BDJ Beauty Bootcamp 2015

When I got the email that I could bring a friend to the first BDJ event that I will be attending this year, I was like "awesome!". I brought my sister with me, it's her first time and she had so much fun with perks, freebies and things that the fair offered. I enrolled myself to 3 beauty class and I had so much fun as well! Learn new tricks and had an amazing but "bitin" class with Bobby Carlos, he is such an effective speaker, no dull moments, everybody was closely listening to everything he says. Too bad I didn't bring any camera on that day, I wasn't able to take pictures of the event itself. Below are the freebies I got from the fair, not including the products  I bought fom one of my fave seller "Ellana". They're on 30% off for all products, all of them which I love. 

While I was updating my BDJ Journal, I saw this:

I can testify thats it's totally true, not a single bella went home that day empty handed :). My sister used to think it's waste of money to buy a journal, but after joining the fair, she now understood why I bought one. Aside from the perks, BDJ really empowers every bella and helps bring out the best in each and everyone us. 

Sunshine Resort in Matabungkay, Batangas

It's our first out of town together but we didn't much have time to prepare and we're working on a budget so our options are very limited, I came across an article from the blog site : Boy Lakwatsero about the resorts and other options we have if we choose to stay at Matabungkay, it's where I saw Sunshine Hotel and Resort. His article about the resort was just brief and the resorts FB page is not updated so we were kinda hesitant at first, the pics from the blog were nice however were not sure if it's updated. Another reason why we had second thoughts about Matabungkay is because of the article from another blogger: poor traveler. He wrote about how littered the beach has become and there were pictures that clear shows how littered the place is.

Regardless,we chose to stay at Sunshine Hotel & Resort.

My Verdict?   5/5 ^___^

Venue - 5/5

we rented 2 rooms for an overnight stay, 1 big room for the boys and 1 small room for the girls, they charged us Php7,500 ( but they gave us 500 discount when we arrived). They didn't ask for deposit, but they reserved the rooms for us, we just kept on checking on them and making sure that the reservation is ok. The pool was clean and look very shallow, but really there's a part that's very deep lol, The whole resort is very neat, clean and well maintained.


Staff- 5/5

they have the nicest staff, we talked to Ate Lucy, she's the one who reserved the rooms for us and gave us instructions how to get there. All the staff were very friendly, nice, accommodating and they gave us the liberty to have fun,  we were loud because its the first time were all able to go on an out of town trip together but they didn't bother, we didn't hear anything from them. There was even a time when we went out for group pic at the beach,we were too excited we forgot about the food, we just rushed to the beach lol, Kuya guard cover the pots for us, he said he covered for food safety reasons.

Beach-  3/5
 it's not perfect but It's not that bad.


** if you want to go on snorkeling or paddling, look for Kuya Michael ( wasn't able to get his last name or contact number),he offers the best deal and he's really nice, hindi sya opportunista :) . He's usually at the beach, the tattoo artist in the beach is his cousin. He offered us water paddling for Php100/ pax with snorkling and Php150/ pax for snorkling using motorized boat. The rafts was offered to us by an agent from the resort for Php1,000 we didn't use it because the rest of the team preferred saying at the pool.

I can send you more pics , shoot me an email  : ice.pajarillaga@gmail.com

Xoxoxo, iCe

Zip and Zest Catering Review

Event: My Godchild's 7th Bday
Venue: La Mediterrenean Clubhouse in Dasmariñas, Cavite


As early as April 2014 we started talkin to my bestfriend's choice of caterer, which happens to be Zip and Zest, my bestfriend is working in Dubai and she wont be back in the Philippines until a day before the 7th Bday Party(sept 2014).Since she's away, I personally talked to the supplier in her behalf, I had a meeting with Ms. Eden and Ms.Lenny for the details, we explained how we wanted the party to be, from the settings of table, menu, designs of the clubhouse to the nitty gritty part of the event.They said yes, we can deliver that, they showed me their recent events and most of their reviews online were all ok, during the first and last meeting Ms Len even said that she was the one who did the decors/design /interiors for one of the offices of BDO ( forgot the exact bldg), So I didn't ask for another meeting because I told they got all the instructions clear. What's my verdict, Verdict?

Communication:  5/5
They will call when they said they will, they will meet up with you on the agreed time and even sent someone to pick us up and send us to their place as were not familiar with their address.

