Feature: Contours Body Design Studio's LaserFit and Acutrim

     Losing weight is easy- NOT! Discipline is always the key to live a healthy lifestyle. In my opinion, all the things that we need to lose weight are easily accessible nowadays and there are numerous institution that will help shed pounds in an instant or after a month. But this 'instant' weight lose is superficial. For me, commitment and determination to lose the excess weight always matter. No if's or but's so when I was invited by Contours Body Design Studio to learn more about their weight loss program I said yes even if there's only a little weight to lose. The maintenance phase matters most to me because with all the procedures we have nowadays, I can say it's easy to lose weight BUT you need to learn how to maintain it and have discipline. Thanks to Dr. Roura, she will not only melt the fats but will also teach you how to keep them away for the rest of your life :)    

     Contours Body Design Studio by Dr. Claudine Roura is the Philippines’ personalized and innovative aesthetic center in the country that offers various precision skin care services, non-surgical weight loss treatments, and VASER high definition liposcultpture. Contours Body Design Studio aims to be a growing post for each individual, leading them to fit and healthy bodies and lifestyles. It serves as a development hub for people who long for improved health progressions that will highly benefit them in the long run.     

Feature: Contours Body Design Studio's LaserFit and Acutrim

     Featuring services that no one in the country ever offered such as LaserFit, this treatment boasts a holistic approach to weight loss and body contouring for as low as P5, 500 per session. A combination of non-invasive full body zerona cold laser exposure to melt fat, 10-minute power circuit exercise coupled with proper nutritional recommendations and a diet guide, Laserfit is also the excellent complement for those individuals with a regular workout regimen since zerona cold laser dramatically increases the fat-melting abilities of the body. 

Feature: Contours Body Design Studio's LaserFit and Acutrim

     “We melt it, you burn it!” has easily become the mantra for LaserFit at all Contours clinics nationwide. Safe, painless, and carefree, each session takes less than an hour through a low-level zerona cold laser. Applied to the targeted areas such as waist, hips, and thighs for 20 minutes, the patient then turns over and same procedure is applied to the opposite side with ease and comfort. A procedure recommended minimum of two weeks with three full sessions each week, result is generally noticeable during third week with loosening of clothes as a major indicator of fat loss. 

Feature: Contours Body Design Studio's LaserFit and Acutrim

     Aside from LaserFit, Contours Body Design Studio introduces Acutrim, another innovative and non-surgical approach to accelerate process of weight lost for only P4, 000 per session. A no-needle acupuncture technique, which combines cold laser with micro current stimulator, it helps to control hunger cravings, make the person feel fuller with less food while increasing the body’s metabolism. As an introductory rate, avail of the P14, 000 package which include four sessions of Acutrim, counseling, weight loss pamphlet and a DVD guide.

     I'll be reviewing LaserFit and Acutrim soon. Yes, I have a normal body weight now but I still have unwanted fats on my hips and thighs. Let's see if both weight loss approach will help me melt those stubborn fats and tone my body. For those of you who are struggling to lose weight because it keeps on coming back, why don't you try these weight loss programs from Contours. I believe that losing weight is not just losing the weight but learning how to maintain your normal body weight through proper healthy eating habits and regular exercise just what LaserFit would do for you :) 

Contours Body Design Studio is located at the following branches:

2nd floor, South Park Plaza, Paseo de Magallanes, Makati City, Philippines 

Contact numbers: +632-5564878, +6324035533,+639151163911 

5th floor Bldg A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 

Tel. No: (02) 6354984 

5th Level, The Block, SM North Edsa, North Ave., Quezon City 

Tel no: (02) 9216798 

SM BF Paranaque 

3rd level, SM BF, Dr. A Santos Ave.., Sucat Paranaque City 

Mobile: 09165509873 

For more information, visit www.contours.com.ph 

E-mail: info@contours.com.ph

Like them on Facebook: Contours Advanced Face and Body Sculpting Institute 

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss

     Ever saw how your cosmetics bag never is by all accounts nearby when you truly require it? Bearing each supply in your stash appears a bit like needless excess, however, there are a couple of things that you can’t afford to miss. With such a variety of choices out there, its difficult to know precisely which beauty products you should spend your well-deserved money on. We take the mystery out of beauty shopping for you—here, a shortlist of your 8 most unquestionable requirements. 

