Winners for CinemaJam 2014

Congratulations to the winners of the CinemaJam 2014 contest. More contest coming up by next week so stay tuned. Please do not forget to bring a valid ID. Please claim your tickets at the venue. For those indicated with +1, you may bring someone with you. If you're not, please let me know.

Thank you and have fun! Please tag me in the photos so I can regram and retweet!

5 winners of 2 tickets each
1. Lanilyn Besa + 1
2. Monica Ayungao + 1
3. Sheryl Luteria + 1
4. Maritoni Ken Alvarez + 1
5. Jeffrey Escurel
6. Rhodora Nieto

Knorr Lutong Nanay

Knorr recently launched a campaign to jump start home cooked meals by Moms. The #LutongNanay campaign talks about the decline of mothers who do home cooked meals due to the rise in Moms who are now maintaining demanding careers.

With this thought, Knorr tapped some of the busiest Moms in the industry who also manage to still be able to make time for their family. The Knorr Mombassadors are Carmina Villaruel, Delamar, Pia Guanio, and Danica Sotto Pingris.

Danica cooked Sinigang na Pakwan for us and I was honestly amazed at how easy it was to cook. I loved how they executed everything to the point that I'm now wanting to do home cooked meals again for my son.

Thank you Knorr for reminding us that no matter how busy we are, we have a partner who can help make home cooked meals quick and easy. Now, there's no more excuse to not be able to cook for the kids even during the weekend.

327/365 photoblog: Headbandz

Finally found time to play with B and K. I miss them both.

Shellac Nail Polish

One of the things that I have developed an intense love hate relationship with is manicures. I love it because it makes my nails look so much prettier but at the same time, I loathe it because it always gets botched. You see, I do a lot of stuff with my hands and not being able to move it for 1 hour to 1.5 hours after it gets painted is near impossible for me.

Thankfully and wonderfully, this was not the case with Shellac Nail Polish which is under the CND line. Creative Nail Design, Inc. (CND) is the global leader in professional nail, hand and foot beauty – including CND® SHELLAC® brand 14+ day nail color and VINYLUX® Weekly Polish. With CND® products, nail and beauty professionals can discover endless possibilities to create stunning nail art designs, color layering options, fashion trends and enhancements.

So the first thing they do is to soak your nails to make it softer.

After they clean it, they put a base coat and truth be told, the base coat looks very nice already and is something that most people can get away with. It just makes your nails look so clean.

They then put in your hands inside this machine that cause the polish to dry up instantly.

Afterwards, they put in 3 coats of the nail polish to ensure that it would look really good and as you can see in the next set of photos, it looks classier and the finish is so much better.

It dries up instantly and you can just do whatever you need to do without fear or worry that you would botch your nail polish. This is simply amazing.

Thank you so much CND for making this product. It is simply amazing.

326/365 photoblog: Homecooked Meals

It will always be better than the ones cooked outside the house.

325/365 photoblog: Sibling Date

Missing the eldest brother and the eldest sister though. We missed you guys.

CinemaJam 2014

Last year, I attended the CinemaJam 2013 with my siblings and a family friend. It was a pretty awesome experience and we had fun. Much to my delight, I have been invited again to attend CinemaJam 2014 and what's even more awesome is that I get to give away not 1, not 2, not 3 but TEN ... yes 10 tickets to CinemaJam 2014.

From the press kit:

“In line with this year’s theme “Make A Positive Statement”, CinemaJam will also serve as the perfect venue for the unveiling of our newest product, the Crizal Transitions Signature Green. This pretty much complements our vision as a brand in promoting better eyesight and a positive perspective,” she adds.

Now on its second year, CinemaJam, will feature a more remarkable line-up of local acts, fun activities perfect for every clique, art installations, and box-office outdoor movie that everyone will surely enjoy watching. 

Gathering festival-goers from the north and south sides of the Metro, CinemaJam 2014 will happen at the Greenfield District Central Park, Mandaluyong City on November 29, Saturday. From daylight fun transitioning to chill sunset music, to an outdoor movie screening on a giant LED TV and midnight jam, this event is indeed the perfect avenue to simply unwind and have a break from long days of work.

Some of the bands included in this year’s line-up are Franco, Bamboo, Imago, Itchyworms, and Urbandub. While listening to their electrifying music, goers can also check out the impeccable works of art created by different participating art clubs from various universities.

For the movie screenings, families will surely enjoy one of Hollywood’s most romantic drama films starring Amanda Seyfried and Vanessa Redgrave in Letters to Juliet, and box office hit thriller movie Now You See Me led by Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine  and Morgan Freeman.

Amongst all these fun activities, Crizal Transitions hopes to raise the awareness of the crowd on the importance of caring for one’s vision in line with this year’s World Sight Day campaign ‘#bettersightbetterlife’. With this, a free eyesight consultation will be offered in the Optical Village booth, a special area manned by eyecare experts and which will also showcase the latest product innovations from Crizal Transitions 

So, how do you join?

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324/365 photoblog: Lutong Nanay

Thank you so much Knorr for the fabulous event. I am still so impressed with everything and cannot wait to start cooking.

Azta Urban Salon

This is what greeted me soon as I got to Azta Urban Salon. They had a photo of me and they personalized it with my name, blog url, as well as the treatment that I was getting. It was really a nice touch and one that I deeply appreciate.

Even though Azta is famous for their hair color sessions, they agreed to let me have a digital perm because I have never ever colored my hair. I really appreciated that about them.

First thing they did was do a consultation of my hair. They asked me questions about when was the last time I had treatments, rebonding, and the like. They were very happy that my hair was apparently what they would call a virgin which makes the digiperm perfect.

Here is my before picture. As you can see, my hair is very straight. I've had this hairstyle for almost 20 years. I figured, after so many badgering from friends, that it was time for a change.

We started with shampoo. One unique thing about Azta is that they actually shampoo your hair while you're seated in front of the mirror. You don't need to go to the wash area for this.

Afterwards, they wash it off. They then layered my hair to give the curls more body. Here I am with Mr. Jo. Tubato, senior stylist of Azta Urban Salon. When he asked me how I wanted to go about my hair, I said that I trusted his judgement completely which made him really happy. I guess few people do that nowadays but I figured he has to be a senior stylist for a reason.

Afterwards, April, the Junior Stylist dried my hair. They had to ensure that my hair was completely dry because I had virgin hair.

They then place the  Cynos Argan Nutritive Styling that breaks down the chemical in my hair to prepare it for being permed. Afterwards, they place the Number 2 Argan Nutritive Styling Kit which will then perm the hair permanently.

 This is the machine that they use to do the digiperm. It looks scary but its actually not. There is a slight discomfort because you can feel the heat on your nape but if tilt your head a little bit, the discomfort goes away.

The last step is a liquid being placed on your hair to set everything in and then moisturize the hair to ensure it wouldn't dry up.

I love how my hair turned out. It was exactly what I wanted not to mention the fabulous service provided by Azta Urban Salon. I felt so pampered and so relaxed. It was a first for me to just completely trust an entire staff with my hair but I am glad that I did.

I also love the fact that they use only the top of the line products for their hair treatments which is Cynos Inside Hair Care. My hair remains soft and manageable till now.

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For more information on the DigiPerm Treatment that I had and what they used, here you go.