Finds at Thirdy's Bocaue: Unilever Hair Care Products and Reviews of Clear and Dove Dermacare Scalp Anti-Dandruff Shampoos

Before the pandemic, my brother discovered Thirdy's, a store in Bocaue which offers imported And local chocolates for cheap. 

These are some of the chocolates and snacks they got in one of their runs.

Perfect for Valentine's Day!

There, they found out that the store also carries bath products and fragrances, also at super low prices. The items are legit, not fake. They work.

Sale items get snapped up pretty quickly. So what you gonna do when faced with shampoos and conditioners at about 50% less mall prices with the possibility that the next time you are there, they wouldn't be? 

You hoard several tubes and bottles.

Some we still haven't used up

For most of last year until now, because of this, me and my sister have been using Unilever hair care products like Dove, Clear and Creamsilk.

I don't really have terrible, large, flaky, crusty dandruff but I occasionally get tiny flakes and my scalp sometimes would become dry and itchy. Thus the dandruff shampoos. 

Clear Anti-Dandruff Shampoo in Ice Cool Menthol and Clear Men Anti-Dandruff Shampoo in Cool Sport Menthol are both able to rid me of those annoying tiny, oily, dandruff that tend to fly this way and that close to my scalp by drying them out. The former just has a minty floral but masculinish scent while latter has a minty orange one.

But the primary reason I got these particular Clear Anti-dandruff Shampoos is the minty feeling they impart. Scalp feels really refreshed and considering we live in the tropics where 30 degrees is not a summer but a normal daily temperature, having a cooling product is a need for me. And to think I get cold easily.

The thing with Dove Dermacare Scalp Anti-Dandruff Shampoo in Soothing Moisture is, I noticed that after using it for weeks,  my below shoulders rebonded hair started to lose its straightness.  But my hair feels much more softer when I use this than it does when I use Clear. Clear is better in addressing dandruff though. It has a vanilla fragrance. 

All these three products I have are made in the Philippines.

Before heading over, it's best to check Thirdy's Facebook page to see what's on sale. I think they also deliver. 

Aficionado's Version of Paris Hilton Perfume (F44)

A glass cube of a bottle found itself in my dresser more than a decade ago. It was a Joel Cruz inspired-by EDT, a birthday gift from friends. A check on the internet revealed that what I received was their version of Paris Hilton perfume. I am actually not a Paris Hilton fan nor was the fruity cocktail something I would have bought for myself at that time. Citrus and the occasional floral and gourmand fragrances were more my cup of tea then but hey, I like gifts and trying new things. 

Your Sub? Standard Year End Post

They say blogging is dead. Ang whose fault is that blogger? 

Whatevs. I think I considered this more of an exercise. This was writing easy, ephemeral, safe topics.  Certainly not as a means to earn money.  If anything, this blog has enabled me to see how my writing has changed, how I have changed over the years. I am more cynical than ever, that's for sure.

There's a reason why I haven't published much this year: my recent posts have not been appearing on google search. It matters to me, after all I don't do pwede na and I'm sure some socmed people out there notice. My writing may be average but you know what, my works have been copy pasted/lifted without consent, without credit and passed off as someone else's own. That should say something. This is why I want my work in the search engines: so that if I get copied, there's searchable proof that I was copied.  I mean, aside from being curious as to how Blogger differs from Wordpress, I switched to the former because you can disable text select and copy in it. 

But of course, that has not stopped content creators copiers from pilfering. There's even one youtuber who was able to amass thousands of views (and followers) after copying my post. You will notice that it is very different from her other vids. Biglang naging scientific approach nya dun. If you look at her other vids, not a shred of science in them. All but a handful of her post do not even get above 50 hits.

I also know when a brand is doing an online campaign. Old posts of mine about their product/s get lots of hits. Didn't notice it at first. Until I would suddenly see several blogs, Youtube, Facebook or Instagram accounts talking about said product/s days after the spike. Also when someone's holding an online contest. There's sudden interest in my posts on life during the pandemic every time that Southeast Asia Blogging Project is on. Sheesh.

So am I ending 2021 this bitter? Don't know. It's really a sucky year.