Tomato Launches New Delicious Fragrance Line

 

I was able to attend a Delicious event last Friday, May 20, at Trinoma Mall Ground Floor. TOMATO has just renovated their store there and with the new ambiance decided to launch its new Tomato Delicious Fragrance Line. A lot of people were there and were pretty much excited! I personally didn't know what to do first--take photos, shop, or talk with other fellow bloggers! Of course, shooting photos won out coz as the saying goes -- A picture is worth more than a thousand words.  So here are my 25,000 plus words in pictures! You have been warned!

First things first, the star of the night -- Tomato's New Fragrance Line.  There are actually two fragrance that they released that day. The first one is the daytime fragrance named OOHLALICIOUS!

Tomato Delicious Oohlalicious Fragrance is here to help each girl feel delicious and BE DELICIOUS! Oohlalicious has a subtle yummy citrus tone which I like very much! Being asthmatic, I tend to be very much aware of the the fragrances I use or that is around me and I'm happy to report that Ooohlalicious is indeed subtle enough and not over powering. Its actually my favorite out of the two.

I love its packaging! Its classy looking and so cute! Oohlalicious is in a clear 50 ml bottle with its simple design and the cute silver heart charms that is also yours to keep! It only costs Php 300.00 which is a very affordable price compared to others AND its classy enough to be an "expensive" looking gift you can give to your boss or to your mom or as a Christmas gift to someone this year!!!

Meanwhile, VAVALICIOUS is a night time fragrance which aims to help women express their "innate elegance and class." It is modern, chic, and spicy! The woodsy and spicy aroma wasn't overpowering--its the one thing that I check when choosing a fragrance to wear. Vavalicious' spicy aroma has my thumbs up!

Vavalicious has a more "sexy" packaging so to speak.  The dark red and black makes it look classy and elegant. The heart-shaped bottle gives off a  romantic feel to it especially with the gold heart shaped charms attached to it! The charms can also double as a cute cellphone accessory! And yes, you can definitely gift this to someone who is ready to unleash the Vavalicious inside of them!

Oohlalicious Girl - That's me! :)

After some picture taking, we were all asked to go out of the store to witness the ribbon cutting session to commemorate this momentous occasion! 

There were a lot of people watching and wondering what was happening in the store. It was jampacked! Of course, Team Azkals Anton Del Rosario and Yannick Tuason drew in the crowd and a lot of onlookers. Ms. Earth Air 2009 Sandra Seifert was also in attendance and kept everyone's cameras clicking away!

OF COURSE I had to have a photo with them!

Also, I just wanna thank JEN and JAM who were the people mainly responsible for the invite I got to the Tomato Event. Thanks much dears!

With Jam. Photo by Jen.

Bff shopgirljen! Hehe.. wala kasi pwede mag pic sa amin 2 lang.. 

Besides its fragrance, TOMATO has a lot of other stuff to offer that is chic and affordable for every Tomato Delicious girl out there! Their clothes, bags, shoes and flats, and accessories are all super pretty, eye-catching and easy on the pocket.

Tomato's accessories are just super awesome! I love the fact that Tomato is trying to reach consumers at a reasonable price. As far as I can remember, the rings and earrings were around Php 150. Flats were from Php 400 to Php 500.  Watches and Bags were from 500 to 750 php. 

I love the bag! I got a black version of this bag/

Of course we also had a fun time meeting new bloggers! 

Aie, Me, Ms. Karen, and Krissy

Tatie, Jen, and Me!

Thank you Tomato! Love love love my new bag and the fragrances! 

The Power of Social Media

Credit to Chris Spooner

I've always been impressed with the power of Social Media. But it has never made quite a personal impact on me like this week! This week has been especially hectic for me because I had the privilege of attending several fashion shows because of Philippine Fashion Week. I would have never gotten the opportunity to go if it were not for the power of Social Media!

I was able to get a ticket to the SM Department Store fashion show because of my sister and her line of work which allowed her access to some tickets to give to us. I was able to attend the same fashion show last year. Which is why I had wanted to attend more fashion shows but had no idea how. Until one of my cousins was able to get free tickets to the Cyber Shot Luxe Wear Collection Fashion show after reading a twitter post from one of her blogger friends! Then a day after that, my cousin (who is almost always online and checking out her favorite social networks) joined a contest on Twitter to get that much coveted Oxygen Clothing Fashion Show. We thought all would be lost but then, MAGIC HAPPENED.  @OxygenClothing set up a contest so that the first 50 people who retweets about this event gets an invite! And YES, we three got the invites! 

I'm really glad that I'm now living in this advance age of technology and communication. Who would have thought that Social Media would have this big of an impact on our society – that with just one click, you can access information and people and interact with them! And boy do we love to talk and make our "voices" heard! People are already recognizing the power of Social Media—its ability to make personal and direct contact AND initiate dialogues directly to their market. It’s all about knowing your competition, making the right connections and establishing a social presence.  

