Friday, December 11, 2015

Look and feel your best this Holiday season

The yuletide season is just around the corner and for us Filipinos that only means one thing – endless parties and gatherings with families and friends you haven’t seen all year. It’s that one time of the year when people take their minds off deadlines and just spend quality time catching up with loved ones over great food. With Christmas time and all the reunions that come with it fast approaching, it is mandatory for everyone to put their best face forward. This means having flawless, acne-free skin.

No one is spared from acne. Breakouts can put a blow on your confidence and hold you back from being your social and fun self. Good thing Proactiv Solution got you covered so you can look good and feel good this holiday season.

How to achieve acne-free skin this holiday season?
Shopping, eating, parties, too much to do and too little sleep all taking place during holiday season. The hurried pace and the demands of this season can take a toll to your skin. Neglected skin can become dull, tired and blemished with acne. Just when you want to look clear and beautiful, your skin gets the holiday blues. The good news is that Proactiv can help your skin battles against all of this skin stress. Proactiv Solution Combination Therapy Kit System is #1 acne treatment in America and recommended by dermatologist. It is a combination therapy wherein the products in this system work together to cleanse the skin, fight the blemishes you have now, stop new blemishes from forming and gently heal the damaged skin. Proactiv has free gift, Refining Mask – with antibacterial sulfur that speeds the healing as it calms the skin. It’s also has money back guarantee and risk free on your hard earned money.

What is Proactiv and how it works: 
Developed and recommended by dermatologists, Proactiv Solution’s 3-Step System helps clear existing acne and prevents future breakouts without taking much of your time. The skincare regimen only takes 5 minutes to do, so it is easy to integrate it to your daily skin care routine.

With deep cleaning prescription-grade benzoyl peroxide, Proactiv’s Renewing Cleanser penetrates pores and heals blemishes fast. Proactiv’s Step 1 contains smooth tiny beads that exfoliate dead skin cells and other impurities while its Step 2, an alcohol-free Revitalizing Toner with soothing botanicals that gently balance the skin tone, removes excess oil for a refreshed, clear skin. Proactiv’s Step 3 consists of the Repairing Treatment, a light, oil-free skin-clearing lotion that heals blemishes and helps prevent new ones from forming.

Proactiv Bonus:  
Each Proactiv kit comes with a free Refining Mask that’s sure to keep your skin clear and acne-free this merry-making season. Formulated with Sulfur, a proven acne- fighting ingredient that reaches deep into the pores where blemishes begin, the Refining Mask gently unplugs pores, pampers inflamed skin, and softens the skin’s texture.

Save yourself from the unnecessary stress caused by acne. Don’t let anything get in the way of your Christmas celebration! Have Proactiv Solution do the work of getting rid of your blemishes so you can confidently share the love with the people in your life.

Proactiv Solution comes in 30-Day kit (P2,495) and 60-Day kit (P3,995) and is available at all Watsons nationwide.  

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Latagaw Diaries: Souvenirs to Buy in Psar Chaa(Old Market), Siem Reap, Cambodia

When in Siem Reap and you are looking for presents to bring back home, Psar Chaa/Psar Chah/Psar Chas/Psah Chas or just the Old Market is definitely one place to shop cheap.

Here's a tip for you: Shop at around eight or nine in the morning when the stores are just opening up.

Everyone is just begging to make that first lucky sale for the day that they would practically beg you to buy from them and they would really lower their price just to make that sale.

It is heartbreaking because you can tell if that is the lowest price you can get from them based on their pained facial expression.

Here are some things you might consider buying in Psar Chaa or the Old Market:
1. Krama or the Cambodian Scarf.
It is a checkered piece of fabric that comes in different color combinations. There are cheap ones but the silk ones are more expensive, of course.

I think this has been the most practical and most used pasalubong I brought home so far. A year after I have given this as a gift, I can still see my friends using it.
from Flipnomad.com

It can be used in a variety of ways.
a. scarf
from littlekeplearnersacademy.wordpress.com
b. head wrap
from www.kramakrama.com

from www.kellyanthony.com
c. to swaddle a baby
from www.alamy.com
d. a baby carrier
from morning-sickness.blogspot.ro
e. beach cover up
f. mat or beach towel
2. Balms especially Tiger Balms.
I will always describe the scent of morning air in Angkor Wat as hmmm...a combination of sweat and other bodily fluids but the afternoon air would smell like Tiger Balm. I seem to smell this everywhere in Siem Reap. I can't recall smelling this in Phnom Penh but then areas in Phnom Penh are not as crowded as it was in Angkor Wat.

So in the Old Market, you would see beautiful tiny ceramic pots with different balms on it-the famous one is labeled Tiger Balm. now if you are like me and grew up in Asia, the Tiger Balms are were packaged in red tin cans with a tiger on the lid.( BTW, Tiger Balm is originally made in Singapore and the Haw Par brothers who created it has a wonderful place in Singapore that you can visit for free. It is the Haw Par Villa. See my post about Haw Par Villa.)

This balm basically works as a cure all-bites, nausea, head ache, clogged nose, joint pains...


3. Khmer Pants
This is a tie around pants that is very comfortable to wear but beware, it opens at the side so if you are not careful on how you seat, you might be showing a lot of legs without knowing it. Trust me on this.

4. Riel
The Cambodian currency can be found anywhere. You get these as change for your dollars.

I think these are perfect souvenirs. Very, very , very cheap.

Just look at this woman and her wads of riel displayed for all to see but only a fool would sneak in and rob her of these.


5. Insects
Whenever I leave for Cambodia my team would specifically request for me to buy them insects. They seem to love it but I am too scared to try it myself.

This time around, I managed to buy this in the border town of Banteay Menchi where an old woman was selling it on the side walk. You can get a lot for 1USD.

Okun tom tum!
Okun charan!

Thanks for dropping by!