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Saturday, September 27, 2014

All-Natural Ultimate White Facial by Flawless

The All-Natural Ultimate White Facial is the country’s first facial treatment that uses a combination of natural exfoliators, antioxidants and whitening agents to lighten the skin and treat hyperpigmentations, photodamage and premature aging. The procedure is done for an hour and costs P1,600.  The procedure is great for everyone who's looking forward to a whiter, smoother skin.

 
The All-Natural Ultimate White Facial makes use of two powerful ingredients that not only lighten and rejuvenate the skin but help improve its clarity and texture as well—Dunaliella Seaweed and Gigawhite. A unique alga endemic to the Dead Sea, Dunaliella Seaweed is known to contain almost every amino acid that exist in nature and is a powerful skin anti-aging tool, while Gigawhite is a safe skin lightening agent used as a natural alternative to hydroquinone, the world's currently reigning number one skin lightening active. Kojic Acid and Vitamin C is also used in this treatment to further boost its skin lightening and anti-aging effects.
 
 

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Best Food Forward Marks It’s 4th Year

Much-awaited benefit food fair Best Food Forward marks it’s 4th year!

The country’s biggest and most awaited benefit food fair, Best Food Forward, is back! Now on its 4th year, another grand, exciting, and fun food-filled weekend is set on 11-12 October 2014, from 10am – 8pm. For a fresh change, it is happening towards the festive holiday season with a new venue – the Rockwell Tent in Makati City.
 
Indeed, there is more to food than meets the eye at Best Food Forward.  It has the power to continue bringing kith and kin together, convert strangers into friends, gather the food industry’s who’s who, and at the same time, happily give newcomers an avenue to be discovered in the bustling food scene. And from a meager 2-day attraction for a few hundred people during its very first staging in 2011, Best Food Forward is sure to surpass its attendance of over 6,000 food-lovers for its 4th year! With various specialty food stalls, innovative cooking demonstrations, celebrity chef appearances, family attractions, celebrity guests, and many more, its vibe and atmosphere will definitely make this event the most memorable to date – one that surely can’t be missed!
 

A rare moment from last year was this one taken with powerhouse chefs (from L-R) Pino’s Ed Bugia, F1 Hotel’s Chef Sau Del Rosario and Asian Food Channel’s Bruce Lim (extreme right), joined by 4-time BFF loyal concessionaires Yet and Dianne Andin of Chocolate Atbp.

 

BFF publicist, Gwen Cariño, is joined by Curiosity Kills the Chef’s host Sharwin Tee and one of the country’s top food bloggers Ritchie Zamora (The Pickiest Easter) and his daughter Rain.
 
Lifestyle Asia’s Curiosity Kills the Chef’s host Chef Sharwin Tee is flanked by BFF’s organizers, Timmie Hilado (left) and Gwen Cariño (right).
  
Kewpie salad dressings will definitely be a big hit!
 
Razorback’s lead vocals, Kevin Roy, promised to come back this year. On photo, he is joined by Click the City’s Bea Acosta.
 



Chef Mitchie Sison will be doing another engaging cooking demo
for Carnation Evaporated Milk.

 

Khalil and Arianna of Kalookies will be back this year and is sure to be sold out again.

 

Best Food Forward is co-presented by Carnation and Kewpie. It has also partnered with Coca-Cola Philippines, Center for Culinary Arts Manila, Marmalade Kitchen, Good Life, Clara Ole, Lee Kum Kee, San Remo, Tabasco, Elba, Sun Cellular, E-Plus, Make Believe Productions and Grab Taxi.  Media partners include Appetite, Food, Breakfast, BusinessWorld, ClicktheCity.com, WhenInManila.com, Herword.com, Crossover 105.1, Nuffnang, and Outcomm. This year’s beneficiaries will be various flood victims. For more information, please call 0917.8871933, 0920.9148175 or 701.1398, and like Best Food Forward on Facebook.

 
 
 
 

  

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Going Pro

Join Mommy Mundo's MOMPRENEUR MEET-UP and learn how to properly set up your business, money matters and intellectual property registration.

Date:  September 27, 2014, Saturdayat 9:30am - 12:00pm
Venue: Olive Tree Kitchen & Bar - G/F B3, 9th Avenue, Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City


Participation is free but pre-registration is a must!

