Weekend Food Tripping: Recipes

Me and my wonderful husband, Keith was game for a nice walk and shopping at the Robinson's Place Manila Midtown Ermita. It was dinner time and the food lover (aside from Make-up addict) in me wanted to try something again. We have had our times at the Recipes for 3 times now but we wanted to give other food a chance. Here's what we had...not much, but we went home happy :)

** Seafood Rice for Php 110.00

**Chicken Curry for Php 175.00 (boneless)

** Lechon Kawali with Kangkong leaves for Php 200.00

It's all good food. We enjoyed it and the servings are perfect for twos. We will definitely come back and give their other food choices a try.


Something to look out for if you want to drop by at this place ---

1. Gising-gising (vegetable dish with coconut milk)
2. Crispy tilapia (fried boneless fish)
3. General's chicken (an old time favorite of people who comes back, crispy boneless chicken)

How's your weekend?

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Reader's Corner: Bench Pure Mist Facial Water

Chloe the wonderfully Stylishmomy and totallymomy who loves her boys..asked me about the ingredients of my previous post about the Bench Pure Mist... to view previous post

Smile Smile!

Let me type in what it was written at the back of the tin can

A botanical enriched moisturizing mist formulated to relax and soothe skin instantly.

Combination of moisturizing actives and wheat extract effectively hydrate skin

Dermatologically tested to be mild and gentle on the skin.

Directions: Hold can at about 6 inches away from the face. Close eyes. Spray to keep face fresh, moisturized and clean.

Ingredients:
Deionized water. Chamomile extract. German chamomile extract. Lime tree exract. Marigold exrat. St. John's wort extract. Sodium Lactate. Lactic cid. Glycerine. Serine. Sortitol. TEA lactate lauryldiethyleneaminoglycine. Lauryl Aminopropylglycine. Allantoin.

Chloe dear, to answer your question, I would say it is NOT mainly used to set the whole make up, it's ideally used to hydrate and moisturize your face before we put on make up. It would be nice to use to set the whole look as well. But of course, with its ingredients, although you've seen above that it's mostly from an extract, I still strongly suggest to always test on the product first on a small area, before you totally use it. I myself did the test to myself and so far..its ok for me.

A tip, refresh your face by putting it on the fridge before using it, great especially for summer season and so far, it really helps on make-up application for both oily and dry skinned individuals. Yes, I've used this for oily skinned gals, and it works well, as the oil was wiped out before the make-up application itself.

Hope this helps.
More queries?
Don't hesitate to ask.

Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Tip for the Day: Bench Pure Mist Face Water

**available at Bench Stores for Php 153.00

I promised you guys that I'll be posting tips on whatever I learned on my make-up "quickie" lesson with Ms. Cherry Pacheco Uy....and I will live up to my promises..just give me some time as I want to make sure I buy whatever product it is, use it for a couple of weeks before I say something about it :)

A lot of fellow bloggers I know, like sis Jheng of My Addictions would use Evian mist for her face. I would love to use them for "future" clients but for a start up make-up person like me, it would rob my wallet and bank! :) hehehe So..I'm looking for a good alternative and that would be the Bench Pure Mist Facial Water.

I don't need to break down this review for pros and cons as I can't seem to find any CON. It's really nice to spray this on the face of the person you're putting make-up on before you do a prep on her face. She will feel refreshed and of course, would feel good :) Which is really nice.

This is super difficult to purchase as it's always out of stock. It's actually located in a fridge area of Bench (which is cool). I had a hard time locating it as I always look for this in the perfume area. hehehe

Anyways, I love this, do you? This is definitely not a requirement for make-up artists...
it's just my preference...
and so far, people I put make-up on isn't complaining at all :)


Your askmewhats,
Nikki

Askmewhats Version: "Blue Fusion"

I don't feel blue, actually, I'm quite relaxed and happy...
I want to try on something blue,
something dark and light blended together...
complementary colors...
that's why I named it "blue fusion"....

Products Used ---

• MAC Studio Fix NC35
• Paul & Joe Eyebrow Pencil in No. 4
• MAC Croquette for brows
• NYX Concealer in a Jar Medium (for undereye and eyeshadow base)
• NYX single e/s in Atlantic
• Maybelline e/s in light blue
• Arezia e/s white (as highlighter)
• Revlon Blush in Wine
• Paul & Joe Facecolor 46 (as all over highlighter)
• Smashbox Lip Tint in Peach

You lovin' the blues?
I do...
Have a great day everyone!


Your askmewhats,
Nikki

The Effects of Falsies

I never thought putting falsies to other people would be part of "my" make-up routine. But after several practice to other people and I've got a lot of "Chinese" friends, a lot of them are monolids so I am always challenged to do make-up on them that would show like they have lids :)

It takes a whole lot of practice and one sample would be Grace (yup the same Grace whom I did a major makeover to).

After her lids "kinda" showed up through make-up, I tested a falsies on her (excuse me for not curling her lashes, as this is just a trial, she's always freaked out with falsies or anything that has to do with eyes). I was amazed..like super A-Amazed with the result and the difference that I took a pix of it! :)

I know a lot of people don't use falsies..so do I!
But for special occasions, it really helps and can brighten up the whole look.
I love it on Grace! She loved it as well!
too bad she's on her pajamas and ready to go to bed...
She should have partied with her lovely falsies :)

Your askmewhats,
Nikki