Flicker Photo: Laurel Papworth, Gary Hayes

By looking at this chart and relating it to my most recent experience on how Social Media got me, I now see how companies, businesses, and even aspiring bloggers like me can capture their “market.” They all use the social media and the social networking sites to involve and create meaningful connections to people. Once the connections have been made, you want to be talked about! Remember my fashion show story? That’s how they captured US—the market! They made all this buzz about how great their company was and invited people to watch the show – even giving access to the everyday ordinary masses! And see its effects on the online communities! People are now promoting this company, or this business, or this certain item or product  because of the impact that social media has made on them! There is no better advertisement than the word-of-mouth advertisement! And word-of-mouth now would mean this social media platforms that almost everyone has an account on and checks on an almost daily basis.

Now here is the tricky part, measuring and MONITORING your social market campaign. You can’t just create all those accounts all over the sites and leave it and cross your fingers and hope that it works. You have to take deliberate action if you want to manipulate social media to your advantage. This is where NETVANI comes in. Netvani is a social media monitoring and marketing tool that will help you to expand your social presence and do almost everything of what I just mentioned earlier. Its goal is to guide you into discovering your customer's or market's minds and make it easier for you to promote and campaign whatever you or your company is offering. 

Netvani is there to help you monitor your competition, research your market, engage your customers, build your community, and even manage your social web accounts! You can even set up a team who can visit, monitor, and manipulate the available tools on the site. Everyone in social network marketing knows that its all about knowing the right keywords then updating, connecting, and posting on those social web accounts that take up a lot of time (and for some, even money!) and effort. Through Netvani, it makes your life easier by giving you secure access to all of your accounts in one single and comprehensive view.  Also like what I mentioned earlier, its all about connecting so Netvani also provides customer feedback and a quicker way to engaging your customers through the social network accounts you have enrolled in Netvani. For me, one of the most important features of Netvani is that it allows you to view intelligent reports that will give you insight by pointing out areas where you need to improve in your social media campaign. Best of all, Netvani also gives you 30 day free trial account just so that you can have a taste and see how effective this tool can be for you! Social Media is a great tool if we know how to use it. So try this out and see how it will work for you. 

Social Media Quiz and Teacher Personality Test

Out of the million things that I can do on the internet, one of my secret joys is answering online quizzes or tests especially if it is supposed to describe my personality or something about me to help understand myself. I don't know why, honestly.. maybe its the aspiring "career guidance counselor" in me who wants to find out all about this stuff. Anyway, I just thought to share it to you guys and maybe you'd be interested to find out more about yourself as well.

As I was browsing through various blogs that I've followed and encountered, one of the entries by Kira Permunian really caught my attention and I decided to give it a try myself. It was a quiz with a most challenging question.."How addicted to Social Media are you? So I clicked on the image and tried the quiz myself and answered the questions as HONESTLY as possible. And THIS is my result:

71%
This quiz was provided by - BlueGlass - Media Experts

I had to laugh when I found this out. I'm glad I'm not TOO addicted to Social Media. LOL. But the number is still a bit alarming. The funny thing is, I bet there are a lot of people out there who have probably the same number or even a higher percentage than mine. Nowadays more and more people are glued to their social networks and being influenced so much by social media. People now value the number of followers they have on twitter or the number of Facebook "likes" a person has on their own pages. Followers and "likes" are indicators of how much influence or clout an individual has. Oh and there are even companies now who help individuals get that clout through free facebook likes. Amazing eh? Still for me, the bottomline is -- I should really spend more time on real life activities.

Also I stumbled upon this "What type of teacher are you? TEACHER PERSONALITY QUIZ" According to the site, its not really accurate. It is nonscientific and mostly meant for fun. There are several types -- the ditto master, the strict disciplinarian, the fair and balanced, or the popular teacher. Of course my result was the "Fair and Balanced" which definitely made me happy. LOL. Yep, this test was made just for fun eh! Anyway, here was the full description of my result:

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You have the Fair and Balanced Personality:

You are a teacher who students can really depend on to be fair. You are consistent and balanced in your approach. You rarely raise your voice and you almost always treat every student the same. No favortism in your room. Wonderful!

Seriously though...: Fair and balanced teachers make teaching seem easy. They have less disruptions in their classes because students realize that they will be dealt with according to the rules but in a fair and consistent way. If you ever slip up and do something that students perceive as unfair or inconsistent, don't worry - they'll be happy to point it out.
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And if you are wondering, YES, I try my best to be FAIR and BALANCED. I want my students to like me but I also want them to learn! lol. Ok, thats all for now. Time for me to go to sleep. Will be subbing for one of our summer school teachers tomorrow.