Review: Skinfood Black Bean Eye Brow Pencils #3 and #5

One of my struggles when it comes to applying makeup is shaping and filling in my eyebrows. It might be the easiest job for most women I know, but since I over-plucked it when I was 19 and I got thick and black hair on the inner edges, it’s been frustrating. :D Thankfully, I found these Skinfood Black Bean Eye Brow Pencils that were like heaven-sent to me! ;)

Skinfood Black Bean Eyebrow Pencils

Before I tried these eyebrow pencils, I was using In2It Waterproof Eyebrow Makeup (click for my review). Don’t get me wrong, I love that too, but I usually end up using a pencil on the edges so I can get the look that I want. I don’t think it’s the brow makeup’s fault. It’s more on my brush application. It usually results to my overdoing my brows and they end up really thick and uneven. Plus, I have a heavy hand when applying brow makeup because, as I’ve mentioned earlier, my eyebrow hair is dark.

I was browsing this eBay store owned by bhappywithme, who I highly recommend, by the way, because she was very patient with me as I sorted through some issues with the eBay gift certificate my friend Joy of Notepad Corner gave me as a gift. I saw the Skinfood Black Bean Eyebrow Pencil in her store and saw the tip of the pencil itself is shaped differently from what I’ve gotten used to. It’s oval and flat. It only costs Php 147 so I decided to buy shade #3, black brown. But, I wasn’t completely sure about the color so I looked for another shade. I found shade #5, grey brown, at another store so I bought that too.

It comes with an brow brush too on the other tip

When they finally arrived, I couldn’t be more excited to try them! The pencil has two tips: the pencil itself with a cartridge that you can tune in and out, and the brow brush, which means you don’t have to use another one for taming your hair or to blend the color across your eyebrows.

Report Taxi Cabs through Taxi Kick

When I started this blog, one of the things I wanted to have here along with my reviews is a way for people to send in their complaints against taxi cabs and drivers. I don’t have my own car so I’ve been riding cabs for a really long time now and I’ve had a ton of crazy, maddening and sometimes funny experiences with taxi drivers. So, I thought it’ll be nice to have a place for people to share their own taxi horror stories. I put up a form here where people can send in their complaints and I’ve published a couple of posts too related to these abusive taxi drivers and companies.

There were a couple of emails and messages sent my way, but because of my other responsibilities, I wasn’t able to maintain it. And, so, I’m glad to know that someone else thought about putting up a taxi complaint website like Taxi Kick.

TaxiKick.com - Report abusive taxi drivers in the Philippines

Taxi Kick is a very simple website. All you have to do is fill up a form to report your complaint about your most recent bad experience with a taxi driver or company.

Taxi Kick - a way to report abusive taxi drivers in the Philippines

They have a page where you can see all the latest reports and the top complaints too. There’s a total # of reports per day that’s also posted on the page, plus a list of taxi plate numbers that are getting the most complaints.

The thing is, from what I know, they’re not directly connected to LTFRB or MMDA. So, what they do is they collate all the reports and they send it to the proper authorities. Sadly, most of us would think there’s truly no assurance that proper action will be taken against the abusive taxi driver or at least the cab company involved. But, at least, this is a start, right? Take part and see how it works.

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