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My good friend Amber of Beauty Blogging Junkie – and the just crowned senior beauty editor of DailyMakeover.com – recently appeared on TMIWeekly and shared some of her advice.

Her choices are among my favorites as well, so I am sharing the episode here!

At the end of the episode, the gang asked viewers to share some of their favorite beauty budget tips. What are some of yours?

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Anyway, without further ado —

Makeup
Eastern Experiments: Intervene Makeup by Elizabeth Arden
Shimmer Liner Pencil in Golden Bronze, The Face Shop
Eastern Experiments: Gel Liner Addiction
Eastern Experiments: ARTISTRY™ Lip Colour Creme in Neutrale
Eastern Experiments: ARTISTRY™ Lip Colour Sheer in Sandrine
ARTISTRY™ Light Reflective Lotion SPF 15, Blushing Radiance
Eastern Experiments: ARTISTRY™ Waterproof Mascara in Brown
Eastern Experiments: Maybelline BlushStudio Mousse
Eastern Experiments: Maybelline Volum Express Turbo Boost Waterproof Mascara
Eastern Experiments: Elizabeth Arden, Color Intrigue Bronzing Powder Duo
NARS Super Orgasm’s Day Out

Skincare
Eastern Experiments: Elizabeth Arden INTERVENE Pause & Effect Moisture Cream SPF 15
Eastern Experiments: OLAY Moisture-Balancing Foaming Facial Wash with Vitamin E
A Night with OLAY Regenerist
Day Cream: Olay Regenerist Regenerating Cream (Perfecting Cream)
Battle of the Day Creams: OLAY Regenerist Vs Pond’s Age Miracle Vs RevaléSkin Vs Elizabeth Arden Intervene
Eastern Experiments: OLAY Regenerist Eye-Lifting Serum
Eastern Experiments: Neutrogena Body Oil
Eastern Experiments: Shu Uemura Skin Purifier Cleansing Beauty Oil Premium A/O

Hair
Eastern Experiments: Sunsilk Smooth & Manageable Haircare System
Eastern Experiments: VITRESS Hair Solutions, Hair Spa
Eastern Experiments: Dove Advance Colour Care Shampoo and Advanced Colour Therapy Conditioner
Eastern Experiments: Pantene Ice Shine Shampoo

Bath
Eastern Experiments: Olay Body In-Shower Body Lotion
Eastern Experiments: Olay Body Ultra Moisture Soap with Shea Butter
Eastern Experiments: VEET Hair Removal Cream
Eastern Experiments: DOVE Beauty Body Wash, Calming Night

MISC
Eastern Experiments: PCA Skin and the Skin Peel
Eastern Experiments: Careline Extra Wear Nail Polish
Eastern Experiments: Hawaiian Tropic Dark Tanning Lotion

Perfume
Eastern Experiments: Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana
Eastern Experiments: Dior ‘J’adore’ Eau de Parfum Spray

Whew! Quite a list, yea? I didn’t realise that I had tried this much beauty products throughout the year. Can you imagine the ones I may have failed to include in the list (cuz I know I’m missing some!) and ones I have yet to write a review for? Gah. It’s a wonder that my skin’s taking it well. This list will remind me that there should be limits. Hahaha!

Ah, well. Let’s hope that 2009 will be as interesting as this year’s! Wishing y’all a beautiful and an eventful year in beauty for 2009! Cheers!

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Dove products seen in photo:

Dove Beauty Body Wash, Calming Night
Dove Soap, Gentle Exfoliating
Dove Ultimate Clear Smooth Cashmere Anti-perspirant Deodorant
Dove Cool Moisture Shampoo, Cucumber and Green Tea Scent
Dove Cool Moisture Conditioner, Cucumber and Green Tea Scent
Dove Body Wash, Gentle Exfoliating

I had also experimented on the Dove Cool Moisture Foaming Facial Cleanser, Dove Advance Colour Care Shampoo and Advanced Colour Therapy Conditioner a few months back.

I reckon after all the write ups, I’ve caught the brand’s attention. They had sent movie tickets to watch the movie (which I gave away), The Women, and a gift set in the mail. I reckon this movie will be in Philippine cinemas next month.

Anyway, what came in the mail are:

Dove Cool Moisture Shampoo, Cucumber and Green Tea Scent

Dove Cool Moisture Conditioner, Cucumber and Green Tea Scent

Dove Ultimate Clear Smooth Cashmere Anti-perspirant Deodorant

These babies were in a brown Dove hand bag, which now sits with the rest of the bag collection of the bag lady, aka my mum.

I’m looking forward to taking a closer look at these babies (backlogged!) and, of course, trying them out! Reviews to follow!

Thanks to Rocket XL!

Photo© 2008 Sasha Manuel

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Image: rocketxl.com

Thanks to Dove, Beauty Bento Box is giving away free tickets to two (2) lucky women to see the movie, The Women.

What is The Women?