Design: 3/5
They did a good job with the decorations, but still too plain for us, we explained to them how we want things done, they just keep saying " yes we can do it, yes we can deliver that, yes we can provide that.... YES, YES,YES" but on the day of the event itself, its a NO,NO,NO.  We added 100 extra balloons for them to pump and use as decor, as we don't want the venue to be bare, well its not bare, but the decors are very minimal.We gave them a balloon before the event because we want the venue to be really colorful, they didnt use the extra balloons because they're too big (its a size12, theyre using size 10 and 5, the very small ones), we didn't mind that, they explained that they will be giving away the balloons to the guest along with the tokens before they leave ( which they did), it seems that the number of balloons they were able to give away is less than 100, were just wondering where the remaining went since they didn't return it to us.

FOOD: 1/5
It was edible. That's the best way to describe it.The dessert that they're supposed to serve was Buco Pandan, but it already tasted funny when they tried serving it, so they had to take back all the Buco Pandan and stop serving it. In short, they didn't serve dessert, when I asked Ms Eden " So we dont have a dessert?" she answered" we still have ice cream" , which doesnt make sense as we paid  Php200 per head for the catering alone which includes  the viands,rice,drinks and DESSERT,not to mention that the Ice Cream they were referring to was just 2 tubes, which I think was only good for 100 pax when we have 200-250 guest. Thank God, there was a visitor who brought 50-60pcs of cupcakes.I think it was a major ripped off, we paid for a meal package with dessert and they werent able to serve one and they didn't refund us anything.I'm just not sure if it's just me being an OC or theyre just not really into Food Safety, I had to watch the staff chopping the Lechon and remind him every now and then to fan the Lechon ( we are in an open area venue , therefore there are flies present), They're explaining to me its normal to have flies as the venue is an open area - i just rolled my eyes, i'm like duh?I know that, my point is you know its an open are, there are flies then why don't you keep fanning the food to keep the flies away?

Program: 3/5
The host was great, very lively and they both had high energy which made the party an acceptable one. It would've been perfect if not for the fact that they keep using adlibs that are not really true, like major prize for games are : PSP , Gift Certificates to PureGold Grocery and some more other fabulous prizes that really didn't exist, which sounds awesome but really? ( It sounded funny at first but they kept repeating it during the entire  game time which becomes annoyin) ,its very misleading. just like they way they do business.


Photobooth:3/5
Yes there was a photobooth, but the backdrop was an epic fail.It looks very cheap, they couldve just used a white or pink cloth or something plain and more elegant looking than this glossy tarp:

Photo and Video: -1/5
Another major fail, there were only like 100-150 shots and 60% of the shots were either blurred,the eyes were closed, blocking was bad, bad lighting (too dark). They gave the excuse that the pics sent were just RAW pics,it was a mess. Either the celebrants eyes were closed or there some people that cant be seen from the group pic( blocking problems that couldve been avoided if their photographer was using his common sense) and most of the pics are blurred.We called them the very moment we got the raw images, theyre answer:" raw pa lang po yan ieedit pa po", I answered them sarcastically, "ah ok cge baka sobrang galing nyo magedit, meron kayong apps, pang open ng mata or pampalinaw ng major blurry shots". The shots during the event and especially the prep part was so disappointing, I should've just borrowed the cam and took the shots myself, I'm not a pro in photog but I know the basics (take a LOT OF PICTURES!! coz its digital, blocking-its Digital, u can check it on the LCD if someone was not seen or if the shots was blurry!!). I havent seen the video yet and im not even sure if they already submitted it. The event happened last sept 2014, my bestfriend just got the album last january if im not mistaken, and of course the result was an epic fail.

** update: as of today  05.25.2015, the photo "ALBUM" , is not yet delivered and theyre still working on it, they saw this entry and messaged my bestfriend asking why there's a post like this,they said that this post is very unfair because theyre not scammer, My bff talked to me about this post, and i'm like "im sorry but NO I will not take this post down, I wont let them fool another client". My bff told me that Ms Eden said that they can refund Php15,000 but they will not edit the pictures and  video, im not sure exactly what they meant by that.

Over All:  -1/5
We paid roughly around Php80,0000 for the whole package, which includes:

* food
* decor
* venue
* photo/video
* photobooth
* clown/host/program

VERDICT: we felt like we were scammed. Major disaster, they ruined the special event. Don't be fooled with the way they talk, they're not a professional caterer, professional scammer?maybe. Will we recommend them? NO!


My 2 cents:
* never promise something you can't deliver
*misleading and scamming doesn't go too far from each other, there's just a thin line and ZIP and ZEST is somewhere in the middle
* They weren't able to serve dessert, but its included in the package we paid for. If we didn't get it then they should've refunded us the money for the dessert
* The 40 pages album is not yet produced til now. It's been almost a year
* I don't think they're even legit, they didn't provide us any receipt.
* The photos are just really bad :( , shoot me an email I'll send you the raw shots so u can see it for yourself.

