September (2019) Haul: Birthday Treats

Hey loves!

My birthday is in September so I usually treat myself with many beauty-related items because they make me happy. Although recently, I have been shopping a lot, but what's different now is most of the items that I got this month are free or given as gifts! Awesome right!? It's like the best birthday gift ever!!!

So without further a do, here are the new items I added in my stash last September...

First off, as an Althea Angel, I was given the privilege of shopping at their website using the rewards points amounting to 5k pesos that they gave me as a gift for my birthday. It was such a great and generous gift. I'm so thankful for this and it's really a great way to be acquainted with more kbeauty finds!

I didn't get the items in one go. I bought them in different dates because I was hoping that maybe they'll introduce new items within the month that I might want to try too. One of the packages I bought early in September, while the next order was done near the end of the said month.

DAWN'S BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY WINNER (2015)

Hey guys!

So last week, I celebrated my birthday. It was one of the best birthday celebrations I have ever had. I had three birthday cakes!!! Woot! One from the office, one from my childhood friends, and another from college friends. I so appreciate their effort to surprise me on my special day/s. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank all of these people whom I love sooooo much!

I really feel blessed with all these people caring for me so in my little way I try to give back such as on this giveaway that just finished last night. I love all my readers who still support our blog and keep on reading my reviews on beauty and skincare products. Thank you so much. 

Now, here's when I announce the winner of this little giveaway I prepared to give back to my readers...

And the person who'll take home the prizes is...

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

Congratulations,

Lea Solsona!

I'll send you an email and hopefully you can reply within 48 hours. Failure to reply will force me to draw a new winner. :)

Thanks to all those who joined the giveaway and supporting our blog! :D 

And oh! Did you guys watch the UAAP CDC? Which school did you root for???

Happy weekend everyone!

Cheers,

DAWN

FOTD : A Happy 26 Year Old Me!

Hey loves

It's my birthday! YAYYYY!!!

I'll be celebrating with loved ones in a couple of hours so the moment I finished doing my makeup, I grabbed my cam and took pictures so I can share with you the look I have right now. :P

So this is what I currently look like.

I chose some of my favorite makeup for today. Here they are...

I'll update the post with the names of every product when I get home later.

As for the eyes, I made a simple nude-mauve combination.

And of course, my favorite winged eyeliner look is there!

 I also used my favorite lipstick, MAC Ruby Woo. My mom always tell us to wear red on our birthdays because it's a celebration. I dunno what culture that's from... is it Chinese or Filipino? Anyway, it's good that my lippie looks awesome with my blouse!

  

 So that's all for now. Gonna go spend the day with the friends and family! Wooot! Maybe I'll blog about my birthday celebrations in a few days. :)

Have a great day, guys! Love ya!

Cheers,

DAWN

Dawn's Birthday Giveaway!

Hey guys!

One week to go and it'll be my 26th birthday! Phew! I'm getting old! Haha! 

Each year has been a blessing for me and as always, I want to share this special moment with my readers as well. So here's another giveaway! Yayyyy!

I prepared a few beauty stuff for this giveaway. They aren't fancy but I hope some of you are interested. :)

The items included are:

Tresemme Split Repair Shampoo and Conditioner Sample
Full size Body Recipe Hand and Body Lotion

Veet Hair Removal Cream for Normal Skin (25g)

Missha The Style Perfect Finish Base in Violet

Skin White Advanced Whitening Soap

Himalaya Herbals Clear Complexion Whitening Face Wash

2 Dewins Q10 Coenzyme Mask Pack

Eye of Horus Facial Bamboo Mitt

Fitness First Bag Tag

Milky Dress Premium Sachet

Too Cool For School Sitzoka Sachet

Terry Sheer-Expert Perfecting Fluid Floundation

The Mechanics of the giveaway are as follows:

- For Philippine Residents only

- This will run for 2 weeks only

- 1 randomly picked winner via Rafflecopter

You can send your entries here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

And there you have it! Just keep sending your entries. Good luck, guys! ;)

Cheers,

DAWN

25 sa 25 Giveaway Winner!

Hey everyone!

Time to announce the lucky winner of my birthday giveaway!

