Discover Double the Power of Naturals by Watsons!

Watsons is bringing their line of certified organic products - Naturals. I was invited to their launch yesterday and had a great time learning about the power of natural products. I must admit that I am not that knowledgeable about harmful ingredients found in skincare and makeup like Parabens, Mineral Oil, Silicone, SLS, and Isothiazolinone which are usually found in synthetic products. 

Naturals by Watsons offer affordable products ranging from 99 pesos to 259 pesos. If you are a SMAC member, you can get 25% off on your favorite Naturals by Watsons products from October 26 to November 22, 2017.Naturals by Watsons are made with double the power of organic and natural ingredients sourced from all around the world and definitely free from harmful ingredients. This line from Watsons has products ranging from hair care to skin care. I am amaze with the wide array of products offered by Naturals. They have hair and scalp tonic (for oily and dandruff prone), hand moisturizer, body creams, shower gels, lotions, scrubs, and many more. 

Naturals by Watsons introduces 7 ranges formulated with certified organic ingredients. 

Olive

Sourced from Italy, Olive is a go-to ingredient that provides deep moisturizing great for

getting rid of hair’s dryness and for achieving that cleansed, hydrated skin.

Argan

*Asia’s No1 Pharmacy Retail Brand based on Campaign Asia Pacific Survey 2013. 

Argan range works best with extremely dry and damaged hair and skin with its double

powered revitalizing and moisturizing. This liquid gold is sourced from Morocco.

MarulaMarula from Africa has a caring formula that restores hair moisture and tames frizz to turncourse, brittle hair to soft and smooth locks.

Aloe Vera

Sourced from the US & UK, Aloe Vera range doubles the soothing benefits of organic Aloe

Vera and extract for dry and irritated skin while strengthening your hair from roots to tips,

perfect for dandruff-prone, oily scalp.

Paw Paw

Paw Paw range from Australia doubles the repairing action for a healthy-looking, smoother

skin.

Rice Bran

Japan’s secret to achieving a more luminous-looking skin. Rice Bran effectively whitens

without stripping your skin of its moisture.

Macadamia

Another one from Australia, Macadamia range doubles the rejuvenating effects that gets rid

of dull, fine hair by rebalancing hair moisture for a revitalized hair and scalp. 

What range interests you? I am definitely looking forward in using trying out their Olive line perfect for my dry skin and Rice Bran to brighten up my skin. I started using the Aloe Vera Hair and Scalp Tonic last night. Hoping it will tame the itchiness of my psoriasis.

Have you tried any of the products from Naturals by Watsons? Godbless

As soon as I found out that I was pregnant, I immediately researched about makeup usage and its effect on pregnant women. And the results left me dumbfounded. I have never been this confused about the results and answers I found online. To be honest, I am still a bit wary on using makeup despite the fact that ny OB Gyne told me that I can still use makeup but I should veer away from long wear lipsticks that tend to have lead in their formulation. As a rule, I have promised myself to stay away from red lipsticks due to the high lead content issue. Days after learning that i was pregnant, I immediately picked this up at beauty bar. My husband was telling me that I do not need another lipstick in my stash but I justified my purchase by telling him that this only costs 325 pesos a pop! Wala naman siyang magawa because a pregy wife needs to be happy all the time. Diba?

I got the shades Passion Candy and Crimson Glaze. This lipstick comes in a black glossy tube. These lipsticks are 100% natural and organic. This lipstick is composed of cocoa butter, subflower seed oil, passion fruit seed oil and natural vitamin E.

These lipsticks have good color pay off. The two shades I got gives off a healthy sheen when worn. They have buttery cream texture making it glide easily on the lips upon application. It has this queer lipstick scent that goes away after a minutes after application.  This does not last long and eventually fades after eating and drinking. I find this a bit moisturizing but my lips right now is super chapped, dry and cracked. This tends to highlight the dry areas of my lips. Despite being glossy or having a sheen, these lipsticks doe not bleed easily.

