W2beauty.com: Beauty at Your Fingertips

Nowadays, it’s not just women who are conscious with the way they look especially their skin. More men are taking care of their appearance by buying the best hair, body and skin care products available in the market. I believe that the secret to being healthy and having a good life doesn’t just lie in eating nutritious food or by exercising daily but by taking care of your outside appearance as well. This holistic approach likewise takes care of your well-being. Having said that, I sometimes look for online stores that sell high quality and yet affordable beauty products. I no longer wish to buy from the usual expensive brands but from other lesser known but equally effective brands.

I’m happy to have stumbled upon w2beauty.com, The Best Korean beauty shop. They sell skin, body, and hair care products as well as makeup from brands like Tony Moly, Etude House, Laneige, Skinfood, The Faceshop, Mamonde, Hera and many others. It’s great that they have a men’s category because a lot of online beauty stores only cater to women. Here you will find skin care, shaving and cleansing, and sun care products, makeup, and perfumes for the modern man. They have a wide selection of products but I was able to choose 5 that I would like to buy.

Collagen Moistfull Homme Multi Fluid Toner (150 ml)

The Collagen Moistfull Homme Multi Fluid Toner (150 ml) from Etude House is a multi-functional toner. It moisturizes men’s rough skin without the oily texture. It contains orchid with purifying effect, baobab fruit extract with its nickname of moisture tank, and collagen which is effective in making the skin firmer.

Collagen Moistfull Homme Multi Moisture Cream (50 ml)

The Collagen Moistfull Homme Multi Moisture Cream (50 ml) from Etude House contains orchid which purifies the skin, baobab fruit extract for added moisture, and collagen for a more firm skin. This multi moisture cream works more effectively after thoroughly cleansing the skin and after applying toner.

Collagen Moistfull Homme Moisture Skin Mist (200 ml)

Another product on my wishlist is the Collagen Moistfull Homme Moisture Skin Mist (200 ml) also from Etude House. Great for men with dry skin, this gel type skin mist makes skin softer. It has orchid,  baobab extract, and collagen peptide.

Engine Program Style Engine Wax

The Engine Program Style Engine Wax from Etude House is available in 80 g. This gel hair wax makes hair stay in place longer. It also adds shine to any type of hair whether it’s short or curly.

Moment Styling Good Guy BB Cream in 50 ml

I would also like to buy Etude House’s Moment Styling Good Guy BB Cream in 50 ml. It’s a hydrating BB Cream for men that provides sheer coverage with a moisturizing, radiant finish to naturally even out skin tone. It provides UV protection and has whitening and anti-aging properties. It’s best for normal to dry skin.

Trends: Short Bridesmaid Dresses

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A wedding is an important event for everyone involved. For the bride and groom, it marks the day where two people pair together for the rest of their lives. Their families are joined together as well through the act of marriage. The parents and grandparents of the bride and groom traditionally take a leading role when it comes to planning the wedding. Therefore, they want to see everything come together nice on the big day.

The groom has only a couple of big decisions to make before his wedding day. His first decision is choosing a tuxedo to wear at the altar. His second decision is to choose who his best man will be as well as his groomsmen. To guys, this is an informal process during which a few close friends are selected to join him to celebrate his big accomplishment.

Women have it a lot harder. There can be a lot of fighting and drama surrounding who the bridesmaids will be. Those who are selected want to look their best. If the bridesmaids are all wearing short bridesmaid dresses, they have to be designed in a classy manner that won’t outshine the bride on a day that is supposed to be all about her.

What I’m Loving Today

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There are many online stores that cater to menswear but among the best is Northern Threads. Established in 2006 in South Shields, England, the owners’ goal was to offer their customer base the finest designer labels around coupled with an offering of the highest level of customer service there is. Since then the business has expanded and to cater for a worldwide audience Northern Threads have established a great online store.

Shoppers will definitely be at ease knowing that they are buying from experts.

You can expect to find vast ranges of clothing, accessories and footwear; from world renowned brands such as adidas Originals, Armani Jeans, Carhartt, Ralph Lauren, Onitsuka Tiger and so many more.