The Women is a fast-paced, witty and emotional look at all things female, including loyalties, betrayals, careers, families and most of all, friendships. A remake of the 1939 classic film, The Women features an all-female cast of distinguished actresses, including Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Cloris Leachman, Bette Midler and Candice Bergen.

Joining the giveaway is simple! Just answer this question: What are your thoughts on real beauty and manufactured beauty?

Visit Dove.us and watch the short film, The Women Behind “The Women”, that goes behind-the-scenes of the movie, “The Women”, which highlights real beauty versus manufactured beauty ideals in Hollywood. This will provide more insights on the topic.

You can leave your answers in the comment area below. Be sure to use a valid email address because that’s how I’ll be authenticating entries. The more answers you can provide, the more chances of winning!

Yes, ladies, I’m giving you permission to behave badly (lifted from the movie). Heehee.

Oh, yea. The movie opens in theatres on 12th September so this contest ends on the 10th, 11:59pm, EST. Raffle date is on the 11th and will announce soon after so DOVE can send the tickets ASAP!

This giveaway is open to US residents only.

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Dove Advanced Colour Care Shampoo

New Dove Advanced Colour Care for hair coloured its natural shade or darker helps preserve your just-coloured softness and radiance leaving hair beautifully soft, smooth and full of life.

Advanced Colour Therapy Conditioner

Advanced Colour Therapy Conditioner for Lightened or Highlighted Hair repairs damage caused by the lightening or highlighting process. Its unique repairing serum revives and nourishes the structure of the hair fibre and leaves you feeling refreshed.

It’s been a while since I last experimented on hair care products. This opportunity came as a surprise and I won’t say no to a brand I’ve grown a soft spot for. Dove certainly has shown promise in terms of skin care in my book and learning of the hair care systems they’re offering is a real treat. I took my time using these two so I can aptly provide you, my dear readers, enough insight on how the experience was like.

Notice how I am featuring two products that come from different lines. It’s not like I had a choice but I reckon it’ll be a great way to determine if each can stand on its own and if both can work when matched with a different hair care product.

I’ve had my hair coloured since 2000. From black blue cellophane treatments to standard hair colouring treatments of brown hues with highlights or reddish brown shades. I’ve basically subjected my hair with these treatments without careful thought of how to care for its state specifically. Unlike my mum who’ve been religiously colouring her hair since forever and have dutifully used special shampoos and conditioners to care for her mane.

Apart from my initial use of a different brand (in which the habit didn’t stick), Dove is my latest attempt at coloured hair maintenance.

The Advance Colour Care shampoo didn’t particularly disappoint. Not only did it feel like it deeply cleansed my hair, it didn’t leave my hair feeling stringy and squeeky clean. It felt like I could easily just use the shampoo everyday without fear of losing the radiance of my hair colour and negatively affect the treatment, damaging the hair.

The Advance Colour Therapy conditioner was a great complement. Though it’s particularly formulated for lightened colour or highlighted treatments, conditioning my current hair proved to be a good experience. Rinsing it off was easy and it leaves my hair soft and manageable. Again, it helps maintain the moisture factor without risk of further damage.

Combined, they make a good pair. A sort of balancing act, addressing each need as they are formulated to do. I may need to use it for a longer period to fully see its effects but in the past week that I’ve given it a go, it has done wonders to an otherwise growing dull coloured hair that I have.

This reminds me I need to make an appointment with my hairdresser soon. Perhaps I’ll get a trim, too.

Any of you have had the opportunity to try these products out, too? Do share your own experience with us!

Images: dove.ca

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Image: dovegofresh.com.au

DOVE Get Fresh!

First off, it’s important to note that this contest is only open to residents of Australia. However, I just found it really interesting (hence the feature!) cuz of the interface. Love the water thing-y. LOL. I reckon this contest captured my heart cuz I love photography. I also happen to love Dove products, too. Which reminds me, there’s a couple of products I’m planning to do a review on. Stay tune for that.

Anyway, qualified registrants are asked to submit photos that can fall under “cool”, “energise”, or “fresh touch”. Then viewers get to rate the photo. Well, mainly you heart it or you don’t. Hehe.

Fun contest, I must say. Even the $20,000.00 prize isn’t bad at all. LOL.

Go on and get freshed! Submit your photo today!

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Photo© 2008 Sasha Manuel

It’s been a few months since I shared my First Impressions on DOVE Beauty Body Wash, Calming Night and now I’m confident that I can give a more objective review.

Finer points of the product are that it did deliver in terms of bath experience and skincare.

Though the act of taking a bath or showering generally means you’re subjecting your body to cleansing, I’m not all too confident that the product will kill bacteria or fully scrape away your dead skin cells or truly clean off dirt and grime. Not to get the wrong idea though, it does provide the clean feeling but not “surgical” clean, if you know what I mean.

Lathering up is not a problem, it produces a creamy lather that’s easy to use and rinse off. It doesn’t leave your skin feeling that it still had soap on.

