See those big pores, small bumps, and fine lines running around your face? Don't you just wish to magically make them smaller and if possible, disappear all together? Benefit Porefessional might just be what you need!

Let's be real, there are those who are awesomely favored with great DNA that they don't have any skin problems at all. As in nada, zero, ZILCH. Bitter much? Haha. And then there are the "normal" ones (us) who have these physical flaws that we just hope and wish to minimize a little. If you're with me with the hoping, read on. =]

So it was raining all day today, weather was gloomy and I just can't seem to do anything remotely productive. While I was cleaning up some stuff, I found some make-up that was given to me as a gift and had rarely used it as I really don't use make-up whenever I leave home. A good pat of powder and a dash of lip balm if I need it. But what the heck, I was bored and needed to do something so..xD

Left image is my bare face and messy house hair. Right pics as you can see, made me looked quite put-together. (Put-together = less shiny. lol!)

Other than the powder and tinted lip balm, I used eye shadow and blush, also filled in my eyebrow. But eyebrows are challenging for me since I always have this feeling of removing too much that I might end up having two straight lines for eyebrows. o\_/o

Obviously there's not much difference with my bare face and the one with make up, still a newbie when it comes to this. xD

I always thought and still think that it's better to use little makeup and just be comfortable with your own skin. I know it can be hard at times, especially to us who are having a long battle with acne and other skin problems. I also wish that make-up could help clear our face forever, but that's asking too much of a miracle to happen xD. Of course there's nothing wrong with wearing makeup to help with your confidence, just remember not to hide behind it. Because in the end of the day, the people who accept you as you are now doesn't care about make-ups but the person wearing it - you.

Don't go all literal on this though to the point of not caring what you look like. Just be presentable enough ^^

Sorry if this post is a bit of a clutter. It's where my brain is at right now. xD

To cap things off, here's the outcome of me being bored.


Make-up used:
• Natural Rice Powder - Php300+ @ Beauty Bar
• Body Shop Blush (this is the 2 way ver. I think. You can also use it as an eyeshadow) - gift
• Dior Eye Shadow - gift
• Maybelline's Baby Lips - Php70+ @ Watsons

*Changes on date: Collecticon 2013 will be held on Sept. 20-21

Just a quick update regarding the Collecticon 2013 - despite the changes, "The Clan" booth will still be there. You can find us at Booth #3 =]


A few items we'll be selling are old coins, old paper money, toys, magnets, figurines, accessories, old comics, old magazines, collectible cards - so random, I know. xD

Please excuse my lo-res pic. Took  it using my phone cam without sufficient lighting. ><

If you're going, do drop by and check out our items in case you find something interesting. See you!

Who doesn't like soft, pink lips? I know I do. Unfortunately, I have dry lips and because I drink coffee and tea almost everyday,  it's possible that my lips is in the "getting a bit darker" phase. We know that to keep our lips soft and hydrated, we need to drink a lot of water. But lip balms are there to help keep the dryness at bay and is easy to carry around in case there's no water available.

I've tried some good lip balms before, like Skin Food Apricot, Human Nature Peppermint, and Carmex. All of them worked well. But because I wanted to look for a cheaper alternative (Human Nature is quite affordable compared to the other two) and also try a different lip balm, I tried Maybelline's Baby Lips Lip Balm. Maybelline was one of the early brands I loved before so there was no hesitation on my part when I decided to try this out.

I'm quite fond of green tea, bias even at times. So it was not a surprise when I saw this at the grocery store and I initially wanted to buy it. But because the price was a bit expensive, I decided to postpone it thinking I'd find a cheaper one somewhere. I opted for the Green Tea Scrub - let's save that for later. (review link will be posted here once I'm done with it. =p)