Rick Owens/Missoni/Holly Fulton
Giles/Etro/Francesco Scognamiglio

I love, love, love this disheveled meets luxe trend! Nouv-Eau is all about Art-Nouveau, monochromatic hues, romance, natural brows, glowy skin, lip stains, and soft washes of colour.  Lip staining or tinting the inside of the lips a darker shade than the outside is still very big this season. It’s also the easiest way to try out a bold colour since it’s full-on yet non-intimidating. This trend is so easy to pull off and is very office environment friendly. These are the two looks from this trend I’m dying to try:

Veronique Le Roy

Erdem

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Chloe/Damir Doma/Proenza Schouler
Altuzarra/Gareth Pugh/Jonathan Saunders

ATH-ELITE is all about sporting a dewy, fresh-faced look that relies on flawless skin and amazing foundation. Think sweating ballerina dancers or humidity sans beads of sweat. There are touches of futurism left and right which makes this look easy to wear and recreate. I love the caramel and honey hues from Chloe and the three looks below made my heart skip a hard, long beat:

Marios Schwab

Richard Nicoll

Frankie Morello

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I had the wonderful and rather rare opportunity last Thursday to make another dream come true. :)

4″ black heels — check. Wine — check. Front row seats — check. MAC S/S 2012 Presentation — check. The icing on the cake? Adding MAC Cosmetics Senior Artist for Australia Nicole Thompson into the picture.

Nicole’s bar of beauty treats

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Hooray pimples begone!

Sleepless after pulling an all-nighter at 2pm (say what?), I’m wearing a sneaky smug because of two things. ONE – Neutrogena Fine Fairness BB Cream UV is finally and exclusively available in Watsons Philippines.

Achieve instant fairness and inner whitening
with the new NEUTROGENA® FINE FAIRNESS® BB CREAM UV

Patience is a virtue, they say. And most whitening products will test that virtue by having you wait several months before you see your whitening product take effect. But sometimes, you need fairer skin RIGHT NOW. So NEUTROGENA® is giving you just that.

The new NEUTROGENA® FINE FAIRNESS® BB Cream UV provides instant fairness and blemish-free skin through special skintone-matching minerals. Because NEUTROGENA® is a strong advocate of healthy beauty, this BB Cream also contains the science of FINE FAIRNESS® to work within your skin and provide continuous whitening from the inside out.

The FINE FAIRNESS® BB Cream UV is the final addition to the existing FINE FAIRNESS® line, which currently consists of a Cleanser, Toner, Lotion SPF30, Night Cream, UV Sunblock, Serum, and Whitening Mask.

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Happy Chinese New Year guys and gals! Who’s feasting on tikoy with the fambam? I would’ve with my family except that I’m working tonight. *sad face* Something to be less iffy about: I’m wearing a “clean” face to work with my favourite (and lucky!) red top in celebration of today’s holiday. :)

Week 02 results: Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum

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LOreal Paris introduces Super Liner Lasting Crayon (Php 395): a sharpenable pencil in an extremely smooth formula with the ease of application of a traditional pencil liner but the application feel of a liquid eyeliner. This soft gliding formula was built for super long wear: smudge proof, waterproof, no transfer. The result? Bold and beautiful eye contours.

For a deeper and more intense smokey eye look, LOreal Paris provides the easiest solution: Super Liner Smokey Duo (Php 445). This duo eyeliner creates a smokey eye in 2 easy steps.

1st step: Soft crayon liner for exact lining. The easy to blend soft crayon is a waterproof formula with an intense color pay off.

2nd step: Smudger for a natural smokey effect. The other end of the pencil is a gentle smudger for easy blending along the contours of the eyes.

Quick confession: I’ve been using this trio since I got a hold of them last week. Why not when two of them are dupes of my favourite department store eye liners? :)

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I was about to hail a cab late last week when the unthinkable happened: my stomach grumbled out of hunger like it’s the end of the world. I cannot stay in Serendra for a full meal so I stopped by one of my favourite restaurants for a to-go to be noshed at work just before midnight.

Apart from the iced latte (approx. Php 165) above and the Grandma’s Crispy Duck Confit and Mushroom Risotto (Php 575), I ordered something new to me just because. Oddly, I eat pork but I will only submit myself to its full glory only when I need serious comfort. That said, I ordered the Grilled Maple Cider Glazed Bone-In Pork Chop (Php 475).

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