Sunday, October 24, 2010

Behind the scenes at OK!'s staff shoot


Last week, OK! magazine had our staff shoot for the December issue. Here are a few outtakes:

Managing editor Lana still doing business while having her hair done.

Red carpet columnist J Santiago checks himself out.

Beauty editor-at-large Nicole Delos Angeles looking very svelte.

Beauty columnist Nichole Reyes-Mercado (in black) and features editor Joanna Mendoza (in purple) await their turn.
 
Associate features editor Elaine Natividad whiles away the time with a book.

Me. With very lifeless hair!

Vito was mesmerized by Nikki's pearls. (I am mesmerized by her luscious long wavy locks!)

I brought Vito to the shoot and everybody gushed over him. Then the makeup artist asked when I last had a good night's sleep because my eyes obviously said I haven't had any in a loooong while. Since getting pregnant, I've been sporting bloodshot eyes surrounded by fine lines and dark circles. After working on me (a long time, sad to say), the makeup artist made my eyes look like this:

Obviously, I need help in the eye department! Because all that concealer and powder just buried themselves in my wrinkles. Good thing I got this recently:

I'll start using that elixir on Monday and give you an update on my beauty blog, maybe in 2 weeks or so. But if you need more info on eye creams,  click here.


As for the OK! staff shoot, I'm sorry this post isn't as fun and detailed as my previous posts (click here, here and here). I was too busy with Vito to actually take pictures! Wow. My priorities have changed. Either that or my hands were just too full of baby to do some clicking!

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Friday, October 22, 2010

I won a $20 gift card!

I just won an Urban Originals' Facebook contest! All I had to do was post two links on their wall--one an Urbanog shoe and the other the designer shoe it copied. Easy! This was what I posted:
Valentino Couture Bow d'Orsay peep-toe pump
$695

Miss Me Jocelyn Bow Tie pep-toe pump
$23.90


And today I got this message:

And maybe next week or so, I'll use my prize! That gift card can buy two pairs of shoes if I'm lucky. And despite certain events recently that made me wanna scream my head off (and I did actually, last Wednesday. Sigh.), I do still believe I'm a very lucky girl.
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Freaked out!

Saw this on our office library shelf yesterday and I know I shouldn't read that cover story but I just couldn't resist. Now, after reading the article, I am freaked out!

Everyone says that what you eat and do while pregnant affects the baby, but this new science of fetal origins has discovered that everything, absolutely everything--from the air we breathe (most likely polluted) and the food we eat (which can harbor psychoactive drugs like L Dopa) to the stress we feel--truly can determine whether our child will be fat, have heart problems or be schizo.

Why am I freaked out??? Well, when I was preggers, I wasn't exactly religiously taking my prenatal vitamins and I ate a lot of fast food. I live right along the busiest highway in the city and pass a group of smokers every day when I walk to work. I watched World War II documentaries and crime stories on TV. I was juggling work, marriage, impending motherhood. In short, I basically lived!

Then I read things like that Time story. That motherhood guilt everyone warned me about just went into overdrive. Vito, forgive mama for living her life!
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