Britney Spears-Criminal

Tuesday, August 30, 2011


Britney Spears revealed that her 4th single off of her Femme Fatale album is the midtempo "Criminal", I actually like that Britney is releasing this as a single, this is one of my faves from her 7th studio album. She revealed the news about the 4th single after the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. What can you say about Queen Brit's "Criminal". No album art yet from the said single.








video upload credits to YouTube: Mr.FreakSpears.

Featured CoverGirl-Vanja For Metro Magazine



The September issue of Metro magazine is their annual fashion issue and they flew to Paris to bring us the latest in fashion. International model Vanja graces the cover of Metro magazine September issue along with ABS-CBN leading man John Lloyd Cruz. Not to mention that Vanja and JLC are dressed from head to toe in Louis Vuitton! Grab a copy now of Metro magazine with two covers to choose from, or just buy both!









photo credits to metro magazine.

Glee Season 3 Previews



Fast forward to September 20th please! Glee is back for season 3 and I know you can't wait as well, so here are previews for the upcoming 3rd season! One of the clip is the behind the scene footage, we saw Cory's new hair cut, Heather and Naya are back as cheerios, we already know that Chord will not return for season 3, and can you spot the new girl? Ryan Murphy promised us that Glee will "back to basics" plus Idina Menzel will return as Rachel's mother and newbies will be join the club they are LaMarcus Tinker , as a new love interest for Mercedes and The Glee Project winners Samuel Larsen and Damian Mcginty. Enjoy the previews guys!


















video upload credits to YouTube: LeaMicheleArmy & GleeOnFox.

America's Next Top Model All Stars-Angelea & Allison Previews



Top Model returns this September 14th and All Stars will collide to have a second chance in being America's Next Top Model. The prizes this cycle are "Crazy!" as ANTM creator Tyra Banks previously announced. The winner will get a $100,000 contract with Covergirl cosmetics, a campaign with Express, an opportunity to be a guest correspondent in Extra and a spread in Vogue Italia! Lots of guest judges will also help the panel decide who will be on top "Smizing", like the Kardashians, Kathy Griffin, Tyson Beckford and Nicki Minaj. I really can't wait for September 14th, that's why I just feast my eyes on these new previews from Allison and Angelea. Cycle 12 runner-up Allison and Angelea from both cycle 12 & 14 dishes out some news about their post-Top Model experience and what we should expect this All Star battle. Are you excited for America's Next Top Model All Stars? I am!
















video upload credits to YouTube: feihou222 & CWtelevision.

Beyonce-1+1 Official Music Video



Originally the song was intended to be Beyonce's 2nd single from her album 4, but after performing it live in American Idol, she got a change of heart and made "Best Thing I Never Had" the 2nd single. Now, she officially released "1+1" as a single via this music video. I love this video, "1+1" is not my favorite in the album but seeing the video made me appreciate the song even more. "1+1" is one of the several MV's that Beyonce already shot. I can say Bey is really sexy in this MV. What can you say about "1+1" ?




The single's album art.








video uplaod and screengrab credits to YouTube: vevo and Sony music entertainment.

Rihanna-Cheers (Drink To That) Official Music Video



Rihanna released the official music video of her single "Cheers (Drink To That)" off of her 5th studio album Loud. The music video features an interpolation from Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You", Avril also appeared in this MV. The music video shows some footage from her Loud Tour concert. Enjoy watching Rihanna's alcohol-drinking party song "Cheers (Drink To That)"!




The single's Album art.














video upload and screengrab credits to YouTube: vevo & island def jam.

Strobelights On- Markki Stroem



Markki Stroem, a product of Pilipinas Got Talent, is making head turns in showbiz. It was sad that he got evicted last week as hurado in the top rating variety program Showtime. But still I'm sure more projects will come to Markki, he is into modeling and he also focus in his singing career. Here are some of his Cosmopolitan magazine's online photos. Do you think Markki will go far?
















photo credits to cosmo.ph

Featured Hunk-Jaco Benin



We already featured Jaco earlier this year in our "Strobelights On" article and back then he was a rising star in ABS-CBN's Gimik The Reunion 2010. Now he is active as a part of the group A-Pop and busy promoting his self-titled album "Ako Naman". Jaco Benin really works hard in his physique, He go to the gym regularly and watch what he eats. I just wish that he will be part of this year's Cosmopolitan Bachelors Centerfold. Jaco Benin is one hot stud, here are his online photo as he is Cosmopolitan magazine's Online Hunk for August. What do you think is Jaco's sexiest body part?
















