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Flawless Introduces Most Advanced Facial to Date: Cell Booster Infusion Mask

It seems there’s no stopping Flawless, the country’s preferred clinic for face, body and medical services, from dominating the local beauty arena. Still hot from the successful launch of the country’s first affordable stem cell-based product line, the brand now marks another milestone with the introduction of its most advanced facial treatment yet, Cell Booster Infusion Mask.

“We’re really proud of this new facial as it is set to once again raise the bar for anti- and preventive-aging treatments in the country,” starts Rubby Sy, CEO of Flawless. “In a nutshell, Cell Booster Infusion Mask is designed to perform two main functions: one, to combat the effects of and protect the skin from the destructive free radicals that we encounter every day; two, to rejuvenate and improve our skins’ cell architecture by nourishing it and encouraging the tissue regeneration process.”

The science used for Cell Booster Infusion Mask allows it to deliver essential nutrients to the skin at cellular level. Using an advanced cellular repair hydrogel mask which contains highly concentrated essence of cell-activating nutrients, it promises to increase the skin's elasticity, minimize pores and the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while giving the skin an undeniable glow. According to Sy, the technology for hydrogel is innovative in that it coagulates nutritious substances into a gel format and delivers active ingredients into the skin by reacting to the skin’s temperature rather than the air. It also leaves the skin feeling cool, fresh and invigorated.

“We feel very lucky to have been able to bring this one-of-a-kind technology to the country,” shares Sy. “Flawless is very proud of the fact that with this new treatment, the brand is once again able to fulfill its promise to consistently bring medically-sound beauty solutions closer to Filipinos without the Class-A prices."

About Flawless

Established in 2001, Flawless is the country’s preferred clinic for face, body and medical services. It was founded on the premise of providing Filipinos easier access to top-notch, medically-sound beauty solutions. While cost has made the brand’s offerings more accessible, the quality of Flawless’ products and services remains first class. Powered by Skin Professionals, all of Flawless’ doctors and staff regularly attend medical and dermatological conferences in and out the country and receive constant up trainings. The brand is famed for employing equipment and technologies that are at par with those used by most international dermatological facilities. 

For more information visit a Flawless Clinic near you or visit our website https://flawless.com.ph/. Stay connected, know the latest from Flawless, follow us on Facebook, Facebook.com/FlawlessFaceandBody and Twitter, Twitter.com/MyFlawless.

Stride into Summer with DV by Dolce Vita at Fashion Forum

Each season, FASHION FORUM at the SM Store brings in carefully chosen clothing, footwear and bags from the hottest US brands, and this season is no exception. The latest selection of shoes this summer come from DV by Dolce Vita.

DV by Dolce Vita was launched in 2006 as the sister label to Dolce Vita. Since then, girls have fallen in love with the line, which exudes an effortlessly cool attitude. On-trend with unexpected, irresistible twists, DV by Dolce Vita offers playful patterns and bright pops of color which can be found on easy-to-wear flats, sky-high wedges and classic pumps.

Check out the latest collection by DV at Dolce Vita at FASHION FORUM. Prices range from Php2,975 to Php3,475 a pair.

About Dolce Vita

Launched in 2001, Dolce Vita's nonchalant attitude towards fashion resulted in footwear and clothing lines that are effortlessly stylish yet delightfully flirty. By showcasing chic looks attributed to the label’s very own modern muse—the young, the restless and the glamorous, Dolce Vita has developed an earnest following and is a favorite in great boutiques everywhere.

The Dolce Vita girl exudes effortless cool. She takes the latest fashion trends and adds her own personal style in the mix, always a step ahead of the rest. Dolce Vita is always on the pulse of what’s going on in the pages of the hottest magazines and on the top must-have lists of fashion editors. With Dolce Vita shoes and clothing, you’ll always have the most sought-after styles in the hottest colors and silhouettes out there.

Fashion Forum at The SM Store

FASHION FORUM is a multi-brand boutique inside the SM Store, stocking contemporary labels from the US.

Offering a carefully chosen range of clothing from sizes 0 to 16, the selections in store will effortlessly take a woman from day to night. From work appropriate shifts, cocktail dresses and long gowns for formal occasions, there will always be a piece that will appeal to smart, independent women with an eye for classic pieces, as well as those who lean towards casual yet elegant clothes.

Because FASHION FORUM has an intimate understanding of what modern women need, the focus is always on investment dressing, where merchandise are guaranteed to be closet staples for years to come. Pricing is thoughtful and reasonable, often below the standard retail price in the US. And to create anticipation and excitement, new items, all current and in season, will arrive each month in limited quantities, with weekly deliveries in-store.

FASHION FORUM always has fresh product selections from close to 40 US brands, including Adriana Papell, Ali Ro, Donna Morgan, Donna Ricco, Julie Brown, London Times, Maggy London, Max and Cleo, Miss Couture and now Isaac Mizrahi and DV by Dolce Vita, plus more.

