. :-/ Me thinks it’s the weather + lack of caffeine. It’s already Jan 17 and I’ve only had one espresso to for 2012! Withdrawal symptoms — yes I definitely have it (and my eyebags are giving that fact away!).

I wore this nutty face to a beauty editorial stint earlier. My first peg was my “daily” taupe look but my boss for the day didn’t like it. She pulled out an old photo where I was wearing red, violet, and blue eye shadow and wanted to do something like that. I stuck with red just because it’s so delish, wildly unexpected, saucy, and well, hot.

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