Love & Beauty by Forever21 Glitter Gloss in Champagne

Hi. Here's my first review for 2013! This is one of my sister's birthday gifts for me. It was part of her smokey-look set.

I'm not much of a lip gloss wearer on every day basis because I ride on jeepneys a lot, which roughly translates to I hate having strands of hair sticking on my lips. But I did fall in love with this gloss because it has a different payoff.

Pros:
1. Sleek packaging
2. Not to sticky
3. The glitter chunks look awesome on the lips
4. Doesn't smell like anything. Or at least I can't smell anything

Cons:
1. The brush applicator is kinda stiff that it almost feels like applying the gloss with a stick. I hope they improve the applicator
2. The glitter chunks or "micropearls" as it says on the packaging, can be intimidating for some people because they're not simply shimmer glitters but actually a little bigger
3. The light pink shade transfers as colorless. I would have loved it better if it had a little color

All in all, this is a great gloss to rock if you want a unique looking lip gloss. Cheerio!

Winter Child

Hi. This is waaayy overdue, but before the year ends, I figured that I should share this already. =) 

I like being born in December. Something about it feels really cool. Anyways, I'll keep the paragraphs short since this is probably going to be a picture heavy post. 

For my birthday, (which was a couple of weeks ago) we decided to drop by the Noel Bazaar in World Trade Center that we do every Christmas season. 

Starting with the gifts I received (and bought for myself). =)

=)

Neutrogena Eye Brightening Concealer that I bought from the bazaar 

Shorts that I also bought there (and the spiked bracelet from my sister)

A soft-leatherette satchel bag from my mom and dad

I actually opened this beforehand but I had my cousin wrap it again because her wrapping skills are great!

Forever 21 Lipgloss, E.L.F. Smokey Eyes set, and Etude House falsies from my sister

A satchel bag that I bought at the MRT Ayala Station

New Frames from the bazaar

Traincase from mom and dad

Since I wanted to try a new place, I decided to treat my family to lunch at Banapple, Greenhills. I've read quite a few good reviews, and I just had to try out the place for myself. The pictures that follow were taken by my sister.

The cozy interior

Their famous cakes and pies

Those are my sister's fancy nails

This was my sister's order. Chicken fillets with bacon. Can't remember how much though

My tapa order =)

My goal was to try their banoffee pie and S'mores pie

Banapple was definitely a good choice. I loved their tapa. A little too savory but with the rice, it all worked out. My sister also loved her chicken dish. My mom ordered the salpicao and loved it. My dad ordered their tocino and liked it as well. Their servings are quite huge though so scarfing down the pies was a little troublesome. =) But worth it of course. 

The rice meals were over 150 but less than 200. 

The banoffee pie was so heavenly, and at 95 pesos, it was definitely worth it. It had CHUNKS of bananas, which I loved to bits. The S'mores pie, which was 110 per slice, was great too. My parents loved it more than the banoffee, but my sister and I liked the banoffee more.

This is from elizabethannsrecipes but my birthday cupcakes looked exactly like these.

Since I really love S'mores, I mean really love love them, I opted for S'mores cupcakes as my birthday cakes that my parents bought for me at the bazaar. We bought them at The Chocolate Bar. Our dinner was some take-out from Pizza Hut-- buffalo wings and pizza, just the way I like 'em.

Well, that's enough sharing for a day. =) Can't believe the year's almost ending. Have a great day. Cheerio!

Way Too Early Birthday Presents

Hi guys. A couple of hours ago, my sister insisted that I open my gifts from her. I thought she was kidding since my birthday is not in two weeks. She also reminded me to take pictures so I wouldn't forget that she already gave me gifts.

Despite me asking incessantly why she was asking me to open them now, I got no answers until I opened them. Way before, she kept on asking me if I wouldn't mind getting make-up. Of course I didn't since I was trying to grow a collection.

Here they are =)

Forever 21 Love and Beauty Glitter Gloss in Champagne

Etude House False Eyelashes

E.L.F. Get The Look Smokey Eyes Set

It turned out that she wanted me to know my gifts immediately because I was unconsciously buying items that she was about to give me, like the lashes that I bought from Daiso, the eyeliner from Nichido, the mascara I had swapped from Clinique, and others.

I'm actually ecstatic because I now have more items to review. =)

I hope you had a nice weekend. Cheerio!