My Top 10 April Favorites

This one is late but better late than never right? ^_^

• Mario Badescu's Drying Lotion: I have been getting large cystic acnes that lasts for months  and I tried a lot of products since my usual acne spot treatment by Origin won't work. A sales lady that worked in Ulta suggested Mario Badescu's drying lotion. My horrible cystic acne vanished in 2 days. Of course, the acne had to leave a horrible dark spot...

• Mango & Spearmint scented candle: It has an invigorating Mango smell! You don't even have to burn it to get the effect. You just need to leave it open. I got mine from bath&body works for 2 for 10. Sadly, they don't offer it anymore. I found it at this other website that sells it for $9.50 each. :-(

• Cool Citrus Basil perfume spray: I love this scent! It has a fresh crisp aroma. Every time I wear it, people ask what I'm wearing. It has a very strong smell in the bottle so the scent is better on. It's from Bath & Body works classic collection. I always stock-up when they sell it for $4.99 at their semi-annual sale.  I've been wearing this for a long time since I was 10-years-old. 

• Dove's Ultimate Deodorant in wild rose scent: This promises to minimize the appearance of hair over time and it works! I noticed that my underarm hair feels softer and the color is less visible. Of course I still shave but I like the feeling of non-stubbly armpit hair. 

• Dove's Cream Oil Body Lotion: My skin became very sensitive when I went to Nursing school. Washing my hands repeatedly left it very dry and not even Gold Bond retained the moisture. I like this one because it delivered what it advertised . Dove products are also sensitive skin friendly. It has improve my skin tone, texture, and it doesn't leave my hands dry.

• N.Y.C. Broadway lights lip gloss: This one taste like strawberry flavored jolly rancher candy. I love how it doesn't leak and leaves mess in my bag like other lip glosses do. This applies smoothly and makes my lip shiny. Also it has a mirror and lights up! Its just like UK's MEMEME lip gloss brand, but this one is N.Y.C.brand offered in the U.S. I got mine from Walmart, but I can't find it there anymore...

• NYX jumbo eye pencil in MILK: It's hard to find a white eyeliner that actually works. Example Prestige's white eyeliner in Star doesn't show and hurts to apply since you have to put pressure for it to show a little of its pigmentation. NYX white eyeliner applies on smoothly and its very pigmented.

• Strawberry Foam Curler: I did a review on this and I just love it that's why it made my top 10 list. I'll link the review so you can read it if you want. I purchased this on e-bay.

• Shell silver bracelet: What I like about this bracelet is that it matches everything. It looks classy and reminds me of the beach and not to mention that I also made it ^_^

• Hello Kitty Headband:  This headband is really cute and keeps my hair off my face while I'm putting make-up on and washing my face. I purchased it when I went to Japan.

I made a link on the products that I love at your convenience. I purchased all these with my own money and I'm not endorsing any company. I'm just giving my opinions and explaining why I like the products I'm using. You can make any of the images bigger by clicking on them.

Strawberries in my hair

So when I said "strawberries" I didn't mean actual real strawberries to use in my hair...

I'm referring to the foam no-heat strawberry shaped curlers. I've always wanted to do something (soft curls) with my hair. Having straight black hair even a curling iron with tons of hair spray won't do. For example, I would use a Revlon curling iron, but I would only end up with dry damaged hair and only small crimps to show for it. So imagine my surprise when I stumbled on these marvelous cute no heat curlers at e-bay. My first thoughts were it would be a waste of money and be just an addition to the non-working junk pile. Clearly, I was wrong. I mean if it didn't work then why would I even blog about it?

There are two ways that these curlers can be used:  when you go to bed (use it after taking a shower. Hair must be 90% dry to work) or for super fast curling just use a hairdryer for 10-15 minutes (beats the no-heat purpose). I honestly don't prefer to do either. This is because I slept with my strawberry curlers on and I just find it uncomfortable.  I wasn't use to having stuff in my hair. So what I like to do is to just wear these cuties for 3-4 hours and tada! Gorgeous shiny curly non-damaged hair!

Results:
Excuse my super excited no make-up look...

   BEFORE...

AFTER

The picture doesn't do it justice, but at least you get the idea of how it curled.