I already knew what I would wear the first time I read about it. I bought this really pretty white and pale pink dress from my soul sister Ana's online store way back in September but I haven't got the chance to wear it. I have also been wanting to have a photoshoot with my good friend and classmate-from-college Karlo since I was impressed with the photos he took of us in our Tagaytay trip. I have said this to my friends and I am going to repeat it here, "We are only young once so it's best to wear what we want to wear now and take lots of photos so that when we're already old, then we'll have pretty photos of ourselves to look back to." So yeah, this photoshoot is like hitting two birds in one stone :D

I had the photoshoot last January 23 at UP Diliman. I was actually supposed to go to Bicol that weekend but my Vacation Leave for Monday the 25th of January was not approved. I did not want to waste that one weekend away from work so I contacted Karlo and I am so glad he agreed. My good friend/ officemate Mich also went with us.

Enough talk, here are my favorites from the 100+ photos!

I did my own make-up, hair and styling. Karlo hasn't sent me the post-processed photos yet; I did all the editing. Minimal editing only though, I just did the Vignette, Round Edges and krissyfied Watermark :)

I hope you did not get too tired looking at a barrage of my photos :D  I can't wait to see yours! I think this is a really good way to get bloggers involved (it is a really great way to meet other bloggers!), I hope that there will be more of this in the coming months! :)

Click here for the full details ;)

I have noticed that I rambled on and on in my previous posts, so for now I am going to write a short introduction and then let the pictures (and the short captions) speak for themselves. Ü

I like this day. Aside from it being my weekend (to the uninitiated, my rest days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays), I love how it was oh-so-easy-breezy at work today. 

Dane returned from his vacation in Bicol last Thursday morning (we also saw each other that day but that deserves another blog entry). The famous perfect cone-shaped Mayon Volcano is located in that beautiful province. In our country, Bicol is also synonymous to pili nuts and a trip there will not be complete without trying them. (Backstory: my maternal grandparents are also from Bicol so I am a certified Bicolana even though I have been there just once.) Maybe that is why I like pili-smothered anything? But then again you don't have to hail from Bicol to like these sweets, they are really delicioso!

Today he gave me the goodies he bought for me :)

My friend/ officemate Sasha also came from Hong Kong and she gave me this:

You are both so thoughtful, thank you very much! :)

I missed being Dane's lunchmate the whole week he was away, so today we ate at KFC and had a special treat via Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

I hope you'll have a fabulous and smile-filled week ahead! Ü

So I've confessed here that I am totally clueless when it comes to make-up. I used to just be a powder-and-lipgloss kind of girl and cannot be bothered about any other beauty products before. My philosophy (being a total shoe-addict that I am) was "I don't care if I don't have make-up, as long as I have my shoesss." And frankly, I don't have problem skin so there's no need to cover anything up.

But then, I realized I also want to learn how to apply make-up in case I would be needing it in the future. There's nothing wrong with being a powder-and-lipgloss girl but you have to admit that there are some instances where you really have to be presentable (like job interviews) and all-dolled up (like parties). Besides, how can you not love all those gorgeous colors?

In a little over a year, I am happy and proud that I've already learned (at least a little) how to apply my own make-up, thanks to the beauty blogs I follow as well as the endless magazines I pored into. :D

For the photoshoot I had with my friend and classmate-from-college Karlo for Project Barbie, I did my own hair and make-up. (I am so excited to post the rest of the photos but I do not want to spoil the fun :D)

Here are the products I used:

Maybelline Clear Smooth Minerals Liquid Foundation in W02 Natural Buff

Ellana Minerals Premium Blend Foundation in Cafe Mocha

Ellana Minerals Oil Absorbing Mineral Finishing Powder in Pumpkin Pie Latte

Ellana Minerals Silk Glow Illuminating Mineral Finishing Powder in Pumpkin Pie Latte

Maybelline Clear Smooth Shine Free Face Powder in Natural

Ellana Minerals Powder Concealer in Whimsy

F21 Single Eyeshadow in #06

Nichido Eyeliner in Black

in2it Colourline Eyeliner in Black Glitter

Brown Shimmer and White Shimmer in Eyeshadow Pallette

Avon Mascara

Colour Collection Triple Treat in Infinite Peach

Ellana Minerals Powder Blush in Happiness

Everyday Minerals Blush in Back to School

Ellana Minerals Lip Treatment in Strawberry Kiss

NYX Round Lipstick in Louisiana

Ellana Minerals Liquid Lip Color in Tease

Ellana Full Powder Brush

Everyday Minerals Eyeshadow Brush

Ellana Baby Buki Brush

Ellana Concealer Brush
Non-latex sponges

Sneak photos from the shoot:

Krissy's note: No editing done in the photos except for the Vignette effect and Round Edges frame. :)

Project Barbie will be on February 3!! Click here to know full details ;)

I know I still have a long way to go, and I am excited to learn more!

