Shopping with Bloggers at Manels Anniversary Sale 50% Off

I remember MANELS ever since I was a kid. I think their store at SM North Edsa has been intact ever since time immemorial! As far as I remember, Manels has always been the store that is known for its good quality leather goods -- the type where your parents go to buy their shoes and bag staples. I don't remember personally buying there until like a year or two ago. I was passing by a MANELS store and they had a sale very much like what Manels is having right now! I was looking at the sales rack when I saw this darling shoes!

I remember buying it for a steal! Like only 599 pesos? AND YES, its still alive and wearable up til today! I love the color (PURPLE for the win yeah!) and the fact that despite its high heel (lol obviously not a huge fan of super high heels!), I can still wear it and pull it off. A rare feat I tell you. I wore it during one of the graduations of our school where I was the emcee. Nice noh? Napansin din ng sobra ng mga students ko! It was my first introduction to Manel's "CATCH" line. 

So I was thrilled when I found out that MANELS was having a sale thanks to Mr. Mark Siggaout, owner and VP of Operation of Manels. I dropped by their store at SM North Edsa with Jen the previous weekend and already had a sneak preview of some of the stuff that they are selling. And so I knew that if I wanted to grab a  cool and chic Manels shoes, NOW was the time. Just by looking at their new trendy "Catch"shoes, I'm sure it will surely "catch" the new generation of Pinay fashionistas and trendsetters out there. So last Monday, I finally was able to visit the brand "new" Manels SM Megamall Branch. New because it just had a facelift. Its now more chic with its bright pink for Catch (women's line) and bright blue (men's line) for Maphisto interior.  

This is what greeted us at Manels Branch at Megamall Entrance!
Photo from MANELS FB Page

Tweeting/texting people that I'm here at MANELS Mega!
Photo credit here.

Of course, I had lots of fun taking photos of the loads of MANELS shoes and trying them out. I also had a dilemma on whether I should get a pair of shoes or a bag. I really wanted a bag! Since it was Manels, I knew it was good quality leather. So I really considered getting a bag.

Seeing all their bags on SALE at 50% off made me salivate! I WANT! But then, all those pretty and fierce shoes started calling out to me! Then seeing my bffs choosing their fave Manels shoes got me thinking, and of course they started convincing me to get the shoes first. I already previously posted about the shoes and bags which I liked very much at Manels. You can check them out at just click this Manels Shoes and Bags post. So hence my dilemma, SHOES or BAG? If you are my twitter follower you probably know alreadyt. If not, FOLLOW ME!

Saw MELAI from Style and Soul. Met her at a previous event. :) She's super friendly and nice!

Amid the shopping frenzy and worrying over what to buy, I couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised with a lot of familiar faces -- bloggers whom I have only read and met online!  It was really cool actually meeting, chatting, and seeing them all in person. So while I was trying to deliberate whether to get shoes or a bag, I also grabbed the opportunity to meet, greet, and take a photo with some of the bloggers that I read and follow. Here are some of them!

With Anagon from The Fashionista Commuter

with Charles from wickeRmoss and Jen

Bumped into EARTH again! LOVE the ring. :) Pun intended!

With AIE! Also met her in a previous bloggers event. Kulit ni Earth sa bg. FIERCE look! hehe.

with the statuesque SUGAR! Finally we meet! :)

with KRISSY, SARAH, and REG yay

met with one of my fave bloggers, SARAH from Fashion Eggplant. Her JC's are memorable.
Super awesome to meet her in person!

Charles aka wickeRmoss and Sugar! Flashing awewsome Manels Flats!

with AVA who started it all! The blogging adventures of us three!
Later on I will probably share more on that!

With Sir Mark Siggoaout of Manels! Thanks so much for inviting us! 

with my best friends JEN and RACHE with Sir Mark! 

Thank You MANELS! My PURCHASE was a success!!! LOVE IT!

