Marni x H&M Launch

Ha! Trust Sofia Coppola & Lou Doillon to choose the best pieces from the H&M x Marni Collection. Here they are as seen from the launch:

From what I've seen from the lookbook, I also want the t-shirts and the collar necklaces. The shoes don't look shabby either. Promising, very promising! Will show you more looks soon!

Pregnancy Style

I have so many beauty related posts lined up, but before we go there, I just wanted to share that I have no urge to shop for clothes these days. But I am so enthralled with makeup, skincare and massages. To my fellow preggy ladies, do you feel the same? 

Maybe I don't feel like shopping since I still fit into my shirts and tops, and just wear jeans, shorts and trousers that were bought a size too big. Since I buy a lot of my stuff online, I usually end up with pieces that are big for me, but since I am tamad to return sometimes, I just keep them anyway. They're not a lot, but these sure come in handy during times like these, hehe. So pregnancy style tip, just get bottoms that are a size/ a few sizes bigger than your usual. You can always belt the bottoms or wear them slung on your hip when you go back to your pre-pregnancy weight.

Anyhoo, I know the day will come when I would want to dress up. I thought I'd share with you this super cool line called Hatch Collection that I bookmarked way before I got pregnant with Dragon Dychiao. Hatch Collection is based out of New York and makes these maternity but not maternity looking clothes. Check these out!

I miss the days tuloy when I was walking around New York, pregnant with Berry. My daily dose of exercise was pounding the streets of SoHo, Madison Ave and Fifth Ave. Window shopping lang. Manila is not exactly the place for walking around, all layered like above, hehehe.

You know who else look cute while pregnant? Japanese women. Who apparently also frequent the Clarins Spa in Rustan's for pre-natal massage treatments. No wonder they get to keep their figure. I remember they would wear these loose linen or peasant style dresses. It's not my style, it's too cutesy for my taste, but they get away with it. Just check the Japanese magazines. They would wear these over jeans and pair it with clogs and layer it with long sleeved tees underneath. So cute!

I will research next what French women wear while pregnant. Now that is totally gonna rock my world.

Photos from Hatch Collection and Joe Browns

Baby Bag #2

Remember this little girl, from this post?

Well, if I am not mistaken, she's all grown up now, and in a year, her style has evolved. More downtown with a beanie, leather leggings(?) and a baby Rocco. Possibly the most stylish toddler ever. I wonder what Suri's Burn Book has to say about Alexander Wang's niece Aila...

I've found a BFF for you Berry! Maybe you can be classmates at Parsons in 15 years!

Light Weight Vanity Kit from Dashe

Before I continue on to my Maarte Mommy posts, I wanted to show you the lightweight vanity kit that Dashe Cosmetics sent me as well. This is so timely because I actually have my beauty products all over the place. The everyday ones in a Jo Malone perfume box, the special occasion ones (ie eye palette, etc) in a cosmetics pouch, lip glosses swimming in my bag. I had a fun time trying to organize my stuff here:

That's just the top part, it opens up like this, so you get about 4 compartments which I organized by cheeks/lips, and eyes:

Two compartments for face, hehe. Just Dr. Jart's BB Cream, SK-II foundation and powder, everyday sunblock from La Mer and heavy duty sunblock from VMV, plus a sample tube of Smashbox Photofinish primer:

The compartments further open up to reveal a deep space to store makeup brushes and bulkier pieces like eyelash curlers and such. I still have space for my nail polish collection, but since I don't really use those lately, I've decided to just store my usual beauty stuff.

I am a bit scared thought that I might be adding more stuff to my vanity kit. I just attended Studio SnR's Bobbi Brown makeup class last Saturday upon the invitation of Sydney Go and yikes! I have so many things I want to get from Bobbi Brown. It's hiyang to my skin, and now I realized I need more makeup in my super sparse arsenal, ahaha!

For price, inquiries, or more information about this lightweight cosmetic kit, visit Dashe on Multiply and Facebook!

17 Weeks

shirt: A.P.C., shorts: J.Crew, velvet loafers: Pedder Red, belt: Marni

Wore this to my OB appointment. 17 weeks as of February 10! I am so excited! In 3 weeks we can find out our Little One's gender na!

Now that we are back in Manila, I super love being pregnant! Rustan's Beauty Source sent me Palmer's Cocoa Butter products, a brand I actually used when I was pregnant with Berry. Will show you the range that I have soon. I swear by it, I never got stretch marks when I was pregnant with Berry. 

And thanks to my BFF Nina, I discovered the pre-natal massage treatment at Clarins Institut Spa in Rustan's Makati! So relaxing and perfect for pregnancy aches and pains, and of course, for toning and taking care of our bodies. Will tell you more about that too. I think a lot of pregnant moms, ok fine, pregnant & maarte moms like me will appreciate it as much as I did. 

Will be back again soon! Wait lang!