Sheena Halili: from shopaholic to practical buyer

Demai G. Sunio-Granali
Thursday, January 26, 2012 @ 01:48PM  |  17966 views


Sheena Halili's fashion favorites include comfortable pieces like sleeveless tops, shorts, and high-heeled shoes in different colors. She used to have a lot of them in her closet— some remain unused. But the actress had recently decided to sell most of her stuff in a bazaar, and also changed her shopping ways in order to save for a townhouse.

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Sheena Halili  used to abide by her shopping philosophy, "If the shoe fits, buy it."

But these days, she swore about transforming into a reformed shopaholic.

"Dati kapag nagpupunta ako sa mall 'tapos bibili ako ng sapatos, bibilihin ko lahat ng kulay 'yan.

"Kapag tatlo iyong kulay, dahil kasya ko, dahil ang liit ng paa ko, so sige kunin ko na lahat ng kulay.

"Kasi maliit iyong paa ko, nasa 5 or 4, so hirap akong bumili ng sapatos; kaya kapag may nagkasya, binibili ko na," she said in an exclusive interview with PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) last month.

The 25-year-old Pampangueña has always deemed her fashion finds—be it shoes, clothes, or accessories—as "investments."

As a showbiz personality, she feels the need to stock up on a lot of pieces because she'll never know when she'll need a specific outfit for a certain occasion.

Aside from her colorful shoe collection, she also used to own quite a number of clothes—mostly in loud prints and colors.

But of late, the Kapuso actress found herself at a crossroads.

Looking back,  she now realizes thagt there isn't much value to all the fashion items she had bought out of her showbiz income in the last eight years.

"Ang gusto ko talaga ngayon is makabili ng bahay," said the actress, who has been renting an apartment in Quezon City for the longest time.

In order to have enough funds to buy that dream home—a modern-style townhouse—she decided to cut down on her fashion-related expenses.

"Kasi sa totoo lang, alam mo iyong kapag nag-sho-shopping ka gusto mong bumibili ng marami? Pero ngayon, naiba na.

"Ngayon siguro sa isang buong taon ng 2011, ang natatandaan ko lang na bumili ako ng sapatos noong nag-GMA grand ball.

"Ngayon, kahit gusto ko siya...Dati kasi kahit kunwari medyo maluwang, 'Ay, lagyan ko lang ng cork 'yan so sige bilhin ko na,' iyong gano'n...Pero ngayon, kailangan talaga gagamitin ko na siya.

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