Myanmar’s first international literary festival opens Friday in Yangon, bringing together dozens of authors from around the world, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Fact or fiction? Sex burns a lot of calories. Snacking or skipping breakfast is bad. School physical education classes make a big difference in kids’ weight.
Designer purses have transcended their arm-candy status and have become currency for wealthy women and salary-earners alike.
Is the elusive search for the fountain of youth over? Vicki Belo, one of the country’s leading beauty doctors, thinks so, as she recently unveiled her latest weapons in the fight against aging: intradermal (ID) and intravenous (IV) stem cell treatments.
On a property across the Philippine Navy headquarters on Roxas Boulevard, the Marcos regime built what was intended to be a military museum. The building was designed by the late architect Gabriel Formoso to blend with the now nearly forgotten historic Fort San Antonio Abad, hidden in the shadows of the taller structures of the BSP complex.
How do you take out eye bags? I am always OT (over time) kasi. Thanks! —Angela
There is a huge gamut of products already available for pigmentation elimination but very few for firming and restoring suppleness. I am happy to report that Lancome has further improved its Rénergie line for people whose main concern is lack of firmness, and wrinkles. The line is designed for women in their mid-40s (for prevention) and above (for reversal).
Paris resident Babette Aquino-Benoit jetted back to Manila where Rustan’s Nedy Tantoco threw a birthday dinner for her, dahlings.
I realize that when it comes to buying beauty products, most of us are loyal to a brand or two. I do see the logic in this; trusted brands do make the process of buying less risky.
Jazz is not the usual music of young people. It’s often seen as our grandparents’ sound. So it’s definitely novel to come across the young jazz band Extrapolation. Its cheeky tagline: “Not your Daddy’s Jazz”
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