 

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1.) Farah Vintage The Winchester Crew Knit – £85.00

2.) Edwin ED-39 Blue Watch Jeans – £110.00

3.) Barbour Thorn Shirt – £65.00

4.) Grenson Stanley Full Brogue – £200.00

5.) Laboratory Perfumes – £50.00

Browsing through the store, I saw some really great items such as the Farah Vintage Winchester Crew Knit, Edwin ED-39 Blue Watch Jeans, Barbour Thorn Shirt and a pair of Grenson Stanley Full Brogue all shown above. I’ve heard good things about Laboratory Perfumes too and I noticed Northern Threads stock it when I was perusing their site.

The Farah Vintage Winchester Crew Knit is a stylish crew neck knit which has a thick ribbing on the cuffs, hem, and neck and an insulating knitted material to provide warmth. They work well with those Edwin ED-39 jeans – I’m a big fan of Edwin and particularly the ed-39 style; versatile, stylish and they can literally be worn with anything, anywhere.This straight legged pair is 100% cotton, has a button fly, and has five pockets. Every man should also have the Barbour Thorn Shirt either in blue or white, this stylish shirt has a button down collar, button cuffs, and button chest pocket. You will definitely look stylish if you are wearing this along with jeans and impeccable shoes. Which brings me to another pick of mine; Grenson Stanley Full Brogue shoes, one of Grenson’s eldest shoes. An elegant hand crafted brogue with wing tip, and double leather sole. Any guy will look classy and handsome when wearing these shoes.

As I mentioned I also browsed through the Laboratory Perfumes section and saw the Laboratory Samphire 100 ml. Eau De Toilette. “This brings together the scent of fresh jutiner berries, citrus oils and lavender for a modern scent” well suited for the modern man.

I’d certainly recommend you take a look for yourself.

Fun Shopping at Dressale

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One of the most important if not the most important day in a woman’s life is her wedding day. Careful planning is needed to make everything memorable and perfect. Although it is hard, preparing the wedding will definitely be worth it once the end result is amazing. If you are going to do all the planning and preparation on your own, then it is best to shop at a one stop shop for wedding gowns, wedding party dresses, shoes etc.

Dressale (http://www.dressale.com) is a leading supplier of Wedding Dresses, Wedding Party Dresses, Wedding Accessories, Special Occasion Dresses, Wedding Favors, and Shoes. Here you can find many high quality products sold at very affordable prices. Their wide selection of gowns in different styles allow customers to have plenty of options. There is definitely a gown for every person. Wedding Dresses are further categorized into Beach Wedding Dresses, Vintage Inspired Wedding Dresses, Luxury Wedding Dresses, and Plus Size Wedding Dresses.

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Aside from Wedding gowns, they have Wedding Party Dresses as well and dresses for special occasions like Prom, Homecoming, Cocktail Dresses, Evening Dresses and many more. Among the wedding accessories they have are veils, headpieces, petticoats, handbags, bridal tiara and fascinator, wraps, jewelry, wedding shoes and many others. Dressale delivers worldwide and provides an average expedited shipping time of 3-5 days. Among the payment methods they have are Paypal and Western Union. PayPal can be used at Dressale.com to purchase items by PayPal account and Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express), Debit Card (Switch, Solo and Maestro) or E-banking.

Warby Parker 2013 Fall Collection

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Sunglasses are the one versatile above all accessories today. Because they can be worn in sorts of styling and in every type of season we may have. Yeah! sunglasses are usable than to the other main accessories available today in the market. Why do I say so? Because look, sunglasses are the main piece as we got this summer season, right? for us to have this protection from the sun hit and into ultra violate rays thingy which can affects to our eyes if we dont wear any sunglasses in each of our end. Also, sunglasses can be a great accent too on those black inspired fall and winter pieces, just look at the photo below on how the guys did rock their fall outfits with their sunglasses on. Indeed! sunglasses are cant abolish in the fashion industry because it’s fashionable and functional at the same time.

