Lizz Buenaventura's May Giveaway!

My favorite summer event/activity is our annual family beach outing. This year, my relatives and I went to Caylabne resort. The view was absolutely spectacular, and the best part was, I got to share it with my boyfriend. :)

Do you love skin care and makeup products? How about freebies? Then look no further than Lizz Buenaventura's blog.

She's giving away:

1) Three bottles of Johnson & Johnson Body Care products: UV Lotion, Daily Calming Lotion, and Lasting Moisture Body Lotion-- all are full sized (200ml!)

2) GlutaMAX Lightening Lotion
3) Two boxes of GlutaMAX Glutathione whitening tablets
4) Maybelline Great Lash Mascara (in blackest black)
5) Rimmel Volume Boost Lipgloss in Innocent (my fav shade!)
6) Four mini lipglosses from Four East (red, brown, light pink, and gold)

7) Five mini nail polished from Four East (in various shades)

For more details, click on the link above.

Urbandub's Alive Out There Concert

Even though I've been an avid fan of Urbandub for years now, I've never had the opportunity to watch them in concert. That may all change with the arrival of pelicola.tv and Globe Tattoo's Alive Out There online concert series. For P60 (which you can pay by texting ALIVE60 URBANDUB to 2363), you get a passkey which you can then enter at http://Pelicola.tv/AliveOutThere. If you want to win free concert passes to Urbandub's Alive Out There concert, see PinayAds blog.

The Beauty Junkee's Perfume Giveaway

Join THE BEAUTY JUNKEE AND LE PERFUMERIE'S VALENTINE GIVEAWAY!

The Beauty Junkee treats you to a wonderful giveaway this valentines season!

This is also a sneak peek on my upcoming perfume store, LE PERFUMERIE, which will open this February. Watch out for my Singapore Originals! Guaranteed authentic, and all stocks are from Singapore. Road- tested the stuff for a month, did tests, and I must say they have great quality and are 100% safe!

So I'm taking one perfume from my stocks for the girls out there to win so they will smell sexy and pretty in their dates this coming Valentine's Day!

WHAT ARE YOU GIRLS BOUND TO WIN?

AN ISSEY MIYAKE L'EAU D'ISSEY PERFUME!

BUT THE BEAUTY JUNKEE NEEDS YOU TO DO TWO THINGS SO YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR THE PRIZE:

1.) ANSWER THIS QUESTION: WHAT'S YOUR STAPLE PERFUME AND WHY?

2.) PLEASE REPOST THIS IN YOUR BLOG SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW AND CAN JOIN IN THE CONTEST!

POST YOUR ANSWER IN THIS BLOG ENTRY AND REPOST THIS IN YOUR BLOG!

MECHANICS (IMPORTANT PLEASE READ):

1. CONTEST STARTS NOW AND ENDS AT FEB.10, 2009

2. CONTEST IS ONLY OPEN TO PHILIPPINE- BASED BLOGGERS

3. BLOGGERS AND GIRLTALK BLOG READERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN

4. WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN VIA RANDOM.ORG

5. SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO ANYWHERE IN THE PHILIPPINES IS FREE!

JOIN NOW AND LE PERFUMERIE AND THE BEAUTY JUNKEE IS MORE THAN GLAD TO MAKE YOUR VALENTINE'S MEMORABLE AND SMELLING GOOOOD. :)

Love your Body (Shop)

If you:

a) take good care of your body

b) love quality bath and body products

c) are against animal testing

d) want environment-friendly products

Chances are, you have visited (and probably bought something) from The Body Shop. And if you can't get enough of Body Shop products, The Day Tripper is here to help you out with your Body Shop craving. She is giving away P1,000 worth of gift certificates from The Body Shop. To join, simply click here.

I Love Davao

Do you love Davao and want everyone to know it? You're in luck. Vernz is giving away one female and one male Davao shirt.

Here are the rules:

>> Be a Follower
>> Leave a comment with your email address
>> Blog about this give-away.

January give-away is open for Philippine residents only.

Give-away ends February 10, 2010
Winners will be chosen via random.org

Mooon Cafe

*author's note: I intend to edit this piece for use in my writing portfolio for BusinessWorld. - MB

Restaurant: Mooon Cafe

Location: 3/F The Annex SM City North Edsa

Quezon City

It was only by chance that Sam and I ended up here for lunch. After wandering around, we found ourselves in front of this Mexican cantina-inspired restaurant. The blurbs in the menu were deliciously descriptive and enticed us to give this place a try.

I ordered the Chicken Mozarella Melt (pictured above; P179, garlic rice included). The taste reminded me of beef, which I found a little bit odd. Near the end of the meal, Sam tasted it and said that the marinade used was soy sauce and calamansi, which was probably why it reminded him of food cooked during the barangay fiesta at his place (and why it made me think of beef steak). The chicken was tender and tasty, but I think the price is a tad steep.

Sam ordered the Mooon Steak (pictured above; P169, garlic rice included). He seemed to like it enough, but I found it somewhat bland.

Overall, the price is probably not worth it. The food was only average and it seemed that we were paying mostly for the ambiance.

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Fail

I'm a big fan of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf's Moroccan Mint Tea Latte, so I was psyched about Belle Du Jour's CBTL coupons. Sam and I decided to use the "Buy One, Take One" Tea Latte offer. To our disappointment, Moroccan Mint was unavailable. At first, we ordered one Matcha Green Tea Latte and One Double Vanilla Tea Latte. At the last minute, we changed the order to two Double Vanilla Tea Lattes. The girl at the counter was able to get our orders right. Sadly, the barista wasn't as alert. And even worse, we didn't notice that she got our orders wrong until we arrived back at the office.

Double Vanilla Tea Latte Fail :(