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Gulong gulo ka na ba? Ako rin! hahaha. Litong lito na ko sa mga napo-post dito. :)) Naka-stuck pa sa US Trip ko 'yung mga scheduled posts pero keri lang, patapos na 'yon. Hopefully, katuparan na ng isa sa mga pangarap ko 'yung next. Chos!

Nga pala, inis na inis ka na ba kasi kahit anong gawin mo, tuyo at puro linya pa rin labi mo pero mas pinipili mo pa rin mga matte lipsticks mo? Ako rin. Pero nakahanap na ko ng paraan para mawala at ito na nga 'yon.

What will be the contents of this post?

EOS Smooth Sphere Lip Balm

Human Nature Peppermint Lip Balm

Colourpop Lipstick Swatches

ANG HABA NGA LANG HAHAHA

Anyway,

Believe it or not, I almost brought everything with me when I went to the states. Even the immigration officer in Los Angeles Airport scolded me for bringing two kilos of rice grains. HAHAHA! Well, I was a first-timer and those were the days when I thought I wouldn't last a day without eating a rice meal. What's the connection of rice and lip balms? I also brought five lip balms with me so I had no reason to look for more lip balms while in the states.

While living there

I got to own my first lipsticks from Colourpop which are their Matte X's in Love Life, Trust Me, Cami, and Bootie.

Trust Me on my lips link: here.

Cami on my lips link: here.

Bootie on my lips link: here.

I ordered another set of lipsticks from Colourpop because I decided that I'll bring home some for my closest friends. I ordered Ultra Matte Liquid Lipsticks in Bumble and Bad Habit and Ultra Satin Lipstick in Lyin' King for myself.

Lyin' King on my lips: here.

Bumble on my lips: here.

(Want to own an authentic Colourpop Lipstick? Go to BeautyMNL's website because they started selling CP last weekend. Link: here.)

So anong connect?

The past several weeks, I noticed that I stopped wearing my reds (Lyin' King, an USL was my favorite) and instead reached for my Cami, Nude Nuance and Bumble often which are all matte lipsticks.

I thought that HHN wasn't doing a very good job in making my lips smooth overnight especially when it's Bumble that I wore all throughout the day. That's the reason why several weeks ago, I had this brilliant idea of putting coconut oil and honey on my lips before going to sleep because it'll be very moisturizing, they said; you'll have smoother lips when you wake up, they said.

Do you know what I woke up to? The horror of having irritated and rough lips. Small itchy bumps developed on my upper lip too.

What I did was just use my HHN lip balm for several days until my lips went back to normal, the peppermint in it helped with the alleviation of the itchiness and the rough skin and bumps slowly disappeared.

Then, I remembered I still have two unopened EOS Smooth Sphere Lip Balm with me that I was saving as a pasalubong for a friend. Given the fact that I bought those for somebody else, I never thought of opening them. But I'm impulsive like that so I got the dark pink one and opened it. What happened? Wala ng pasalubong si friend. Both EOS Spheres are mine now. lol. :))

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Yes, UPTC?

Mission ko na ata kainan lahat ng resto dyan. Char! :)

I've been trying to locate this in UPTC for months but I never had the chance to go farther than its old building where Merkado Supermarket is at which obviously is not the case this time.

After eating at Shawarma Bros, we headed to the Cinemas where a pop-up store of Manila Creamery is.

Manila Creamery
A Gelato Company

Discounted prices are at P 85.00 (regular) and P 110.00 (premium) per scoop depending on which flavor you like. I can say that it's not bad especially since each cup has hefty contents in it - it's like 1 1/2 scoop to me.

Their flavors are all very interesting 'cause they put the Filipino food specialties in a different light. I mean, it's a way which we can introduce "our" flavors to the world. Flavors that are unfamiliar in a way that's familiar - through gelato. Kung kagets-gets sana 'tong sinasabi ko ngayon edi okay sana, noh?

It was almost closing time when we got there. As you can see, not a lot were left in each tub but we were still able to taste all of the options that night.

I wasn't listening 'cause I got so engrossed in looking at the available gelato flavors so I didn't hear when exactly is their fixed store going to open but it's definitely within this month - October.

Watch out for it 'cause I'll be back for more gelato fix! Haha! Seriously though, watch out for it! One of the best, guys! 'Yung feeling na gelato pero sariling atin, ganon.

As we were taking photos of these four flavors (mangga suman latik, ube langka, huhu I forgot the other two), Jen - a blogger friend, made a very interesting and relevant hugot remark. hahaha!!! Here it is non-verbatim: Kailangan tikman muna lahat ng masarap bago mag-decide kung alin ang gusto.

I borrowed it and posted my chosen flavors in my Facebook and Instagram page with the caption:

'Yung kailangan mo muna tikman lahat ng mesherep bago ka pumili. || 'Yung pumili ka na pero hindi talaga pwede sa'yo na isa lang kaya humirit ka pa ng isa. (Pero inside joke 'to o isipin mo na lang gusto mo isipin. Haha!)

My first was their Blueberry Cheesecake Gelato.

Of all the available Philippines -inspired flavors, why blueberry cheesecake?

Sa simpleng dahilan, cheesecake na cheesecake ang lasa. huhu. Cheesecake na ginawang gelato. Gelato na ginawang cheesecake. Ansaya.

Ube Gelato

This reminded me of my beloved ube from Baguio. I've read articles saying that ube is the new matcha. Not that ube is inferior but they're totally not in the same field! Mahalin mo si ube as ube hindi dahil gusto mo palitan si matcha!!!!

I also liked Davao Chocolate - their version of dark chocolate. I will definitely go back for that and their other flavors! haha!

Back to our hugot which stemmed out from our indecisiveness, I therefore conclude na meron mang mga bagay na dapat ka talagang mamili kung alin ang pinakagusto mo e kahit kailan hindi kasama dyan ang gelato. Hindi talaga kakayanin! Sobrang hirap.

In fairness, match naman ang hugot at gelato, diba? Manila Creamery is gelato made the Manila way. Then, Manila is the capital of the Philippines na lahat na lang ng sabihin e kinapupulutan ng kanya-kanyang hugot! lol. Ikain mo na lang 'yang feelings mo, bes! Kasi buti pa 'tong gelato, worth it! :))