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This how you may wear your sunglases as we got into cold breeze of air seasons, fall & winter.

Recently, the brand Warby Parker ,one of the leading eyewear brand today, had released their fall collection 2013. You may see the preview on the very top photo. I must say, each frame are greatly made and the lenses was looking fine too. Actually, I dont have any idea yet or information in hand yet regarding this Warby Parker 2013 Fall Collection – though I used to work with them before for their campaigns and yet they haven’t sent me out anything additional details regarding this awesome collection. I instead encourage you to head up to their main website for you to be updated as they release the further details about this Warby Parker 2013 Fall Collection which they’ve cooked for us this coming fall season.

Woodgrain and Aluminum Truffol iPhone 5 Cases

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On today’s fashion, essentials and main type accessories are taking a big part now inside the fashion industry. Because these stuff can help the whole styling or certain fashion pieces to be more accentual and to be more looking appealing for the eye. I hope you can got me here? LOL anyway, it seems that iPhone is getting part of the fashion industry these days, because as I’ve heard the newly released iPhone 5s had teamed up with  at the high-end brand called Burberry for the said brand fashion week showroom. I will blog further about this teamed up by my next post because this post is supposedly for the iphone Case brand which the Truffol.

Recently, Truffol released an fashionable and chic iPhone 5 cases that comes with Woodgrain and Aluminum – see the photos on top for the preview. I think, these cases are versatile that we could be also using on styling ourselves – you may check out lookbook.nu for the idea on how your iPhone can be part of your styling. Because I’ve seen a lot of awesome fashion forward there rocking themselves together with their iPhone on. By the way, Woodgrain and Aluminum Truffol iPhone 5 Cases has a price of $75 USD each and you may buy some at the Truffol’s shop site or in the brand’s nearby stores.

Okay, that will be all for now and I hope you’ll find at least informative this post here about “Woodgrain and Aluminum Truffol iPhone 5 Cases”.

Concepts x New Balance 998 “C-Note”

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I’ve been swamped with work this recently that made me quite lazy then to update this blog consistently,everyday. Luckily though, I still have spare time,3 hours, today which leads me by updating this blog, istarblog.com, for this collaborative shoes which came by the 2 giant brands namely Concepts & New Balance. I am actually a fan of New balance since then because their each designs shoes are really dope and versatile that we can be wear off in both pants and shorts. I used to see some celebrities too, rocking themselves on this shoes as for their statements this passed summer season. I dunno if the brand,New Balance, is cooking another swag designs that we could rock on with this coming fall and winter seasons. Let’s see on how they work these coming months ahead. No worries! I will update you once Ive heard they were about to release new New Balance shoes that may includes for their fall and winter collection 2013.

I simply liked this shoes Concepts x New Balance 998 “C-Note”. Because the colors uses to it are awesomely blended and the trademark logo of New Balance , the letter N, are still the accentual of it. Regarding on the pricing range? as of now, the other brands,Concepts & New Balance, haven’t yet released any further details about this, however though, they might sell this by next months due of the demand and by then , I think so, we can have the full information about this collaboration.

Luxury Wedding Gowns Only At TopWedding

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Every girl’s dreamt is to have an elegant and unforgettable wedding ceremony. Because this was the day where girls surrender herself not just for her husband to be but also in all deeds she usually doing when she’s still a single. I know most of the girls out there were getting what am trying to say here, right? that’s why we guys need to make this day, wedding day, an extraordinary that can definitely make our significant other moved. I mean, make her feel like an queen by having the best and most trendy wedding gowns at all time. And I suggested this online wedding shop called Top Wedding Boutique where all the elegant and sophisticated wedding gowns are houses. I think, they’re also working with some customized wedding gowns and some sorted things. Just email them up regarding the details you would want to see on your wedding gown and they’ll surely work on it.

