Weekend Food Tripping at: Sumosam

Sumosam is a Japanese restaurant owned by the actor Mr. Marvin Agustin and partners. I would say this is one of the BEST Japanese restaurant (in my taste) for good quality Japanese food and it's affordable price!

I've had my dinner here for more than 10x I would say because this restaurant is located at the Shangri-La mall which is near my workplace. The hubby and I would have our dinner here at times after work. You would say I'm not the only one enjoying the food as you can see lines of people waiting and you can sometimes see some actors and actresses dining here as well.

Here's what I had (take note, I always order different dish each time I visit this place)

Tuna Salad Role (Php169.00/approx $4.00)
The tuna is indeed super fresh and the combination of fresh tuna and mayonnaise really makes my mouth water!!!!

Tofu Chop Chop! (Php198.00/approx $5.00)
I LOVE tofu!!! Really, any restaurant I go that serves tofu, I'll definitely order. What I love about these tofu is that they are not the usual "soft" tofu kind that would break when you use a chopstick. They used hard tofu with crunchy exterior and a sauce that is oh so yummy! It's just perfect!

Pork & Chili Soba (Php228.00/approx $5.50)
I've tried all their noodle dish and this one is my favorite! First, because it says "chili" and second because they have enough pork, seafood and vegetables and mixed together with 2 eggs? Heaven!

And may I say I am always into TEA? This restaurant serves the best house tea!!! It has this raspberry taste. And I can down the whole POT! Promise! lol and look at just how cute the teapot is? Who can resist?

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I had a great one! Celebrated early for Father's Day as I will have a busy weekend next week with make-up! (YAY) Be beautiful and eat well!

Readers' Corner: Products I Wish We Have Here

Read ye! Read ye!

"If a make-up "god" sent you an email..asking you to create a list of cosmetics in which you would want it to be easily accessible in your country, what's your list?"

Your Askmewhats didn't have a hard time making the list! (I typed it all down in less than 5 minutes!). Since I started beauty blogging and beauty reading. A lot of beauty bloggers like I am have been doing a lot of product reviews and recommendations that pushed me to the "lemming" limit --- you gals know who you are! Tsk tsk tsk. But I ain't complaining at all, I'm actually thankful as it's helpful for me to create my own make-up stash and make sure I buy the best quality product at it's best price!

Here's my list...I tried to trim it down as the "makeup GOD" might complain! LOL

1. NYX Products

NYX was well known to the Youtube world and bloggers world. High-end brand users vouch for the good quality of NYX eyeshadows and the lovely colors of NYX Round Lipstick! The good thing about NYX round lipstick is that they have a wide range of color selection for only 99 cents! Who can go wrong with it?

I am a proud user of NYX concealer in a Jar and NYX singles e/s and I can say they are indeed of good quality! I would definitely re-purchase but shipping really..is killing me!




2. Milani Eyeshadows

Nessa of nessasarrymakeup vouched on the quality of these eyeshadows! The good thing about them ? They fit the MAC pro palette! Though their color range isn't as wide as NYX, Milani is highly pigmented and the colors are definitely intense!!!

I currently own Shock and Storm and I want MORE!




3. Too Faced Shadow Insurance

I've seen reviews, comparisons between the Too Faced Shadow Insurance and the Urban Decay Potion Primer (UDPP). The Too Faced Shadow Insurance seems to have its own group of fans...so I want to keep my hands on them and give this a try!



4. UDPP (urban decay primer potion)

I never even know there's such thing as "eye primer" since I heard about UDPP! I always hated putting on e/s because I hate creasing and I hate messy make-up. UDPP literally made me "salivate" big time! I own 2 UDPP and I'm lucky enough to have found an ebay seller who's super nice and I would say sold it in an affordable shipping rate! I plan ahead, I still have UDPP, but I want them here..before I used up my 2 genie bottle!





5. L'oreal Hip Duo Eyeshadow

We have L'oreal here but I just don't get it why they don't include the HIP Line! I would say I have tried L'oreal e/s here but it isn't pigmented at all!!!! My aunt from Canada gave me a regular L'oreal Duo e/s and it's super pigmented and colors are great! What's wrong with our L'oreal here? Anyways, HIP line, I want you...come to momma!



