Long Locks With TRESemmè

Mermaid long hair is one trend I definitely love this season! The last time I had my hair cut short was back in 1st year highschool, but I decided to grow it out after a year. Ever since, I’ve loved keeping my hair long. But as any girl with long hair will tell you, long hair is so much harder to maintain.  

One of my biggest issues with my long hair used to be the amount of split ends I would get. As we all know, the only solution for this problem would be to get a haircut, but all my friends and family know that I hate getting haircuts which is why I'm so happy that TRESemmè has come up with their new Split Repair Range for girls like me everywhere! For this range, TRESemmè teamed up with celebrity hairstylist Lourd Ramos with the beautiful Georgina Wilson as their newest ambassador.

I've been a TRESemmè lover for many years now, I even remember having my mom buy me bottles of their products whenever she would go abroad. This was when TRESemmè wasn't available in the Philippines yet. Here's me sporting my long locks with the help of the TRESemmè Split Repair Range!

The range features a Split Repair Shampoo, Conditioner, and as well as a Split Repair Serum. Being a brand that is trusted by professionals, TRESemmè made sure that these products have been tried and tested by the industry's top hairstylists.

I received these products a few weeks ago but only decided to write my review now since I feel like enough time has passed for me to see if they really did have any effects on the condition of my hair. My hair used to be bleached at the ends when it was Ombre-ed and I just covered it up when I dyed my hair brown. Even if that was a long time ago, I would still notice that some of the damage and split ends from the bleaching can be seen through the dye.

As expected, the TRESemmè products did not disappoint! Not only did I notice that my problem with my split ends decreased, but the overall feel of my hair became a lot softer as well. It became easier to style and braid, and I love how it prevents further damage as well.

My favorite among the 3 products is the serum. I love to just apply 2 pumps of it on my hair before I sleep so that my hair will be soft and ready for styling when I get ready the next day. I've been substituting it for my usual Moroccan Argan Oil. I also love the scent of the Split Repair Range. It's very fresh and quite fruity, perfect for the summer!

Your hair can really make or break your entire look which is why it's so important for you to care for it properly. Although I love going to parlors with my mom to get treatments and hot-oils to keep my hair healthy, I believe that these products can help you achieve that as well. Your wallet might thank you for it in the long run as well haha!

I've been really happy with the look and feel of my hair ever since I started using these products and would really recommend them to my fellow long-haired gals out there! Give it a try and let me know what you think :)

Choose Beautiful

Just like every girl, I myself have my own share of insecurities. To be perfectly honest, I do think a big part of it has a lot to do with my love for makeup. I remember how not too long ago, I would feel naked without it and even worse, I would feel ugly and that my bare face wasn't enough. But I've come a long way from that which is why when I started this blog, I knew that I would always want to encourage my readers to make their own beauty shine through, and not the makeup they have on.

What changed my mindset? The main reason would be because I've been fortunate enough to have such amazing friends that always tell me that I don't need any makeup to be beautiful. Sometimes they don't even realize that they're helping me realize it. It was as simple as the times my best friend told me I looked great on a day wherein I forgot to wear mascara because I was running late for school or when my other best friend told me that I'm prettiest when I'm not trying. Friends like these are for keeps and they make me feel more beautiful than any amount makeup ever could.

Basically what inspired me for this mini rant of an entry was this Dove video I watched because it was the ad while I was loading a One Direction video on Youtube. Hehe. I'm sure some of you have seen it, but if you haven't, then I think it's really worth watching! I couldn't help but have a huge grin on my face after seeing it.

So yeah, that's all for this post! Just felt like sharing for all my readers out there who have ever felt insecure or average looking like the girls in the video. I hope you guys never make the mistake of hiding behind makeup like I used to. I hope all of you will #ChooseBeautiful always, even without any makeup on. :)

HERE'S THE VIDEO!

Kylie Jenner Lips

I’ve always been a huge fan of the Kardashian sisters’ makeup, but recently I’m sure you’ve all seen how Kylie Jenner has been stealing the spotlight with her amazing 90’s inspired makeup -- specifically with her super strong lipliner game.

So for today’s quick tutorial, I’ve decided to show you all how to achieve my own take on her famous full lips. I still wanted the look to be wearable since I find her lips a bit too much at times. It's surprisingly really simple to do and no one will even be able to tell you have a ton of lipliner on if you follow these steps.

First things first, here's a picture of Kylie Jenner's makeup for reference:

And here's a pic of me with the finished lip look:

So let's get started! I prepped my lips for this look by applying a lot of Carmex on my lips then lightly scrubbing it with a soft toothbrush. This ensures that there wont be any dry skin on your lips so that all the lip products you'll be applying will go on smoothly. Once you're done, wipe everything off your lips with tissue or a towel.

Next, you'll be needing lipliner. I know Kylie Jenner uses Whirl lipliner by MAC, but since I wasn't sure if this look would work on me, I just bought an inexpensive alternative from Etude House to try out it out first. The lipliner I got isn't close to Whirl, but closer to the picture I used as a peg instead. I ended up really loving it the first time I tried it. It's called Soft Touch Auto Lipliner and it's such a steal at only P98! Here I'm using shade #2.