     It's been an awesome year for beauty and cosmetics. For all intents and purposes, each cool cosmetics brand has advanced toward Manila, including lesser-known brands from Japan and Korea that are making their imprint on the nearby makeup scene by prudence of their leap forward innovations and eye-catching packaging. 

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss

Best Hair Care 

     Hair-coloring addicts can keep up sublimely tinted tresses with Phyto Gloss from the French herbal hair-care company. At the point when your locks begin to look dull, apply the color enhancing express treatment (plastic gloves are even included), which stores light-capturing colors that keep going for four to five shampoos. Your hair will look salon-new and gleaming immediately. 

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
Phyto's Secret De Nuit
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     Anybody with dry, damaged, brittle locks can use Phyto's Secret De Nuit, a hydrating, recovering night treatment that is out and out addictive. I utilize it as a brisk fix for frizzy hair and flyaways. Before going to sleep, I apply it on my lengths and finish and wake up with frizz free, delicate, supple hair that smells magnificent. 

Best DIY Gel Manicure 

     A gel nail manicure without the bother and well being hazards? Do it without anyone's help with Deborah Lippmann's Gel Lab System, which makes lasting, healthy nails achievable at home. Apply the Coat of Arms base coat, follow with two layers of your choice Deborah Lippmann polish (at this moment I'm loving the Wicked collection and Good Girl Gone Bad), then complete with the defensive Shining Armor topcoat. Voila, polished tips that last up to two weeks. 

8 Must-Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
Deborah Lippmann's Gel Lab System
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Best Eye and Lip Antiagers

     The licensed amino acid complex in La Prairie's Anti-Aging Eye and Lip Contour Cream plumps up wrinkles in the eye, lip, and nasolabial fold territories with an activity like "lipo-filling." The encased silver cooling wand equitably conveys the cream while alleviating skin. 

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
La Prairie's Anti-Aging Eye and Lip Contour Cream
image from: laprairie.com

     

     Incessant travellers like myself will love La Prairie's Anti-Aging Eye and Lip Perfection, a silver compact that houses two items: the brilliant eye gel on top has light diffusers to camouflage any indications of weariness, while marine and vegetal extracts do their anti aging magic; the lip ointment on the base has hyaluronic microspheres and a hydrating complex that makes even the most dry pucker feel smooth and satin like. 

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
La Prairie's Anti-Aging Eye and Lip Perfection
image from: laprairie.com

Best Eyeliners 

     Because of K-Palette 1Day Tattoo I utilize eyeliner each and every day. In case I'm surged I go for the Real Lasting Eye pencil, which is so natural to apply, smirch safe and normal looking. For exceptional events or when I have additional time I swing to the Real Lasting Eyeliner, which has taken all trepidation of fluid liner out of me. For a more natural look I utilize the smaller scale tip pen to draw the finest lines; when I need more dramatization or a cat's eye the normal Real Lasting Eyeliner is my magic wand! You can find all products from K-Palette and other beauty brands when you shop Beauty products from Luxola

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
K-Palette 1Day Tattoo Real Lasting Eyeliner
image from: luxola.com

Best Mattifier/Skin Groundwork 

     On oily days or after I've quite recently applied sunscreen, I utilize L'Occitane Sublime Essence Skin Perfector to right away refine and mattify my skin. White iris and angelica make pores look littler, even out the complexion, and leave skin hydrated and plumped, matte and smooth all the while. At the point when utilized before cosmetics it makes a superb skin primer also. Try it in conjunction with L'Occitane's Sublime Beauty Cream for best results. You can find L'Occitane products from Lazada Philippines . Shop from Lazada and when you use the Lazada Philippines vouchers you can save a huge amount of cash on your orders.

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
L'Occitane Sublime Essence Skin Perfector
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Best Mascara 

     With their glittery metallic packing, Fairydrops Platinum Mascara (Waterproof or T2 Film Type), are ideal for gifting also. This zenith of mascara innovation contains Volume Up powder, wax, filaments and five sorts of treatment substance like jojoba seed oil and panthenol to embellish and repair lashes. The mark three-globule wand gets and extends each lash, bringing about a doll-like periphery that doesn't spread. After testing each mascara brand, I who was a mascara hater have turned into a mascara lover when Fairydrops came into my life. 

