Feature: Lips on Fleek with Lip Pure

     Colder months means dry, flaky and chapped lips season for some women. Despite the relief that cold air brings, it can also affect our puckers! For ladies who experience this every year, the search for a trusted lip care is always challenging. Not all lip balms in the market guarantees immediate results. Some may trigger allergies that's why we need to know first the root cause of dry lips.Taking care of our lips is important as taking good care of our skin. 

     The skin surrounding our lips is very thin that's why we need to look for gentle and mild lip care products that will help in combating dry, flaky and chapped lips. Do you agree that looking polished with healthy and moisturized lips will give you the #onfleek feel all the time? For me, it's a yes! A well-moisturized and healthy looking lips is what you need if you want to look naturally polished and it can even make you favorite lipstick look gorgeous. Here's a new lip care product that will give you a lips that's always on fleek! Scroll down to know more :)

Feature: Lips on Fleek with Lip Pure

    Lip Pure, a new and all-natural beauty product by international OTC and health care company Mentholatum, offers just this with its unique formulation and ingredients. It contains all-natural components that are sure to be safe for the skin. 

     The lips are very important in accentuating or completing a look. Dramatic or subdued, keeping them healthy and moisturized is a must for those vying for double-tap worthy selfies.

Why choose Lip Pure lip balm?

• It's natural.
• Made from 100% food grade ingredients.
• It has beeswax.
• It's free of colorants and preservatives.
• Lip Pure is formulated with royal jelly and manuka honey to keep the lips moisturized even during the harshest of weather conditions. 
• Additionally, its moisturizing qualities are made even more effective with a combination of natural ingredients like almond oil, aloe extract, shea butter oil, and jojoba oil for deep hydration and long-lasting moisture.
• Lip Pure is also infused with anti-oxidants like Vitamin E and grape seed oil to keep lips youthful looking. 

Feature: Lips on Fleek with Lip Pure
Lip Pure Fragrance Free and Lip Pure Orange (P129)

So what does it take to stay #onfleek all the time? 

     Looking well-kept doesn’t mean you have to pile on makeup. Sometimes, looking fresh is all it takes to look refined and well-maintained.

     Dance floor maven and television personality Yassi Pressman is a good visual example of this. With her hectic schedule and always on the go lifestyle, one might wonder how this rising star manages to step out looking on point all the time. “It doesn’t take much for me, really. I try to stick to the basics no matter how busy I am. When my schedule is really hectic, I just put on cheek tint, mascara, and swipe on my trusty lip balm.”

Feature: Lips on Fleek with Lip Pure
Yassi Pressman, brand ambassador

     Lip Pure is the perfect makeup kit necessity for those who want to keep themselves well-kept while still caring for their lips’ health. Yassi, who also serves as the local brand ambassador of Lip Pure, is the perfect embodiment of the youthful brand.

Feature: Lips on Fleek with Lip Pure
L-R Clockwise: Lip Ice Sheer Color (P145), Lip Ice Water Colour (P145) and Lip Ice Tinted Lip Balm (P99)

     Lip Pure is a product of Mentholathum, an international OTC and health care products manufacturer headquartered in Orchard Park, USA.In Asia, their regional office is in Hongkong. Lip Pure is available in the Philippines in all Watsons Nationwide. Other products are: Mentholathum Therapy Lip Balm and Lip Gel, Men’s Cool Aqua Lip Balm and Lip Ice in Sheer Color, Fruity, Tinted and Water Color

Have you tried these lip care products from Lip Ice? To know more about Lip Pure and Lip Ice

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Care in the community: why social care is central to a healthy community

     Community services are a major part of NHS activity, with some 100 million community contacts taking place each year, ranging from public health functions such as school nursing and health visiting to assistance with intensive rehabilitation and chronic disease management. 

     There's an ongoing ambition to transfer more health care from hospitals to locations closer to patients' homes, progressing from reactive care to proactive care and prevention.

Care in the community: why social care is central to a healthy community

     Skilled personnel, registering through a social care recruitment agency, use their expertise in their own particular field to educate the local community on improving their lifestyle. Their common goal is to create a healthcare system that doesn’t wait until patients become ill before it acts, but rather work to keep the population healthy. Risk-reducing behaviour can significantly decrease cases of preventable disease and chronic conditions.

     According to a survey by charity The King's Fund, there has been "significant progress" with care in the community, resulting in reductions in the length of time spent in hospital. In addition, care co-ordination programmes are flourishing particularly well at neighbourhood level, where engaging local communities is paramount.

     The aim of social care is to help people improve their health and general wellbeing, based on a local need and varying between areas. Some of the issues tackled by social care in a proactive manner include smoking, eating habits, physical activity, sexual health, alcohol and emotional wellbeing.

