Brilliant! That’s how I would be describe Joyce Makitalo and her pieces. Her unique accessories pop right at you and give you a punch of color and beauty that is very much feminine and demure.

Joyce Makitalo is an artist, graphics designer and composer. And she’s a blogger too. A true patron and advocate of the arts. And it shows. Joyce combines stones and jewels in astonishing combinations, sets them in brass and arranges them meticulously in designs that are truly captivating.

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On Day 1 of the Basic Make Up Workshop at the Fashion Institute of Design and Arts (FiDA), our instructor, Archie Tolentino of Maybelline Philippines, emphasized the use of bases. Bases are foundations, concealers, and powders in their different forms, formulations, and finishes.

Foundation serves to make the skin look flawless and even. Concealers serve to hide imperfections. And powders give the over all look an even, polished finish, helping to set the foundation and the concealer.

Archie gave a demonstration on how to conceal eyebags using these bases. And I was the lucky one to have been demonstrated on. (I only slept for two hours the night before the workshop). To even out the skin surface and color on my eyebags, Archie deposited, by pressing with the appropriate concealer brush, some cream foundation on the lines of my eyebags. He used cream foundation, matching my skin color, as the concealer to hide the lines and discoloration on my eyebags. After which, he blended the cream foundation (acting as concealer) around the surrounding areas so it would look smooth on my skin. And not as a streak of color.

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Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, Nicole Whisenhunt presents her elegant Spring “Garden of Eden” Collection. The collection takes on the colors and lively beauty of Bosch’s paintings and turns them into beautiful wearable pieces of art.

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I strutted my best once again as I joined another poker tournament. And I received great feedback because of my game and my look.

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For my new monthly beauty ritual, I tried out CACI Face and Body Centre‘s Hydratone Facial.

The Hydratone Facial is a facial treatment from CACI International. It was developed to treat individuals who have to maximize their little free time to get the best possible and most efficient facial treatment. The Hydratone Facial takes a maximum of 30 minutes.

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