SM Youth’s Summer Swagger Style Photo Contest was launched last month and uploading of entries will be on May 13, 2012. An avenue where the youth of today are able to express their creativity through fashion. While you are already at enjoying the summer vacay, hitting the beach or simply getting tanned via airbrush tanning systems, getting your swags on, you might as well enter this contest and get a chance to win.   Joining is as easy as posing for the camera wearing your most stylish outfit  from SM Men’s Fashion Department Store and upload on the Facebook application.

Ten young people will take home P3,000 worth of SM Gift Certificates and the grand winner, P10,000. Not bad for most young people who are loving what they are already doing anyway.

Check out the SM Youth Lifestyle Fan Page on Facebook for more details.

With Mother’s Day coming very close, here is a treat for you or your beloved moms — shopping on their special day! (hint!hint!) A few of my favorite local retail brands, Freeway, Ensembles and Solo are going to have a double week long special sale for us mothers. It is happening now until Mother’s Day, May 13, 2012.

While a shopping spree is an always welcome treat for us, moms. That, or the recently blogged about Luxe Skin Rejuvenation Light Therapy device or a new odyssey pc925 car battery. Wishlist, it is.

Having tried the RF (radio frequency) treatment a few times, I really did not see much of a difference. But there is this new anti-aging light therapy/treatment that has caught my attention.

This Luxe Skin Rejuvenation Photofacial Device by Tanda is something I can make use of in the comforts of my own home. Yes, I’m a homebody like that.  Being a non-fan of the metro’s otherwise permanent and horrendous traffic, leaving the house for a facial treatment will never really be on top of my priority list.  The biggest plus is this, it only costs a fraction of the price of a couple of RF treatment packages.  How’s that for savings!

What will Luxe Skin Rejuvenation Photofacial do me, anyway? With its Money-Back Guarantee, it promises to reveal a more youthful and luminous complexion. This is also a brand new technology, I concur, even as this is the first time I have encountered a beauty device that uses super luminous LED that delivers concentrated beams of red light that creates a fractional phototherapy effect.  It also makes use of sonic vibration and gentle warming through a massaging treatment head.

Unlike topical products that treat the signs of aging from the outside in, Luxe works from the inside-out to actually make your skin to behave younger. As we age both deflation and deterioration makes skin look older than we feel or want. Deflation, a loss of volume, is caused by a reduction in collagen levels. Deterioration shows up as rough texture, overall dullness, redness, fine lines and wrinkles.

Since this is actually the first time I encountered a beauty device using red light. Turns out there is a specific wavelength in red light that is proven to help boost overall cellular energy. Assisting the skin to produce collagen and elastin, effectively doing its job in turning the clock back and gives the skin its youthful glow back. Now, I can only wish that Luxe Skin Rejuvenation Photofacial anti-aging light therapy/treatment by Tanda is available locally.

My UV nails taken via Instagram

Two words won me over when I first heard of Jennifer Lynn UV gel nail polish — “instant” and “permanent.”  And with my high maintenance nail polish issue, I can’t be blamed! When my dear friend, Iris recommended Polished ‘em Nail Salon and Waxing Studio, I headed right there after I got discharged from my 6 days hospital confinement. I know! I did not have time anymore after that, save for the packing and the last minute shopping for our then upcoming week long trip.

My nail polish did last me three weeks. Yay! Now I’m looking forward to my next visit to Polished ‘em Nail Salon and Waxing Studio and with mother’s day fast approaching, grab a couple of GCs for some of my mommy friends. Pampering GCs are perfect mother in law gifts too! Maybe we can even have some sparty on our special day!

Polished ‘em Nail Salon and Waxing Studio
59 Road 3 Project 6, 1100 Quezon City, Philippines
Tel. 586.2469|384.3665

I’d have to say, Alex of The Reluctant Stylista is a sure stand out. Voting is on until April 28, 2012. The Top 3 Bloggers are to bag for themselves P20,000 worth of gift certificates from SM and Parisian Shoes and Bags. What’s in it for us voters? If our chosen blogger wins, we get a chance to win GCs ourselves! Now that’s free stuff online for just voting for the hands down winner!

As of writing, Alex is just a few hundreds away from the top spot! Vote for Alex Lapa on Facebook three times a day until April 28, 2012!

