Summer is officially here and it’s time to show off some skin!  In a tropical island like the Philippines, summer could get extended because we have great weather all year round (except for a few typhoon coming our way).

We cannot strut the streets fully covered because the heat would get you very uncomfortable. That’s why, we need to take care of our skin, because after all, it has always been a part of our daily wardrobe.

Get a chance to win big summer prizes! Join the Vaseline Summer Skin + Style Lookbook Promo today! Just Like the Vaseline page. Shoot a 3-photo collage with a Vaseline Healthy White SPF24 bottle. Caption it with “Beautiful skin + style this summer with @VaselinePH lotion”. Tag #VaselineSummer. And upload to Instagram or send it to vaselinesummer@gmail.com! Easy, yes? Start shooting!

During summer, I go to the beach a lot!  I love to get a subtle tan, the one that would emphasize my muscle cuts *wink*  But the thing is, we need to protect our skin under the sun too!  I always apply sunblock whenever I hit the beach or the pool.  What we often forget to do though is to apply some skin protection on a daily basis.

As a frequent traveler, I cannot explore the city or a new place without walking around under the sun.  Applying sunblock with high SPF – is just too thick and leaves white residue.  Also, it gets really sticky and that’s no good when you’re traveling in a very humid and hot country such as Cambodia.

The reason for this blog post is because I want to share with you just the perfect lotion and skin protection this summer!

I have been an advocate of this product since it was launched a few years back.  Yes, Vaseline Healthy White triple lighting lotion 🙂

I reviewed this product before.  Click here to read my detailed review. Â But if you’re lazy to do so, let me just give you a recap.

• Love the fresh scent!
• Gives you triple benefits: Sun protection against UVA (PA++) & UVB (SPF 24), and it also has B3 that helps in skin lightening!
• Lotion blends well with the skin, (unlike sunblocks or any lotion with higher spf that gives “whitish” or thick residue
• Light texture which is perfect for our hot and humid weather.  If it gets too sticky, it will be very uncomfortable

Overall, I would say Vaseline Healthy White lotion is your skin’s best friend this summer, and all year round!  You get to keep your gorgeous skin, protect it from harsh sun rays and maintain an evenly toned, and smooth skin 🙂

You can buy this at your local grocery stores 🙂

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We had so much fun during our Vaseline Road Trip!  You may check out my sidebar on the right (—>) to view my blog posts about our adventure.

If you are a girl, 18 years old and above, and you want to experience the same fun we had… go to vaselineroadtrip.com for a chance to win a road trip for you and your friends 😀

xoxo,

FlairCandy

How have you been doing… 🙂

Do you visit my blog everyday?  Yes? Good for you! If not, don’t worry, you can read my blog’s archive 😛

If you have been reading my blog you would have seen how fun it was for me and my friends Nikki and Ada to explore the Northern Luzon sponsored by Vaseline 🙂

If you’re not envious of us yet then you probably haven’t been following us 😛

Check out this TVC instead 😀

This video is now being shown on TV 😛 Not sure which channels but I’m pretty sure some saw it in ETC, Lifestyle Channel, 2nd Avenue, Studio 23, Cinema One. I’m pretty sure it’s shown on other local channels too wee ^_^

Now, it’s your chance to have your very own Road Trip with your friends.

Visit vaselineroadtrip.com now to win this all expense paid Road Trip of a lifetime for you and your friends!

xoxo,

FlairCandy

photography by: Jeck Simbulan

videography by: Orange House

It just sank in… it’s our last day… I’m going to miss the girls and all who went with us.

Here are the memories captured of our last day in Baguio.

The day started with us girls walking along pine trees 🙂

From shorts, skirts and sleeveless tops we wore scarves and bonnets.

Here’s a quick tip for travelers:

When you travel to different places with different temperature, you need to consider bringing stuff you can use for both.  If not, just use lighter alternatives like bringing scarves instead of a bulky heavy jacket,  leggings instead of maong jeans and a cute cashmere hat or bonnet for style 😛

I pack light and bringing unnecessary stuff is a no-no to me.  I love traveling alone as well so that means I carry my own stuff… I need to be able to carry all of my luggage myself 🙂

We had breakfast at our hotel in Baguio – Bloomfields hotel.

We were a bit woozy from going out the other night to Nevada square.  We had fun bonding with everyone!

Our morning started in Camp John Hay were we had our last shoot for the trip.  Good location 🙂  We felt calm around Pine Trees.

Interesting Trivia:

Ada said that Baguio has the lowest suicidal rate in the Philippines.

It’s because of the Pine Trees around… It gives a calming effect to people and its surroundings.

