Announcement: The New Avon Naturals

Happy Monday!

While everyone else is rushing to get to their offices on time, I'm grateful that I'm allowed to work from home today and work on so many blog backlogs. Anyway, let's start the week with a skip in your step and a refreshing youthful glow with the new Avon Naturals. These are packed with good-for-you ingredients inspired by nature and are said to be mild, gentle, and suitable for everyday use. So let's get started, shall we?

Avon Naturals Tea Tree Oil and Green Tea Skin Care helps take care of oily skin by gently deep cleaning and removing excess oil, dirt and impurities. It contains Vitamin C & E which work deeply into the pores to provide oil control and leave your skin shine free all day long.

The set includes:

Avon NaturalsTea Tree Oil & Green Tea Purifying Mask - Php 169.00
Avon NaturalsTea Tree Oil & Green Tea Purifying Toner - Php 129.00
Avon NaturalsTea Tree Oil & Green Tea  Purifying Cleanser - Php 139.00

Leyende La Dolce Muscovado Sugar Exfoliant

Exfoliation is my passion. I love, love to exfoliate in the shower. I don't do it everyday though, but I do take the time to scrub and massage each and every bit of my face and body then smother myself with moisturizer afterwards.

For the longest time I've been such a fan of St. Ives Microdermabrasion due to its small and gentle scrubs, but I will admit that I was giddy when I first heard of Leyende's all natural version -- the La Dolce Muscovado Sugar Exfoliant with Natural Calamansi Extract.

The 411 on Muscovado

Muscovado sugar is a type of unrefined sugar taken from sugarcane juice. It is richer than brown or white sugars as it contains essential minerals such as phosphorous, calcium, magnesium, potassium and iron. It's been said that Miss Universe 1968 Martha Vasconcellos from Brazil attributes her glowing skin to a weekly facial scrub regimen of muscovado sugar soaked in sweet almond oil. Hmm..now who wouldn't want glowing and healthy skin right?

At Leyende, we took this homemade beauty recipe idea and added a Filipino touch: using natural calamansi extract, reminiscent of the time when Filipino women rubbed halves of calamansi on brown spots to brighten and even out the complexion. The result is a simple, easy-to-use, but effective facial exfoliant that’s milder than existing salt-based or polyethylene-based facial scrubs. 

Introductory price: Php 250

I got a jar compliments of Leyende's Marketing Manager, Claud Santos (she also gave me a very ingenious box to boot!) I am truly proud of Leyende as they are the only local organic brand in the Philippines whose products are 100% ECOCERT.

MAKE UP FOR EVER La Boheme Rouge Artist Lipstick in Folk

The new La Boheme Collection features a new take on MAKE UP FOR EVER's Rouge Artist Natural in Folk (Php 1,280) which comes in a warm red coral shade, perfect for those who want to rock this year's pantone but are not quite ready to go full-on tangerine tango :)

The packaging is the first thing one would notice as it features playful imprints of leaves inside the tube and the MAKE UP FOR EVER logo on the cap. The Rogue Artist itself comes in a sheer, melt-away formula that will undoubtedly complement various skin tones. A sample was provided for me so I could roadtest this pretty little thing.

Our Nail Experience at B.A.R. - updated

*added the reply from B.A.R. owner below

Last Saturday, my sister and I delivered new EarthlyDelights accessories to the Bedazzle store in University Mall, Taft. We were both in dire need of a manicure and pedicure (as we were way excited for the Katy Perry concert the next day) that we decided to try out the B.A.R. aka Beauty and Rejuvenation salon/spa located just adjacent to the store.

It was my first time and my sister's second time to visit. B.A.R. The place was empty and quiet on a weekend plus the interiors we beckoning, so we figured we could relax, hang out and have our nails done while we plan out our Sunday itinerary.

The set up was interesting, and well, a bit weird for me. But it made sense, cos the sinks on the floor made it easy for the staff to the rinse the feet of clients and perform foot spas.

Apartment 1B: Gourmet Comfort Food

Another wonderful reason to wake up early and travel all the way to Makati....

Truffle pasta (around Php 400~ ish)

Eggs Benedict with Salmon and Spinach (also around Php 400~ ish)

...and only an amazing 5-minute walk from Ayala Avenue! Woohoo!

Apartment 1B: Gourmet Comfort Food
One Lafayette Square
132 L.P. Leviste Corner Sedeno St
Salcedo Village, Makati City 1227
Tel: 843-4075

Nix dry cuticles with MJ's Herbals Calendula Salve

I work with my hands so much that every itty bitty "wrong" thing about them bugs me. All I can think about now are my ragged and dry cuticles. Mind you, I moisturize my hands after every wash, but there are still some things that can't be helped, like horrendous manicures and such.

Presenting Exhibit A - I am quite embarrassed to show how my cuticles look like now, and this is even with regular use of the Leyende Mother Butter. So sad right? Oh what to do, what to do....

And then it hit me! One of our friends, Jenny of ARC PR, handed me a bottle of MJ's Herbals Calendula Salve last month. I figured since I use it for dry spots and the soles of my feet, I'm pretty sure it'll work as a cuticle oil/salve as well.

EarthlyDelights Accessories restocked at Bedazzle!

My Pixel Necklaces are available in limited quantities at:

BEDAZZLE

3f University Mall, Taft Avenue

Beside McDonald's and DLSU