Beauty Box: The scents of Christmas at Fruits & Passion

MANILA, Philippines - This festive season, Fruits & Passion adds a new seasonal fragrance to its lineup. Boreal Fir evokes long walks through the woods and crisp mountain air. This fresh new fir fragrance with its spiced woody notes evokes the warmth and ambiance of traditional holiday gatherings. Fruits & Passion is also sure to delight holiday fragrance collection devotees with the return of its orange-cinnamon and winter berries fragrances.

New nods to culinary classics have been added to Fruits & Passion’s Cucina collection. Gorgeous gift sets mimic the charm of vintage olive oil bottles and pesto jars. Cucina aficionados will be delighted to discover a new seasonal fragrance, Clementine & Candied Ginger. This perky clementine zest mingles with savoury notes of candied ginger in a scent that’s both delicate and spicy.

Lush wish: Lush all-vegan exfoliating cleansers contain both gentle exfoliating ingredients and softening clays.

In the Philippines, Fruits & Passion is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. and is located at Greenbelt 3, Bonifacio High Street, Alabang Town Center, Rustan’s Deprtment Store Shangri-La Plaza Mall, and TriNoma.

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Lush introduces all-vegan cleansers

All of Lush’s fresh handmade cosmetics are made with the finest natural ingredients (organic where possible) and essential oils, are not tested on animals, and look good enough to eat. They are all suitable for vegetarians, with over 75 percent approved by the Vegan Society. 

Choose from a selection of Lush exfoliating cleansers (all vegan) that contain both gentle exfoliating ingredients and softening clays: Angels on Bare Skin, Dark Angels, Herbalism, and Aqua Marina, with soothing calamine to reduce redness and inflammation in sensitive skins.

This year, Lush introduces its cornhusk packaging as an environment-friendly way of packaging these solid cleansers. Inspired by the traditional Latin American snack tamales, it’s 100-pecent natural, compostable, and biodegradable, and replaces the black, recycled-plastic pot Lush currently uses.

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Warts up: Flawless offers up to 40-percent off on treatments like WartsOut, ExZit, and Nano Powerpeel.

How to look Flawless at affordable prices

On the seventh week of National Flawless Day, clients have been enjoying major discounts on some of the most popular products and services of the aesthetic clinic, including Shape & Sculpt, laser hair removal, and nutraceuticals.

Flawless makes sure your skin is glowing and radiant by offering up to 40-percent off on treatments like WartsOut (face and neck), ExZit, and Nano Powerpeel.

Huge discounts are offered on warts electrocautery, one of the services that has made Flawless famous. ExZit, the best known cure for cystic acne, is at 25-percent off.

More, patients can pick a prize for every P1,500 purchase. Grand prize is a free Flawless promo service. They can also bring home T-shirts, gift certificates, facial soaps.

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Lip tip: To get moisturized lips and protect them from harmful radiation, use Ever Bilena’s Extreme Lipstick.

Ever Bilena’s extremely rich lipstick

Ever Bilena’s Extreme Lipstick offers richly shining and moisturized lips. This product is formulated with natural sunscreen and vitamin E that gives moisturized lips and offers protection from harmful radiation. Every application makes the lips look fuller, shinier, and sexier. It is available in various appealing and alluring shades that give a high-shimmer effect to the lips.

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Beauty partner: Bioessence boasts innovative high-tech machines that are non-invasive yet effective.

Bioessence: Beauty inside out

In its 17th year, Bioessence underscores staying beautiful inside out. It boasts innovative high-tech machines that are non-invasive yet effective. Beauty staples like whitening soaps and anti-wrinkle products are available all year round.

In 2008, Bioessence bagged the DTI-Pro Active Programs Achievers Award in the Quality and Productivity category. And again, in 2009, it won the DTI-OTOP (One Town-One Product Award. And recently, Dr. Emma Guerrero, founder, received the Go Negosyo Filipina Entrepreneurship Award.