The heat is on and you know it — summer’s definitely just around the corner. With vacations lined up one after another, Avon preps us with the season’s beauty and fashion must-haves.
I received a truckload of products (housed in the Summer Mat In A Bag) from Avon last week and quite frankly, I don’t know where to start (not complaining!). I just picked three items at random and found myself liking them almost immediately.
Ralph Lauren fragrance has a very big space in my heart and boudoir. Romance was my first EDT and I’m on my 10th year love affair with it. I first fell in love (pun intended) with Romance months before I turned 18 because it worked perfectly with my body chemistry. I had the traditional debut ball when I turned 18 and because dear friends and family knew that I loved the scent a lot, I received 3 (one from my dad’s brother and two from college friends) 100ml bottles. :) I got initiated to Ralph a year after and it’s been one of my signature summer scents since then because it instantly whisks me off to the ocean a really expensive vacation by the beach.
This spring, Ralph Lauren once again made its way to my boudoir through their 4-piece Big Pony Women range.
face of the bottles
Contemporary life is an exciting, colorful multi-dimensional adventure for a confident young woman. She can no longer be defined by a single aspect of her life. Ralph Lauren celebrates her many facets and accomplishments with The Big Pony Collection for Women, a series of four fragrances embracing dynamic femininity. A new generation of women is leading the way and they now have a fragrance collection to call their own.
Scent is an essential accessory for all of the roles a woman plays. The Big Pony Collection for Women explores four of her vital attributes; Sporty, Sensual, Free-Spirit and Style. Today’s woman should have a fragrance wardrobe to match her multitude of passions and achievements. She coordinates her fashion according to mood and occasion; now she can choose a scent to compliment her every desire.
back of the bottles
1 The Sporty Fragrance. Catch her if you can. This Floral Citrus scent features Grapefruit & Blue Lotus for a vibrant, energetic fragrance that evokes confidence and energy while awakening the senses. Confident and fearless, the sporty woman is a natural born leader and ready to take on the world. The sleek blue bottle features a yellow oversized polo pony icon opposite a bold green number 1.
2 The Sensual Fragrance. A Floriental Fruity with the key ingredients of Cranberry & Tonka Mousse, this fragrance is for an alluring flirt with a romantic spirit. Playful and irresistible, this modern woman follows her heart…and she just might break yours. The eye-catching pink bottle is complemented by a green oversized polo pony icon opposite a cool blue number 2.
3 The Free-Spirited Fragrance. Eccentric, rebellious and independent, this Floral Green fragrance highlights Pear & Mimosa. The crisp, bright scent represents ultimate optimism and natural feminine radiance for a woman who dances to the beat of her own drum. Set upon a luminous yellow bottle, the oversized blue polo pony icon contrasts with a bold, orange number 3.
4 The Stylish Fragrance. Edgy and refined, with a flair for the exotic, this Oriental Floral contains key ingredients of Wild Cherry & Purple Amber. Designed for the stylish woman, she catches the eye and imagination of anyone who crosses her path. This purple bottle features a pink oversized polo pony opposite a striking yellow number 4.
Can you guess which one I got? Check this video out and throw your guesses in.
Lemming last March 5 ~fin. mamechiyo for shu uemura has finally arrived in Manila! :)
shu uemura Power Plant Atelier
Come closer:
Three weeks ago, I had the opportunity (and time, of all things) to try out Jennifer Lynn’s No Chip UV Gel Polish at this quaint salon in BF Homes called You’ve Got Nail Spa & Studio.
photo via their Facebook page
It’s very rare that I get to do this with my staple salon date, Mother Goose. Being stuck with her for hours is something I relish these days because I’m hardly at home with her. :)
MG breaking her #1 rule — no slouching (she justifies with an “I’m lazying around!”)
We both had the manicure & pedicure with scrub prior to the “main event”. All of our attendants were very cautious of our digits and piggies because we cut and bleed easily. Yes — like mother, like daughter.
Choosing which colour I’d be stuck with for weeks was the hardest part about this sweet treat. I chose Avery while MG picked Claire.
Which one’s your top pick? Just choose one!
Thank you for making my one of my short term dreams (babbled first about it here) come true.
It’s almost 2 weeks of immobility limited mobility for me and it hurts today as much as it did in day 01. It doesn’t get any easier nor better which is scary because come Wednesday, I’m due for a check up. I’m dreading the said day because I might hear the 4 letter word I’m avoiding at all costs: CAST. :(
Apart from not being able to wear my new kicks, what’s really sucky about this situation’s I can’t go to FLOW SurfYogaSamba’s seventh retreat in (of all places) Baler:
Learn to SURF, YOGA & SAMBA on April 28 – 30, 2012, at Aliya Surf Camp, Baler, Aurora!
Baler, as I put it last year, is my kind of Disneyland. Surfing and Bikram yoga’s my flavour of unwinding and working out at the same time so I’m really bummed that I can’t go this April. #wawaface
Anyway, if you’re free and you’re looking for a new kind of natural high that will last ’til you get back to the city, enlist for FLOW SurfYogaSamba’s retreat. It’s guaranteed to give you that plus a whole lot more. :)
The brand Benefit Cosmetics is notorious (in a good way of course) for two things: chic, smoking hot looks and beautiful eyebrows. Raising eyebrows since 1976, I know my eyebrows can be left to them on any day with zero qualms whatsoever. Under the pro hands of one of their local brow experts, Angela, I had my brows done at the Benefit Brow Bar the third time (the first time was in Singapore 5 years ago) two weeks ago.
Their tools of trade. Benefit Cosmetics use Depileve wax for their waxing services. The Pearl Rosin Wax is used for the face since since it’s made for sensitive skin. It is made with natural pine rosin, blended with Mica and Magnolia Oil.
Here are my “before” brows. Messy but bearable. LOL