What’s in the word, you ask. Firande means celebration in Sweden where Electrolux traces its roots and to celebrate 10 thoughtful years in the country. It invites everyone to join the Live, Love, Firande! Photo Contest by sharing their unique moment of Firande through photos – from remarkable achievements and important personal milestones to fun family vacations and exciting getaway with friends.

Celebrate with Electrolux Philippines in their 10th Anniversary and get a chance to win an exciting luxury and travel package!

 To join, visit the “Live, Love, Firande! Photo Contest” tab of the Little White Book Facebook page from April 1, 2012 to May 20, 2012 and fill out the required participant details. Then, submit your Firande photo along with your answer to the question, “what’s worth celebrating to you?” in 50 words or less.

 All qualified photo entries will be uploaded in the Live, Love, Firande! photo album of the Little White Book Facebook page and will be featured in a commemorative 10th anniversary advertisement in leading newspapers, magazines and TV seen nationwide. On top of that, the top 3 Firande photos will get a chance to win exciting prizes from Electrolux Philippines including Electrolux appliances and a luxury and travel package!

Share more of our thinking at www.electrolux.com.ph. Like us on facebook.com/thelittlewhitebook or follow us through twitter.com/ElectroluxPH.

 Limited Edition RIIR Tree Bag by Rajo Laurel 

The complete list of names with valid entries

After having the list randomized, we came up with the 11th joiner as the winner! 

Congratulations, Josephine Soliman Gregorio!!!

Please email via jenaspacio@facebook.com your Full Name, Shipping Address with Zip Code and Mobile No. Please send me a scanned or photographed ID with your details for verification. Again,  congratulations to Kikay Corner’s Limited Edition RIIR Tree Bag by Rajo Laurel Winner! Watch out for more giveaways via this corner.

The heat at Mt. Peniel Prayer Mountain and Campsite was scorching. Even wall fountains would not have toned it down. My little bugger came home with an onset of heat stroke. He threw up when we got home and felt extra warm throughout the night. Nothing that an oral rehydration drink and sponge bath can’t take care of.

So there. Just a few words, excuse really, hoping to explain this delay. I know a lot of you have been waiting to hear who the winner is. Kikay Corner is announcing the winner of the Rajo Laurel Tree bag before the day ends!

After having successfully potted a couple of indoor plants, namely cherry tomatoes and chili, I think I could take on another hobby, possibly learning a musical instrument this time. It was recently when I learned that it helps the brain expand and be healthier.

I remember doing the basics of piano lessons when I was a kid on our handy me down Yamaha organ. Sadly, I never found myself interested in the daily routine of practice. But now that we have the M2 keyboard just lying around the house, I might as well maximize and learn.

Now that I’m done with the two months trial of Gloww Capsules, I can say that I am pretty impressed how my skin stayed just as fair despite the tours that involved a whole lot of sun exposure. Now, just to give you ladies an idea how hot it was in Cambodia. Imagine, the Manila heat, then add half of all the scorching heat to that. I would have stayed in the hotel, if it were up to me. But my very active hubby who loves the outdoors won’t allow me to throw away our once in lifetime vacation just like that. It was actually our first one full week getaway ever!

Aside from sunblock, the whole time we were in Vietnam and Cambodia, there was no other skin care product I used but Gloww Capsules.  I did not bother pack my usual night cream. My toiletries bag was just way too full already and besides, I thought my skin can make use of the needed break too.  :-)

When I go back to how impressive Gloww actually fared on me, I just go right to reading what its package says. The 11 essential nutrients have done their job. Gloww Capsules help nourish skin’s CLBT. CLBT stands for Color, Luminosity, Brightness and Transparency. It is one of the ways healthy glowing skin is measured. Its unique SKHN (Skin, Health and Nutrient) Complex strengthens collagen, detoxifies your skin, enhances blood circulation, protects it from harmful UV rays and free radicals. This should be why my sun spots are actually not that obvious as it was. Yes, considering all the sun bathing we have done in Phnom Penh.

And as what I mentioned in my pre-trial post, Gloww being BFAD approved did it for me. That and its all natural ingredients. Suffice it to say, this Gloww Capsule skin regimen has won me over and I am sure to keep at it even after this two month trial.