Charm Holiday Set Prebuys

**all photos grabbed from Beauty & Minerals site

Dear Philippine Readers:

Our favorite Charm Holiday Set is available again!
Details below on how to reserve your own set of super pretty brushes!

Prebuy Period : June 2 to July 1, 2009
Prebuy Price : P 850.00
Freebies : free shipping nationwide, and for every two sets ordered, get a free Charm eyeshadow brush! :)
Tentative Arrival Date : within July 2009.

Payment Options :
Full payment of the brushes are required.
Payment via BPI Bank Deposit or G-Cash
Payment cutoff : July 10, 2009

Smile and Click HERE to go to their website

Let me know if you're buying!
It'll be cute to tote around! :)
Keep smilin'
Stay Happy!

Askmewhats Reviews: Kiehl's "Ultimate Man' Body Scrub Soap

Askmewhats has always been about "Asking Me What's Out There"! But for the past year, I have talked mostly about girl stuffs! So what about the "men" in our lives?

Well today is the day dedicated for the "Machos" out there! I'm not going to talk about manicure and pedicure for men! It'll scare the guys off and probably block my blog forever! LOL I will be talking about the basic!

CLEANSING

As we all know, most guys do not care about the soap they use. They use whatever's available in the bathroom and that means using "our" soap!

I am glad to introduce this "manly soap" to Keith and of course, I have to give it a test myself because that's how I am, CURIOUS! :P

Kiehl's "Ultimate Man" Body Scrub Soap Says ---

This highly efficient scrub soap, made with sloughing Bran and Oatmeal, thoroughly cleanses skin and facilitates the exfoliation of dead surface cells, helping to alleviate roughness on tougher areas such as elbows and heels.

• "It's a fatigue scrubber!"
• Exhilarates and refreshes
• Cleanses and exfoliates skin
• Helps relax fatigued skin
• Formulated with sloughing bran and oatmeal
• Alleviates roughness on tougher areas like elbows and heels
• Not tested on animals

Key Ingradients

Oat bran, Oat Kernel Meal, Pumice

Askmewhats says ---


Pros

• doesn't dry even MY skin!
• scent is none overpowering
• leaves the skin soft yet non-oily
• lasts longer compared to other oatmeal soap
• not tested on animals YAY! <--- that's always a plus
• call it psychological but the scent relaxes me
  

Cons

• none
  

Overall

Keith's specs

• super oily skin
• sensitive skin
• perspires easily

Whatever new soap I have, I've always asked Keith to give it a try and it's always "one usage goes back to SAFEGUARD" for him! lol

With this soap, he was really impressed because this soap leaves his skin "dry" but not the "unhealthy dry" type. He loves the scent as well and he doesn't feel feminine with this product!

MANLY I know!

But his liking for the product intrigues your dear Askmewhats. So I have to give it a try myself!

Nikki's specs

• very dry skin
• very sensitive skin
• seldom perspire
  

As you can see, we're both opposite but it's interesting how the same product works for both of us! It feels like the soap has been personally made to suit our skin needs! He uses it everyday and I use it once or twice a week for exfoliation!

And that, I can say, it has ---

Mr. and Mrs. Askmewhats'
Seal Of Approval!

Tips

• Gently massage body with bar to cleanse as it felt like massaging the muscles
  
• Not formulated for use on face.
• Do not rub this soap hard on your skin, be gentle

Will I repurchase?

Yes! Hubby is actually looking for this when we went to Kiehl's branch in Hong Kong!

Where can you purchase and how much?

Kiehl's shop locally at Greenbelt 5, I haven't checked our local price but it's sold in the USA for $13-15

so...has anyone tried this product?
Share your thoughts!
Keep smilin!
Stay Happy!

Something New: L'oreal White Perfect Radiance Boosting Double Essence

Excessive Melanin production can saturate cells with dark pigments, leading to skin darkening and preventing your inner rosy glow to shine through. On the surface, your skin looks dull and yellowish.

Without a healthy rosy glow, your skin cannot reach its inner fairness.

For truly radiant skin, L'oreal presents

TRANSPARENT ROSY WHITENING

Disover the new empowered Radiance Boosting Double Essence that both tones down your skin complexion and reveals its rosy transparency.

Intensive double whitening action for a double efficiency.

The double pump enables to associate in one gesture two complementary essences for a double efficiency anti-dark zones and pro-rosy transparency!

Double Action

1. More Rosy Glow:

Enriched in new Tourmaline gemstone, that helps stimulate skin microcirculation, this essence gives you intense radiance and rosy glow!

