Spa-rty!

Last Saturday was my first Spa-rty.  Since some of the girls were in the country for a holiday, it was a good time to meet up with one another - where else but at a nail spa.

We held it at Organic Rituals Spa in Annapolis, San Juan where I met up with my fellow nail polish addicts and the Havies (Sheila, Pam, Sol, Smile, Pao, Mindy, Elsa and Therese). We had a wonderful time having foot spas, manis/pedis and the others had waxing and threading done too.  

The place was very cozy and relaxing.   

Zoya Haul & Swatches

I recently got my Zoya nail polishes from a spree by Mhean.

Here's the Holiday Mini-cure kit which contains mini sizes of the following:



Anchor
Armor
Hurry Up
Remove+
Shiloh nail polish (shown below):
- shimmering metallic red



I also got 2 shades from the Flourish Winter collection:

Kalista:
- metallic mahogany brown with gilded sparkle highlights




Shivon:
-metallic rose gold with gilded sparkle highlights and a foil finish




All together (L-R):

mini Shiloh, Kalista, Shivon



Love the few shades I chose and I can't wait to use them. Also, I've read good reviews for the Zoya treatments and the mini sizes are a good way to try them out. At least now I have a set of treatments to use with all my Zoya polishes.

I now have my eye on a few shades of the new Twist collection (Jo, Harley, Malia in particular). Can't wait for the next spree.

Zoya, EG Minerals shade

I joined a Zoya spree since they don't do international shipping.  

The website has a promo that if you buy the Color Lock System kit for $36 you get a whole sampler set of 6 full size polishes for FREE!!!.  You just enter the code VIBE, PULSE or FLOURISH to get any of these 3 collections for free.

I really didn't like all the shades in the said samplers except for a few so I got these instead:

**All photos from Zoya website.

Mini-Cure Gift Set

 (includes 0.25 fl. oz. ZOYA Anchor, 0.25 fl. oz. ZOYA professional nail lacquer in Shiloh, 

         0.25 fl. oz. ZOYA Armor, 0.25 fl. oz. Hurry Up and 1 fl. oz. ZOYA Remove+.)

$15

Shivon from Flourish collection

(metallic rose gold with gilded sparkle highlight & foil finish)

Kalista from Flourish collection

(Metallic mahogany brown with gilded sparkle highlights)

At least I get to try their color-lock system and I get 3 polishes which I like (yes 3 bec. of the 2 FS and the small bottle of Shiloh in the gift set- a red shade which I don't have).

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That's probably it for my Christmas wish-list for now (gotta tighten the belt for difficult times ahead) except for the FS EG Minerals that I still haven't ordered because--- my shade has changed!  

I initially thought I was a Deanna and I was even about to order it the other day.  Good thing I tried the sample again and it was light for me.  I just ordered a new set of samples instead.  Hopefully I get it in time for their BOGO sale.

Day Off

Today my DD and I went to the mall to buy her first school shoes. First time that it was just the 2 of us coz usually hubby is with us or my mom. We both had a fun day shopping LOL!

FOTD:



Camellia Rose V 2.0 Primer
Joppa FC foundation Medium #3
Joppa finishing silk in Medium and Rosey (final)
AL Coquille Powder in Nectarine on cheeks
EDM blush in Apple
Lumiere silk radiance in Winter Silk on cheeks
Lips:
SN l/g in Birthday Suit

I really like Lumiere Winter Silk. I think I'll be needing a back-up of these radiances. They're not too glowy but just enhances the cheeks or gives them a sheen without looking too oily since I'm very oily-skinned.

EOTD:



UDPP as primer
Valerie Beauty flexi in Skin Tight from lashline to crease, dry
Valerie Beauty flexi in Zen, thick-lined dry on upper lashline

(My 1st time to wear eyeshadow after a month or 2. These are also the 1st e/s I saw lying around that's why I used them.).

I bought "some" stuff: undies, Garnier Light Dark Spot Corrector Pen, another Zoya nail polish in Laurie:



I am so giddy with excitement because I found 1 store selling Zoya nail polishes here. I know it is only sold in the US in salons or online at Qtica (aka Zoya.com or artofbeauty.com w/c doesn't ship internationally and Beautyofasite.com w/c does ship internationally but has VERY expensive shipping). I got only Laurie from the Blissful collection because this wasn't a planned purchase. I've been lemming for the Blissful collection for about a week now LOL! I'll get more when I go back to that mall (which is my favorite mall). I also got it cheaper than website prices (well if you include shipping). Only around $7.70 a bottle, woo-hoo!

PS: Hey, Sue! We now have the Garnier Skin Naturals line here and they're really cheap! The Dark Spot corrector, I got for only Php199 (or about $4.60). Their face washes and creams are roughly the same price both for the Light line and the Pure line.

Ahhhh! It feels so good to go out and shop with just me and DD. I must do this again soon.

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FOTD of last Sunday's lunch at the Riviera Golf & Country Club:



Joppa FC in Medium #3
Joppa finishing silk in Medium and Rosey
Blush: Joppa Just Blush
Lips: Aromaleigh lipstick in Perfect
no eyeshadow

It's been raining the past few days now (2 typhoons have passed too) and I guess summer is now over when it's just supposed to be the middle of it :-(

Valerie & Zoya

Got some of my stuff from Sophie yesterday. Some Valerie pigments and Zoya nail polishes.

Valerie Beauty pigments:


Pigments from the Blue Jeans Collection, L-R: SkinTight, Bell Bottom, Bootcut & HipHugger blush


Fortune Cookie Collection, L-R: Arigato, Zen, Pagoda, Lucky Jade


Pin-Up Girl Flexi in Smolder and Starlet Glow

Zoya Polishes:

Akyra (top), w/ flash and w/o flash. It's like a peacock blue shade, very pretty!


Irene, w/ flash and w/o flash. A mossy sage green with gold shimmer. The perfect green I've been looking for.

Both polish shades are from Zoya's Utopia collection and my first Zoya purchase. I am now lemming for more of their shades esp. from the Blissful collection. Yes, I love nail polishes but use them on my toes since I don't put polish on my finger nails. They're also free from the Big 3 (Formaldehyde, Toluene & Dibutyl Phthalate).