Visit FASHION FORUM at Megamall, Makati, Mall of Asia, North EDSA, Cebu, SM Lanang, Bacolod and soon at SM Aura in Bonifacio Global City.

(PRESS RELEASE)

Marks & Spencer's Summer Collection

Bring out the best in you and ‘hue’ this summer season with 

Marks and Spencer's 2013 Summer Collection. 

Read more at www.occasionsofjoy.com

Outdoor Bags

Veering away from the usual style of backpacks, Outdoor Products’ selection is filled with edgier designs while maintaining the youthful appeal of each piece. Inspired by all things fun and fashionable, the brand focuses on offering backpacks and other travel gear that are made of the finest materials, ensuring quality and practicality without ever compromising style. Keep your netbook, tablet, books, notebooks, toiletry kit, and whatever it is that you want safely inside your Outdoor backpack and enjoy the convenience of not having to worry about not being able to secure all your belongings in just one bag. For added convenience, keep everything well organized so you need not worry about not being able to find your pen, cellphone or wallet when you need it most.

Plus, Outdoor backpacks’ lightweight material made from CORDURA® Fabric makes them easier to carry around, putting less strain on your back while making it very durable. The material is ensured to withstand any abuse that your backpack might encounter. Along with Outdoor Products’ special CORDURA® fabric is its Seamlock feature, which ensures durability while maintaining the brand’s unique sense of style and versatility. Wherever you’re going or whatever you plan to put inside your Outdoor backpack, you’ll be able to enjoy Outdoors’ durability. CORDURA® fabric is best known as a durable, versatile and reliable material, constructed using high tenacity fiber technologies, weight for weight, CORDURA® fabrics are exceptionally durable. No matter how it is used, CORDURA® fabrics are “best-in-class.”

Already popular in stylish Asian countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and the US, Outdoor Products’ appeal mainly lies in its youthful designs. From metallic colors, fun brights, unique prints and special collaborations like with its recent one featuring Hello Kitty, Outdoor Products presents a wide selection of options that any stylish guy or girl will love. The variety in sizes also allows you to easily choose which piece will most likely suit your packing needs.  Especially best suited for the youth, Outdoor Products allows everyone to express their individuality in style.

Outdoor Products is available at Duty Free Fiesta Mall Fashion Rack Baguio, Fashion Rack NAIA 3, Fashion Rack Subic, Landmark Makati, Landmark Trinoma, Lonely Planet, RDS Abreeza Mall, RDS Calasiao, RDS Ermita, RDS Galleria, RDS Magnolia, RDS Palawan, RDS Pampanga, Rustan’s Alabang, Rustan’s Gateway, Rustan’s Makati, Rustan’s Tower, SM Davao, SM Las Pinas, SM Lipa, SM Makati, SM North EDSA, SM Pampanga, Tripologie Alabang, Tripologie Boni High Street, Tripologie Eastwood.

(Press Release)

Summer Dress

There's something about summer dresses...Hmmm, let's see...It gives you a fashion style without exerting too much effort. When wearing a soft fabric summer dress, it provides that cool effect, both in fashion and weather. Girls, don't miss out on wearing a summer dress this perfect summer season, but don't just wear it, wear with confidence and sexiness.

Here are four women I caught wearing beautifully their respective summer dresses.

At Xenical's Rock The Fat Away event

Twenty-four year old Christina Barriga Ramos of Spain is wearing a summer dress she bought in SM. 

At My HealthySuperhero Event

Young Mom, Anne Chua, is five months on the way with her second child yet  is still looking sexy  with the summer dress she bought some three years ago in Thailand

Stunning Monette Garcia proudly shared she bought this Mango summer dress a year and a half ago at 50% off, around P700.

Shy and pretty Melody Co of Girl Kuripot was wearing a summer dress she bought from Thailand.

My favorite summer dresses...

This is xhiliration which I got for just P250 at Regina's in Greenhills. I actually bought it for my daughter, but it's still a bit big for her. I tried it on and voila! It fits and it's mine, mine,mine.

Kipling's Pink Collection

Love, love, love pink! That's why my I'm wearing a pink wig for my FB Profile photo. Here's another reason to love pink - Kipling's Pink Collection of bags. Go on, enjoy its cuteness, and most of all its durability

Lancel 2013 Collections

L de Lancel: A Bag for Elles

Elles are French women, Parisian women and – more generally – all women blessed with natural chic, with effortless elegance, with style. To them, Lancel dedicates the L. From now on, the Maison has decided to devote itself to women like this – Lancel’s heroines: Parisian icons, women of the world, women of sparkling wit. With the L, the Maison of fine leather goods – founded in 1876 – pays tribute to an attitude, to a way of being chic.

The L is intended for women who are sensual without overdoing it, reserved as opposed to shy, spiritual rather than intellectual, neo-classical yet deceptively well-behaved: women who require nothing – or rather, almost nothing – to be elegant.

