I must admit, when I first started out with makeup, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Crazy white under eye concealer that made me look like a reverse Panda (yeahp, that was a look), Sharpie brows (I still cringe but mostly laugh when I see pictures) and blush that I would put ALL OVER MAH FEZ.

I love the Philippines. I love how delicious our food is, our amazing beaches, mountain sides and general splendor of the country I call home. But one thing I don't love about Manila in particular is the traffic. We constantly moan, whine and complain about how horrible the traffic is and honestly, we have every reason to freak the heck out. We could be stuck in a jam for over an hour just to get somewhere that would normally only take us about 15 minutes.

My bag essentials: lipstick, sunglasses and my T mini 3!

Every morning I have to leave my house at 7:30AM just to get to work by 8:30AM. That's one hour from my house in San Juan, to Ortigas. Which, in reality, only takes about 15 minutes without traffic. So you can see just how annoying it is to have to guess which route to take and which ways to pass. Well, luckily for me, I've been able to survive through the traffic jams with my new must have gadget- the Kata T mini 3.