REVIEW: Wet and Wild Lipstick (Ravin Raisin)

So recently I've been looking like crazy for a plum/purple lipstick shade and i thought Baguio was not the right place to purchase it, however i am wrong and i got it! i got it! The ravin raisin of wet and wild lipstick is the P-E-R-F-E-C-T!

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Recently i purchased this item to an online shop in Baguio City that sells different kinds of cosmetics/make-up from Foundation to Lipstick and you can find really good brands. I am referring to HERMOSA COLLECTION (https://www.facebook.com/hermosaladies?fref=ts). Since i am a makeup junkie and some people know that i am a makeup artist and i only purchase good kinds of makeup, i was able to check and go over with the collections that she is selling and i must say that her prices is way cheaper than the prices at malls so ladies check the link out, it will lead you to her fb account. Additional i must say the seller is very accommodating, she answers quickly on whatever inquiries you may have, she is on time during meet-ups, and during meet-up you will definitely feel comfortable with her. :) I have also read lots of good feed backs about the shop and definitely not a scammer guys!

Moreover on my review on her product. When i first glide the lipstick on my lips it is very creamy and makes my lips moisturizing as well. The lipstick is semi-matte finish and after testing it out it can last for 4 hours straight without eating. However, the lipstick is transferring whenever you drink in a  water from a bottle or a cup but, don't worry to much because you can touch up anytime since this lipstick is very buildable (meaning you can put many coats as you want). Also, the color pays-off very well in just one swipe.

For the lasting power and the finish i would give it 5/5! :)

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For the packaging, it is a typical lipstick container with a plastic transparent cover with the logo of Wet and Wild. I also love that the name of the shade is written unlike the other lipsticks that i have, there were only numbers and no lipstick names. Awesomeness!! right? If i heard the Ravin Raisin i want to eat it! hehe it's like a desert!  also, it is very handy and i love the color black in general.

For the packaging I would give it a 3.5/5

For the price, i believe her regular price for this was 200 pesos but during the time that i've purchased it i got it for only 180 pesos and i was very happy! Who won't be happy with sales? hehe. Well for the price it is very promising i could compare it to the high-end lipstick that i have on my stash and in my collections. You can also find a lot more shades of this Wet N' Wild Lipstick. Check her fb for the shades.

For the price 5/5

Overall, this lipstick is very promising. If you are a lipstick junkie or even a makeup artist like me this product is a must, the payoff in cameras' are very nice as well as in natural daylight. If you are ready to rock on with plum lipstick and if you have been crazy looking for a perfect plum colored lipstick, this is what you have been looking for.

Play with it with confidence! Smile Ladies! 

Additional, I would also want to add that this lipstick is also a good pair to neutral shades eye shadow colors and go rock this for everyday look. I've used Naked Palete 1 to get this look.

Bayani Challenge 2013

Our Team (Team GK Baguio-Benguet / CYNGC) choose Alaminos Pangasinan to attend the Bayani Challenge 2013. Bayani Challenge happens at 37 provinces in the Philippines all at the same time in 5 days; In Bayanihan Challenge there are 16 activities (House Build, Eco Village Marker, Path Walk Brick Laying, Brick Making, Comfort Room Build, School Build, Tree Planting, Mangrove Planting, Kawayan Board Walk Build, Paraisong Pambata, Health Mission, Coastal Clean-up) again this happens in 37 provinces at the same time (MARCH 23-27)

Our Team went to Alaminos at March 25, 2013.

School Build was the activity assigned for us, We painted the classrooms of the day care centers in Lucap Day Care Center, Recudo Day Care Center and Inansuanna Day Care Center. This activity was indeed enjoying, we enjoyed painting the walls with different colors, like we are again a kid playing with colors and putting color on the drawings.

Inansuanna Day Care Center, Alaminos, Pangasinan

Inansuanna Day Care Center, Alaminos, Pangasinan

Inansuanna Day Care Center, Alaminos, Pangasinan

Recudo Day Care Center, ALaminos, Pangasinan

Recudo Day Care Center, ALaminos, Pangasinan

Recudo Day Care Center, ALaminos, Pangasinan

Lucap Day Care Center, Alaminos, Pangasinan

Lucap Day Care Center, Alaminos, Pangasinan

Lucap Day Care Center, Alaminos, Pangasinan

We enjoyed and at least finished the assigned work for the team. .

