December 29, 2012

New Year’s Eve is coming up soon. What are your plans? We always stay home. I think I did the big new year’s eve glamour bash a bit too much too soon. After all those overpriced countdowns, by my mid-20′s all I wanted to do was stay home and do new year’s eve quietly with my family. This year will be the same.

If you’re like me – and you don’t have a real kitchen (that’s a diff story) – and you’re good at sourcing caterers and food sources, you’d appreciate this. The Farm Organics has some good ideas this season. You have til Dec 31st to shop for these at the meat section of The Landmark Supermarket Makati and Trinoma.

For those who want to cook their own roast, we have a Ready-to-Cook Rib Eye Roast also available in our Landmark outlets, which retails at P1300/kilo

The Farm Organics Ready-to-Eat Roast Beef is available the meat section of The Landmark Supermarket Makati and Trinoma until Dec 31. Only P495 per pack, which includes mushroom gravy. Just heat and eat!

Here’s what the ready-to-eat roast beef looks like once it’s heated and plated. The beef remains sooooo tender!

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December 28, 2012

How is everyone’s holidays coming along? We had a quiet and rustic Christmas getaway. Beautiful. Were home now and like many, we are de-cluttering and preparing for the new year. I had some time to surf the net today. Found some really adorable things – all with alphabets and monograms – in Anthropologie, my site partner. Most of these are marked down on sale.

I used to not like receiving mugs because for a while they became so boring and thoughtless. But these are so cute. I love how each alphabet has a different print. I would buy a few to give as hostess gifts. Homegrown Monogram Mug $8.

I love this! So raw! Women’s Golden Spike Cuff $55.

My girls have been asking me to redecorate their room again. I’m giving myself the first quarter of the year to do it. Nothing major. Just a new bunk bed, haha (major!). Soph is also asking for something Cath Kidston-y. These alphabets are neither simple nor Cath Kidstony but they are cute in a global way. Pinwale Alphabet $7.95

I’m so thrilled about this. I would hoard if I was still planning my wedding. At ours, we gave out potted herbs. These are so cute! The paper is embedded with basil seeds. All you have to do is rip the paper apart, and “plant” the paper into soil. The hammered fork is adorable. There’s another version of parsley and it’s a spoon. Click this… Effortlessly Sewn Herb Kit $9.95 was $16.00

I love pretty dish towels and tea towels. But I have a problem reminding the house helpers that they are different from “trapo” haha. They’re too pretty to get soiled. This one has words from a menu and drawings of lilies. Love! Sunday Supper Dishtowel, Lilies $9.95.

That alphabet charm is designed as twig letters. I used to play with twigs and vines and form them into letters when I was a kid. This is so sweet and the price is amazing! Twig Monogram Collector’s Charm $9.95.

These hooks would come in handy for my girls. Except that we have two “S” girls. Hmm. Letter Hooks $14.00

30% off sale items from Anthropologie during the Semi Annual Wow Sale! Use Code WOW30.

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December 28, 2012

Shop any fashion jewelry or fragrance product and receive a complimentary Oscar de la Renta candle with purchase. Use code: ODLRGIFT. Valid until 11:59pm EST on Dec 31, 2012.

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December 23, 2012

From our home to yours… Merry Christmas!!

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December 22, 2012

This was a big thrill for me. It was my first official event as P&G Beauty Ambassador. And we all had to keep the product top secret. Many of the guests thought I was launching a DAPHNE® fabric softener (nice, but no haha). The words “iconic brand” got them all stumped. I couldn’t even tell my friends what brand we were launching.

When the product was revealed, there was a collective gasp among the audience. It was amazing to witness. We all remember Camay.

Camay was first introduced in 1926 as a “white, pure soap for women.” Camay eventually became known as “the soap for beautiful women.” All around the world, Camay empowered women with confidence and promised them that with every bath “you will captivate him with this fragrance.”

P&G Beauty asked me to walk the guests through each scent — vanilla, grapefruit and rose. This is the similar thing I do when Bench develops my home scent line.

Each table had samples of the scents.

Opus was converted into a boudoir-like setting. Once you entered you could smell the beautiful scents wafting through the air. This is the Creme Vanilla Boudoir. Incidentally all the vignettes were totally “me”. We even have a bed like this at home. Vanilla’s such a yummy scent.

Dynamique Camay Grapefruit Boudoir. A study shows that in the presence of the scent of grapefruit, a woman can be perceived to be 6 years younger than her actual age. This got a lot of reaction when I said this on stage.

And just as iconic as the brand itself, the bathtub has to be part of every Camay event or commercial. This was filled with rose petals.

The guests participated in the fragrance demo. Remember child actress Lindsay Custodio?

In the audience were bloggers Patricia Prieto, Laureen Uy and Camille Co

Media guests getting into the scent thing.

Rajo Laurel and Sabrina Artadi, former Camay girl.

I wore a dress from Religioso in Greenbelt 5.

The event was hosted by Miss World First Runner-up Gwen Ruais and Mister World 2012 First Runner Up Andrew Wolff.

And I was introduced and interviewed by Andrew Wolfe

A week before this event we were in Bangkok together  - P&G’s Anna Legarda, Cosmopolitan’s Regina Belmonte, Tim Yap and Mega’s Suki Salvador.

Us again.

Camay Beauty Bar and Body Wash in Romantique Rose, Dynamique Grapefruit and Crème Vanilla variants will be available nationwide starting January 1, 2013.
Camay Beauty Bar       Php 14.00 (55g), Php25.00 (80g)
Camay Body Wash        Php70.00 (200ml)

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