Hi guys!

For the past year, I have been craving to travel our beloved country and all I did was manage to go to a white sand beach that was not more than 2 hours away from home... and spend just four hours there. So yes, I am a big adventurer! Hah! I wish! Being a freelancer, the thinking should be "work anywhere and everywhere"! In my case.. well. Do the math.

So, as someone who doesn't travel as much, I sure have plenty of questions! Like, where are the must-see places, where should I stay, how much will it cost, what are the best deals and so much more mind boggling questions! So, I am very much pleased to find out about TravelBook.ph!

If you don't know about them yet, here's a little background.

In 2012, TravelBook.ph, under the management of Summit Media, started as an online catalog catering to more than 4,000 hotels and resorts in the Philippines. The company was established by Recruit Holdings Company, one of the biggest media conglomerates in Japan, and specializes in classified advertisements, publications, and human resources.

To date, TravelBook.ph is the fastest growing Online Travel Agency (OTA) in the Philippines and boasts more than 2,700 hotel listings all over the country. Over the past three years, the company has achieved a record-breaking 200% growth rate and an average of 3,900 paid bookings per month.

With various offline and online marketing efforts, TravelBook.ph has gained exposure through media partners such as TV stations GMA NewsTV through programs like PopTalk and Biyahe ni Drew, CinemaOne, and radio stations Love Radio, Monster Radio, and Barangay LS.

TravelBook.ph also boasts increasing 1.6 million monthly page views, with 455,000 monthly unique visits, 52,000 registered members, and 299,000 newsletter subscribers.

Its social media presence also continues to grow: it has more than 540,000 likes in Facebook, while its Twitter and Instagram accounts have about 2,900 and 10,300 followers respectively.

TravelBook.ph focuses on improving its offline bookings through 24/7 Customer Care that offers competitive room rates, promo plans, rewards points, membership promos, and GetGo promos.

TravelBook.ph also comes up with various creative campaigns to promote local tourism such as the recently concluded #Juanderlust, an international competition where travelers all over the world participated to be the lucky “Chosen Juan” who will embark on an 80-day adventure to 80 places in the Philippines. The winner, Mr. Dave Agbayani, traveled around the country to explore and experience the best things that the country has to offer.

I am so excited to be a part of the Travelbook.ph and happy that I will soon take my dream adventures in to a reality! ♥

Til next time my little adventurers!

Hi guys!

If you don't know yet, one of the things I love when it comes to makeup is doing my eyebrows! It's so crazy these days that you can see a lot of women or young girls wanting to get that on-point, on-fleek brows! And with all the eyebrow products that are coming out of the market and all the different kinds of techniques that you can do with your brows, it's nice to come back to the natural almost no-makeup look brows.

If you've been with me for a while, you'll notice that I love bold brows but I also like to tone it down a bit. I've posted an updated eyebrow routine before and you'll see what I mean. 

Just a little background though, I REALLY have sparse eyebrows so having a set of full eyebrows is like a dream! I've used brow pencils, brow pomades, brow powders with or without wax and there are really some hits and misses with products especially when we talk about the prices. Some are worth it while some are just hyped.

So enough with the chit-chat.

Fashion21 was kind enough to send me their brow products to try. I was so excited to test them out and wanted to let you guys know what I think about them.

I've had an eyebrow pencil before in the shade of grey, I was loving that at first then realized that it was too grey and almost looked odd but at the time I didn't care because it was close to my natural hair color. So I'm really looking forward to all these shades!

Here are the shades lightly swatched. My fave, as expected, is the greyish brown because I love the taupey-ashy color in person and it is closest to my natural hair color.

For Php85.00, you'll get 0.25g (net wt) of product which for me is definitely worth the money.

Hi guys!

I know I've been away for quite sometime I'm just breathing in the fact that it is now SEPTEMBER! *heavy breathing*

Where have the months gone? I do not know! So after a bit of procrastination, I was greeted an email from BeautyMNL that said, "Hey, Gecca would you like to shop at our website and give it a test run?" So I flipped my computer and got my game on! It's been a while since I last shopped online and I was so excited because I haven't shopped on BeautyMNL before. So, who wouldn't say no to this kind offer really?

I've visited their website before so I'm not really "new" to it. However, it was my first time to actually shop so I was pretty excited!

If you're not familiar with BeautyMNL, it's just right that I introduce it to you!

BeautyMNL is an online shopping website cateres to all Filipinas! All of their products are Pinay friendly and when I say "Pinay friendly" it'll cater to your needs! Whether it'd be on skin care, makeup, hair care and such, it'll suit the Filipina beauty. Pretty impressive right? So you are bound to find the right shade of lipstick, foundation, skin care and more!

There are a lot of brands to choose from as well. Local, US products and even Korean products are available for you.

Don’t miss this critically acclaimed once in a lifetime live show of a tribute to a woman who has long been an icon of pop music and vocal ability, The Greatest Love Of All – The Whitney Houston Show Tour 2016 on Friday, August 26th, 8PM at the IEC Pavillon, Cebu City and on Saturday, August 27th at the PICC Plenary Hall, Pasay City, Manila.

So this contains 6ml of product and retails for Php450.00 ($9.52). It has a wide range of colors, 12 shades to be exact and you can check that on their website here. And it's available on selected SM Malls and on Zalora.ph.

Product claims:

Matte me is a matte finish liquid lipstick that glides on in one smooth application with no need for a second coat. Fired Up is a dark crimson that can be teamed with Precious Metals Highlighter for a golden glow. The light as air texture provides you with comfortable wear for hours, that doesn't cake, flake or dry out ensuring long lasting colour all day.

Packaging wise, it's very simple and elegant. I like the matte cap with a glossed "Sleek" writing over it.

Hi guys! How have you been doing? Good? Awesome! I am writing to share my summer mini adventures. I've decided to write about summer because lately, the weather has been a bit gloomy and it'll rain a bit then sunny again and then cloudy again. Mind you, this is my kind of weather. I'm a cozy, home-buddy kind and this kind of weather just makes me think of having a hot coffee, few biscuits, blanket and cozy up. But I kind of miss the hot sun and the beach and pools... So, I've decided to share a few photos that are taken over the last couple of months.