And this lucky person would win all of these items! Yippee!!!!

And the winner is...

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Kai Perianes!

Wooot! Congratulations, Kai! Hope you can check your email and reply to us within 24 hours or else we will have to randomly draw another winner again. :P

Thanks to everyone who joined and celebrated my birthday with me. Hope that you all continue reading and supporting the blog. :)

Until the next giveaway!

Cheers,

DAWN

Dawn's 25 sa 25 Birthday Giveaway!

Hey everyone!

September is my birth month and I'll be turning 25 on the 25th! So just to celebrate this occasion, I prepared a humble giveaway for my beloved readers!

The prizes aren't much but hey! It's my birthday anyway, I should be the one receiving presents! LOL

Anyway, here are the items that one lucky winner can receive:

 A pair of sunglasses from The Closet Queen

A pair of earrings

A purple cocktail ring

Avon Anew Genics Treatment Cream Sample

Nature Republic Argan 20º Essential Toner and Steam Emulsion Samples

Holika Holika Face 2 Change Moist Cushion BB Sample

Beauty Republic Dramatic Green Touch BB Tinted Cream Sample

Etude House I'm Blooming Brightening Wash-Off Gel Sachet

Benefit Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer Sample

Too Cool For School Pumpkin Sleeping Pack Sample

Skin79 Super BB Cream Sample

 Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Shampoo Sachets

 Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair Conditioner Sachet

April Bath & Shower Sea Cotton Scented Body Lotion

5 Nail Art Supplies

Cosmetic Bag

Lenovo ID Lace

 Refresh Big Sip Ballpen

C2 Foldable Fan

Shulong Pink Shoe Laces

The mechanics of the giveaway are as follows:

- Should be a resident of the Philippines

- Only one winner that will be randomly drawn via Rafflecopter

- Will run for one month

and you can send your entries here:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

So send your entries now and celebrate my birthday with me through this humble giveaway! ;)

Happy birthday to me! LOL

Cheers,
DAWN

October Haul (Birthday Haul Part2)

Hello loves!

Did some serious shopping the past few days! It's kinda... errr... many. Some came from GC's I received from people and brands... I'm not that rich to afford all these on my own! Haha! :P

Just sharing them with you so you know what to expect on future reviews. :D

Kiehl's Clearly Correcting White Skin Brightening Exfoliator - Php 1,250.00

Bought this last month actually but forgot to blog about it. :P And yay for free samples!

Speaking of free samples, Helen gave me a voucher from Kiehl's yesterday and I availed it today. I got this Gel moisturizer! Thanks, Helen!

 Happy Skin Shut Up and Kiss Me Moisturizing Lippie - Php 499.00

 Revlon Lipstick in Pink in the Afternoon - Php 450.00

Revlon Color Stay in Brown - 237.50 (50% off)

BeYu Color Biggie Long Lasting Eyeshadow Stick in Creamy Nude

Max Factor CC Cream in Medium - Php 695.00

Etude House Baby Doll Puff - Php 378.00

Etude House Easy Brow Pencil in No.2

Got a CC Cream Sample too

 Tony Moly Panda's Dream Good-bye Dark Eye Corrector - Php 398.00

 Tony Moly Easy Touch Brush Eyeliner - Php 498.00

 Tony Moly Party Lover Coloring  Browcara in Light Brown - Php 348.00

Got samples too—cotton pads and a Tomatox Sachet

 The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil - Php 395.00

 Yves Rocher Gift Set - Php 225.00

Contains a loofa, shower gel, and lotion (both 50ml)

This three are on sale. I only have to pay for the one with the highest price. It's like you get three for the price of one! All three is Php 495.00.

Nature Republic Mango Body Butter Balm 

Nature Republic Fruits Mousse Therapy in Steam Banana

Nature Republic Pleasure Garden Homme Wax

Finesse Mousse Curl Defining - Php 329.00

Watsons Treatment Wax in Yoghurt - Php 219.00 (Buy 1, Take 1)

Vidal Sassoon Treatment Premium Color Care - Php 199.00

Asian Secrets Lulur Body Scrub - Forgot the price but it's Buy 1, Take 1

Lorys Treatment Hair Cream in Shea Butter - Php 185.00

 And finally, I got this all for around Php 538.50 but only paid Php 38.50 because of the GC Pink box gave me during one of their events I attended! Yayyy!

