FINALLY. Dry shampoo has arrived at Philippine Shores! The first time I heard about the existence of dry shampoos is in one of the many beauty related videos that I’ve seen in Youtube. I was so amazed by the idea of dry shampoos so the moment I saw that Etude House was selling dry shampoos, I immediately picked one up!

Product

A lot of you may be wondering what exactly a dry shampoo is. A dry shampoo is supposed to be a hair product that you can use on-the-go. It’s a convenient product that cleanses the oil and dirt away from your hair by absorbing them. Oh, and you don’t have to use water! ;) This dry shampoo comes in a matte pink aerosol bottle and contains 50 ml worth of product and costs P448 a bottle.

What I Love

• It has a fruity floral scent which is lovely! It’s not harsh and overpowering at all!
• The packaging is really cute! ( I wish they had some english phrases though!)
• Small and easy to carry around.
• Effectively freshens up my hair by removing the dirt and making my hair smell fruity and flowery all throughout the day.
• It works right away!

What I don’t like

• The “Oh my Go*” caption. HAHA. I wish it was something like, “OH MY GOSH”. This issue may be something that bothers only me though!
• I find it quite expensive because 50ml is such a small amount of product! I’ve been afraid to use it because it’s so expensive. haha.

Directions

1. position the bottle 15-20cm away from your head
2. spray all over your hair
3. comb through you hair
4. all done! ;)

Recommendations

This product is absolutely genius! This is perfect for girls who have really oily hair, or those who are super lazy to wash their hair in the morning. I also think this product is very convenient to use after going to the gym, or after P.E. class! Althought I love this product, I would not recommend this replace the actual shampoo just because I don’t think it cleans the hair as well as shampoos do! This is comparable to a hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizers should only be used when there is no fresh water and soap available to to wash hands. Also, I think it would be too expensive to use this daily as a replacement to the actual shampoo. :) I would repurchase it because I only use it wisely and very sparingly. That, and I really LOVE how CONVENIENT this is!

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I’ve always been and will always be a lippie girl! I love lipsticks more than lipglosses! I barely use lip glosses, actually. The first thing I checked out in the Etude House store was the lipsticks! I started swatching the shades and ended up picking up two lippies. I actually wanted to get one more but I had to restrict myself! ha ha. The first one that I’ll be reviewing is the BE101.

The Product

It’s just like any other lipstick enclosed in a plastic case. It doesn’t say in the box how much the actual weight of the product is but it’s net weight (weight including the packaging) is 3.4g. A MAC lipstick’s net weight is twice of this Etude House Lipstick. I don’t mind though because it’s cost is around half of a mac lipstick’s: PHP 478

What I Love:

• The packaging is very cute.
• BE101 has a GORGEOUS lips but better shade! I haven’t been wearing lipsticks lately because I realized how nice my lips look even with just a small amount of lip balm. However, this has such a gorgeous nude shade and it makes me wanna start wearing lipsticks more often!
• The nude shade doesn’t make me look pale or washed out at all.
• The heart carving on the lipstick is divine! The carving reminds me of some high-end lipsticks like Burberry which have carvings as well.
• It’s incredibly moisturizing on my lips.

What I don’t like:

• • I noticed that the whole product feels very light and it’s casing doesn’t feel as sturdy as other lipsticks.
  • It doesn’t last as long as other lipsticks as well. It lasted around 3-4 hours on me.

Final Recommendations

I really like this lipstick! The shade is PERFECT on my lips and I’ve actually been wearing this a lot these days. I recommend this to girls who are looking for a your-lips-but-better shade for a really affordable price. It’s less than 500 pesos! :)

I back with the second installment of my K-Palette Cosmetics Reviews! I’m always on the look out for concealers because it’s one of my daily essentials! I have really bad eye bags due to the long nights I have to go through as a college student. Yikes!

The K-Palette Kuma Cover Control Concealer caught my eye as I was browsing through the items in the K-Palette counter at Beauty Bar. There are three shades: Type 1 (natural beige), Type 2 (yellow beige) and Type 3 (orange beige). I initially picked up the type 3/03 concealer. It ended up not doing much for my eye bags. I really wanted to love the Kuma Cover Control concealer so I bought the type 2/02 concealer which is for brightening. It was lovely and I’m glad I repurchased another Kuma Cover Control Concealer. They cost PHP 895 a pop.

O3 Orange Beige

 02 Yellow Beige

Swatches of O2 on the Left and 03 on the right. 

According to the label on the box, 02 is for dull skin and pigmentation while 03 is for poor blood circulation. As you can see, the shades doesn’t work like normal concealers that work for people with fair skin to people with olive skin. These concealers serve different skin problems. Based on my skin, I find that the shade 02/Type 2 works fabulously on concealing and brightening my eye bags. The shade 03/Type o3 on the other hand, corrects my purplish veins and conceals my pimples well. :)

What I Love:

• The plastic packaging the houses the concealers are very sturdy.
• The concealers comes in a tube that releases just the right amount of product.
• The concealers have superb coverage and they really work according to the promised function.
• You only need a small amount of product for it to work. (Blend with fingers!)
• The product stays on all day.

 

• It’s a bit on the pricy side at 895 a pop and yet the product doesn’t fill up the entire tube.

I’m always been the type to de-stress like a typical girly girl: PAMPER MYSELF. Among my pampering methods would be having endless foot spa treatments with manicure and pedicure, massage treatments, shopping, all that girly stuff. I absolutely love getting my nails done and I make sure to get them done every two weeks or so. I’ve been to a number of nail spas within the vicinity of my house but I’ve only sticked to one.

Given that I’ve had lots of experience when it comes to nail salons, I’ve become very picky with them.

I don’t like nail salons with:

1. with local nail polishes (OPI, Essie, china glaze please!)
2. uncomfortable chairs (couches only)
3. horrible ambience (no to manicures and pedicures in salons! haha just kidding)
4. outdated magazines
5. noise

Ellabel’s Nail Spa has obviously passed all my requirements which is why I’ve been going to Ellabel’s Nail Spa ever since it opened. :)

I absolutely love everything about this nail salon! The interior is very so chic and I think the overall color scheme of the spa is very pleasant because the color tealish blue color is very cool on the eys.

Where I Camp out. 

Gadgets galore! Another thing I love about this salon is that they offer FREE WIFI. The internet connection is very fast. I like multi tasking so I usually bring my laptop with me to accomplish some work when I get my nails done. Sometimes, I read magazines because they always have updated magazines. If not, I sleep! :) I have a talent of sleeping anywhere at will. ;)

Three rows of nail candy goodness!! This is one of the major reasons why I love this nail salon. <3

My nail color as of the moment. I went for this color because of the holiday season. It’s dark purple. :)

Tada!

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