Scents & Sensibilities - fragrances for home and body

My friend Maizie calls herself a "handcrafter by profession". She also has the nose for fragrances. And she has combined her hands-on craftsmanship with her passion for fragrances to create home and body fragrance products to transform what was once a hobby into a brand under the label Scents & Sensibilities.

The Project Mom Fair: Great mommy finds + an Instagram contest!

May is coming up soon and we all know what special event happens in May -- Mother's Day! And I just got a preview of one of the exciting events scheduled for this month of Moms -- Project Mom Favorite Finds Fair, Exhibit and Mother's Day Celebration! Maybe you've already seen the Project Mom book, a collaboration between Bianca Araneta-Elizalde and Amanda Griffin-Jacob. Well, this campaign takes that further and presents special picks just for Moms.

The Project Mom book

Coming May 2015: SkinMatters.com.ph website for all your skin concerns

This is a heads-up for those who love to google all things about skincare.

Starting May 1, 2015, a brand new local website totally dedicated to everything you'd want to know about skin will launch and it will have not only solutions for skin concerns but lots of how-tos and product recommendations. This is SkinMatters.com.ph.

Created in collaboration with Unilever, the Philippine Dermatological Society and an editorial team of skin care experts and writers headed by Editor-in-Chief Nicole Romero, SkinMatters.com.ph is a site for men and women. Why was it even created? Apparently, according to Google Trends, a significant number of online searches have to do with skin. Mian Datu-David, Unilever Philippines' Marketing Director for Skin told us at the event "…we saw a need for knowledge and expertise on skin care that is readily available online…We wanted to give our consumers a comprehensive site where they could find the solutions to their skin concerns."

Here are some photos to give you an idea of the content of SkinMatters.com.ph.

This is the home page.

Clara Ole will make sure everyone can cook!

In this day of dual-income households and fast-paced living, almost no one has the luxury of time to cook -- unless your business is food or you are a chef by profession. The result? Fast food places are thriving as people drive through for one of those burgers, spaghetti or chicken pieces. Instant meals that are popped into the oven and served have also become popular. Not always healthy, mind you.

But what if you long also to have really tasty and healthier dishes that remind you of home-cooked meals? This is where Clara Ole comes in, with a wide range of pasta sauces, marinades, dips n' dressings, vinaigrettes. And they even have syrups, jams and jellies as well to pair up with dessert items!

Cream Silk's #WorldClassFilipina advocacy welcomes Lea Salonga into its fold

After Cream Silk celebrated its 30th year anniversary in 2014 by unveiling over 150 Beyond Beautiful Filipinas in partnership with 6 of the Philippines' top magazines, it is elevating it another notch in an effort to inspire Filipinas to go beyond their perceived possibilities. They created the World Class Filipina advocacy. And…to kick off this advocacy, Cream Silk chose one who hardly needs any introduction and whose achievements cannot be questioned because she is indeed world class. She's none other than LEA SALONGA!