Reserve a slot now by texting 09176272425 or signing up in our website, link below
http://mommymundo.com/2014/09/september-27-pocket-events-pregnant-pause-mompreneur-meet-up/
 

Friday, September 19, 2014

Mega Food Tour 2.0

Here's another 7 reasons why you should check out Mega Fashion Hall of Megamall

Ippudo




Liguini Fini

 

Rosanjin
 

Cupcakes by Sonja

Tim Ho Wan
 
Triple Os

Eri Curry
 

 







Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Funky Fish

Funky Fish is not about fashion. It is about how you want to see yourself. Funky Fish is the way you express individuality and freedom, as intensely as you choose, by designing your own style. Now is the time to celebrate youth. Say what you think, and the world will listen. Invent your funky self.
 

 
Funky Fish was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain: A young couple selling sticker tattoos to smiling tourists of all ages. Their business grew as their original product ideas reached the famous resort areas of Spain and Portugal. The first Funky Fish shop, offering a full range of fashion accessories and gadgets opened in Malaga, Spain in 2003. Today our shops are in 27 countries across 4 continents, offering fashion and fun to teenagers and young women around the world, and everyone is still smiling!
 

 
Over the years Funky Fish have come to understand how women begin to choose their style and look from a very young age. They like to experiment with different styles, sometimes going with the trend, and often against the trend…
 
Funky Fish bright and colorful shops are the coolest place for girls to meet at the mall. They can try on different looks, change, then change again… and have lots of laughs while doing it. They can be elegant, wild, eccentric, or just plan trendy, but always “in”.
 
 

 
Funky Fish bright and colorful shops are the coolest place for girls to meet at the mall. They can try on different looks, change, then change again… and have lots of laughs while doing it. They can be elegant, wild, eccentric, or just plan trendy, but always “in”.
 
Pop: the sweet popular girl, who gets invited to all the parties!
Diva: glamorous, shiny, her presence will always be felt…
Punky: a bit of a rebel, likes lots of black and metal and really, truly rocks
Chic: a hipster, knows how to combine the old and the new and discover the next trend…Boho: spiritual and bohemian, comfortable and close to nature
 
Like Funky Fish Philippines on Facebook http://www.funky-fish.com/funky_5

Funky Fish branches:
Ground Level, ​Glorietta 4 Ground Floor
SM City MarikinaSecond Level
Fairview TerracesLevel 1
Pedro Gil Wing, Robinsons Place, Manila.


Sunday, September 14, 2014

FOREVER STRONG WELLNESS: AN INTENSIVE, HOLISTIC, AND PERSONALIZED WAY TO LOSING WEIGHT AND GETTING HEALTHY

A lot of people equate losing weight with being healthy. While it is true that shedding excess pounds is good for everyone, it isn’t the only marker of good health. Weight loss is just one of the results of an effective holistic program. At Forever Strong Wellness Center, the goal is holistic health. Weight loss is not the end all, it is just the beginning. This is what the 6-Week Health Overhaul Program is about.
 
The 6-Week Health Overhaul Program is based on 3 pillars: education, natural remedies and holistic approach. These 3 pillars provide the backbone to sustainable weight loss, strong physique, and a healthy lifestyle. The program consists of 6 strategies that synergistically work
together to bring about health transformation.
 
Intensive, holistic, and personalized, this program is perfect for anyone who wants to be healthy, whether you’re someone who has an illness like hypertension or diabetes, or you’re simply feeling like age is catching up with you.
 
6 steps for 6 weeks
 
There are 6 steps to the program. Starting with a health assessment, where testing and evaluation are done to determine your body composition, resting metabolic rate, cardiovascular
fitness, flexibility, muscular strength, postural deviations, and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Certainly, these steps entail a lot of data collection. However, this step is crucial to develop baseline information as it is used to guide the design of your whole program.
 
 

 
The second step is metabolic typing, which provides information on your nutritional needs and as a result addresses issues like food cravings, hunger, low energy, weight gain, and metabolic disorders.
 
The third step is nutritional counselling, where food types and eating habits are learned to help you not just lose weight and sustain ideal weight, but also prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases.
 
The fourth step is Personal Training designed especially for you. You’ll be provided a personal trainer and with the right kind of exercise, you will develop a strong physique; increase your metabolism; strengthen your immune system; and enhance your body’s ability to fight
 
 
 
 
 
The fifth step entails detoxification. This step involves an infrared sauna to not just relax your muscles but more importantly to also flush away toxins and cleanse the body.
 

