ELIZABETH: FOTD Inspired by MARIAN RIVERA

My FOTD Inspired by MARIAN RIVERA! ;)


Sunscreen I used on my face.. SPF50 for face and body from Celeteque..


Foundation I used.. ;)


Concealer from Revlon..



Fake Lashes from Daiso Japan..


Eyelash glue from Daiso Japan..

Face Powder - Maybelline
Face Powder - Careline
Eyebrows - In2it
Lips- Nyx


Live, Love, Laugh,
Beth :)

ELIZABETH: Prenup Makeup (When You Want to Look Fresh Under The Sun)

This post is all about the things I did to make our prenup shoot fun, amazing and awesome! :D

Note that this post is not about bragging but it's about having your dream "prenup" come true without hurting your pocket, or your fiance's pocket for that matter. hehe

About me: I pamper myself the day he asked for my hand in marriage. (So, I could flash my best smile on the big day) aside from that I'm proud to say that I didn't hire anyone for my hair and makeup. Youtube is your bff and google is your sister! Aside from having a sweet fiance, I'm lucky to be blessed to have a girly girl for a mother-in-law (which is a plus if you're doing your own makeup!). She (my then future mom-in-law) helped me straighten my rebonded hair and on choosing the right kind of falsies and the rest was on me. I put my makeup on!

The sun is scorching hot and my secrets?

-Keep it light. You have to look like yourself - the best version of you. Highlight the assets and hide the flaws.

-Primer. Myra E Sunblock. Revlon Primer. Ever Bilena BB Cream and Maybelline Oil Control Powder. Yes, you don't have to buy the most expensive to be your best, you just gotta go and find your HG (holy grail - the product that works best with your skin). If you are doing DIYs, maximize what you have and since you're aiming to be just you, why not use product you use everyday? ;)

-Be yourself. Smile. Not the fake smile that's holding your stomach in or sucking your double chin in smile,smile your genuine smile. Smile like there's no camera following you around and flirt! Flirt because you have all the right! This is where you should do the PDA master's degree level! Hahaha

Other products:

Eyebrows: In2It eyebrow palette

Lips: Simply Pretty balm, NYX lipliner and ELF lipstick in pink

Cheeks: Careline blush in pink

See my nails? No, I didn't let anyone touch my nails, it's pure DIY baby. Stay around to find out how!

Live, Love, Laugh,

Beth

NYX 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette in Champagne and Caviar

NYX 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette in Champagne and Caviar

One swipe swatches

10 eyeshadows - mixed of shimmer and matte - comes with a huge clear mirror and a mini dual sponge applicator. Not bad for Php500.00

After several uses, this is what it looks like now.

Can you guess which are my favorite everyday colors? :P

Very minimal fallouts. I also drop this a couple of times before but good thing the shadows are still intact and the mirror not broken. I threw the applicator away lol and just use my favorite large fashion21 eyeshadow brush for this. Pigmented and not powdery. It don't melt on my lids even without primer and is easy to remove.

I love love love this NYX palette, ain't it obvious?

NYX Cosmetics

After Slimmer's World, we decided to stroll around Megamall to hunt good deals like 50% off sales and newly open stores. One of the latest residence of SM Megamall is none other NYX Cosmetics who opened last November 15! They're makeup products are quite costly compared to online shop but that's because they're in a physical store. Other than that its a makeup wonderland!

We looked and tried and tested their makeup and my sister ended up taking home a pink lip liner and I these...

NYX Eyebrow Shaper (Php570.00)

NYX Jumbo and Regular Duo Sharpener (Php300.00)

Also, I would love to share my love for my favorite everyday palette for Smokey eyes. NYX The Runway Collection in Champagne and Caviar

On wishlist is their matte finish spray and the Nars Orgasm dupe of a blush. Do you know what it is? :P

Makeup Little Tips and Tricks

If you are as busy as a bee, and don't have extra time for vanity and glamour, then these little secrets will help you save time and still look and feel fab!

#Smelling good gives an impression of cleanliness and studies shows that it tends to make people respect you.

How to Have Longer Lasting Scent: Match your lotion with perfume! Scented spray layered with similar scented lotion will keep you fragrant all day long (the first thing that comes in my mind is the Avon matching lotion, body talc,deo and body spray). Don't forget to put your fragrance perfume on a travel size container so you could spray on anytime anywhere!