True enough, all of us just felt relaxed.

Lol… a shade of pink for each of us 😛

Behind the scenes of our TV clips…

let me know if you see one of our clips on TV 🙂 soon!

After talking to the camera and wrapping up our entire trip with Vaseline, they took us to some special relax time.

This picture was taken in North Haven Spa.

This place is famous for its strawberry body scrub/massage.

See all rose petals? 🙂

Nikki and me… getting giddy and excited… finally, a chance to pause and relax 🙂

Ada, Nikki and me with a bowl of lovely Rose Petals

They served ginger ale tea when we arrived

Ahhh… so nice… look at how relaxed I am… Jeleesss??? 😛

Quick tip – Alternative for an Oily Massage:

If you don’t the oily feeling when you are having your massage, you can request for your masseuse to use cream or lotion.

I used to take a break for work and go to massage parlors.  I don’t like oil because I knew I need to go somewhere else… So a cream or lotion would be a perfect solution.

Plus, it moisturizes your skin!

aaaaaahhhh… jeless?

then join our final contest for a chance to win this road trip of a lifetime!

(just subscribe and I will upload the contest mechanics soon)

You will get to experience EVERYTHING and I mean EVERY activity we did!

To know what adventures we had that you might get to experience for yourselves, just roam around my blog and read the latest posts about our Vaseline Road Trip!

PINK!… See what we’re holding?  These patterns on the clothing gives you a hint that we’re in Baguio!

Ahh.. will miss these ladies.. I hope we have a reunion.

One more cam-whore shot before we have our therapy

We’re sitting on a bath tub. fyi.

Okay, stop taking pictures already… we want to have our massage now,

ktnxbai

Oooh yes.. after massage is chow time!

I ordered Beef Burger with a startling big patty and potato fries for only P150.

Ada and Nikki ordered the White Pasta with lots of sauce and meat for only P150 each.

I KNOW!!!

SO CHEAP!

Love the clear mountains with clouds/fog arround it 🙂

Cam-whore time 😛

VTR-ing stuff

behind the scenes of another shoot 🙂

It was so cold!!!

 

The perfect ingredients of this road trip:  friends, adventure, cam-whore galore, protection from sun and dry skin with Vaseline 🙂

We can’t get enough photos…

Lord of the rings?

ADA so CUTE we wanna KISS!!!

*photos courtesy of Jeck Simbulan and Vaseline

 

Here are more pictures from my Camera

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The tour is almost over… but I’m having so much fun!

Here’s the Day 5 question:

Put a caption on this picture 🙂 Best and most creative answer wins!

I will only have until tomorrow for the contest!  Take note that I haven’t closed the contest for the other days yet, so you can still join the other daily contest 🙂  I will close the contests and will announce the winners on Monday, May 31.

 

Contest Guidelines:

1. Answer on the comment section with your name and email address. (If you don’t want to make your email address public, just make sure you provide a valid email address in the comment form.)

2. Only 1 entry per person, per post. You can comment again and join the other question of the day’s, but you can only win once.

3. Only ladies are allowed to join (sorry boys, that was specific in BFAD registration). The boys however are encouraged to let their girl friends join the contest.

4. I will pick the best and most creative answer for this contest.

5. I will post the names of the winners on the day after our Flair Vaseline Road Trip adventure.

6. Contest only open to local viewers (Philippines)

7. Read the Full Terms and Conditions here.

In addition:

You can join again the final contest (all expense trip) even if you won the contest for the gift. Yaye!

I’m so excited for you guys ^_^

 

Anyway, it’s so nice here… So cool… and it’s just really a nice place to relax.

The weather is cool…

I was even surprised that a lot of people are living here.  There are houses everywhere.

Anyway, let the pictures tell the story 🙂

Started the day by applying Vaseline.

My skin is super dry and sensitive.  It needs to be moisturized, or else, my eczema might come out.

Also, I wouldn’t have to worry about getting dark while on tour and having photo shoots under the heat of the sun because it has SPF 24. Also, my mom would be happy because my mom wants me to be flawless white lol

See picture below 🙂 me and the girls love playing around different places.  We don’t need to worry about the sun ^_^

Playing along the stairs of Sta. Maria church in Sta. Maria.

 

But before that, we stopped over Bauang (or Bawang) Bridge :)  This is just right after Vigan.  The view is spectacular and it was so cold and windy!

Inserted portrait photo of me taken by Jeck… I love the green background! I’m one nature 🙂

This is outside the Bencab’s (Ben Cabrera) gallery in Baguio.

