Feature: Revlon ColorStay Makeup Line

     Last December, I received a box full of makeup goodies from Revlon Philippines. They sent me a goodie box of their best-selling lines-ColorStay. This makeup-loving heart almost got a heart attack upon opening the box, hahaha! Kidding aside, the super generous brand sent bottles and tubes- not one but almost all their face products in different shades of their so-called Life Proof line.

    Revlon ColorStay features long-wearing, transfer-proof, smudge-proof, and life-proof. Impeccable, won’t-rub-off makeup that stays in place no matter what comes your way. The ColorStay products that I received promises to give the coverage I need and will stay put as long as I need them too. Since summertime is just around the corner, these Revlon ColorStay face makeup products got me covered! Scroll down to see more photos and swatches of the promising line.

Feature: Revlon ColorStay Makeup Line

Product Review: Revlon Colorstay Endless Glow Liquid Highlighter

     Makeup trends come and go and there's one that I want to stay- highlighters! It's one of the secrets to look glowing on photos sans the sleepless nights. I've started using highlighters a couple of years ago and it's one of my makeup essentials that give the lit from within look. I always get a compliment whenever I have highlighter on my cheeks that's why I'm excited to try different types and finishes available in the market today.

     I've tried two types of highlighter to date- powder and liquid. Both are easy to use and gives the right illuminating effect for that blooming and fresh look. Last December, I received a box full of makeup goodies from Revlon Philippines and five shimmering, shinning, splendid highlighters made my eyes sparkle. They sent all the shades of their Colorstay Endless Glow Liquid Highlighter that stoked my highlighter loving heart. More information about Revlon Colorstay Endless Glow Liquid Highlighter after the jump.

Product Review: Revlon Colorstay Endless Glow Liquid Highlighter

SM World of Beauty

     I was in high school, I often hear my mom talking to my titas who live abroad about makeup brands that are not available locally. Two of my aunts work at Macy's that's why if there's a new shade of lipstick from my mom's favorite brand, she will just tell it to them but it will take a year before the balikbayan boxes will arrive at our doorsteps.

     To cut a long story short, it's hard to buy makeup from brands that are exclusively available abroad but now, hoarding buying is a breeze because all the coveted brands from different parts of the world are exclusively available at SM World of Beauty! Let me share with you some of my fave brands from around the world below :)

SM World of Beauty

Watsons #Hairgoals

     What's your ultimate hair color goal? I presume that you want something bright and bold like red, purple, green, blue, or pink? Imagine yourself in those hair colors. You can also opt for the crowd fave colors like blonde, rose gold, ultra dark brown, and ash.

     Whatever color you have in mind, you can now achieve that as easy as 1-2-3 with Watsons #Hairgoals. Hair coloring is easy to do especially with DIY hair coloring products. Sharing with you brands of hair coloring products that you can find at Watsons and why you should mark your calendars on May 27, 2017 after the jump :)

Watsons #Hairgoals

Watsons' Color Your Hair Bold Launch

     I've been coloring my hair to make it lighter for more than three years now. I'm a fan of Do-It-Yourself hair coloring products and I find it easy, safe (because I make it sure to follow the instructions written on the box packaging) and life saver especially in times of bad hair days. I also go to salons if I want to achieve a bolder color with the help of a professional stylist but there were times that I don't have the budget for it or I'm too busy because of mommy and daughter duties at home.

     Are you itching to color your hair bold but contemplating because of limited resources? Watsons recently launched their "Color Your Hair Bold" initiative and wants to ease these worries of women by highlighting that hair coloring is not only fun, it is also safe, affordable and easy that everyone can do it at home, Now is the perfect time to spruce up your hair because bold colored hair is in! More details about the launch and sharing with you my new hair color below :)

Watsons' Color Your Hair Bold Launch

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

     FUN FACT: Before I became a beauty blogger, I'm a lurker on online forums. I burn the midnight oil not to study but to read all the exchange of comments on topics like skin care, makeup, health, fitness, diet, and exercise. I guess, this daily habit of mine some five years ago was one of the factors why I became a beauty blogger.

