ah yes, the fragrance department. i must say my favorite part of department stores, but for the hard-selling. pushy salespersons aside, i love hanging around fragrance counters, testing new smells until i give rise to a veritable mount everest of tester strips in my bag. scents will never lose their fascination for me.
scents are such amazing things. some can get you refreshed and make you relax. some can energize and even seduce. so what are so many women still doing waiting for special occasions to wear fragrance? any day is a perfect day to smell good!
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as we reach mid-year, let’s take a look at some of the most popular styles in the hair front.
1. the quiff
seen on the runways of oscar de la renta, max mara and l.a.m.b. among others, the new quiff, an exaggerated height that challenges elvis presley’s hair to a battle of blow-outs, is the new updo. take it from the many celebs who have embraced this hairstyle. it has redefined our use of holding products.
continuation to this.
when we moved to fiji, one of the things i had to adjust to was how most people took haircut for granted. not to say that people took their hair in general for granted. in fact, many of them obsess over it: they dye, highlight, perm, fix into cornrows, braids, dreadlocks more frequently than i know pinays do. but haircut in particular doesn’t seem as big a deal as what i am more accustomed to.
so if i can’t find the time to experiment with different hair stylists, i decided, what the heck, might as well jump into the bandwagon. besides, this is the immediate solution to my hair’s volume problem. a good old fashioned perm. and i mean not digital.
warning: this post contains self-indulgent photos.
it is no secret that i am a stickler to habits. and that includes hair stylists (i wrote in a previous entry about my search for a hair stylist to whom i can remain loyal). i have been a very avid customer of basement salon since 2007, a few times in rockwell and a ton of other times in shangri-la.
my stylist of choice is cris in shang because he never lets me down. when i always thought my stick straight hair would never account for anything more than a droopy mass of sad, pathetic boredom, which lived years and years and years as a one-length plain heap of lifelessness that fell unhappily below my shoulders with renegade baby hair always escaping from unexpected places, he was able to provide structure and gave it natural body and volume. i was very hesitant to try layers and bangs for reasons stated in the same previous entry above, but i’m glad i trusted someone who obviously knew better.
no products, blow out or camera tricks in the “after” photos! just an expert haircut and air dry c/o our trusty electric fan!
before:
the health benefits of grapes and wine have been some of the best-known and, should we say best-loved facts of nutrition, but do you know that they also have beauty benefits when applied to skin?
in a january issue of a fashion magazine, i read that hollywood stars have now taken to pouring glasses of wine into their baths. it has been shown that grapes, the main ingredient in wine, when applied to skin, more especially if you soak in it, aids in blood circulation and promotes a youthful, healthy glow. the sediments, those fine solid particles that settle at the bottom of your glass, can be used to buff and polish your body which, together with its antioxidant properties, nourish the skin to keep it smooth and supple.
what goes best with the softness johnson’s body care helps you achieve? a soft look collection that perfectly complements your smooth and supple skin.
so j&j teamed up with fashion retailer bayo to give you some of the most luxurious, most alluring pieces. the only softer you can get is a birthday suit.
in a launch last month at the hip encore super club in the fort, taguig, we were privileged to get a first look at the soft look collection from j&j and bayo.
all photos and prices from female network:
johnson & johnson treated bloggers to some summer education-cum-frolic last month: a day trip to the very exclusive anvaya cove in bataan where neutrogena and the philippine dermatological society schooled us on skin safety.
just arrived in the country last night. i missed the philippines but i miss fiji now… nevertheless, i’m happy to be back!
the first thing we did when i got here? eat crispy pata and tokwa’t baboy, naturally!
and before the stores closed for the holidays this week, i was able to accompany my cousin to makati and squeeze in some minor shopping.
when i love something, i have to know where it came from, how it came about and what caused its existence. yes, i am a nerd, now bully me in the playground during recess if you can.
everybody who knows me well knows i can’t go out sans mascara. so it is but natural to look up its history. do read on because this involves how maybelline started and how max factor revolutionized makeup. it also has ancient spirits and crocodile dung… yes, that’s what i said. you decide whether this last one is fact or fallacy.
elizabeth taylor as cleopatra
here i am again in search of the best shampoo and conditioner in town! and my latest find comes from the purist company of australia.
started in 1987, the purist company’s hair care range made from all natural ingredients have been around long before organic hair products were all the rage. in 1998, the body and skin care range was added to their growing family.
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