The Saem Ardent Lady Perfect Cover Pact

This one of the beauty goodies I got from Korea. It's a full coverage foundation pact with spf 30. Relatively cheap it's around 13000 won, they have two shades available and you can only get this in Korea I think so anyway I will be keeping this review short just because this is something that might not be as interesting as others because it would be hard to find, I looked up some reviews online and found none because the Saem is a new Korean brand I think so there isn't that much talk compared to Missha, Skin79 and all that famous Korean brands.

 The packaging is nice, pink and sturdy, not too bulky, the foundation has a hard plastic covering which is good because it means that the product wouldn't go all over the place , there's a sponge inside which I don't use when applying because I find that the product is best applied with fingers because when you use a brush it tends to streak, when you use the sponge it soaks up the product and you end up wasting it.The color is a perfect match for me I have the lightest shade in 21 , the darker shade is 23 but even 23 wouldn't be good for medium-dark skintones because it is still light. Kind of like a tanned version of me when I expose myself in the sun for awhile. It's not that easy to spread all over the face, it kind of reminds me of thin gum where it kinda feels a little elastic but when spread out, it just covers imperfect skin.

swatch

I love this because I don't have to wear any concealer because this is super full coverage and if it isn't enough then you can layer it on to completely conceal blemishes, it doesn't smell like anything, it lasts all day it doesn't cake (except you put on too much as with all foundations) and it's affordable the only con is that it is not available here in the Philippines you can either go to Korea and horde or you can pre-order online which I'm sure there are online sellers that can get this there.

Rating: 5/5

xo

My Fitness Pal

Created by MyFitnessPal - Free Calorie Counter

(This is my ticker to track my weight loss!everytime i log on. pretty cool!)

Anyway,

As I have said on a number of my post here, I have been struggling with weight gain my weight is fluctuating all the time and I just don't know what to do anymore. I cancelled my gym membership and is now using this super awesome app called My Fitness Pal along with Shaun T's hiphop abs and might also try the 360 circuit training soon.. so about this app...

My Fitness Pal is an app for your ipad, iphone and itouch, also available on android. It is basically a calorie counter app where you can log on all the food that you have taken during the entire day and it will track your progress and you will see which food is good for you and which ones make you gain the unnecessary weight.

Once you have created your account it will ask you about your activities, height age and other necessary information to determine how much calories you should have in a day to either maintain or lose weight. Mine is 1200 calories per day. The way I list down the food i eat is i go look for it in their database (by the way, they have the largest database of the foods and their calorie content in all the diet apps on a smartphone i think). It's super easy and it makes me reflect on what I should be eating, I'm literally doing food math in my head.Once you finish logging all the food for the day a message will pop up and say " if everyday were like today you will weigh (insert predicted weight) in 5 weeks" something like that. Like you get motivated just by looking at that, I certainly did. They can also track your workout routine, like you log on, say 30 minutes of cardio, it will give you more calories to consume in a day to balance it all out. They also have a chart on what you consume like 55% protein 30% carbs and stuff like that. They make charts for you too so you can track if you're wait is fluctuating and if you need to change how you eat. You can add your friends for motivation so they can see your progress too :)

if you dont have a smartphone you can visit them here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com you can join too but it will be a bit hard to log the food your taking maybe you can write them in a diary and list down everything you ate when you can :) Same banana :)

Rating: 5/5!

xo.

Mini make up haul

I got some stuff from my auntie who came from the states perfect timing cause I was looking at new products to test out.

I got bonnebell liplites in strawberry parfait it looks like an opaque pale pink gloss. Think mac dress it up in gloss form.

Physician's formula gentle cover concealer in light, it has a bit of salmon tone to it I think this could work for some blemishes and undereye problems

And then I got a nyc liquid liner in pearlized black. I don't think its water proof, it is not super black, has a brush applicator and that's all I can say about it so far :) can't wait to try these out some other day. I would've tested these on my face now but I just got my diamond peel at the Murad clinic at Rustans and they said my face was clogged and stuff so I'm trying to tone down the stuff I apply on my face.


Xo :)

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Off the shelf challenge booklist

I might not make a list for the dystopia 2012 challenge , actually it depends on whether I can list all those down. But anyway here is my overwhelming stash of unread books that will be part of my off the shelf challenge 2012 this plus the books on my ibooks shelf on my ipad. So in the " real books category, I found 40 books : (6 have not been captured in this picture)

• The trouble with twins
• Evernight
• Vita Brevis
• Mixed Messages
• Help, wanted desperately
• Hush,hush
• Perfect strangers
• The mark
• Soul harvest
• Nicolae
• Tribulation Force
• Left behind
• Supernatural Tales around the world
• I've got your number
• The Rose Labyrinth
• Lumayo Ka nga sa akin - Bob Ong (filipino author)
• One Day
• Prophecies
• Haunted
• Restless Dead
• The Carrie Diaries
• Summer in the City
• Prophecy of Days
• Love in time of Cholera
• The Lucifer Gospel
• Good omens
• Maya
• Persuading Annie
• The short second life of Bree Tanner
• The end of faith
• A skeleton in God's closet
• The complete horowitz horror
• Hell's fire
• The castle in the Pyrenees
• Train Man
• Holy blood, holy grail
• Secrets of Angels and demons
• Secrets of the Codes
• Diary -chuck palahniuk
• Fear

So these are only the titles of the "visible books that will be part of the challenge, i would also be including some titles frommy ibooks shelf soon.