Now if only the next thing I can learn is how to cook. :D

Here it is!

You're a Doll award

The rules are:

1. Remember to link back to the person who awarded you!

2. Select 5 more bloggers that you think are dolls and link them at the bottom.

3. Tell about a character from a book/ movie/ drama that you like most.

4. Post the picture and title on your blog  permanently if you like.

I originally thought of choosing one of my fictional heroines, Rebecca Bloomwood from Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series. Like her, I also cannot control myself all the most of the time when I am out shopping (or even when I am in the convenience of my own home, doing online shopping). I find her really funny (the books have lots of LOL moments), and think it's awesome that (like all romantic comedies) everything turns  out all right for her in the end. And of course, she always has her boyfriend-turned-husband - the gorgeous Luke Brandon - by her side. It was turned into a movie last year (which in my opinion should have been given a different title seeing as how it completely deviated from the events in the book. Isla Fischer did a great job portraying the role though.) and Ms. Bloomwood's name (and reputation) became even more famous.

"That moment. That instant when your fingers curl round the handles of a shiny, uncreased bag - and all the gorgeous new things inside it become yours. What's it like? It's like going hungry for days, then cramming your mouth full of warm buttered toast. It's like waking up and realizing it's the weekend. It's like the better moments of sex. Everything else is blocked out of your mind. It's pure, selfish pleasure."

- Rebecca Bloomwood

Confessions of a Shopaholic (book)

"When I shop, the world IS better. And then it's  not. So I do it again."

- Rebecca  Bloomwood

Confessions of a Shopaholic (movie)

I wanted to choose her at first. But then again I thought, "Hey, I may shop a LOT, but I am still conscientious. Besides, I do not shop beyond  my means. I do not have a credit card, I pay for everything in cash, and I make sure I do not spend money that I do not have." So yeah, that's one thing we don't have in common. But then again, for all her flaws, I still have to say that she is a very lovable and adorable character. There's a Ms. Bloomwood in all of us. :)

So after that long introduction, I now say that I chose Jasmine.

Princess Jasmine

*image from Google

Okay, this is further proof that I may be 19 23 but I act (and feel) younger than my age (sometimes I want to attend a crash course on maturity XD). Jasmine may not have her own movie (she is Aladdin's  leading lady in the Disney movie Aladdin) unlike the other Disney Princesses like Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Ariel (Belle shares billing with the Beast) but I still like her best. I even wanted to dress like her on a Halloween party we had in Elementary so imagine how upset I was when I learned costumes were only for Kindergartens.

So why do I like her?

Simple! It's because she has a pet tiger! (I have been wanting to have a tiger for a pet for the longest time!)

who wouldn't want to pet Rajah?

*image from Google

I'm kidding of course, that's not the only reason. I like Jasmine because aside from the fact that she's beautiful and sexy, she is also brave, spunky, and knows how to use her sexuality to her advantage. She did not want to be bound by the rules of Agrabah and marry someone she does not love so her family's lineage can carry on having the throne, so she escapes to the marketplace where she meets our dashing Aladdin. And remember how she managed to get the truth from "Prince Ali Ababwa" that he and Aladdin are the same person? And how she flirted with Jafar so he won't see that Aladdin and his friends has come? Oh I can go on and on! And of course, one of my favorite movie scenes ever is in this film - their magic carpet ride while singing A Whole New World is one of the most romantic and sweetest scenes ever. ♥♥

And because my Mother is awesome and  she feeds the child in me, she bought me this book:

Princess Treasury

the book is so thick and heavy! like an old-fashioned story book :)

Table of Contents

The book contains stories of the six Disney Princesses, with illustrations lifted from their animated movies

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Sleeping Beauty

The Little Mermaid

Aladdin

(how cool is it that Jasmine is the one in the cover even though it is Aladdin's story? :D)

there's Jasmine looking grumpy because he thinks "Prince Ali Ababwa" is such a stuck-up :D

"Prince Ali Ababwa" visiting her for a late-night rendezvous awwww

Beauty and the Beast

credits

back cover

Have I ever told you I have like 80 necklaces? These are two of them:

I ♥ Princess Jasmine necklaces

I actually have another one (originally from Disneyland. Pendant is in gold setting) but I wasn't able to include it in the photo x_x

I have two of the necklace in the right (I bought the other one and then Ana gave me that as a gift.)

And here I attempt to channel the Princess Jasmine in me:

except that the only likenesses I can see are our jet-black hair and the color of our tops :D

That was quite long! Now I am tagging and awarding these ladies who I think are real-life dolls!