 
The sixth and final step involves Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (TMT). TMT is meant to provide an effective means to infuse magnesium into body effectively. Incidentally, the lack or deficiency in magnesium has been proven to lead to type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.
 
After the 6-Week Health Overhaul Program, expect to see changes in your body and health. You will gain energy, strengthen your immune system, get rid of body aches and pains, and lose weight, of course. The 6-Week Health Overhaul Program may bring about all these benefits, but you don’t have to stop after 6 weeks. Some people go for a back-to-back to help them address a serious health concern.
 
 
Essential oil therapies
 
Apart from the 6-Week Health Overhaul Program, Forever Strong Wellness Center also offers essential oil therapies. These therapies are targeted to provide relief from back aches and pain, including joints and muscle discomfort.  
 
 
The Raindrop Therapy is focused on the spine and uses 9 different essential oils. The goal is to relax the spinal nerves and to provide antioxidant protection against the possible presence of microbes that lay dormant in the spine.
 

 The Vita Flex Technique, on the other hand, is a therapeutic technique adapted from Oriental acupuncture, acupressure, and reflexology made more effective with the use of essential oils. It is a foot and hand massage but it rejuvenates the whole body.
 
And then there is the Ortho Ease Massage, which targets deep tissues in localized areas of the body to relieve pain and discomfort. It soothes muscle aches, sprains, and minor swelling. For middle-age adults, the programs at Forever Strong Wellness Center will provide the foundation of health so you can maintain your new weight, avoid premature aging, strengthen your immune system, get rid of body aches and pains, and gain energy. Ms. Owen believes that a holistic approach is what it takes to become healthy and strong. Thus, the issue with type 2 diabetes and hypertension, which most middle-age adults are predisposed to, can be prevented.
 
Testimony from Ging Carsi-Cruz, 46 years old:
 
My sister Carla Martinez was the person who introduced me to Lanie as she felt that I needed o get myself into some sort of a weight loss program since I have been overweight for the past 14 years. This was ever since I gave birth to my first son. My weight just kept accumulating through the years despite my efforts of dieting, fasting and exercising. After 6 weeks, I lost 18 pounds. I exceeded the goal far beyond my expectations. In fact, in six months, I got to a dress size and weight that I never deemed achievable! I dropped 8 dress sizes down and lost close to 50 lbs. The complete 6-Week Health Overhaul program including magnesium therapy, infrared sauna, exercise, eating guidelines and nutritional counseling helped me to achieve my initial target of losing 38 lbs. and 5 inches off my belly. What impressed me most was in 2 months, I was able to lay off my heart medication which the doctors said I had to take for life since I have a condition called HOCM. Somehow reaching 138 lbs. was not enough for me but I was struggling to lose a little bit more. With her help, I was able to cut through the plateau and started losing more weight, a pound at a time. The Total Body Detox Program helped me get down to my final weight of 124 lbs. I have never felt healthier, stronger, and younger in my life. My overall health has improved. My cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood glucose have normalized and have remained stable. Her close monitoring of me has truly proven the success of the program. I truly appreciate the one-on-one coaching that she did to attain my overall wellness goal. She is an EXCELLENT LIFE COACH! Thanks Lanie . . . I could never have gotten this far
without you!
 

According to Lanie Owen, owner of Forever Strong Wellness, following the 3 pillars namely, education, natural remedies, and holistic approach, a person can achieve a total health transformation. Ms. Owen holds a Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness and Master of Science in Health Education. She is also a Certified Personal Trainer and a Certified Health Coach. She practiced in the U.S. for over a decade before moving to the Philippines over a year
ago.
 
Visit Forever Strong Wellness at Unit 101 Richbelt Terraces, #19 Annapolis Street, Greenhills or check foreverstrong.biz, or call 7051798


Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Hepamin OD for Liver Protection

Silymarin, which is derived from the milk thistle plant renowned for its protective effects on the liver way back during the time of the ancient Greeks, is a powerful antioxidant that gets rid of cell-damaging free radicals.

Liver cells are the only cells that can metabolize alcohol which is why it is the organ that gets overworked with excessive alcohol consumption. The liver normally takes fatty acids as its fuel and sends off the excess to other tissues of the body as triglycerides. But with the presence of alcohol, the liver is forced to metabolize the alcohol first causing fatty acids and other toxins to accumulate, which would eventually lead to the formation of cirrhosis. