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Going Flawless with Flawless Full Body Scrub with Bleach

Cai — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:21:29 +0000

Yesterday I went to Flawless Megamall to get a body scrub. Am big fan of body scrubs but it was actually my first time to visit a beauty clinic to have it done. Most of the time I would just scrub my own self using body salt I would buy in drugstores.

So because I have a very busy day ahead of me, I decided to visit Flawless very early. I got there just few minutes after ten. And I waited for about an hour before I got my body scrub. And while waiting, I took pictures around the clinic.

Here’s a very cozy circular sofa in the waiting area and a cutesy chandelier in the product bar.

Here’s Flawless’ different beauty products – moisturizer, soaps, lotion, whitening products and many others. You may want to visit a Flawless branch if you are interested . You might find a good product that would work for you. :’)

Going back to the scrub. I don’t have pictures while my whole body is being scrubbed because for me that would be just awkward haha. The scrub took more or less 30minutes. I like it much because you can really feel the salt scrubbing away your dead skin. And it has a nice fragrance to it – something floral-like and aromatic, very relaxing indeed. And when I took the shower after the scrub, my skin feels so soft and smooth, almost baby-ish. And then the bleaching followed.

I am not really into whitening because I love being morena, but I think what the bleaching did to my skin after the session is it gave my skin a healthy glow. Really. It lightens the skin to the effect of a younger and healthy glow. :’)

While the whole thing was a very relaxing experience, I wasn’t able to get any sleep though because Ms Edlyn (the aesthetician who did my scrub) and I were just chatting all throughout the session. And I really enjoyed it, she was talking to me about stuff and that kept me from being bored.

From left to Right: Ms Morine who did my power peel, Ms Mara from the reception who's very nice to help me in identifying the right facial for my skin type, Ms Edlyn who did my scrub, Erica (me), and Richard LOL :')

Review: Coastal Scents Pink Kabuki Brush

Cai — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:31:05 +0000

Yeay! Finally, I have my own Coastal Scents Pink Kabuki Brush! This item, along with my other makeup finds, arrived sometime last month. I ordered this one from the Coastal Scent site along with the Coastal Scents Pink Duo Fiber Powder Stippler brush (I will make a separate post for this one)

Yay! My Pink Kabuki Brush! (on top of my pink Suesh vanity case)

I first saw this Pink Kabuki Brush sometime in May last year. I so wanted one because, for the obvious reason, it’s pink – the handle is metallic pink, and the bristles are hot pink. Idk why other reviews say the bristles are made from synthetic hair. It’s not. I can tell that it’s not; there is this usual awkward smell from new brushes made from natural hair. The Coastal Scents site confirms that the bristles are made from combined goat and sable hairs. So if you are allergic to natural hair, the Coastal Scent Pink Kabuki Brush is NOT made of synthetic hair.

Ok, so what I love about this brush are the following:

It’s cheap. It’s only $4.99 or just around Php250. If you’re planning to buy this from the Coastal Scent site, you might also consider getting another product or two so you can save on shipping cost.
The bristles are very soft and very compact. But like what I’ve told you, natural hair brushes have awkward smell K It will fade eventually but it will take a while and a few washes.
It’s perfect for applying mineral makeup or just powder makeup. I alternately use this with my Ellana full face brush when applying my finishing powder, which is also from Ellana Minerals.
The very short handle gives you more control when blending powder makeup.
I just love that it’s pink. I feel so kikay whenever I use it.

What I don’t like about it are:

It smells awkward. It doesn’t have a bad smell though, just awkward.
Hairs would fall once in a while. But I think it’s normal for natural-hair brushes.
Everytime I wash it, the bristles on the outer part of the brush gets wavy. (you might have noticed that in the picture above)

So there. If you’re looking for a kabuki brush or if you’re thinking to get this pink kabuki brush too, I hope this review helps. :’)

Going Flawless with Flawless Power Peel

Cai — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:51:02 +0000

Last week I had a relaxing Monday afternoon at Flawless. It’s not my first time in Flawless but it was my first time in SM Megamall branch. It’s located at 5F Bldg B, and is actually just in front of Beauty & Butter.

Flawless - SM Megamall Branch - 5F Bldg B

My BB can only capture this much light LOL. It's actually cozy and relaxing inside the Flawless clinic in SM Megamall.

So I got a Flawless Power Peel. It’s a skin resurfacing procedure that restores the skin to its natural glow. It uses corundum crystals to peel dead skin, leaving your skin rejuvenated and glowing (I swear, I got a compliment from a colleague last week, she said I’m glowing). It would also make your pimple/acne scars and dark spots less visible. The result of Flawless Power Peel is like that of a laser resurfacing treatment but less cheaper and according to what I’ve read, it’s less painful.

Flawless also have Diamond Peel that uses diamond which is four times harder than corundum crystals. The procedure both for the Power Peel and the Diamond Peel is the same, they just use different crystals.

Click here to learn more about Flawless Diamond/Power Peel.

Flawless Power Peel includes the classic facial before your dead skin gets vacuumed out of your face. You even get warm compress and hand massage. Sweet. And I also requested for a seaweed mask, because I learned from the technician who did my peel that it is effective for oil control.

Yes, that's the Flawless Power Peel® Microdermabrasion System right there. It propels corundum crystals and at the same time vacuums the used crystal and the dead skin exfoliated from your face

The peel was not really painful but it pricks a little. My face feels really light afterwards. You’re not supposed to wash your face for a good eight hours after the peel.

Seaweed mask on! For oil-control. :')

Before I left the Flawless clinic, I browsed through the different Flawless products on display and went home to try two of their soaps, which after a week of use so far has proven to be effective. I have tried the SAS soap also and it is very effective in helping to dry out pimples faster. It also helps the face to prevent more pimples from showing up.

Oatmeal Soap: I love its milky scent. Tea Tree Soap: Has proven itself very effective in controlling oilyness of the face. Both priced Php160.

And those of you who know me, you would know that I don’t kiss *** so you can bet on me that when I say a product/service works for me, it does work for me. :’)

Hand and Foot Treat from Beauty & Butter Nail, Face & Art

Cai — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:31:07 +0000

If there’s one thing that I am most vain about, it would be my nails. I love them always neat and colorful. Next would be my hands and feet. I would never fail to get foot spa and home-style hand spa every two weeks. Yea, I am more religious with my nails, hands and feet than with my face. Ikr.

Beauty & Butter at SM Megamall 5F

So imagine how excited I was when I went to Beauty & Butter two weeks ago to get a Hand & Foot Paraffin Wax with Manicure and Pedicure. Beauty & Butter specializes in services like foot/hand spas, facials, and of course nail art! So I got myself a nail art too! How can I miss that, eh? (But will tell you about it on my next post )

Sitting comfortably while waiting for my turn. I was actually watching Step Up 2 during that time. Beauty & Butter has two big LCD screens mounted on the wall. Sweet.

It wasn’t my first time in Beauty&Butter but it was my first time to ever get a paraffin wax treat. After getting mani and peds, my hands and feet were dipped in hot paraffin wax (and when I say hot, it’s tolerably hot). Then it’ll be wrapped in plastic and in cotton gloves to preserve the heat. It’ll be on for like 15minutes or so. You can really feel your hands and feet relaxed. Hand & Foot Paraffin Wax with Manicure and Pedicure is one of Beauty & Butter’s services that you can give your hands and feet for ultimate relaxation treat. And for just Php999. Sweet, eh? Your hands and feet will thank you for that. :’)

And also I love Beauty & Butter’s own nail polish line. The consistency of the polish is superb, and it won’t chip easily. It comes in tons of beautiful colors – my own favorites are the pretty shades of pink and browns. Some may say that applying dark colors (especially dark red and dark brown) on your toenails would make you look old. I don’t think so because personally I love browns on my toenails! :’)

So now let me do this in bullet form again – Here’s what I really really love about Beauty & Butter:

The salon’s design is posh and princess-y. It’s very cool and colorful and funky and young.
You get to use an iPad while waiting.
The Buttercups (that’s what they call the staff) are cute in their yellow uniforms and they are all sweet and accommodating.
And ultimately, Beauty & Butter understands our vain need to pamper ourselves. :’)

Miss Jing. She patiently attended to my needs that time. Very nice lady.

Beauty & Butter: Ultimate Vanity Treat from Manila’s New Nail Art Salon

First Flawless Facial Experience

Cai — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:26:33 +0000

Hai there. Last week I got invited to a blogger party night sponsored by Flawless and Beauty&Butter. I got to meet Lorna Tolentino and some beauty bloggers.

