I think it’s time for me to introduce everyone to my baby…

He is so cute, very very sweet, furry, very mabait and protective. His name is Boo, my Miniature Schnauzer.

Boo was given to me by H as a birthday gift three years ago. He’s the son of H’s Chi and the brother of Hans. You might recognize Hans from all his tv guestings and his dog shows. 🙂

I’ve always liked dogs, and before Boo, we already have Poochi. I’ll introduce him next time. When Chi gave birth, I really asked for a pup from H. Thankfully, he gave me Boo. He said, then I can try taking care of someone. Mother in the making perhaps?!?

Boo is really really sweet. Eveyone in the house says so. Even my dad who doesn’t like dogs, love him. He sits beside you and sometimes he takes your hand and lets him touch you. What I love most is when he sees me upset or mad, he comes and sits beside me, quietly he waits for me to look at his beautiful meaningful eyes and he takes my hand.

The photos here were taken during the calendar pictorial for the Miniature Schnauzer Club of the Philippines. Boo was so behave that the photographer didn’t have a hard time making him pose. Thus, his photos were used for Pooch Park’s banner and flyers. 🙂 That’s my Boo!

He is three years old this year and even though he already has sons and daughters of his own (two litters), he is still our baby, he is still MY baby.

With his brother Hans. Boo is on the left.

I LOVE BABY BOO! Though we rarely spend time together anymore because of my busy schedule, please know that I will always always love you and I miss you all the time. Now I can’t wait to go home and see him!!!

I haven't had the time to blog about my new spa experiences, I'm so behind! I have had about 3 massages and haven't posted them yet. Been so busy lately. :(

Anyways, for my kabarkada's birthday (Shout out to Cee!), we decided to treat her to a spa day! Gen has suggested we try Wensha Spa near the World Trade Center. So let's start with the photos!

(Note: The photos are from Anton of Ourawesomeplanet. I wasn't able to take photos during out stay. I've read Anton's review about it last year and have always wanted to visit it.)

Here is Wensha outside.



This is the locker room and the wet floor is here too.


This is the hallway. You'll see some tables for dining as well.


Now here goes the experience! The massages are for P580 inclusive of 8 hour accomodation and buffet. We'll get to the buffet part later. :) At first, I was hesitant with the price but considering we get to use the wet floor and there's food invloved, I thought maybe it's not so bad. So why not give it a try.

We were handed our robes and went to the common room for our foot massage. Yes, we only got foot massages and gave Cee a foot massage and mani-pedi package. I don't really like common rooms just because I'd rather have my private time for myself. I've only been in three common rooms to this date. Moving on, the chairs were okay, there were televisions and headphones each chair, which was pretty high-tech I must say. The therapists were men and female. And I don't know if you should request a female therapist if you're not comfortable with a male. It was my first time to have a male therapist since I didn't know we had to request. (It wasn't so bad, he was strong and I didn't have to ask him to make the pressure harder again and again.) It was my first time to have a male therapist. I would guess O wouldn't be comfortable with it, but then again we love going to massages that I'm not sure if he'd still mind.

The massage was good. It was a combination of head, back and foot massage. I love that my therapist was really strong and I almost dozed off. Well almost... my friends continuously talked and talked that I wasn't able to sleep. It was okay though. I had fun with my friends. :)

After our hour-long massages, we headed to the dining area. Honestly, when Gen and Diana reminded me that there was buffet, I thought there will be a variety of food and we can eat as much as we want. Unfortunately, there was only shabu shabu. You get to choose what ingredients to put, but that was it. No rice, no pasta, nada, zilch. Although you still get to eat as much shabu shabu as you want. It was okay, it's still food.

I think I enjoyed this experience not just because of the good massage, or the so-so food, but because I was with my barkada whom I love talking to. We actually stayed there for about 6 hours. We honestly couldn't believe it was almost 10pm! We chitchatted the night away. Haha!

Will I return? Maybe... I might bring O there, let him try. But I want to make sure there's more food and not just shabu shabu before going there. And well, honestly, this type of spa, it's better to bring your girls. :)

Wensha Spa
in front of World Trade Center,
Gil Puyat St.
832-0515

After having a really bad experience with my sister’s curling iron, I knew I had to buy a better one! Of course, I will not risk the hair of my clients and even my own hair to some cheap-o irons. I wanted to buy an iron that can be used for straightening and curling.

As I stroll the mall, I always see this brand being demonstrated in Watson’s. I didn’t know about the brand, so I canvassed other brands. However, after much consideration, after looking and trying different irons for about 2 weeks, I decided to purchase the one I felt was best.

Introducing JML WetStraight Pro. (I actually also went online and read reviews about this brand and another brand I was considering, -e-lo-.)

Here is the back side. You can see the tag price too. I got this baby for P2,399.00.

It’s dual purpose, it can be used for straightening and curling. What’s the best part? You can use it with towel dried hair. And since I’m a makeup artist who’s on the go, I need something that works fast as I work fast. So I need not dry the hair of my clients before using this.

It says here that the plates become very hot quickly, and indeed it does. You see the holes? It’s where the steam goes off. You can even hear a little sound when you use it on your damp hair.

I love the fact that you can adjust the temperature. It goes upto 220! But I think 180-200 is fine.

