Mother's Day weekend was abuzz and I caught myself shopping again in the supermarket hoping to find something special for my own mother and of course, to all my mommy friends out there.
I chanced upon the most eye-catching promo pack among all other Mother's Day promotions in Metro Gaisano Ayala. Dove seems to have done it again with their "I Dove You, Mom!" promo pack @ P199 which already includes Dove Roll-on Original 40ml, Dove Cream Bar Blue 100g, Dove Shampoo 90ml, Dove Conditioner 90ml and a free pouch. Not the most affordable but Dove products are more associated with the upper class and thus the higher price and cash- out. Savings of P49 is not bad at all considering that it can be the perfect traveling or overnighter kit for oneself and of course, as a present. Uniliver anyway has other brands targeted for the mass population. 

The first time I was impressed with Dove was its Valentine’s Day viral video posted on their Youtube channel by the people behind Dove Men + Care. It was so touching that I was in tears by the end of the video (being the hopeless romantic that I am). It moved me enough to even post it on Facebook and tagged all my hopeless romantic girlfriends. I don’t know what men think of after they saw the video, but definitely top-of-mind NOW for me is Dove Men + Care when it comes to men’s deodorant plainly because the ad was funny, sweet, touching,  and not the normal machismo and over confidence portrayed by Rexona and Axe TV ads. While Rexona and Axe portray confidence as getting hot chicks and being able to accomplish the unbelievable, Dove Men + Care really put an emotional spin that is more realistic, believable, and heart-warming. After all, doesn’t it take an enormous amount of confidence to pull off a live sing-and-dance to surprise a wife, fiancée, or girlfriend?

Although the "I Dove You, Mom!" promo pack is small in scheme compared to their viral video, it still reminded me of the humor and catchiness that I have associated Dove with. Excited to see what more they can come up with.

"You're favorite tea...now with cream" was more than enough to get me excited, being a milk tea lover. I got my first taste of the yummy milk tea traveling to Hong Kong and ever since then, I considered it my favorite drink next to water.
When the milk tea craze set foot first in Manila and then gradually Cebu, that got me very excited. And it didn't take long for URC to make their own bottled version.
I can only speak for my experience in Cebu but the launching and distribution of this product was very disappointing. They have a TVC that showed on national TV and even in January 2012, there was already a huge billboard near Grand Convention Center (which was how I found out about the new product) that of course, made me expect for it to be in-store already. Went to Metro Gaisano Ayala and got disppointed the first time, went to Fooda the next day and got disappointed the second time; Colonnade after a week and got disappointed the third time, went to Gaisano Countrymall for my 4th disapoointment and still no C2 Milky Tea. Robinson's BTC should have it after all Robinson's and URC are sister companies. But still no C2 Milky Tea that time and I was just beginning to think that the billboard really is just a waste of their rental space because it couldn't be found anywhere in Cebu. I finally gave up my search up until last week when I went back to Robinson's BTC and finally, after months of searching, they finally had it though it only came in the 230ml bottle and nothing bigger.
But, C2 Milky Tea did not disappoint!! I love the taste...just like the milk teas that I'm used to and the whole bottle is apparently just 100 calories. Unfortunately, there's none of the black pearls that makes the milk tea experience complete. Still, a must-try for all milk tea lovers out there.