vanitibasics mirror

i love this mirror.. this makes applying eye make-up so much easier.. also grooming the eyebrows.. and it's really not the same without the light.. there's no shadow..

there's also a 10x variant.. but i find 5x is ok already..

*** photo from vanitibasics

the shopaholic goes to bangkok..

bangkok is shopper's heaven!

there's of course the chatuchak weekend market.. we spent two days there.. emerging with armloads of goodies.. while only covering less than 1/4 of the place!!

 how can you resist with all the sale 80 (baht) and sale 100 signs??? 

and apart from the tiange shopping.. there's mall shopping where you can find branded items being sold for less than half the price in manila.. like naturalizer, l'oreal and maybelline..

we got three pretty umbrellas free! :)

my boots loot! :)

and the food.. we also brought home lots of tamarind, seaweed, and even instant noodles!
i'll try to post on the items i bought.. (there are so many!!)

sigh.. thailand has such a special place in my heart.. i wouldn't mind living there.. even with the traffic, the heat, and the language barrier..

my only shopper's remorse is.. i wish i bought more!! :p

 *** photos courtesy of freelysaid

maybelline makeup remover - eye & lip

i started using loreal double extension mascara.. while it's a wonderful mascara, it's super tedious to take off..

i would start by leaving a pad of makeup remover for 20s.. a little will be removed.. then the repeat process of using a cotton bud dipped in petroleum jelly and swabbing a few lashes at a time.. tiresome and oh so long.. when i want to sleep already..

so i gave the maybelline remover a try.. soak a pad.. leave on lashes for 20s.. bye bye mascara! and my eyes don't feel irritated at all.. no stinging sensation.. and another bonus.. the skin around my eyes feel oh so smooth! no greasy after feel.. loving it! :) 

golla backpack

so let's start off with my latest purchase..

i've been wanting this backpack since i saw it in the golla site while browsing their products to show narcoleptic mommy my ipod case.. at the time i didn't know if it's already available in manila since the messenger laptop bag took so long before becoming widely available..
 
then while on my way to fullybooked promenade.. boyfriend pulled me first into igig.. i went straight to the laptop bags section, not really expecting the backpack to be there, but lo and behold, it is there.. unfortunately, only the green and black colors were there.. took me a long time to think about it.. i'm not really very fond of green (though it's shade of green is nice) and the black is not girly (hahaha!).. not to mention the hefty price tag.. :p

anyways.. i decided to let it go then..

then after a week.. boyfriend and i went to v mall.. supposedly so he could buy a dry box.. but who wound up with a purchase? yep.. istudio had the backpack in gray (with pink floral design :p).. yey! but still it took me a while before finally buying it (yep, the hefty price tag)..

but of course, i'm an addict.. so i bought it despite having 3 laptop bags already as of that moment..

and i'm so loving it! it has 3 major compartments.. 1 for the laptop, 1 for documents, and 1 with lots of mesh pockets for all your other stuff.. and i so love a bag with lots of compartments and pockets.. :p

and the other good thing.. i can still put my s3 is camera in its bag in it.. perfect when i need to travel..

and did i mention it's so pretty? :D

 * pic from golla website