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Just want to greet everyone a Happy New Year!! May the Lord God bless us all!!! Sorry for not posting so much lately.. the holidays are taking a lot of my free time.. See you at 2010!!!!

I gave it a lot of thought before getting this nail stamping kit.. It took me a week to finally decide. So this is basically what I got: Konad Nail Stamping Nail Art Set. I got 3 special polishes, 4 design plates (that I got to choose), rubber stamper, scraper, Instruction CD and the plate guide. Actually the plate guide was free. The whole set costs around $50. (So now you know why I gave it a lot of thought huh?) So here's what's inside the box. I picked black, white and red for my special nail polishes. I just think that these colors are the safest to be used for stamping designs and more neutral having any color as base, white and black works well with anything. As for the plate designs, I got the M20, M25, M27 and M32. I was so excited in picking them out.. now  when I checked online for the available designs, I was a bit disappointed with some of the plates that I got.. I should have been more patient. I was not able to get a french tip plate :( I've already tried usi

So.. let me present to you to the latest winter collection from Everyday Minerals.. I got samples of each of the Winter Colors and they're all fabulous! I love Neutral Colors because you can wear them anytime and it suits almost all complexions.   I used them this morning for my winter look since it's a little bit chilly outside and I can't wait to try them. I've been collecting almost all of EDM's eye shadows because of its great pigmentation and because it blends very well. I also ordered the Lavender Color Corrector. As what I mentioned on my previous email, I ordered this because I was advised that this  helps in preventing the EDM blushes form turning orange. I have this issue on EDM blushes and hopefully this solution works for me. Additional to this was the twilight kiss eye shadow.. which I love. Its a lovely purple color. I heard that it works great too as an eyeliner.  Speaking of blushes, I ordered two of the marked down blushes for this season: Coffee Br

Hello Everyone!! I apologize for the lack of posts..so much has happened the past few weeks and I'm trying to do some catching up on my blog. We already moved to the new flat and still not done with organizing everything. I've been purchasing a lot of things and I've taken photos of them but lacked the time to post them here.. but hopefully will soon.. So, I ordered sample sizes of EDM's Winter Collection and they just arrived today :) yay! They are mostly neutral eye colors (which i love 'coz goes well with my skin color) and a new blush too.. I also added two(2) large sizes of marked down blushes from the "Spring Clean" collection, Bouquet and Coffee Break..the two colors looks promising and I love them.. it's so much different from my other blushes and I cant wait to try them.  Besides my order, I also got a freebie (another yay!! who hates freebies?? everybody loves freebies!!) Memphis Rose Blush since my order is over $29. Here's the list of m

Hello everyone.. I've been so busy for the past few weeks.. we just moved in our new flat and a lot of things were needed to be done. Finally the internet connection is now hooked at home YAY! I could finally update my blog. Did a lot of shopping lately and will be posting them here soon. Hang in there ladies.. CIAO!

I went out for dinner last night. Due to the rush hour traffic I decided to head to the mall and burn a few hours there than being stuck inside the car. I knew from the moment he decided to do this that this wont do good for me..or the other way around..hahahha.. because I might end up buying things again.. I really can't help it! We passed by the Skin Food Store and of course I cannot be there and not go inside to check some products.. I have been eyeing to get their Salmon Dark Circle Cream Concealer for some time now and I haven't been to a mall were Skin Food Store was available. I remember that my moisturizer is almost out so I thought of trying a moisturizer from Skin Food since it's natural and it might do well for my very sensitive skin. The lady from the store recommended the Parsley and Mandarin Cream for troubled skin. She told me that she has been using the same product plus their Tea Tree Toner also for troubled skin. Okay you might wonder why I prefe

Here are the pictures of my latest Everyday Minerals Stash. Sorry for the poor quality of pictures on this one, Dan already packed all the small electronics  we have in one box including the camera and he wont let me open it :P So I used my iPhone to take them..  As what I've mentioned on some of my previous blogs, we are moving to a new flat soon that's why a lot of packing are being done :)  Please check my previous email for the list of products :) This Wishing Well blush is my freebie for this set of order. It's their freebie of the month (they change it from time to time) for all orders up to $28....It's a new blush shade and it is not available on the store, it only comes as a free gift. Maybe after a while they will add it on their blushes too... I added this Spring Berries Lip Balm to my order to avail the freebie (haha.. showing my cheapskate side again) After getting this set of order, I took a picture of my EM Collection.. I can't believe now how much I h

I just got my latest delivery from Everyday Minerals. This is my favorite Mineral Makeup brand. It is cheap and it has good quality. I've been recommending it to friends and family. I will update this post with the pictures of my Haul. Here's the list of my current order that just arrived: Try Me - Eco Eyes 222TM88-24-777-5-71-29-144-5 1 $5.00 Try Me - Eco Eyes 1 x Eco-Friendly - SAMPLE $0.00 24-777-5     1 x Sunset Voyage - SAMPLE $0.00 71     1 x Jasmine Tea - SAMPLE $0.00 29-144-5     Try Me - Earth Blush 221TM31-22169-1-22370-1-22358-1 1 $5.00

Call me a cheapskate but I love these $1 Water proof eyeliner pens from ELF. They are very easy to use and very cheap. It glides very easily on my upper lids and I think for those people who have trouble keeping their hands from shaking when lining the eyes, this is the product to use.  The colors are really pigmented and I can make the perfect cat eye with it. See I have all the available colors and I love every single one of them.. Reviewing some of the ELF products, I can say that this one of my favorites. They do make good quality makeup for such a low price. But of course, you need to check the reviews before you purchase products from them 'coz not all are that good. Some could be really really good and some could be not. I actually breakout from their face products except for the Mineral Booster, the only face product that I use from ELF. I will be making more reviews of their products specially the ones that I use everyday, just hang in there :) CIAO!

