The Body Shop Launches MOA Pulse Store and Lily Cole Makeup

The Body Shop opens its very first PULSE STORE in the Philippines at the SM Mall of Asia. I'm pretty much sure you are also wondering what with all the PULSE? 

Interactive, forward-thinking and focused on beauty and community, our new Pulse boutiques are set to bring The Body Shop to a whole new generation of beauty-centric, values-savvy individuals. Incorporating cutting edge design, top quality materials and natural imagery, the boutique-style Pulse store creates a warm, welcoming space to excite and enthuse people about The Body Shop products and Values.

Believe me its better if you see it and experience it to be able to better understand it. So here's a sneak peek on what The Body Shop Pulse Boutique has for us. 

The store has definitely become more interactive with a lot of their products on display with stories accompanying it. It invites everyone to see, touch, and experience their awesome products.

Always check out the MUST HAVE section! 

Check out The Body Shop Free Makeover and Free Hand Massage sections!
The Body Shop Pulse store will have dedicated Makeup Artist and Skincare Experts who have undertaken rigorous and specialised training programmes to help you look and feel your best. Activating self-esteem has never been so easy!

The splash on NEW BODY MISTS of THE BODY SHOP are one of my favorite fragrances!
I especially am partial to the fruity toned fragrances.
MUST TRY - SATSUMA body mist. Its quite stimulating and invigorating.

ALSO, check out the TOP TEN BODY SHOP FAVORITES area. If you want to get something from Body Shop, you should definitely check out these top ten!

1 - Lip & Cheek Stain
2 - Body Butter
3 - Tea Tree Oil

4 - Spa Salt Scrub
5 - Whitening Cream
6 - Moisture White Shiso BB Cream

7 - Olive Dry Oil Mist
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE!!! :) I super love and recommend this product!!

8 - White Musk Eau De Toilette

9 - The Body Shop Lipstick

10 - Vitamin C Facial Radiance

Oh and THE BODY SHOP is a proud supporter of CRUELTY-FREE INTERNATIONAL!
I signed the pledge to ban animal testing for both products and ingredients.

Wanna sign up?
Check out their site - HERE. 

Here are some CRUELTY-FREE Products by THE BODY SHOP

New Cruelty-Free LILY COLE Makeup! Limited Edition don't miss out!

At the LILY COLE corner at THE BODY SHOP! Pretty pretty items eh!

Of course I had loads of fun with my bff JEN!

Oh and I had to include this.. The Pulse store had this interesting notes that  are quite informative. It was also became the background when me and Jen had a photo at the event.

So happy to have bumped into a lot of fellow bloggers!
Jen, Ana, Krissy, Me, and Miss Danica from The Body Shop!

Look at the awesome SPA FIT product and LILY COLE Makeup products that The Body Shop let us take home to try it out ourselves. Thanks!

Thank you so much The Body Shop for inviting me and my blog Brew of The Day to the Beauty with Heart The Body Shop Pulse Store opening here in the Philippines! Do check out The Body Shop website or facebook for more details.

OOTD: White Dress Experiment

White Printed Dress - Thrifted

Black Coverup - Details

Shoes - SM Parisian

Bag - Bazaar

Accessories - Gifted from Australia

Hey Coffeeholics! This is the outfit that I wore for the Freeway x Celerio event.  If you are my blog reader (thank you so very much btw!) then you would know already of my dislike towards any outfits that isn't black and most especially if it was white. But when I saw this dress at the thrift rack, I fell in love with it. It was the kind of dress and print that I never wear but have always wanted to try it out. So I bought it at around Php 80 (haha.. ooops. I spilled the beans here.. but what's the sense of wearing cool thrifted outfits without bragging about the awesome deal you got in buying it? LOL.. couldn't resist!) without thinking about it too much. That was months ago. So there it stayed in my closet. The white printed dress became the "white elephant" dress. (A white elephant is a valuable possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) exceeds its usefulness.) 


Every time I opened my closet to look for something to wear, I'd always see the white printed dress. It would look so pretty and girly on the hanger that always encouraged me to try it on. Then I'd try it on and check myself out. Ugh. My reactions were always the same! I'd always find fault in it. Maybe I'm prejudiced to white clothing? I always felt that it was off .. that it didn't feel like me.. and that it didn't flatter me at all. Then at the last minute, change back to my usual colors. Very frustrating and time consuming! hehe. So finally, I decided that I will wear the White Printed Dress as an experiment. So that I will quit arguing to myself about it. Besides, I wanted to at least wear one white dress in my lifetime other than my wedding gown. hahaha.. so I did. 


What do you think? Sometimes its really hard to break away from my comfort zone in terms of style and comfort. But I always believe that a little change to try out something different should be done even once in a while. I'll be honest and say that I wasn't entirely happy wearing my dress. Yes, I was conscious.. sa lagay na yan na mega ngitit ako! haha. But I'm glad I wore it. Will I be wearing that dress again? I don't know. Maybe I will finally lend it to my sister who has also been dying to try out the dress as well. 


So Coffeeholics, how about you? Do you have a similar "experiment" dress, shirt, or pants there in your closet? You know, you bought it coz you thought it looks cool then later on couldn't bring yourself to wear it? I challenge you to wear it! haha. I did and I think it wasn't that bad. So do share share  share!

Freeway X Levi Celerio Launch Event

Hey Coffeeholics! Several weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the launching of Freeway's National Artist Fall 2012 Collection Series. It was held at The Row at Greenbelt 5. It was truly a spectacular event as it was the first time that Freeway honors a National Artist in the realm of music. 

In the past years, the series featured National Artists Nick Joaquin (Literature), Ang Kiukok (Visual Artist), Jose Garcia Villa (Literature), Ramon Valera (Fashion Design), F. Sionil Jose (Literature) and Vicente Manansala (Visual Arts). For Fall 2012 Collection of the National Artist Collector's Series, Freeway features the works of National Artist for Music, Levi Celerio.

While I was there at the event, I learned a lot about our National Artist Levi Celerio. His name and face was  a bit familiar to me just coz I remember reading the newspapers about his passing. I also remember watching a show where he was featured playing music using only a leaf! So watching and learning how his love and passion for music has deeply affected our culture and society really left me in awe. I didn't know that he left such a huge legacy to us all. His amazing talent as a lyricist is evident due to the 4,000 Filipino folk, Christmas, and love songs that he has written and later on became so much popular that most ended up as movie titles. Who cannot forget memorable love songs such as Saan Ka Man Naroroon?, Kahit Konting Pagtingin, and Sa Ugoy ng Duyan. I also had no idea that the folk songs that I heard since childhood and have taught to my students were penned by him - Ang Pipit, Itik-Itik, Waray-Waray, Ang Pasko ay Sumapit, and Ako ay May Singsing. His songs indeed made an impact to our culture because his songs cherish life, convey nationalistic sentiments, and even utter grand philosophies. 

To further enlighten and entertain us with music and the beauty of the song and lyrics composed by Levi Celerio, Miss Pilita Corrales lent her voice to the songs that our National Artist wrote. We all sang, hummed, and swayed to the familiar music as she sang several songs that night. 

Giselle Tongi was also there to grace the event as our host. 

And of course, I was able to get a closer look at the Freeway x Celerio collection. Each piece of clothing had a Celerio influence on it. Whether it be lyrics of his famous songs or symbols that are associated to our dear National Artist, wearing a Freeway x Celerio collection will definitely be eye-catching and worth also talking about.

The guys have their own Celerio polos as well.

One of my favorites!

Love the details and vintage feel of this one!
Yes, the design of the sleeves are actually LYRICS!

Music inspired clothing by Freeway

Love this! Perfect for our current weather!

Also had a fun time meeting a lot of bloggers during the event. I was very happy to bump into old blogger friends and make new ones! It felt like a grand reunion. Thanks Freeway for inviting all of us!

with stylist Keigh Jalbuena, Rovie, and Helen

With Jen and Rovie! Ty for this photo!
I just had to post this.. sayang blurred yung una kong photo with glitter girl Rovie! 

Meeting old friends and getting to know new ones:
Top Left: with Mitch and Ann  (missed you guys! tagal na di nagkikita!)
Top Right: with Pepang and Ar-ey
Bottom Left: with Jacky and Jen
Bottom Right: with Kat and Jen

Jen, Sire, Kai, and Earth = The Good Morning CLub on Twitter!

Yay the Good Morning Club on Twitter were able to meet up on this event!

@urmajesty_sire @ilgrifatto @earthlngorgeous @kai_sensei @shopgirljen
Too bad that @fashionweather, @gelleesh, and @petitboyblogger weren't here.
Sana may meetup ulit soon!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FREEWAY!
Love the one of a kind neck harmonica necklace!

To know more about the collection, visit www.freeway.net.ph.  Plus get fresher updates at their Facebook Page (facebook.com/FreewayOnline) and Twitter http://twitter.com/FreewayOnline.

So Coffeeholics, don't forget to check out Freeway's fall collection! I'm sure you'll find something awesome and suitable with our rainy weather. See you around!