We stayed 4days/3nights at Alaminos Pangasinan, every night there is what we called Gawad Kalinga Night. In here, the participants and guest speakers share their experiences and learnings to everyone. This event every night is very meaningful and yo can get lots of advises and knowledge that could make your life change.

Besides the school build and other activities. ..there is one event that our Team joined.. the KUSINHERO...this is a cooking challenge and the main menu is TALABA one kind of a seashell that is found in ALaminos..so, using this seashells the contestants should be able to  make a new recipe......The award for this Challenge is a FREE TOUR at Hundred Islands.

Luckily, we are able to have the FREE HUNDRED ISLAND TOUR with the Tribong Lakambini  of Alaminos..We are blessed!!

The last day of Bayanihan was March 27. At 8am our group proceed to the Inansuanna Da Care Center to continue our work...at 11am we return back to the place where we are staying to prepare for the boodle fight and the firehouse bath for all of us.! This is such an amazing experience.

ViVa PASDONG!

           The Cordillera Youth Network for Global Change (CYNGC) in partners with Saint Louis University- Prime Movers Society (SLU-PMS), Saint Louis University-SSC, Kings Colleges of the Philippines-Supreme Student Government (KCP-SSG), and University of the Philippines Baguio-Gawad Kalinga (UPGK-Baguio), GDC Quality Assurance Department-SITEL Baguio conducted an Outreach Program at Brgy. Pasdong, Atok, Benguet with the theme “Launching of Millennium Development Goal: UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR ALL” on November 30, 2013.

The said organizations assembled in the open Gymnasium of Capitol, La Trinidad, Benguet at 6:00 in the morning and arrived at Brgy. Pasdong at 9:00am. The vehicle used for transportation from La Trinidad to Atok, Benguet was provided by the Municipality of Atok.

The Brgy.officials and the community welcomed the group with their smiles and warm greetings. We were able to participate and witness their Brgy. Assembly, it started with an invocation followed by Pambansang Awit, Opening Remarks and an acknowledgement for the presence of the group by the Brgy.Chairman.The CYNGC president, Debraliz Gabol was also given a part to introduce the organization to the community and explain our goal in this Outreach Program.

After such, the students of Pasdong Elementary School gathered in the playground for the activities prepared for them. The first activity for them was the “Finding the Family” it is about making and creating an animal sound and finding their family sound with their eyes closed, 5 groups were created and through this, the creativity and wit of the kids and the facilitators was witnessed. The second game for all is called “Spider web” it is a getting to know activity using yarn. The yarn was being passed randomly through all the kids forming a web and the kids shouting their name whenever they catches the yarn, while holding the “spider web” the kids’ sang the Atok Hymn. This activity has been the symbolism of the unity of the community and their connections as students that they need each other for more learning experiences.

The next activity was a separate game for Kinder to Grade3 and Grade4 to Grade6. The Games/ activity prepared for Grades 4 to 6 are the following:

·         SENSE GAME: It is about testing the kids’ senses and memory. The sense that was tested was their sense of TOUCH, TASTE and SMELL. This was tested with their eyes closed and after finishing all of this they were gathered together as a group and write everything they remember touching, smelling and tasting.

·         STRAW and BOTTLE: 8 bottles are formed vertically in lined with each group. Students put 8 straws on the bottles and getting it again as fast as they can. The kids’ concentration was tested.

·         SACK RACE: Using a sack, the students wear it and jump forward until they reach the finish line and returning again to their groups jumping, all the group members did this as fast as they can. The strength and alertness of the students was tested on this game.

·         WATER CATCHING: Water placed on cellophane was used in this game. This is a pair game wherein they should be able to catch the plastic contained water and prevent it from falling. The concentration and trust from each other was tested in this activity.

·         LONGEST LINE: This game is forming the longest line using the things that they are wearing or all the things that they have. The creativity and thinking skills of the students was tested on this activity, they even used their own body to create the longest line.

For the Kinder to Grade 3, the activities prepared were the following:

·         SHO-ER FUN: It is a game wherein the kids’ leave their footwear on the other side of the area and they fall in line on the opposite side. The kids must wear their own footwear as fast as they can and return to their lines again. The kids’ familiarization and alertness was being tested.

·         DROP and POP: It is a game wherein the kids’ pop balloons as fast as they can. The alertness of the kids was tested on this activity.

·         CATCHING EGG: This is a pair game wherein they should be able to catch the egg and prevent it from falling. The concentration and trust from each other was tested in this activity.

·         LONGEST LINE: This game is forming the longest line using the things that they are wearing or all the things that they have. The creativity and thinking skills of the students was tested on this activity, they even used their own body to create the longest line.

Overall, the kids’ were very active, excited and very willing to give their best for the prizes waiting for them. The kids were able to adopt and follow the instructions from the facilitators. We have seen their enjoyment through their smiles and laughter.

The games ended with an inspirational message from the facilitators for the kids followed by the giving of gifts to the students awarded by Hon. Peter B. Alos, the Municipal Mayor of Atok, purely his presence was already a big gift for the students and for the community. The Program ended at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Hearing the kids say “Thank You” is music to our ears and seeing their beautiful smiles are now our inspiration in continuing giving hope and joy to more kids that will be the future leaders and successors of their own communities and own country. This Outreach Program is another successful activity of Cordillera Youth Network for Global Change (CYNGC) but this program will not be successful and meaningful without this following organizations and people. Saint Louis University- Prime Movers Society (SLU-PMS), Saint Louis University-SSC, Kings Colleges of the Philippines-Supreme Student Government (KCP-SSG), University of the Philippines Baguio-Gawad Kalinga (UPGK-Baguio), GDC Quality Assurance Department-SITEL Baguio , Liezl Gano, Lynette Ateteo, Clint Labon, Marilyn Bango, Rojan, Aris Enconado, Corazon Campoy and most especially the Municipality of Atok. They helped us in giving hope and attaining our goal of giving a “Universal Primary Education for All” to Pasdong Elementary School students.

The Cordillera Youth Network for Global Change (CYNGC) keeps believing that “If we want Change, Let it begin with ourselves” 

POYMS: Training on Facilitation Techniques

The PHILEX and OUTLYING YOUTH MOVERS SOCIETY (POYMS) officers attended a two day training on Facilitation Techniques conducted by Ms.Grace “Gratchy” C. Canave, MSPM of Inkblots at Mt. Tepeyac Residences, Leonardwood, Baguo City on November 22 and 23, 2013.

POYMS Officers busy doing their individual tasks.

Ma'am Grace "Gratchy" Canave of Inkblots. Our super awesome facilitator!

 The Objectives of the training was given to start the day, the Objectives are the following (1) Know and Understand the role and functions of the facilitator in order to help participants learn how to work together by providing  the structure (process), direction and support for an activity. (2) Identify the qualities of a good facilitator. (3) Be introduced in the basic tips and techniques in facilitation. (4) Apply appropriate group dynamics activities and actual activity implementation. And (5) Understand how to handle problem of participants. Ma’am Gratchy supported her Objectives by preparing a power point presentation, handouts and activities.

            In this training, Five Modules have been discussed and presented

·         MODULE 1: Facilitation in a Nutshell

 -with Module 1, we were able to know and understand more who is a facilitator and what facilitation is.

·          MODULE 2: Roles and Functions of the Facilitator

-with Module 2, we were able to see the different functions of a Training program the Preparation, Orientation/Task Direction, Actual training and Integration. We were also able to see the Different Training Styles and Qualities of a Good Facilitator.

·         MODULE 3: Facilitating Tips and Techniques

-with Module 3, we were able to know the different techniques and tips that can be used in facilitating like How to structure a Presentation, How to Develop a presence, Tips in Facilitating a Group, Making of Checklist when Implementing activities, and Kinds of Training Aids.

·         MODULE 4: Managing Behavior and Attitudes

-with Module 4, we were able to know more about behaviors and attitude that we need to understand when handling participants and understand how to EDUCARE which means to draw from within.