LEGEND:

BOLD FONT- READ

OTHERS- PENDING

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Challenge Accepted: Off The Shelf 2012

http://bookishardour.com/off-the-shelf/ <- click the link to enter and find out more.

Will be posting reviews and updates on what i've finished soon.

Here is my off the shelf reading list. These are only for the real life shelf (40 books) i will be listing down 10 more books from my ibooks shelf on my ipad to make the list 50 or more to reach my goal for this challenge.

http://whatsgoingonwithaddie.blogspot.com/2012/04/off-shelf-challenge-booklist.html

This is about getting read of the unread list and the ignored books on the real life shelf, on the kindle or on the ibooks shelf. It's about challenging yourself to finish all the books you planned to read but never gotten to doing it. I have a lot of that sooo I guess I'm in! :)

Challenge Level: On a roll(50 books, any genre)

The second book reading challenge I entered this year.

Challenge Accepted: The Dystopia 2012 Challenge

http://bookishardour.com/dystopia/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-4. <- click on the link to sign up and find out more.

So basically it is a challenge to read a number of dystopian books. Which i'm planning and is (receiving a lot of rave and attention right now)The levels are (if you can't click the link for some reason)

(oh and i'll edit this post or make a new post on the books that i will be reading for this challenge. I will also post reviews and blogs of accomplishment per month or whenever I finish)

Challenge Levels

1. Asocial– Choose 5 books to read
2. Contagion – Choose 15 books to read
3. Soldier – Choose 30 books to read
4. Drone – Choose 50 books to read
5. Conditioned – Choose 75 books to read
6. Brainwashed – Choose anywhere between 76-135 books to read
7. Totalitarian – Choose anywhere between 136-200 books to read

So the level i'm planning to accomplish is Contagion-Soldier. I think i can do it cause this ends on december 31st 2012 so I think i'll have enough time :)

Book Review: Matched by Ally Condie

Not sure but I think this is the first book review that i've ever written for my blog. I know this blog is mostly about random thoughts and make up but I just thought it would also be nice for me to share my thoughts on the books i've read so that those who can see my blog gets an idea of what I love to read, what I hate and what I recommend for others to check out. So from now on I promise to do book reviews too no matter how short because I love books and I love talking to people about them. So....

The first book i'm going to post here is Matched by Ally Condie. Obviously this is not the first book i've read but this is the book that I finished and thought "someone should know how great this book is... And fast." so this isn't a new release or anything i've been thinking about getting this for months now especially when i got into the whole dystopian type of books but i never really picked up until i saw it on my favorite free ebook download site and i thought to myself "it's free, it looks interesting, so why the hell not?" so I did and I just started reading and within a few chapters, I was inlove with it and finished reading in a couple of hours. It's like you know the book is good when you just can't put it down and when you finally do, it's either you are finished or it's an emergency but you keep thinking about the book anyway.

"In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die

Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one… until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow — between perfection and passion."

Source:http://www.matched-book.com/matched-book.html

So there's the summary. It's better if you read the official gist itself than me telling you because i moght spoil everything for you. Lol. Anyway it was a bit similar to the giver which i'm sure was coincidental what with all the setting and all but the story unravels into something different and exciting. I love Ky Markham's character most because he is this humble genius that brings the mystery and the puzzle into the story. Cassia may be the focus of the first book in terms of the story line but she's the confused and i think the most gullible of all the characters. She kinda feels that she is in control because her life and the life of people around her is stable but then she finds out that that is not the case which is why the cover is a girl that is trapped in a glass orb because she was conditioned into an environment where she didn't know that she had a choice and even if she did knew a little, she didn't want to do anything about it out of comfort. Ky is a perfect match for her cause he makes the situation balanced and extraordinary... Atleast in my opinion. Xander, her bestfriend and the one she was supposedly matched to, seems to be the perfect match for her in the world where she is blind and gullible to the ways of the society, i guess that is the world inside that orb and Xander as a match in that life definitely fits the bill.. You know, perfection and comfort forever.. But that's gonna be a boring and unsatisfying life...

To me it is a great book, a little Philosophical which is a definite plus for me, Dystopian like the post end of the world scenario that is being predicted--non primitive but way simpler and strict way of living controlled by the strong and the intelligent leaders, etc. seemingly perfect but with consequences (as usual). I like this better than the hunger games but i just wish that the pace of the story could speed up a bit cause there were some "chill" parts that i think were unnecessary especially in the second book "crossed".

Oh by the way, this is a trilogy like the hunger games. This is the first book. The second is crossed which was just released recently, and the third is reached which is set to be released by october/november of this year.

5/5

Xo.