It’s more focused on the over-all bath experience, IMHO. I love the scent of sandalwood to bits. It does help calm me down after a long, stressful day. It refreshes me and makes my lying on the bed more comforting and relaxing. In terms of skincare, it provides the right amount of moisturisers that will help make your skin feel soft and smooth. Something I appreciate whenever I go to bed. I tend to move around a lot and I couldn’t help rubbing my skin against the sheets, which we all know can cause dryness if done too much.

The moisturisers however seems superficial, like, they’re not being absorbed by the skin. So it’s not really an alternative to actual moisturisers and creams to fully hydrate the skin.

I would recommend that you give this product a go. What I wouldn’t recommend is for you to buy and use it and expect lasting results. If you want to go for a great bath experience, something that will get you through the day (not necessarily hardcore skincare), then this one is a good buy.

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You have to commend Dove for their efforts in furthering the importance of self-esteem when it comes to true beauty. However, I recently learned about this issue that Greenpeace.org has raised against Unilever.

“Unilever, the company behind products like Dove soap, is driving forest destruction and speeding up climate change by buying palm oil from companies which are destroying Indonesia’s rainforests to make way for palm oil plantations. By their own admission, Unilever is the biggest single user of palm oil in the world.” — Greenpeace.org

They’ve just released a clip, Onslaughter.

It’s a parody of the Dove advert you’ve just seen above. It’s meant to bring our attention to an environmental responsibility that everyone one should give importance to. No one is excused.

I now feel guilty cuz I’m a Dove user. I patronise a lot of Unilever products.

First Impressions: DOVE Beauty Body Wash, Calming Night
Dove Soap, Gentle Exfoliating
Bento Beauty Tip: Cleanse, Moisturise & Hydrate with Green Tea & Cucumber Extract

However, if there’s an environmental issue that should be addressed such as this one, I believe they should listen.

Greenpeace.org is not calling for a boycott. They just want companies like Unilever to act responsibly. Fair enough, yea?

Via Adverblog

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DOVE
Beauty Body Wash
Calming Night™

Stress and sleep deprivation can hijack skin’s moisture.

Hence, Calming Night Body Wash. It’s a smoothing, soothing blend of Dove 1/4 moisture cream to renew the skin’s lost moisture and a sensuous fragrance to calm a tired soul.

Use nightly. In skincare — and in soul care — every night is everything.

My friends know just how much of a night person I am. I’m usually up at night and asleep during the day. Poses a bit of a dilemma when there’s an event scheduled in the morning, which I have to attend. I usually end up missing sleep then. Not much of a testimony for a healthy skin regimen, eh?

Rico has been worrying himself sick that the major reason for my being *too* thin is the lack of sleep or at least not sleeping during *normal* times, which is at night. I guess this is one of my special ways of easing his worries away — DOVE Beauty Body Wash, Calming Night™.

Ironically, it’s actually half past 12 midnight at the time of writing this post. And I’m a few minutes shy of giving the body wash a go. But it’s actually great to transcribe my initial thoughts prior usage, don’t you agree? It’s like “reading the manual” sort of thing or looking at the table of contents of a book — I’m setting expectations and checking out the limitations of the product.

I bought it for a whopping $9.50! LOL. I’m definitely going to check if it’s real value for money. Hehe.

On the outside, I’m pretty impressed with the packaging. Instead of the usual white, it’s like a Pearl-y dark blue coloured “water drop” shaped bottle. I love getting big bottles even when it’ll take me ages to finish. (This reminds me that I have to clear out some of the stuff in my bathroom. Egad.)

Some of the ingredients of the body wash are soybean and sunflower seed oil. It has the calming scent of sandalwood. And I do love the scent! It smells like talc, and has that creamy scent, too. Know what I mean? I can only imagine just how moisturising it’ll be when I get around to using it.

Suggested application: Squeeze body wash onto a wet pouf or washcloth and work into a rich, creamy lather.

I reckon this body wash is meant for your luxurious night time bath, when you’re not rushing to get ready for work or some errand outside the house. It’s meant to be a companion in de-stressing and relaxing before you hit the sack. Can you picture how you’d feel after you step out of the shower, in your pajamas and lounging on your bed, reading a book before you completely head off to la-la-land. I should expect you’ll definitely get a good night’s sleep.

Anyway, perhaps this one might lull me to sleep. Get me to sleeping properly and restfully. i sure need all the de-stressing and the moisturising I can get! I just hope I’m done with my work before I give it ago and find that it’s effective. Hehe. Watch out for the full review!

Photo© 2008 Sasha Manuel

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Dove is a brand that I’ve grown to trust. I love most of their bath products. I use Dove facial foams, liquid soap and soap bars. I always love how my skin feels and smells after every use. And I haven’t really experienced my skin drying from usage, hence, the trust.

I would often switch from this soap, Gentle Exfoliating, to Dove’s Beauty Bar. Reason being is that sometimes I want more moisture, which is found in the latter and, of course, exfoliation is one of the major to-do’s in my beauty regimen. The former offers moisture together with the exfoliating factor.

Do you guys have favourites of your own when it comes to bar soaps? That is if you use bars. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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