Category: Fashion

I attended the VNC Bloggers Party last June 6, 2009. Here, VNC introduced their company & products to us who blog about fashion & lifetyle.

VNC Manager talks about VNC, their history, products, etc


fashion bloggers (I’m the one in red)

VNC is a Malaysian brand that offers fun, fashionable & affordable shoes, bags & accessories. Being inspired in the makings of well-established designers, VNC offers their own take of high fashion wear from Chanel’s classic & innovative pieces to Emilio Pucci’s taste in geometric prints & kaleidoscopic colors.

I myself is a fan of this brand, I always make it a point to visit their store if I go to malls as I find it sooo uptodate and in trend.

2 Collections were also unveiled to us:

• VNC’s Spring 2009 Collection

• VNC’s Summer 2009 Collection

VNC is a major player in the fashion industry who has branches all over the world including Brunei, Malaysia, Oman, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Philippines, UAE, Thailand & Cambodia. In the Philippines, VNC started its first store in 2003 at Robinson’s Galleria. Now it has already expanded, it now has branches at Glorietta III, Robinson’s Manila, SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, Trinoma, Alabang Town Center, Shangri-La Mall, SM Annex & Eastwood Mall.

Be sure to check it out when you plan to go out and shop

I had my haircut for the 1st time at Essentuals Toni & Guy located at the 6750 Retail Arcade Building in Makati City last June 6, 2009 (right after I attended the Facebook EB vs Con-Ass).

As a background, I usually change my hairstyle every time my birthday or christmas is coming up. So I do this twice a year. For the past 2-3 years, what I did was just to curl my hair during May/June & straighten my hair during December

I wanted something new for my birthday. I wanted DRASTIC change, I wanted to cut my hair real short. A look that people will definitely notice.

I mentioned this to “Aljheal” who is a senior stylist at Toni & Guy. He mentioned that short hair DOESN’T suit me but he’ll cut my hair to a style that will fit me. I trusted him and let him do his magic.

I was totally satisfied, I look better (I think! hahaha) and I felt that my hair has style compared to the dull long hair that I had before the cut was made. Aljheal also mentioned that I might want to have my hair digitally permed as it suits the haircut better. I told him I’ll think about it. Besides, it’s really not that cheap to have your hair done nowadays. He set my hair so I can see how it is if I curl it.

I definitely recommend Aljheal, I loved my haircut a whole lot. You can reach him via Toni & Guy at (02) 812-8559.

The haircut costs me Php750 then I gave Aljheal a Php100 tip and the girl who assisted him Php50. So all in all, I spent Php900.

I’m still thinking if I should go for the digital perm, I’ll do this at Tony & Jackey and this will cost me another Php3,000. I’m leaning towards doing this on December though. Let’s see

There’s going to be a fun event for the kids on saturday! Brought to you by Skechers Kids & Nickelodeon. Spreading the word here

Date: April 25, 2009
Time: 2-6PM
Venue: Bonifacio Global City Open Field, Taguig City (behind NBC Tent)
Entrance fee: None! It’s free

Fans of Dora the Explorer & Sponge Bob Square Pants will be happy to find their favorite characters in Skechers stores. And if you attend the event on saturday, you can get selected items at 30% off.

Here are some of the new product offerings for kids at Skechers:

It’s just sad that I don’t have any siblings or even close to any of my relatives thus I cannot bring anyone to this event. So just passing on to people who might be interested to join the party.

Don’t forget to let your kids join the Surf’s Up game by Skechers, they’ll be able to bring home goodies like bags, sandals. This is surely going to be a fun event for kids!

Enjoy!

Wow! A makeover from a fellow blogger! It just makes it so personal
Makeover session was part of the activities we’ve done on the beauty bloggers event last friday.

It started with Andi Manzano interviewing me on what I’m feeling then because I’m going to get a make over. I actually can’t remember what I answered because it was caught on video camera since it’s going to be televised! I felt that my english sucked big time coz I was too conscious! It’s pretty embarassing hehehe. So if ever any of you will watch Qtube on QTV and see this interview, please don’t take my grammar against me hahaaha!

Next is the makeover itself… Look at Anna‘s makeup kit!!

I cannot imagine, that we need to bring soooooo many products just to be able to put make up on 1 person! haahaha I feel so special. Well, my personal beauty regimen is pretty simple (see my post here).

