I was recently invited to attend the Shu Uemura Beauty Workshop at Ayala Center Cebu and I got to meet awesome people. Events like this seldom happens here in Cebu City so I was really excited when I received the invitation from Big Seed Media.


 The Beauty Workshop was held by Internationally Accredited Makeup Artist Patrick Alcober. He introduced us the three new products from Shu Uemura and showed us how to use them.


These are the three products he used to prep the Model's face before makeup.

First - use the Shu Uemura Ultime8 sublime beauty cleansing oil. This contains 8 exquisite oils from botanical origin for ultimate solution to 8 skin benefits powerful yet gentle botanical origin removal system for superb cleansing.  It removes effortless all kind of make-up and impurities. skin feels soften, conditioned, hydrated, nourished from within and glows with a new radiance. Info from Shu Uemura

Second - apply the Shu Uemura Tsuya youthful radiance generator essence. This is a serum used to reactivate cell regeneration, thus giving that youthful glow.

Third - finish prepping with the Shu Uemura UV under base youthful radiance mousse with spf 30.  This is a weightless mousse makeup base that helps to even out the skin tone and texture, reduce redness and minimize the appearance of pores. 



And of course I didn't go empty handed...

Here's another tasty breakfast that I cooked up from our kitchen. I wasn't sure what to make so I just peeked through available ingredients in the fridge and came up with an Open Faced Egg Sandwich with Onion Chives.

Ingredients...
* Baguette (bought mine at Suisse Cottage)
* Lettuce (I used Romaine Lettuce)
* Tomato ( I used a green tomato)
* 3 eggs
* chopped onion chives
* butter (I used Dari Creme Classic)
* mayonnaise (I used Best Foods Light Mayonnaise)
* tomato ketchup (I used Del Monte Sweet Blend Tomato Ketchup)

Step 1
Beat all 3 eggs in a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of mayo and chopped onion chives. Mix until evenly distributed.

Step 2
Pre-Heat your non-stick pan (low heat)
Slice your Baguette into 5-inch length and slice into half
Toast your Baguette into the non-stick pack until brown, then add a little butter on top while it's hot

Step 3
Cook your scrambled egg mixture into the non-stick pan with a tiny amount of vegetable oil, just enough for the eggs to cook.

Step 4
Wash your lettuce and make thin slices of tomato.
Place the lettuce as the first layer on top of your toasted baguette,
then followed by the scrambled egg, sliced tomato, then tiny bits of lettuce.

Step 5
Lastly, drizzle a small amount of tomato ketchup on top, you can add shredded cheese if you prefer.

I was looking for a waterproof eyeliner online and saw this L'oreal HIP Color Rich Cream Crayon in Perfectionist. (that was a mouthful... LOL) It is simply a black retractable jumbo eyeliner.  I found other waterproof eyeliners from other brands but they were expensive so I opted for this.

I finally got to try these LA Colors Jumbo Eye Pencils. Ever since I tried using the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, I was hooked. It instantly became a favorite and a staple in my makeup kit.  I recently noticed the LA Colors Jumbo Eye Pencils online and I just had to try them out so that I can see how they compare with the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil.

I recently tried eating at a new restaurant that opened near the office building where I worked.  For curiosity sakes, I just went in and ordered one of their combo meals. It was Ham and Chili Cheese Stick meal with rice.  While I took a bite, I stared at what was inside and realized that it was pretty easy to do.

When I got home from work, I immediately checked our fridge for available ingredients and luckily I did. This is something that is pretty easy to do. The ingredients are something we could consider staples.


Ingredients are...
* Lumpia Wrapper
* Ham (I used the Sunpride Smoked Ham)
* Cheese (I used Eden Cheese)
* Green Bell Pepper

All I did was sliced the Ham, Cheese, and Green Bell Pepper into long strips. I then placed all three ingredients at the center of the Lumpia Wrapper and wrapped it. Lastly, I just fried the sticks using vegetable oil. That is it, I was done in 15 minutes.


This is one of the easiest dishes I've ever done. Do let me know if you've tried this.

Until next time.

Cheerios!
***Hollie***

A few months ago, I received an email request from a reader asking me to swatch my MAC C40 Powder Foundation since she found it really hard to look for a swatch on the C40 shade.  I know this is long overdue, but I wanted to wait when I could buy a new compact since the one I currently have already hit pan.

I have been really loving the Etude House Drawing Eye Brow Pencil so I ran out of it in just 3 months. Unfortunately, shade no. 1 which is dark brown always goes out of stock so I opted to try the Etude House Easy Brow Pencil instead.  It instantly became my new fave.

I've been looking for a large fluff brush for a while now, something similar to the MAC 227. Because I find it really perfect for setting powder on my under eye area.  I was searching online shops for a MAC 227 brush dupe, but the closest one I found was the Sigma E50 Large Fluff brush. I still find that a little pricey so I looked into charm brushes, and what do you know I found a large blending brush. I know this isn't a dupe but it does the job.