Favorite of the Week: Mac Prep and Prime BB Cream

Had this for almost a year now but never used it because I always thought it was too white for me. This was my problem with BB creams, I think they are too white and they're supposed to be make up bases so I still had to put a powder on top just to make my face matte, especially that I have oily skin so I never really liked it because it was too much for me. Tinted moisturizer + face powder is my usual face routine.

I learned to appreciate this product this summer because of the weather!! With the heat outside you sure wouldn't want to leave the house without SPF. That is a big no-no. NEVER leave the house without SPF, you want to protect your face from the harmful rays of the sun. It is recommended to use SPF 15 everyday all year round and my old tinted moisturizer provides me that but since it's summer time and the sun is scorching hot, I switched to MAC Prep + Prime BB Cream which has SPF 35/PA+++. PA+++ is the ranking of protection against the UVA rays so the more +, the higher the protection. I feel so safe with my BB cream since it gives me protection from the sun. If you will be exposed from the sun most of the time, then you should choose a higher SPF and you may need to reapply.

Since I am in field work most of the time now, I stopped applying make up because I'm almost always sweating (EWW! It's hot outside and it's field work ya know!) and it's not necessary to put makeup as it melts away less than an hour after so I opt for just this and I'm ready for the day. No need to worry for heavy coverage after powder because I don't even apply powder anymore. I don't even have to worry about how I look anyway. Ragged look is the way to go!

xx,

Annie

Favorite of the Week: Tian Seng Ube Hopia

I did not plan for the favorite of the week segment of my blog to be all about food but I just can't stop having new food favorites! The next post will be non food, I promise.

One pack of Tian Seng Ube hopia for 18.75 pesos

This week's spotlight goes to Tian Seng Ube Hopia! Since I moved work place, I now temporarily work in a non-office setting and that makes me hungry all the time because of the heat and constant moving. My sister bought snacks for the Chinese engineers who came here to install our machines and I find myself reaching for Ube Hopia almost everyday. I feel guilty for this because as I always say, I'm the Queen of binge eating so obviously, I can eat a whole pack of ube hopia in one sitting less than 10 minutes.

Finished a pack in lass than 10 minutes! Gluttony!

It's not the best tasting snack but I find myself craving for it every day and today, I promise that it's the last day I'll be eating ube hopia as my snack. I promise to stick to my diet and never deviate again or eat unhealthy food. No unnecessary snacking again!

Birthday Plans

If only I can celebrate my birthday the way I want it, I'll definitely plan something really simple. Not that I'm having something grand either. I just want a simple dinner with the people I love and a cake! A cookies and cream cake or just like what I almost always had the past years, mango bravo. Any cake will do but please be a yummy one.

 I remember when I was younger and I actually cried and begged for a cake for my birthday because they weren't getting any cake for me for the past 3 years. HAHA I think that was important for me because cakes are delicious and it's not something we have everyday. Cakes calls for celebration and a celebration as simple as that makes me happy.

I don't want a party for my birthday. Not that I don't want to share blessings, I just don't feel like it. Hmmm Why do I feel like I need to explain myself even if I don't? Oh well. In my mind, I'm planning a simple Chinese dinner with dimsum or Japanese dinner with sushi rolls and sashimi with the people who cares for me and ONLY those who cares for me and those who I care for. Ayaw ko ng saling kitkit. I'm dreaming of siomai, hakaw, lomaikai, steamed spareribs and noodles with soup not birthday noodles. Oh! crunchy tuna rolls and salmon sashimi too! I realize that I miss buffet dinners. Hihi I miss Spirals.

It's near 12 midnight and here I am daydreaming (or should I say nightdreaming? hihi) about food I want to eat. Actually I just want to eat and I'm just making my birthday as an excuse.

So much for planning! It's just my hungry self talking now.

Update to my last post: I decided to not go to Bora instead and just stay here for work. I just can't get myself to go and just leave all my work behind especially now that we are EXTREMELY busy for work. I don't think that I am the most important person in there but I feel like I should be there and leaving for Bora at a time like this is just so wrong. It feels like leaving a friend right when she needs you the most. Okay, I might sound a little OA especially if you don't understand but it's the right thing to do and I want to do the right thing.

To further explain myself, the engineers from China just came here and we are setting up the machines for our company. Okay, I'm not of any help with setting it up but I feel like I need to be there to assist and make sure that everything is going smoothly. I just can't go and enjoy and just leave the job to my boss alone and my younger sister, who is 16 by the way, I asked her to replace me while I go to vacation. See? How can I enjoy in a situation like that? I know I won't so I decided to cancel my trip, Bora will stay there and I can go back whenever.

That's all. Thank you.

PS: I feel so mature. :>

xx,

Annie