Activities include:

• Advice on stopping smoking, including community support groups
• Breastfeeding advice for new mums, leading to teaching parents about healthy foods for children
• Healthy cookery courses for people on a budget
• Breakfast clubs, ensuring children have a healthy meal to start the day
• Exercise and weight-management classes
• Raising awareness of the dangers of binge-drinking and substance abuse
• Promoting initiatives such as screening programmes
• Advice on immunisation
• Initiatives supporting emotional wellbeing
• Advice on keeping your teeth healthy

    The government's vision for care in the community, explained in its 2012 White Paper, Caring for our Future: Reforming Care and Support, outlined the benefits of social care.

     Two core principles were identified. The first was to postpone and prevent people's need for formal care by keeping them healthy and out of hospital through social care. The second was to change society's perception of people with care needs, recognising they had a lot to offer and ensuring they could live life to their full potential.

Product Review: Japonesa Face and Body Bar Soap

     Hi dearies! I'm excited to reveal the latest whitening soap that I'm using as of the moment. I've been using this face and body bar for more than a month now. For my long time readers, you know me already when it comes to product reviews. I make sure that I use a whitening product for at least three to four weeks before sharing my experience. For the nth time, I have fair skin but it's uneven and I guess lacks nutrition. Yes, using whitening products makes the skin "oh so good" to look at but the question "is your white skin healthy?" will arise.

     With this realization, I think I've stripped off some nutrients present on my skin because some of the whitening soap that I've used before will just whiten my skin and that's the end. What if there's a soap that will help maintain or achieve fair, bright, young skin and healthy at the same time. We need to nourish our skin and that nourishment is something Japonesa Face and Body Bar can offer. This face and body bar is a SKIN FOOD! Intrigued? See the ingredients below and learn more why I highly recommended this promising product. Something that will be a mainstay in my bath essentials :)

Product Review: Japonesa Face and Body Bar Soap

What is Japonesa Face and Body Bar? Japonesa is a unique blend of:

• LACTOFERRIN that heals, repairs and regenerates the skin.
• GLUTATHIONE that provides pinkish and flawless complexion.
• COLLAGEN that makes the skin smooth and young looking.
• PROBIOTIC is an active ingredient which nourishes, exfoliates naturally and adds nutrients to our skin.
• ST. JOHN'S WORT an anti-inflammatory and protection for sensitive skin.
• OLIVE OIL provides extra protection and moisture in our skin.
• GLYCERIN helps improve the texture of the skin.
• COCONUT OIL gives the soap a creamy and more lather.
• SWEET VANILLA a mild scent infused to enhanced relaxing mood when the soap touches your skin.

Product Review: Japonesa Face and Body Bar Soap

• Japonesa bar soap is a Japanese soap that has different benefits from head to toe. 
• It is a SKIN FOOD- it nourishes the skin to help remove impurities and infused the outer later of the skin with probiotics and lactoferrin. Can I say it's like a yakult for the skin!
• It is a whitening and anti-aging soap. 
• It can be used as shampoo for hair and scalp care, and as feminine wash.
• It has ingredients that's a first in organic whitening soap. 

Product Review: Japonesa Face and Body Bar Soap

     After more than a month of using this creamy face and body bar religiously, I'm impressed with the results. I decided to stop using other skin care products related to whitening like whitening lotion and cream. I can attest to the effectiveness of this creamy bar because in a span of thirty days, my skin maintained its color, looks healthier than before and there's a pinkish undertone when I'm outside the house. At first I though I'm getting dark but my sisters told me that I'm still fair and there's a certain brightness.

Product Review: Japonesa Face and Body Bar Soap
Japonesa Face and Body Bar Lightening Soap in two sizes

size: 120 g

70 g

price: 220 php (Around $4.70+)
135 php (Around $2.80)

place bought: Free

Available at UNIMART, Greenhills and mariajaineliskincare.net
You may reach them here 
Mj Jamias (T)+63 2 8834883 / (M)+63 917 6022758
mj_pharmaskincare@yahoo.com

instruction for use: Wet the soap and use a towelette to make a creamy lather. Massage very gently all over the face and body. Rinse and pat dry.

ingredients: Lactoferrin, Glutathione, Collagen, Probiotic, St. John's Wort, Olive Oil, Glycerin, Coconut Oil, Sweet Vanilla

Product Review: Japonesa Face and Body Bar Soap
The soap is wrapped in a special Japanese paper. You can see the engraved brand name and logo of the soap once you open the wrapper.

