FREE Stay at MICROTEL Boracay’s Double Room Accommodation from hitabargain!

Microtel Boracay is a beachfront Boracay Hotel
in Diniwid Beach that brings international-standard hotel accommodation to the premier resort island of Boracay, Philippines.

Exclusive to Hit A Bargain! Facebook members (click here to sign up), MICROTEL BORACAY Hotel is giving away not just 1, but 2: FREE 3 Days / 2 Nights Accommodations for two in a Double Room with breakfast amounting to P35,100 (P17,550 per 3 days and 2 nights)!!!

HOW TO JOIN: Blog about Microtel Boracay regarding: “Why do you think Microtel Boracay gives the highest satisfaction in terms of experiencing Boracay to the fullest?“ You may submit multiple entries (by leaving comment/s below with a working email address), but, may only win once.

Entry requirements:

* As part of the requirements in winning the Microtel Boracay stay, you must be a Hit A Bargain! Facebook member (click here to sign up) and you must share this freebie promo to at least 20 friends (more is better, of course!). Click the “Share This” button below at the end of this page and choose your email host or Facebook, etc. to send this promo to your friends. The more medium (forums, social networking sites, etc.) you use to share this promo, the bigger chances of winning! Make sure to copy furnish: hitabargain@gmail.com.

* Prior to submission, post your entry in your blog (or travel blog forums if you don’t have your own blog), personal website or social networking account.

* Email the following information to hitabargain@gmail.com:
o Full Name
o Birthday & Age
o Email Address
o Delivery Address
o Contact Numbers
o Occupation / Company
o URL link to your blog (or travel forum post) entry for this contest
o URL links where you shared Microtel Boracay freebie promo of Hit A Bargain!
* This contest is open to all 18 years and above.
* Only entries that fulfill the above-mentioned requirements will be accepted.

Deadline of entries is on June 30, 2010. Official announcement of winners will be on or before July 15, 2010.

Tip: Entries are 50% judged on the quality and quantity of shares made. So, keep on SHARING the promo by clicking the “Share This” button below (or post in famous forums, socialnetworking sites with photo and link ) for more chances of winning!

To join, click HERE.

FREEBIE FRIDAY #5: IN OUR HANDS

Maver is giving away these nice patriotic watches to commemorate our country's first automated elections.


To learn more, click HERE.

Giveaway! Its “The Makeup Snob.com” Birthday and my Gift is for You!!

Here's a post from Makeup Snob.com:

My Blog is ONE Year old! This is really exciting for me and I want to thank you so much for those who read and follow my blog. It really means a lot that you continue to come back and read what I have to say. So much has happened this year and I am so grateful to be apart of the blogosphere and to have been able to connect with so many amazing people though makeup!

In honor of you amazing readers and my blog birthday I wanted to do something special!A CONTEST!

~ In a comment below…

1. Fill out the comment form below with your name, email (seen only by me) and blog info if you keep one!
2. Tell me What you want for YOUR birthday. It doesnt have to be makeup. It can be ANYTHING! Big things, Small things, Lotsa Things! (under $100.00 total please)
3. If you re-post my Birthday contest on your blog, comment AGAIN with the link and that will count as a second entry for you using the info you provided in your original comment! ( email addy and blog address must match the first comment so I know! )

Rules: Must be a follower through google friend connect (right side of the page). Also one comment person unless you repost as mentioned above which allows you a second entry… (anyquestions let me know.. :)

The contest is open to all my readers in all countries. Comments on my page have comment numbers. So your comment number is almost like your raffle ticket! Winners number will be randomly selected using random.com and if your comment number is chosen you win~!

Click HERE to win!

I'm not a makeup girl + an Elianto Eyeshadow Palette from Kikay Corner

My most glamorous makeup-is-my-bestfriend moment.

This was taken in my graduation pictorial in college. I know I did look my very best that day, about to finish college and stuff, posing for the yearbook, and with all those makeup the gay beautician put on me, it’s a wonder not to look best.


Well this is me in real life. Funny me to even post my unlikely picture here: no makeup, greasy face, whatever. This was taken on an early morning, what with my still ruffled hair huh.

You see, I was never the makeup girl. Even now, I don’t think I put on makeup the right way when I come in the office. But still, no matter how wrong I feel my makeup is, I still try to put color in my most-of-the-time bland pretty face. Haha!

Oh, I tried here.


When I attended the 3rd Phil. Graphic Fiction Awards with my sister being the finalist.

And here.


At the Christmas Party with my first company.

And at the latest here.


At the First, Fun, Fearless COSMO Eyeball.

So what do you think, did I got my makeup right?

The day after the last event, I heard about this contest Kikay Corner is having: an Elianto Eyeshadow Palette! This comes with a pressed powder, 6 eyeshadows and an eyeshadow brush. Hurray~


Just merely looking at it, I feel this could really help me in my dilemma. I haven't tried wearing eyeshadows, except for rare occasions, because I tend to overdo it. But these eyeshadow palette has mostly light colors, just perfect t give color without going overboard. Plus, the cover with its pink graphic design is just too inviting!

