My lips' secret

I have been battling for more than a decade (a bit exaggerated lol) on my dry chapped lips. Especially when I was in High school wherein we were in the country with extreme weather. Yes, we were in Saudi Arabia before with my Mama and Papa then I just went home for college, but that's another story. The weather in Saudi Arabia consist of summer and winter and when I say extreme that means when it's summer it's really hot, you can probably leave an egg outside then after like 20minutes it will be hard boiled egg already. haha Well, I guess the hottest temperature that I experienced there was like 40 Celsius degree but of course we don't stay outside so we don't feel that. After 6 months of summer, winter will enter and it's also extreme wherein I wear 4 garments all at the same time, thick garments huh haha! Oh I miss Saudi. Anyway I am not here to talk about that! So on to my lips, considering the changing of weather in Saudi Arabia before it affected my skin and my lips as well they were really dry.The condition of my lips didn't change even when I was here but my skin did it became really oily. As I've said I had dry chapped lips since like forever so I always look for lip balms that will solve this problem. I have tried bunch of them, both expensive and not, some are okay but did not last that long, I mean they don't satisfy me. They will work for a while and then after sometime it will stop. When I got into the beauty blogosphere I have read a lot of raves on the Carmex lip balm.

I got the Carmex Lip Balm in tube

I bought this hoping that it will answer my prayers, hehe. Yes this product is okay, it moisturizes my lips and I love the minty effect of it plus the very affordable price but I need to reapply it every 10 minutes because the good effect doesn't stay long. Nevertheless I still use it so that I won't waste my 99 bucks. Then one time when I was in my 'suking' parlor I saw their display of Human Heart Nature Products and these were not new to me since I have read great reviews of them. So I got their feminine wash and Human Nature Lip Balm in watermelon.

 I got the watermelon

When I used it I fell inlove with them right away, it tastes yummy and wow my lips were super moisturized and noticed that they are not dry and chapped anymore. Yipee! I observed on how long will this result last on my lips and guess what they are still moisturized after 3 hours working in the office. When I use this, I swipe it on my lips for like 10 times hehe I think that does the trick but then I wanted my lips to look glossy and healthy at the same time because with this my lips look pale it is great if I put lipstick on but I am not used into putting lipstick when at the office or at home, so I use the HHN lip balm then topped it with Carmex and in my surprise they jived well into my lips, it gave the most moisturized lips and healthy looking as well, not the pale dry chapped lips anymore. I used these two then I just put what ever lipstick or lip gloss that I prefer and it doesn't dry my lips. Now I can say that my lips have found its soulmates hehe.

Mahalo :)

*Pictures were taken from google images. Sorry wasn't able to get pictures of them since I am still in the office and I really want to share the lip balms with you pretty ladies..hehe

A good haul

Don't you just love it when you get discounts or great deals from department stores or anywhere? I just want to share these few items that I got that last Monday. You might think that the blue bag is a freebie for the celeteque products lol. Nope, I got them separately, I bought the blue bag at Robinson's Department store for only 50 bucks it was discounted from 150 pesos, what a great discount right?. It's not that big but it's perfect for my growing stash of make up. I put my make ups on 3 different pouches so this is great, I can put them all in here. Then the Celeteque moisturizer. I have been on a hunt for a moisturizer and this was on a buy1 take1 promo for only 129 pesos. Thanks to Kikay si Maria and I saw that they were on a promo. I've been using it since I bought it, and so far so good, hehe. Crossing my fingers that my skin will love it. Will post a review soon. That's it pretty ladies, been very busy this week here in the office so I can't make any sensible post hehe.

Let me end this with my red notd

This shade is one of my favorite aside from 'Pussy Red' hehe. 

Hope you had a great week ahead ladies.