This iron has titanium plates, unlike the usual metal or ceramic plates. I was told that titanium plates are better, since it works faster, and it does not break unlike ceramic ones. Remember -e-lo-? It had ceramic plates.

Here’s a sample. I’m sorry I was too lazy to take better photos. 🙂

This is my hair. I have straight hair. Sorry I didn’t even comb it! :p

Since I already have straight hair, I wanted to try and put volume. So I used the WetStraight Pro for curling.

I’m not good at doing my own hair, hehe! 🙂

Thoughts on the product: I have yet to use this and put hair spray on. But I asked the saleslady to do my hair and it stayed put. She also told me that the curls (since I asked her to curl my hair) will stay for about 3-4 hours, which was more REALISTIC than others saying it will last the whole day. The fact that my hair is so straight that usually the curls straighten for about 30 minutes, it just proves that this product is holding to its promise.

I’ll probably do another review on this and showcase my work. I’m really really not good at doing my hair, so I don’t think I gave justice. It’s harder to do my own than to do other’s since I can’t really see what I’m doing most especially the back side. Haha! 🙂 I’ll post new photos soon.

JML WetStraight Pro
available at Watson’s

After having a really bad experience with my sister's curling iron, I knew I had to buy a better one! Of course, I will not risk the hair of my clients and even my own hair to some cheap-o irons. I wanted to buy an iron that can be used for straightening and curling.

As I stroll the mall, I always see this brand being demonstrated in Watson's. I didn't know about the brand, so I canvassed other brands. However, after much consideration, after looking and trying different irons for about 2 weeks, I decided to purchase the one I felt was best.

Introducing JML WetStraight Pro. (I actually also went online and read reviews about this brand and another brand I was considering, -e-lo-.)


Here is the back side. You can see the tag price too. I got this baby for P2,399.00.


It's dual purpose, it can be used for straightening and curling. What's the best part? You can use it with towel dried hair. And since I'm a makeup artist who's on the go, I need something that works fast as I work fast. So I need not dry the hair of my clients before using this.


It says here that the plates become very hot quickly, and indeed it does. You see the holes? It's where the steam goes off. You can even hear a little sound when you use it on your damp hair.


I love the fact that you can adjust the temperature. It goes upto 220! But I think 180-200 is fine.


This iron has titanium plates, unlike the usual metal or ceramic plates. I was told that titanium plates are better, since it works faster, and it does not break unlike ceramic ones. Remember -e-lo-? It had ceramic plates.


Here's a sample. I'm sorry I was too lazy to take better photos. :)

This is my hair. I have straight hair. Sorry I didn't even comb it! :p



Since I already have straight hair, I wanted to try and put volume. So I used the WetStraight Pro for curling.


I'm not good at doing my own hair, hehe! :)


Thoughts on the product: I have yet to use this and put hair spray on. But I asked the saleslady to do my hair and it stayed put. She also told me that the curls (since I asked her to curl my hair) will stay for about 3-4 hours, which was more REALISTIC than others saying it will last the whole day. The fact that my hair is so straight that usually the curls straighten for about 30 minutes, it just proves that this product is holding to its promise.

I'll probably do another review on this and showcase my work. I'm really really not good at doing my hair, so I don't think I gave justice. It's harder to do my own than to do other's since I can't really see what I'm doing most especially the back side. Haha! :) I'll post new photos soon.

JML WetStraight Pro
available at Watson's

I am a very lucky woman. 🙂 Here is my MAC loot from Marrionaud. I haven’t been able to review each of the products yet, for I’ve been so busy these past few days, or make it past weeks. I will soon.

Let’s break it down.

Hyper Real Powder in Medium

Tada!!!! Lovely. 🙂

Of course you wouldn’t see the swatch. But cheers to trying. :p

MAC eyeshadow in Bottle Green
At first I got scared looking at the color, but I’ve tried this on a client for a wedding and it was lovely. Just the right hint of darkness for a day wear.

Swatch of the eyeshadow.

Glitter Eyeliner in Divine Lime

Swatch of the eyeliner. The glitters actually stay put!

2 Teachnakohl liners, Greyprint and Uniform

Their shades: Uniform and Greyprint

Lastly, MAC Lipgelee in Gilded Kiss

I love love lipgelees!

The color is the right lip shade for an everyday lipgloss. 🙂

Reviews on the products to follow, I promise! Just as soon as my sched isn’t as hectic anymore. 🙂

I am a very lucky woman. :) Here is my MAC loot from Marrionaud. I haven't been able to review each of the products yet, for I've been so busy these past few days, or make it past weeks. I will soon.


Let's break it down.

Hyper Real Powder in Medium


Tada!!!! Lovely. :)


Of course you wouldn't see the swatch. But cheers to trying. :p


MAC eyeshadow in Bottle Green
At first I got scared looking at the color, but I've tried this on a client for a wedding and it was lovely. Just the right hint of darkness for a day wear.


Swatch of the eyeshadow.


Glitter Eyeliner in Divine Lime


Swatch of the eyeliner. The glitters actually stay put!

2 Teachnakohl liners, Greyprint and Uniform


Their shades: Uniform and Greyprint


Lastly, MAC Lipgelee in Gilded Kiss


I love love lipgelees!


The color is the right lip shade for an everyday lipgloss. :)


Reviews on the products to follow, I promise! Just as soon as my sched isn't as hectic anymore. :)