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I’ve heard a lot of buzz about Inglot palettes—how you could assemble your own group of super pigmented shades and how they worked just as great (or even better) than MAC. They aren’t available in Manila though, so I never thought I’d really be able to try them on.

Last year though, I signed up for a workshop with Cristina Madara, makeup artist, vlogger and consultant, and was only too pleased to find out she was bringing the brand in! What I got out of the one-on-one session was tons of tips, answers to questions I thought I’d never find the answers to (if I total the amount of SPF in all the products I use, does that mean I get more sun protection? haha! —the answer was no, btw), and the chance to try Inglot and so many other brands. 

Their eyeshadows lived up to the hype and surprisingly enough, I found out that their lipsticks were really great. Cristina even got me to try a super red shade that I thought would never ever work with my skin.

Cristina does special sales of Inglot (and a whole slew of other brands) plus she still offers her one on one beauty workshops. I highly recommend them as I really did learn a lot—swing by her sale this May 18, plus her blog and YouTube channel as well for more good stuff. :)

Visiting Japanese P85 stores are one of my guilty pleasures! It’s also brought me to my favorite beauty accessory as of late—the silicone face brush. For under a hundred bucks, this little cleansing brush that you hold with your index and middle finger and use to buff your face (along with your cleanser) has done wonders for my skin. It wipes out all traces of grime, cleans any visible blackheads off my skin and coupled with my go-to cleanser by VMV, it has definitely improved my skin.

It’s not heavy on the pocket and it works (and, for all you girly girls, it’s pink, too!)—definitely one good reason to drop by your nearest Daiso or Saizen, stat.

—Chinggay

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