SaladBox : Review

 Hi Guys! I was supposed to do my review but I was swamped with reports and deadlines to meet. So anyway as promised and as I am in my WEEKEND mode :) Here it is! My first box from Saladbox!

I made a post about saladbox before. Basically it is a subscription box. Each box contains sample or full size items that you can enjoy straight to your doorstep! The boxes are 500php a month but costs less depending on the subscription. I got renewal / monthly subscription to test it for a few months. There has been a number of beauty boxes popping in the Philippines like crazy. One in particular is GlamourBox which I also want to out try soon.

So anyway, my much awaited box came this Wed. I was at work and my mom texted me that a box came. When I got home, I went straight to opening it.

Behold, a very minty green box. I find it very sophisticated but rather small.

I have been watching some unboxing videos in youtube from different countries and this is quite smaller as I have expected. But again,big things also come in small packages! :)

Opening the box, I can already smell something nice. It's like entering a store  and the smell of wrappers and scents gives you a feeling of shopping in the mall. When I opened the box, a card sits on top of the white parchment.

Under the top cover shows a neatly looking logo.

Tadaaaan!!! here are the items cradled in pink paper. 

 If you are wondering what's on the back, it gives you detailed information about the products included in the box.

Tadaaan! First item, Sakura Foam Hand Sanitizer!

Reminds me of the Etude House Bubble Hair Coloring kit.

Peeking at the bottom of the bottle, its just liquid.

And once you give it a pump, bubbles come out!

Smells really nice too! I honestly think I'll use this over alcohol :)

While others got a charcoal soap, I received pillow mist in Relaxing Mint.

I love going to spa and I love Mint and this can be very relaxing. I would love to use this on my pillow and on long travels. This came in full size by the way!

Next, Ive got 2 Virginia Olsen Mineral Eyeshadow. I was really happy with the Plum but not really sure with the Gold Bars. But again very happy since I would love to try more mineral makeups.

Up close on Gold shimmering eyeshadow.

Plum - Lovin shade

Lightly swatched. Not bad. Just glittery for me.

Black Beauty Shampoo.

I'd love to try this brand. My grandmums send us bottles of Mane and Tail.

Let's see how this will go with my hair. :)

I forgot to take a picture of the last one which is a room spray of fig and spiced tea. I have to say I'm not a fan of it.  What I also noticed is that not all of the boxes are giving the same items. I was hoping of getting the soap by the way. They also mentioned that there is like a beauty profile but I haven't seen anything on the site. So I'm kinda afraid that they maybe sending me cosmetics that may not compliment my skin color/undertone.

Overall, (in  my own opinion) I have expected more considering that this is their first box. More cosmetics, because that's what most of the subscribers want. But I'm happy with the pillow mist. =))

I'm still giving it another try.

Until the next SaladBox!

xx

My Salary Haul : Confessions on an addict

 Happy Monday! Salary came too early and I promised myself that I'll buy nothing fancy until November. But then, just this Saturday I had my 2 dogs groomed. I arrived at the pet shop around 2:30 I think and there were a lot of dogs on queue. By the way I have 8 dogs in total :) 5 Shih Tzus, Chihuahua, Doberman and a Retriver Mix. But these furry creatures have like the most expensive type of maintenance tho it will take a while before I need to have their fur cut.  Anyway, this is Leila. She's my spoiled dog. She barks and I follow. =)) Look at her all caged up in queue for grooming. In this picture she is barking at me to release her. HA! Prisoner!

 And yes I spoiled her to much. So this is what we did since she wanted to be out the cage. STARE AT THE ROAD and WATCH CARS PASS BY.

 Now this is Lira. My sweetheart. The most lovable of all the 5 shih tzus. :) She just sits and waits for her turn. I love her to bits. She always kisses me and be with me wherever I go.

So I went to the Baking Supply Specialty shop and got myself some piping bags and tips. I planned to make some macarons but then there was no almond meal there.  So next, I went to lay bare first and had some threading and waxing done. I got myself some Milk Tea and headed to have some lunch. When I got back to the pet shop they are still in queue. So I just waited and they started at 6pm. OH MY GOODNESS... goodthing Im not in a hurry or so.