·         MODULE 5: Practicum and Clinic-ing

-with Module 5, we were given specific topics to discussed and perform, following all the things that was being discussed in the training. This served as the summary of our training, we were able to perform well than what we do before. In this Practicum we have been evaluated by Ma’am Gratchy with her team and by our group mates, they have identified what went well and what went wrong during the practicum proper.

Overall, the two day training had been very successful! We have seen big changes from ourselves and from our co-leaders. This training had been very effective to all of us and surely we will use all of this through our journey in developing the youth, touching lives and helping other people to bring the leader inside them. The training ended with a poem made by Ma’am Gratchy entitled “The Language of Training”.

The Language of Training

To train is to touch the lives of many

And to help you learn life’s lessons

But to train well is to make a difference

In all the lives you touch.

To train is to be a teacher, a friend, an adviser,

A coach, and a mentor;

To be a supporter, a motivator, and a leader.

But to train well is to be all of these,

Yet not lose sight of who you are.

You share part of yourself

With those whose lives you have touched.

To train is to be loving, strong, giving

And patient to all who rely on you;

To encourage and praise.

But to train well is to believe

That someone else can.

Those who train well recognize that

There will always be

More to learn in life’s journey,

And they never hesitate to strive to learn it.

You become empowered, involved, and engaged.

And you shall speak the language

Any tongue can utter;

You leave more than what they can remember.

You leave behind a legacy

‘Cause you have trained well.

POYMS: Lead from where you sit! (Self-Leadership Seminar)

“I am Good!, I am Awesome!, I can do Great things!” was the reflective quote presented to the officers of the PHILEX and OUTLYING YOUTH MOVERS SOCIETY (POYMS) during the Self-Leadership Seminar conducted by Ms. Grace C. Canave of the Inkblots on October 26, 2013 at Mt. Tepeyac Residences, Leonardwood, Baguio City.

The seminar started with an opening prayer followed by Pambansang Awit and a Getting to Know activity the first to introduce herself was of our guest speaker Ms. Grace “Gratchy” C. Canave the so called “feel-good facilitator” followed by the self-introduction of the POYMS officers. After getting to know each other, Ma’am Gratchy presented the Objectives of the seminar which are the following: (1) Understand at a deeper level ones’ responsibility to oneself. (2) Identify Clues and Myths about Leadership. (3) Understand the elements of Self-Leadership. (4) Asses individual self-leadership tendencies and create a personal transformation plan.

            To attain the Objectives of the day seminar she prepared a power point presentation and handouts as her visual aid to explain and define Leadership in many ways, beside this she also prepared different kinds of activities for us which are the following. All of this is very helpful for our development as youth leaders.

·         KINDERGARDEN ACTIVITY- In this activity we were able to reflect and return to our childhood memories, we were able to go back to the simple things that made us happy during childhood days and we were able to realize that it is where everything starts from where we are today.

·         PAINT ME ACTIVITY- In this activity we were able to learn how to adopt changes in a small span of time, we were also able to value more the Spirit of helping each other to create a masterpiece, and we were able to reflect that everybody in the group is important and that each one can contribute something even each person has its’ own vision, mission, principle and perspective.

·         MY IDOL- In this activity we were able to know and appreciate each ones’ life idol sharing the best qualities and why this idol have been a motivator in their lives. This activity has been knowledgeable and very helpful to us.

Finally, the last activity was Self-Assessment the purpose of this was to help us understand self-leadership concepts and to assess our self-leadership tendencies. There are self-leadership questionnaires that helped us to assess ourselves and calculated it by adding it up through the Self-leadership dimensions (Personal Goal Setting, Mental Practice, Designing Natural Rewards, Self-Monitoring, Self-Reinforcement, and Cueing Strategies). Through this activity we were able to see our strength and make it stronger and our weakness to help us change it for the better. This activity has been shared to our co-leaders making a promise to us “I am with you through the journey of LEADERSHIP”

The seminar ended with a song “I can” reminding us that if we believe we can, we can! And As long as we believe that we are doing something meaningful, we can go forward and that we can already confidently say that “I am Good!, I am Awesome!, I can do Great things!”

