Hair-tastic Haul

It is not even a week since my last shopping trip, yet again I went on another shopping trip now with my boyfriend to purchase tons of hair products. This trip was triggered by these pictures that I found whilst I was looking for a some hairstyles that I could do for an upcoming wedding event that I'm attending.

I love the scrunchy and somewhat curly and spiky part of these hairstyles. I have almost the same haircut minus the fringe so I really want to try and re-create it.

As soon as I saw the pictures, I felt a desperate need to get styling tools and hair products. So my boyfriend and I went to our local mall and picked-up some hair tools and products in our drugstore.

I got a Turbo Hair Dryer 1000 in the color red for about ($10). It has two heat setting, low for styling and high for drying. I like it because it is inexpensive, can run with 115/230 V (1000 watts), compact and lightweight really good for traveling.

I got Watsons slim ceramic hair straightener for ($18). The styling tools I got were inexpensive drugstore ones because I'm just starting to get into hairstyling and if I get the hang of it then maybe I'll get the expensive ones. It would be bad if I get expensive tools when I'm crappy at doing hairstyles.

For hair products, the choices at the drugstore is quite limited and they don't have heat protectant so I just got some hair styling products and haircare products.

For styling I got a Bench FIX professional clay doh (Molding clay) 25g for ($1). I only got the small tub to try out and it says it is for matte and tousled look. Molding clay are great for doing the spiky hairstyle.

I also got FINESSE Self Adjusting Extra Hold Hairspray 7 OZ for ($7). I picked this hairspray because it does not smell offensive unlike other hair spays and it is also not sticky. This hairspray also contains Silk and Soy proteins that protect hair with a coat of conditioning and shine.

I got a couple of Hair Treats hair shine for shine and silky smooth hair look. It was also on offer when I went for check-out for ($5).

Since I am going to apply heat and other styling products on my hair, I decided to get some haircare products to somehow lessen the damage of my hair.

I got the Ellips Hair Vitamin with jojoba oil for ($1). You use one capsule after you take a shower and apply it to half dried hair and let it dry. It has UV protection, vitamins A, C, E and Pro vitamin B5 that helps damaged hair structure and reduces split end caused by hair blow drying, color dying, and hair styling.

Last is the Pantene Pro-V Night Miracle leave on creme serum for ($7). It claims to give 8 hours continuous repair as you sleep. First impression of this product is not greasy and it smells amazing. It has a lightweight formula that is quickly absorbed by the hair.

I'm excited to try out these products and see if the products is as good as what they claim to be. Upon first impression of the items that I bought, I think some items are promising enough that it will maybe make it to my IN list for January 2012.

January 2012 Shoe crazy haul!

I admit that I have a shoe addiction problem. I should not be allowed to go into malls unsupervised because I will usually come out with an insane amount of shoe purchases. It happened again yesterday as I went to the mall to buy a couple of things and I came out with 4 pairs of shoes.

It is only the 14th of January and I have already broken one of my new year's resolution which is to shop smart. Before I went to the mall I had already prepared a list of the things that I needed to buy and a couple of things that I might possibly buy and a pair of black boots is one of those things listed as a possible buy if I found a good pair. So once I spotted the boots that I liked one thing let to another and I don't know what happened but I walked out of the mall with 4 pairs of shoes, anyhow here are things that I bought.

A plastic water bottle for my Herbalife shake that I take every morning. ($4)


I also repurchased my beauche toner and clarifying lotion. This toner and clarifying lotion are my savior when I was plagued with acne. The beauche skincare line is a bit tedious in the application of the various products but it is worth it. I keep going back to these products when I have massive breakouts. ($12 for both toner and clarifying lotion)


Since I have been taking Herbalife in the morning I have been eating less during lunch because I still feel full from the Herbalife shake. My cravings for snacks and junk food has also been controlled. I needed a smaller lunch container because with my existing lunch container I could not finish my meal and I am just wasting food. ($5)


Technically this bag was not part of the purchase that I made for the day but it arrived in the mail so I decided to include it in this haul. I bought this convertible brown faux leather bag in a site called DinoDirect after I watched a video from HelloBombshell7 on youtube when she went to Thailand. As soon as I finished watching her video I placed an order because I am also going to Thailand this year so I wanted a bag that I could carry around that could be multipurpose. I am very pleased with bag, it is inexpensive and the quality is better than I had expected. (Left: Tote style, Right: backpack) ($11 with free shipping)


Gray high-waisted skinny jeans by Wranco ($18)


Portable laptop cushion with LED light and cup holder. ($8)


On to the shoes...

Cream peep-toe shoes by Privilege with chunky heels. It is so cute and comfortable to walk on. I wore this right after I bought it and I got a lot of complements. ($23)


Black and Cream peep-toe shoes by Privilege with chunky heels. The black is suede and the cream is leather. ($23)


Black ankle boots by Rusty Lopez. It has part suede and part leather portion with zipper detailing at the back and side. ($25 - on sale)


Cream strappy heels by Rusty Lopez. This is really gorgeous on. ($30 - on sale)


I am really happy with my purchases and I vow to abstain from shopping for the rest of January and February to save up for my holiday with friends at Boracay this coming March.

New Year and I'm feeling out of it

Its 2012, a brand new year and I'm ill. I've spend a lot of time cooped up in my room trying to recover from a massive headache that seems to invade my solitude every minute and I mean literally every minute. I have been experiencing throbbing pain the front right part of my head at it occurs every minute. I called in sick for work and I have been spending my time here at home sleeping, surfing the net, eating and sleeping some more.

This post is going to be so random but anyhow, I found this really cute dress on a magazine and I decided to hunt it down once I get to go on a major shopping spree. I usually do this when I really feel out of it, I usually go and look online or some of my old magazines and cut out things that I love and I put them together in a binder/book. Once in a while I will look at the book to get inspired on what to shop for next, or get outfit ideas. I'll show you my book once finish organizing it. So in the past 2 days that I have been in isolation here in my room I have made a pretty long shopping list which makes me want to get better quicker so I could do some retail therapy sooner.

I hope that everyone is healthy unlike me and enjoying the new year. If I do get my shopping done expect a haul.

Here is a picture of the dress... pretty right?