My friends and I went to Enchanted Kingdom in Sta. Rosa, Laguna last Saturday and it was such a blast. We were supposed to ride a shuttle via Glorietta to go to the kiddie carnival, but ended up with me fetching them in Starbucks Pearl Drive and meeting with Don at Caltex SLEX. The night before our weekend getaway, Jenna and I bonded endlessly (about six hours) over our mobile phones since we haven't really had a nice, long chat in quite a while. I woke up late at a little before 7am and decided to call Jenna at home and to my surprise, her dad told me that she's still asleep! Haha! We were supposed to be up by 5:30am and be in the Ayala Train Station by 8 (Plan A - which was to ride the shuttle to Laguna). Anyway, I politely told Jenna's dad that we're supposed to be up by 5:30am and that she has to wake up. So we had another chat in the morning and it was right then and there where I decided that if I really wanted to go to EK with my friends I had to do something (rather than blindly relying on the shuttle that none of us had really even seen haha!) I actually really wanted to ride the shuttle because it's been ages since I've ridden a public transpo and more so a bus. I thought it would have been like a field trip since my high school really scrimped on out-of-the-way trips. Anyway, I called Pauwie and Waffy and told them that I'll be fetching all them in Starbucks Pearl. Tart, on the other hand, was already headed to the Ayala Station! Good thing Jenna was able to contact her and tell her our change in plans. I took a quick shower, fixed my travel bag, inspected the car (oil check, gas check, etc.), then headed to Ortigas. I initially wanted Waffy to drive the car (cos I'm a lazy driver and I've never done Laguna or even Tagaytay), but changed my mind when I realized that this is my first drive to anywhere but a place in Manila. I loved the drive so much and promised myself that I'll be doing it again. Bye bye shuttle and bus. *sob*

After a short drive to Caltex SLEX, we had breakfast in McDonald's and met with Don. Zooming on to our EK escapade, I was literally freaked out by most of the rides it was embarassing! haha! We rode the Space Shuttle, ferris wheel, mini roller coaster, balloon thing, swan (for couples who wanted to do some cardio at EK!haha!), and the rio grande twice. We also tried the bump cars and arcade. Jenna, Pauwie, and I thought it would be nice to have a little souvenir from the trip so we had hennas done after the rio grande.

I had lots of fun! I dropped Jenna, Tart, and Waffy in Market Market, while Pauwie wanted to be dropped off at Eastwood. I was so tired, but since I was happy and kind of hyper I even had some energy to fetch mum at the salon. We should really do this again! Thanks guys!

A view of the Space Shuttle from the ferris wheel 

First let me start off with a little background on my hair. I have  waist length brown straight hair which has undergone some unhealthy processes over the years. I first began cellophane in senior high with my classmates praising my long seemingly brown locks. This was immediately followed by several trips to the salon for relax which claimed to make hair frizz-free which was true for me, but only for 2 weeks tops. During my freshman year at the university, I had my hair colored a dark shade of brown that suited my naive vibe at the time. Junior year came and I think my hair had a reddish hint reflecting angst and rebellion. Senior year was different because at the time I realized that I knew what I wanted and just went for it giving birth to my brown hair and 3-month-gap salon trips for semi-rebonds.

Fast forward to yesterday: I went to Mall of Asia yesterday and after asking a myriad of questions to the David's Salon SA regarding Kerastase products, I purchased on the one Kerastase product which focused on keeping hair tamed, shiny, and tangle-free. I used my just-bought Kerastase Nutritive Oleo Relax treatment this morning and it wasn't at all phenomenal. As stated in the directions, I used two walnut sized scoops (okay, so I used 5 so what, I have really long hair) on my shampooed and towel-dried hair and let it sit for 15minutes. After rinsing it off, it didn't feel soft at all (compared to other hair treatments I have at home). It felt kind of sticky at first so I made sure that I didn't leave even a wee bit of hair product residue to avoid electrified looking hair after drying. haha. As always, I fan-dried my hair and to my dismay, it still didn't look like a shampoo ad. I don't think I have high expectations for the product at all. It's more of "I want to get what I paid for" in this case. The price is steep, but the results aren't that fab. In fact the pink Cream Silk conditioner does a better job. Another product that worked well on my chemically-beaten hair is the Protein Treatment from HBC which is pricier than Kerastase, but considering the amount of product which is about  four-times that of Oleo Relax, it's a great find. I'm disappointed for spending that much on a hair product considering that I don't really spend much for primping my hair, but at the very least I'm glad that I didn't buy the whole range which costs P4110 ($82USD).

If I use it again, I'll update this post just for review purposes.