Nikki, me and Ada outside our hotel in Vigan – Hotel Salcedo de Vigan.

I was about to sneeze… then the shutter clicked LOL

Jump shot on Bauang bridge

Outside Sta. Maria church.  It was beautiful… The sky was perfect blue.

Lunch at Midway!!! I was so happy we dropped by here… I missed the baby back ribs ^_^…

I always eat here when I have surf trips in La Union

Really friendly dog outside the Bencab museum… He’s very friendly, I wanted to take him home.

I was WOW-ing :P  The individual paintings looked like Chinese characters.

We kissed Ada 😛

Trying to imitate the statues behind us 🙂

We love stairs for some reason lol

Bencab Museum / Gallery

Session Road – most famous road in Baguio

Time to kiss Nikki

Ukay-Ukay madness wee!

I will definitely miss this trip… I will miss the girls, the crew and everyone involved in this trip… it has been one great adventure 🙂

Wake up in the morning feeling like P.Diddy…

grabbed my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit Vigan City.

Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of positivity

‘Coz when I leave for Vigan, I ain’t comin’ back (yet).

Applyin’ Vaseline on my skin, skin…

Getting ready for the road trip to Vigan!  Of course, I have to take care of my dry skin by applying Vaseline Healthy White lotion.  It has triple whitening effect with an SPF24 which is super enough to protect your skin from harmful sun rays while touring 🙂

Anyway, I woke up early to view the sun rise 🙂

I was the only one up at that time 😛

I love sun rise more than I love the sunset 😀

Road Trip from Pagudpod to Vigan

From Ilocos Norte (Region I), we headed for Ilocos Sur (Region 2).  It took about 2 – 3 hours of road time.  All is good and fun when you are with cool, happy awesome people!  All the time, in the car, we just talked about many random things.

Two places at the same time

When we saw the Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur, we stopped by to take pictures!  Talkin’ bout being at two places at the same time :D  Also, Philippine soldiers were deployed on the border and they were in charge of watching over the boundery.

Pottery Making

I really had lots of first time here in this trip!  Another first I did today was Pottery Making!  When the store owner demonstrated how he shapes clay into pots, it was amazing.  It looked so simple, so peaceful, so elegant.  When I tried to shape my own pot though, I had a hard time.  You probably need steady hands, inspiration and probably some music to get in tune with what you are doing.

Vigan – Calle Crisologo

This area is a very famous tourist destination.  The old houses are preserved, thus, putting us in another awesome time capsule!

All we did was take pictures and more pictures :)  The city is so photogenic 😀

In the mean time, I still have more questions for you during the next few days of the trip and you can join again!  You can only win once though ^_^

Anyway here’s my question of the day:

“What specific brand product did I use to remove my glitter tattoo?”

Roam around my blog’s homepage for the clue 😛

Contest Guidelines:

1.  Answer on the comment section with your name and email address.  (If you don’t want to make your email address public, just make sure you provide a valid email address in the comment form.)

2.  Only 1 entry per person, per post. You can comment again and join the other question of the day’s, but you can only win once.

3. Only ladies are allowed to join (sorry boys, that was specific in BFAD registration).  The boys however are encouraged to let their girl friends join the contest.

4.  Entries with correct answers will be randomized and I will pick 1 winner per day.

5.  I will post the names of the winners on the day after our Flair Vaseline Road Trip adventure.

6.  Contest only open to local viewers (Philippines)

7. Read the Full Terms and Conditions here.

In addition:

You can join again the final contest (all expense trip) even if you won the contest for the gift. Yaye!

I’m so excited for you guys ^_^

The glitter tattoo only lasts for 3 – 5 days.

As you can see, in 4 days… my glitter tattoo got wonky and my sexy glittering purple cat tattoo’s tail is gone lol.

Therefore, I need to remove it coz it looks like trash now 😛

The glitter tattoo is pretty solid and if you touch and attempt to remove it just with your fingers, you’d have a hard time, and a red skin 😛

Here’s a 3-step procedure on how to remove your glitter tattoo.

1.  Have a lotion ready.

I used Vaseline lightening lotion with triple whitening effect.  I used this because, I’m using it anyway to protect all skin areas that will be exposed in the sun while I’m on the road tour.  Plus, I love the smell, it’s like lotion-perfume.

You can also use petroleum jelly or cold cream as an alternative to lotion.

Step 2: Apply the lotion on the skin and spread it on the area.  Massage around the area for about 1-3 minutes.  This is to make sure that the area is smooth and lubricated already.

