I've been wanting to try out a tropical inspired look for a while now. I finally had time to do this today. I didn't realize that it took me a couple of hours to really get the colors right. LOL!

I feel like I haven't had a haul for a really long time.  I've been buying all sorts of things this month, mostly beauty tools for hair and makeup that I will be using for my freelance gigs.  This is totally random and I bought these stuff from several shops both online and from malls.

 

I'm not one whose usually bothered by my arm or leg hair, so I've never tried shaving it off.  I've read about this product from a couple of blogs last year, so it got me curious if the stuff really does work.  So, I started stopping by HBC branches here in Cebu just to look for the Body Recipe Hair Remover Cream. Unfortunately, it is always out of stock. So that would probably mean it's a good product, is it?

* inexpensive
* painless especially for my first time removing leg hair
* convenient and handy
* very easy to use, you just have to apply, wait, & wash
* it comes with a spatula, so you won't have messy hands
* leaves my skin soft and smooth after use
* product of the Philippines and it's made with natural ingredients


* only 50g a tube, though it's only Php105 pesos (a little over $2.00) so it's still doable
* hair grows back after a week
* has a weird scent but definitely tolerable

My Rating: 4 / 5

For my first time removing leg hair, this is definitely a very pleasant experience.  I've never tried waxing though simply because I'm scared as to how painful it can be. LOL!

If you are looking for an easy, quick and painless way to remove body hair, this product is definitely for you.  I also love the fact that the company placed the manufacturing and expiration date on the tube. 


You can also check out Thiamere's review and see before and after pictures.
Please do share your experiences with regards to removing body hair especially about products that you love to use for this purpose.

Until next time.

Cheerios!

Out of all the lipsticks I tried, Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick line has been my top choice especially their creme finished lipsticks.  I've been buying lipsticks from other brands but I still keep coming back to Revlon Super Lustrous because of their price and quality.

My hair tools finally arrived. A few months ago, I asked my boss to buy me these two Conair hair tools at Walmart.  He went back home to New York after 4 long years of staying here in the Philippines.  I knew he was coming back last June, so I emailed him a couple of links for the tools and asked him to buy those for me. Fortunately, he agreed. I paid him for the items and shipping. ^_^

I got these two on my hands last June 28, 2012 and already tried using it for a couple of times.  They are awesome for personal use!


If you don't know what hot rollers are, these are rollers used for setting hair that gives off soft curls.  These are just heated rollers.  If you know how to use hair rollers or hair curlers, using this will be easy.  You have no idea how hard it is to find hot rollers/ hair setters here locally.

I tried scouring through malls even online shops but they are nowhere to be found.  I did find one online but the price was just crazy high.  You can buy this Conair HS34R Compact Hairsetter in the US or you can always try Amazon.com.
Before choosing these two Conair tools, I did check if they where dual voltage. So that, I won't have to buy any sort of plug adapters when I use them.  That was one of the things I had to consider before buying these. Another thing I had to consider is the price, these are so affordable yet very good quality.  I also read some of the reviews of these products from the Walmart website and both have 4 stars rating. ^_^

Until next time.

Cheerios!

Some of you might be wondering what are differences between, lip balms, lip butters, and lip conditioners.  I was asking that very same question myself for a while now and so I did a little bit of research.

The word "Balm" by definition is a soothing, healing, and comforting agent.  A Lip Balm is a medicated wax-like substance applied to the lips in order to relieve dry or chapped lips.

Lip Butters are similar to lip balms in terms of packaging but is made with softer consistency. It is not medicated.  Ingredients wise, lip butters have much more butter or oil ratio which makes it even more moisturizing and long lasting. However, it feels a bit heavier than regular lip balms do.

A Lip Conditioner or Lip gloss has more oil content and thus give that high shine.  Usually lip glosses don't stay long on lips as compared to lip balms because of more oil in them. However, you can get the benefits of a lip balm and a lip butter together with a hint of color and shine in a gloss.

After months and months of waiting. The MAC Cosmetics "Hey Sailor" Collection finally arrived here in Cebu City, Philippines.  The Event was held last June 30, 2012. So, I apologize for this delayed post. ^_^



Most of the products were actually sold within just a few minutes after they started selling. This was supposed to be half empty, but I asked one of the MAC Makeup artist to fill it up with their samples again so that I could take pictures of the collection. (the price for being extremely late ^_^)

As you can see in the photo above, that's supposed to be full, but they ran out of the other bronzers quickly.  You can check the complete list of products as well as swatches from the MAC Hey Sailor Collection at Temptalia.com.