Anna started with the makeover. She put cleanser on me first then toner then eye make up then blush on and lastly, lipstick. I don’t know how to elaborate it more since I’m not really the type who loves to put make up hahaa. I actually don’t know how but would love to learn and I think having a makeover will help. I’d be able to get tips on what kind of products to put on our face & skin.

Here are the list of products Anna used on me:

• Celeteque Toner for Sensitive Skin
• The Face Shop Clean Oil Free Blemish Balm Cream
• Maybelline Clear Smooth 2 Way Foundation Shade 21
• Ever Bilena Advance Smooth Eyes in Campagne Bright (Eyesahdow Base)
• Estee Lauder Ivory Box (Eyeshadow)/ Tea Biscuit / Cinnamon (Contour Eyeshadow)
• Estee Lauder Eye Pencil (Kohl) in Black – Eyeliner
• Avon Uplifting Mascara in Black
• Ever Bilena Eyebrow Pencil
• Ever Bilena Bronzer (Bronze Ore) – Contour Face
• Fanny Serrano Blush on in Mysty Rose
• Boots N07 Moisture Drench Lipstick in Lipstick Paradise
• In2It Megashine Lipgloss
• Skin Food Lime Secret Shine Pact (20)

And here is me after the makeover

With Andi Manzano (Qtube Host):

and ofcourse, with Anna Tan (Make-Up Artist):

After the event, I met up with my guildmates to play (guess, what?) DOTA!!! hahaahhaa I wish the computer can appreciate the beautiful made up face that is facing it hahahahaha

If you are looking for a make-up artist, you can contact Anna.
Here is her contact details:
Maria Anna de Leon-Tan
mobile: 0917-892-6213
email address: bperfection@gmail.com

It is such an honor to be invited by Lace Llanora (styleandrelax.net) to the great tea party for Beauty & Fashion bloggers! Though I was starting to fill up my Beauty & Fashion section, it is so nice that I’ll be able to grow this section of my blog with activities like this one!

The event started with great great food by Greenwich (I’ll post a separate entry for this one), Greenwich’ manager sharing with us the changes with their services and also new menu items. I really love the food! I wish I was able to finish everything in front of me but after we found out that our event will be televised on QTV for Qtube (airs every thursdays, 10PM), I kinda felt so conscious that I wasn’t able to eat that much hahaha!

We waited for Andi Manzano (host of Qtube) & we started by introducing ourselves 1 by 1. We also took that chance to share our blog and also the reason why we blog about beauty & fashion.

Next, we were asked to share our TOUGHEST fashion experience. I shared my embarassing experience wherein my 4-inches heel broke! hahaha I just shared that when it was broken, I ended up trying to pretend that I still have it. Andi has the power to choose which experience is the toughest and with that, the winner will win Tough Jeans! Earth won! She shared that since her shoe size is really small, it is really such a challenge for her to find shoes and sometimes she has to visit the children’s section just to be able to find one that fits her. Congrats Earth!

Next in line is the raffle! 2 lucky bloggers will be able to win Ipanema!!! And this time, the male fashion bloggers won! Congratulations to Khaz & Dhon!

The main event for me? The makeover! hahahha why? Because I’m the one that they are going to put make up on! Thanks to Anna Tan (lipstickaddict.blogspot.com) for the great makeup! hahaha it’s just so funny that I’ll be able to show off my new look in a DOTA game with friends hehehe. I’ll also post a separate blog entry for the makeover.

Both Anna & I were given beauty products courtesy of Stratworks.

Lastly, we have to end it in style! So ready for a catwalk? my fellow bloggers sure did! But I was just too camera shy that I felt that I was shaking the time that the camera was rolling hahaha. Best pose will win goodies from Stratworks. Congratulations Edelweiss!!

After having so much fun with the event and the food and ofcourse the prizes, Greenwich gave us all giftpacks to go home with.

Here are the Fashion & Beauty Bloggers who attended the event:

• Lace Llanora – styleandrelax.net
• Dhon Jason de Belen & Diana de Belen – runway2reality.net
• Khaz – beautifulthings.tk
• Onin Laurente – styleanywhere.wordpress.com
• Rochelle Sy Chua (Me!) – rochellesychua.blogspot.com
• Anna Tan – lipstickaddict.blogspot.com
• Earth Rulan – earthlingorgeous.com
• Edelweissa – budgetshoppinggalore.blogspot.com

Thanks to Lace for organizing this fun event and also to the sponsors, Greenwich, Stratworks, Ipanema & Tough Jeans. Thanks also to QTV for covering the event. This is one of the memorable experience definitely for me.

More pictures here.