WHY I LOVE THRIFT SHOPPING AND WHY YOU SHOULD TOO!

I vaguely remember the time that I was introduced to the marvelous world of thrift shopping or "ukay-ukay" for us Filipinos; but boy did I fall in love with it! It makes me shiver with a lot of blood pumping on my system each time that I find myself on my way to thrift shopping, almost like being in a long distance relationship and you finally meet the love of your life in person! Or, maybe just seeing him/her after a long time of separation. Whatever, but you get what I mean right?

To fully understand my fascination with this bustle, I'm giving you my top seven reasons why I love thrift shopping and why you should too!

Mother Earth- friendly.  We're all aware of the capitalist modes of production--- produce at high rates with the lowest cost possible. These procedures have been extremely detrimental to the human life and the natural world. Plus, it's a great way to recycle. You can donate clothes and buy more clothes, eliminating waste in the process.

Economical. Have you heard of the saying, "More bang out of your buck"? I guess this was tailored to thrift shopping. Let's be honest, most of us go thrift shopping for this reason: bargains. The last time I went thrift shopping, I spent 200 PHP (approx. 5 USD) with five items on my hands; whereas if I went shopping for brand new clothes, that amount wouldn't even make me purchase a single item that I like!

Finding designer or high-end brands. Yes, and at a fraction of its cost! Personally, living in Iloilo (Philippines), we don't get a lot of designer or high-end brands in malls. My eyes get big whenever I see at thrift stores Armani Exchange, Dolce & Gabbana or perhaps J. Crew pieces that I like; but wait 'til I discover that it only costs 100 PHP (approx. 2 USD) per item! I cry. Seriously.

One-of-a-kind pieces for fashion. Purchase clothing from malls and you'll most likely run into someone wearing the exact thing. Thrift stores have a more diverse assortment of clothing. Also, with these pieces that you can find you can definitely mix and match, discover your style and have a unique one, too!

Hunting for treasures. There's something about entering a thrift shop that is just packed with potential. Shopping for second hand lets you dig through the racks for your personal treasures; and since there's still a little bit of stigma associated with it, there's not much competition as there should be for designer brands or vintage items that can add a spike to your fashion statement. Then, you can find items that are no longer being made.

Instill good shopping habits to your children. For parents, taking your kids to thrift shopping is passing on to them knowledge and a strategy of finding good, quality products while saving money.

Fun, fun, fun! I don't know about you but digging through the racks and trying to think of creative ways to style clothing is fun for me. There are items that only need upcycling or re-fashion and they'll make a bad-ass addition to your fashion collection. It can be a good bonding moment with family and friends,too!

I'm sharing to you my latest "Ukay" finds and how I styled them together:

Uniqlo tee and Zara sandals for 125 PHP (approx. 3 USD)

Black basic tee from Uniqlo, chunky black & gold necklace from a boutique called Gorgeous, huge faux gold watch from Von, white worn-out jeans from Elegance. I like wearing basics because I can have fun experimenting it with accessories and it definitely looks classy.

Happy 2016!!!

Happy new year to all, happy 2016! It's funny how I'm sitting here with my coffee while listening to the best of Tchaikovsky playlist on YouTube, looking at this blog realizing that I haven't laid a finger on it for more than a year! Geez luis! Where has time gone??

2015 was definitely a restless year for me..errrr..for the most part. I was traveling the Philippines especially going forth and back Iloilo-Manila for a mixture of business and pleasure; it was good while it lasted. However for 2016, I decided to stay put thereby giving me a lot of leeway to recoup my blog and my YouTube channel.

Blogging/vlogging is really my passion and I foresee myself doing those things for as long as I can, wherever I am in the world. ;) I may be off for a while but like a story in the Bible, The Prodigal Son, I'll always come home. Now that's some kind of an analogy right there! Haha! :)

I'll be back to "regular programming" anytime soon and I'm pretty excited about it!

Thank you so much for sticking around; I'm praying for an abundant and happy 2016 for us all!

Here's a recent picture of me, just in case you're wondering how I look now. LOL! :)

17 Useful Applications For Every Beauty Addict!!!

 Hello, loves! I found this really awesome website (actually, a social networking site) that has cool posts in it, it's called Listicle. This website has a ton of articles and videos just about any topic there is on the planet.

Here are screenshots of what's in stored:

 How does it work? Basically, you sign up in the website (for FREE) and it'll require you any social media networking account. Once you're done with that, you can go ahead with browsing, reading, watching videos, posting your own articles/videos on it and making your network grow! Yes, you can actually build up your connections with people from all over the world! Isn't that amazing? There's a "Follow" button on a member's profile, simply click on that to get updates in all of that person's posts. 

I've seen video tutorials, articles about the member's monthly favorites, really cute videos of babies... ahhhhhh!!! The list goes on... 

I believe that this is another platform that every blogger/vlogger should be in! Actually, blogger or not, I'm sure you'll enjoy hanging around at Listicle. Posts on Listicle can be shared to different social media networking sites like Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google Plus etc.

To give you a "dip on the water", I found this article which I thought is very interesting. If you're a beauty bum like myself, I'm sure you'll be needing these apps on your smartphone to feed your beauty-savvy soul. 

You can read the post here.

C'mmon and sign up already and don't forget to follow me in there, too! Ha ha ha!!! Here's my profile.

So.... see you there??? YES!!! :)

90's baby!

Good afternoon loves! I just finished my one-hour work out sesh and I'm currently enjoying this music playlist that I found on YouTube.

I'm in a state of nostalgia.

It's nice to listen to these hits again, I know ALL of the tracks!

 I can't help but to dance to the tunes. :)

Are you a 90's baby, too?

P.S.
I filmed a new video this morning, I'm also doing a blog post about it. It has something to do with weight loss, work out or being busy...? :) Stay tuned!