Everytime there is a new store catering to beauty enthusiasts like me, my radar is up. In the north, new friends Jay Lacaya of London Cosmetics Manila decided to open a place that would serve the needs of makeup artists like myself. PSI Lifestyle Hub was born out of the need to combine fashion, food…
Happy New lippy! While working on a client recently, her choice of lipstick was a matte long wearing liquid lipstick, the current craze nowadays, the one that stays on your lips for days on end. I ended up giving her the lipstick tube and as soon as I left, I went to the local Beauty Bar…
In Chinese culture, August is usually the month in the lunar calendar that is called the Ghost month, beginning in the 15th day of the 7th month where ghosts and spirits including the ones of the deceased ancestors come out. The Chinese belief is that no business transactions or any of its kind are to be…
Glowing and Bronzing are 2 Makeup terms that people always say when they want their makeup done a la JLo. For my personal use, I use the Soleil Tan De Chanel Bronzing Makeup Base as a blush or to warm the perimeter of my face. Ok, bring down your raised eyebrow, I received this as a birthday gift…
Many makeup artists, myself included, lug around our tools, accessories and miscellaneous items needed for the client or event. I bring with me a portable table, makeup chair, a set bag, makeup kit, mirror with lights and another set of lights to boost the lighting system that I have. Apparently one set of lights…
All photos in this blog post are by Nico Belasco Photography. We were so fortunate to have hosted sixteen sweet ladies last week for the Make Me Up Workshop on August 5th, in cooperation with Mafae Belasco of Mafae Management and Make it Blissful’s Martine De Luna. The workshop was a hybrid “inspiration and information” workshop, beginning with…
I’m always on the lookout for exciting workshops that can improve my craft, and when I found out that Bobby Carlos, Paris and Singapore trained makeup artist with Makeup Forever Paris, held a Makeup masterclass at SOFA, (School of Fashion Arts) last November and December 2016, I jumped at it. It was so different from…
MAKE ME UP is a Self-Improvement & Makeup Workshop with a focus on Positive Self-Esteem & Confident Personal Style. It seeks to empower women in achieving their best job- and career-focused goals so that they can get better work, better projects, better income, starting with their level of personal belief. MAKE ME UP envisions a community…
Here's a video interview that I gave a couple years back on what I believe are really the timeless bridal trends. As a makeup artist, while I do believe in going with current trends, there are certain foolproof makeup and beauty to-dos that are always going to be at the heart of a solid bridal…