Jun 02 2010

…of stupid purchases that are too good to be true

Category: BeautyMinay @ 2:33 pm

Now this is what I call buyer’s remorse:

tweezers

 I sometimes tweeze my eyebrows myself because I’m too cheap to shell out 5o bucks to have somebody shave/tweeze/pluck/thread it for me. Everyone knows how hard it is to tweeze eyebrows without good lighting and a mirror. You can’t do it lying down because then you’re handheld mirror would block the light and one is bound to miss few hairs even when you practically cross your eyes leaning to your mirror.

So when I saw this magnification tweezer from Landmark for P59.75 I decided to give this too-good-to-be-true a try.

Like all things too good to be true, this one was a disappointment. The point being of this post is to never buy anything if you already have a hunch it’s just going to end up as one of those doodads that you eventually dump in one of your old eyeglass cases which serve as a graveyard for “things that don’t really have a function but then might eventually come in handy in the distant future”.

Anyway, until then, when dieting, here’s a nice proverb to remember “A beautiful figure is worth more than a thousand beautiful dresses”. Sad, but true. Now, I hope I’ll remember that whenever I look at my thighs. Yes, I am insecure like that.

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Jun 01 2010

Revlon PhotoReady Powder

Category: BeautyMinay @ 1:39 pm

So I know I can never look like this:

But admit it, we’ve all had at least ONE photo that we have burned, ripped up, or stored in a vault somewhere that makes our face look as if we had fallen face first into a sack of flour. Or a photo in high school when we had just discovered make-up and forgotten to powder our neck so our faces are whiter than the rest of our body. These factors does not a pretty picture make.

Also, most affordable compacts are usually in the lighter side of shades. Me, being a morena who relied on allowance for cellphone credits during my high school years had to make do with Johnson & Johnson compact that came in “fair” or “natural” if I recall correctly.

I don’t know how they define “natural” because I always more or less look like a geisha gone wrong in photos. You can guess what make-up I usually invest in, now that I have the money to burn for it. My favorite has always been L’Oreal Ideal Balance, but I got curious when I saw Revlon’s PhotoReady ads featuring Halle Berry. So for P947.00 I go this:

Revlon Photoready powder

Unlike other compacts that come with a face spongewhatchamacallit, this comes with a tiny brush which I hardly use. I use a big fluffy brush instead.

I should really post a before and after pic. But I’m not ready for the cyberworld to judge me without make-up so my verdict on the product is: It works. But L’Oreal’s Idal Balance works the same. Photoready, disappointingly speaking, irritates my skin, unlike Ideal Balance that feels like second skin. To be fair though, Photoready does deliver, maybe it’s just not the right match for my skin type which is mixed (T-zone oily, the rest dry).

Also, the first time I used it I had to do an ocular on several charitable institutions including the infamous mountain of garbage that is no longer there: Smokey Mountain. I had to go straight to dinner with a couple of my gal pals after that fateful visit. Because I knew they would love me, methane gas and all, I only had time to change into clean clothes nada shower. Surprisingly, I looked good in the pics which was a great thing, because I knew I could not say the same for how I smelled that night.

Anyhoo, until then, remember girls, if you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got. :)

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Aug 16 2009

Project Runway Philippines Season 2

Category: Beauty, Retail Therapy, UncategorizedMinay @ 9:22 am

I LOVE PROJECT RUNWAY! I watch it over and over again. When the Philippine version of the series hit the country, I was very pleased because a lot of young designers here who might not have the budget or the chance to showcase their talent will finally have the chance to do so. However, the first season was kind of a disappointment for me. I could already tell who was going to make it to the top three, with Veejay or Aries as my bets. Aries won  :)

Project Runway Philippines (source: Wikipedia)

Project Runway Philippines (source: Wikipedia)

When I saw the first episode of season 2, wowza! This batch is WAAAAAY better than the last one. In the first episode of the first season alone, you could already round up who might win, but this season it’s going to be a bit hard to choose AND eliminate.