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
Fairydrops Platinum Mascara
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Best Facial Cleanser 

     Since my skin is drier I love La Mer's The Cleansing Lotion, a smooth emulsion sufficiently strong to remove eye cosmetics however so delicate it doesn't strip my skin of moisture. Also, such as everything La Mer, its improved with Miracle Broth supplements to sustain, saturate and stimulate skin. 

8 Must Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
La Mer The Cleansing Lotion
image from: cremedelamer

Best Sheer Lip Stick 

     Do you remember Black Honey? The raisin tone turned into a lippie wonder when its sheer mix of shades complimented the lips of each skin tone. Clinique's Almost Lipsticks proceed with the pattern with colors of each tint, from bare to pink to violet and red, and names like Flirty Honey and Luscious Honey. I likewise love Clinique's Chubby Sticks, hydrating lip blams with complementing shades.

8 Must-Buy Beauty Products You Can’t Afford to Miss
Clinique Chubby Sticks
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How Do You Treat Your Maid?

     Getting a housemaid to do the chores for you at home might be a good and helpful move, especially if your hands are full juggling work and your kids, not mentioning pampering yourself. With the help of maidprovider.ph, finally, you can get your hands off most of the dirty work. You can now have someone to help you in cleaning the car, or doing the laundry. Finally, you will get to have someone who can stay at home and feed your kids when you are away.

     On a different note, most of us wish to be treated fairly in our own workplaces, but have you also thought about the treatment you are showing to your maids? Have you thought about why you fail on keeping a maid for a long time? Maybe because you keep on beating her like she doesn’t know anything every time she commits a mistake. Imagine this, how would you like it if your boss would slap or beat you every time you made a mistake?

How Do You Treat Your Maid?

     Do you treat or consider them as humans? Or just some robots that follow orders from you? Some employers, if not all, become too lazy and often disdain doing what is considered as easy to-do jobs and eventually will have to depend to their housemaids even if there are no children in the house. Carry shopping bags around or cook easy-to-do food while overlapping tasks within the house are what most, if not all, maids do. 

Learn to consider. 

     Maids are humans too. They get tired, they get confused and they need to relax somehow. Before giving them tasks, it won’t hurt if you get to know them first, introduce them to your family especially to your kids, so that there is proper recognition. A little bit of consideration won’t cost you too much; expecting them to know almost every task is alright but mastering every bit of the work would be quite overboard. Yes, you are paying them to do things but also remember, they only have one body and they can’t do multiple things at the same time.

Treat them with respect.

     Let’s go back to employer-employee relations. It is important to address and relay things with respect to the ones on the receiving end. And vice versa. Thus, dealing with your maid should come with respect so she would treat you as a good form of authority too. There is no better way than giving orders with respect.

Reprimand but don’t go overboard. 

     Some employers abuse their power over their household helpers, making them look helpless to the point of offending them. Reprimanding is okay as long as you don’t beat your maid to do everything at once. Raising your voice can be justifiable if and only if an unforgivable mistake is done. Your maid can learn to do things around and they will be more productive if you say things nicely and not nastily. 

Allow them to take their days off. 

     There are abusive employers who keep their helpers from using mobile phones or even from watching TV.There are also some employers who give their maids the freedom to use technology as long as they know when and where to use them. You can be strict but don’t push it too hard. Maids have their families to contact to so be sure to respect that as well. Aside from that, maids should be given the chance to unwind for a time from work. 

Don’t treat them as slaves. 

     Instead, motivate them to do well in their chores. Treating them as your slaves will only make things difficult and will create a rift in the long run. Maids also need to have that sense of belongingness because in truth, most of them have sacrificed much for their families and their children and decided to spend their time for your own just to provide food on the table for their own families. Performance wise, try to train her on how to manage your house because first of all, you are the owner and you know what goes around it. Maids are really just there to help you out. 

How Do You Treat Your Maid?

     In sum, it is possible for maids to experience many bad things in the homes of their employers, making them feel offended and uncared for. However, it is also possible to share what you have with them, treat them nicely and with respect because they too deserve courtesy at all times. 