    I'm proud to say that I'm a girltaker! Who here loves visiting online forums and joining the discussion? I presume that if you're like me who likes researching first before buying beauty products, you've gone to one of the famous online forum sites that had helped and inspired hundreds of women online- Female Network! I was very privilege to be invited by Summit Media to Female Network Beauty Con last November 15 at Robinsons Magnolia. Highlights of the event below :)

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

     Female Network, the pioneer women’s website in the Philippines, recently held its first-ever Female Network Beauty Con, a full-day beauty conference at Robinsons Magnolia Atrium. FEMALE NETWORK is the real woman’s guide to upgrading her everyday life. We are the largest community of women pursuing their passions and living their best lives. Female Network empowers every Filipina by showing her that living a happy, beautiful life is achievable. We do this by giving her wise advice, easy-to-follow tips, and no-nonsense strategies to keep her busy, hectic life on-track.

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

     Since the event was all about empowering every Filipina, the organizers invited seasoned speakers to share their expert advice on beauty topic. Sharing with you the topics and the speakers below:

• Skin Care- Dr. Karen Gavino Dionisio of Aesthetic Institute of the Philippines
• Hair Care- Christian Toledo and Jayfren Gallego of Creations by Lourd Ramos Salon
• Beauty Blogging- Shari of themistymom.com
• How to Present your Best Self - Karen Agustin- Ostrea of Global Image Management
• Stand-out Eyes & Beautiful Brows- Celebrity Make-up Artists Geraldine Carlos of Revlon
• Contouring/Strobing/Baking and Achieving 5 minute face- Celebrity Make-up Artists Al De Leon
•  Looking Fresh All-day Long- Nikki Tiu of askmewhats.com
• Career Makeup- Bing Castro of theprojectawesome.blogspot.com
• Evening Makeup-  Say Tioco Artillero of saytiocoartillero.blogspot.com

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

     For the talk, I attended talks two and three respectively. Even though I already know how to take good care of my hair, I'm still surprised when I discovered that conditioners should not be left for too long in our hair. I'm guilty of doing this especially when I feel that my hair needs conditioning after using a lot of styling products. 

Female Network Beauty Con HighlightsChristian Toledo and Jayfren Gallego- Hairstylists at Creations by Lourd Ramos

     After the hair care talk, I enjoyed listening to my co-beauty blogger Shari Macainag of themistymom.com :) I'm a follower of Shari and I'm happy that she was one of the speakers during the event. She shared her early years in beauty blogging and what are the basics if you wanna start your own beauty blog. If you think beauty blogging is easy, well it's not. I'm not discouraging you to start your own blog but you have to have that burning passion in order to maintain a beauty blog. From writing, to taking photos, to sharing your posts in social media networks, to interaction with your blog readers, answering emails and so on and so forth. It takes time, commitment, and yes heaps of patience and the magic word passion to enjoy beauty blogging and other niche of blogging as well.

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights
Beauty blogger Shari Macai

     In addition to the beauty talks and demos, another exciting part of the event was the freebies and free services that participants were able to avail from the event partners such as:

mini-makeovers from Maquillage Professionel: School of Make-Up Artistry

mani and pedi: Beauty and Butter: Nails, Face and Art 

temporary gold tattoos:  Lulu DK Tattoos

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

hair styling: Creations by Lourd Ramos Salon

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

hair extensions: Tokyo Posh: Hair Extensions

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

lash extensions: Oh My Lash: The Eyelash Extensions Expert and Lash Wishes: Designer Lash Extensions

brow shaping: Browlab: Brows, Lashes, Waxing

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

half leg and upper lip waxing: Flirt Waxing Lounge

hand massages: Nail Files: The Hand and Foot Spa

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights

     Female Network Beauty Con was made possible by gold sponsor Revlon, they also have a booth where I got to try their Ultra HD Lip Lacquers and Lipsticks and made kiss cards spreading the Revlon Love that day. 

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights
Revlon Love is on

     Congratulations Female Network for a very successful event. Thank you so much for having me and I'm looking forward to another year of Female Network Beauty Con. I would like to thank Lash Wishes and Browlab for my lash extensions and for keeping my brows on fleek. 

Female Network Beauty Con Highlights
Lash extension by Lash Wishes, photo taken with Asus ZenFone 2 Laser Beautification Mode

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     Summit Media is the largest magazine publishing company in the Philippines, with various titles under its belt to cater to individuals with different lifestyles, attitudes, and passions: Candy, Cosmopolitan, Disney Junior, Disney Princess, Entrepreneur, Esquire, FHM, Forbes Philippines, Good Housekeeping, K-Zone, Men’s Health, Preview, Real Living, Sparkling, Top Gear, Total Girl, Town & Country, YES!, and YUMMY. For 9 consecutive years, Summit Media has topped the nationwide TNS-Trends Newsstand Survey. In the last survey conducted in 2014, Summit Media titles led in all their respective categories, making Summit Media the leading consumer magazine publisher in the Philippines not just in terms of number of titles and advertising sales, but in circulation per category as well. By creating magazines and platforms that are relevant, affordable, and of world-class standards, Summit Media has changed the way Filipinos read.

