Weekend Food Tripping at: City Best

Weekend food tripping comes in early today!!! Me and hubby had a dinner date with my Family! Coz it was my brother's birthday last September 2nd. We've decided to eat something warm, something we are used to....Chinese Food!!!

The City Best Restaurant is a Chinese Restaurant that hosted a lot of weddings and birthdays. On that day when we arrived there. There's a birthday party and I was able to see Barney and the rest of his crew! LOL

Now now, let's start with the food!!!!

Beef, Crab, Egg Soup (we ordered Small, good for 5 people)

The small sized soup order is just perfect for 5 of us! (mom, dad, bro, hubby and me). I love the taste of the soup! You can taste the beef, egg and crab! I love this!!!!

Yang Chow Fried Rice - Medium

My brother's eyes went BIG O when he saw the serving, he thought it was too much, but you know what??? They finished it all!!!! I love the rice coz it's just the right texture, ample amount of shrimp and Chinese Sausages.

Here are the main dish, I am the queen of "ordering". I made sure to order variety, so definitely there's Beef, Pork and fish (I let the chicken go coz I tend to be allergic to it) lol

Beef Strips - Medium

The beef is cooked just right. Easy to chew and it was thinly sliced with the right sauce!

Sweet and Sour Pork - Medium

I've had sweet and sour pork many times in my entire lifetime. But most of those sweet and sour pork I've had are made of 50% fats! This one is different! Doesn't taste like ketchup!

Steamed Fish (Lapu Lapu) with Celery - Medium

We've decided to get fish strips instead of the whole fish! LOL we are just too hungry and we just want to eat it without being bothered! Again, this is another great dish! It was cooked with celery! I don't usually eat celery but this dish was an exception!!!

Total amount paid for all the above dishes = Php1,800 (approx $40.00)

This was my 4th time eating here. Food gets better as I heard there was a change of management. BUT, based on my observation, the quantity of food lessened though compared to the previous management. But you know what? I'd rather have great tasting food with just the right serving rather than a "so so" tasting food with big servings.!

I will definitely dine here again!!!

Now, while posting this, I am getting hungry again!!!!
I hope I'm not making you gals hungry!!!
Bye!!! *runs and get some food* LOL

UDPP vs L'oreal DeCrease

(Note: This review is based on my own experience, considering my skin condition and environment I am in, these products may act differently on others)

I got my L'oreal Decrease from my lovely friend Nabi because she knew I am so intrigued by it! Though I've been using UDPP for quite some time, I've always been wanting to try L'oreal Decrease because it has caught a lot of commotion in beauty blogging world when it first hit the market.

I, the self proclaimed "product junkie" gave this a road test.

Nikki's crease - not too oily and not too dry

Eye make-up used - Joppa mmu (mineral make-up)

How long? 13 hours +
Environment - airconditioned office

Situation

I did the usual eye make-up routine at around 6:45am, got home and took photos at 8:00pm. Tried both base on 2 separate days. The eye make up I did are both neutral and a bit different (in application) on both days but I used the same Joppa Mineral eyeshadow for both experiments.

L'oreal DeCrease

Pros

• creamy - makes it easier to blend the eyeshadow
  
• cheaper
• I like the applicator (softer)
  

Cons

• held up only upto 4 hours
• not available in the Philippines
  

UDPP

Pros

• my eye make up held for 8 hours straight, I started to see slight creasing after more than 8 hours
• colorless, so it doesn't show up under your eye make up

Cons

• not available in the Philippines
• I have to cut it in several halves to get most from the product!
• There are days I find it hard to blend my eye make-up I think it's because I have non-oily lids to start with

Before I end this post, what's a review without photos?
Here we go, let's be considerate though....
I've tested this for more than 12 hours!
But here's the result!

As seen on photo above, the eye make up on the crease area got melted away
An ugly line of shadow showed up :(


How did UDPP faired after more than 12 hours?

As I stated above, it started to crease a bit after 8 hours.
It isn't that obvious though!

