December 2011
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Welcome to Manila, Benefit!
We love you, too, Benefit.
When someone told me that Benefit was going to finally open here in Manila, I was beyond thrilled.
Like a typical Benefit fan, my first product was Benetint (from reseller Mimi Cosmetics at Power Plant before). The prices were through the roof, but there was no other alternative then.
And then I bought Bathina from Bangkok, one for my kit and one for...
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PlugBug: Every Mac lover needs one
A portion of the weight and space in my gadget backpack goes to chargers and cables.
I’m obsessive about charging my gadgets, and when traveling, I even add an extension cord (one long in case the outlet isn’t near me, and another with multiple outlets so I’m able to charge simultaneously) and travel adaptor.
While I can just bring one charger for my MacBook and use the laptop’s...
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Tankito's Third
Based on last year’s birthday post, I seem to have stumbled on the tradition of posting about Tank’s birthday a day late.
I had so many things to do today. Benefit’s first boutique opened today (check back tomorrow for my post about that), we had closing and a meeting, and before I knew it, Tankito’s birthday was done.
Our recent move (it’s still recent since I haven’t unpacked my boxes!...
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Verse & Crew = Paper love 1, saleslady, 0
You know a store is great when you’re willing to put up with annoyances, major and minor, which in this case was a majorly annoying saleslady.
I was in a hurry to get to a shoot yesterday, but I saw something at Verse & Crew, a new(ish) stationery shop, that would be perfect for people on my list.
When I got to the store, the saleslady was nowhere to be found, perhaps on her break...
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Cocoroni Cuteness!
I completely blame Stephie for this purchase.
First, she e-mailed me this photo:
Squeeeeeeeeeeeee x infinity! Where can I buy this?? Unfortunately, there was no “get this from this place” info (cruelty!). I don’t know how Stephie did it, but that evening, she e-mailed me again, this time with a link to the store.
The store, Cocoroni.net is Korean, naturally, (it’s the birthplace of all...
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Candelights
I never got the appeal of scented candles before, until I realized just recently that I’ve been doing the whole scenting thing so wrong all along.
I didn’t know that there was a science to lighting a scented candle, and when I learned the secrets of proper candle lighting, I was hooked.
Here are the things I learned that makes room scenting via candle so awesome:
The trick is in the...
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Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner: Really...
Whenever new products land on my lap, I always feel like that kid and the marshmallow test (mmmm, marshmallow).
If it’s makeup, I can’t swipe it on right away because we need to take photos of it looking brand new first, same goes for tubes of skin care lest I wreck the newness of the tubes.
Today I broke my no trying on until photographed rule, because I was just wishing for a...
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November 2011
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