Look of the Week Winner – Jan28-Feb5

What a week! Been really busy at work so my apologies for the lack of updates. I am super happy to announce though that there have been over 40 entries this week! Lots of Maybelline fans out there! It was really difficult to select the top 9 as the quality of the entries are becoming superb. Thank you again to everyone who joined the contest and I hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as the team enjoys creating the stories for you!

Finally, to end the suspense, the winner of this week’s contest is: CHERISH MARASIGAN who looks stylishly stunning and with hair that she cuts and styles on her own!  You can click the photos below for a bigger picture and to see the captions that came with the submissions.

For the other 8 finalists, you all win a consolation prize from Maybelline too! I’ll email you the details on how to claim it.

Next contest will be announced soon! Lovely Garnier products are our next big beauty give-away!

Patricia Mendoza

Jem Austria

Nikki Santiago

Cherish Marasigan

Cymbelline Ong

Neriza Magsano

Ara Sandel

Tin Iglesias

Steph Castillo

Look of the Week – Jan 28-Feb 5, 2010

Time for another big prize give-away! 😀

For this week, one winning look will receive a generous loot bag from Maybelline New York that contains all the items listed below! (All other finalists will get consolation prizes too!)

• 1x Clear Smooth Minerals Powder Foundation
• 1x Clear Smooth Minerals Liquid Foundation
• 1x Clear Smooth Aqua Gel Foundation
• 1x Diamond Glow palette by Eye Studio
• 1x Vivid and Smooth Liner by Eye Studio
• 1x 2-in-1 Impact Shadow Liner by Eye Studio
• 1x Impact Express Smooth Pencil Shadow
• 4x Color Sensational Lipsticks
• 1x Unstoppable Curling Mascara

Update: Contest is now closed! Winner is announced here

Get a chance to win all these make-up goodies now! This contest will only last for 9 days!

Worth playing for? Click here to read the rules of the contest and email me your best fashionista photo now!

Oh, and some advice on how to improve your chances of winning:

1. Take full body shots as we want to see your fashion style as well as your hair. Just sending a photo of your face (even if you have great hair) won’t be enough.
2. Avoid dark and grainy pics. If we can’t see the details, it won’t make it. It doesn’t have to be studio or SLR quality
3. Add a caption or description to your photo to give you that additional, differentiating edge against the rest 🙂

Good luck everyone!

Submissions starts from Jan 28 and ends at Feb 5, 10pm

Email me your photos at hairinmanila@gmail.com

Prom looks tie-up with Inquirer’s 2bU

In case you missed it, The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s 2bU section came out with a set of Prom looks for high school girls last January 23, 2010. Bianca Consunji, who wrote the article, asked me if I could help contact some hair and make-up stylists for the shoot, and I was naturally happy to do so.

With our favorite hair guy, Borge Aloba of L’Oréal Professionnel, and make-up artist Jim Ryan Ros of Maybelline New York, 2bU created 5 amazing looks for you readers! Hope you share these with your friends who are having their prom soon! Enjoy!

Have you started thinking about what you’re wearing to the prom? If not, read on!

“Boho” – Prom Collection (Part 3)

For the last prom look, here’s a little something for those who want to be more relaxed and whimsical! The boho look is all about looking like you didn’t spend a lot of time worrying about the prom while still being an eye-catcher.

Soft colors and textures for the dress, make-up and hair are the key to pulling this off

“Classic” – Prom Collection (Part 2)

For the second prom look, I wanted something to contrast the first strong, edgy look. Something for those girls that are more reserved and quiet. The creative team decided to create a classic look that is not faddish and is very feminine.

The Classic look gives you a mature elegance despite being in your teens

“Edgy” – Prom Collection looks (part 1)

Back in December, the HairInManila team was deciding on what hair collection to do next. And what’s more fun than a Prom series!

But we didn’t want the usual prom looks. We wanted to create something more exciting and unconventional. For the next three days, I’ll be posting three looks that will hopefully inspire the High School ladies out there to try something different in their prom and balls.

Speaking of High School, I needed help in finding volunteers and in styling the clothes. So I called up Bianca Santiago, fashion editor of Chalk magazine for help and we were off! 😀

Enjoy!

While everyone looks like princesses, you can be a rock queen!