I got this superb organic basket filled with all natural goodies that I can use such as coco sugar, organic honey (which my dad drank day after day after day because honey is his favorite), oatmeal and extra virgin olive oil. To top these organic goodness are two products from Aloe Derma - Pure Aloe Vera Gel and Super Hydration Booster. I tried to find some time in my busy schedule to do the home made natural recipes they sent me but I was just too busy to do them. This lead my dad to sneakily drink the organic honey whenever I am not at home. Lol. You can refer to the photo above for evidence. hihi

With the two products sent to me, I immediately tried the Pure Aloe Vera Gel. The thought of using aloe vera brought back memories because my lola grew aloe vera in our little garden in front of our house and she used it to cure her thinning hair. Aloe Derma Pure Aloe Vera Gel is a multi functional skincare product composed of 99.7% organic Aloe Vera extract, certified by ECOCERT France. This protects your skin from dryness & irritation, and effectively repairs damaged skin as proven in clinical trials. It is recommended for soothing sunburns perfect if you have just gone on a summer trip. It’s also great for daily use, as it’s very light on the skin, perfect for our humid weather.

 This is a  lightweight gel that goes on very smoothly once applied. This is easily absorbed by the skin and it does not feel greasy at all. This promises to moisturizes, soothes, fight acne, rejuvenates and relieves sun burn. I have tried using this on my face but I find it too light for a daily moisturizer. (super duper dry ang skin ko talaga) Then, I noticed that it has a soothing effect after application so I tried applying it on my rashes near my wrist caused by my watch. That rash got too itchy and it caused dryness and flakiness on that area. I applied this gel every other day or whenever I remember applying this and it magically worked!! :) My rash is now gone and the itchiness also went away. I was too worried about my rash that I even wanted to go to the derma to have it scraped. This Aloe Gel worked really well. 

I wish I have picture of my wrist now. Perhaps I will be updating this blog to show you that the Aloe Vera Gel worked. As for my face rashes, it did not cure them so I am just using my favorite Physiogel AI Cream to tame the flakiness on my cheeks. 

You can buy Aloe Derma Products on the following stores: Select Watson’s branches nationwide,All Health Express branches, All Stoked Inc. and Ripcurl branches, BeautyMNL.com/brands/aloe-derma, MPulse, Makati Med, Plana Forma, BGC, All Sugarleaf branches, Cutting Edge branches, All Urban Ashram Manila branches, Apotheca, Arnaiz Ave., Makati and Beauty Cocktails, 2F, Glorietta 4, Makati

For more information, visit:www.aloecurephilippines.com

 Call: 888-ALOE (2563)/ 0919-991-5207
Follow them on IG: @aloedermaPH

Godbless

Today is a crappy day. Everything was in a disarray from the time I left the house to the documents and papers that needs to be done. Being in private practice has its perks and downsides. Anyways, as much as I want to vent out my frustrations of being a lawyer here on my blog, I decided to keep this space a happy one. Kaya nga my lucid intervals eh. Let us not talk about work but let me talk about y latest organic find. Last Saturday, I visited the Zenutrients and bought a few stuff. One of the products that I have been eyeing from this brand is this VCO Makeuup Remover. I just finished my huge tub of Nature Republic Aloe Cleansing Cream that I bought way back in November in Korea. I really wanted to try oil based makeup removers but most of the ones I like to try are quite pricey like the Shu Uemura Cleansing oil. I bought this makeup remover because it is priced at 166.40 Pesos for a 100ml bottle. 

Okay walang katapusang event itey! hehe.. I have been lagging with posts (palagi naman.. hehe) and I just want to finish with all PR and events because I want to post more personal reviews and top five picks etc. Last week, I attended Burt's Bees 30th Birthday at Seda Hotel. I have known this brand ever since college but little did I know that they have tons of products from hair care to skin care. 

 Hello Hello Hello!!! Oh I missed blogging! Thank you for all those who commented on my previous post regarding changing careers. I just want to set things straight, I ain't good with time management. Yung totoo! Pramis! Peksman! Period, No erase! hehe Honestly, I suck at time management like I suck at mathematics and taxation. A proof of this is my never ending list of back logs here on my blog.  Its not the same anymore where I just sit on my room put on makeup take pictures and study in between or study and put on makeup and take pictures in between. :p Either way, I had all the time when I was in law school compared to now. 

