The Best Blog Award

Around a week ago, Morbidfrank from Beautiful Rhapsody gave me this award. Thank you! ♥

Morbidfrank is also a law student in her first year just like me! (She can make a mean blueberry cheesecake!) Make sure to check out her blog later, ok? :D

The rules:
1. Link back the post to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 random things about yourself.
3. Answer the following questions:

Blogger Luxury Award

Debbie gave me this Blogger Luxury Award! Thank you very much Debbie!

RULES:
1. Link back to the person who passed you the award.
2. Share 7 random things about yourself.
(Please read the second to the last paragraph of the About the Blog page for my policies on tags.)

7 More Random Things About Myself
(I've been doing a lot of "about me" things lately, so I made a separate label for posts of this nature.)

A Blogger Award from Ayumi + a tiny Status Update

Thanks for giving me this Ayumi! ♥ ♥ ♥

The Stylish Blogger Award

Elaine gave me this award! Thank you!

To accept the Stylish Blogger Award there are some rules to follow:

1. Thank and link back to who gave you the award.
2. Share eight things about yourself.
3. Pass it along to eight other blogs that you’ve recently discovered and enjoyed.
4. Leave those bloggers a message telling them about their awards.

Instead of 3 and 4, I've decided to make this a free-for-all (as usual :P). Anyone who wants to do this, please feel free ♥

On to Eight Things about Myself!

Awards

Sis Jing gave this to me last year, and I only noticed now! Sorry I didn't post it sooner, and thank you! <3

And then sis Sarah gave me this Happy 101 award! Thank you!

Post 10 things that make you happy, try to do at least one of them today.

1. Painting my nails
2. Playing DS games
3. Listening to techno music
4. Having totally random YM conversations with friends
5. Losing weight without putting in too much effort (I KNOW, NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. XD)
6. Blogging
7. Shopping
8. The beagle puppy that my neighbor has
9. Ordering interesting looking things in restaurants (like the Cha Soba at Teriyaki Boy - image from the Black Tie, White Tie blog, not from Teriyaki Boy itself but that's pretty much what the dish looks like)
10. Grocery shopping (Idk why but I do like doing this LOL)

Let's see, I did 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10 today. Half! Not bad!

Catch-up time! Awards etc!

This award was given to me ages ago by Cha from love affair <3. A big thank you to you, pretty! :D

You're supposed to share 6 interesting facts about yourself when given this award, so here goes:

1. I used to be scared of dinosaurs as a little kid. I think it was because my parents took me to a huge animatronic dinosaur exhibit somewhere in Manila, and I freaked out because of all the claws and huge teeth.
2. I hate riding in front of jeeps. They're so troublesome to get in and out of, especially if you're travelling in a skirt. One time I was riding in front and the sidemirror suddenly broke, spraying bits and pieces of glass all over my lap. Terrible. But in contrast...
3. I love riding trains. Yes, even our cramped MRTs. (I find that glaring works effectively to prevent people from invading your personal space nyahaha >:D) When I'm in another country, the trains are often the first things I want to see (and ride in). There's just something about train systems that shows you a close-up perspective of the country's culture. On Hong Kong's railways, you can leave your bag hanging open and not get anything stolen from it. In the New York subway, you can dye your hair pink and dress in all the spikes and leather you want and not get gawked at by people. Someday I hope to ride the London Tube and the Berlin U-Bahn too.
4. I'm currently addicted to Cafe World on Facebook. Would you believe I even employed the multiple stoves cheat just to be able to cook more on a measly Facebook game? LOL, some of you are probably thinking, "Who the hell cheats on a FACEBOOK game?!" but there you have it. I find Cafe World more fun and easier to play than Resto City because you don't need to spend half your time collecting silly ingredients.
5. I think the left side of my face is more photogenic than the right. Dunno why, I just do. Maybe it's because of the "left brain, right brain thing" psychologists and neurologists keep going on and on about?
6. I like dry, crispy adobo better than the regular "wet" kind. I'll still happily eat the latter, though.

And then not too long ago, Martha the BEAUTY JUNKEE gave me this award for having, I quote, a "hot blog layout"!