     With a wide-selection of maids under maidprovider.ph’s pool of helpers, caretakers and household keepers, you can be assured that this agency only recommends the best for you and your family. Their maids are trained and are cross-examined so that they can easily adapt to everything you need them to do—from doing the chores, to taking care of your kids and so on—yet, the responsibility of keeping them is also in your hands.

Feature: Ogalala System in Play

     Rainy season officially started here in our country last month and now there are threats of typhoon in the nearby provinces. I'm sure kids have less time to spend outside because rainy season is here. Without sunshine and the outdoors, the weather forecast may include your little one’s dampened spirits. Fret not because even if the rain is pouring outside, Ogalala is here to the rescue! Worry no more as staying indoors with your kids will be a lot of fun and exciting with Ogalala System in Play. 

     Last month, I was invited by Ogalala (pronounced as oh-ga-lala) to their Child Development Workshop held at their flagship store in Shangrila Mall. Mommy bloggers together with their kiddos spent an afternoon of fun activity and learning. It's my first time to attend this kind of workshop and I've learned so many things on how to teach Kenzo after discovering the things that a visual learner needs. Kenzo is a visual learner, her easily learns from the things he see that's why his learning tools should include crayons, flashcards, story books, and other visual material. To know more about Ogalala, scroll down please!

Feature: Ogalala System in Play

     Ogalala is a multi-brand System in Play that integrates fun into learning, Ogalala carefully selects the world’s top branded educational tools which all contribute to your child’s physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development. These brands include:

• Crayola
• Melissa and Doug
• Artec
• Animal Planet
• Discovery Kids
• The Leaning Journey

Feature: Ogalala System in Play

     One brand that Ogalala carries is crayola. We all love colors, right? I’m ecstatic that afternoon after seeing these crayolas in all shapes, types, and sizes. I only knew few kinds of Crayola before but in their flagship store located at Shangrila Mall, everything Crayola is present! The newest addition to their growing family is the washable crayon paints. Like a curious kid, I've tested the Crayola Finger Paint and look I made a palm mark in that big canvass!

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Crayola Finger Paint

     For the rainy season, liven up the gray skies with Crayola’s myriad of coloring tools from markers, paints, crayons, and watercolors, all proven safe and child-friendly. Watch the rainy day gloom fade as your kids dabble with their creativity through Crayola’s Toys and Activity Pads, the ingenious Marker Maker, or the ultimate mess-free tool for toddlers, Color Wonder. With easy-to-grip products for the little ones, kids of all ages can all join in on the colorful fun. Plus, you won’t worry about their creativity manifesting all over because Crayola is the World’s Most Washable art tools. Just look for the Washable logo on the pack!

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Everything CRAYOLA!!!

    Take your kid’s creativity further with Melissa and Doug’s arts and crafts products. Awaken the artist in your child with activity books, sticker pads, and coloring pads that feature beautiful artwork. Also in the product line-up are stamp sets and bead sets which let your child explore his creative side while puzzles, blocks, and wooden toys enrich his knowledge and imagination.

     Nurture your kid’s inquisitive mind with Melissa and Doug’s wooden educational toys. Hours of learning and enjoyment await with wooden blocks, puzzle pegs, and jumbo puzzles that help hone their fine motor skills, color recognition, and even basic mathematic concepts!

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Melissa and Doug

     Don’t let the rain keep your child from exploring the world with Animal Planet and Discovery Kids’ toys. Educate them about nature and the wonderful creatures of the wild with Animal Planet figures crafted with amazing detail to bring them to life. Make your child learn more than the usual with Discovery Kids’ binoculars, telescopes, and planetarium, all finely-crafted to spark your young one’s imagination and curiosity about this world and beyond.

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Artec Hands On Lab Series and Ein-O-Science

     Believing in the “hands on experience” as the key to maximize learning, each Artec product aims to ease kids into the vast and fascinating world of science through one-of-a-kind toys. You can unleash your child’s inner scientist with the Hands On Lab Series, which features the make-your-own microscope, paper, water purification kit, and lie detector machine, among others. With Ein-O-Science experiment kits, learning about physics, chemistry, or geology is as engaging as ever. Mix things up and unlock the secrets of chemistry, or make things glow and light up the night sky with a set of different experiments all in one box!

