Shopping Missy

Last December, I was trying to stay away from driving to the mall because I knew the traffic would be terrible. With much free time at home coupled with my unused shopping energy, I ended up shopping online.  I am not new to online shopping as I have lived overseas where it's convenient. Back to my story -  I tried having personal items delivered here (in Makati) from strawberrynet.com . Ordered mid of December, tracking stated it arrived here in the Philippines January 2 but I received a notification from the Makati Post Office January 20. The notification was stating that I should personally claim my parcel (no doorstep delivery for parcels via the post office). Upon claiming, I was surprised with how much I needed to pay as "custom taxes." I had expected duty taxes around 12% as that's our VAT rate here in the Philippines but I was charged P1,223 for a P3,257 worth of items. That is 37.5% TAX!! Here is how it was computed: Item cost (2 small perfum...

It's been a while since I last posted. The holiday season had really been a busy season for me. Aside from not having time to shop for myself, I had no time to go to the gym as well. I am on a plus size and I had to work doubly hard than most people so that I will at least not gain weight. But with tons of parties at home, I reached my much dreaded obese numbers. Argh!! And to add to my weight problem,  I had already requested freezing of my gym membership for 4 months starting January 2014 since I have travel schedules. This is when I decided to try healthy food delivery service where menus are prepared based on targeted caloric intake for the day - 1200 calories/day. I booked  @ DIETDIVAPH  for this week (Monday to Friday). I received my food at around 6:00-6:30 am daily. I wasn't expecting much but I was quite happy with the taste of the food. I ended up eating everything and actually enjoying it. I am on my 5th day and so far, I lost 4 lbs. I wasn't very ...

It's Christmas time! If you're like me, you probably have your presents nicely wrapped with special name tags and greetings by now. But if you're like my best buddy, you're in a panic mode with only a few days left before Christmas and no prepared presents yet. So I came to her rescue. If you're on the same predicament as her, you may check out the following: Marks & Spencer Buy 1 Beauty Gift Set at 15% off and get the next Beauty Gift sets at 20% December 8-22, 2013 Marks & Spencer Promo Perfume Set Original Price: P1550 / Discounted Price: P1317.50 Original Price P995 / Discounted price P845.75 Coffee Price: P315 Tea Price: P715 Beauty Bar Some items have as much as 45% discount Burt's Bees Lip Balm in cute Christmas Packaging Price: P325 Price: P400 Lip Balm and Cuticle Cream Box set Perfume and Hand Cream Original Price: P1395 / Sale Price: P767.25 5 travel size Bod...

I have been told that this product is being used by a lot of celebrities. Of course, I couldn't pass this up, I just have to give it a try. :) I bought one Naturactor cover face from georginasasha  for P650 inclusive of shipping fee. Since this is a product that I'll apply on  my skin, I didn't want to take a risk of buying from someone I am not familiar with in IG (Instagram) and getting a non-authentic item. I have previously purchased a BB Cream from @georginasasha so I decided on getting this one from her as well. I chose #140 as I have fair to medium skin that is a bit on the yellowish side. Bare skin (only with moisturizer) 1st layer of Naturactor 2nd layer of Naturactor Personally, I like the natural look so I would go with only 1 thin layer for my everyday use. But if you need more coverage, you may always add another layer.

I am new to blogging and I am also a newbie with sample boxes. For those unfamiliar to this like me, it is a subscription when a box filled with samples will be delivered in your doorstep once a month, length of time depends on the subscription of choice. If you just want to try it, go for 1 month 1 month though they also offer 3, 6 or 12 months. There are a few companies offering this service here in the Philippines. But after reading reviews from other Filipina beauty bloggers, I opted to try Glamourbox this month (P580).   And my box was delivered today..Yay!! So for my first "unboxing" blog entry.... The December 2013 collection Sample Freebies: Holika Holika CC Cream Resist Daily Smoothing Treatment / Resist Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum Zen Zest Kitchen Frangrance (Choco Cappuccino) - 50 ml Full Size 250 ml - P250 Holika Holika Pure Mellow Multi Puff (P265) Avon Only Imagine Parfum (50 ml - P1500) The ...