Review: SYOSS Airy Curl Cream for Curly Hair

If you've been reading my blog for quite sometime now, you would know that ever since I got my hair digitally permed more than a year ago, I've been obsessed about curl defining hair products that I am always trying out different products. In fact, I've created an entire section that you can read here.

I saw SYOSS Brand at a department store and got curious. I've never heard of it and I've never really used a Curl Cream, but I did use a Monea Curl Defining Lotion that I will not be buying again. I thought, maybe a Curl Cream is different from a Curl Defining Hair lotion. So I decided to buy and try it out.

So out of curiosity and sense of hair adventure, I decided to buy it and test it for 5 days.

I found the perfect 2013 planner for me

I remember contemplating about planners last year. I've always been the one who's really obsessed about papers, pens and planners because I really use planners/organizers and my bag is really heavy because of it. I can forget a make-up kit but I feel incomplete without my planner in my bag. And because of this, I really enjoy shopping, searching, discovering new planners that would suit my current phase.

You see, I've had my share of acquiring the much awaited Starbucks planners for three years then moved on to Belle de Jour Planners. I was able to abuse enjoy Starbucks freebies such as buy 1 take 1 coupons on special holidays and free stationery. Belle de Jour is good but it has become too feminine and girly for my taste now.

When I moved to Laguna two years ago, I didn't get the chance to use my coupons free in the BDJ planner that I ended up just giving them away to my classmates in graduate school who lives in Manila.

What coming back to your Alma Mater feels like

If not only for some important documents that I need to personally request, then I wouldn't really have the chance to go to my undergraduate university this year.

This is where I earned my Communication degree and where I spent my four great years as a regular, average student, who never really studied geek-hard, but passed the degree because of passion. Naks!  

Nostalgia-inducing Subdivision of San Beda

I lived in San Beda Subdivision all four college years of my life. When I graduated last March 2004, two weeks after I graduated was spent on moving apartments from San Beda Subdivision in Concepcion Aguila/Mendiola Consortium in Manila to Quezon City.

The last time I was here was back in 2004. I  only returned to this place to visit bff Mina, who was then studying medicine in San Beda.

Now, almost nine years later, I came back to visit the place after I finished my official business of requesting  for some records from my old Alma Mater and couldn't help feel nostalgic about the place I once called home.

 

The Grad School Diaries: Episode 15 - It's that time of the semester again

Oh dear.

It's that time again. The enrollment season. I should be done with my thesis and earned my Master's degree after having passed the compre exam that everyone's dreading about, but here I am with Episode 15 of Graduate School Diaries.

I am enrolling again this semester because I have not finished my MS Thesis.

I wanted to come up with the universal weapon reason for mass destruction bullshit: I got busy. But really, it's for real:

1. My kuya got married and we flew to Kalinga.
2. I was busy covering/working for the College Centennial Celebration.
3. I was busy planning and actually doing something for my plan B, or my longer-term plan to be in the university.
 Okay fine, here's another one:
4. I'm busy planning my super friends' bohemian hippie wedding that I really like to doing it for my favorite couple because it pumps my blood up and keeps me alive. (Plus I really love the couple).

But wait. I really have to get my degree this semester because I got my eyes set on a bigger adventure by next year.

#crossingfingers

Old Photographs and Memory Lane

I grew up with a photographer father so films, negatives, slideshow films (yes, the really old school ones), albums with printed copies of photos  have a special place in our house. I was looking through some childhood photos to use for our cousin Kuya Stew's wedding last month, when I saw this:

This was my first art exhibit in UPLB. It was called ART Mussaenda and paintings of Mussaenda flowers were sold in this gallery. I don't even remember the location of this gallery, or where it was held.

Here I am in my school uniform.  I think this is my photo with exhibit organizers. And I don't really  like to smile at the camera back then and I already have the frighteningly bipolar artist mood at such a young age.

Review: Maybelline Mineral Powder Foundation + Nichido's Kabuki Brush

I swore not to buy Maybelline's face powder product that I blogged about before, but I kept my word about buying the Pure Foundation Mineral Powder Foundation.

With just one sweep, I don't know how it can cover and conceal at the same time giving a really good finish. And it's long lasting too! I just didn't use the kabuki brush that it came with, because I bought  Nichido's surprisingly soft kabuki brush for only Php 238.00!

I prefer using powders in cans rather than those in compact because I get stressed about powder cracks in face powder compacts that I end up smashing the entire thing, turning it into loose powder because I hate waste.

This powder costs Php599.00 on the market, but I got mine for Php 479.00 because it was on sale. I am still looking out for a darker shade, because apparently, I always ask for the darkest foundation but it ends up a little lighter on my face unless I let it sink in for a few hours.

Oh, darn girl problems!

Halloween Camping

Tonsilitis kicked my sorry ass this year, so I stayed home, in bed, the whole weekend. The bad news: I have tonsilitis so I can't attend Halloween parties. The good news: I get to stay in bed, play couch potato, and watch The Big Bang Theory  marathon all day long. (and I blame my friends Joy and Poch for introducing me to the series.)

For the past years, I've been attending Halloween parties. I even remember my dad, being very supportive of my Halloween activities that he actually lent his vintage barong for my friend Rogus to wear! This year, now that Dad is gone, we decided to have a Halloween camping at the cemetery using  Dad's favorite things: Camping tent and his sleeping bag.



I don't really consider myself an outdoorsy kind of girl. The last time I went camping was January this year and all the boys took care of practically everything. I was just the one in charge of negotiating prices for discount rate on our day tour, but still hats off to the guys!

Anyway, we went to Eternal Glory Memorial Park on the actual Halloween night and we were one of the first ones to camp out. There's already a film showing at the cemetery so there are more people than usual. I was supposed to take photos of the first night, but it was so cold and our tent was so comfy that we fell asleep in no time.

So here's what it looks like in the first morning:

The first peak at the fog from the inside of our tent: