Krissy loves Krispy Kreme!

You know something's really special if it can make me go to far, far away South, especially on my rest day! Earlier today I attended the launch of Krispy Kreme's newest branch in Alabang Town Center with my friend Ed, and we had a really great time! :)

It is actually Krispy Kreme's first branch in Alabang, opened just in time for the beloved doughnut brand's 75th birthday. Wow, just imagine how many people they've already made happy with their sweet treats - including the world-famous Original Glazed Doughnuts - in the many years they've been in the business!

As a Baked Creations Theater, this new store is the first in Metro Manila that serves the brand's signature Baked Creations fresh from the oven, everyday, aside from the other doughnut variants we know and love.

Sinfully sweet delights ♥
Brings back so many memories from my college days!

Souvenirs

Aside from watching the Krispy Kreme crew make doughnuts,

we also had the chance to decorate them!

We were taught first how to dip the doughnut (slowly but surely), and how many times we need to "tap" them to remove the excess. After that we were told we can have any toppings we wanted. Look at how mine turned out. It's imperfect, but it's just as yummy as the other perfectly-made ones :)

Ed trying it out.

I enjoyed the event with these beautiful people:

Ed | Athan and Ava | Celyn of GeiserMaclang | Ana
Megann was also there but we didn't have a photo together.
I also met a lot of bloggers from other niches!

Whoop-de-doo :))

After the event, Ed and I rode the shuttle back to Makati and just hung out at the park just to talk and catch up. The last time I saw him was at the Coke-Bench event! It was a beautiful day, perfect for friends who love talking :) We took LOTS of photos but I won't be sharing them here anymore mehehe. Here is the last shot we took, though:

Sugar rush!

Tomorrow I'll be in Alabang again because our QC office will undergo building maintenance. I don't know if we'll be able to pass by ATC on our way home because the office shuttle is a little strict. Too bad, it would be nice to show my officemates this new doughnut heaven. But all you guys from the South, visit Baked Creations now and indulge your sweet tooth :)

Thank you, Krispy Kreme!
The tin can contains doughnuts ♥ And the Surprise Mug? I'm also intrigued, let's take a peek.

Oh, so that's why it's called a Surprise Mug!
There's a little surprise at the bottom! Sweeeeeeet :)

Big thanks to GeiserMaclang for inviting me :) Happy 75th anniversary again, Krispy Kreme! Cheers to more years of doughnuts and indulgence! ♥

Red hair and purple nails

Alternatively titled: I am Krissy Weasley-Everdeen.

I know it's late and I should be sleeping, but I just came from a makeover session by Benefits Style Salon in Eastwood and I couldn't wait to tell you all about it :)

Located at the second floor of Citywalk 2, Benefits is owned and managed by the lovely Rose Ann Ko. I almost got lost trying to find it, but that's only because I rarely go there and because my inner GPS always fails me. Eastwood is quite far from where I live hence the rarity of my visits there, but I've always been fascinated by it. As I told Keigh earlier, I feel like I'm in real-life Sim City whenever I'm there haha.

I arrived there early and was promptly served with tea and cupcakes ♥

The invite sent us included a list of services we could try out, and my eyes sparkled at the sight of full head hair color ♥ If you may remember, I had my hair colored light brown and highlighted red and blonde less than a year ago and then had new highlights a couple of months after that, but they're gone now, either because of fading or of haircuts. Today my hair went through another transformation, lookie lookie.

My "Before" photo

While sitting there, I was also offered a mani-pedi. I had a hard time choosing which color to paint my nails, but in the end I chose Velvet Rope by Orly. Don't you just love being a girl?

This is what my toes look like now :)

Purple nails ♥

Me being very behaved heehee
Full head base color for short hair costs only P1,700.
You have to pay a visit soon because they're having 50% off major services like rebonding, digiperm, and hair color.

The stylists expressed some hesitation before coloring my hair though; you see, after the dye last year faded away, I am left with my natural color - blackest black. They even thought I dyed my hair black! They were worried the colors will not show, but they still went through with it. My stylist, PJ, was very careful in massaging all parts of my head with dye so as not to miss any spots, leaving it on for almost an hour. It was a bit uncomfortable after some parts of my scalp became itchy, but seeing the finished "product", I'd say it was all worth it!! Here's what I look like now:

Do you like it, like it? :)

If you follow me on Twitter you might have read some of my tweets before saying I want to color my hair purple. I really wanted to dye my hair purple earlier but I decided it's not really "summery". Mehehe. I decided to go with this shade of red because it's unique and fierce. And because The Hunger Games movie is coming up ;p I promise to go through with it after this summer!

Thank you so much, PJ, for making my hair look pretty ♥

I attended the event with these lovely ladies:

Martha, me, Tracy, Rose Ann, Robina, Donnarence

Helga and her highlighter-neon pink hair :)

Tracy, me, Ava, Keigh

Robina and Rose Ann
Robina owns and manages Azta Urban Salon while Rose Ann owns and manages Benefits.
I guess beauty (and love for it) really does run in the family :)

BIG THANKS to Benefits Style Salon and the Ko sisters for having us, and to Kira for the referral :) I super love my new hair color!!! Gotta make sure it doesn't fade soon, but when it does, I promise to return for my purple hair. Next time, it's not only my nails that will be purple ♥

Mid-March

These coming two weekends and the week sandwiched in between are going to be extremely busy so before things get too cuh-ray-zy I figured a quick personal update would be nice ♥ I am so sleepy so I'm not a good judge of cohesion at the moment, so I'll prolly get back to this tomorrow and edit it. Or maybe not. Maybe I'll just let you read my ramblings hehe.

I am doing great, my family's fine, and I've already adjusted to the changes in the office. I won't receive a bonus at the end of the month (of all the months not to have a bonus, it had to happen at the month before my birthday) but it's okay because we received our Pay Review already and everything's looking good.

In other news, I have begun accepting paid posts. I meant to write a separate post for this but I figured I could just include it here. I hope this doesn't affect the way you read my blog. I will include a disclaimer at the end if I will be receiving money for the specified post, and you can count on me not writing about anything I don't believe in. At anytime I feel that it brings more harm than good then I will gladly stop, but right now, I have to admit the money's good. Besides, I get to practice my copy-writing skills AND introduce cool products to you guys. It's a win-win situation, really. I'd like to hear your thoughts, though. What do you think about paid posts?

The reason why the next coming days will be so busy? Aside from work, there are a lot of cool events that are too great to pass up. For example, tomorrow I will go to the launch of a salon in Eastwood where I will get a new hair color. Yay! :) Also, I will attend a photoshoot with a big local brand next weekend and I am very excited about that! :)

KFC Halo-Halo Krushers is back!!! I was devastated (such a heavy word LOL) when I learned they've stopped serving it after the summer season last year so just imagine my glee at seeing it available again!

Anddd my summer is complete ♥

The Hunger Games movie's Los Angeles and London premieres were held a couple of days ago and ohmygosh did you see what Jennifer Lawrence looked like in both events? Gorgeous golden girl! I love her! The movie will be shown in less than a week and I am super excited to see it! Based on the tweets going around, the movie was GREAT! And it really should, because the time we spent waiting for it should be worth it. And because I have already bought tickets to two separate screenings ;p

The golden ticket
Please don't suck please don't suck please don't suck

I already bought tickets to the March 22/ 3:40 PM screening because that is what my friend who I'll be watching it with picked. I was so tempted to get tickets to the March 21/ 8 PM premiere screening though. I was even willing to watch it alone! But I didn't want him to feel bad. So yeah. And then, Angel offered to watch with me! Angel, who will be coming from far, far away South, to watch the premiere with me. Who can say no to that? And so yours truly will watch it twice. Or maybe more, if the movie is really that good. And that, my friends, is why I am broke. As I said before, books, movies, and books about movies will be the death of my bank account.

I feel like I should say something more, but I don't know what. Ever got that feeling when you feel you were about to say something but the thought escaped you? That's what happened right now. So yeah, the thoughts in this post are very scattered so I think I should just stop talking now and then edit the whole thing tomorrow. Or not. Whatever ;D

Good night, guys! ♥

Zap!

Ask my friends and they will all tell you that I'm a sucker for trivia. Conversations with me are peppered with bits of information I have either read or heard somewhere - I am such a nerd ;p I don't know where this fascination for learning came from, but I am thankful because I never run out of things to be in awe of :) For today's lesson (LOL), here are some trivia about our biggest organ, our skin:

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You might find the facial toning exercises useful ;)

It's amazing to see how humanity has evolved just by looking at the timeline above. Can you imagine using sandpaper to exfoliate your skin and smooth scars? I most certainly cannot! It's great that we've already let those dated methods of skin care go!

Now we have a lot of beauty items and gadgets that cater to and target specific areas. Whilst I have always stuck to my routine of facial wash and either day cream or night serum (depending on the time), I admit it would be cool to try other products out there. I don't really have problem skin and I rarely get zits but when I do get a case of the pimples during that time of the month, it would be cool to have the Tanda Zap, a portable device that zaps acne using blue light technology. Just look how far we have come: from sandpaper to blue light technology! So awesome!

Tanda offers different products that all aim to take care of your skin, like acne removal, anti-aging, hair removal, and teeth whitening. They also offer free shipping on all orders in USA and Canada so you better check out the site now!

And yes, the irony of the name of the skincare brand and its translation to Filipino is not lost on me ;p

This is a paid post.

In an mmmbop, gone.

... in an mmmbop, they're not there.

Alternatively titled: When someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I would have written a long post about complete with example situations plus analysis but I'm feeling lazy. Besides, I don't want to bore you with another rambling post LOL. But maybe I'll get to it one of these days...

Happy birthday, Taylor!

See you on the 30th! ♥