I've been an avid fan of several ladies who does makeup on youtube. They've used many products and the one that intrigued me the most were the Coastal Scents Palette. I got one of each, the 88 Piece Matte & Satin Palette, the 88 Piece Shimmer Palette and the 88 Piece Warm Palette.. I made some looks, my own version of course, using them. My stash includes the following: -88 Piece Original Matte and Satin Palette -88 Piece Warm Palette -88 Piece Shimmer Palette -Tru Black Gel Liner (Black) -Truffle Gel Liner (Dark Brown) The 88 Piece Matte and Satin Palette:                                                                    The 88 Piece Warm Palette: The 88 Piece Shimmer Palette: CIAO!

I was out last Thursday night and I though of getting a makeup remover since I'm almost out of it.. and I also got some NYX Round Lipsticks and Lipgloss. Price : 25Aed (about $6.5) for 125ml bottle Review:  I tried it when I got home to remove my eye makeup. I used a facial tissue and I can say that it works as good as my Clinique eye makeup remover. The two nyx round lipsticks I got.. Frappucino and Perfect.. With Flash The Swatches: The first one is Perfect, its a little orange like a coral shade, its pretty. Then the second one is the Frappucino, and its a nice color for everyday look and of course the lipgloss I got was the last color from this swatch. Without the Flash I think that difference between the two colors are more visible on this swatch. CIAO!

Al Hamad Office Building, Sharjah Freezone This is one of the projects I handled and worked on. I was the Project Architect. It's actually a simple office building but I decided to share it since I played a big part on the design and coordination for it. Please feel free to give your comments.

I don't recall from which website I got this image from. I really want to remember to give credit to the person who posted this on line. Of course, I wanna share it too so I thought of posting it here on my blog. Hope this helps all the makeup fanatics like myself  CIAO!

I make it a habit to check makeup alley almost everyday to check on the latest reviews for the different beauty products.Someone has advised me to check the product reviews first from this site before I purchase them. I just wish I was introduced to it a long time ago so I would have prevented myself to make some bad makeup purchases.. I've been having some serious breakouts lately, and I wonder why 'coz usually I only have breakouts during the time of the month.. you know what I mean..  and Ive tried.. believe me I really did try.. almost all the products out there in the market to help me out with this skin problem that I acquired when I moved to Dubai (because of the water). Going back to makeup alley, I came across with the Apple Cider Vinegar Toner. I read all the reviews and some of the ladies even shared their recipes that works for them... So I thought, what the heck, a bottle of apple cider vinegar is cheap so I went to the grocery immediately after work to get it. I u

I was boyish when I was young. I never thought that I would be interested with fashion and girlie stuffs just thinking about how I was then..All my friends were boys, the activities that I enjoy are mostly boyish and most of my cousins that Im close to are boys...I was never close to my elder sister 'coz she was so girly, I found it irritating to be girly that time..my parents never thought that a day would come that I would start fixing myself and be lady like.. I've been in love with makeup since I don't recall anymore.. I was exposed to it because my elder sister had so much of it during the times when she was joining those prestigiuos beauty pageants in our country.. She had like big cases of it and I remember that she even had this very pretty set of brushes that my mom got her for the same purpose.. I first started wearing makeup with face powders and lipstick pencils on my freshman year back in College..I remember that what was on style that time were those dark

A Colleague of mine asked me to design a home that he wants to build for his family in the Philippines.. It's quite small but he gave me the details that he wants for this new home..This will be built in Iloilo City, Philippines Here's the Facade... They have a budget for the house that's why we didn't elaborate too much and made it simple but nice. I also made a proposed interior for the kitchen of this home. Will post other works soon! Please feel free to make some comments. Thanks for viewing!

Though it's a few months late, I still want to post this. A couple friend of mine got me this makeup case for my birthday.. how lovely right? (Thanks to Marc and Geom) It was actually given to me a few weeks after my birthday and it was unexpected so you wont believe how ecstatic I was when I got it. Too bad I wasn't able to take the picture when it was still wrapped with this glittery red tool cloth they used to wrap it up.. it was a pretty sight.. So here's a shot of the makeup case closed.. and this is how it looks when opened... The only comment I have would be the layers of trays for the second and third levels.. half of the tray is covered and you wont be able to see the products that will be stored underneath the thing. But what the heck, come on, it was a gift..how demanding could I be?? But overall, it is pretty spacious. I can't believe that when I organized my current collection, I filled only 1/3 of it. But that was during that time.. I had a few pending ord