Essential Oils

I'm fascinated with some home-made facial and beauty concoctions these days. Most of them has essential oils such as sandalwood, rosemary, and tea tree. I searched for some of them on the net, and I just want to get a hand of all the scents! Shopping later at Watson's for some ;-)

Some info from http://www.auracacia.com/auracacia/aclearn/ar_directory.html:

Rosemary - Rosemary is known as the herb of remembrance. The plant produces an almost colorless essential oil with a strong, fresh, camphor aroma. It's used in many citrus colognes, forest and Oriental perfumes, and eau de cologne. Rinses for dark hair often contain rosemary, as do room deodorants, household sprays, disinfectants and soaps. Aromatherapy benefits: clarifying, invigorating.

Sandalwood - Sandalwood oil has a sweet-woody, warm, balsamic aroma that improves with age. The essential oil blends wonderfully with most oils, especially rose, lavender, neroli and bergamot. Sandalwood oil is also an excellent cleansing, astringent addition to massage and facial oils, bath oils, aftershaves, lotions and creams. Aromatherapy benefits: relaxing, centering, sensual.

Tea Tree - The leaf of the tea, or ti, tree had a long history of use by the indigenous peoples of Australia before tea tree was "discovered" by the crew of the famous English explorer James Cook. The aroma of the oil is warm, spicy, medicinal and volatile. It is occasionally used to scent spicy colognes and aftershaves. It blends well with lavandin, rosemary and nutmeg oils. Aromatherapy benefits: cleansing, purifying, uplifting.

Lavender - Lavender oil is used in baths, room sprays, toilet waters, perfumes, colognes, massage oils, sachets, salves, skin lotions and oils. It has a sweet, balsamic, floral aroma which combines well with many oils including citrus, clove, patchouli, rosemary, clary sage and pine. Aromatherapy benefits: balancing, soothing, normalizing, calming, relaxing, healing.

Showing Off My Little Bo Peep Inspired 80's Costume

Blurry pics with Sabre Band a.k.a. Black Swannie



which reminds me, I have to get my hair done! Ang tigas ng buhok ko! :|

Rolling in the Deep

I got a copy of Adele's newest album from my officemate and I love her! :D Adele rocks! \m/

Chasing Pavements

I ran across this song by Adele.. and am loving it.. ^_^ I can't believe that I'm 4 years her senior XD

Should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements even if it leads nowhere?

Revisiting Regine's Low Key Album

I just love Regine in her "Low Key" (2008) album.. glad she ventured into singing in a more soothing sound.

Never Be The Same

It was good for me
It was good for you
Now nothing either of us can say or do
Can change the way you feel tonight
Sometimes love just slips out of sight

Just one thing before you go
Just one thing that you've got to know
No one will ever touch me that way
The way that you did that very first day

Chorus:

And I'll
Never be the same without you here
I'll live alone
Hide myself behind my tears
And I'll
Never be the same without your love
I'll live alone
Try so hard to rise above


Years go by
There's always someone new
To try and help me forget about you
Time and again it does me no good
Love never feels the way that it should


I loved you then I guess I'll love you forever
And even though I know we could never stay together
I think about how it could have been
If we could just start all over again
(Repeat Chorus)

It was good for me
It was good for you
Now nothing either of us can say or do
Can change the way you feel today
Sometimes love just slips away