*Check out Travalo (one item on my travel wishlist) for a fun way to make your perfume travel-friendly! But if you are looking for a more cheaper way to smell good all the time, then Watson's travel size bottle pumps should be your friends!

These are my cutie patootie travel bottles and pumps. Especially important if you will travel by air because only small  bottles are allowed on the plane! :) perfect for lotion, moisturizer,perfume and hand sanitizer! :)

#Oilyness is next to ugliness!

How to Stay Oil-Free: After applying foundation, dust loose powder on your t-zone area (forehead, nose and chin) for added staying power and shine-free makeup, don't forget to put blotting papers on your purse for touch up

*Check out my kawaii blotting paper bought from Market! Market! department store beauty section!

For a cheaper blotting paper, you could use  Starbucks tissues or any hard-like-paper tissue, cut them to your desired shape (rectangular or circular, go do hearts if your artistic enough lol) then keep them in your already-empty pressed powder compact (I prefer to store mine in a compacted mirror just for good measure!), will post about that soon so stay tuned!

NYX Catwalk Eyeshadow Palette Reviews + Giveaway!

Reviews from MakeupAlley.com:

another lovely palette of nyx. natural colors in warm tones, both for day and night. pearly and matte shades together. lasting power is great, which matters a lot to me because i have oily lids.

It works great with nyx eyeshadow base or Mary Kay eye primer. I specially love the pink, it's perfect to get that natural look. I wish I could find that color on the singles.
I would buy this again just for the pink and the other delicious highlight colors!

Wanna grab one for free? Join our ongoing giveaway here!

Five Random Things This Week

These past few weeks are freaking crazy and hyped! Oh goodness, I'm super duper excited and happy that we finally arrived at our house here in Makati! Yay! That means we successfully packed our things to huge boxes! :D And safely headed home. :)

number 1 --- speaking of huge boxes, we had more than 40 boxes, plus the cabinets, study tables, dinning tables, chairs and things alike! :D which means...

number 2 --- time to unload the boxes! D: If packing is hard, then unpacking is harder!!! Geez... I had to put things into their places and change my mind about it and put it somewhere else! And there's this time, when I put it, change my mind, remove it, and change my mind again to have it put again (for the nth time) to the first place I decided to put it. (redundant I know, but heck I'm a girl yow!)

with grannies! :P

number 3 --- my babe can now roll whenever wherever! Said that, I need to give another extra focus and attention to him just to make sure he is safe, within reach and is always comfortable. You know, when he rolled, and he got tired, he don't know yet how to roll back. Hence, he'll just lay down flat face and won't care that he can't breathe because he is too tired to care, he'll just wait for me to see him in his situation and let me decide whether to pick him up or just let him lie there. :3 And of course, he know I'll pick him up! Smart boy ey?

number 4 --- I am designing a new website! Yay! It's taking too long but I'm patient enough... Hopefully, one magical day would arrive where I can show my site publicly! Whew... Clue? It's all about fashion! :D

number 5 --- Hey hey hey! I'm hosting a giveaway! Wanna join in?

Click here!

That's it for now! Watch out for my next post, as I will probably share to you my latest discovery on how to whiten those pearls! :D

One Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway!

Should’ve done this a month ago, but, alas, my hectic schedule hinder me to do so, yet you should agree that it is way better to be late than never, ey?

So without further ado, I give you

Join me as I celebrate my one year blog anniversary through a giveaway! :)

The prizes includes:

Belle de Jour Chronicles Forget-Me-Not Notebook

Belle de Jour Favourites Forget-Me-Not Notebook

Skin Food Emulsion Sachet

Skin Food Serum Sachet

Skin Food Cream Sachet

Skin Food toner Sachet

Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer Sachet

Clean Skin Shampoo

Clean Skin Body Milk

Sue Devitt Whipped Foundation

Anew Genics Sachet

Pantene NatureCare Shampoo

Pantene NatureCare Conditioner

Garnier Light Complete Whitening Cream Sachet

Garnier Light Moisturizing Cream Sachet

Etude House Sweet Look Body Wash

iWhite Whitening Pack

Yves Roche So Elixir Parfume

Mary Kay TimeWise 3-in-1 Cleanser

Mary Kay TimeWise Age Fighting Moisturiser

Etude House O2 White Intensive Serum

Etude House O2 Tone Up Toner

Etude House O2 Tone Up Emulsion

Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner

Kerastase Nutritive Sublimateur Jour

Maybelline Lip Liner #25 Toast

Nichido Lip Gloss in Electra

Nichido Matted Eyeshadows & Blush Palette

False Eyelashes

Mr. Bean Head Keychain

Knitted Cellphone Case

NYX Eyeshadow Palette in Catwalk

Will probably add more goodies while the giveaway is ongoing and I’ll try to update the prizes, if not, well, it would be an extra surprise! Yay!