Feature: Ogalala System in Play

     Fret not this rainy season with Ogalala’s exciting line-up of educational toys. Stock up on these learning essentials so your kids can have a blast at home, even without the sun. Kenzo wasn't able to join the event but he's very happy when he saw the Crayola Ultimate Art Supplies that was given to me after the event. Kenzo loves to draw and color his art works. He loves to draw all kinds of vehicles. Everything inside this art kit is awesome! From crayons, colored pencils, water colors, pen markers, and activity pads, these art materials from Crayola will surely make a gloomy day bright and colorful!

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Kenzo with his Crayola Ultimate Art Supplies

     Thank you so much Ogalala for having me. More of Kenzo's art and crafts activities using Crayola will be posted soon. I'll definitely go back to your flagship store with Kenzo and let him explore the world of Ogalala and show him all the educational toys inside the store!

     So for this rainy season, invest in educational toys that I'm sure your whole family will love. Educational toys from Ogalala System in Play will make learning fun and exciting! Say goodbye to gloomy rainy days with Ogalala System in Play!

Feature: Ogalala System in Play

To know more about Ogalala System in Play, visit their website www.oga-lala.com

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Ogalala is a branded System in Play developed by Internationale Globale Marques Inc. (IGM), distributor, manufacturer, and licensee of leading children’s global brands for the past 30 years. Taking its cue from play and parenting insights that integrate learning to play, Ogalala’s Play and Learn System develops the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional skills of a child from birth to 12 years. Know more about Ogalala at www.oga-lala.com.

CFL or LED: Which is the better light for you?

     Because of the ever increasing price of commodities, we all need to be smart in choosing the products that we buy. Quality over quantity. With lots of attributes to consider, which is really better for you? Let’s scale it down.

CFL or LED: Which is the better light for you?

CFL

• CFL also known as compact fluorescent is your mini version of a standard fluorescent light bulb.
• CFL gives lighting efficiency and has been used for decades now and it has graced our homes as it fits perfectly in an ordinary socket without using an adaptor.
• CFLs normally takes a few moments to warm up and reach its full brightness.
• However, CFLs contain a small amount of mercury which normally does not cause any hazard but if the bulb breaks accidentally, that’s where the problem comes in. Mercury has been banned in the medical field due to its harmful effect on human health.
• Regular CFL bulbs lasts up to 6000 hours
• Average energy use per year: 767 KWh/yr
• Average cost in the Philippines: Php 125 to 300

LED

• LED or Light Emitting Diodes was introduce several years back with the promise of lowering your electric bill. 
• According to the study made by Lighting Research Center, LED light bulbs work by bringing together currents with a positive and negative charge to create energy released in the form of light. The result of this is a fast source of light that is reliable and instantaneous.
• LED bulbs also fits an ordinary socket without the need of an adaptor and it bright up as soon as you switch it on.
• LED bulbs is considered good for the environment and are endorsed by green movements.
• LED bulbs generally cost more to buy although manufacturing technologies are lowering these prices as we move along.
• Regular LED lasts anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 hours.
• Average energy use per year: 329 KWh/yr
• Average cost in the Philippines: Php300 to 800

Equal Factor

     Both serves your lighting needs efficiently. Both fits in sockets of your lamps and fixtures. Meaning, if you don’t consider the chances of your bulb breaking then you would likely choose CFL over LED because of the price difference.

Points to Ponder:

     CFL might cost less but it requires you to buy more bulbs over time whereas LED lights last longer, so even though you’re paying more at purchase, you buy fewer bulbs in the long run.

     Considering the humid weather in the Philippines, we should also consider that CFL bulb emits more heat than LEDbulb, thus, by choosing wisely, you can reduce the heat index in your home.

     Moreover, if you care for the environment, Lower energy consumption decreases carbon dioxide emissions, sulfur oxide, and high-level nuclear waste.

CD-R Kings makes it easier for you to decide

     CD-R King, your one-stop media provider gives you the ease of choosing by taking away the drawback of price difference by making LED bulb available to the General public at a more affordable price.

     This is effort compliments their advocacy in encouraging people to care for the environment during their California e-bike campaign early this year.

     It is also noted that CD-R King offers several choices of LED bulbs with different price range both for personal and industrial use.

Below are some of the choices for regular household use.

CFL or LED: Which is the better light for you?

For other variants, you may visit CD-R king branches or check out their website at www.cdrking.com