Two years after I gave birth, my skin's hyperpigmentation didn't fade away even though I tried so many products in hopes to lighten my skin. That's why I'm in search of affordable yet effective products that would suffice my needs to lighten my skin. 

Summer's finally here and I'm sure you can already feel it.

Graduations and recognitions are one of the indications that classes are all ready over. Since classes are over, our kids will have at least 2 months of free time to do whatever they want. I remember when I was a kid, my mom used to enroll me in numerous summer activities to enhance my skills and talents.

Now that I have a child of my own, though he's not studying yet, I'm excited to see how his summer vacation would feel like. So here, I came up with different ideas that you could do with your kids.

1. Take a morning walk, exercise
   Teach them the value of having a healthy body and exercising. Let's face it, our kids are more exposed to gadgets which are obviously not good for their health. 
2. Start making crafts, teach them about art
   I remember when I was a kid, my mom lets me draw and draw and do some artworks, maybe that's how my creativity and passion for art and literature started.
3. Go out, explore the world
   Taking the to walks also teach them to value nature. Teach them how to make real friends not online friends because that's what some kids have been missing right now.
4. Start their very own business
   Open your own garage sale, start your very own 'miryenda' stand and teach them the value of money, how to and not to spend.
5. Go to workshops or sports clinics
   If your kids are more into sports, let them join sports clinics who knows, they could be the next superstar of their favorite sports?

Kickstart Futsal Academy is starting their summer program Futsal Summer Program 2018.

They would teach your little once how to play soccer- basics of dribbling the ball, proper passing and receiving the ball, how to properly shoot the ball and other drills.

Their program will start on May 21, 2018, and conduct 8 sessions every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10AM to 12 Noon. This will be held at Blue Ridge, Libis Katipunan, Quezon City.

Rates:
Early Bird Rate: P 3,000
Regular Rate: P 3,500
Group Discount: 5 + 1 free

Check out their Facebook page or their website for more information,

You can also use my code MHOW4FUTSAL to avail the special price of P2,500 just simply input my code upon registration.

Have a happy summer!

The internet had made some drastic changes in our day to day lives. It made our lives easier most especially when it comes to communication. We can easily communicate to people most especially when they are located overseas. We can keep in touch with them via video calls and real-time messaging applications.

1. Register and get your free U.S. address
   Did we mention it’s exempted from sales tax? This means no sales tax will be levied on the number of your purchases that are delivered to comGateway. Save between from 5% to 12% in sales tax just by having your packages delivered to us!
2. Shop from online U.S. stores
   This is the fun part. Purchase directly using your locally-issued card or use our BuyForMe service on stores that only accept cards issued in the U.S.
3. Ship and waitOnce your packages arrive at your U.S. address, we’ll let you know if your packages are eligible for our weight reduction services. Ship internationally and wait for 3 to 8 business days for your package’s arrival at your doorstep.

• To get the best store deals, always ensure you are on the U.S. website of the online store. 
• Pay in USD because most merchants have ridiculously high ForEx rates.

We all love some gorgeous hair that's why most of us spend thousands of pesos to be able to achieve our #hairgoals but little did we know there are some products that would suffice our needs for a gorgeous hair.


It's been how many months since I used this product from Symply G and up until now, though I've already tried several products some even costs a thousand I would still go back to my trusted brand.

Here is a photo of my hair before I started using this product



As you can tell, my hair is very frizzy and there are a lot of baby hairs because I experienced postpartum hair loss 6 months after giving birth until now actually, having a bad hair made me lose my self-confidence. So I was in the hunt of looking for products that would give me a less frizzy hair.

Here are my photos few months after using the product.



I noticed that my hair was less frizzy and it grew longer, am loving my hair. It feels so smooth and my hair started to get shiny.

One thing that I didn't like with this product is the scent, it's too strong for my liking but I still love it because it reminds me of the powder that my grandmother used to wear, I can't remember exactly the name though but it was from Avon.

I also love how affordable this product is, would you believe that a sachet of the shampoo and conditioner is 7 to 8 pesos each? In my medium lengthed hair, a sachet is good for 2 to 3 uses depending on how frizzy my hair is.


What's really amazing is it helped me cure my dandruff, I've tried several products but my dandruff is still there. Luckily, when I tried the product, at first, dandruff gets worse until it suddenly left my hair. Amazing.

Now, I'm using the pump bottle which retails for over 70-80 pesos each.