So this is what they look like after. This is my princess Leila all comfy on her bed. 

 Anyway, afterwards, BB picked me up and the dogs and headed home. But then he told me that there is a party in the compound and we have to get a gift or something.  TRUST ME, I was trying to stay away from the mall. But HECK. I just tried to reason out to myself that I really didn't get anything nice for my birthday (because I didn't want to spend at all until December) except for a flat iron. So Yeah... tragedy! These are stuff I got.

 I love everything natural now. I am staying away from what is thought cancerous or so. My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer early this year and thank God that she is now A-OK! :) I was searching for things to be aware of like food and products that is believed to contribute in causing breast cancer. Anyway for cosmetics, I stay away from anything that has paraben. So I have some stuff from human nature like balm tints and so.  Now this time I found a really amazing product from Body Recipe (which is like Human love Nature).

Like every woman in this planet, I am too lazy to get whitening stuff on clinics. Of course it costs some bucks and a lot of patience. I used the underarm deo from a bazaar which costs around 180php for 100ml. It has a sticker with "Florence" on it. The seller said it was made by the nuns. I did use it and notice a wonderful change on my u.a. Great huh! so I was going to buy like 3 more and found it expensive. One day, I went to HBC and found Calamansi Tawas Facial cleanser. I used it on my face and the dark spots were removed and tried it on my u.a. Amazingly, it brought the same results as the florence one. It became whiter from the plucking. So I ditched my Nivea deos and used The Body Recipe one. I tested it on a high performance level. I went on a Pole Fitness Class (YES I DID! After a year of persuading from my friend! maybe next blog or so) and my u.a didn't smell funny or anything at all. The best about it is that its all natural!Another plus for this because I spent 100 pesos for the facial cleanser and roll on.

 I picked up a dupe for Denman fine tooth comb. Sturdy one indeed and grip is awesome! 2 pcs of bangs holder. (the one you stick on your hair to prevent the bangs from falling and a cheap facial oil control film.
 

I had my how many years old brush from Pagani retire and bought a new brush from Pagani again. Cute color like blue ish green. An atomizer to place my facial wash on and stuff from Fanny Serrano.

A lot of Guru's are raving about Fanny Serrano cosmetics. Most specially the 2 way cake. I am an NC25-NC30 in MAC. I was really looking for a compact foundation and the trust me, the sales assistant in the department stores are totally giving the wrong shade. For example. I got myself an HD cream foundation from Ever Bilena. It was just too white for me. I had to put another yellowish powder to like neutralize it. But THEN, I found Fanny Serrano in Duchess just right. The Sales Lady did a great job. It did match my skin tone although not exactly like MAC. But cheaper and just great.

 I got a shade in Duchess and it does really work good. I made some searching over the net and the packaging seems to be different compared to the compacts the made before. Now it looks like MAC.

 It has a sponge when you lift the pan area.

 Since I spent like over 500 pesos I got a free Liquid Lipstick. What's so cool about it is that it had LIGHT.

Of course, my ever so waited item in my bucket list, GEL LINER.

Now this one is from Sophie Martin. In Iced Pink. It has always been sold out. I loooveee this color like one of my NYX and Forever 21 lippies. I am a Pink and Red Lipstick addict. Trust me im a sucker for lipsticks. They instantly flush your face made up.


So I guess that's for now. I'm gonna make some more entries in the next few days. Watch out I made Malaysian Chicken Rendang! :)

Just because! : I saw it! and its hawt!

           

           

Gwyneth Paltrow on Harper's Bazaar cover.

Just hot!

Just Because!: VS Gift

Oh yes... PINK.

VS Love Spell Shimmer.

Smells lovely too. Perfumed shimmer body powder.

Eiffel Tower.

Addicting Body Lotion.

Thanks to my uber pretty cousin A!

xx

New Toys : Usual Saturday Haul

It is fun that BB loves shopping like I do. He would pick clothes and mostly shoes that would look good on me. I trust my BB's fashion sense. On the other hand, I do the same for him. Like he said, we seem to be the perfect pair. I love shrimps and he can't have too much.  He can't have it at all because of allergic reactions. On the other hand, I can't have eggs because that would make allergic reactions on me. I would just get the white part and give him the yellow part.