2. Less Yellowish complexion:

To visiby tone down darkened zones, the formula contains:

• Advanced Melano-Block™, which acts to regulate the melanin production at the source, to help skin become fairer.
• Pro-Radiance Complex, a powerful combination of Lactic Acid and Glycolic Acid, which helps exfoliate darkened surface dead cells charged with excess melanin, to boost skin transparency.

Results

• Immediately, skin is perfectly moisturized. Softer and smoother, it looks more transparent.
• Day after day, skin is intensely fairer, more luminous and a rosy glow shines through!

New Texture

An association of 2 textures: one creamy white essence and one watery rosy essence that melt together to bring immediate comfort to the skin with a fresh feeling upon application.

Use

Apply morning and/or evening on the whole face.

Dermatologically tested on Asian skin.

Price: Php845.00 (approx $18.00)

Available at: SM Department Stores and Watsons Beauty Stores, PCX, The Landmark, Robinson’s Department Stores, Shopwise, Mercury Drug Stores, Gaisano Metro Department Stores.

Have a wonderful week ahead!
I'll always keep my eyes open for you gals! :D
Keep smilin'
Stay happy!

Reader's Corner: Q&A

Good weekend everyone!

I have a question that I wanted to answer so everyone can read this answer as well! :) Thank you again everyone for being such sweet readers! The emails and comments that I've received are priceless! *group hugs*

Question:

"How can I create curls if I don't want to use heating tools? Any tips?"


Askmewhats answers:

Thanks for the question, I have been creating curls the natural way for years, I recently just owned a curling iron courtesy of Grace! I don't like tight curls, I like waves and natural looking curls. How do I do it?

Thanks to Paris B. for giving me the chance to guest write on her wonderful blog My Women Stuff. Here's the article I've written on "Making those Sexy Waves without the Heat"

Smile and click here

I will be back soon!!! And will probably do a food post if I have the chance! :)
Let me know how your weekend goes!
Do share your tips on the query from our reader :)
Many heads are always better with just 1 crazy one! :P

Keep smilin'
Stay happy!

Askmewhats Report: Basement Academy Graduation Day

Hello everyone!

Thanks again for all the sweet comments on my school post!!! This is the final school report and I hope everyone enjoyed my journey!

Our finals/ graduation day required us to do at least one look. We originally thought of doing 2 looks but doing 2 looks for 1 model is quite difficult so everyone decided to do just one. I've thought of a look that I haven't done yet for a nice portfolio. That's when I decided I'll go for Avant Garde Look.

Avant Garde Look.

What am I going to do? I was searching for a super look to challenge myself as I've always been scared of drawing! My brother is the artist in our family and I've always had him help me out in any school activities that deals with drawing!

Now this is makeup, I cannot have my brother help me out! I have to go ahead and conquer my fear, I've chosen a look done by the wonderful Julia who's super talented and she left me in "AWE" when I saw her photos! Check out her blog and you'll know what I mean :)

Here's the photo that inspired me to do the same! Check out her youtube video that goes with this wonderful look too! :)

Thanks to Julia from mizzchievouz.blogspot.com
for permitting me to attach her image here.

Here's my version!
I've changed the eye makeup
Done one tree
Model: Hannah

Hair done by yours truly too!
I love her smile!



The photo below was taken
by Mr. Jeaves Gabiana


Products used ---

Face (Base)

MAC Studio Fix Liquid Foundation
MUFE Concealer palette
P&J Dual Powder Foundation no. 30
MAC Sculpt and Shape Shadester to contour

Face (Art)

Kryolan Supracolor
PAC blue e/s
NYX Mermaid Green e/s
NYX Yellow e/s
Loose Powder from Joppa in white

Stila Smudgepots in Black to draw trees
Rhinestones
Stars from Vente store

Eyes
MAC Coquette e/s for brows
CS palette black e/s
PAC e/s in pearl blue
CS palette yellow e/s
NYX Pearl mania in blue
NYX pearl mania in gold
MUFE Aqua eyeliner in Black
Stila Smudgepots in Black
P&J Curly Mascara in Black
Falsies

Lips
Kiehl's no. 1 lip balm
MAC Russian Red
NYX Pearl Mania in Red


This is the famous
Stairway Shot
all graduates will have this shot! lol

YAY! We're graduates!
Basement Academy Batch 15
That's us!!!!

I am missing everyone! :)

My legs are super tired from all the walking

Weather in HK isn't that great,

but no one can stop me! :P

Keep Smilin!
Stay Happy!