The evening ended with alomost all of us bloggers going to BON CHON at MEGAMALL for dinner. It was super fun, like a huge reunion party! Many thanks to Bon Chon for being patient with us even though we came in like almost closing time already. I personally didn't mind the wait. I was just happy to get my ration of Bon Chon! Here is a group photo with all the bloggers.

P.S. So have you shopped for your MANELS shoes or bag already? IF NOT, drop by any MANELS store right NOW while its still 50% OFF! Better yet, bring the whole family, relatives, barkada, and friends and if FIVE of you purchase an item at the same time, you can get up to 55% OFF! Isn't that fantastic? Hurry and don't miss your chance! Sale is only up to the 17th of July!

P.S.S. I will post later on what I finally got at MANELS and my OOTD sometime tonight or tomorrow am. Watch out for it!



Saturday Fun at Bon Chon with L'Oreal Shampoo Giveaway and OOTD

Last Saturday, some of my blogger friends and I were especially invited to a yummy event at BON CHON many thanks to PublicityAsia. We met Miss PublicityAsia herself who was very kind and sweet and kept going around talking, gossiping, and making everyone comfortable! There were quite a number of people with us who attended this special event for the first few members of PublicityAsia's MDC1000 Club. Some notable guests who came were also Fashion Pulis and the stars of Beckynights. Also Miss Andrea from Bon Chon was very attentive and accommodating. She made sure that we our plates were always full. We loved the food but had to eventually beg for mercy! We were satisfied, stuffed, and super happy with the food! Yum yum!

Candid sana shot nila dito kaya lang biglang tumingin kaya click kaagad! hehe!

with blogger friends!

And of course, we had a chicken feast at Bon Chon! The food was super delicious. I ate 8 pieces of chicken! I will post a review on my food blog, kaicafereview.blogspot.com... watch out for it! Here's a preview of what I ate!

Just looking at this pic is enough to make my mouth water.. I want BON CHON CHICKEN!

Before we left, we each got a gift many thanks to L'Oreal and Ms.PublicityAsia! Love it! 

Thats L'Oreal Paris! oh Yeah! And the Bon Chon bag is some of the food that I wasn't able to finish.
I love taking home food and sharing it to my family!

For those with GREASY DUlLL HAIR (well I know mine is  super oily.. so I think this is perfect for me!)

I already tried the L'Oreal Paris Shampoo and its conditioner and absolutely LOVED IT! All of us there each got a different kind of shampoo. I got L'Oreal Paris Nutri-Gloss Light Shine Shampoo for greasy dull hair. I admit that my hair turns really oily around late afternoon or at night making me look like a "basang sisiw" which makes me dislike taking photos of self during the night. I tried the L'Oreal shampoo the other morning with the conditioner. And usually when I use conditioner, the "greasy look" sets in even way before night time. BUT with L'Oreal, I was very much pleasantly surprised that NONE of that happened! My hair was light and free. Indeed it lessened the "greasy oily" look my hair usually has by the end of the night. I would say that at lest 90% less greasy! Wow that really worked. I'm gonna use my L'Oreal Paris Nutri-Gloss Light Shine Shampoo and Shine Conditioner from now on. Hope it will be a permanent hair solution for me!

Thank you Bon Chon, L'Oreal, Ms. Andrea, and PublicityAsia for this wonderful BON CHON treat for us! 


For the OOTD, I wasn't able to get a solo pic of myself so I decided to share the spotlight to the two awesome bloggers that I met that day! 

With Earth and Gelleesh. OOTD: Dress-Thrifted, shoes - Parisian, Belt - Bazaar

Finally I had a chance to meet up with Gelleesh! She was so fun to be with. Its really nice to meet up other bloggers in real life. She's one of the beauty bloggers that I interact almost daily at Twitter. Love you Gel!


P.S.  Meeting up with blogger friends in real life is fun! Other blogger friends here are Earth, Jen, and Rache. But I also have fun talking with other bloggers on Twitter. Have you added me yet? Search me! Or better yet, click that Twitter Button up there on my sidebar! Many thanks!