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Sign up for the #SmartiPhone6 and #SmartiPhone6Plus
How was your weekend? Mine was pretty fun - I held a makeup workshop, something I haven't done in a while. I forgot how fulfilling it is to teach what I know about, well, what I do for a living. I've...
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Etude House Total Age Repair Two-Way Pact SPF48PA++
Andrea Amado, the CEO of Etude House Philippines, personally toured me at Etude House's flagship branch in Megamall some weeks back. She showed me a wall that has the brand's top ten best sellers and I...
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Project Vanity Hits: The rewind edition
I believe that songs you loved or at the very least felt intensely about in the past will always stay with you. It doesn't matter how much your taste has changed - how you have changed - the song will...
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Unboxed! The BDJ Box Elite in Corporate Chic
I'll be honest: I actually thought that there was a new beauty subscription service when this pouch arrived on my doorstep. It was pretty exciting to think of, how a new player could upset the existing...
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Love: The Body Shop Fijian Water Lotus Body Lotion and EDT
Are you guys doing fun Halloween-related stuff tonight? What or who are you coming as? I wish I was going to a costume party because it would be grand to dress up in my favorite character, but then I'd...
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This sticks: Make Up For Ever Aqua Rouge Waterproof Liquid Lip Color in 03...
Good morning! I need to get ready for a meeting so this will be unceremoniously quick; I hope to write another blog post when I get back. Anyway, I want to mention the Make Up For Ever Aqua Rouge...
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Commenter of the month for September and November Gift
October was a rough month for me. My whole life is different now. The things I knew to be true no longer stand, and new things are rushing in like a whirlwind to fill the gaps. I feel fragile. I feel...
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So luxe and compact: the Make Up For Ever Travel Brush Set
Next week I am off to Tokyo for a solo trip, to look for inspiration in my work as an artist and as a beauty industry insider. I just really plan to walk, eat, paint, and check out interesting stores....
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Current eye cream: the Kiehls Super Multi-Corrective Eye-Opening Serum
The thing about break ups is that you spend many days crying about it and losing sleep overthinking the many horrible reasons that caused it to happen. I'm past it now but while it was happening a...
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Plans and pre-order details for the #SmartiPhone6 and #SmartiPhone6Plus
Good morning! How was your weekend? Mine was a good balance of fun and relaxed. I got to meet friends during the Fountain Pen Day event in SM Aura, saw my art exhibited there (a first!), and watched...
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The K-Palette Rose-Scented Real Lasting Liner
Today I realized that the reason I am able to stay in long-term relationships with people and my passions/hobbies is my ability to fall in and out of love with the same thing - several times. There...
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Event Spotting: the Shu Uemura Shupette Collection Launch
Cat lovers, rejoice, for the Shu Uemura Shupette Collection is here! It's the brand's 2014 Holiday offering featuring no less than Karl Lagerfeld's beloved, spoiled cat. Shupette has an enviable...
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Hello again from Tokyo!
Just checking in to say hi! I'm in my favorite place in the world and the fall weather is fantastic. Fantastically cold (for me). I don't take to cold very well so I made sure to pack warm clothes this...
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Rave: Clinique Even Better Dark Spot Defense SPF45PA+++
Great sunscreen can truly change your skin. I swear by this. You can use Safeguard for your face forever and if it works for you then I won’t recommend you use anything else - that is, anything else...
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Share the love and light by making your own COCA-COLA® Parol
Could you believe that Christmas is just a little over a month from now? The year flew by, as it always does, and I’m looking forward to end it by celebrating the holidays with family and friends. I’m...
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Watercolors and makeup: My workshops this November!
I'm back! So happy to be back to normal. Tokyo is amazing and fun and crazy but I still would rather be here in Manila, doing the things I love. That's really why I to travel: the act of throwing...
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That perfect Zara bag
Sometimes, the best things come to you when you're not looking for them. Like the other day when I went inside the Zara store in Shibuya just to browse. I didn't really intend to buy anything because...
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The Physiogel Lotion: My travel BFF in cold, dry weather
The weather in Tokyo was quite cold, colder than I remember it the same time last year. It's a welcome change from the humid heat we get here in Manila - so fun to wear a coat and layers! - but the...
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My top five tinted lip balms
Why bother with tinted lip balms? Some might be of the opinion that if you're going to put anything on your lips, it might as well be a proper lipstick versus half-assing it with a barely-there color....
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Make it personal, have your Estee Lauder Lipstick engraved
Out of the hundreds of lipsticks and dozens of brands I've tried, the Estee Lauder Pure Color Lipstick (P1,400) remains as one of my favorites. I first tried it three or four years ago and have always...
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