Covergirl: '5 things I want for Christmas'

Mix and mingle in this season’s parties with confidence. Our Covergirl is no wall flower — she wants to be noticed. She lists down five things she wants for Christmas, to make sure she stands out during the happy holidays ahead.

Numero uno on the list is Lash Blast Mascara (P575). It delivers big, bold, “look at me lashes.” Pair it with Line Exact Liquid Eyeliner (P395) and the look becomes instantly dramatic.

Let it glow! With CG Smoothers All-day Hydrating Make-up (P645), everybody will feel your soft skin upon your beso-beso greeting. Top your look with TruBlend Naturally Luminous Powders (P595), for that radiant holiday glow.

What is merry and bright this season? Covergirl’s smile, that’s what. Long-lasting Outlast Lip Color (P495) in vibrant holiday colors makes the perfect kissable lips for any evening out. With the non-transfer, all-day lipcolor, our Covergil is mistletoe-ready!

Covergirl is available in all leading department stores and is exclusively distributed by Rustan Marketing Corporation.

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The Body Shop unveils Holiday 2008 collections

The Body Shop unveils a fabulous array of naturally-inspired glorious gifts for you to treat friends and family to this season; an abundance of wonderful, new season-inspired fragrance choices for bath, body, and home. The Body Shop products contain ingredients or materials sourced through a unique fair trade program, Community Trade.

But ethical shopping doesn’t mean compromising on luxury. This Christmas, enjoy a dazzling medley of products that are up-to-the-minute, stylish, and indulgent. Superb bath and body collections include new Warm Amber, which is inspired by amber, one of the earth’s opulent and precious gems; decadent Rich Plum; and festive Cranberry. You’ll discover that natural bamboo, water hyacinth, and palm leaves from the coconut tree are used within the outer packaging of a range of reusable gift boxes which you can enjoy throughout the forthcoming year and beyond.

Echoing the The Body Shop’s message “Festive and Fair,” the majority of its Christmas 2008 gifts include the goodness of Community Trade ingredients or materials, giving marginalized communities across the world access to a fair wage for work in fair conditions.

Visit thebodyshopinternational.com for more information.

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Younger-looking skin in six hours from Nekara

Addressing women’s skin aging concerns, Fuller Life Direct Selling Philippines, one of the country’s top distributors of global brands, introduces Nekara Anti-Wrinkle Face Cream, a breakthrough antiaging product that delivers results in as fast as six hours.

“We’re excited to launch this revolutionary antiaging product that’s the only one on the market to use a unique combination of effective ingredients with fast-acting technology, proven to show results in the shortest time,” says Perry Mogar, president and managing director of Fuller Life Direct Selling. 

Nekara Anti-Wrinkle Face Cream is formulated with a unique nano-active complex, an exclusive blend of remarkable ingredients containing three different types of peptides that in combination recognize the skin’s needs for more effective and differentiated penetration into the skin.

To launch this revolutionary product, Fuller Life Direct Selling chose actress Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski to represent Nekara. Mikee personifies today‘s generation of women who lead busy lifestyles yet manage to take care of themselves. Mikee is an internationally acclaimed equestrienne, a public servant who serves as commissioner of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, loving wife to Congressman Dodot Jaworski, and doting mother to their three sons Robbie, Rafael, and Renzo.

For your questions and inquiries on how to be a direct seller, call the toll-free number 1-800-10 FULLER1 (1-800-10-3855371).

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HBC introduces corporate gift sets

HBC fires up the holiday gift-giving spirit early with the introduction of the HBC corporate gift sets. Starting this month, customers can experience the glamour as well as the ease of shopping for the perfect gift with the HBC exclusive gift packs that include essential beauty and personal care items to fit every preference and budget — perfect as corporate giveaways or ideal gifts for those who want to give their friends a gift of beauty without the fuss and unnecessary expense.

Customers can enjoy a wide array of packages that feature the best of HBC’s exclusive brands. Affordably priced within the P100-P200 range, these gift sets come with essential items such as hair brushes, face towels, and glam pouches. Each gift set sports a very stylish packaging design that highlights the image of HBC’s exclusive brands. There is, for instance, the Holiday Foot Combo, a soothing treat for those tired feet, which includes a foot soak, foot scrub, and a free pumice stone courtesy of Body Recipe (P105).

For inquiries or quick pick-up and delivery, call HBC Customer Care at 984-5555 local 228, 984-3288, 98-38-hbc (422), 0918-9215520.

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FreshLook: A new look at contact lenses

FreshLook contact lenses vie for the most natural and alluring eyes you can ever get from colored lenses. With FreshLook’s contact lens, you can achieve a new look that truly stands out.

FreshLook gives that fresh and dramatic change but still retains and even further emphasizes your inherent eye color. Illumination of both light and dark eyes with a distinct pearlescent effect gives you that extra edge and confidence each day. The starburst design adds that twinkle to the eye, blending with the natural patterns of the eyes to boost their natural glow.

FreshLook currently carries two lines: For a quick eye color change, there’s the FreshLook Colors. These vivid colored lenses merge well with the eye’s natural color, creating a new look that can easily go with your unique style. Giving the eye a subtle and natural depth is FreshLook’s ColorBlends. These specially patterned lenses in a distinct three-in-one technology blend well with the eyes for a more subtle yet glowing new color.

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A new look for Finesse

Constantly reinventing itself, Finesse introduces a whole new look and packaging sure to start a new wave in Philippine hairstyling.

The new Finesse features an eye-catching three-dimensional burst, designed to reflect the unique nature of all three formulations: blue for enhancing, pink for moisturizing, and green for volumizing.

“Finesse would like to capture the younger market, expanding it not only for mature women, hence the change in pckaging,” says Aissa Villacorte, senior product manager of Finesse.

Finesse has a unique, clean, oil-free formula, highlighting soy and silk protein that gently nourish hair without overloading it. Its latest “self-adjusting” concept makes Finesse perfect for any woman, occasion and, of course, type of hair. This new formulation allows Finesse to adjust to the ever changing needs of customers.

Finesse is available in leading department stores, supermarkets, and drugstores nationwide.

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Conair now in the Philippines

Conair, a leading manufacturer of personal care appliances in the US, is now available to Filipino consumers.

The initial offering on the local market comprises very unique products that fall under the following categories: beauty and grooming, health and wellness, and garment and home.

Having started as a small hair care business in Brooklyn, New York in 1954, Conair’s strength in the beauty and grooming category is unrivalled to this day. Its hair dryers like the compact chrome quiet lightweight dryer and the Ion Shine are progenies of Conair’s first-generation pistol grip hair dryers, a revolutionary product decades ago frm which the popular “blow-dried” hairstyle emerged.

Conair is available in leading department stores and is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by Rustan Marketing Corporation.