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Greta's Junkyard is a dump of food, beauty, lifestyle, and random thoughts by Gretchen Gatan.
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Food and Dining

restaurant tapenade review

Food and Dining

Our Early Valentine’s Day Dinner Date at Restaurant Tapenade

Gretchen Gatan February 14, 2019

local edition coffee (1)

Food and Dining

Local Edition: My Favorite Coffee Shop in Makati

Gretchen Gatan October 29, 2018

akrotiri eurasian cuisine in metro manila

Food and Dining

Akrotiri PH: Eurasian Cuisine in Metro Manila

Gretchen Gatan June 25, 2018

big guys pizza (4)

Food and Dining

Big Guys Pizza Invaded Calyxta!

Gretchen Gatan June 6, 2018

gardenia (3)

Food and Dining

Growing Up with Gardenia

Gretchen Gatan May 28, 2018

breville smart grinder pro review

Food and Dining

Breville Smart Grinder Pro Review

Gretchen Gatan September 10, 2017

breville smart grinder pro

Food and Dining

Coffee is Love with the Breville Smart Grinder Pro

Gretchen Gatan August 30, 2017

lunchbox diet ph low carb meal program

Food and Dining

After Two Weeks with Lunchbox Diet PH’s Low Carb Meal Plan

Gretchen Gatan July 9, 2017

quaker overnight oats

Food and Dining

The Ultimate Breakfast Hack: Quaker Overnight Oats

Gretchen Gatan June 13, 2017

low carb diet lunch box diet ph

Food and Dining

#ProjectBringBackTheAbs: Starting a Low Carb Program with Lunchbox Diet PH

Gretchen Gatan June 12, 2017

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Greta’s Junkyard by Gretchen Gatan

My name is Gretchen Gatan, and I’m a Beauty and Lifestyle Storyteller, Managing Director for a content marketing agency, Editor-in-Chief for an online beauty magazine and shop, and Makeup Artist from Metro Manila, Philippines.

Writing is my passion, and this blog serves as a creative outlet where I can write about all things beauty and lifestyle—and occasionally my random thoughts and tantrums. Greta’s Junkyard is literally a dump site of my favorite things!

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Spent the weekend giving Bellatrix a bath for the Spent the weekend giving Bellatrix a bath for the first time (her last bath was at the groomer’s six months ago 😅), and I’m so amazed that she was more behaved than I expected. 💜 Also my first time to cut the fur around Booboo’s eyes and trim his nails. . Cayo’s right—can’t imagine how different things would have been if we didn’t have these two around. 🐾 #thankful . Now multi-tasking between writing for work and watching #WrestleMania. It’s the most unconventional one yet, because the wrestlers are performing without an audience—but I really appreciated Stephanie McMahon’s intro that they hope to give fans a diversion during these times, and deliver a sense of hope, determination, and perseverance while entertaining us even for just a few hours. 👏🏻 I will always believe in the magic of WrestleMania. ✨
Uniqlo Top + Pajama Bottoms for this morning’s # Uniqlo Top + Pajama Bottoms for this morning’s #CalyxtaLive. 😅 Haven’t touched my makeup in a while, and I definitely missed playing with them. Head on over to @calyxtabeauty to see the five products I used to achieve this look. ✨
Wrestlemania Season 😊 #thingstolookforwardto #C Wrestlemania Season 😊 #thingstolookforwardto #CayoNaNiGretch
@calyxtabeauty launched a fundraising campaign to @calyxtabeauty launched a fundraising campaign to help our partner organizations raise money for frontliners and affected families. 💜 100% of the money will be donated to @sagipbuhaymedicalfoundation, @concordiachildrens, @abscbnfoundation, and @projectsmilephilippines. . Plus—each purchase of a voucher rewards customers with points that they can use to shop on Calyxta! Link in bio to donate. 🙏🏻
Huuuuuge shout out to @maweeborrs for working on t Huuuuuge shout out to @maweeborrs for working on the most adorable watercolor petrait of @boobooandbellatrix. 😍 . When I saw @maaanfernandez’s IG story of Mawee doing “Commissions for a Cause” in an effort to aid our frontliners, I immediately messaged Mawee for more details. After a quick email exchange, here’s her masterpiece. 🐾😍 . Love it sooooo much. 🤗 #BoobooAndBellatrix have been one of my greatest sources of laughter and inspiration despite everything. First thing I’m doing after the quarantine is having this framed and displayed in our home. 😊 Thank you, Mawee, for doing this and for your amazing initiative. Consider me a fan! 💜 #ArtForMedPH #FraggyFour
There have been so many thoughts running through m There have been so many thoughts running through my head since the quarantine started. . I‘m scared. I worry for my parents, who are in their 50s and have been the ones going out to buy groceries and essentials for our home in QC. A home that is so near Philippine Heart Center and East Avenue Medical Center. A home in a city with a mayor who I wish is doing more for its citizens. I worry for my asthmatic grandmother in her late 70s, who lives in the same home (along with my siblings, cousins, uncle, aunt, and househelp). I worry for my senior citizen parents-in-law, especially my father-in-law, who's been extra active at their barangay (also in QC) due to the current situation. I worry for one of my closest cousins, who's a frontliner at NKTI. I worry for all my loved ones, and I know that staying home and isolated in Makati is for the best—but I just want to say how much I miss, love, and worry for them all. . I'm mad. I'm so mad at our government. And I've been trying to contain that anger, but today I decided to channel all that into something more positive. I've felt helpless these past few days, but I realized that there's still something I can do to help while on quarantine. I've donated to a few causes/organizations that are very close to my heart, and if you'd like to help them as well, I posted a series in my IG Highlights. It's not much, but it's something. And I wish that there was more I can do to help. . I'm thankful—thankful to all the doctors, nurses, guards, riders, volunteers, grocery employees, honest and efficient public servants, and more who are risking their lives and/or trying to help fight this virus. I’m thankful for big companies/groups who are helping out financially. I'm thankful for friends who have been messaging more frequently to check on each other. I'm thankful for my husband, who has been giving me strength. . It's been a struggle trying to focus on work. It's so hard not to be scared, it’s so hard not to worry, and it's so hard not to be mad. I hope and pray that the world heals, and that this will all be over soon. Please, please keep safe. If you can, just stay at home... (continued in the comments section)
Heart and Soul 💜 Thank you for keeping me sane, Heart and Soul 💜 Thank you for keeping me sane, babies. 🤗 #FraggyFour #BoobooAndBellatrix
Fraggy Fur Babies getting all the love and extra a Fraggy Fur Babies getting all the love and extra attention these past few days. 🐈🐶💜 #FraggyFour #BoobooAndBellatrix
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