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January 31, 2010

The Body Shop's Flawless Skin Protecting Foundation SPF 25

January 31, 2010

So I tried out this foundation from The Body Shop (TBS) last month because I wanted an alternate powder foundation for my Clinique Bright-C powder. It's the TBS's Flawless Skin Protecting Foundation SPF 25 variant, my shade is #4.

It has this creamy consistency that I like because it easily blended on my face. And yes, it stayed with its title--Flawless Skin. It has a full coverage that hid my pimple scars even without concealer. It also covered large pores. It looked really good on my face until I went out of work (my December shift was 4am-1pm then). Alas, the foundation doubling as a sunscreen had its toll. It started to look icky because of my oily-type skin.

When I got home, I did my usual routine of cleaning my face when I wear makeup in the office--makeup remover, facial lotion scrub and toner. Then right the next day, I had a breakout. My pimples were flared up like hell. Days after, when it did not subside, I ran straight to my dermatologist. Come the Christmas holidays, my face became clearer again, with the exception of some nasty pimple scars.

I have only used it once and I haven't used my TBS foundie since then. And now, I'm giving it away. You can just wash the sponge or even just buy a new one. The foundie itself is still good as new, you could even still see the first dab that I made. Any takers?

(Note: I have texted a friend regarding this but she still have not responded. So until she responds here, this one is still up for grabs)

Edit: Original price: Around P1300. So whoever asks for it first, gets it.

That's me and my unmade bed right there. Can you see the first dab?

(Another note: The reason why I'm giving this away is to not have anyone breakout like I did. We all have different types of skin, mine's REALLY sensitive and my dermatologist would agree. I'm giving this away because although it worked bad for me, this product might work wonders for someone else. Had I not have this sensitive skin, I would keep this being that this is a full-coverage foundation. Surely, it saves a lot of time because it also doubles as a concealer.)

Personal Blog

Getting Old, Getting New

January 25, 2010

I'm getting old and I need a new job. It's either that or me winning a jackpot of the lottery. What are the odds that I achieve the latter than the former, eh? Oh well, anyone can wish.

My short-term goal right now right now is to land a new job before the second half of 2010 begins. It's a goal that I would want to aim sooner rather than later.

Right now I'm in this huge multinational IT company, which shall not be named, doing a job that I don't remotely like. During the interviews, I was one of the naive fresh grads who thought that once I get in a good company, I can just work my way up until I could transfer to a department that I really like to hone myself into. It seemed a good plan since at that time, almost a year ago, this company did not hire fresh grads for the positions that I like. And yes, now they do and it sucks! I already talked with a manager from the department that I do like. He told me that, "your releasing manager will be the one in charge of when you'll be eligible to apply for our department". As this question was already asked during my initial interview pre-hiring, I knew then that we only have to stay for 1 year on our current position before we can apply for different roles.

But then, my manager brought it up during our performance review. Contradicting to what she said pre-hiring, the years of stay should be 2 years before they can endorse me to another department. That I can understand if they are only accepting experienced professionals for the job. But they aren't! Remember, they are now accpeting fresh grads on the team.

I am therefore led into questioning the internal application process. We were told that the reason for the 1-year period is so that we could master the processes in our department before we could transfer to another. My reaction to this would be that a Service Desk process is completely different from that of a Network Engineer or a Database Administration process! That is why they are on a completely different department, right? So why bother wasting the time of the employee and the employer for two years when the employee would not be happy at all hence making the employer to risk the services they give by making a lot of employees unhappy?

Yes, this might be a biased point of view. But there has to be a fine line drawn between being taken for a fool and sensibility. Imagine, if an employee would resign now on a current position, after six months, employee will then be eligible to apply to the company again. Heck, that is faster than waiting for two years doing a job you don't like, right? I only I had the financial resources, I would have turned in my resignation paper ages ago. Now, I'm just the cum laude IT graduate turned into a person who does not appreciate her company. I know, I should count my blessings and I'm thankful that I have a job. But staying in this company is really frustrating. I would not wish this to happen to any of my friends.

So yes, I think I would prefer the lotto jackpot better! Tee hee. (FACT: I haven't placed an entry ever since so how will I win!)