I Wanna Go To TheMall!

As some of you may know, I'm part of TOMCAT, a university wide organization that caters to the media needs of students in the University of Santo Tomas. A few days ago, my partner, Tricia and I were able to interview some team members of TheMall.ph, for our morning show, Tomsilog. We were quite nervous since we weren't properly briefed about who our guests were and we had to wing our interview. When we met Janie, Mark and Jin though, we were put at ease by their easy going personalities and warm smiles.

Janey & Mark

Jin

An outfit Mark and Janey styled
(Clothes from Chocolate, Necklace from Zuri)

The interview went smoothly as we talked about the fashion industry, various Filipino designers and of course their website, TheMall.ph.

The night before, I was able to go through their site and check out the different features it had. One of my favorite features, besides the shopping of course, is their Featured Outfit for each week. The users of TheMall.ph can create an account and mix and match different products from the site and submit their work and can be that week's Featured Outfit. I like how the site is not only there for shopping but they also create a relationship with their consumers.

While TheMall displays everything from home designs to women's clothing, they don't directly sell you the items but lets you directly contact the seller of the item, add it to your closet or to your wishlist.

An Arnold Galang dress that caught my attention. Such a pretty dress!

They have some really cool stuff and right now, they have an on-going Anniversary Sale, so be sure to check out the site!

Tricia and I really had fun with our guests! Thank you! Please try to come back, we'd love to have you on Tomsilog again.

And thank you for the yummy yummy cake! We really loved it!

TheMall is a partner site of Summit Media, FemaleNetwork.com, cosmo.ph, spot.ph, yummy.ph and of course stylebible.ph

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If you want to listen to the episode, click here to download it. :)

Mowing the Brow

As I was looking for photos of me in make up from years back, I gasped and wondered why I ever ever thought it was good enough for me to consider going outside, let alone, good enough for a shoot. I honestly never thought I'd be posting these photos again, but for the good of this blog.... I shall.


Now, we never really realize how important it is to groom our eyebrows. We don't pay enough attention to them actually, but do you really want to be caught in a photo with these kinds of eyebrows??

I mean, check mine out!

Back in 2010, I didn't know anything about eyebrow grooming, as you can see in the photo below. It was actually the most difficult lesson in the curriculum for me. I just couldn't understand it. During the shoot, I thought, "psh. eyebrows lang naman eh. Mas maganda dapat yung mata." But what I didn't get then, was that the eyebrows are just as important. To be honest, I just got the hang of doing my eyebrows in the past year.  They frame your eyes and help with the over-all look.  So please, get your eyebrows done. Nothing drastic, just clean them up a bit.

(2010)

(2010)

I get my eyebrows threaded at either Lay Bare or Let's Face It, since they're both near my place. In my experience, the best place to get them threaded would be at Lay Bare in their Ybardolaza branch. They really know what they're doing there. It's also cheaper than Let's Face It, where threading for women costs PHP150, in Lay Bare, it's only PHP100.

You can choose to get your eyebrows done only every six months since you can groom them yourselves using an eyebrow razor. It's very easy to do, once you get them threaded, once a week, just shave off the hair that you can see growing below your eyebrow.

You can find eyebrow razors in any mall. I know they sell them in The Face Shop, although, I'm not quite sure about the price. You can also find them in Watson's.

Another thing I never heard of was PRIMER. Oh how I love primer now. If you look closely at that photo, you can see the uneven color of black. That's because of two things: 1) I didn't put on primer. and 2) I remember being frustrated with that look because I kept making mistakes and trying to clean it up (ergo, the uneven color). 

My advice is to use primer when putting on eyeshadow. It really helps the color stick and even amplifies the color of the shadow. Also, it helps it blend throughout the day instead of creasing. I go to school everyday and have to deal with the Philippine heat, primer helps my make up stay in place for the whole day. A good but cheap primer would be e.l.f. Eyelid Primer. It's only around PHP250.00 and can be found in most malls.

See the difference your eyebrows can make?

(2011)

(2012)

(2012 -This photo was taken after a party. As you can see, my makeup is still intact)

Lay Bare Waxing Salon - 0917 - LAY- BARE

Let's Face It

Sally Hansen Salon Effects

Last year, I was browsing through some magazines and saw ads for the new product of Sally Hansen, the Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips. I instantly fell in love with the designs since it's difficult to replicate using brushes.

It wasn't available here in the Philippines yet so when we visited relatives in the U.S., these nail strips were the first thing I looked for. A year ago, they were about $8.50 a box. Recently, I finally found them at TriNoMa in Landmark for PHP500.00.

I really enjoy these strips cause they're really easy to use and I love the fun patterns! I paint my nails all the time but there are days when I'm just not feeling it and I use these nail strips. They last really long without chipping. The longest my nails lasted with these were for two weeks.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects - Check, Please!

Sally Hansen Salon Effects 330 Fly With Me