What I like:

• It's made of organic ingredients.
• Japonesa Face and Body Bar is infused with lactoferrin and probiotics, first in the organic whitening soap department. 
• It's a lightening, anti-aging face and body bar that's also great for sensitive skin.
• The scent- smells so DIVINE! It's so luxurious, first time to try a soap that smells like vanilla. 
• The packaging is attractive and has a luxurious feel because of the engraved logo.
• Aside from the box packaging, the soap inside the box is wrapped in Japanese paper.
• The soap produces a very rich creamy lather.
• I don't need to worry if I left the soap in my soap dish despite the hot weather. Even if this is hand made, no signs of melting happened. I was able to use the bar until the very last shape. It's amazing how it can withstand the weather.
• The price- if I'll do the math it's affordable as one bar will really last more than a month with daily use.  
• It's multi-purpose- can be used from head to toe. Face and body bar, shampoo for hair and scalp, and feminine wash too.
• My skin feels soft and velvety smooth after every wash. 
• It maintained my skin tone despite the hot weather.
• Made my skin glowing and bright.
• Exfoliates really well! I can see dead skin big time every time I scrub my body.
• Japonesa Face and Body Bar is available in two sizes: 120 g and 70 g. I can say that the later is great for travelling. No need to bring bulky soap with you when you go on a trip.
• Made some dark spots and blemishes caused by pimples appear lighter after a month of everyday use. 
• Though I'm not sure on the anti-aging effect, I noticed that my skin became supple. I thought I'm getting dark but there's this "namumula" (rosy/healthy tinge) on my skin.
• Complete batch, manufacturing and expiry date printed on the box.

What I don't like:

• Not easily accessible. It's available at UNIMART Greenhills and in their physical store only as of the moment.

Will I repurchase? YES, definitely! This soap is back-up worthy.

Recommendation:

     I give this soap a 5/5 rating. Another organic soap that I'll include on my top list, another holy grail material as I'm very much impressed on the performance.  I have very sensitive skin that's prone to redness and irritation. I'm glad that no negative reactions arise on my skin from the very first use. I highly recommend this Japonesa Face and Body Bar if you like to have healthy-white and young skin.  Japonesa Face and Body Bar is proud to be an organic and all natural Pinoy brand! Made from high quality raw materials, not tested on animals (cruelty free) and made in the Philippines.

     I know that there are so many whitening and anti-aging soaps in the market today. Read the ingredients carefully and see what it can do to your skin. This is my honest opinion about the product. The ingredients in this soap are promising and I think the first to offer Lactoferrin and Probiotic in one bar. Would you like to  Japonesa Face and Body Bar a try?

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DISCLAIMER: This product was given to me by Maria Janieli skin care for review. The views expressed here are my honest opinion about the product. We have different skin types, what works for me may not work for you or vice versa.

The Old Little Black Dress: How to bring it back to life

     The little black dress is that one article of clothing that every woman’s closet should have. It’s versatile, classy, and can be worn in just about any type of event. But if your little black dress has that feel of being too old-fashioned, or too worn, don’t just throw it out and buy a new one. Here are 3 quick tips to bring that old little black dress back to life.

The Old Little Black Dress: How to bring it back to life

1. Use trendy accessories.

     Unless you’ve been living under a rock all this time, you’d surely have noticed just what types of accessories are popular at the moment. One way of breathing new life into an old black dress without having to pull it apart just yet is by simply changing up the accessories that you’ve always worn with it. Use a pearl-studded belt, pin a brooch, or wear layered necklaces to put out a different vibe. You can also visit Teeda.com for the latest jewelry styles.

The Old Little Black Dress: How to bring it back to life

2. Embellish the collar/waist/hemline.

     Pearls of different sizes can be sewn onto the collar of the dress to create a textured look. If your dress doesn’t have a collar, then you can simply put one on (one that has its own embellishments like sequins, buttons, or beads). Or you can use iron-on rhinestones and add them to the waistline to bring some sparkle back to the middle part of the dress. But if you’d rather keep the top part of the dress as it is, another way of reviving it is to just add a ribbon to the hemline of the dress. Whatever kind of embellishment you prefer to do, it would surely put a little zing back to the old black ensemble.

The Old Little Black Dress: How to bring it back to life

3. Sew on an old gold necklace.

     If you’ve got an old gold necklace lying around from days when chunky gold necklaces were a thing, then try sewing it on the neckline of your LBD. Instant glam, instant accessory. But if gold isn’t doing it for you, try sewing on some silver chains instead. You can get silver chains for less from an online wholesale silver jewelry retailer. Arrange them in varying lengths along the neckline, and see your dress sparkle with new life.