TopWedding is actually the most leading online shop today when it comes with wedding gowns either with some casual and formal dresses. Because look, all their finds are indeed in trends and yet in reasonable prices that everyone are getting crazed already most especially those teens who about to take their first prom day this coming months ahead.. Also, Top Wedding is carrying a lot of desinger’s wedding gowns, Luxury Wedding Gown, Celebrity gowns and dresses and more. Just check their online store now for you to see yourself on how awesome this shop is..

 

Having Healthy Hair Through nuNAAT

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The thing I hate most about myself is my hair. It is dry, damaged, hard to manage, and has a lot of split ends. Although I very much want to go to the salon and have it treated, I just do not have the luxury of time to do it. I am also on a tight budget so I would rather spend my money paying my bills and buying more important necessities like groceries rather than paying for all those chemical treatments on my hair. But that does not mean that I do not care about how I look because I do. That is why I am always searching the internet for hair products that are very effective and yet affordable.

Frequent trips to the salon for hair straightening procedures will leave your hair damaged to the point that it becomes unhealthy. I have heard of horrible stories of women going bald because of too much chemical treatments. That is why I would rather find great products that would make my hair looking beautiful. In my constant search, I have come across Nunaat.com. This hair care brand carries a wide selection of products such as shampoos, conditioners, moisturizing treatments and masks, styling products, and relaxers.

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After

nuNAAT caters to all hair types – normal, dry, chemically processed, brittle with split ends, wavy, frizzy, very wavy, and coarse. All their products are made from the finest ingredients that nature can offer like different types of nuts and plants, berries, and fruits. All I want is shiny, healthy, and dandruff-free hair that is why I tried the NAAT Brazilian Keratin System Professional. It has Green Keratin that permeates deep into the hair and sticking fast to cuticles, in the process treating them. My hair is naturally wavy but when I started using this it became straighter. Furthermore, I noticed that after only a few washes my hair has become softer, shinier, and smoother.

Another thing I noticed is that I no longer have split ends and falling hair. I really love my beautiful, healthy hair. I experienced this only with NAAT Brazilian Keratin System Professional. I am also very particular with regards to the ingredients in the products I use so realizing that this does not have Formaldehyde and sodium chloride made me even happier and more satisfied.

Like nuNAAT’s Facebook page to stay updated on their products. They are also on Twitter. For shopping convenience, visit and shop for their products online at nuNAAT Online. Retailers such as Walgreens, Walmart, Sally Beauty Supplies, Duane Reade (New York Metropolitan Area) and Navarro Discount Pharmacy also carry the nuNAAT product lines. Remember to always select the right hair care products for your needs, follow a hair care regimen, and apply hair masks and mineral oils when needed.

Note: post is written by my sister who did the product review for nuNaat.com

Men must-have pants this fall season

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Fall season is fast approaching and I know most of you guys out there are kinda starting off to research on what must haves pieces for your wardrobe that can make you hip and dope for today’s fashion. No worries! because gotta list out those pieces that are been trends every fall and winter season. And one of it was this “Navy Hot Fashion Men Casual Cotton Middle Waist Loose Sport Long Pants”. this kind of pants is the finds cannot be abolish as this fall and winter season comes. Because as you can see they’re likely fashionable and yet functional wear that can also make you warm as we were having this cold breeze seasons, fall and winter. Also, this kind of pants are the usual cheaper than to those winter and fall pants that are out in the mostly branded store’s sleeves there. You can either check online  shops for the list of this pants and I recommend efoxicity.com for the sorts and wide range of selection of Middle Waist Loose Sport Long Pants.

For kicks, I do recommend this New Balance shoes. Because they are the most versatile kicks I ever seen in my entire life. LOL Yeah! because you can wear them in any casual either in some formal styling you have there. I might post up some styling of myself wearing some New Balance kicks for you to see on yourself on how versatile the shoe brand or their shoes itself.

And lastly, for your top. A plain basic tee from any street wear brands like Stussy and the hundreds can do the rest. And you can definitely make yourself dope as you style yourself on these. Alright, that will be all for now and please keep on visiting me here because I’ll be having my outfit posts pretty soon.. 🙂