Mahalo :)

Masking On

One time I visited Purederm  website and I answered one of their Quiz I can't remember the exact title of it but it was like about your skin type. Then the result was: "You have oily skin". There you go, haha actually before I took that quiz I was really anticipating for that result since I know I have oily skin which sucks big time! Well, life must go on, that is why we have a lot of beauty products to live by and  to conquer this oiliness situation. Let's go back to the quiz, hehe let me share with you the result and some helpful tips from them:

From the email sent to me:
Quiz 2 Result:

It’s likely you have OILY SKIN.

Generally, your face appears shiny. You often feel the need to wash your face or touch up with face powder. Oily skin may be prone to acne and blackheads, but it is also least susceptible to wrinkles. That means you have a higher chance of aging quite gracefully!

Make sure you go for non-comedogenic products: they feel light on skin and won’t clog your pores. For quick cleansing, bring along Acne Wash Cleansing Tissues: they contain tea tree oil, aloe vera, and salicylic acid which help get rid of pimples. To keep your skin supple, treat yourself to a Strawberry Yogurt Pack, a quick and easy wash-off mask that purifies and prevents breakouts. Also, try Aloe Nose Pore Strips to unclog pores and remove blackheads.

See? Not a good result I think, huhu but good thing there were suggested products and some tips to help me. As an obedient student, lol I bought this:

When I saw it in SM beauty section I didn't hesitate to buy one because of its affordability, it costs P49.00 only for a 10ml pack unlike other masks that would cost way higher than this. So I tried it, just followed the instructions at the back (sorry didn't get a picture of it). Apply it to a cleansed face, massage gently and leave it for like 5-10 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

Tabachuchay: "Mommy what happened to you?!" lol

I love the smell, strawberry of course, I am not fond of that fruit but the scent was really delicious it make me want to eat it hehe. After I massage it on my face, I felt a bit of a stinging effect and there were parts that it was itchy but I just ignored it. It also gave me a feeling of that when you are having a hair hot oil treatment but this time on my face, it was warm. Because of these I just left it on me for less than 5 minutes. Then the result:

Sorry for the scary eyebags and acne scars. :(

Good thing, the result was okay, it left my skin moisturized and it gave a me flushed look, which is okay for me 'cause I don't have rosy cheeks hehe!

Yehey! factors:

• very affordable
• loving the scent of delicious strawberry
• the 10ml pack is too much to cover the whole face, IMO you can use it twice
• love the moisturized effect it gave me
• I have used it last weekend and I until now it had lessened my oiliness
• it has English instructions (some of imported masks do not have)
• did not have allergic reactions

Boo! factors:

•   this is just me, it gave me stinging feeling at first so I thought it was harsh

Overall, I love it. Inexpensive yet very effective. I would definitely purchase again.

Mahalo :)

Review: Myra Vitaglow Tinted Moisturizer

I have read tons of great reviews for this product. Since it's inexpensive and available locally I grab it right away at Watson's. I love the sheer coverage of it, there's a special glow on my face when I put this on. It is my best bet during my lazy days which is like everyday hehe I use this then the powder. I really like this product, you can use it everyday and not that dangerous in my uber oily skin hehe. I mean it doesn't oil me up right away. I just retouch with my powder then everything's okay again.Then the sensitivity of my skin took over and broke me out. :( (Sigh) So I stopped using it. After 2 weeks I tried it again because I really want this tinted moisturizer to work on me but again it broke me out.  :(

Yehey factors:

• inexpensive
• super easy to find, can buy it all SM Beauty corners, watson's, Mercury Drug, convenience store etc.
• moisturizer and a little coverage in one product
• safe to use everyday
• very light on the face

Boo factors:

• it broke me out :(
• there's a bit shimmery effect
• gives whitish cast on photos
• gives very light coverage but I think tinted moisturizers are like that, I dunno please correct me! (This is my first tinted moisturizer hehe)

So there you go, this is one product that I want to love but my skin won't let me. Still it is a good buy. I've read a lot of bloggers who fell inlove with it and didn't break them out.

I want to buy a BB cream or try other tinted moisturizers, any suggestions pretty ladies?

Mahalo :)