In one of my attempts of taking good photographs, well, this was the best that I could do a few weeks ago ( until I discovered the beauty of good lighting? hahaha! the picture looked like it was about to rain, but really, it was a sunny sunny day! sorry! ) Does it show that even in photography, I am still smitten with beauty products as my subjects? Oh yes, that’s true!

This was my birthday beauty loot from my friends that I received last June ( well, part of! ) . They sure know what this girl’s mind is thinking!

I received the following :

all’ Olio di Oliva Olive Oil Meditteraneo Mousse da Bago ( Bath Foam )
I received this Italian Bath foam from a friend, and the first thing I noticed was the word, “olive oil” since I use it to cook my steak! Hahaha! Upon opening the bottle, it smelled like a more suave version of my favorite Johnson & Johnson Baby Bath. The plus factors are the moisturizing properties of vitamin-E rich olive oil, and micropeeling alpha hydroxy acids. Can’t wait to use this after I finish my current Nu Skin bath.

Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler
This is my second Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler ( and another friend tells me she’s getting me one, too! I mean, wow! ). I can’t say much about this but…Shu Uemura’s eyelash curler is definitely the BEST for me! I have no qualms on why it is a cult favorite since it produces great, naturally shaped and long lasting curled lashes!

La Cross Cuticle Pusher
I was telling R that I was shopping for my own manicure-pedicure stuff because of the fear that welled inside of me when I watched the Tyra Show that someone really died from an unsanitary nail care procedure done in a salon, and it wasn’t an urban legend. Nooo!!! I enumerated all the stuff I have and she laughed as she said, “you don’t have a cuticle pusher?”, so she got me one as a birthday present. This beauty tool has two ends - one end is a cuticle pusher, one end is actually a tool that you can scrape dirt from your nails ( the backside ).

Acca Cappa Brush
When C gave me this present, I immediately thought , was my hair not neat enough that she’d give me a hairbrush to groom myself more? Hahahaha! The brush , just by looking at it, is so beautiful that you wouldn’t want to use it - a perfect off-white plastic beauty. Then over dinner R tells me that Oprah actually recommends this for having anti-bacterial properties, as Acca Cappa is the authority in brushes. That got me intrigued, as I am inspired to research more of this thing of wonder.

Wow! All I can say is that I had a perfect twenty something ( gotcha, I’m not telling! ) birthday, because aside from the beauty loot that I scored, I feel very happy with my beauty blogging, and the way things are going in my life right now - great friends, and family, definitely included!