Thus, a full face make-up kit minus the blush-on and lipstick. I don’t wear mascara or eyeliner by the way. I figure if I can have this, I could be greatly motivated to learn (and learn well at that) the basics of proper make-up use. And I never had an expensive makeup item, it’s either I can’t afford it or I think it’s just not worth the extra extra bucks.

Do you remember in your elementary years where your mom buys you that really really good Cattleya notebook equipped with an embroidered pen for your English subject (or any of your hated subject for that matter)? You really hated English but because of your new incredible things you could at least try right?

This might do the trick for me as a Cattleya notebook would back then. Maybe this is my chance to re-learn English (in this case, using makeup) what with my brand new Cattleya notebook (and in my case, an Elianto Eyeshadow Palette like this if only Elinato and Kikay Corner forbid I win)! Yehey to that. XD

For the contest mechanics, (I recommend you join too so everyone knows the good news!) click HERE.

PS. In my time, a Cattleya notebook costs a lot. :D

Images for COSMO promo

May Giveaway from Lizz Buenaventura

Winner will take home the:



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)

So what is my favorite summer activity?
It has to be hitting the beach and going natural. It;s the only season where tan is so so in!

Help Promote Cosmo.ph And ENJOY Exclusive Perks And Discounts!

The Cosmo.ph team simply loves seeing how much the membership of the website has grown, and we can see how Cosmo.ph has now become a part of your online habit. But won’t it be great if all your friends are part of this growing community of Fun, Fearless Females, too?

We’ve asked you to recruit members through the referral promo, but this time, we want to see how far you would go to tell all your Cosmo sisters out there about our fab online community.

Get creative. You can refer them to be fans of Cosmo on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and post our links on your blogs or websites. You can talk about us in other online forums. You can tell all your friends about us and ask them to be a member of the site. Whatever it is, DO IT THROUGHOUT MAY (Cosmopolitan Philippines’ anniversary month, in fact!) then TELL US HOW YOU DID IT (and show proof for it, too)!

The incentive? Fifty-eight (58) of you will bring home one (1) Enjoy Philippines kit each! The Enjoy Philippines kit includes vouchers worth over P250,000 in benefits and offers, and a card that offers from 10 to 50% off at hundreds of the best restaurants, top clubs, shopping, hotel, and lifestyle establishments in the country. The kit sells for P1,495 but we’re giving it FREE to 58 of you who can PROVE to us they have promoted Cosmo.ph to their friends the best way possible!

Promo Mechanics:
1. Promote Cosmo.ph to ALL your friends (see our suggestions above) then email webmaster@cosmo.ph what you’ve done to help promote the website! Include a screengrab of how many friends you’ve referred to our Facebook fan page, how many of your friends are following us on Twitter, and tell us how else you’ve spread the word about us to your circle! (Email subject should be Cosmo.ph Enjoy Promo)

Webmaster’s note: Please make sure your email does not go beyond 500kb! Otherwise, it will not go through our inbox.

2. Along with the requirements above, please include in your email your username, real name, email address, mobile number, age, occupation, and a small solo photo of you (enough for us to see your face).

3. We would be picking the 58 Cosmo chicks with the most creative and most effective promotional efforts as winners of an Enjoy kit! (This promo is open only to female Cosmo.ph online readers age 18-35.) You can only win once during the entire promo period.

4. Summit Media employees are not qualified to win.

5. Winners will have two weeks to claim the Enjoy kit GC (actual kits will be available in June at the earliest or until further notice) from the time of the announcement of the winner unless otherwise stipulated on the promo page.

6. If the prize is left unclaimed after the specified time period, the winner forfeits her right to claim the prize, and prize ownership goes back to Summit Media.

7. Winners will also be posted on Cosmo.ph. Prizes can be claimed at the 7F Robinsons Cybergate Center Tower 3, Robinsons Pioneer Complex Pioneer St., Mandaluyong City, 1550. Winners need to bring at least one valid ID (with the same name they used to register).

8. Winners may look for Tina Sandejas (contact info 451-8888 loc. 1074 and tina.sandejas@summitmedia.com.ph) when claiming their prize. Claiming of prizes is only allowed every Friday, from 10AM to 6:00PM, unless specified in the notification e-mail or text. Kindly contact Ms. Tina Sandejas (contact info above) beforehand to inform her that you will be dropping by to claim your prize.

9. In cases where the winner cannot claim the prize himself, an original copy of a duly signed authorization letter indicating name of representative and an original ID of the winner (photocopy not allowed) should be presented. The representative of the winner should bring at least one valid ID to claim the prize.

10. Winners residing outside Metro Manila who cannot claim their prize in person can send an authorized representative (see item no. 9) to claim the prize on their behalf.

The promo will run from May 1 to 31, 2010 only.