‘YOLO’ is the story of a woman’s triumph
I GOT to watch the box-office hit YOLO, a Chinese movie starring Jia Ling, who also directed the movie, a few days before its commercial run. I was so excited to see it for so many reasons.
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I GOT to watch the box-office hit YOLO, a Chinese movie starring Jia Ling, who also directed the movie, a few days before its commercial run. I was so excited to see it for so many reasons.
FILIPINO beauty brand GRWM Cosmetics presented another mega collection, this time for summer, consisting of seven blushes, three highlighters, five bronzers, and three contour sticks. Everything is in stick form or should I say “Stix” as the products in the Seaside Glam Collection are called “Glam & Go Stix.” Each product retails for P449
AS someone who watches a lot of concerts, fancams (a recording of a celebrity or public figure taken and/or circulated by fans) are very important to me. I don’t take a lot of them, just a few for posterity and some still images for my column. I also post a few on my private stab Twitter account. Since 2023, I have been pretty happy with Samsung’s S23 Ultra but I recently got the chance to test the S24 Ultra. In this column, I will only talk about the phone’s camera.
ONE of the most popular posts right now on the app X is one that starts with “some of messy moments in philippine live television—a thread.”
ONE of the highlights of Beautycon 2024: Journey Into Beauty, held from March 20 to 23, 2024, at the SMX Manila was the presence of celebrities and key opinion leaders (like board-certified dermatologists and makeup artists) in the fields of beauty and personal care.
YEARS ago, I attended an event in Power Plant Mall. When I got home, I realized that the pouch containing my makeup kit was missing. Among the items in that pouch were two powder blushes from Laura Mercier. Another time, I lost my Candleglow Sheer Perfecting Powder, also from Laura Mercier. I am not the type who misplaces their things or leaves them anywhere, so I really think both were taken from my bag. Why my makeup and not cash, you may ask? Well, I don’t carry a lot of cash and makeup is most probably the most valuable thing in my bag. I usually have my mobile phone in my hand.
BooSeokSoon or Seventeen’s BSS is the first sub-unit of the 13-member Korean group Seventeen. The group composed of Seungkwan, DK and Hoshi debuted in March 2018 with the single “Just Do It.” In 2023, they made a comeback with “Second Wind”
THERE is no doubt that Watsons takes sustainability seriously. At the retailer’s stores in The Block in SM North Edsa and SM Megamall, there are Refilling Stations for its popular Naturals by Watsons line. Its “Sustainable Choices” program gives customers environmentally conscious options when buying personal care products. This selection features reduced plastic components, refill packs, and ethically sourced ingredients, available in Clean Beauty and Better Packaging.
THE Korean movie Exhuma is proof that having a good poster is important. I wanted to watch the movie (showing in cinemas on March 20) based off just looking at the poster. Lucky for me, Columbia Pictures Philippines invited me to an advanced screening of the movie and of course I said yes.
AS he was growing up, oral hygiene was not a priority in Macoy Averilla’s family.
YEARS ago, I attended a roundtable discussion hosted by a telco. The panelists were millennial do-gooders who proceeded to say they only wanted to work with young people like themselves because old people were slow, not creative, and too conscious of the time they put in at work.
“IF your suitor has this black backpatch on his Levi’s jeans, it means that he’s rich,” someone jokingly remarked during the Levi’s 2024 Press Preview.
SOME of my friends and work contacts are social-media managers. Most of their complaints about work are related to how their superiors view going viral online. There is much pressure for the things they post to become viral when they are just product launches or personality-driven events and developments.
Faith Garcia is a former beauty queen (Miss Aura International 2021) who has retired from competing in pageants and is now helping raise awareness of how triathlon can be beneficial to the mind and the body. She came to this realization partly because her father has had two strokes.
THE Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (Evap), based on data from the Land Transportation Office (LTO), said 2,557 EV (electric vehicle) units were registered from January to June 2023. Of this number, SUVs made up the bulk of these newly registered EVs at 1,077 units followed by utility vehicles at 766 units, cars at 502 units, motorcycles with 208 units, and trucks with four units.
I am not by any means an expert on phone cameras or any sort of camera. I am writing about camera phones in the context of using them for concert fancams. I have been testing the Samsung S24 Ultra for three weeks now. Prior to that, I used the S23 Ultra for around eight months through over 20 concerts in 2023. I have been so happy with the S23 Ultra and it has delivered good videos and photos.
Stadium concerts are slowly becoming more and more common, even here in the Philippines where there are probably less than 10 legit stadiums.
I had the privilege of interviewing two personalities who are both popular on the internet, during the Watsons Health and Wellness Expo, a four-day event held at the Megatrade Hall, SM Megamall.
ONE of the things that a speaker during Shiseido’s “Lavender Ring: Makeup & Photos with Smiles” event struck me.
THE era of AI is upon us, whether we like it or not, and companies like Samsung are making sure that artificial intelligence goes mainstream faster with new products like the Galaxy S24 series.
MY favorite Watsons store is the one in The Block at SM North Edsa but perhaps the second best for me is the newly opened branch in Power Plant Mall. When I posted about this store in my Instagram stories, a lot of people said, “Finally!”
ONLINE and offline, sustainability is a big word. Nearly every corporation has a sustainability program. Swedish multinational conglomerate Ikea is an advocate for sustainable living. It offers sustainable home solutions and food items that are affordable and accessible to its customers.
SINCE the pandemic, I have gone through two jars of Shiseido’s Vital Perfection Uplifting and Firming Cream. I like it because it’s very moisturizing and does have firming properties.
ACER unveiled its CES 2024 showcase at the MOA Arena last weekend with new and revamped PCs and additions to its Acerpure line of air circulators and purifiers. The new laptops include Microsoft Copilot on Windows and have a new built-in Copilot key so you can easily access AI companion in Windows 11.
WHEN you first try anything from Teviant Beauty’s The Ultimate Skin Master Collection, which includes The Ultimate Skin Master Luminous Radiant Primer, Foundation and Concealer and The Artisan Brush Collection, you’ll know that it was conceptualized by a master. The master is makeup artist Albert Kurniawan, whose trademark is a skin-perfect look.
THANKS to RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag queens are having a moment and hopefully they are not just a trend. I am thankful that drag queens are taking a stand and using their platforms to spread acceptance. Let’s be honest, if a drag queen walked down a street anywhere in Metro Manila, they would still be catcalled but things are getting slightly better, in my opinion.
I HAVE never understood the Filipinos’ fascination for pin-straight hair. As a child, I had very straight and thin hair so it couldn’t hold clips or ribbons. So I would look wistfully at the curly and lustrous hair of my classmates and wish I had curls, too. My daughter got her curls from her father and all her life, she has wanted straight hair. Early this year, we went to a Korean salon and the hairstylist gave her a really short haircut that brought tears to her eyes. That unfortunate haircut, however, had a happy result. She realized that styled properly, she could wear her hair down without using a hair straightening tool.
I mean no offense to any individual or group of people but whoever is trying to normalize holding concerts and big events in areas that are literally in the middle of nowhere needs a lesson in empathy.
KROMA Entertainment considers itself a game-changer in the rapidly changing entertainment industry. Its focus on “tradigital” entertainment is aimed at connecting with a diverse audience, not just digital natives.
IT has been quite a year for Filipino beauty and, without a doubt, GRWM Cosmetics is one of those leading the pack when it comes to public recognition and acceptance.
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