Just Blo Me: Blow Dry Bar now in Manila!

Just Blo Me, Blow Dry Bar | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

I consider going to a salon, getting a shampoo and a blow dry a luxury. It’s probably one of my favorite luxuries too.  I get lazy when it comes to fixing my hair, so having someone do it for me: shampoo + head massage + blow dry to perfection = a must. Where else should [...]

ESTEE LAUDER PURE COLOR PLAY: Launching & Celebrating PureColor Lipstick, PureColor Eyeshadow Palette; Vivid Shine Collection

Hannah & Eena at Estee Lauder Launching | Beauty, Red Tango, Lipstick

Makati, Philippines (13 February 2013) – Estee Lauder, one of the most renowned global beauty brands, last night gathered a multitude of personalities to celebrate the beauty and grace of women in the PureColor Play event featuring its latest make up line in Makati City. Margie Moran-Floirendo, the second Filipina to be crowned Ms. Universe [...]

Just BLO Me: You’re Not Cheating On Your Hairdresser…

Blo Dry Bar | Blow Dry, Flawless Hair, Serendra, Rockwell

Answering the call of the hair-impaired and those addicted to killer-coifs, Blo Blow Dry Bar is coming to the Philippines. The first to market the no cuts, no color concept in America, Blo is opening 2 locations in Asia (or 27th and 28th in the world!) Blo Rockwell and Blo Serendra are cueing up their [...]

Shades of Grey with a chance of Brown and Gold

Shades of Grey collage, Tog du jour, Outfits, Lookbook, Sasha Manuel, Australia | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Nothing wrong with being ordinary. Or wearing old things, for that matter. These present opportunities for the wheels of our imagination to turn. They can fuel an activity geared towards creativity. Take any normal day, for instance. You know you’ll wake up to a set of activities, thinking them common and, quite possibly, dull — [...]

Ozone Holidaze: Print Crazy at St. Kilda & The Great Ocean Road; Melbourne

Graffiti | Obey | Long Skirt | Sunnies | Christmas Summer | Citygirl | Melbourne | Australia

Land of Oz, land of 15% percent higher exposure to UV rays. Yeah, I was warned. I’m +/- an hour drive away from several pretty beaches around, so what the heck, right? Just slather on some extra sun protection and adiooos, skin cancer! St. Kilda Temperature: 37 C First hottest day of December in Melbourne [...]

Do you know how to care for dry chapped lips?

Sasha Manuel, Lip care, Lips, dry lips, chapped lips | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

A few weeks prior my trip, I’ve been complaining about dry chapped lips. I noticed that mine has been unusually dry and seriously chapped esp the top lip. I blame the poor intake of a proper amount of liquid, e.g. water, and mostly the weather. What perplexes me is the notion that it’s normally cold [...]

Keeping it short for now

Short hair, hairstyle 2012, ombre, hair colour, Sasha Manuel | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Two months and a few you-look-better-with-long-hair comments later, I had to pause to consider hairstyle options and I’ve decided to keep my hair short for a little while longer. I’ve already spent quite a number of years with it long, I reckon, sticking with the short hairstyle will do me good. 2-month old hair, photo [...]

Neutrogena’s solution to our blackhead problem?

Neutrogena Deep Clean Blackhead Eliminating Daily Scrub - Skincare | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

Neutrogena Deep Clean Blackhead Eliminating Daily Scrub and Cooling Toner Truth be told, I approach skincare products with a little skepticism since there hasn’t been any science that can fully rectify or reverse seemingly unpleasant effects of nature or what imbalance we’d notice or go through. However, I do hope on the bit that it [...]

Ballerina x Sneaker: Every Working Girl’s Dream

Fitflop DUÉ Black Tan | Two Tone, Sneaker Meets Ballerina, Flats, Working Girl, Casual Shoes

My six-thirty client messages me: “My boss and I are almost there.” while I was still inevitably stuck in Friday rush hour traffic several stop lights away. I would usually make a run for it but oh no, these shoes are gonna hurt. No other flat footwear in the car either. Great. Definitely not my [...]

Beauty Bites x FOTD, Laura Mercier

Sasha Manuel, FOTD, Montage | Style Manila - Fashion, Beauty, Shopping, Manila Street Style, Lifestyle

As a self-confessed lippie addict, it would come as no surprise when I would experiment with a variety of lip makeup from different brands. All eyes on Laura Mercier and their selection of lip glosses which I thought would be a great gift idea for friends last Christmas. Of course, I ended up getting me [...]