I also love how this product has its own shampoo,  back when my hair was not yet rebonded, I can use the shampoo alone because it moisturizes your hair. The conditioner, on the other hand, doesn't produce so much oil compared to other Brazilian and keratin products that I've tried.


My hair was rebonded last February and I really loved the results of the product, I'm sure that using Symply G, this would definitely help me maintain my straight hair.

You may purchase Symply G in all leading supermarkets and Pure Gold nationwide.

Most of us dreamt of owning a house and later hopes to create a family but on top of that, we should always ensure the safety not only of our selves but also our home as well.

We all know that maintaining a house is not as easy as you thought it would be, you have to consider different things like the location and accessibility but the most important thing- the safety of the people who will be living in the house.

Image: Pixabay

Owning a house can also be quite expensive but it will cost your more whenever our properties get destroyed by natural or man-made calamities.

Through Malayan Home Protect Plus, your property is insured.

Home Protect Plus includes:

Home insurance Philippines provides safety of our homes; they would ensure the structure of the house and its contents.

Property insurance Philippines gives a property coverage for the losses of the house whenever our houses will be damaged from natural calamities like fire, earthquake, typhoon, and flood and also man-made catastrophes like riots, strikes, and malicious damage.

It also has Homeowners Insurance Philippines which is a very good thing to consider because this covers the spouse and children in the event of accidental death or dismemberment arising within the period of coverage.

For more information check out http://www.malayan.com

We Filipinos really love to cooking and eating, most of us love to explore different restaurant and if we loved a specific dish or amazed by a restaurant's service, we usually recommend it to our family and friends.

Some people go extra and either post it on their blog, make a video about it or post it on their social media accounts.


I recently heard about Forky Philippines. It is an online hub for foodies which will give you a taste of the best food from restaurants, review and be rewarded and for restaurateurs to give voice and advertise it for free.

Forky PH promotes small and medium local restaurants in Metro Manila that includes key cities located in the Philippines such as Baguio City, Ilocos, Iloilo City, Zambales, Bulacan, Antipolo, Batangas, Tagaytay City, Quezon, Laguna, Cebu City, Bohol, Davao City, Pangasinan.


Started in January 2018, Forky PH visions to let food lovers eat the best food in town, review and give honest feedback about the food and restaurant and be rewarded by eating and doing a review. Thus, it aims to share stories of restaurants that will surely satisfy any foodies taste buds.

To know more about what they are cooking, just go to www.forky.com.ph


Eat, Snap and Win with Forky PH!

Here’s how to join:

1. Send your photo to Forky PH’s Facebook Page. It may be food or restaurant. Indicate the name of the resto or the food.
2. Photos will be posted to Forky PH’s Facebook Page. Let your family and friends like your photo.
3. The most number of likes will win Vikings Buffet for 2.
4. Promo is from April 9 to May 9, 2018

Don't forget to follow and like them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @ForkyPH.

Gone are the days wherein women are only considered as "homemakers" and "plain housewives". Today, we now celebrate being a woman and how we acquired the skills normally men have. We are not just staying in our comfort zone but rather we're eager to try more and be adventurous. This definitely changed our lives and how society sees us which is a very good impression to our younger generation to see and hopefully acquire.

Over this years,  L’Oréal has been one of the partners of women towards a more beautiful life; they have also opened different opportunities towards their career paths. One of which is their project called "Beauty For a Better Life" which aims to create a long-term social impact most especially to women who are in vulnerable social or economic situations.


Launched last April 2017, L’Oréal Philippines' Beauty For a Better Life had completed one year of full training for three batches of beneficiaries. Since then, there are already 62 batches from the Philippines that had opportunities to get themselves into jobs and some even had their own businesses in the field of hair dressings.


Led by the  L’Oréal Foundation, Beauty For a Better Life is deployed in 27 countries globally and is one of the Foundation's key programs to empower women in situations of social and economic instability by training them for careers in the beauty sector. For its first run, L’Oréal Philippines, along with its partner organization Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), decided to focus on training women within one barangay to allow for growth within the community and co-empowerment among themselves.


This amazing program was first brought to Barangay Sto. Niño in Marikina as one of the priority areas for unemployment.

Up to now, there are already 62 individuals who have completed the program, 22 of them came from the third batch who graduated this April 2018. Each batch of beneficiaries went through daily classroom sessions in Barangay Hall that went for three months wherein they were taught different hairdressing skills like blow drying, hair coloring, hair cutting and application of different hair treatments under the supervision of  L’Oréal Philippines trainers. They were also exposed to a one-week internship in  L’Oréal's partner salons across Metro Manila to practice actual hairdressing jobs and potentially further their career options.



“We believe in the power of beauty to change lives, and Beauty For a Better Life expands the definition of beauty by using it a way to provide skills and livelihood opportunities to those most in need. A renewed sense of self-confidence, dignity, and motivation are fundamental changes that we see in our graduates and it is our hope and vision that Beauty For a Better Life empowers these women to gain a better quality of life through increased access to livelihood opportunities, and thereby becoming socially and economically empowered to also serve as beacons of hope for their own families and communities”, shares Carmel Valencia, L’Oréal Philippines Corporate Communication Manager.


April 3 signals a new chapter for the program as it celebrates all the beneficiaries from Brgy. Sto. Niño including the latest set of graduates and also gives way for the turning over of the program to a new barangay in Marikina. “It is truly heartwarming to see the hope that the program has brought about to the lives of the women (and men) of Brgy. Sto. Niño. For the next cycle of Beauty For a Better Life, we are hoping that we will also open opportunities to individuals from Brgy. Dela Peña and continue our advocacy of changing lives through beauty,” concludes Ms. Valencia.


On April 4, the first batch of beneficiaries from Barangay Dela Peña will begin their training.

About Beauty for a Better Life
From 2009 to 2012, L’Oréal Philippines mounted the annual ‘Bigay Daan’ program which taught hairdressing and makeup skills to over 300 unemployed women in Pasig over four years.   

In 2017, L’Oréal Philippines relaunched the program under a new name, ‘Beauty For a Better Life’.  Led by the L’Oréal Foundation and implemented in different countries across the globe, ‘Beauty For a Better Life’ continues to empower and change the lives of women through developing their self-confidence and providing them with an opportunity for a better life. Acknowledging that having a ‘better life’ may mean different things to different people in different cultures, the Foundation gives its counterparts in different countries the liberty to design the program to be more appropriate and relevant to the local context.

About L’Oréal Philippines
L’Oréal has devoted itself to beauty for over 100 years. With its unique international portfolio of 34 diverse and complementary brands, the Group generated sales amounting to 25.8 billion euros in 2016 and employs 89,300 people worldwide. As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores, hair salons, travel retail, branded retail and e-commerce. Research and innovation are at the core of L’Oréal’s strategy, working to meet beauty aspirations all over the world. L’Oréal’s sustainability commitment for 2020 “Sharing Beauty With All” sets out ambitious sustainable development objectives across the Group’s value chain.

L’Oréal Philippines has been present in the country as a wholly owned subsidiary of L’Oréal since 1994. Based on the unique and diverse beauty needs of every Filipino, L’Oreal Philippines manages a portfolio of the most technologically advanced brands across several beauty categories and present across all beauty channels, including L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline New York, Garnier, Nyx Professional Make Up, Kiehl’s, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Guy Laroche, L’Oréal Professionnel, Kérastase, and Matrix.

As one of the big beauty players in the country, L’Oréal Philippines has also made its contributions as a good corporate citizen to the country over its 25 years of presence. It is our priority and commitment to reduce the impact of our activity on the planet and bolster positive socio-economic impact on the lives of people and communities in the Philippines. This has been done through our various philanthropic activities such as “Beauty For a Better Life,” and “Citizen Day.”

About L'Oréal 
L’Oréal has devoted itself to beauty for over 100 years. With its unique international portfolio of 34 diverse and complementary brands, the Group generated sales amounting to 26.02 billion euros in 2017 and employs 82 600 people worldwide. As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores, hair salons, travel retail, branded retail and e-commerce. Research and innovation, and a dedicated research team of 3 885 people, are at the core of L’Oréal’s strategy, working to meet beauty aspirations all over the world. L’Oréal’s sustainability commitment for 2020 “Sharing Beauty With All” sets out ambitious sustainable development objectives across the Group’s value chain.
For more information: http://mediaroom.loreal.com/en/

One of the things I would love to achieve is a flawless skin, what I mean by flawless is a skin that doesn't have any bumps, acne or marks but as I grew older and these things called 'stress' and 'sleepless nights' it made my skin on its worse condition leaving me with no choice but find a perfect skin regime that would suffice my cravings for a healthy, radiant and glowing skin.