GREAT TREATMENTS for skin pigmentation Pigmentation in the form of freckles, age spots and melasma mars an otherwise smooth surface. Melanin-rich women of color are very prone to pigmentation, especially as they get older. It usually appears when one becomes a mother.
IT’S SUCH A shame that some top-performing makeup lines would opt for the drabbest packaging to prove they are “serious” brands. Cute and quirky packaging seems relegated to makeups for the younger set, which are mediocre and usually have gritty powders, garish colors and tacky textures. If we do...
HOWEVER GORGEOUS you are, your gorgeousness flies out the window the minute you gross people out. A hairy girl is a scary girl in this civilized day and age, unless of course we are talking about eyelashes and tons of head hair. Even men who like fuzzy women admit it only to their closest friends,...
WHILE THE colder months leading up to the holidays bring dry skin discomfort like itchy skin and chapped lips, the hot summer months we are beginning to experience bring about hair disasters. This is the season beauty salons just shovel the money in. Those with the slightest hint of wave will...
FRIENDS AND relatives based abroad always ask me for beauty-clinic recommendations whenever they are in town. Many of them frustrate me by crinkling their noses and giving me the “you-get-what-you-pay-for” roll of the eyes when, despite finding the service satisfing, find the ambience extremely...
JAPANESE skincare products have always fascinated me for they have proven time and time again that they are the absolute authority in whitening, anti-aging, blemish-removal. Their products and procedures are fast-acting but safe, plus US- and Japan FDA- approved. (FYI: Japan’s FDA is stricter than...
AS A PERSONAL rule, I do not write about beauty products or brands that are not available in the Philippines. Why disillusion ourselves, right? Sometimes, though, a new product I stumble on is just too good that I have to break my own rule. I have chronic chapped lips (to the point of bleeding) all...
FRAGRANCE is a very personal thing. There is no guarantee that if it smells great on people you know, it will also be great on you as well. One really has to personally test the scent, dab it on your wrist and walk around with it for 20 minutes or so and sniff. Giving it as a Valentine’s gift may...