Step 3: Get a tiny towel and wipe the area.  You can use tissue or cloth if you don’t have a towel.  You might need to put a little bit of force while taking it off.  You might need the help of your boyfriend or friend if the tattoo is along the area you can’t reach by yourself.

 

 

Voila! clean back shoulder! 😀

Breakfast, Golf, ATV, Fort Ilocandia

Lunch at La Preciosa

Malacanang of the North and Paoay Lake

Paoay Church

Marcos Museum

Dinner at Sitio Remedios

 

Breakfast, Golf, ATV, Fort Ilocandia

It was a beautiful morning.  I love bread and that’s basically what I had at breakfast at Fort Ilocandia.  I knew that this day is going to be a blast!  And indeed it is because I just had two “first-times” just in the morning activities.  Our first activity for the day was to ride the All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV).  It was fun and hot.  I applied Vaseline sunblock in the morning because I knew we might be fried under the sun.  I was introduced to Vaseline sunblock last on March last year.  They had promo girls roaming around the beach who offered to put sunblock on us.  We loved the scent of the sunblock!  It didn’t smell like sunblock or the pool at all lol.

Riding the ATV is awesome!  It is a bit slow as compared to riding a Go-Kart.  But still, anything automobile – I love!  I couldn’t count how many times I roamed around the track.  😛 I still enjoyed cam-whoring and I had an awesome panning shot taken by the photographer.  The view while we were ATV-ing was just breathtaking because we were riding by the beach 🙂

It was my first time hitting balls on the golf range.  :P  I learn fast and the staff of Fort Ilocandia were very kind to help me improve my form and my swing lol.  I don’t really like watching golf on TV.  It looks boring.  You wait for people to hit their balls.  That’s it. T___T so boring… Zzzzzz… One thing I learned from today’s experience though is that golf needs practice and concentration.  It’s also all about the form.  For the first time, I was super conscious of how I bend and the level of bending involved.  I was also taught how to do a very suave swing 😛

Lunch at La Preciosa

The locals said that people in Ilocos are very frugal.  Their lifestyle is also very very simple.  They rarely go out to eat at restaurants.  Therefore, those who go to restaurants in Ilocos are usually tourists.  The owner of the restaurant was there to greet us and explained every dish that was served.  My favorite was the Pukui Pukui and their Carrot cake is so good in this place – it’s a must-try!

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Malacanang of the North and Paoay Lake

Ilocos Norte is known to be the place of Marcos.  Their family’s involvement in the government started here with his ancestors as Ilocos’ congressman.  The Marcos family really built landmarks and it included this place of theirs – Malacanang of the North.  It’s a house made of wood basically and you will see the Spanish influence in the architecture.  The Furnitures are also something that you must observe.  Most of the furnitures were are made of wood.  You will see how old the furnitures are, but they still look sturdy.

Overlooking the terrace of the Malacanang of the North is Paoay Lake.  It’s a natural lake that stretches to 450 hectares area.

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Paoay Church

It was just breathtaking.  I usually take my camera and shoot immediately when I travel and see a nice landmark… but when I saw the church, I just had to stop, pause and relish the moment.  It was breathtaking… The church combined Baroque architecture and Filipino/Chinese craftmanship.

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Marcos Museum and Sony Bloggie Stills

We were not allowed to take pictures.

I stepped inside the dark room.  It was cold… then on the spotlight, lies the body of Marcos, coated with wax.  His body lies inside a glass coffin.  It reminds me of Snow White.

I had goosbumps when I saw Marcos.  His body was only 3 meters away from me.  It was so close… I felt a strong aura or a strong mood when I saw his face despite the fact that his body was preserved for 21 years now.

My Nikon D40’s Kit Lens is dying.  The Autofocus is not working anymore :(  Using manual focusing on the kit is just a pain to me so I had to resort in alternatives.  I took out the Sony Bloggie and tested out the stills.

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Dinner at Sitio Remedios

The ambiance is really something.  It somehow brought me to a different time.  Like that place was put in a time capsule and here I am now, visiting.

The story of the houses and rooms that you can rent inside the Sitio Remedios resort is very interesting.  They are really old houses from different places.  They were taken down, one-by-one into pieces and brought to Sitio Remedios Resort and reassembled one-by-one.

The houses tell so much story even if you just stare at it.

I was also at awe when I saw the chapel at the center.  The first thing that came to my mind when I entered the small chapel was “I think I want to be wed here.” lol not that I am planning to anytime soon :P  The church stole my heart.  It’s by the beach as well.  A perfect tropical-ish wedding (with a hint of reggae theme) would be perfect here for me…  It matches my personality

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Anyway, that’s it for now… gotta rush for our next destination!