SM Aura Premier + Clinique All About Eyes Rich

Last Friday, we went to the opening of SM Aura Premier at BGC. The traffic this mall opening created was intense! Pedestrians came crossing from SM Aura to Market! Market! because the transport terminal is located there. Cars have to be stuck in "stop" mode even though it's a green light because of the crossing people. This was around 12 noon and we really had a hard time figuring out how to park inside the mall's parking so we decided just to park on the open parking area and just walk to the mall under the heat of the sun.

And so, I decided to buy an eye cream. I really have lots of fine lines under my eyes now! :( It used to be only 2 obvious lines, but now it grew to 4-5 lines. I feel that I should start my anti-aging regimen as early as now. I don't want to have lots of wrinkles when I turn 30, so if I can prevent it from populating my face I'd do it now.

I decided to visit the Clinique store in SM Aura. It's nice and white :D The staff were so accommodating as there were no customers lol. I bought this item called All About Eyes Rich. According to Clinique's official site (and I quote):

• Skin Types: All

Moisture-rich eye cream diminishes the look of undereye circles, shadows, fine lines-instantly and over time. De-puffs, calms with botanicals. Helps boost natural collagen production. Strengthens skin's moisture barrier against common irritants. Ophthalmologist Tested.

I read about this item from GT, and actually, I just checked out the Clinique store out of whim, cos it looked nice :) They accept credit cards and it's good. As one of the first customers who bought an item above 1,500 Pesos, they gave me a loot bag as a freebie-- with three items on it. I don't really liked the freebies.

the item: All About Eyes Rich

Box

Freebie bag for purchases 1500 and up

Freebie again: small pouch bag

Testers: 

Here are my eye lines. As you can see (in mirror image), this is my left eye with lots of wrinkles already. The other photo is my right eye. I also have dark circles around my eyes. Let's see if there will be improvements (I'll be updating this post in weeks).

Right eye

Left eye

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"Post-Pregnancy Beautification Plan"

I've been meaning to list this as Wishlist Part 2 for 2013 (the mid-year one). I have so many things I want to regain after my pregnancy. I'm still hoping this would be my last (unless I wanted to have a baby girl badly or some accident happens again--which, I would be more careful now haha). But as most women mentioned in the forum about childbirth, almost everyone wants to become beautiful again after giving birth (let's admit it, we don't really become blooming as we carry a child for 10 months!). Therefore I drafted my PPBP or my Post-Pregnancy Beautification Plan. I have a list of things to buy in order for me to achieve this. As early as now, I've been saving up lots of money for my grand plan.

1. Medela Freestyle Breastpump- I want to breastfeed my baby for as long as 2 years if possible. I started looking for breastfeeding support groups. I heard this breastpump is really great--it's portable and convenient for working mommies (I plan to work sometime in late 2013). This is actually a great buy for me. They say breastfeeding will make a woman who gave birth lose weight easily ;)
   
   
2. Belly Bandit B.F.F.- The binder is said to have been used by people from long ago already. I watched a Taiwanese drama and also saw the binder worn by a woman who just gave birth. Recently, I saw testimonials in forums that this kind of thing actually works! They even metioned they had a better waistline compared to their "before pregnancy" sizes. I'm excited to use this because I did not use any on my first baby.
   
   
3. Trilastin Body Contour System 2- I've always eyed this product and it always had great reviews. They usually have sales and promos up to 40% off so I would be waiting for the next one and grab onto it. US celebrities have been known to have used this. I hope this also improves my previous stretchmarks from my single days :D. I'm expecting much from this product that no other treatment would give the same effect.
   
   
4. More MUD Products- I would definitely get the black eye pencil and more of their blush colors. I don't think I'm ready to put on eyeshadow yet (okay, maybe just 3 colors first) because I'm quite uncomfortable with it. I'm also getting additional brushes for the lips and probably some of MUD's Lipsticks/Glosses.
   