photo credits to cosmo.ph

Hot Stuff of the Week

Sunday, August 28, 2011
~Scent of the Week~
Michael Kors Gold! 
Gold, a woman's fabulously chic accessory. Gold demands attention and takes you through any moment with timeless polish and ease! 
Tuberose, Freesia, Magnolia, Violet peppory Peony, Ambergris mmm smells like luxury and glamour.
Available at Sephora $75

~Cosmetic of the Week~
Givenchy Le Prisme Blush Glow 
I love cheek bones! It's the definition of your profile and the area you can more play with. I love blushes and enhancing those sexy high cheek bones. Tangerine, Bright Pink, Rosy Mauve Pink, and Soft Poppy Pink.
Available at Sephora $44

~Hair of the Week~
Josie Maran Organic Argan Oil
A daily moisturizer for your hair, skin and nails.
This 100% Pure Argan Oil is a legendary oil that's rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids and grown organically in Morroco. 
Available at Sephora $14

~Fashion of the Week~
Ok Ladies the 70's has taken over the Fall 2011.
You can rock these 70's threads with today's flare in this Crochet Ruffle Trim Tunic! Pair it up with some skinny jeans and bold gold accessories, some boots or heels and you are ready 4 a girls night out! 70's socialite is your new name.
Available at Arden B. $54

Hope you enjoyed the Hot Stuff of the Week!
From your diva friend Marsha
It's your girl and 954 is where I'm at!

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A Visit to 'Devilz Tattooz', GK

Saturday, August 27, 2011

The morning was filled with loads of excitement and anxiety! No I ain't that brave yet, it was a close friend of mine who was to get her first tattoo! I was only the moral support. We went to the Devil'z Tattooz tattoo shop at GK. The entrance to the shop was a little unimpressive as it was on the terrace, but it was nice and tattooed from inside.

We had an appointment for 12 noon, and the artist arrived at around 12:30. And the moment we saw the needle and the instrument, nervousness surpassed the excitement! It actually reminded me of one of those noisy and painful dental instruments. However, the whole thing got over in about 20 minutes and it was not as difficult as we had probably anticipated! And the outcome was exactly what we wanted! All's well that ends well. The artist did not speak much, but he did a good job. And by the time we left, there were atleast 7-8 more tattoo seekers. The place is quite popular!

The Design: We went for a very simple design, being the first tattoo. We chose an angel, a combination of feminism and liberation. This design cost Rs 4000.

So if you've been wondering where to get a tattoo done from, you could definitely visit this place once. I  have to admit, I am getting a little tempted too :). 


The Tattoo Instrument

The Outcome: Angel!

Tattoo After Care
  • Wash off with cold water after 2 hours

  • No soap for 3 days

  • Skin will come off, let that happen naturally

  • Apply an after care tattoo cream after 2 days for 1 month (thrice a day)


The Filipino Language According To The Coño, James Soriano

Friday, August 26, 2011




James Soriano is making headlines both in media and "ng mga tambay sa kanto" , not to mention all the tinderas and the manongs are talking about his coño remarks on the Filipino language. The Ateneo de Manila University student, who is also a Manila Bulletin columnist wrote an article entitled "Language, Learning, Identity, Privilege" which was published through Manila Bulletin's website. As I read the article, which is now by the way deleted by the Manila Bulletin, whom I think agreed that something was not right about the article. Ok fine, James is maybe targeting the Philippine government for it's poor attention to education in our country, but the way he wrote it and the way he impose that English is the language of learning and how he relate his coño life into it is not cool. The article is so one sided and by reading it, I'm now thinking he is gay. Ok that's bad of me but that's how I felt while reading it, It has the feeling of that I'm reading a gay's diary. What James did to himself is that he told us how he was raised by his parents. How he should talk to people, he thinks, lower than him. Ok, he pulled back a little, but only a little. What I hate the most is when he said Filipino language is not the language of the learned. Galileo? Shakespeare? Balagtas and Rizal? English wasn't their "Mother language" but no one can protest that not knowing the English vocabulary first was a hindrance. James may have good intentions in writing the article but still the way of telling the story was wrong. Below is the article he wrote. What can you say?


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"Language, Learning, Identity, Privilege"
by: James Soriano


English is the language of learning. I’ve known this since before I could go to school. As a toddler, my first study materials were a set of flash cards that my mother used to teach me the English alphabet.