WWW BF watch

I saw the watch and decided that I don't need it so I didn't buy it at that time. But after couple of weeks and it was still on my mind, I decided to back to the mall and get myself one.

 I was practicing the money lessons I just recently learned ( live less than your means and the difference between wants and needs) so buying a Php 250 worth of wasn't that easy lol ( I know it's just Php250 but when i was doing the math, stuff like that doesn't cost more than 500 are the reason why card bill shoots up more than I expected). Anyways, going back to this amazing watch.

Its brand name is WWW (I'm honestly not sure what does it stands for, but I know WWW is sort of the women's accessories brand for SM), its strap is made of rubber and aside from the brand, it doesn't say anything else, so I'm pretty sure that its not water resistant or anything like that. It's too cheap for a watch so you shouldn't really be expecting much on the durability features of the watch, but the aesthetic quality is worth more than its price :). It has 3 crowns but only 1 of them is working, like aside the durability functionality of this watch is not it's best asset.The holes in the strap is pretty big for me I have a small wrist, so I had to manually puncture it, but it was just easy as the strap is made of rubber and has jelly like texture. It comes in 2 other color, blue and red. I'm I happy with this watch? YES. I recommend that you buy this watch? YES. I consider this a good deal for the price of Php 250 you get to have a fashionable and elegant looking watch that does its job.

Xoxoxo, iCe

How to use facial paper masks

Below are the steps on how to use these fancy facial paper masks

Step 1: before putting the mask on, I recommend you put it in the fridge for at least 30 mins to 1hr (for a cooler, more relaxing effect )

Step 2: prepare your face -wash and then use your preferred toner 

Step 3: open the packaging, put the mask on, try to lay the mask evenly on your face, avoid bubbles 

Step 4: after 10- 20 minutes ( i keep mine til 30mins ), remove the mask and dispose it properly 

Step 5: do not wash your face! Just let the sticky liquid stay on longer, for the skin to better absorb everything the pack has to offer

What you must remember:

* this facial masks are disposable,for hygienic purposes please properly dispose them after use

* the excess liquid on the packaging can be applied on you neck and hands

Please check out my other article for some of the facia masks I've tried.

Poreless and oil free face by Ellana Minerals

I haven't been doing make up for others for a quite a while now, that's why I a bit doubtful when my soon to be married friend asked me to do her make up for her prenup photo shoot. She was the very reason I started scouting for reliable ammo's. I was a bit worried about 2 factors : it'll be done outdoors and shoot starts at 3 pm on a summer time of the year like this. I've done my research and I've acquired the much raved about items in the beauty blog-sphere,now it's time to put them to test. 

From my previous article I mentioned that I asked for sample for a fairer skin type from Ellana Minerals when I bought a loose mineral powder and a primer. This where I used the freebies I got from Theresa and her friend for my friend's face as she's wayyy fairer than me. The guy who gave me the samples told me that sample are good for one session. I thought he was just exaggerating or something but during the make up session I was amazed how powerful a little amount of each little bag can do to one's face. I used their Lets make it last face primers, HD primers (for shine free proof look) powdered concealer and loose mineral foundation for the face ,Etude for eye primers, eye shadows used are mixed of brown and almost black hue from my very limited set of eye palettes and Maybelline for the red lipstick. 

This  how they look like @start of the shoot

@around 5:30-6:00Pm-ish

I don't know about you but they're faces both seemed shine free to me :) . All I can see is the spark and love in this couple's eyes. And this photos were taken  at the 3rd-4th hour since the start of the shoot.

I was still able to do some lipstick retouch here and amazingly there's no need for a foundation retouch, I just handed her some tissue and some blotting paper, the summer heat is somehow kicking in at this point but her face still looks naturally lovely.

 I wasn't able to do retouch at this point, I've been up for about 24 hrs officially and I'm too tired to bring my make up kit with us @ the location so I just left them in the car which was parked pretty far ( at the point anything more than 10 steps seemed too far..lol)

@around 9:30 to almost 10pm 

All these photos are taken by Mr Paulo Legaspi, to see his work just click on his name or manually paste this link to URL : http://www.pauloclegaspi.com.

Colour Collection- temptress from Sampleroom.ph

I got first my sample package today , a colour collection temptress and tried it right away soon as i got in my room. I've read about the good comments in the sampleroom site about this lippie so I had to get one and see how it works. It was hotter than I expected. I love everything about this red lippie, it smells candy-ish, it glides effortlessly, it doesn't need lipgloss but its not too shiny, its picture perfect and its handy. I will later update this post and will include how long it lasts.