What constitutes a good cover girl? Based from my over-a-decade-old magazine collection, she has to be attractive. She doesn’t necessarily have to be pretty because everything can be enhanced with a swish of a brush. We’re lucky that over the years, not only have local magazines aided in the evolution of society’s common viewpoint for beauty, they also paved the way for non-model cover girls. Reviewing international fashion history, Anna Wintour made it okay [...]

      When In Manila, there is nothing a quick trip to the salon cannot fix. But it’s hard to keep up with salon rates nowadays and not to mention, the queues! All this can change if salons offered quality service at the right price, thus, making Studio Zen’s 8 Stunning Offers hard to miss.   Studio Zen Complete Care Salon is situated in Katipunan, making it accessible to students and young professionals who [...]

     How Do You Live a Positive Life?   When In Manila, if you think happiness is all about just having the best things in life come to you, then you’re probably the type who gets stressed out whenever something doesn’t go according to plan. You know what this means—stuff like, missing the train or the bus during rush hour, spilling coffee on your new shirt, getting a flat tire during a long road [...]

        When in Manila, foreign performers and personalities see to it that they learn certain Tagalog phrases such as “Mabuhay” and “Mahal ko kayo” to further reach out to the Filipino people especially if they don’t exactly appeal to the masses. Hotel heiress Paris Hilton made sure she mastered them both. The socialite and paparazzi-favorite held an exclusive meet and greet session for some f her fans and the press in SM [...]

Raffles Design Institute of Manila (RDIM) conducted a mini-talk series for selected guests held in their 2-floor campus in Accralaw Tower, Bonifacio Global City. Raffles Design Institute (RDI) is Asia-Pacific’s largest design school known for its ability to train young minds into creative geniuses. They have a 2 + 1 scheme which means you are given an option to transfer to a different branch after gaining a 2-year diploma. They promised the transfer would be [...]

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Cultural Center of the Philippines CCP review     When In Manila, be sure to drop by its performing arts theaters for a glimpse of a different culture shown through dance, speech and other art forms. We Filipinos live with art day by day, specifically with music, and we are very welcoming when it comes to the latest and best sounds. The current melody hitting Manila is [...]

  Nail It! was kind enough to let myself and a few friends try out their spa party package. We were treated like royalty— we didn’t have to do a thing! For some reason, everyone was feeling down that week and this was a good gift for people who haven’t had enough sleep, went to PFW the whole week, failed a subject (oops!) and are not satisfied with their internships. Yeah, we all needed the [...]