My mother made home conducive to learning English: all my storybooks and coloring books were in English, and so were the cartoons I watched and the music I listened to. She required me to speak English at home. She even hired tutors to help me learn to read and write in English.


In school I learned to think in English. We used English to learn about numbers, equations and variables. With it we learned about observation and inference, the moon and the stars, monsoons and photosynthesis. With it we learned about shapes and colors, about meter and rhythm. I learned about God in English, and I prayed to Him in English.


Filipino, on the other hand, was always the ‘other’ subject — almost a special subject like PE or Home Economics, except that it was graded the same way as Science, Math, Religion, and English. My classmates and I used to complain about Filipino all the time. Filipino was a chore, like washing the dishes; it was not the language of learning. It was the language we used to speak to the people who washed our dishes.


We used to think learning Filipino was important because it was practical: Filipino was the language of the world outside the classroom. It was the language of the streets: it was how you spoke to the tindera when you went to the tindahan, what you used to tell your katulong that you had an utos, and how you texted manong when you needed “sundo na.”




These skills were required to survive in the outside world, because we are forced to relate with the tinderas and the manongs and the katulongs of this world. If we wanted to communicate to these people — or otherwise avoid being mugged on the jeepney — we needed to learn Filipino.


That being said though, I was proud of my proficiency with the language. Filipino was the language I used to speak with my cousins and uncles and grandparents in the province, so I never had much trouble reciting.


It was the reading and writing that was tedious and difficult. I spoke Filipino, but only when I was in a different world like the streets or the province; it did not come naturally to me. English was more natural; I read, wrote and thought in English. And so, in much of the same way that I learned German later on, I learned Filipino in terms of English. In this way I survived Filipino in high school, albeit with too many sentences that had the preposition ‘ay.’


It was really only in university that I began to grasp Filipino in terms of language and not just dialect. Filipino was not merely a peculiar variety of language, derived and continuously borrowing from the English and Spanish alphabets; it was its own system, with its own grammar, semantics, sounds, even symbols.


But more significantly, it was its own way of reading, writing, and thinking. There are ideas and concepts unique to Filipino that can never be translated into another. Try translating bayanihan, tagay, kilig or diskarte.


Only recently have I begun to grasp Filipino as the language of identity: the language of emotion, experience, and even of learning. And with this comes the realization that I do, in fact, smell worse than a malansang isda. My own language is foreign to me: I speak, think, read and write primarily in English. To borrow the terminology of Fr. Bulatao, I am a split-level Filipino.


But perhaps this is not so bad in a society of rotten beef and stinking fish. For while Filipino may be the language of identity, it is the language of the streets. It might have the capacity to be the language of learning, but it is not the language of the learned.




It is neither the language of the classroom and the laboratory, nor the language of the boardroom, the court room, or the operating room. It is not the language of privilege. I may be disconnected from my being Filipino, but with a tongue of privilege I will always have my connections.


So I have my education to thank for making English my mother language.




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Your thoughts?




article copy credits to Mykiru.

LSS On: Taylor Swift-"Mean"





I like the song...I can actually relate to this song in both ways, I was a little mean back in high school. It's not a good thing I know, I'm not proud of it, I had my karma. I was also bullied and called so many names. Now, Listening to Taylor Swift's "Mean" is giving back those memories and now it's giving me LSS, I've changed just so you know guys, hehe. This is from Taylor's "Speak Now" album, I also liked the album with songs like "Story Of Us" and "Back In December". How can you relate to this song?















video upload and screengrab credits to YouTube: vevo.

America's Next Top Model All Stars Previews





It's almost here! Top Model All Stars will premiere this September 14th but before that, feast your eyes for more previews for this cycle. Remember Bianca, Isis and Lisa? And who stole Bre's Granola bar from cycle 5?

















Who stole the Granola Bar?







video upload credits to YouTube:antmjudge and antmiloveyou.

Product Review: KIM Brushes

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

An artist has to have the right tools to perfect their canvas, right?! Well I found out about a new makeup brush line that I really like called KIM Brushes

Kim Brushes is the new makeup brush line from the storied fine art brushmaker Rekab. They produce high quality brushes sold individually as well as in covenient brush sets! The brushes are made with both natural and synthetics fibers. Best of all, the prices are reasonable! I've gotten my hands on a few of my brush faves and tested them out: small angled brush, foundation brush, and lip brush. Here's my take on them:

