Weekend Food Trip: Panda Cupcakes from Bakes By Marika & Luigi

Remember my Panda-inspired nail art 2.5 years ago?  Click "I'm In China, I See Pandas" post for tutorial.  And you think Pandas are cute on nails?  Wait 'til you see them as cupcakes!

Yes, it is possible!

Unboxing: BDJ Pixy Truly Asian Beauty April Box

It's Saturday!  Thank God the news of not having water for 4 days didn't push through in our area.  Imagine having a baby around who poops 3x a day?  

Okay, too much information!

Before the Holy Week, I received BDJ's April 2014 box and I got really excited!  Why?  Because ALL the contents I haven't tried and all of them seems worth trying!  

Pixy is an Indonesian-based cosmetics line formulated using the best Japanese technology and ingredients, thus ensuring us that they understands truly Asian beauty.

Check out what's inside the box after the jump!

Something New: Estee Lauder Micro Essence Skin Activating Treatment Lotion

Estee Lauder, one of the few brands that works for my skin, came up with Micro Essence Skin Activating Treatment Lotion, sounds great right?  But seriously, what is a lotion?  What does it do for our skin and what's the difference with serums and creams?

Thankfully, there was a Q&A with Dr. Nadine Pernodet, Ph D., Executive Director of Skin Biology, Research & Development from The Estee Lauder Companies that can help clarify skin-related questions that has been bugging YOU and ME.

Something New: Elizabeth Arden, You've Done It Again!

It's True!
Elizabeth Arden, the brand, is very sentimental to me as I owned my first ever "expensive" perfume highschool days and it is TRUE LOVE by Elizabeth Arden.  The scent is discontinued (I don't understand why) but I purchased quite a lot of backups in HK as that is how loyal I am!  (Isn't Mr. AMW Lucky??? teeeheee)

When I got Untold, I immediately raised an eyebrow thinking it won't ever be good enough for my favorite True Love scent...I mean seriously, who can top TRUE LOVE?  ---> *laughs*  I'm getting a bit too personal here!  :P

 

Truthfully, I left this scent inside a paperbag under my table and almost forgot about it!  When I was off to check in a hotel before Kyle's first birthday party, I panicked as most of my fragrances are still in my old home, so I grabbed Untold and used it on the day of my son's special day!

AskMeMom: #KyleNash1stBirthdayParty

Good morning!
Today, April 16th is Kyle's official birthday party!  My son is OFFICIALLY ONE YEAR OLD!  I have said this before but I'll say this again...time flew by really fast!  It seems like yesterday when I went to my OB and she told me I'm on active labor --- 4cm to be exact and instead of panicking?  I put up a brave face (for Mr. AMW's sake) and told him: "Let's eat!!!"  We had lovely Dimsum dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant located at Banawe (anyone who comments and guessed the right restaurant will win a prize from me!  This is serious!  LOL) 

I can go on and on with my labor story but I'll spare you the details!  But yes, everything is crystal clear for me and I can't believe it has been a year!  A year of no sleep, no movie nights, no nail art...etc... am I complaining?  Nope!  I'll say this a million times... KYLE is worth it!

And to show the world how happy we are to have Kyle in our lives, the day of his 1st birthday celebration finally arrived!  I spoke to a lot of moms who told me preparing for their kid's 1st birthday party is as stressful as preparing for a wedding!  Thankfully, my wedding preparation was more fun than stressful so it was the same for #KyleTurns1 party!

Before I share my suppliers and photos of the party, please bear in mind that Mr. AMW and I set a budget and we stick to it!  Though I was too busy preparing for our move, US trip and the regular work that I'm doing...in depth research wasn't done but THANKFULLY, GOD is good, all the suppliers I picked are very professional and I am extremely happy with the outcome of the party! :)

Mommy and Baby AMW after the party, all tired but happy!

 

Shall we start?

(Please note that contact details of suppliers are listed but rates aren't included as there could be guests who attended the party reading this! :P  If you want to know more details about pricing, email me or message me on ASK ME portion of this blog!  I promise I'll respond!)