I headed over to @watsonsph earlier to get some facial scrub. For years, Iāve been quite vocal on how much I LOVE the St. Ives (@stivesskin) Invigorating Apricot scrub; I was just about to grab it from the shelf when saw this brown tube saying āHi!ā to me. A fairly new product, I was immediately intrigued because ... two of my favorite scents in the world are Coffee and Coconut. These two ingredients are also the main active ingredients of my existing āshavingā skin care products. So I felt right at āhomeā. | Checking the ingredients list, the caffeine and coconut fruit extract are ingredients are listed close to the bottom, so percentage wise, it is not itās main active ingredient. Then again, this is a scrub.. and the smell does make me feel āawakeā and āenergizedā plus the scrubs still feel āinvigoratingā. | Remember, this is a scrub, so be very gentle when you are massaging this on your face. Most importantly, DO NOT use this everyday. Two to three times a week only or as needed. Over exfoliating does more harm than good, okay?
Hereās a photo of @chololaurel , midway through his #Microblading / #EyebrowEmbroidery experience yesterday under the hands of my good friend, Andy Pasion (@andypasion78). | Iām also throwing into the mix some photos taken during the design process. Andy created very natural, masculine looking brows. Cholo was so happy after the treatment, it made a huge difference in his personality. After many years, di ko na sha bibilhan nang eyebrow pencils ... ever. Salamat kaau Andy! May you continue to change lives š
You guys know Iām quite nerdy and I like sharing interesting stuff, more like beauty stuff . So the mister, @chololaurel, after years of staying on edge, jumped the #microblading / #eyebrowembroidery cliff yesterday. It turned out great! So hereās the ābehind the scenesā on how it is to undergo microblading. The amazing artist is Andy (@andypasion78), a guy who I can call a friend an a colleague in this industry created this very natural look on Choloās brows.
I have just finished reading the book āPure Skinā and it was quite a pleasurable read... very insightful. One of the topics that Victoria Tsai discussed was MIYAKOFUZOKU KEWAIDEN , a three-volume book about skin care, makeup and the latest fashion in 1800ās Japan. I had an āAHA! Momentā because I wrote a blog a few years back about Japanese skin care and makeup that featured a small snippet about a Japanese beauty manual first written in 1813. Although, the title of the book was not divulged on air, I assumed it was the same book that Vicky discussed briefly in her book ~ after checking the video, it is indeed the same. Can you imagine, this three piece beauty manual, written in the early 1800 is the basis of the skin care brand Tatcha? I am shooketh. š | Anyhoo, if you are interested to see the āsnippetā of the three-piece manual featured on a tv program, the link to my blog is on my bio.
