Ecobeau SkinCare Samples --- WINNERS!

When I posted about the samples of Ecobeau Skincare sets, I got overwhelming responses from readers!  I am so happy that a lot of you read my blog and a lot of you wanted to try the sample BB creams I've tried too!  

Sorry it took me awhile to pick up the 3 winners!  I had to read all the entries, making sure the answers are correct and of course, no duplicates!  I have to list down the names and email address then put it all in this cute Fruit Machine! 

Congratulations to the following for winning your own cute Ecobeau skincare set!

Winner no. 1

Rachael Uson

Winner no.2

Lanie Intalan

Winner no.3 

Cristina Ortiz

Thanks to The Orange Co. for sending me these samples for my readers!
To my dear readers, thank you so much for joining my contests!
Again, there will be more soon! :)
Congratulations to the 3 lucky winners!
I will email you for mailing address!
You got to love the fruit machine for choosing you!

Keep smilin'
Stay happy!

Nail Art Tutorial: "First Sponge Nail Art"

Blogger friends are truly an inspiration.  A dearest blogger Xin, who I fondly call my long lost sister, because of our love for nail art is fond of nail art designs as much as I do.  I saw a couple of her "gradient" nails using "sponge" and I told her I'll be trying them out myself but things got pretty..well...I got pretty OLD busy and I tend to forget!  Glad I remembered over the weekend because its one of the easiest nail art I've tried that most of the "first time nail art" designers can try at home! 

Here's my "First Sponge Nail Art" design finishing it up with Prettynails' Stickers!

Step 1:

Apply a base coat to protect your nails prior to nail polish application.  After try, choose you base polish.  I used 2 coats of OPI Nail Lacquer Suzi and the Lifeguard making sure its completely dry.

Step 2:

Use "nail art sponge" that can be bought on your nail art stores or Ebay, or in my case, I went through hubby's "trash" and found a gold mine!  A porous sponge!  *laughs*  I will teach you guys how to do DIY sponge for nail art on a separate post soon!

I used ELF Nail Polish in Royal Purple and paint it on the sponge itself, dab excess on paper, and with a "stamping" motion, dap on top of the tip of your nails for that "gradient" effect.

Step 3:

This gets a bit messy so feel free to clean the sides of your nails with cotton buds soaked with nail polish remover.

Step 4:

This step is optional, if you want "sparkly "effect, apply sparkly polish on sponge and dab it on top of the purple shade.

Step 5:

You can top the "Spongey" Nail Art Design with a clear coat or top coat for a simple nail design.  You can go further by adding up 3D Design Nail Stickers.

Step 6:

Use a tweezer to gently lift the stickers and stick on the preferred area of your nails.  Be creative!

Step 7:

Top the design with your favorite top coat.  I prefer to apply 2 coats of The Face Shop's Top Coat to prevent the white 3d stickers from getting dirty.

Voila!  My First Sponge Nail Art with 3D Floral Designs

How do you find my first experiment?
Do check back on a quick post on how to do DIY Nail Art Sponge.

Keep smilin'
Stay happy!

Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate Winner!

First of all, thank you so much for sending in all those wonderful entries for the Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate Contest!  There are a total of  26 entries and me, together with the judges (2 of them who wants to hide their identity) <--- Hint: Family member, LOL.  Finally chose the winner!  All the touching stories are well written and I seriously hope I can give more prizes out there!  Here it is, the winner ---

Congratulations to
Ms. IYA CONSENGCO

Iya is a 21 year old model who is engaged!  Yes, she knew she's too young to be engaged but let's not judge her!  She's in love!

Iya used to be a model but gave this up to concentrate on her life being a married woman and of course, to finish up college.  

Just like a regular young girl, Iya is quite insecure as she may look perfect on photos because of makeup and Photoshop, she worries about her skin not looking good!  She's afraid that the "perfection" that people see in photos is not the real her and when people get to see the real Iya minus the makeup, people may judge her!  That's why she joined the contest to give Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate a try and see if it will help her current skin condition!  She wants to look good not only for other people but also for herself!  She wants to have a good skin even without makeup, without Photoshop.

Such a wonderful story!
Thanks Iya for joining the contest!
Again, congratulations for winning and for being engaged!

Before I end this post, we picked another 3 for Consolation prizes.  Each will receive 2 Full Size Bottles of SunSilk 200ml Shampoo and a pack of Rexona Naturals Bio Protection 1x Deo and 1x Roll-on.

 Congratulations to ---

Angelica Aragon

Bernadette Villanueva

and
Emiliana Sison

I will email you all for mailing information!
Again, Congratulations!  There will be more contests soon! 
So please do not feel bad if you did not win ok?

Huge hugs and love to everyone!

AMW would like to thank Kiehl's, Sunsilk and Rexona for wonderful prizes for my dear Readers :D

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!

Salon Report: Straight & Smooth Salon

I have my fair share of  good and bad salon experiences.  I went through a stage where I love having my haircut at least once every 2-3 months, and I would go to different salons to try on different hairstylists,  if only I was blogging then, you'll see me reporting on different hair salons across the Metro.

First time I heard about Straight and Smooth Salon was from a fellow beauty blogger friend Tara, who had her INOA Hair Coloring Treatment there.  Factors I'm looking for in a salon:

• Friendly staffs - they don't need to be super friendly but are courteous enough to know your needs and make you feel comfortable
• Nice ambiance - a place where you feel comfortable right away once you step in the salon, I actually prefer not too bright lights as you get to have your hair wet, messed up and you don't want people to see you from outside.
• Prices not over the top
• Ample magazines to read
• Internet connection - isn't it great to check your emails and read blogs while someone treat your hair?

My requirements are not too high eh?  But over the weekend, I was able to visit Straight & Smooth salon at Amorsolo Street, Makati. Did they pass my requirements?  My watchful eyes?  Read on....

Before the Week Really Ends...

Hi everyone!  I hope the weekend was relaxing for all of you.  It really was on my part and I'm ready to face tomorrow.  Before we start another busy week tomorrow, here are some bits and pieces for my dearest Philippine Readers before I doze off gettin' ready for Manic Monday.

Our dear Philippine Bestfriends Representative for Top Best Friends Models Mariel Bitanga and Isa Palabyab  Clean & Clear Top Best Friends Models needs your vote to be the next faces of Clean & Clear Asia!

Voting starts on August 16, 2010.  You can starting voting once a day until September 13, 2010.

Random voters get a chance to win prizes from Clean & Clear just by participating.  

Smile and Click HERE to vote for them.  Go Pinays!

On the other hand, a new makeup brushes line called Megaga Professional has recently launched.  The makeup brushes are said to be made in Korea, Naturall Hair (Pony, Goat and Squirrel).  The brushes are available at ShopSui Multiply site and Dreamcollection Multiply Site.

If you prefer to see them in person, they can be bought at ShopSui in Tiendesitas, Pasig and ShopSui at Teen Zone, Glorietta 3, Makati.

The owner is kind enough to give a coupon code  for my blog readers who plans to purchase the brush sets, you can easily use the coupon code "ASKMEWHATS" to receive 5% discount on their makeup brushes.  The promotion is valid until September 12, 2010.  

That's it for now, I have to go get some rest...

Why am I still online anyways? *laughs*

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!

P.S. I haven't seen these brushes in person, so much better if you visit their shop to check out the brushes.  Thanks to Charlene for the discount code for my readers.