And I also had a Php 1.5k GC at SM Department store that's why I got to get all those hair care products. Haha!

Just comment below what you want me to review soon! 

And that's all! Time to have some rest! :D

Cheers,
DAWN

NOTD : Birthday Flowers on Red

Hey dearies!

Last Saturday was my birthday celebration at My Pretty Nails Salon. You can check out what happened during my special celebration here.

And in my party, my guests and I had manicures and pedicures with premium polishes or nail art! Of course I got the me some nail art!!! Rawr!

Here's the design I picked:

Pretty, huh??????

I soooooo love it! It reminds me of Japanese art for some reason. What do you think?

Below are the nail polishes used for this design:

The design was manually done! Super thanks to Marge who did my nails. :D

For the base, we used this very beautiful base color—China Glaze in High Maintenance! 

and then painted the design on top. It's actually easy to do. Just a fine brush and a dotter and you can do it! :D

And tadaaaaa... 

Super nice, don't you think so too?!

I super love it and my friends in the party liked it too!

I think it suits my personality a lot and the color is just the exact shade as my favorite lipstick—MAC Ruby Woo!

What do you think of the design?

Would you do something like this, if you will, do share them with me! :D

Cheers,

DAWN

My Kikay Birthday Party at My Pretty Nails Salon

Hello guys!

Yesterday was a big day for me!

I celebrated my 24th birthday! This party was a little bit more special since I took care of everything from planning it to paying the expenses. Yes! I paid with my own hard-earned money! :D

The party took place at My Pretty Nails Salon. I actually blogged about this place and their services a few months back.

I'm so glad that they let people reserve the place for parties. This was the first place I thought of to have my party in. The place is cute and intimate and the people were very friendly. I had fun when I was here the first time and I wanted my friends to try it out too. 

Just look at the adorable chairs...

and the gorgeous chandelier!

They even handled the balloon decorations, plates & utensils, and the drinks!

Thank you so much, Rachelle, for agreeing to do this with me and for being so accommodating to all our requests.

Here's me with Rachelle.

Here's the table with our humble food (yes, I didn't plan much for the food... boo me).

Everything I served were sweets that are very easy to eat because I knew that we will have our nails done and can't eat food that tend to get messy.

Cookies, candies, cheesecakes and cupcakes!

There are chocolates too!! Wow, all letter C's! Haha!

And so, the pampering begins!

I got a manicure and pedicure with premium polish + nail art for everyone.

They gave a complimentary foot spa for the birthday celebrant—Yayyy me!

This felt reaaaallly good.

And I also got a very, very, VERY pretty nail art done too! Will post about it tomorrow!

The place was filled with my friends from college and blogging!

It started off very pleasant and quiet...

It got livelier when more people arrived. Look at Sandara, I mean Tellie, doing her Korean poses! :P

Everyone was able to get the service,

and others chitchat while they wait.

After my nail pampering experience was done, I distributed the souvenirs with a game. I randomly picked a name from a bowl filled with the guests' name and asked a question about me. 

We had some laughs during the games. There were even rewards given to the early bird and to the first person to greet me on my birthday too.

Anyway, here's what was inside the souvenir bag...

Some pencils because I just LOVE to draw. I also included a calling card of a design service that me and some friends are doing. :P

Cocktail rings that I handpicked

and 2 soaps for each bag sponsored by HBC! 

Thank you so much, HBC, for doing this! This really means a lot!! :D

The day really was fun and I loved every minute of it. Not only because I celebrated it with dear friends, my school also won the game!! Haha! Go USTe!!! :D

Super thanks to these people for coming...

Super glad to spend this special day with all of you. Hope you all enjoyed the kikay nail experience!

Super thanks for all these gifts tooooo!!! I was so happy opening each and every one of them!! So kilig the whole night!! :D

I felt so overwhelmed with all the blessings and love I received during my whole birthday week. I'd like to thank the people who made all these possible. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

I guess, that's all for now. :)

Cheers,

DAWN