6. All Stila products!!!

If you're a reader of my blog, you would see that most of my EOTDs, I've used eyeliner and I've always used my Stila Smudgepots Gel in Black to do the "winged" look and it never fails me!!! I'd say a lot of readers are recommending MAC fluidline to me, I will promise! But after I finish up my Stila, just for your information, I bought Stila first instead of MAC fluidline because it is (surprisingly) cheaper compared to MAC. (for reference, I bought them online at the Strawberrynet site)

I wanted to try Stila's e/s as well. I've seen enough of videos wherein beauty gurus would use Stila and I would "want them" and can't have them!

Stila, I love you...come here! :P

Did I missed any?
Please don't be shy and help me add the list up :)
Shen, dear, I know you're nodding right now wanting to add up the Ben Nye e/s set!
You don't have to be from the Philippines,...
Askmewhats asks YOU...
"What are the products/brands you would LOVE to have in your country?"
I can't wait to know!

Sanuk Sandals Revisited

Sanuk,
Sanuk,

Why are you making me spend more?
I bought you in black,
I got so comfortable
I got hooked on you.
Because of you...
I shop more,
You know why?
Because with you... I don't get tired at all.
It's your fault, and now, Mr. Black Sanuk,
I have to buy you your wife...

Mr. Black Sanuk meets...

Ms. Brown Payday Sanuk

Now, they are HAPPY TOGETHER!
well, not literally, I always separate them by wearing one of them! :P

Going back to earth, yes my dear readers, I bought the exact same Sanuk Payday sandals in brown! And the kind staffs remembered me and gave me a key chain! They gave me 2 as they know I'm a returning customer. Well..what color should I choose? Of course Keith's favorite color BLUE and my favorite color PINK! Do I have to say it again and again? hehehe

Here's a photo of my lovely keychain...

Don't worry, I won't shop on this no more as they only have browns and black available! hehehe

I know I know!
I look crazy right?
But it is HONESTLY so comfortable!
Can't blame me! hehehe

How about you dearest? Are you more into fashion or comfort?

Guerlain and YSL promotions for June

I received a wonderful email on the YSL and Guerlain event for this month of June.

Beauty addicts in the Philippines will have the chance to try on 2 new products to be launched this month!
The Launch would include top local make-up artists on the counter for 3 consecutive Saturdays of June.

What are you gals waiting for?

**Please click on photo to enlarge**

If you're coming over and see me, Give me a smile and say "hi"

MAC Face Chart for a Hot Date

Spankedelic held a very good contest for make-up enthusiast like me. I honestly, NEVER would touch a MAC face chart and even DARE touch a BLANK face chart! I did tried on "drawing" make up on a paper using pens and pencils but never with real make-up. So this challenge is really challenging to me the fact that I "hate" drawing, I never get good grades with drawing class, and I always get frustrated with it.

Funny how I kept on complaining to my hubby that it'll definitely come out wrong. (yeah yeah, I'm a complainer!) hahaha And when I started? BOY! It was fun!!!! I never expected to shut my mouth for a good 30minutes and just did the make-up. I used a regular paper and boy did I waste so much make-up on this. I need to keep on packing up colors to get the desired results. But overall, I felt so "professional" and I was grinning like a kid!
I guess putting on make-up to others really makes me happy ---- including paper! LOL

So...here we go. How will I do my make-up for a "hot date"? I would definitely emphasize my eyes and choose colors that suits me and I'll definitely put on a pinkish peach blush on my cheeks. (as I know I look good on it) LOL! Yeah yeah, I've been talking too much again..can't help it..here we go....

MY FIRST MASTERPIECE!

Products Used ---

Face

• MAC NC30
• MAC Sculpt and Shape
• Paul & Joe Blush

Eyes

• MAC Falling Star
• MAC Bright Sunshine
• MAC Aquadesiac
• MAC Coquette
• Kate by Kanebo Liquid Liner in Dark Brown
• The Body Shop Shimmer Pink

Lips

• In2It lipstick

Before I end this post....what is a post without the "askmewhats" craziness? Let me create a short story for you gals...for entertainment purposes... (Caution: Could be CORNY)

Nikki went out on a hot date looking like this...

It was a successful date, Keith has to propose...
(Nikki blushes, took a bit of time, didn't want to look so easy-to-get)

What a heck, I accepted, got married
And lived happily ever after

Come on! Did I hear "aaaaawwwww"????
Out loud please?
All together!
LOL
It's actually our pillow, bought the pillow case in Thailand!
At least, it was put to use... good use!
How's my first evah MAC face chart?
Hope the day ended with a smile :D