And so here’s the thing, they got a whole blogging contest going on from today until July 30 and I’m gonna be totally, TOTALLY, honest with my entries – no *sskissing or whatever.

Ok, last week I went to Flawless Trinoma to get my first ever Flawless facial. I wasn’t able to bring a camera because it was an impromptu visit. Yesterday I visited Flawless Megamall just to take some pictures to accompany this post but unfortunately I don’t have the camera connector with me here at my place so there I still don’t have any photos for this post amf (but I’m gonna post it as soon as I get back from my Caramoan trip, that would be on Tuesday, I promise*).

So about that facial experience in Flawless Trinoma, yea I had an Oil Control Facial. It took only around 30 to 40 minutes to get the facial done. They put seaweed mask on my face after pricking all of my blackheads, which are not much really. Oh, there was laser first before the mask. There’s this laser light or something that they’re hovering all over my face before they put that seaweed mask on. And then after that, it’s done!

After the facial, my face did feel great! It’s like it finally was able to breathe. It feels supple – very tight but very soft. It’s a very nice feel, I tell you. But. Yes, there is a but. After just a day, I got disappointed because it’s supposed to help in getting control of the oilyness of my face or something, but yea I got disappointed. You know what I mean.

Anyway, now let me tell you something other than the facial experience:

First, the clinic in Flawless Trinoma feels really crowded, not because there were plenty of people or something (but indeed there were plenty of people lined up that day), but because the place is so small it can’t hold up all the beds in it. I might not know what I’m talking about haha
Second, the people in Flawless Trinoma are not helpful or something. They made me feel like they’re unaccommodating or I don’t know.
Third, the people in Flawless Megamall seems to not know their services when I went there yesterday. This lady in the reception, I asked her to brief me about the Oil Control Facial because I need to blog about it. She just said, “Ah, the oil control facial? It’s seaweed mask.” And I was like pulling off this “Is that it?” kind of facial expression, but really, that’s all the answer I got from her. But at least she’s nice to assist me to find the facial that will suit me, but I have to say no to her offer because I just got my facial last week and I’m running late.

So there. Maybe I can tell you more about Flawless and its services for the coming weeks when I get back to one of their clinics for the next four posts.

See you around.

P.S. I’m late for my flight haha, I haven’t packed yet. =P I swear to put pictures when I get back.

*EDIT: the pictures got accidentally erased from the camera so yeah, no pictures for this post

Are yoo wearing the right SPF?

Cai — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:03:00 +0000

So here’s the thing, I didn’t use to love being tan. Really. But then I realized going tan looks great on me and so every chance I get to bum on beaches, I’d make sure I get the tan that I so love.

Hayden Panettiere in her very pretty tan

Now see, getting tanned is very different from getting your skin burned. That’s why almost every single product you put on your face has SPF: your moisturizer, your powder, your foundation, and yes even your lip balm. Let me tell you something about SPF (or Sun Protection Factor) that maybe most people aren’t aware of: the SPF number on your sunscreen or moisturizer or whatever product is that is like a multiplier on how long your skin is gonna burn under the sun.

So like for example, this pretty fair-skinned lady will burn her skin after like 10 or 15minutes of sun exposure, but she had on her an SPF30, now it would take 300 or 450minutes before she gets sunburn.

Now for me, Halle Berry is the most beautiful bronze princess ever.

I don’t know with you but I’m amazed with this fact. I just found out about this few minutes ago from this beauty newsletter I’m subscribed to. I didn’t know what SPF really is, all I know is the higher the SPF, the better.

Personally, I use SPF60 when going to the beach. After two to three hours of beach bumming, I’m beautifully tanned. During normal days, I’d wear SPF15 provided by my liquid foundation, and another SPF15 from my moisturizer. But there is this one product I so want to buy (but it cost around Php1700-2000). It’s a moisturizer, sunscreen and foundation for light coverage in one product. Isn’t that awesome? I’ll blog about it when I get the mooolah to buy it haha =p So that would be it. I hope you learned something =p

Now tell me, what’s your SPF? =)

5-pc brush set from Ellana Minerals

Cai — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:40:27 +0000

Yay I got a new set of brushes!