With the lipliner, you want to overline over your natural lip line. But what's REALLY important to remember for when overlining your lips is to focus mostly on the center part of your lip and follow your real lip line as you go towards the outer corners. This is where most girls make a mistake and why some of them end up looking like a duck and IT'S AWFUL HAHAHA. If you end up looking a duck, please don't say I didn't warn you! Bottom line, DON'T OVERLINE YOUR WHOLE LIP. 

So below is what your overlined lips should look like more or less. As you can see, I focused the overlining in the center of my lips but I still followed the real shape of my cupid's bow. You may also overline your lower lip but again, don't go overboard! Blend in the lipliner to the rest of your lips but don't worry if you can still see through it because we're gonna be going over this with another product.

So now they key to really getting your lips Kylie-esque is to use a matte lipstick. My favorite matte lip product is the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream so I went on over to the store to check if they had a shade that would go with the lipliner and luckily they did! I got the shade Zurich.

Using Zurich, I went over my entire lip and waited for it to dry matte. I find that one layer isn't enough to get a really opaque finish so I went over my lips with another layer especially in the overlined parts.

But we're not done just yet! For that perfect pout, clean the edges of your lips with a small concealer brush loaded with your favorite concealer.

And once your blend the concealer out, you're all done!

I know it may seem kinda scary to try out this lip look at first. Believe me, even I had my apprehensions at first, but I've learned to have a lot of fun with the look and now I love it! I just paired it with full brows, some contouring and a full set of lashes to keep it simple. I'm really happy with how it turned out and hope you guys will feel the same way. If you guys have any questions or anything beauty related, I'm just an email or tweet away!

Happy Skin Gets StyLized!

Last month, I was lucky enough to get invited to the launch of Happy Skin's new limited-edition collaboration with fashion editor & celebrity stylist, Liz Uy. For this collaboration, Liz Uy designed three new shades of one of my favorite products from Happy Skin, their Shut Up & Kiss Me lippies!

What I love about Happy Skin is that they are a homegrown makeup brand that offers us FIlipinas quality makeup that still cares for our skin.

As soon as I got there, I was greeted by this super cute set up! They even had a fun sticker dress-up game for the guests to play.

  Of course I couldn't help but attack the booth where we could test all the Happy Skin products.

 And even all the food was in theme!

 I think I (secretly) ate 4 of these Macarons. Lol. 

Here we have the founders of Happy Skin, Jacque Gutierrez and Rissa Trillo with Liz Uy speaking with us guests about the thing that brought us all there together — lipstick!

And here it is! You may choose to purchase Liz Uy's chosen lippies in this leatherette case for P1499.

But what really caught my eye was this acrylic clutch option that you can opt for. It's P1799 but you can also get the lippies individually at P599 each.

Now it's time for some swatches! All of these lippies glide on so easily on lips and they remain super opaque for a lipstick that is ultra moisturizing.  

The first shade is called Style Icon and it's a pinky-nude shade. Initially I was afraid that it would wash me out since I'm on the tan side, but I really ended up loving this shade! It comes out very similar to my fave nude shade from MAC, Faux. This would be perfect for those who wanna pull off a Kylie Jenner look.

The next shade is my favorite of the three and it's called 24 Carat. I'm a sucker for a bright pink lip cause it instantly brightens up my face! This shade is perfect for the summer.

And finally, Red Carpet is the perfect shade of red that can instantly make any outfit or makeup look more sophisticated. It would be great as a daytime or evening red.

Get these limitied edition lippies while you can! Trust me, you wont regret it!

Valentine's Day Tutorial

Valentine’s Day is definitely my favorite time of the year because it happens to be my birthday as well! So here’s a new video for all of you featuring a sweet and romantic look perfect if you’re celebrating with a special someone or even if you’re like me who’s just flying solo this year (HUHUHU).

You can watch the video here or click below!

Like I said in the video, the makeup is really simple to do. You can also choose to style your hair in any way you want, but I went for a bouncy blowdry with mine here.

Here's a close up of the look

Hope you all have a good Valentine's Day ♥ 

   Ariana by Jonas Tamayo

My friend Ariana recently asked me to do her makeup for her campaign’s promotional stuff and I really loved how the shots turned out! For this shoot, I just wanted Ariana to look like a more polished version of herself so I kept it clean and simple with the makeup. These photos were taken by talented friend Jonas Tamayo (check out his Instagram @joshtamy). Thank you Jonas for the photos!

Ariana requested that I make her look “friendly” lol so I avoided strong lip colors and just mixed up an Orchid shade of lipstick with a wine one.

 Even if the peg was clean and simple, I just had to put emphasis on her amazing cheekbones since I'm a sucker for nice bone structure. Just look at those cheeks!

To achieve defined eyes without having to go overboard with the eyeshadow, just opt for a good pair of falsies and tightline your upper lash line. And adding a little highlighter on the high points of the face for a glowing finish is never a bad idea.

 Thank you for the trust Ariana! And for anyone else out there who wants to see what it's like to be a #legenczaribeauty, please don't hesitate to email me :)

28 Days of Beauty

I’m so so sooo excited to be candymag.com’s beauty blogger for the whole month of February! It’s perfect since it happens to be my birth month as well. Talk about a great birthday present haha! So I hope all of you stay tuned for my new posts that will be up daily on their website. The segment is called 28 Days of Beauty wherein I’ll be posting everything beauty related from looks, tips, and products.

You can check it out here! :)