As I accept the payment for a branded top that was barely used for a small amount, I told myself “that will teach you to consider your purchases carefully next time, Cakes” About two weeks ago, a friend invited me to hold a garage sale somewhere in Marikina. A self-professed hoarder with passion for anything…
Category: Personal
Beautiful: Acne or Not
To be honest there are still times when I wash my face at night and in total disbelief that I feel no bumps at all, I have to go to the mirror and check if it’s really real. Last year in Paris, I took several selfies with the Eiffel tower that I couldn’t bear to…
Baby Steps to Sustainable Wardrobe
I’m probably not the best person qualified to talk about this topic but that doesn’t mean that I’m gonna stop trying. Everytime you see a news article in social media about waste management and plastic pollution (think: whales being washed up on the ocean dying from plastic ingestion, hidden areas of beautiful islands exposing mountains…
Heart Openers
When Denise Keller posted a photo last week about a flutter of emotions one goes through when practicing backbends, I just simply had to pause and do a reflection myself. Just like her, I’ve been doing quite a few backbends in my yoga practice lately and am quite pleased with my progress so far –…
Things I Learned About Teaching Group Fitness Classes
It’s been 3 years since I got certified in the program I trained for in the gym (It’s called Retropop. See class description below.) and after two years of actively teaching it, here’s a list of things I learned as inspired by this post. Maintain a Quality Playlist It’s quite common for Group Exercise instructors…
Long Time No Selfie: My Struggle with Hormonal Acne
If you notice, you barely see close-ups of my face over here at Cakes And Styles. I get nervous when my photog friends would take close-up shots of me and in general shy away from it partly because this should be all about styling and not my face. But back in say 2017 earlier,…