Product Review: Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy Nail Enamel- Photos and Swatches

     Hello dearies! If you're a long time reader of this blog, I presume you already know that I'm a stay-at-home-mom, I do household chores that's why I wash my hands more than 10 times a day. With that said, my manicure doesn't lasts long. Even if I use a premium nail polish, the edges tend to chip the next day. 

     I've tried gel nail polish thrice and it lasted for 5 days to a week. For a hands-on mom like me, gel nail polish is prolly the best bet for long-lasting manicure. There are 2 things why sometimes I veered away from gel nail polish aside from weekly trips to nail salon. First, the price of the service is a bit steep for a budget conscious individual like me. Lastly, if the gel polish started to chip, I need to go back to the salon and avail the gel polish removal service or I'll let my nails grow and get an uneven polish at the bottom part of my finger nails (lunula).

    I think the solution to my so called roller coaster nail polish love affair came to life when Revlon Philippines sent me their Colorstay Gel Envy Nail Enamel. The word 'gel envy' is intriguing. Be the judge and see if this nail polish collection from Revlon fits the bill. Click CONTINUE READING to see photos and swatches of these 8 pretty shades.

Product Review: Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy Nail Enamel

Product Review: Revlon Bold Lacquer Waterproof Length and Volume Mascara

     Because I have thin and sparse lashes, I'm always on the look  for an affordable and stay-true-to-its-promise mascara. I've tried a couple of mascaras before and only a few exceeded my expectations. It's hard to find a perfect mascara because sometimes the name can be misleading.

    Lengthening, volumizing, false lashes effect, and so on and so forth sound nice right? But I'm not that 100% sure if those I mentioned above will really be seen in my almost none existent lashes. Revlon Philippines sent me one of their mascara and it was released last September this year. Revlon Bold Lacquer by Grow Luscious Length and Volume mascara looks promising, who doesn't want luscious lashes right? Can this be a new addition to my list of HG mascaras? Click CONTINUE READING to know more about the product.

Product Review: Revlon Bold Lacquer Waterproof Length and Volume Mascara
Shade: Blackest Black

Product Review: Revlon Colorstay Moisture Stain

     Hello dearies! The long wait is finally over, here are the swatches and my thoughts on Revlon Colorstay Moisture Stain lipstick/lipstain. I received a couple of emails regarding the swatches of this lipstain that was sent to me by Revlon Philippines. When these landed on our doorsteps, I immediately tested the lightest color which is LA Exclusive. It's a bubblegum pink shade that compliments my skin tone. 

     To give you a brief information about the product, these lip stains are ultra-light and creamy, gives a nice glossy finish and leaves a pretty stain on the lips. I actually like these lip stains and been wearing the three shades alternately almost everyday. To know more about the product and the swatches, click CONTINUE READING. 

Product Review: Revon Colorstay Moisture Stain 
Revlon Colorstay Moisture Stain shades: LA Exclusive (pink), Shanghai Sizzle (red), Milan Moment (coral) and Parisian Passion (plum)

Help Me Choose, Pretty Please?

     My mother-in-law is going home for a vacation from Saudi Arabia this month. She is a chief nurse in a government hospital there and every time she goes for a vacation here, she always asks me for a "pasalubong" that I want. She already gave me different perfumes and jewelry. This time, I wanted something different. Since I'm just a few swipes away on hitting the pan of my MAC Studio fix powder foundation, I realized that this will be my chance to have a new one. But I'm confused because I have read good reviews on other powder foundations like Kanebo, Revlon, and Shiseido.

    I told my husband that it would be a lot cheaper to buy one of these at Duty-Free Fiesta Mall. I'm still undecided what powder foundation to buy. By the way, I'm just using this on special occasions or having a girls night out. I'm a plain housewife and I seldom go outside the house.

     My dear readers, please help me choose and decide. I know it's a trial and error when it comes to finding the right powder foundation. Your suggestions and comments are highly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

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