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BEAUTY FIX: Looks Like We Made It!

BEAUTY FIX: Looks Like We Made It!

By BIANCA VALERIO  | These days, no one can doubt the importance of multi-tasking. In fact, it’s almost expected of everyone that it’s become the norm. However, just because one can juggle tasks like a boss, doesn’t mean that one always looks great while doing them. The term “hot mess” may…
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Wine Moment in Time

Wine Moment in Time

The 15th Grand Wine Experience was held at The Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel Manila with over 1,700 guests in attendance, surpassing the previous year’s number of attendees. The time was just ripe enough to open the show to an exponentially larger audience, what with a greater number of delicately…
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Rolfing: The Body Unbroken

Rolfing: The Body Unbroken

By DENISE ROCO Rolfist Mario Sanchez Avila mends the body with a tranquil mind and a wiser spirit. When you meet Mario Sanchez Avila, you will notice that he gleams with a zest for life. Name the sport, for sure he has tried it. Not only will he try out…
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PUBLISHER’S GALLERY:  Julian Ongpin Opens Art Gallery for Young Artists

PUBLISHER’S GALLERY: Julian Ongpin Opens Art Gallery for Young Artists

By BABE ROMUALDEZ | The Ongpin heir apparent, Julian Ongpin, opened the Julian Ongpin Young Artists (JOYA) gallery at Alphaland Makati Place, with celebrities such as Heart Evangelista gracing the launch. The brainchild of Roberto Ongpin’s younger son Julian, the gallery will provide a venue for showcasing the works of…
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The Empress’ New Clothes: Anna Sia

The Empress’ New Clothes: Anna Sia

Text by RIONE PALACIOS Hair and Makeup by JUN BALVUENA Glowing in an Ito Curata gown of an unexpected tangerine shade that only serves to flatter her hourglass figure, Anna Sia is every inch a fashionista. Half of my life I’ve been working — beautifying, dressing up women and men,”…
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Hair to the Throne

Hair to the Throne

Dove Men+Care recently held its Plus Marks the Spot event to launch a new range of hair products, as it introduced the “new kind of man.” And they weren’t just talking testosterone. Staged at the Green Sun along Chino Roces Avenue Extension in Makati City, the event was attended by some of…
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Lips & Bounds

Lips & Bounds

Happy Skin recently celebrated its second anniversary with the opening of its first boutique in Glorietta 3, Ayala Grand Mall in Makati City. From the introduction of its very first lippie in October 2013, Happy Skin right away delivered what women have always longed for in a lipstick - "intense…
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Myrna Yao: First Class

Myrna Yao: First Class

Text by JOSE PAOLO DELA CRUZ | Photography by Dan Yusay Harvey |Hair and makeup by YANA GARCIA Born in a world that was kinder to sons than to daughters, Myrna Yao knew how it felt to be “second class.”But as the little girl from Camarines Norte blossomed into womanhood,…
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Wheel Power: Antonio ” Toti” Zara

Wheel Power: Antonio ” Toti” Zara

By MAAN D'ASIS PAMARAN | Photography by KURT ALVAREZ | Grooming by SARI CAMPO Nissan Philippines Inc. president and managing director Antonio “Toti” Zara, the first Filipino to hold the post,talks about the company’s roadmap and how he went full throttle to achieve his goals. The Don Bosco Technical College top-notcher first…
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Give in to your ‘Desiderata’

Give in to your ‘Desiderata’

Text by DOUGLAS CANDANO | Photos by MAU AGUASIN | Taste isn’t just about food within the walls of the well-appointed, luxurious Desiderata. Entering the Desiderata (D.T.A.) Lounge at the ground floor of The Infinity Tower in Bonifacio Global City can initially be confusing. While the paneled walls, bar counter (with…
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