The Old Little Black Dress: How to bring it back to life

     There certainly are quite a number of ways to reinvent an old outfit. But if you feel like your little black dress has become too familiar to people around you, just don’t wear it until a year or two after - by then, it may need a new revamping session. Have fun!

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair

     My hair has gone through a lot- styling, cutting, dyeing, name it and my locks have tried it. I can say that my hair can do it all BUT after those challenges (it's a challenge especially on virgin hair) my locks were in a state of total chaos. If my hair could talk, it would probably scream and ask me why, oh why! I've tried different brands of shampoos and conditioners in the past, in the hope that somehow it will bring back the shine and strength of my hair after all the abuses. Some brands will stay in my hair care essentials for a month or two, while others will simply help me resurrect my abused hair for days and weeks and after that, I'll be ditching one brand after the other. Honestly speaking, my hair found its holy grail in Pantene 3 Minute Miracle conditioner.

     If you love Pantene like I do, I'm sure you'll be excited to know more about the latest innovation/formulation in their conditioners. I want to share with you this good news from Pantene. They made their hair care line more potent and rich by adding the new molecule in Pantene Pro-V Conditioners- for a stronger, shinier hair that can take it all. In order for you to understand this breakthrough, read the information below :)

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair 

   
     Will your hair beat the heat and humidity outdoors? Is your hair still strong and shiny after 100 blow-dries? Is your hair protected from damaging factors like dust and pollution? The answer is yes – thanks to the award-winning brand, Pantene! The new and improved Pantene adds Histidine in its conditioners to restore and maintain hair health from the core, resulting in stronger hair that can take it all. With this formula upgrade, Pantene dares Filipinas to do it all: go on a sunny and windy adventure, reach the summit, try water sports, break a sweat and many others – without having to worry about their hair. Pantene’s newest innovation results in stronger, shinier hair for hair that can keep up with whatever life you lead.

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair 
Pantene Total Care Shampoo, Pantene 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner, Pantene Total Care Conditioner

The Miracle Molecule

     Rooted in proteomics research, the Pantene Hair Research Institute discovered that oxi-dative mineral build-up does not only exist on the surface but also occurs within hair’s deepest cuticle layers. These impurities create a damaging cascade of reactions that break down the hair’s protein structure, degrading it down to the core.

     The Histidine technology in Pantene conditioners has anti-oxidant properties, similar to the free radical fighting anti-oxidant ingredients in skin care products that work to prevent age spots and wrinkles. Histidine penetrates deep into the endocuticle layers in hair to seek out and identify oxidative mineral deposits, removing them to help protect hair’s naturally healthy, strong structure. Together with the EDDS Keratin Damage-Blocking technology in Pantene shampoos, Histidine reverse years of damage up to 2.5x more effective than Pantene shampoo alone.

Pantene Total Damage Care Shampoo 

Php 110.00 (165ml)

Php 200.00 (335ml)

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair 
Pantene Total Damage Care Shampoo

Pantene Total Damage Care Conditioner 

Php 149.00 (180ml)

Php 219.00 (340ml)

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair 
Pantene Total Damage Care Conditioner

Pantene 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner 

Php 159.00 (180ml)

Php 259.00 (340 ml)

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair 
Pantene 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner

Dare to do it all with #DoItAllHair

     Get ready to unveil hair that can take it all - whether it’s a stylish girls’ night, an unexpected beach trip, or a spontaneous decision to dye your hair red. Erase the damage of 100 blow-dries in a single wash. Get up to 97% less breakage, 230 degrees Celsius heat protection, and 72 hours freedom from frizz. Don’t hesitate to do it all! Pantene Total Damage Care Shampoo, Conditioner, and Pantene 3 Minute Miracle Conditioner are available at Zalora, and all leading supermarkets and pharmacies.

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair 
Different hair styles for a hair styling class photo shoot

 
     A glimpse down the memory lane, my hair have gone through a lot of the photos above and below. During that time, there's no Pantene 3 Minute Miracle conditioner. So after the abuses, I just settle to regular shampoos and conditioners. Now that there's Pantene Pro-V Conditioners, I can do it all again without worrying about the damage. I was dared by Pantene to go on an adventure to test my hair. It's an adventure where my hair be exposed to heat, humidity, and wind. I'll share the photos of my hair adventure on my Instagram account @Kathneko to keep you updated on my experience with the #DoItAllHair dare with Pantene :)

I Can Do It All with Pantene Pro-V Conditioner #DoItAllHair 
Short hair, permed hair, straight hair, different hair colors

Pantene dares you to get stronger, shinier hair that can take it all. Dare to do it all with #DoItAllHair

To know more about Pantene Pro-V Conditioners, visit their website

http://www.pantene.com.ph/en-ph

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Follow them on Twitter: @panteneph

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