Earlier this week I ordered 5-pc brush set from Ellana Minerals and I received them last night. I decided to get brushes from Ellana because I trust their products. I bought a small face brush before and I have been using it ever since. So now I got a 5-pc set of brushes that comes with a very nice black compact pouch that I can take anywhere — a bigger powder brush I can use for loose foundation and blushes, an angled blush brush for contouring the cheeks, two flat brushes of different size that I can use for applying concealer, liquid foundation and even eyeshadow, and a brow and lash brush.

The brushes are made of synthetic hair so it’s perfect for you if you have allergies with natural bristles made from goat hair or horse hair. And believe me, the bristles are sooooooo soft even after you wash them for the first time. I’ve encountered such brushes before (when I first bought a 22-pc brush set made of natural hairs) that’s why I’m very wary now in selecting the brushes I buy.

So if it is your first time to buy brushes or something, I recommend that you get Ellana brushes from Ellana Minerals. It’s cheap but the quality is so good.

Suesh Pink Vanity Box

Cai — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:13:16 +0000

Yeay! Boiffie and Bestie (and myself) got me a pink vanity box!

Dimension: 306x220x245mm; Price: Php2500 @http://suesh.com

I saw this one from Suesh and I fell in love instantly. I forced my bestfriend and my boyfriend to pledge 1000 each so I can buy this. Hahaha it feels good to be loved! Thanks guys, I lubbyoo!

I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I imagined staring lovingly at while I did work on my laptop or when playing party poker. I thought about walking into the airport with it and the admiring glances I would get. Hehe! I literally couldn’t wait to get my hands on it.

Two weeks ago, Boiffie and I dropped by Suesh’ showroom in Greenhills to pick up the box. Unfortunately, they’ve already closed when we arrived. We were just a few minutes late then, and I cursed the traffic in Greenhills, and I was really frustrated. The next day, I asked the Bestfriend to pick up the box somewhere in Timog and he gladly obliged. (Uhmm okay, to be honest, it took me a lot of pleading to get him get the pink box hahaha) That was a Sunday, and after church we met and I was giggling like a little girl all the while!

I was so hyped when I saw my pink vanity box at last! It’s perfect for my little collection of brushes and cosmetics. There’s still plenty of room and it’s like begging for more products to be put there LOL Hello makeup shopping soon!

Wooooooot!

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Pond’s Big Beauty Sale

Cai — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:49:03 +0000

Pond's Big Beauty Sale

Pond’s will be having a big sale upto 70% on selected items on August 15 to September 15 2009. I am sooo excited. And if only I could pull the date closer, I would.

Look at the discounted price list below:

I want to try Flawless White items (and AgeMiracle too , as if I need it haha) and I will buy a lot of Mask LOL

This is the best time to try Pond’s product (if you still haven’t), or try the other Pond’s product if you have been using other Pond’s item before. I browsed the whole Pond’s site, and I think I want to try the Pond’s AgeMiracle line – but wait, I’m just 21 and I want to try it, does that mean I’m trying to make you raise your brows? Say no, please. No.

Also, I am curious if the 7-day Pond’s AgeMiracle promise is true. I took the Pond’s Skin Age Test at the AgeMiracle site and, tadah!

Yay!

I have been using Pond’s White Beauty Pinkish-White Glow Lightening Facial Foam as my daily facial wash and Pond’s White Beauty Pinkish-White Glow Lightening Cream as my daily facial cream, which functions as my day and night cream (who says you can’t have the same cream for both, eh?:D ). I think Pond’s White Beauty is the cheapest line of Pond’s beauty products.

*Screenshots from Ponds.com.ph

Save or Splurge: Oil Control Sheet

Cai — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:12:16 +0000

Making your face stay oil-free should not cost you a lot. So when buying oil control sheets that is definitely a must-have in every girl’s purse: SAVE!

You don’t need expensive sheets because they all practically do the same thing: remove excess oil from your face. It works by patting a sheet on your T-area where your face is most oily and poof you’re instantly oil-free and dirt-free and feeling refreshed!

I used to buy Clean&Clear control sheets since I was in high school. But that cost me around 100-120 every two weeks, I can’t remember clearly. And then in college, until now, I am using Finess Oil Control Sheet which can be bought from Watsons for 30pesos and it works pretty fine for me. And yes, that’s a lot of savings too, I’m telling you.

So next time your Shiseido oil control sheets run out, I’d say buy the cheaper brand. You know you can always use the saved up money to buy that moisturizer you want from Clinique.

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