Anyways, I should stop reminiscing my now and share with all of you a new skincare brand. Nature Essentials was inspired to create a skincare line made of organic and natural ingredients after seeing their son suffer from skin asthma and their dear friend died of cancer.  After a thorough research, they found out that a lot of products being sold in the market causes skin irritations, allergy and even cancer, hence, their desire to promote healthy and safe skin care products. 

Okay, when I got their products, I was just in awe with the packaging. For a relatively new brand, their packaging is superb (especially the soap boxes) and perhaps better than the ones I find in the local supermarket. I like how detailed their packaging are especially the list on ingredients. I got two soaps, a lightening spot balm, blemish balm and a face serum.

I tried the first two products that caught my eye. The first soap I tried was the Nature Micropeel soap. This soap is for intense whitening for face and body. I know 250 pesos for a soap?but the size is way bigger than the standard size in the market. It also weighs 135 grams and takes forever to melt. I love the lavender minty scent to it. It does not feel tight nor sticky on the skin. There was no major peeling that took place though I noticed a part of my elbow with dry chaffing skin. On the first use, It gave me tingling and itchy sensation but it died down a minute or two after stepping out of the shower. Like other skincare products, continuous usage is necessary to achieve or see desired results. As for this soap, this will take a time off for a moment in my skin care regimen because I can see my psoriasis flaring up once again due to stress.  

 The next product is their Lightening Spot Balm. I love the light tin can packaging. I plan on bringing these  Upon opening the product, the relaxing scent of lavender greeted me. The balm is slightly sticky but it gets absorbs by the skin after a few minutes (like 30 mins. or more depending on your skin type).

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2013 was a lippie year for me. I got tons of lipsticks from different brands this year. Can you imagine that I have accumulated 80+ lippies in my kit? I would not know what to do with them, thankfully, I am now into the professional Hair and Makeup Artistry field. I already depotted almost half of my lippie collection and placed them in pillbox , this is called condensation to avoid bringing a lot of makeup products in gigs. Ohh have you seen the latest post of Wayne of Gossmakeupartist? I should have known about Vueset Palettes earlier instead of placing my depotted lippies in a pillbox to make them look more nice (and uhmm professional looking perhaps?). Anyways, before the year ended, I got lippie packages. First, was from Virginia Olsen. I saw a preview of their organic lip product through the IG account.  

They sent me two shades Divalicious and 

Here's a press release from Virginia Olsen:

Sweet Seduction

Divaluscious

Swatch at the back of my hand

These lippies are very pigmented indeed!

Sweet seduction is a pretty medium toned pink. Surprisingly, its intense pigmentation can masked my dark lip lines sans a lip liner.

Divaluscious is a cool toned red.

The first thing I noticed with these lippies was their scent. They have this odd lipstick scent that I do not really like. My nostrils are very sensitive to scents. A product should either be unscented or its scent must be really nice and light or else it can give me a headache. Eventually the scent disappears after a few minutes. I also noticed that it does not have that smooth surface compared to other lippies from big cosmetic companies. No problem with this one. It gives that authentic organic feel to it. I was afraid that these lippies might be too soft that it will melt inside my kit considering its form. Guess what, it turned out that it is hard enough to withstand the heat of Manila! The best thing about it is that it goes on with intense color with one swipe and it does not bleed despite its creaminess. I need not use any lip liners because it this is quite long lasting on me. The downside is that it can really dry up my lips. I need to moisturize and scrub prior to using these lippies or else I will end up with dry patched lips.

I also showed this lipstick to my makeup school classmates and we did the ring test to know if this lipstick contains lead. Lo and behold, when the gold ring was rubbed on a swatch of Sweet Seduction, it did not change color at all!! WOoot!!! I was so happy because the other lipstick they did a test on changed to dark grayish shade when it underwent the gold ring test.

Visit https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaOlsenMinerals and their official website for more info: http://virginiaolsen.com

I seriously want to try their Barely There shade!
Virginia Olsen Minerals are now available at the Ramp Crossings.

Happy 2014 to everyone!