My favorite this season is Russell Villafuerte aka The Fashion Rebel (daw) … so far. Who knows? It might change since the majority of them are good. I could remember in the American version my favorite was Korto, but in the final runway show, Leanne was the obvious winner.

The first challenge for the designers were to design a dress that best represents their design philosophy… using the clothes that they were wearing. I’ve yet to find a photo of Russell’s creation, but I immediately zoned in on him. He made a dress with this kind of Union Jack-esque design in the front. Very street fashion and sophisticated at the same time. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that every girl likes a bad boy… especially a bad boy who can sew her a killer dress! Hahaha.

Stay tuned!

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Aug 16 2009

On a fact of life: wrinkles

Category: Beauty, UncategorizedMinay @ 2:56 am

I bet you’ve seen an ‘ad-less’ advertisement around the metro delivering the generic spiel addressing Mother Nature’s will for women: the inevitability of wrinkles.  This particular spiel though, promises 92% less fine lines after a 6-week use. It also didn’t say which product was responsible for this. Earlier this year, a skin care team rounded up 50 Filipino women, aged 30 to 55 years old, to test their product on.

The women went through an assessment session with a dermatologist who made the  ugly truth known to each of the women.

The ugly truth TWICE over. I can imagine myself as that derma, hahaha.

Me:You have wrinkles.

Woman: wh-a-a-a?

Me: What’s more.

Woman: No! Don’t tell me! *covers ears*

(cue “heartbeat” music)

Me: I can actually tell you HOW MANY. *lets out a maniacal laugh*

Woman: *runs screaming into the night*

Hehehe. Anyhoo, these women were told to use a “mystery” product for six weeks in place of their usual moisturizer. This product, it turns out, is the yet to be introduced to the public Celeteque Advanced Anti-Wrinkle Facial Moisturizer. It was only after the challenge that the women were told what product they were using.

Celeteque True Results Challenge

Celeteque True Results Challenge

Yesterday, I attended the launch at Mag:net Cafe Boni High Street where Celeteque introduced the beautiful women who attested to the effectiveness of the product.

The boyfriend has a new habit, he points to ads and billboards that doesn’t make sense, but sure does sound good to gullible people. Including me. Although that habit of critiquing billboards and ads…

…he got that habit from me. hahaha.

Anyhoo, I think Celeteque is sincere in their claim although I’ve yet to try it out. It takes a lotta guts to proclaim AND market your product to have HONEST-TO-GOODNESS results in anti-aging.

Celeteque Advanced

Celeteque Advanced

A friend pointed out “how did they measure the ‘92%’ decrease in wrinkles?’

Well, Celeteque says that this is the average decrease in wrinkles that they have observed from the women. To push the envelope a little further, they had the guests of the launch have the skin around their eyes counted for wrinkles *gasp!* by a derma. A professional photographer took a photo of each guest for them to be able to keep track of the decrease. Glad to still have my 25-year-old skin and five years to enjoy it, I said my thanks and left with a press kit and triple-stapled loot bag which forced me to take a peek only when I got to the car.

Inside were a magnifying glass, a bag, and some samples, but no Celeteque Advanced which was strange since what’s the magnifying glass for?

I chose not to ask anymore but Toni, the girl who invited me, did text later in the afternoon to ask if I got a Celeteque Advanced in my kit. I guess some of us were not able to get one. When I said no, she was nice enough to ask for my address where they could send my sample to and finally make use of the magnifying glass. Hahaha. I’ll share my experience with it once I receive the sample, till then, toodles!

Update: Toni sent me the sample already, so far I’m loving it. I generally don’t like moisturizers because it makes my skin itch. Celeteque Advanced so far has done nothing but ingratiate itself to my good side. Which is kind of hard to find. But it’s found nonetheless. Am I making any sense? It’s 1am and I have tons of articles to write. Byers!

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