TAIWAN EXCELLENCE JOINS SIP SHOWCASING PRODUCTS FOR A TECH-SAVVY HOME

      Techies are all about the next best thing. Immersed in a world of connectivity and innovation, using their computers and gadgets, they pride themselves on being up-to-date and informed. And if a person’s home is a much larger canvass for his personality, it shows the space he inhabits is ruled by reinvention and evolution.

         But with all of the options available, how do you know how to choose what are truly the best products out there?

        Taiwan External Trade Development Council’s (TAITRA) Taiwan Excellence campaign has you covered. With its seal of excellence - a mark accorded to only the highest quality brands and products, TAITRA has done the work of sifting and choosing what’s available from Taiwan for you.

      Below are some of the best of the best products available to help you turn your home into a tech wizard’s abode. These products will also be featured during the Systems Integration Philippines (SIP), the country’s largest and longest running trade show for technologies, from August 17-18 in the World Trade Center.

An Awesome Gaming Experience

       Acer’s newest laptop, the Predator 21 X, is incorporated with a bevy of features, including LED lights, enormous exhaust vents, and a 21-inch curved screen. It redefines what a mobile computer is by letting numbers speak for themselves: 2 NVIDIA GTZ 1080 video cards for a faster game performance, 64GGB of DDR2400 for increased storage capacity, 2 PCIe SSDs for faster drives, 3 Aeroblades for a cooler temperature, 4 speakers, and 2 subwoofers for a more immersive experience.

Acer Predator

       For gamers looking for a compact computer, the MSI Trident 3 is a good option. Despite being tagged as the world's smallest Virtual Reality (VR) Gaming PC, its exclusive MSI GeForce GTX Graphics card and VR Link provide excellent performance by delivering unparalleled picture quality.

MSI Trident

     Meanwhile, the Gigabyte Motherboard, gives users a more personalized experience. By allowing you to customize its features such as its liquid cooling support, light zones and brightness, and even its smart fan controls, it allows for functionality along with the freedom to express yourself.

Gigabyte Motherboard

Upgrade Your Storage

          The Transcend’s StoreJet Cloud allows you to have total control of your data. It has up to 4 terabytes of storage space, featuring fast transfer speeds of up to 110 MB/s and centralizing data management that’s accessible from wherever you are.

Transcend's StoreJet Cloud

        On the other hand, the SP Shockproof External Hard Drive is a sturdy storage gadget equipped with ultra-rugged rubber casing and an internal suspension system. This device is tough enough to withstand smashes, moisture spray, or dust.

SP Shockproof External Hard Drive

Build a Secured and Health-Friendly Home

        Protecting your home 24/7 is now made possible by Beseye Cloud Security’s Internet Protocol (IP) camera. This new-generation visual recording device allows you to see what’s happening at home even when you’re not around. From one corner to another corner, users can monitor their home through its ultra-wide, 125-degree-angle coverage. By connecting your smartphone to the camera you’ll see any suspicious activity as it’s happening. It’s curve design that blends into any interior is an eye-catching plus!

Beseye Cloud Security’s Internet Protocol (IP) camera

      Meanwhile, control the air that surrounds your family through KingMax's AirQ Check. This latest mobile health device detects harmful gasses emitting from products in your environment. It also monitors temperature and humidity in the atmosphere. With a size similar to a typical flash drive, the powerful AirQ Check is easy to carry. Moreover, this gadget doesn't need charging. Just plug it into mobiles installed with KingMax’s AirQ app to play.

KingMax's AirQ Check.

       Get a first-hand experience of these groundbreaking gadgets, along with 71 more innovative products from 22 brands when you visit the SIP at Pavilion 1, Booth F01, at the World Trade Center August 17-19. Besides how Taiwan Excellence-accredited products can contribute to smarter living, there will also be fun games and raffle draws to experience.

   For more information on Taiwan Excellence products, check out taiwanexcellence.ph or facebook.com/TaiwanExcellence.ph/

About Taiwan Excellence

       The Taiwan Excellence symbol honors Taiwan’s most innovative products; those which provide tremendous value to users worldwide. Products carrying this symbol were awarded based on their design, quality, marketing, Taiwanese R&D and manufacturing. Established by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), R.O.C in 1992, the symbol of Taiwan Excellence is recognized by 101 countries.