I'm glad you like my layout, sis! :D

And also, I got myself bangs!

I was getting tired of my old hair, so I decided it was time for a whole new look! I really like how it turned out, even though my blockmates teased me for looking like a little girl when they first saw the new 'do. XD

Prestige lipstick in Sophia + an award from Sofia

I dedicate this review to Sofia, who gave me an award not too long ago and (almost) shares the same name as the lipstick! Thank you for this blogger buddie award, Sofia! :D

Now, on to the product!

Sophia is a pale pink lipstick worth P295.00 at Beauty Bar. It's a pretty reasonable price, isn't it?

The lipstick is neither drying nor moisturizing, and smells slightly of wax. Fortunately, the scent is tolerable. As for its texture, a layer of lip balm is helpful but optional if your lips don't dry quickly.

I was hoping for the pale pink color to be more opaque, but it wasn't. :(

I think Prestige lipsticks are decent enough, but there are definitely better products from other brands. I might still try more colors from them, however, because they have a wide range of colors.

Thank you, Golden!

Wow, four new awards! These were given to me by sis Golden from One Proud Mom, One Proud Wife.

She also gave me the Adorable Blog award which was previously given to me by Shobe of Your Little Beauty Bag! Aww, thanks for this too!

I would like to pass these awards to all my followers:
Khymm of Shopcoholic for Makeup...
Tish of Practical Vanity
ellainedale of My Learning Experience
THE BEAUTY JUNKEE of The Beauty Junkee's Musings about Beauty, Art and Life
makeupjunkie of confessions of an unapologetic makeup junkie
gracie of Gracified Shopaholix
*Nehs* of Nehsai loves N and CHIPIPAY'S
the Girl with Glasses
myjuicyfruit of It's Juicy Time!
RHEN of ILOVEANDREI
Jee of BEJeeJeeFIED
~tHiAmErE~ of on beauty stuff and what else's
Ida of Naturals and Minerals
donnarence of my lucid intervals

Penshoppe Pop Beauty lipstick in Spanish Red + Another Award!

School just started, and I'm already buried in work! X_X Anyway, today we have one of my school lipsticks. If I'm not using Tender Lips, I usually use this together with Mauvey.


This sheer red from Penshoppe is no Wild Cherry, but I still like it all the same.


Even if it's sheer, it still manages to deliver a big pop of color:

Here it is worn alone, under different types of lighting (I decided to play around with shot angles today too XD):

And here it is worn with Mauvey:

There's not much difference, really, but I like to think it makes the color look "nuder". XD

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Also, the amazing ~tHiAmErE~ gave me an award! Thank you so much!

I'd like to pass this on to:

makeupjunkie of confessions of an unapologetic makeup junkie
gracie of Gracified Shopaholix
*Nehs* of Nehsai loves N and CHIPIPAY'S (Cheap, good quality products? I am SO there! Looking forward to getting introduced to more cheap-but-good finds from this blog! :D)
and the Girl with Glasses!

My First Awards!

A BIG THANK YOU to Shobe from Your Little Beauty Bag for giving me these! Much appreciated! <3 (And I hope I got them right. XD)

The Rules!:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his/her blog link.
2. Pass the award to other blogs that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award

Include the award logo in your blog or post.

Nominate as many blogs which you like.
Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the l♥ve and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

Include the award logo in your blog or post.
Nominate as many blogs which you like.
Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the l♥ve and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award

List 7 things that you love, and then pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you love! Be sure to tag them and let them know that they have won. You can copy the picture of the award and paste it on your sideboard letting the whole world know...you are Kreativ.

In no particular order, I love:

1. my family
2. the internet
3. shopping!
4. noodles: Asian, Italian, instant - you name it!
5. hard work and the rewards that come with it
6. experimenting with things, whether they're geeky or girly
7. college
   life

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Now it's my turn! I nominate:

• myjuicyfruit of It's Juicy Time!
• RHEN of ILOVEANDREI
• Jee of BEJeeJeeFIED
• ~tHiAmErE~ of on beauty stuff and what else's
• Golden of One Proud Mom, One Proud Wife
• Ida of Naturals and Minerals
• donnarence of my lucid intervals