Bloggers Day Out: Em Alcantara

Lately, I’ve been watching the Philippine Madrigal singers on YouTube.  Their videos came out in my feed and I clicked on a few of them and 2 videos stood out, the one in Uruguay where they sang Eres Tu and my favorite, the one at the Abbey of Saint Michel, they sang Izar Ederrak. 

Blogger’s Beauty Kit with NIKKI TIU

I’ve always admired beauty bloggers like Nikki Tiu of AskMeWhats.com, for their professionalism in the blogging craft, and in their know-how for beauty products. Really, it baffles me to see how a woman like her juggles a career, motherhood, marriage, and a popular blog! Today, she is my interview guest

Bloggers Day Out: Kage Gozun

Lifestyle and travel bloggers are interesting and engaging people to work with.  Insightful, full of humor and they are the best resource for anything and everything.  Kage Gozun was one of those people that you feel an easy connection with. I had a chance to give Kage a makeover to fit her

Behind the Veil: Ida Belonia Jose

Welcome to another installment of Behind the Veil, my interviews with my bridal clients. Today, I want you to meet the lovely Ida Jose. I met Ida through her aunt, Ericka Peña, a client of mine who wanted to give her a gift which was a hair and makeup service for

Join my Personal Makeup Workshop!

So, guess what? I’m holding a makeup workshop! If you’ve been following my Facebook page, you’ll see that I have been doing small, private workshops at the homes of my friends. Well, for the first time, I’ll actually be conducting this Personal Makeup Workshop in public, thanks to the people

5 Makeup Trends for Mid-2015

Can you believe that we’ve already hit the half-year mark? That means half a year into the color of the year, which means that it’s time to see what’s going on in the makeup scene, too. We all know that there are trends flying about here and there, and while

Style Origin 2015 and Inglot Cosmetics Philippines

In collaboration with Ayala Malls, Inglot Cosmetics Philippines, and members of United Makeup Artists of the Philippines were lucky enough to experience working on this fashion show. Here are a few of the models we did. All Photos except the last one below are from Pilita Guadines. The Fun group Backstage

Inglot Bridal Seminar with Cherry Pacheco

Cherry Pacheco, a senior makeup artist affiliate of Inglot Cosmetics Philippines, recently indulged members of United Makeup Artists of the Philippines with a Bridal Demo at their Glorietta 5 branch.  I couldn’t pass this up since I’m always a fan of continuing education and Inglot Cosmetics Philippines is one of

Patty Laurel Maternity Shoot

As one of the most sought after beauty and lifestyle bloggers in Manila, I finally got to meet Patty Laurel Filart  up close.  I was struck by her easy going personality and warmth, she really didn’t have any of that diva star air around her.  In fact, she had a

Behind the Kit with Marissa Narvaez

I met my good friend, Marissa Narvaez when I lived in Baguio in 2009 and we both share the same interests and passion which is makeup and more makeup.  Admitedly, she began to feed this growing need for a more disciplined approach when she enrolled in the Center for the Aesthetic