The small angle brush (131): This is one of my top picks for brushes because I rely on this brush for perfecting eyebrows and for liquid and cream eyeliner application. I really like this one produced by kim because of the long professional handle, and it produces a precise fine line. $10.00


foundation brush (F231): This was was really nice because it wasn't too thick and as you reach the tip the brush hairs get thinner, which allows for smoother application. It was really soft as well! $22.00


lip brush (311): The lip brushes actually come in 3 sizes and I have the larger of the 3, but I was able to do create perfect red lip using this brush. I like that its flat and not oversized, though opting to use the 312 will help to get an even more exact application. $9.00


Overall, I really think these brushes are a great value for the price and are brushes I'm keeping in my kit. Try them out for yourself! Perhaps you'll be seeing more of KIM Brushes with me...stay tuned! :)

Faces Purple Eye Pencil: Swatches, Photos, Review

Monday, August 22, 2011
Sometime back I had reviewed blue pencil of this flock and I had said that I was planning planning to make a 12 color set of these Faces pencils :). So here's my second step to that set.


Earlier Prunella was my ultimate favorite for a purple. But unfortunately, it started giving me rednes after an eye infection. So though it is still lying half used, I can't use it. But I needed a 'purple' for sure. I hunted in a few brands, but either they were light or shimmery. I finally found my unadulterated, pure purple shade at the Faces counter at DLF Place and I grabbed it at once. Trust me this must have been my quickest purchase ever.


Product Details

  • Price: Rs 249 for 1.15 gm (Currently a 10% off)

  • Shade: Purple

  • Range: Faces Long Wear Eye Pencil (Wide range of colors available)

Now, in terms of my review and experience, it is very similar to my review of the Blue shade here. It is the color that's different.

The Color
Compared to the Navy Blue, this has a slight, and I repeat very slight shimmer. This swatch is not perhaps not the best snap, but the color is nice, dark and thick. It's kinda smoother on the skin than it appears here.

The color is very similar to Prunella. Will compare sometime.


What I like about Faces Purple Eye Pencil

  • The Color and Pigmentation: It lives up to its name and is a true purple eye pencil, with a good pigmentation, 2 strokes and you're done.

  • The Texture and Finish: Its soft to apply and has very slight-shimmery finish. 

  • Long Stay and Smudge-proof: Well it stays on till you clean it off! Also I wear it for 8 hours and it does not smudge unless you rub it real hard.

  • The Price: While all these sound similar to Chambor Eye Tattoo or Colorbar I Glide, here's what is different - the price! It costs 250 for 1.15 as against 325 for 1.1 for Colorbar, without too much difference in the overall performance! And I actually got this for s 224 after the 10% discount. Price is a big plus for sure.

Overall Rating: 4/5 (Price gets some extra weight)

Will I Buy it Again? Of course, I have to complete the 12 color set :) and I have 10 more to get..


Revlon Plum Deluxe Nail Polish: Swatch, Review, Photos

Revlon nail enamels have been my favorite since a very long time. For me, nailpolish is something I don't like spending too much on. After all nails are made up of a tough protein, unlike the delicate lips or eyes :). All I want is somthing that does not smell horrible and does not wear off in just a couple of days. Revlon fits the requirements well.

Product Details
Shade: Revlon Plum Deluxe (315)
Price: Rs 130 ($3)

What I like about Revlon Plum Deluxe

The Color: Though the name is 'plum', the color is closer to a magenta. A plum has a slightly stronger violet tone.
The color perfectly matches that of pomegranate juice! I have even shown the comparison :)
It's a nice bright color, very wearable to office as well. It's not one of those 'Jhataak' pink shades.

Staying Power: With 2 coats, the color stays fine for 2 weeks.

The Price: It is quite reasonably priced at Rs 130

What I don't quite like about Revlon Plum Deluxe
Nothing serious, just that the color appears darker on the nails than seen from outside.

Recommendadtion: This is nice, cheerful color and the quality of revlon nail paints is pretty desirable. So I would definitely recommend this.





Revlon Plum Deluxe = Pomegranate Juice

The Glee Project Winners-Samuel And Damian



Samuel


I knew it! Samuel Larsen and Damian Mcginty won The Glee Project! It was shocking, but of course the results were obvious that Damian will win but the shocking part is that he tied with Samuel! And Ryan Murphy wasn't satisfied with that, he also gave Lindsay and Alex two episodes arc for Glee season 3. Damian and Samuel will both have a 7-episode guest starring in the 3rd season of Glee. I can also see Cameron being part of Glee, Ryan Murphy will surely give him a spot soon. It was a feel good run, see you next season!




Damian























photos courtesy of oxygen.com