Sponsored by Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT), MOEA

        The Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), R.O.C. is responsible for implementing policies and regulations governing foreign trade and economic cooperation. Established in January 1969, the BOFT's role and position have been adjusted regularly to meet the needs of the ever changing international economic and trade environments. The BOFT has been guiding and working with the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) in numerous promotional trade projects and activities both internationally and domestically. Having worked closely with TAITRA for many decades, the BOFT continues to commission TAITRA for various critical government projects relating to business, trade and investment, while promoting Taiwan internationally.

Organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)

          Founded in 1970 to help promote foreign trade, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is the foremost non-profit, semi-governmental trade promotion organization in Taiwan. Jointly sponsored by the government, industry associations, and several commercial organizations, TAITRA assists Taiwanese businesses and manufacturers with reinforcing their international competitiveness and in coping with the challenges they face in foreign markets. TAITRA boasts a well-coordinated trade promotion and information network of over 1,200 international marketing specialists stationed throughout its Taipei headquarters and 50 overseas offices worldwide. Together with its sister organizations, the Taiwan Trade Center (TTC) and the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), TAITRA has created a wealth of trade opportunities through effective promotion strategies.

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post.

THE LIGHT IN MY WORLD SO DIM: A POEM

by: Febe Erika Suello

Family is the basic unit in the society;

The source of our strength, happiness and security;

It is where our values and emotional closeness are mold;

It is where we find love and care in this world

They are the first people who knows us well;

The ones who gave us names, the ones who truly cares;

No matter how hard-headed or troublesome we may seem;

Our family is there to light up our life so dim.

We must always be thankful for having our family;

For their sacrifices for us to live a life happily;

Of all the numerous blessings, our family means the most;

No matter how near or far, our bond will keep us close.

Our family members are never getting younger;

We must learn to cherish them and have time for each other;

We must always learn to love and care for them;

Remember when they're gone, it will never be the same.

Thank you for taking time to read and I hope you learn something from this blogpost. Share the love!

BELLIC PEEL & GLOW PRODUCTS REVIEW

Last May, I joined a Facebook contest; Bellic Peel and Glow Mother's Day selfie contest in particular. The contest is just easy. The contestant must post a selfie with his/her mother and put a caption on why she is the best. The winners of the contest will receive gift pack from Bellic.

Luckily, I was choosen as one of the winners; I din't expect it to happen since my caption isn't that great as well as the quality of the photo. But I'm so thankful that I won. Now, last June 2017, I have received the prizes and I was so shocked seeing two bags which are full of Bellic products; 1 each type. I was so pleased to see them. Then, I give the other set to my mom.

Since, I've been using the products for almost a month now. Let me share to you my insights.

These are the products which I received. My mom also has products same as mine.

 Now, in this review, I will not go through the ingredients of the products but I'll share my experience, the things that I like and the things I don't like about the product:

1. Bellic Peel and Glow Brightening Body Wash

At first try, I honestly don't like the smell of this product. It doesn't sting on the nose but the smell is just unpleasing on my part. But when I put an a little amount on the bath cloth and rub it on my wholr body, it now smells good and it feels great on the skin.

WHAT I LIKE:

*I like the squicky clean feeling after using the product. 

*I quite love the smell.

WHAT I DON'T LIKE:

*I use this twice a week but it's a bit drying.

2. Bellic Peel and Glow Brightening Lotion

I use lotion everyday since my skin is used to it. And whenever I don't use lotion, it feels like my skin is unhappy with it. When I tried using this Bellic lotion, I love how unheavy it is on the skin plus the scent is so refreshing. What I don't like with it is that it's a bit drying on my skin and I haven't feel that my skin has glowed. It feels like it's not moisturize right now.

3. Bellic Peel and Glow Brightening Toner

The moment I used this toner, I'm glad that it doesn't sting on my face. It also smells good. But one thing I noticed is that, it made my face quite dry and it doesn't really lighten those pimple marks on my face. Though it made mybface quite dry, it made mybskin quite glowing either.