Anyhoo, moving forward, I was able to get a few things this weekend.

Lippies from MAC's Wonder Woman collection and Cracking nail polish. I am super addicted to nailpolish. I seem to have alot now and should start organizing.

Shaped like a bullet to me. =))

Very cute shade of pink. Love!

Put on the base (I used Etude House's lavender shade instead of the white base from HD)

Put a double coat of the purple HD Nail polish and wait until it cracks. Place a coat of clear polish to finish.

Crayon Glittery Nail Polish.

I love anything that glitters!

Crayon's cheek blush in like peach or something. It gives you that nice sun kissed look.

Thats all for now :) Birthday week next week!

Lanvin

I have this total obsession with perfumes. I have 15-20 bottles of different perfumes.  One of my favorite is Eclat D'Arpege. Because of the fruity flowery fresh scent I am totally inlove with this one. I first purchased this lavander potion looking bottle 4 years ago and I have a little left. Which reminds me to write up on my wish list.

I heart Lanvin specially their Lanvin x H&M collection. Specially when I saw this one shouldered dress and I am still wondering if I can get one and which occassion.

(corridor40.com)

Isn't that the prettiest thing ever. <3

Then I stumbled on this....

Makes me even more inlove. Very cute!

Rainy Saturday and my new Toys

This was the longest day ever. I haven't slept that much because I was looking after Leila (my dog) who has a fever. Friday morning 7 am, I rushed her to the vet because she was really sick. That was when we found out that she has a high fever (39.9).  Thank God she is all okay now. The doctor gave her shots to lower down the fever and some B Complex to make her energetic.

Such a cutie patoootiee!

So I slept for a few hours before going to the mall. Tagging my mum along, I was going to get a form for this model search. But before you can get a form, you need to purchase from the ladies section first. I was trying to browse through the clothes rack and can't find anything. Just this cute floral shorts which is like 600 bucks already. My mum can't find any clothes that looks cool either. Whoever is the designer for these brands must have some inspiration or some sort. There was this animal print shirt that I found which looks cool but the fabric is total fail. Dorothy Perkins, Forever 21 and H&M hello? You can be inspired by these brands. Anyway, I just told my mum that I wouldn't join any more and she agreed. I wouldn't be spending 800 bucks for something that I wouldn't be wearing anyway.

My mum said we should just get dinner instead. I was pretty hungry since I have not had any lunch yet. While we were on our way to look for a restaurant my eyes brightened up when I saw Etude House. By the way, we were in SM Fairview (I keep going on being very vague). I picked up a couple of items which I have been wanting for quite some time now which all amounted to 800 bucks. I guess this one is worth it because I really loved the items that I bought. After that, we went to White Hat for some yogurt.

Cherry , chocolate kisses and nuts for me.

Kiwi, Cranberry and nuts for dear mama.

My mum picked up some stuff from the grocery while I check out Tony Moly.

There were alot of people (oh yeah long weekend right) and I wanted to go home. Heavy rains tonight.

Moving forward, here is my Saturday Haul. New toys!

Pretty paperbags. Rawr!

Let's begin shall we?

Tony Moly Falsies. 88php

These lashes are sooo cute! Can't wait to user them! I Heart these! 

Tony Moly Nail Polish 98php

Really kind of shocking pink which of course I fell inlove with.

Let's take a peek.

Hair Color 378php

I will be doing a post on this once I try it on my hair tomorrow. I only has bubbles that you put on your hair to do the coloring instead of the usual coloring treatment.

Lavander Nail lacquer.

soft pink almost peach nail lacquer.

49php

Etude's Dear Darling Tint

less than 200php

I love lip stains! This one can be lip and cheek stain. Isn't that neat. I love how bright the color is when applied to the lips. Tony Moly has one which is the magic lip stain. It comes as a lip balm. When applied, it changes your lip color. I could have gotten that too but then I had to control myself. Tony Moly has this version too but a bit expensive.

And finally, in addition to my brushes.

Eye liner brush. 128php.

The bristles are very soft I'm in love <3

I made a one coating for each. L-R

Etude House Lavander and Soft Pink. Tony Moly's Pink shade.

One happy me. =)

I think I should be starting OOTD posts too.