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Office FOTD: Oakley fans me (w/o makeup) and R

SUPER LOVE the treatment I got last Thursday!
(story to follow)

my VIP kitty pass
(Thank you NOKIA!)

Gold fish kitty and man friend

Chay and meeee

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EOTD (!!!):

I couldn’t find my mascara so I put on my The Face Shop Eyelash in XLH.

BASE: ARTDECO e/s base
BROW BONE: ARTDECO e/s 07
INNER CREASE: ARTDECO e/s 19
OUTER CREASE: Milani Sun Goddess
LINER: MAC Powerpoint in ENGRAVED
LASHES: The Face Shop Eyelash in XLH

FOTD:

Post lunch at The Peninsula Manila (please excuse my eyebags)

Dinner:

Checkout our uber-gorg bracelets from Shen!

I look like this:

On my face last night: MUFE HD Powder and BE Buxom Lips in Ginger

My hair is definitely longer (heavier and limper at that) and my eye bags are definitely bigger! I’m back on day shift this week and I can’t afford Mr. Sun to see me like this so I had my hair colored in light ash brown (over red hair!) last Sunday and got myself the following:

My HG under eye area concealer
(actual product color)

If my memory serves me right, this is already my 3rd pan. I nix this out of my stash every time I slather the self tanner on but when I’m back to my natural skin tone, I make sure I have this in 7YR Medium all the time.

Concealer love: one for the eyes and one for the rest of my face

While the color and finish is outstanding IMHO, I still sigh out loud whenever I pay for this wonder. It’s almost twice the price of MAC Studio Finish concealer but only contains 2.5g (MAC houses 7 whooping grams!). *sigh*

Anyhoo, to amp up the volume on my hair, I got myself a new ceramic round brush from BaByliss (Php 350 at Rustan’s). Look how big it is:

Folks who are used to long bristled brushes might find this brush useless but trust me, once you get the hang of it, you’ll LOVE it.

ps. The Mika collection’s already here! Each eye shadow palette costs (hang on to your seat!) FOUR THOUSAND PESOS!

Dear Santa,

I’m sending my Christmas wish list over early for hassle free shopping!

1. Everything in outfit #2 (middle) plus patent jacket in outfit #3 (right)

Both the vest and jacket are from Zara. Image lifted from this month’s Marie Claire Philippines.

2. YSL TOP SECRETS Flash Radiance Skincare Brush

With a single brush stroke, signs of fatigue are erased, and skin is left feeling velvety smooth and fresh with radiance! This high-performance formula combines all the benefits of a skincare product with the precision and ease of a brush, the silky and comfortable texture glides over the skin, leaving it feeling incredibly fresh and invigorated.

A blend of energizing active ingredients combine the Grain of Paradise extract with caffeine to erase signs of fatigue. On the skin’s surface, light-reflecting micro-pigments are able to capture and diffuse light, to reduce skin imperfections and boost radiance.

A seaweed derived sugar forms a veil that maintains moisture on the surface of the skin and protects it against external threats.

Wheat proteins combined with sugar extracted from oats and a silcon elastomer allow for the formula to quickly smooth fine lines, leaving it feeling soft and velvety. Source.

I was madly in love with Bare Escentuals’ bareVitamins Prime Time until I got to try this. Not only did it make my skin look better under MMU but also made application super easy (skin’s ready about 2minutes after application). I got my last brush from Rustan’s about 4 months ago for nearly Php3000. Hope the price tag hasn’t hiked up yet!

3. The Charm Travel Pro Brush Set

I have enough brushes to make a broom to sweep the house but I can’t resist this set! I got my hands on them two weeks ago and they’re too soft, too soft. Definitely of PRO quality. Best part? They’re shorthandled! I don’t have to cut the handles to make application really close to the mirror easy! Totally a steal for only Php1500 or US$38 (pre-buy rate) at Beauty and Minerals.

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This loot isn’t so bad if I didn’t haul up from Shiseido (skin care as usual) last Tuesday night.

I did mention earlier that am ditching my tan, right? On my current skin tone (Monave Sandra, two shades up from Monave Canela), The Body Shop’s Lightening Touch #3 (Php 795) is my under eye area’s saving grace. I discovered this sometime 2005, a few hours before an event I’m hosting. I left my YSL Touch Éclat at home and another wand is out of budget. I was supposed to get the TBS’ pencil concealer when I chanced on this. It used to be a wand and tube and I honestly prefer that over this. This formula’s more fragrant than the original variant too such that this smells like Jovan Musk. Performance wise, it’s still the same. It’s still a highlighter that’s got “ingenious little light-diffusing particles minimize fine lines and dark shadows”. Love this magic wand pen!

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