Health and Beauty Geek

Contest: Beautynomics Turns Four Giveaway

On March 9th, 2010 by hbgeek | No Comments | Posted in Contest giveaways and freebies

Beautynomics contest alert! Wow, it’s the last day today, I hope I can snag one of the amazing prizes. Prizes at stake are:

Haircare
One winner gets 1 gift pack
4 Schwarzkopf Essensity Gift Packs ( includes a shampoo, conditioner, and texturizing mud ) – oh, I promise you’d love this ! They smell heavenly, the texturizing mud is the best I’ve tried so far – instantly makes your hair looks soft. Like naturally soft.

Fragrance
1 bottle of CK Euphoria perfume – as a CK loyalist, this is definitely an amazing addition to the CK fragrance line – the king of fragrances!
1 bottle of Kenneth Cole Black perfume – too yummy to resist. I’m so tempted to keep this to myself to give to my beau!

Skin Care Loot
( 1 winner for each item )
1 pc PCASkin C-Quench Antioxidant Serum
1 pc. Sunforgettable Perfecly Clear Retractable Brush
1 pc. Obagi Sunblock
1 pc. Colorescience Tote Bag
1 pc. Glytone Facial Wash
3 pcs. of House of Obagi Gift Certificates worth P 1,000 each

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Loreal Infallible Lip Duo Compact: testing

On March 3rd, 2010 by hbgeek | 1 Comment | Posted in Beauty products, make-up

I discovered Loreal Infallible Lip Duo Compact accidentally at Watsons, I was actually looking for Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick because that’s the one I saw from magazine ads.

Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick

Since there’s no SA at Revlon, I wasn’t able to inquire about their testers, the SA from Loreal suddenly offered their own version, Loreal Infallible Lip Duo Compact. If Revlon lasts for 12 hours, the Infallible Lipstick lasts for 16 hours, beat that!

Chinese beauty products banned for containing mercury; Zhen de Shou also banned

On February 25th, 2010 by hbgeek | 3 Comments | Posted in Beauty products

9 Chinese beauty products are found to be laced with mercury that’s why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the Chinese-made products. FDA said that thse products contain the heavy metal mercury beyond the allowable limit of one part per million.

Below is the list of whitening creams/face creams included in the ban:

Jiao Li creams

Styli-Style Flat Liner 24 – a review

On February 20th, 2010 by hbgeek | 3 Comments | Posted in Beauty product reviews, make-up

I’m on a shopping binge lately for health and beauty products, perhaps too much reading the Girltalk forum is BI =). One of the raves is Styli-Style products especially the eyeliners. The girls are raving about it partly because there’s an Ebay seller that sells them dirt-cheap, Styli-Style Flat Liners are Php 75 each!!! Beauty Bar sells these at approximately Php 400. So who’s that Ebay seller?… just search jnlink777.

For being such a make-up noob, I had to search first what is Styli-Style…

Styli-Style Flat Liner 24

Butter up at Beauty and Butter

On February 17th, 2010 by hbgeek | 3 Comments | Posted in Skin care

Don’t you just love facials? Count me in, 2 years ago, I was plagued with severe acne because of allergic reactions but good thing, a few trips to Dermclinic cleared my skin. Facials from Dermclinic involves pricking which I always wanted to skip. i just love the massage and masks part during facials. Beauty & Butter heard my plea when I had my facial at their Megamall branch.

Beauty & Butter, SM Megamall

Leisure 18 Slimming Coffee – a review

On January 20th, 2010 by hbgeek | 9 Comments | Posted in Diet and slimming tips

Leisure 18 Slimming Coffee is one slimming beverage that piqued my curiosity thus made me buy a box to try it out. Since college, I veered away from slimming teas and the likes because the ones I’ve tried before just made me do frequent trips to the comfort room and triggered my hyperacidity.

Last year, I really gained weight and most of the bulges concentrated on my hips, butt and thigh. I wasn’t able to exercise unlike before when I got to participate on running events. My friend, Hazel of Veruca, who’s also my supplier of Cyleina soaps, only has positive reviews about Leisure 18 that’s why I got interested. Leisure 18 Slimming Coffee won’t give you undesirable side effects like diarrhea, palpitations and dizziness. I bought one box from her for Php 220 which contains 18 sachets, good for 18 days.

Leisure 18 Slimming Coffee box

Etude House haul

On January 14th, 2010 by hbgeek | 15 Comments | Posted in Beauty products

Etude House opened its first branch in the Philippines at SM Megamall Bldg. A. Korean beauty product fanatics trooped to Megamall since its first opening day. Megamall is too far from my place that’s why I only get to visit the store last Saturday. Finding the store is easy, it’s located at the ground floor near Toy Kingdom. The moment I entered the store, I was awed, it’s like entering a princess’ bedroom, with insanely pink and blue interiors and girly ornaments and decorations. A princess indeed, upon entering the store, I was greeted by sales assistants clad in their pink/white uniforms with “Hello princess!”.

Etude House Megamall branch

Contest: Skin Food Planner Giveaway from Lizz

On January 13th, 2010 by hbgeek | 1 Comment | Posted in Contest giveaways and freebies

Happy new year! Geez, the geek abandoned this blog for 3 months. Well, part of my New Year’s resolution is to diet, exercise, eat healthy, skin pampering sessions and yeah, write on this blog more. I have beauty products lined up for review especially my Etude House visit at Megamall.

Skin Food Planner giveaway

To start this blog rollin’, let me share to you Lizz Buenaventura’s Skin Food Planner Giveaway. Mechanics is easy, just follow her blog and tell your favorite skin care product by leaving a comment on her blog post, Skin Food Planner Giveaway.

Choosing the right BB cream

On September 30th, 2009 by hbgeek | 4 Comments | Posted in Beauty products, Skin care

With so many BB creams (Blemish Balm creams) out there, it’s difficult to choose the right BB cream that’s perfect for your skin and needs. I ordered different BB cream samples too but like many other BB cream fanatics, I have yet to try other brands to see what’s best for my skin. In Korea, consumers are lucky because Korean stores are generous on giving samples so they don’t have to spend in trying out products. Here in the Philippines, those samples are sell for Php 50-Php 200 pesos but it’s better than buying the whole tube which costs a little over a thousand. My fave seller of BB creams from Multiply, Trinketi, made a chart that can help you choose the BB cream that’s right for your skin. It’s very helpful that I have to ask permission from her to repost this in my blog. Please click the photos for larger view.

Determine your skin shade:

determine your skin shade

Human Heart Nature Shampoo and Conditioner – a review

On August 23rd, 2009 by hbgeek | 6 Comments | Posted in Beauty product reviews, Go Organic, Hair care

Human Heart Nature is a local company that sells organic, 100% Philippine ingredients and 100% chemical-free personal care products. Human Heart Nature products are one of my first few buys that are organic so I ordered trial sizes first especially their shampoo and conditioner. Trial sizes are 50 ml. and only priced at Php 29.75, (less than a dollar). After finishing up the trial sizes, I ordered full sizes, 200 ml., of Aloe Vera Nourishing Shampoo and Mango Butter Nourishing Conditioner both in Mandarin scent.