4. Bellic Peel and Glow Brightening Soap

Not the actual size of the soap, I already cut 1/4 part of the soap before taking a shot.

Unfortunately, I stopped using this soap after two weeks due to the dryness it gives on my skin. Just so you know, Kojic soap may be a bit drying but I can't take on looking at my dry skin that's why I cease to use it. But I love the smell and the squicky clean feeling it gives on my skin also. It's just that it's a bit drying.

5.Bellic Peel and Glow Day Cream and Night Cream

Day Cream

Night Cream

I used this creams up until now and I could say that there is quite an improvement on my face. It's quite glowing now. With the day cream, it may feel like a thick cream but when applied to the skin it's not heavy on the skin anyway plus it blends easily on the makeup I'm wearing. Plus it has SPF 30 which helps on protecting mybface against the direct heat of the sun.

While the night cream, it's just like a moisturizer cream like other brands and as expected it's not heavy on the face and feels so refreshing after putting it on the face. 

I have noticed quite peeling on my face but it's not intense anyway and tolerable. 

Overall, Bellic Peel and Glow products are great but the drying effect on the skin is what I don't like. Perhaps, since it has Vitamin C, the result is like it. But I love the Day Cream and Night Cream plus the Lotion anyway.

RATING:

Performance: 4/5

Price: 4/5

Availability: 4.5/5

Effectiveness: 4/5

WOULD I REPURCHASE THE PRODUCTS?

Probably, yes on some products.

WOULD I RECOMMEND THE PRODUCTS?

Yes, I recommend the product to those who want products with Vitamin C. By the way, the line of products doesn't lighten the skin but it can make your skin glow. So if you're a whitening enthusiast, think twice.

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored review. The author reviewed the products since it's her will. The views and opinions expressed by the author are honest and just. Moreover, we have different skin types and thr result on me, may or may not be the same as yours.

NICHIDO MINERALS/ PRECISE EYE PENCIL IN CHESTNUT REVIEW

Hello everyone! I'm back with a new product review. For now, it's for our "Kilay is Life". I will share to you my favorite eyebrow pencil as of now. I've been using this eyebrow pencil for about 5 months now. I know it's been a while and now's the time to review this product; a short review.

And my favorite eyebrow pencil so far is...... *hiatus* NICHIDO MINERALS/PRECISE EYE PENCIL IN CHESTNUT which is made in Czech (Goldline Cosmetics). I'm not sure if it's really meant for the eyebrows or just on the eyes but I used it on my eyebrows anyway; bear with me. I was not interested with this eyebrow pencil way back then. I don't even care on trying out this product. Howbeit, when my colleague said that it's a nice product and I also love her eyebrow so much, I give it a try. I bought it at Watsons for Php 138 pesos. It's somewhat like dark brown.

PRODUCT CLAIMS

*Water Resistant

*Allergy tested: contains silica mica and zinc oxide

PACKAGING

There's nothing special with it; just the usual eyebrow or eye pencil. It comes with somewhat brown coat and doesn't have its own brush on its cap. Anyway, when I bought this product, it doesn't come in another packaging that protect it.

This is how the product and its swatches look like:

From top to bottom: One swipe, two swipes, three swipes

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE PRODUCT

*It is pigmented

*Matte-finish

*Easy to apply

*Doesn't smudge

*Water resistant

*Powdery-like result when applied

* Natural looking brow-finished

*Not overlooking
*Can last up to 12 hours

WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE PRODUCT

*Price: I think they should just lower the price a bit.

*Availability: Only available at Watsons.

Here's a sample of my brows using the Nichido minerals.

Perhaps you may not appreciate so much the product as it's not that amazing as how it looks like on my picture. But it's really amazing on the brows and I love it. I presume you won't regret on buying it.

WATER RESISTANT TEST

In this picture, I poured water on the swatches on my hand. 

I tried rubbing the swatches with slight force.

I tried rubbing the swatches with force.

I'm glad that it really did pass the water resistant test. The product claim which is it's water resistant is indeed true.

Overall, this product is really a great product from Nichido.

