Dove and Calamansi Skin Smoothening

Hello friends! It's been weeks since I last updated this blog. I was a bit occupied about some offline stuff, besides that I have to deal with some depressive moments too but now I am back to share some tips and experience I had when I was offline. 

I was in Youtube the last time that I decided to make this DIY skin whitening formula. As I have mentioned before, I have a medium brown complexion with yellow tone but I do have darker spots and I wanted to lighten them to make it even like the rest of my skin. 

Just a disclaimer : I am just sharing my experience and I have nothing against people who prefers  to have their skin darker or lighter who maybe not liking my post, it is still a personal preference and what works for me may not work for you. 

These are the materials and ingredients that I used : Grater, empty container (with lid if you plan to store them longer inside the fridge), plate(optional), Dove soap(any Dove bar soap variant), 7 Calamansi(or lemon), evaporated or fresh milk

Grated Dove Bar Soap

I call this skin smoothening instead of skin whitening DIY simply because I cannot find any whitening results when I used this. However, this made my skin so smooth and supple with the brightening effects and beautiful glow.

First step is to grate the Dove Soap enough to your heart and skin's content. I like mine a few more or less to achieve a lotion-like texture. Next is to squeeze out the juice of Calamansi and remove seeds. I have mixed all the ingredients with my own estimation.  I want it to appear like a lotion consistency. 

A mixture of Grated Dove bar soap, Calamansi juice and Fresh milk

Finally, apply the mixture in the areas you want to get lighter and leave it for 15 or 20 minutes before shower/wash. The others suggest to leave it on for an hour on the skin if they are not so sensitive. Some just leave it on until it dries then to be followed by your typical shower.

Sugarcoated Banana

Sugarcoated Saba Bananas

Hello beauties! How is your Sunday going? Mom bought a Saba banana earlier and my sister requested to have a Bananacue  snack. Mom cooked us a sugarcoated banana and it certainly is similar to bananacue streetfood minus the stick. 

I think I mentioned in my previous post that this streetfood is one of our favorite. This one is very nutritious too. It has been weeks since I started ditching junkfoods and other pastries as my snacks and so far, it has been great. My skin were not screaming help. 

What my other goal now is to increase my water intake since I tend to forget about drinking more and only drink each time I get extremely thirsty. Hopefully this goal is achieved forever.

Corny Day

Do you like corn? I really hope you can smell its sweet corn scent right now. It fee s eavenly good. I have been craving a lot these past few days of boiled sweet corn and my mom probably heard that I was longing to eat this, she saw this in the market and wow she bought plenty. I guess I was not the only one craving.

For some they do not like eating this as its grains tends to get stuck on the gaps of our teeth but I really do not mind as long as I am able to eat it. This is more than just a streetfood here. It is very healthy and tasty.

Mom got each pack for Php25.00 and it usually has 2-3 pieces in it. This actually made me skip my lunch and my back time covered. It is just so good. 😍☺

Slippers Galore

Hello October! Recently my old slippers were retiring and the other is broken. I was in Metro Plaza Toledo, a local department store nearby our place and saw this cute flip flops. This pair is just perfect for beach trips and it only costs P59.00. There are lots of nice prints to choose from but I am just not sure if this brand is also available in other Metro Gaisano Stores.

Tides and Co. Slippers

My feet size is 5 or 35 but 35 is too small for me in this brand and I fit to 36 perfectly. 

This black slip on slippers below was bought in Gaisano Grand Toledo, another nearby department store. It was under Reva section but I am not sure if this is the brand name of it. It just have Superme logo which I find cute although I would also prefer this in plain black. 

  

Superme Slip ons

The sizes of these slippers are kind of small too. I am size 35 as I have mentioned but on this line of slippers I am at 37. I was actually worried that there were no longer bigger size left. I am glad there is still one on display for this color. I bought this for Php99.00 and I find this of really good quality. I am even thinking about buying a different color next time. 😅😍🤩

Black Slip on Slippers

  

And there is Itom🤫 while I am taking photos of the slippers. He thinks I got some treats for him. Is he not cute? He seems suspicious though.😁😼😸😻

Our Puspin named Itom

Seamless Underwear Overload

Hello everyone! It's finally here. I have been thinking about this order for so many days already maybe because I am too excited to receive it and not only that, I am also curious if the item is worth every penny. It was delivered after 7 days via Ninjavan Courier.

I got these sexy seamless underwear for Php28.00 each from a Shopee store Pinsan Underwear. Most of the items they sell are underwear, socks and bags. I was skeptical at first because as I was looking on the other shops who has the same item, the ratings were not so good. However on this item listed from Pinsan Underwear, it got a rating of 4.9/5.0 and the feedbacks were all good.

Black, skintone and red seamless panties

Since Shopee is currently having a sale and I got discount coupons and coins available, I decided to purchase. I was surprised by the quality as it is comparable to the ones being sold in department stores but those are just more pricey. I am glad I did not purchase there and was so mindful about spending a lot for each price for the same quality. 

These seamless panties are free of garters and the linings are sewn which is one of the reasons why I purchased. I bought a few back from a different store but their linings were just attached with a fabric glue. Some of them were removed after the second wash which I kinda hate already. Wearing them gets wedgy.

Large size black seamless panties

I was wearing medium size my whole life but I have read one of the feedbacks that these undies are smaller actually so I have to upgrade to one size bigger. I took the large size and she is indeed right, it fits perfectly on me. If you are interested in buying, you might want to take note my figure to have an idea. I am 5'1 ft. tall and having a slim or petite figure. My waistline is 26 1/2 with 32 1/2 hip.

Sewn panty linings

Another reasons why I switch to seamless undies because regular underwear causes too much friction that leads to skin darkening and that is what happened to me since puberty, I am 32 now so you can imagine. I was not mindful of what I wear as long as they fit snuggly on me. One of the solution is to wear clothes or an underwear that is not so tight and allow air circulation in the affected area.

Dark gray and coffee colored ankle socks

I also bought some cute socks from them that I will be using during bedtime.  These are ankle socks and I love them. They are not so thin or thick and I like that.

Overall I want to rate the shop and the items I bought 4 out of 5. It is not because of the items I bought but because of the packaging. The shop is not so concerned about possible courier fault during transport. They did not contain the items inside the courier pouch. They could have pack or wrap the underwear and socks in a  paper before slipping it in the courier's pouch. 

I will definitely order again but I just hope they will improve on their packaging side.