Get the chance to take these babies home!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Like I said I’m having a frantic schedule lately... What? I’m just juggling my newborn, work and household chores! D: And, did I mention that we are moving out? Yes you read that right! We’re currently on the process of packing our things because we’ll be moving back from Baguio to Makati for good. That's the reason why I'm MIA and super thankful for my android! :D

We already cut our internet connection hence I’m typing and editing this post in a net cafe. :3 I have way too much things on my hand right now, I’m actually starting to panic! Thing is, I originally planned to end this giveaway at the end of the month but it’s impossible for me to check my blog and emails lately, what more on checking the entries, right? I don’t wanna make haste on choosing the winner because I have to personally check if she/he is legitimate by following the mandatory rules just to be fair for those who did it right. Consequently, I decided to just end this giveaway on 6th of January that’s a Sunday and announce the winner on January 7. Winner has 3 days to claim the prizes to be shipped on January 11 and that’s a Friday. J I hope everything is clear enough. If you have more questions about the giveaway, just email me at gerilent @ gmail dot com.

Iambabypanda's Rainy Day Giveaway

It's raining hard like it will never rain again, that's why beauty blogger Iambabypanda decided to host a generous giveaway! :D Yay! :P

There will be not one but two winners for this giveaway which will get either SME Gifts or YGE Gifts! :D

SME Gifts:

♥ The Boys Album by Girls' Generation

♥ Sexy, Free and Single Album by Super Junior

♥ Innisfree Eco Natural Green Tea BB Cream SPF25/PA++

♥ Makeup Forever HD Blush Microfinish Cream Blush in Fresh Pink

♥ Nyx Soft Matte Lip Creams in Monte Carlo, Addis Ababa, Milan, Tokyo, San Paulo

♥ Etude House Highlight Me Body Glam SPF 50+/  PA+++

♥ Dolly Wink Liquid Liner in Black

♥ Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus Mascara 

YGE Gifts:

♥ 2ne1 Album by 2ne1

♥ Alive Album by Big Bang

♥ Innisfree Eco Natural Green Tea BB Cream SPF25/PA++

♥ Makeup Forever HD Blush Microfinish Cream Blush in Fuchsia

♥ Nyx Soft Matte Lip Creams in Monte Carlo, Addis Ababa, Abu Dhabi, Instanbul, Amsterdam

♥ Etude House Highlight Me Body Glam SPF 50+/  PA+++

♥ Dolly Wink Liquid Liner in Black

♥ Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus Mascara

So what are you waiting for, go ahead and join her giveaway here.

I am Beautiful and I Can Rock The World.

Girls tend to compare their-selves with others around them, it's OK and I sometimes cant help myself doing comparison but I am trying not to or at least lessen it... hehe

I am Gerilen Tactaquin-Polon, who used to be Ms. Tactaquin Y Borja.. A happy wife, an engineer, frustrated cook, pilot-wannabe... Vain, but not much. and oh.. did i mention am a camwhore? i go gaga for make up and good books makes me HIGH!

Thinking to myself that I'm beautiful in my own random unique ways. I'm caught up being young and a wife and everyday I try to love my profession and do things I love like scapbooking and squeeze blogging while waiting for my pregnancy to end! :D My life's hectic but I try not to make it toxic and I know just by keeping optimistic and taking things easy I can rock the world! 

Every girl is a princess. Everyone is beautiful own their on unique ways. So instead of killing yourself with jealousy and envy, try to love yourself and

and remember:

Hey everyone, I would like to share a giveaway! The title of this contest and giveaway as seen on the title post is: I am Beautiful and I Can Rock The World. Its for everyone who loves painting their faces just like me! hehe Makeup can boost your self confidence while hiding your insecurities hosted by http://www.gelleesh.com and sponsored by www.dressupgamesforteenagers.us and http://dressupgamesforgirls247.com/ :)

Check out the awesome prizes!

This awesome giveaway will end June 09, 2012! :D Join this giveaway by clicking here!