"Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick."

Commenter of the Month!

January 16, 2012
I'm starting my 2012 in deep gratitude to the year that has been. For the first time, I'm giving away beauty goodies to one commenter each month. Be the commenter of the month this January and win this Body Bakery Gift set worth P1,550.00!


Gift Set includes: 1 Lip Butter, 1 Body & Hair Icing, 1 Whipped Cream, 1 Gauze Sponge &1 Satin Pouch Bag
All made in the USA
 


Mechanics:

1. “LIKE” Dior Co Make-up Artistry page and Dior Co Beauty Blog website.
2. Comment on any of my blog posts, either on Facebook or in my blog.
3. Send me a link of the blog post you've commented on, together with your name, contact details and address. You can send this to me via email diorco@gmail.com.

A random commenter will win this gift set. No criteria, just pure luck! Comments should be made within the month of January 2012. The winner will be announced on February 1, 2012 via Facebook.
 

Ad Campaign: Chinese New Year (SM North Edsa)

January 16, 2012
Photography by Jay Tablante
Styling by Boop Yap & Kimi Yap
Make-up by Dior Co
Hairstyling by Cora Lee


 

Estee Lauder Make-over

January 9, 2012
As a child, I've always been fascinated with my mom's make-up kit, figuring out what the weird looking eyelash curler is for and which color to put on what area on my face. One of the brands she always keep is Estee Lauder. I guess because of this, I've always labeled Estee Lauder as a beauty brand for the "mature" and the "old". Subconsciously, I've never really considered adding any Estee Lauder product both in my personal and professional kit, until I was asked to do a stint for them last year December.

When I met up with the Estee Lauder Philippine team in one of their counters, I realized I was missing a lot with this stigma in my head. Estee Lauder actually has so many neutral and fun shades (especially their Pure Color Lipsticks!) any woman my age will want to try out. Excitedly, I tried their products as much as I can during my Friday afternoon stints at their counter in Essenses Rockwell. However, because the counter's always busy with clients coming over for their free make-overs, I only was able to document one Friday afternoon with me trying on their products before the counter opened for free make-overs.

Here's that Friday afternoon:

Bare face ready to try Estee products

Products I tried and used:

Advanced Night Repair Serum (P4,800.00)
The Estee Lauder signature make-over always starts off with this top-selling serum that repairs DNA and erases past skin damage. My mom still has this in her shelf up to this day.
 
Hydrationist Maximum Moisture Cream (P3,350.00)
Since I don't have any particular skin concern, I chose a basic moisturizer that will provided me with just the right amount of hydration that I needed that day.
 
 
Double Wear Light (P1,900.00)
I wanted just a sheer layer of coverage to even out my skintone so I used the lighter version of their award-winning foundation Double Wear.

 
Ideal Light Illuminator (P1,850.00)
Just like my favorite YSL's Touche Eclat, this conceals discolorations and brightens the skin at the same time. It's a magic pen that refreshes the skin in an instant!

 
Pure Color Five Color Eyeshadow Palette (P2,500.00)
I love how the five colors complement each other! I used Enchanted Berries palette. The colors didn't turn out as purplish as they were in the palette, just as I wanted them to turn out -- neutral, earthy and soft. 
 


Double Wear Eyeliner Pencil (P1,600.00)
This glides on smoothly but I it still runs despite its promise that it'll stay in place. Though I super love the solid blackness of the Onyx shade.

 
Automatic Brow Duo (P1,600.00)
This pencil comes with a brush on the other end to soften the eyebrows after the pencil has been drawn and applied. The soft brown shade is universally flattering and looks natural on almost everyone's brows.

  

TurboLash Mascara (P1,700.00)

A vibrating mascara! How can I resist? This thickened my lashes while separating them, leaving no clumps.

  
 
Signature Silky Blush (P1,800.00)
My favorite Purple Nuance shade is perfect for my outfit that day. 
 
 

Pure Color Lipgloss (P1,150.00)

I've been very particular on the suppleness of my lips lately. I'm trying to stay away from lipstick so I just opted for their lipgloss which gave my lips fullness and incredible color. The Estee Lauder counters currently has 18 shades to choose from. I wore Wild Lilac Shimmer shade.


 
Brushes
 
These babies helped me apply the products.

  
 
The result:


Before and After

To those who attended and supported Estee Lauder during our four Fridays last December, our deepest thanks! We hope you enjoyed your holiday make-over treat!

Estee Lauder is available in all Rustan's department stores nationwide and at Essenses Powerplant Mall, Rockwell.

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Make-over Treat from Estée Lauder!
Estee Lauder Holiday Gift Sets
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Bridal: Kimberly Alvarez-Cristobal

January 6, 2012
Photography by Paul Vincent
Make-up by Dior Co
Hair by Cristy
 

Unfurgivable

January 6, 2012
Unlike most women, I highly crave meat and protein-rich food than carbs. I'd gladly pass up on dessert to devour a lean piece of steak. I cannot give up eating meat, though I've tried doing so a couple of times in 2006 after seeing a video on animal rights by PETA. It has saddened me to realize I can never be a vegetarian. But even so, I still advocate animal rights, being a pet owner myself. So here's something to help support an advocacy on animal rights:  

PRIVE presents: UNFURGIVABLE 
A campaign for PETA by Strip Ministry of Waxing. 
Featuring a photo exhibit by Miguel Miranda showcasing Manila's hottest faces and a fashion show by Wanderlust.

 
 
 

PETA X STRIP TEASER: UNFURGIVABLE


 

Benefit Opens Its Doors!

December 19, 2011
And finally... Benefit opened its doors last December 15 in Greenbelt 5! After the sneak peak we had weeks before the opening, I didn't expect myself to still be this excited. I've already said so much about Benefit in my last post, so I'll just have my pictures do the talking:


Ribbon-cutting
 

Benebabes singing and dancing in the beat of "California Girls"
 


The Benefit Team Philippines with gigantic Benefit top-sellers!
 


 

Jampacked with excited fans and media!


With fellow beauty blogger Julia of BlessMyBag
 




Gotta try Benefit's skincare line. Their oil-free make-up remover is superb!


Benefit scents! Next on my shopping list!


Benefit PH also offers waxing services, from brows to brazilian!
 


Limited Edition Tweezerman x Benefit

Congratulations to the entire Benefit team for a successful launch! And as requested by all, here's the complete price list of Benefit Philippines. Of course, price is still lower in the US. But if you compare with the rest of Asia, we pretty much have it good.
 
 
I sure did burn my purse that day! Look at my entire Benefit haul:
 
 


Benefit boutique is located at G/F Greenbelt 5 (Previously Jurlique boutique, beside Shiseido). You can follow the latest updates on Benefit by liking their page on Facebook.
 
 
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