Cha

Jing

Nikolett

Andhari

Jessica

Manju  
Mel

Abby

Nashe^

Ejannz

Kym

Tiara

Meream
Toothfairy (even though she doesn't accept awards just yet, it would be interesting to see her answer the tag.Ü)

Miss Guimba

Leah

Anagon

Ms Mariel

And Rick, you know I would really want to give you the award as well, but somehow methinks the award is not too flattering for you. Ooh, how about a Ken doll? Then you're in! :D

I hope you are all having a fabulous week! ♥♥

Yay for Mondays! That is the battlecry of this serial. If you were not able to read this post, I said there that I want to start a regular fixture in this blog that will be known as Make Me Smile Mondays, for the sole reason that I want to make you find a reason to smile on a day that you (may or may not) dread (this being the start of another school- or work-week). Ü

Since this is the first MMSM post, I wanted to make it perfect. I racked my brains in the last couple of days  - and even asked assistance from friends - thinking of what I will feature first. And then I realized, hey, this should be about things that make me happy so I shouldn't  be too stressed about it. I should  just go with the flow and wait for inspiration to strike. Weekend rolled, and it did.

Last weekend is one of the best weekends I have had in a looooong time, mainly because I did not have work! As you know, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my rest days so the only way I can enjoy weekends is to file for vacation leaves. I learned to budget my VLs wisely ever since I used up  all of them on the first six months of last year, leaving me with no VLs  for the rest of the remaining half x_x I was supposed to go with Dane to Bicol but my VL for Monday (today) was not approved. So yeah, he's there now enjoying his vacation, while I am here missing him. Left on my own, I tried to look for other things to do so my weekend will not be put to waste.  Thank God for friends, they provided the distraction I needed!

On Saturday Mich and I had a photoshoot with Karlo, a friend from college. What is the photoshoot for? It was actually inspired by Project Barbie! Another valid reason for this: we are only young once, so we better have our pictures taken while we are at the prime of our youth. Ü I can't wait to show you the pictures! They would have to wait for a little bit longer though, I don't want to spoil Project Barbie. Ü

After the shoot I went to my home-city so I can attend my godchild Kaylee's birthday party. It was supposed to take place last week but she got asthma and broncho-pneumonia and was confined in Infant Jesus Hospital. Good thing she's okay now. Because I arrived at 7PM, I was already too late for the mini programme and kiddie parlor games. x_x I was already too late to see Kaylee dressed in full regalia (boo!) so I just took a photo of hers from her mom's Facebook account (they haven't uploaded photos from the party yet).

Baby Kaylee

She turned 1 year old on January 14

It was great to see my friends from elementary and high school again! They are my oldest friends - people I have been friends with for the longest time.

 

Sidenote: Our other classmates created a Facebook group for our high school batch and uploaded photos from waaaaaay back. Gah I was too skinny! I pray those photos won't reach you :D

Here's what we look like now:

me and Carmela

notice  how we kinda look alike?

us three (together with Jeje) were called Triplets back in our COCC days

here I did her makeup with the same shades I used in my face :D

me and Christian

I love these guys!

I ended up sleeping over at Dianne's house. The next day I planned to just laze around  the whole day and Net-surf to my heart's content, but fate had other plans.My bestfriend Jerome did not stop pestering badgering urging me until I said yes to hanging out at his house so I can look at his plans for a new business. (I am so happy that he is so wise with money, unlike me a certain person I know.) Before I knew it I was whisked away to another kiddie birthday party! It is for our classmate Jane's sister Janeil. This time, it was held at Jollibee.

For my non-Filipino readers, Jollibee is the number one competitor of McDonald's here in the Philippines. This picture I got from Tumblr can explain it better:

Who's that fat stupid happy bee? Everyone, meet Jollibee!

If that alone won't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will :D

busting a move with Twirlie

Kiddie Party Krissy :D

Grace, me, Bhade, Elly

me and Ron

I am glad I was able to see my friends and classmates again after a very long time! :) So yeah, two kiddie parties in one weekend. At the age of 19 23? Not bad :D

It got me thinking of my own birthday parties. Apart from my 7th Birthday Party in Mary Jay's Restaurant (after my graduation from Kindergarten, to celebrate my being a Valedictorian),  Debut Party on my 18th birthday and my Pink Positive Party I didn't really get to have kiddie birthday parties. I suppose it would be grand to have a LOT of gifts. And parlor games will be fun! I laughed so hard when Jerome told his twin brother Jonas that they should not stop until they have convinced their mom to let them have a Jolli Kiddie Party as well when they turn 24 this year :D  It got me thinking about what kind of celebration I will prepare for this year. But then again I would really want to buy a new camera so I should just save my money for that. And now I am getting ahead of myself already. Must. Stay. Focused. What about you? What are your fondest birthday memories? Do share! :)

Sorry for the quite long post. I leave you now with my resolution to not gloat about my rest days for the next two days. Mwahaha. Have a fabulous week, everyone! ♥♥