5. Dance Classes, Yoga or Gym- I was once a member of an all-women gym in Serendra called Curves. That was my first time to pay for my own gym membership after my mother-in-law gave me a free 3-month membership at Slimmers World. I once attended Belly dance classes at MDS or Movement Dance Studio at Unionbank Plaza. I had fun and my "attire" is still with me (probably waiting for me to go back to the dance floor? haha). I will choose whatever's more easy or accessible for me. :D
   
6. New haircut- I'm planning to go back to Mr. Shin or to Mr. YS (both Korean hairdressers) because my locks love their scissors lol. They are the best I've ever tried and also Louis Phillip Kee (I went to his salon at The Fort). When I got my haircuts from them, I got compliments. I am not sure if I could also have the hair color or the perm with my plan to breastfeed (most likely not) so I think I would wait 2 years before I have those again. Let's just see :)
   
7. Laser hair removal- Uh, I think they wouldn't really do a procedure with breastfeeding moms :( I still have a 2-year unlimited LHR for my underarms at Skin Station Timog. I wonder what I should do about it. :/

So far, I've already saved for the pump. The rest would be saved for later. I am now looking to this situation more positively as I now plan on what to do in the near future.

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Personal Beauty Make-up Class @ MUD

This is an overdue post about my class last Saturday at Make-up Designory Manila aka MUD and I really had fun meeting girls with zero experience in make-up. Our instructor is Ms. Myr Lim, and she has a blog. She's already posting photos of her students from last year's class :) I hope she posts our class' photo soon too.

Anyway, aside from being professional, Ms. Myr is also a fun teacher. Our class wasn't boring to think it was about 7 hours from 10AM until 6PM (with a lunch break around 1 till 2). The whole class covered a lot of things, starting from Eyebrows to Falsies. We had discussed how to analyze our skintone for the perfect blend of foundation so that it would make this "glow" in our face. MUD cream foundations are really nice. My tone is GY1 (it's the 4th level of darkness lol) as I am a morena.

Here is my "notes" with random captions all over the paper haha. This is actually the schedule of the class. There are other handouts given to us in another set of papers.

So here is another set of the haul I got from Purbeauty :) I think it cost me around 3800 pesos. I bought the Beauty Blender beforehand. It's now my favorite sponge. I let go of the wedge sponges I bought just because I think this is enough.

My newfound love. :D This cost 2500 something, but if you only buy the sponge online with Purbeauty's promo, you can get it for only 900 pesos! :D The Beauty Blender creates an airbrush-like effect on your foundation.

Red corrector #3

Corrector box

Red corrector #3 for my pimples and pimple marks

What complements GY1 is the Desert loose powder. This is to set the foundation.

GY1 inside :D

This suits my skin. It makes me have this pretty olive tone

Cover of the GY1 cream foundation

Taupe colored eye pencil-- this is cream based and you can use it with the brush for the eyebrows too. Also good as eyeliner of course. 

Blue corrector #3

Blue Corrector #3 for my eyebags :D

There is one item missing and that's the MUD Primer. I'm getting it tomorrow. :) I want it because if I use the Neutrogena moisturizer, the foundation doesn't seem right. And yes, what complements MUD products are MUD too. :D

I didn't have a before and after look, but here is my Day Makeup photo :D I used a green eyeshadow and some red violet lippie (it's an MUD brand, I did not bring any make-up for this class). I think green best compliments my pink floral dress for the day :) I did get compliments from my husband and yes, that's enough for me :D he said I looked better than my previous makeup class for mineral makeup. Oh, I now love cream-based cosmetics haha!

Oh, I didn't have the night makeup-- aka the smokey look. It was actually what my husband saw because he picked me up after my class. I had falsies also with that look and he didn't like me wearing falsies when he realized the falsies were about to be removed lol. But yeah, as mentioned earlier, it is his comment that matters the most. :D

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Haul for my MUD Class

Happy New Year! I just came home from Hong Kong and Shenzhen for our family trip. It did go well, but with PAL's delay on our flight back, it wasn't as good as my previous travels abroad. This was my 2nd time in Hong Kong and my first time in China. 2012 has been really good to me and my travels.

I have a draft post in my mobile phone I was composing from Hong Kong, but I wasn't able to upload it. I'll probably write a travel post later. I'm loving 2013 so far!!