POYMS: Transformational Leadership Seminar (DEP-ED heads)

The Department of Education (DEP.ED) heads and Principals of Tuba, Benguet and the officers of the PHILEX and OUTLYING YOUTH MOVERS SOCIETY (POYMS) attended a three day seminar at Banaue Mountain Resort, Nueva Viscaya on December 27, 28, 29 conducted by Ms. Lorna Halcon. This seminar has been partnered with the Community Relations (COMREL) Department-Philex Mining Corporation.

 The said groups assembled at Magsaysay, Baguio City at 7:00 in the morning. We were able to leave Baguio at about 9:00 in the morning, the beautiful sceneries and the nature when we were travelling was breathe taking. We arrived at the Resort at about 12:30pm, we went to our designated rooms to rest and prepare ourselves for the Opening Program in the afternoon. At about 3:00 pm, all of us were gathered at the Social Hall of the resort. The program begins with an Opening Prayer, singing of Ang Bayan ko and an Opening Remarks by Ma’am Remy, the organizer of the seminar and an ALS teacher. After the Opening Remarks the DEP.Ed Heads shared their updates and concerns to the group.

            After the updates and concerns, Ms. Lorna Halcon already arrived to speak and share about Transformational Leadership. Before starting she shared two reflective sayings “Not anyone of us is called to be a teacher. Few are chosen” and “We choose to be teachers so we should embrace the work.”  As her strategy, she used video presentation, background music and examples that was based on her life experiences, this strategy was very remarkable and striking.  The topics that Ma’am Lorna discussed was about How Educators Transform Life of an Individual, we Learned the value of compliment and supplement to make an institution better and stronger; next was about Interpersonal Effectiveness, we were able to embrace our weaknesses and make it as our strength and that we should not be afraid of the difficulties, impossibilities and loses that is coming to us; and the last was about the 10/90 Principle, it is compared on a traffic light specifically the red light that we cannot control it but we can control the reaction, meaning in life we cannot control the 10% of what is happening and the 90% of it will always depends on us that “It is not how it was done, but, It is about What can still be done” and sometimes everyone started at the same time but sometimes everyone is ending differently from each other. She ended the first day of the seminar with a topic about the difference between a MAN and a WOMEN, after this discussion we were able to understand and reflect the difference and the importance of respect and love from each other. The First day of the seminar ended at 9:00 in the evening followed by a dance and singing program until 11:30 in the evening.

It was December 28, 2013, the second day of the seminar. Everyone prepared for this day especially the Dep.Ed heads and principals. The whole day activity was on making a  student hand books for their institutions. At about 4:00 in the afternoon, the specific school heads shared their appreciation, gratitude and thankfulness to the Organizer of the seminar, to the Owner of the Banaue Resort, to the guest speaker Ma’am Lorna Halcon and to the Community Relations (COMREL) Department- Philex Mining Corporation for sponsoring the three-day seminar. The second day seminar ended with a speech from the COMREL representative and Supervisor Ma’am Janice Terso, she sealed the starting of the partnership of Philex and the Dep.Ed, the second day seminar ended at about 7:00 in the evening followed by a dance and singing program by the Dep.Ed heads and Principals till 11:30 in the evening.

            December 29, 2013 was our last day and the closing program of the three day seminar, our stay in the resort was very relaxing and full of learning. At about 8:00 in the morning the COMREL head Mr. Feliciano N. Diso Jr. went to the venue to share his insights about Education and about Educating the youth and share how thankful he is seeing the Heads of each institutions learn from each other and got better from the three-day seminar, He mentioned that there will be more seminars and trainings for them to develop their capacities as a leader of their own institutions. The organizers of the seminar handed him a token and certificates as a sign of gratitude for approving all activities that helped develop their students, their schools and their teachers. The third day ended with a speech from Ma’am Janice Terso to Mr. Feliciano N. Diso Jr. followed by group pictures. The three day seminar was all about accepting the Challenge and Complain Never! Because Life is Unpredictable.

There is always one person who is capable to set his own growth: It is YOU! YOUR own SELF!