If the young group behind Blanc cannot be considered VERY, VERY talented then I do not know what can be. They once dreamed of being in the cover of a magazine and they thought “why not create one?”. Viola! Blanc Magazine Online was conceived. According to Matt Aesthetics, who have resigned himself to a whole lot of sleep and rest, it wasn’t easy as they have been working on their first issue for months now. But young talents of their caliber sure make it look like a piece of cake …

I looked around the room and saw a room full of girls in different shades of lipsticks, in well-drawn brows and well-contoured cheeks. However, I did not see girls who are consumed with vanity, rather, I saw girls who know how to take care of themselves. I saw empowered women who knows how important it is to look presentable and beautiful. I saw a girl wearing the brightest shade of red lipstick and I saw confidence. I spotted a lady in plum lipstick and I saw boldness. Make-up should not …

“You put your high heels on and you change” – Manolo Blahnik
I could not agree more and I think every lady who has been instantly transformed will nod in unison. All superficiality aside, a pair of stunning stilettos can indeed boost a girl’s confidence.  But a downside cannot be avoided. It can also be headache inducing! A headache is exactly what I got when I won a shoe contest hosted by my friend Rhea of Beez’s Closet. A headache I’ll have any day at any given time! She asked me …

Picked via Random.Org.
CONGRATULATIONS, GIZELLE!
Please check your email on how you can claim your prize.
Check out more bags from The Bag Finder in their online store:
www.thebagfinderph.multiply.com
For their bazaar schedules:
http://thebagfinderph.multiply.com/calendar

Leave it to the young, emerging talents to break rules and establish new ones. Leave it to them to bring something new and bizarre to the table. Leave it to these budding souls to be quasi-paralyzed in front of their computers one day and be fired up and inspired the next. Leave it to them to stun you when they reveal that they were born in the 90s yet seems to be as talented as those who have been in the know-how since the 70s.
Standing outside, with a smoke in …

I am not a bag person, or so I thought.  Moving to a new place proved me wrong.
As I was clearing my decks of earthly possessions (a.k.a happiness), it came as a big surprise to me that I have a considerable number of bags. It sure looks few and far between when not in a pile. And because a garage sale was in order I was able to put up for sale those that I haven’t used for a long time. Nonetheless, despite giving up almost half of the stockpile, I …

Alcohol is packed like sardines in my dad’s mini bar in our old house. Come his birthday, he’d get tons of gift most of which comes in ribboned bottles or boxes that can put beautiful gift wrappers to shame. Back in highschool, beset with a petty heartbreak (also known as my-world-is-ending-take-me-now-my-crush-did-not-notice-me pickle or as our parents call it – “HAHAHAHAHA”) coupled with my running amok curiosity- I gave in, I tried, I tasted. And I. Did. Not. Like. It. One. Bit. After much choking and some self-imposed vomiting I vowed …

The Yuletide season sure is fast-approaching! I can clearly remember that growing up, my sister and I eagerly waited for the BER months and one of the many, many reasons — sky-is-the-limit shopping! My dad will let us shop to our heart’s content as an early Christmas treat. Well, at least that was when we were teens already, as before that, my mom dressed us up in matching outfits from head to toe and we were even made to sport matching hairstyles! How I miss! And now, all grown up …

When Kwey, a friend from Ateneo, asked for my help in inviting Cebuano bloggers for a blogger’s Spa Hangout in Beauty and Butter, a newly opened nail spa/salon in SM, I was excited and hesitant at the same time. Excited because, well, who wouldn’t be if you were offered free pampering? Hesitant because I do not know many bloggers from Cebu. However, I brushed off any nib of reluctance and invite Cebuano bloggers I did. To my delight, in spite of the short notice, they all promptly replied and were …

Husband: By, Leona’s bakeshop in SM already closed.
Me: Really? But I love their cakes.
Husband: Powerbooks also and all the other restaurants in that row.
Me: Why?!
Husband: Guess what replaced it? Answered prayer in your case.
Me: OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD!!!! FOREVER bleeping 21!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I went bananas. And most probably all the other Cebuanas are pretty hyped too. FOREVER 21!! Back in Lombard, the only cure to a bad case of homesickness is a trip to Forever21. I spent hours going through racks and racks of clothes. Spent …