RATING

Quality: 5/5

Price: 4/5 

Performance: 5/5 

Availability: 4/5 

WOULD I REPURCHASE THE PRODUCT?

Yes of course. But it still depends if it will perform well till the end of time. Ha-ha! 

WOULD I RECOMMEND THE PRODUCT?

I’m inclined to recommend this product to those girls who love pigmented and water resistant eyebrow pencil. I presume you won't regret when using this produ t.

Thank you for reading and passing by on my blog. Feel free to come back for my next review. God bless!

Disclaimer: The product is not sponsored and my money is used to buy the product. All opinions expressed above are genuine and unbiased. I love being able to share my experiences with the product to help other consumers in making informed purchasing decisions. Moreover, we have different kinds of eyebrows, the performance of the product on me may or may not fit on you.

BENCH PAINT BOX INTENSE EYELINER REVIEW

      Hello everyone I'm back with my review on a pen eyeliner which I purchased recently. This pen eyeliner is a product from one of the famous brands here in the Philippines, BENCH. Are you ready? Let's start.

          Bench paint box has variety of products available on their list. These products claim to have a promising result. Now, let's review one of Bench Paint Box product which is the Bench Paint Box Intense Eyeliner. I purchased it for Php 159.00 pesos only so it's not that tight on the budget. But per pen only has 1 mL in it; need to apply enough on the eye for it to last quite a while. There are two variants of this intense eyeliner; brown and black. But black is much better for that fiercer look and brown looks like greyish and not literally brown in color.

PRODUCT CLAIMS

          A waterproof, liquid eyeliner that delivers excellent color pay-offs and stays for more than 12 hours.

PACKAGING

          The pen eyeliner comes with a gray, black and gold packaging. There's nothing special with it that it could not make your eyes pop-up. It's like the usual pen eyeliner available in the market which claims to give amazing results.

              It looks like this:

         Talking about the tip of it, it comes with a felt tip eyeliner but the felt tip is bendable which is great. Through the use of the bendable felt tip eyeliner, anyone could control the eyeliner when they tried to apply it on their eyes. I presume, there is a greater chance that applying the eyeliner on their eyes is a piece of cake; even beginners can make it almost perfect too.

           This is how it looks like and swatches:

SMELL

            It's funny that I include how it smells like. Ha-ha! But yes, I just did. Anyway, it smells like a bavarian cream with a menthol thingy. Funny isn't it? I smell it more than thrice to really dig in on what it smells like and yes, the ones that I mentioned earlier is what it smells closely like.

PRODUCT EXPERIENCE

          I was so excited to try it out, to be honest, since I think it's a nice product. When I applied it on my eyes and try to achieve that fiercer look, I love how the felt tip can make an amazing result. I could control the eyeliner pen so easily. What I also love with it is that it's very pigmented. When I glide the eyeliner here, it will follow on my hands command without leaving any trace of inobedience. It may not dry so fast but still, it's worth the wait. The eyeliner looks so nice on the eyes and it doesn't smudge when rub lightly. Not to mention when rub with pressure, it would surely come off.

          Talking about the product claims, I don't agree that it's a waterproof eyeliner since the moment I tried putting water on my swatch, it easily removed. But I agree that it will surely last long but without rubbing off with hands or in contact with water.

             So far, this product performs well except that it's not water proof. So, if you're too sweaty, try thinking twice if you would want to try it.

RATING

Quality: 4/5 

Price: 4/5 

Effectiveness: 4/5 

Availability: 4/5 

WOULD I REPURCHASE THE PRODUCT?

            Probably. I'll think about it again when the product is already empty.

WOULD I RECOMMEND THE PRODUCT?

        I’m inclined to recommend this product to those people who wants to try pigmented intense eyeliner at a fair price. But if your face sweat easily, think twice since it's not waterproof.

            Thank you for reading and passing by on my blog. Feel free to come back for my next review. God bless!

Disclaimer: The product is not sponsored and my money is used to buy the product. All opinions expressed above are genuine and unbiased. I love being able to share my experiences with the product to help other consumers in making informed purchasing decisions. Moreover, we all have different type of skin and the result on me may not be the same as yours.