The Allure of French Pharmacies

One of the memorable things I learned from my friend Tara of Chronicles of Vanity is this:

When you’re a makeup artist or beauty enthusiast visiting France for the first time, make sure you explore the French pharmacie culture. It …

How to Wear Makeup When Traveling

There’s no shame in wearing a little makeup when traveling. If you’re exploring a new city or country soon, here are my tried-and-tested tips to looking your best even if you’re jet-lagged or have been on transit for hours.

1. …

Beauty Products To Help You Survive The Heat

To describe the current Philippine weather as hellish would be an understatement. The heat index (actual temperature felt by the body based on air temperature and humidity) reached a dangerous 51°C in Nueva Ecija last month. In Manila, the daytime …

Quirk of the Month: Cat Eyeliner Stamp

Even with years of experience in beauty editorial, I still get bad eyeliner days. My eyeliner application isn’t always on-fleek, especially when I’m going for a winged tip, better known as the cat eye.…

Beauty To-Do List: Before, During, And After Your Beach Trip

Even if the Philippines’ rainy season is every June to October, this period brings bouts of summer-like weather. If you’re planning a beach trip soon, here are skin and hair care tips I’ve personally tried and tested through the years.…

35 Filipino Beauty Brands To Love

Foreign beauty brands may be pulling out of the Philippine market, but when it comes to the local beauty industry, we have a growing number of Filipino beauty brands keeping afloat. Here are 35 that are proudly Pinoy.…

Sayonara, Shu Uemura!

If America is having a great retail meltdown, the Philippines is experiencing a beauty pull-out. It’s not exactly a crisis. Foreign beauty brands come and go in the Philippine market, which is struggling to compete with more fast-forward Asian …

Quirk of the Month: Pylones Makeup Brush

I remember when French gift shop Pylones opened its first Philippine store back in 2013. It was in Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Makati. There were shelves upon shelves of colorful, quirky items—from kitchen supplies to stationery.

I finally got my …

Quirk of the Month: Disney Makeup

Maybe it’s the live-action remake of Beauty And The Beast coming this March, or the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales coming in May. Whatever is causing the surge of Disney makeup, it’s a welcome diversion for …

Travel-Friendly Beauty Products To Try This 2017

Does your travel makeup kit need an upgrade? Here are new beauty products in my radar, and they won’t get you in trouble with the TSA.…

Quirk of the Month: Hello Kitty Makeup

You put Hello Kitty’s face on anything and it’s guaranteed to be a hit. In the world of beauty, I’ve never heard of a Hello Kitty collaboration that went wrong.

Colourpop is releasing their latest Hello Kitty collection in time …

I’m Sick. Can I Still Wear Makeup?

The short answer: No. The last thing you want is to contaminate your precious makeup with your germs and shorten their lifespan.

But whenever I look back at my 2014 New York album, I would cringe at the …

Quirk of the Month: MAC Cosmetics x Trolls

Whenever MAC Cosmetics releases a new collection or collaboration with a pop culture icon, it arrives in Philippine shores a few weeks later than the US release, and in limited stocks.…

Beauty Products For The Rainy Weather

Every time the weather changes, we beauty junkies need to make an adjustment in the products we put on our faces. We need to consider facing the elements of humidity, rainfall, and torrential winds. Here’s a list of what I’m …

Save Luggage Space, Pack Multitaskers

My toiletries often take up the most space and weight in my luggage. Through the years I’ve learned to pack light by buying the travel-sized versions of my favorite brands, filling up my own reusable travel containers, and packing sachets. …