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review ~ bodyshop VS burt’s bees

burt's bee VS bodyshop showdown.

i fall into the unlucky group where i have acne prone skin :( my goal is to have flawless skin with no spots, no blemish, no scars and no redness. i know it sounds impossible, but every girl can secretly wish rite?

anyway, i'm constantly looking for something that will control my breakout, which i get all the time not just totm.

BAD: i tried the bodyshop tea tree oil and it didn't work at all. it's didn't control future blemishes and it didn't help combating existing blemishes as well. it's a yucky product and deserves to be thrown away.

GOOD: burt's bees natural acne solutions targeted spot treatment works wonders. my acne dried up the very next day and the scars are minimal compare to what i usually get.

packaging is horrible on both cos' i can't control how much to pour out. dislike the scent on both, but i'll bare with burt's bees since it works.

received samples from target. i think they ran out.

sonia kashuk pouch, federic fekkai shampoo + conditioner, pantene shampoo, nivea lotion, neutrogena natural lip balm(can’t wait to try this), revlon lipgloss.

everything bows

i'm delaying my japan trip post for now. moving on to my posts about bows. everyone like bows and ribbons. who doesn't?!! they are cute, fun and girly. naturally, i fall for them too.

welcome to my collection :)

fun chart. do you agree?

hope this post brightens up your day and gives you a jolt of "girlyness"

japan nite + b’day

last week was sxsw in austin. formore information about this event, visit their website. basically, it's a set of music + movies + interactive festivals and conferences. i did not purchase the wristband (it's $500-$700 0_0). it's expensive and i had to work. you have to be there from day to night to make your money worth. anyway, we went to japan nite tour. the bands are from japan and they are awesome. some of the merchandise profit will be donated to help japan and they were people collecting donation as well. one of member from lolita no.18 is from sendai. it was very touching to hear her first-handed story. please pray for japan! gambare! the crowd was pretty wild as people shoved, jumped, and screamed whole night. my ears were ringing so badly.

2 weekends ago was my birthday. is birthday a reminder that you're getting older? i like to think that it's a day for a reason to eat! mr. adventure cooked a lovely breakfast and baked a mantao cake. then, i cleaned up the house. i know i'm weird. but, i think cleaning is therapeutic and i always feel great when i'm done and everything is in order. after cleaning, we went for a bike ride. great to be outdoors on a lovely day. at night, we went out for food and fun with friends. we had way too much food and was super stuffed.

mantao giving me a present?

went out for a spring break fun although we have no spring break :(

picked up birthday present from sephora and victoria secret

mr. adventure got me a clarisonic mia. so, far i'm loving it!

thoughts and prayers to japan

everyone was shocked by the devastating news on friday, march 11th 2011. it's tragic and saddening to everyone in the world. it's amazing how japan absorbs disaster with admirable calm and fortitude. please pray that family and friends are able to get in touch with one another and give your thoughts to those that were taken by the earthquake and tsunami.

the estimated lost was $180B. please help through your employer matching charity or other legit charity.

shibuya crossing aftershocks.

shibuya crossing goes dark to maintain power reserves. taken by tokyo resident brian scott peterson. (Reblogged from pureaesthetic)

shibuya crossing when i was there a little over a month ago.

kite festival + fashion dupe

austin weather is so unpredictable. i have to check the weather every morning before planning my OOTD making iphone a plus to have. last saturday was austin's anual kite festival. they had competitions, food vendors, and basically people just lay on their blanket or attempt to fly kites. the weather was great, but more wind would be better.

it think more than 1k people showed up. we had to park very far cos' they had the parking full sign up. it was pretty empty as we walked past. lesson learned....ignore those signs.