As mentioned before, I have this Beauty List I have to accomplish for my makeup class tomorrow. I bought everything in one day via Purebeauty Serendra, Market! Market! Department Store and SM Department Store. I must say, SM really lives up to its tag "We've Got It All For You". Everything I needed was there. I bought some items at MUD because I thought we wouldn't go to SM anymore. I will also get a 15% off the MUD items I picked up due to my class.

All in all, I spent around 16,400+ pesos for my makeup class-- all beauty hauls including the makeup kit, fee for MUD's class, and other stuff. This doesn't include the makeup itself YET. I'm reserving another 6,000 pesos for it haha. My hubby said, I should continue this "hobby" of makeup cos I already spent a lot. :)) It's more expensive than my 30-session Japanese Module 4 class at UP Diliman starting this month. I hope I do enjoy makeup soon. I usually start something but not finish it. :P

Something from SM Dept. Store and Market! Market! Dept. store

Freebie from Sigma- Eyeliner brush

I also got my JAC Plus shipment #2 from US which was delayed by a week. This is my first ever Sigma Brush. The set's name is Mrs. Bunny and it's a vegan brush-- no animals involved. I'm not vegan, but I personally like the colors pink and blue, that's why I got it. It cost about 4,899+ pesos (120 USD something, without shipping fee within US). JAC's shipping and handling fee is the same as usual, around 802 pesos. My package was about 2 lbs just like the previous one. 

Instruction card

This is the case. Pale blue bordering to grey

Essential Kit contains 12 brushes. It's so soft! I won't remove it from the plastic yet!

I'm done with it! :D

4300+ worth of haul from Purebeauty, Serendra. Left it there cos I'll go there tomorrow anyway

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I'm Having Another Baby Boy and Other Updates

The "bird" is just right there. :))

The excitement to knowing my baby's gender is gone. After a session at In My Womb SM Megamall, I already learned that it's ANOTHER BOY. I must admit, I was hoping he would be a "she" this time. I even wished it on my birthday. :( I felt a little depressed upon knowing it. However, I already predicted he would be a "he" because I'm getting lots of pimples despite having regular facials with Belo Med. It did not help that I also chose a lot of VMV Hypoallergenics Products, I still had these bulging pimples everywhere in my face. Sad, sad, life.

L-R: Essence Skin-Saving Conditioner, ID Monolaurin Gel,
Essence Skin-Saving Toothpaste, Spring Cleaning Oil-Control
Antibacterial Scrub for Oily Skin, Essence Skin-Saving Superwash
Hair+Body Milk Shampoo, and testers

Anyway, I had it returned to VMV yesterday via Air21, and the delivery was just overnight I was so happy. The fee is cheap, and it was good customer service. I called Air21 for the package's status and they gave me complete info. They never failed me since 2010, I've been their customer (both receiving and sending packages). I also called VMV and they have the kindest reps. They even called me back on my mobile number, and messaged me back on Facebook. I was a diligent customer anyway. I followed everything in their return rules. But still, I could not believe they are crediting back the 2000 pesos worth of items I bought. Thank you, VMV and Air21. :)


Wishlist Update:

Earlier, I had a post about my 2013 Wishlist, and as you can see in this photo, I finally had achieved more than 50% of it. ;) Yes, the Macbook was really included in the original list on my Financial Planning Notebook. Make up is the only thing which is not yet bought. I'd do it next year during my MUD Workshop. For the meantime, I got my brushes from Sigma, but still no word from Johnny Air Cargo Plus. It should be here in Manila by now, but then again maybe because it's the holidays that is why JAC Plus is busy too. I would wait for updates on their Facebook page.



Anyway, here are some holiday photos of me and my family. Actually, this is more of me and my in-laws, because being an only child I obviously just got absorbed in my husband's big family events. And by big, they really are many. We celebrated earlier at Bulacan with the Garcias and later on Christmas day at Pasig with the Dalisays. We did not have a fam photo at Bulacan due to the late night celebration.

 

Starbucks and DQ GCs care of Tito Volts and family :D

Photo taken at Lexington Garden Village, the Dalisays (hubby's mother's side). 

Happy Holidays! 

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