Overall, I think I will still go for my trusty UDPP. But I have read L'oreal Decrease works for other people. I will still use my L'oreal Decrease on days that I know I won't be out for more than 5 hours. If I'll be going somewhere extra special and I need to party and show some 'booty, then I have to use UDPP.

A lot of people say: "To See is to Believe" and I want to add mine....
"To Believe is to USE" lol

I hope this review helps! Take care!!!
Smile and be "Crease-Free"!!!

Jesse's Girl Shimmering Pearls Eye Dusts

Her handwriting is already dear to me, Toma of Makeup Masala is super generous to give her readers the chance to try Jesse's Girl Pearl Eye Dusts. I jumped to the chance coz I'm a neutral lady. I have so much neutrals and yeah, I need to put colors to my life (starting with the eye)

Here's what I got together with my Joppa MMU package.
I just had the chance to post this now
coz I want to take good shots on these goodies!

From Chicago with love
and lots of samples!
(did I say I'm a sucker for packaging AND samples?)

These colors are so pretty!

It was a hectic week so most of the time I got home,
I am like a walking "Zombie" <-- Asian Version :P
If you like swatches! Let me know!
I'll try to create looks using these!
Again, thanks to Toma for considering us international readers
to be part of your site's giveaways!

Happy Weekend lovelies!
Stay fab, stay pretty, stay SHIMMERY! lol

Milani : How to Depot and Swatches

Milani is one of the few brands I wished we have here in the Philippines. I have bought Milani e/s through a friend in the USA, gift from lovely friend from Malaysia, and now, Digital Angel completed my Milani collection! Milani, please don't come out with more colors! It is hard to "want" something unreachable 'ya know! :D

Anyways, I have to apologize that I depotted all my Milani e/s before I realized I haven't taken a shot of them "beautifully". :( Sorry!!! So I found these Milani e/s photos from the stuffs I got from Nabi!

Let us start with the swatches first!
These are swatched once NO BASE

1. Milani Illusion 03
2. Milani Blue Ice 14
3. Milani Shock 15
4. Milani Sheer Sand 22

And! Of course, the best way to carry around your single shadows is to have them depotted and have them in a nice palette. Let me show you how simple it is to depot a Milani e/s. I personally think this is easier than depotting MAC e/s .

Step 1: Peel off the sticker. You will find a hole.

Step 2: Leave the pan half open, using a mini screwdriver, slowly push the pan upwards holding the rest of the pan firmly. You have to exert some energy on this one!

Step 3: Pull out the pan, some pans have too much glue on it, so it gets sticky!

Step 4: One way to clean it is to use an Alcohol. Wet your cotton with ample amount of alcohol, rubbing the glue SLOWLY. It takes time

Step 5: Cut the magnet into smaller squares. I bought mine at Ace Hardware for Php69.75 (approx $1.50)
The squares are quite big, so cut them in smaller squares

Step 6: Stick them a any pan that fits the Milani e/s. MAC Pro Palette and ELF palette are both ok. I've used my ELF 4pan e/s palette to create my own QUAD! VOILA!!!

Now now, I have created my own Quad!
I will definitely bring this with me on my upcoming trip next week!!
Have you used Milani e/s?
How'd you like them?

What Kind of Butterfly Am I?

Digital Angel asks us "What Kind Of Butterfly Are You?" So I thought of shooting 2 birds in one stone.

I planned on doing my version of a "butterfly" look and use the 78pcs palette she gave me! Thanks again for the palette, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

Here's my inspiration

Let me do a diagram first

Products Used ---

1. 78pcs Palette's Green (inner corner of the eye - up and down)

2. 78pcs Palette's Shimmery Yellow (middle area of the eye)



3. 78pcs Palette's Dark Brown (outer v, blend blend blend)


4. Shimmery white (sorry forgot to take a shot) - as highlighter
Not shown on diagram ---

• Stila Smudgepots in Black
• Paul & Joe Curly Mascara in Black
  

And here's my version of a "Green, Yellow and Brown" Butterfly

Side by Side comparison :)

I honestly enjoy doing inspiration looks!
I enjoyed using my 78pcs palette!
I want to thank my readers who have "Cyber Hugged" me!
SMILE!!!!