That almost nothing is the hallmark of the L. But achieving it is a complex process. The L is a study in less-is-more, whose subtlety resides in the refinement of the work which brought it into being. Its origins lie in the understated chic of a vintage 1970’s model from the Maison’s archives. At that time, the fashion was for simple bags with a timeless functionality. It has provided Lancel with an ideal foundation to display the leather working savoir-faire, high quality leathers and purity of design which epitomize the Maison. Today, this neoclassical spirit is represented by Lancel’s new model, the L: a large size bag which encapsulates the Maison’s new direction.

With the L, there is less decoration, fewer accessories and no jewelry. Nothing but the discrete emblem of two L-shaped metal clasps.

The L evokes legendary Parisian figures like Anouk Aimée in Claude Lelouch’s 1966 film A Man and a Woman, or the timeless style of Jackie Kennedy. Jacqueline Bisset and Charlotte Rampling are further incarnations of the distinctly Parisian femininity to which Lancel pays homage.

The L ushers in a new era for the Maison: a return to the essentials, to the foundations of the style incarnated by these icons of elegance, to a distinctly Parisian sense of chic.

The L is crafted in calf’s leather from the best Italian tanneries: its quality is another sign of the desire to set new standards. A movable interior pocket is part of its DNA, but it remains a secret detail, known only to the woman who wears it.For what distinguishes the L is its discretion. Like the clean lines and impeccable drape of a perfectly cut evening jacket, it is an affair of invisible details. This understated luxury has already made the L a cult object. Lancel: 6 letters that define a new sense of luxury and the subtle charm of today’s bourgeoisie.

The small L is more compact, more insolent, yet retains all the preppy charm of its sister model. With its strap fully extended, it exudes a uniquely 1970’s style. As on the larger model, its flap has L-shaped metal clasps at each corner, subtly denoting its Lancel pedigree. With a shortened strap, the small L may be worn on the shoulder, beneath the arm.

It too contains a movable pocket, enabling essential items to be kept apart. Its workmanship and fine leathers conform to the same high standards. Like the larger model, it is lined with microsuede. The small L will also be available in precious leather versions.

The large size XL exists in a several leathers and colours. Crafted from richly textured smooth calf’s leather – processed at the finest Italian tanneries and bathed in a deep dye –the large size is graced with a timeless elegance, a style both smart and serene. The Lancel signature is suggested by the unique discretion of simple L-shaped metal clasps – a far cry from logos and monograms. It is thus in keeping with the new spirit of the Maison of fine leather goods: luxury that speaks in a whisper. 

Inspired by a 1970s vintage Lancel piece, the French Attitude encapsulates the timeless elegance that defines the Maison, as well as the always alluring spirit of French style.

The simple satchel from the 70s is revitalized with a touch of boho chic: smooth, eye-catching two-tone leather from a tannery in Tuscany; a unique hook clasp to secure the contents of the bag; a removable long strap for versatility and ease; and a flap in trompe l’oeil revealing meticulous craftsmanship in the saddler stitching of the seams.

In classic colors of black and pepper, the French Attitude is perfect for women on the go, who look effortlessly stylish in spite of their active lifestyles. The feisty yet refined bag evokes images of young, smart Parisiennes, whether strolling leisurely by the banks of the Seine or dashing past the shops along the Champs Elysees. This innate, carefree confidence is exactly what French Attitude is all about, and lives on in Lancel.

LANCEL’s Canaille: A Cunning, Charming Carry-all

Lancel’s latest offering for Spring Summer 2013 is the Canaille. French for “rogue”, Canaille (pronounced kəˈnī or “cunnigh”) is a cunning hobo that lives up to its name. Its deceptively simple silhouette belies many unconventional, discreet details: 2 hidden magnet side pockets on the outside; 2 separate spacious compartments with reverse double zips; interiors lined with luxurious microfiber suede; and a flat pocket, a phone pocket and a zipped pocket inside.

The multiple compartments and pockets make for easy organization for women who carry their lives in their bags. Moreover, the Canaille is made of unique, exceptionally supple grained young bull leather from the plateau of Bythinia (ancient region of Turkey) in the Black Sea region. So in spite of its generous proportions, this bag is surprisingly soft and lightweight, with a wide shoulder strap for extra comfort. 

The Canaille was considerately crafted by Lancel for women who prefer such a streamlined, practical carry-all, but with little thoughtful touches that let it stand out, like the bag charm with the distinctive Lancel double L featured on the strap, the signature Lancel tassels/pompoms, or the clever reverse zippers which make the bag ergonomic for even left-handed ladies. 

In elegant, easy-to-wear colors of black, ivory, saffron and stone, the Canaille is certainly a most charming addition to Lancel’s Spring Summer 2013 collection, exclusively available at Lancel’s boutique in Shangri-la Plaza.