Rustan’s The Beauty Source treats beauty addicts
MANILA, Philippines - Rustan’s The Beauty Source recently held the Beauty Addict Masterpiece with city’s most glamorous women, including Phoemela Barranda, Mika Lagdameo-Martinez, Iya Villania, Bubbles Paraiso, Ruffa Gutierrez, CJ Jaravata, Alyanna Martinez, Maggie Wilson-Consunji, Rissa Mananquil-Trillo and Mariana Henud. They gathered for an interactive evening with their favorite beauty brands Chanel, Clarins, La Prairie, Sisley, Nars, Diptyque, Annick Goutal, Estée Lauder, Clinique, La Mer, Benefit, Bobbi Brown, Guerlain, Hermes, Murad, Perricone, Lancome, Mac, L’Occitane, and Acca Kappa, among others.
Inspired by modern art, the event was dressed in intricate origami patterns and awash in bright pops of color. Makeup, skincare and fragrance counters allowed guests to express their love for all things beauty and enjoy freebies, fabulous makeup sessions and relaxing treatments.
At Chanel, guests made their own palettes using yummy chocolate balls designed to look like the brand’s iconic pearl-shaped eye shadows. Nail polish brands, OPI and Deborah Lippmann, gave out free manicures and notepads, which they painted with their favorite shades. At L’Occitane, guests satisfied their sweet tooth with free cotton candy-inspired like artwork. Free makeovers were done with Benefit and Estée Lauder and quick brow fixes at Bobbi Brown. Clarins’ literally combined beauty and brains with their All Time Must Haves Memory Game where participants matched cards with images of Clarins products. Dermalogica offered a Speed Mapping Skin Analysis plus free samples based on one’s skin type. For fragrance fans, a generous bar was set up for endless testing of sultry scents from Acca Kappa, Diptyque, Annick Goutal, Rance, Montheme, Hierbas de Ibiza and Gendarme. When navigating the counters, some relaxing body pampering was also in order. Guests head over to La Mer for hand and arm indulgences using the brand’s opulent body cream.
Rustan’s also launched the Beauty Addict card, which entitles cardholders to one entry for this season’s raffle for every purchase of P1,000. Prizes range from a two-night stay in a grand deluxe room with breakfast for two at The Peninsula New York (Cathay Pacific will also offer a special discounted rate for Business Class tickets to New York), Business Class round trip tickets to Hong Kong from Cathay Pacific, and a two-night stay in a Premier Suite with daily buffet breakfast for two and lunch or dinner buffet for two at Escolta at the The Peninsula Manila.
Lastly, Rustan’s the Beauty Source Casa Mercedes promotion is back. For every single receipt purchase worth P10,000 of all cosmetics, perfume, and toiletries products and services, customers will be gifted with the Beauty Addict Fan — a 13-inch Bayanihan Classic fan emblazoned with a unique pink and white paint stroke design with #IAmABeautyAddict and finished with matching silk tassels. For P20,000 single receipt purchase, they will be entitled to an exclusive, specially designed Fishtail Fan done in satin blood satin, accented with a titanium grey accent leaf. For P30,000 single receipt purchases, they take home an exclusive limited numbered Abanico De Hojas Fan — hand-loomed abaca dyed in sangria, accented with a beige leaf and a unique hoop set in rhodium plated silver, with a ruby colored crystal to enhance the holiday design, will their rewards.
The Beauty Addict card is valid at all Rustan’s department stores until Jan. 31, 2015. The card can be purchased for P299, or for free with a purchase of at least P2,500 from the cosmetics department. The Casa Mercedes promotion is also valid at all Rustan’s department stores until Jan. 15, 2015.
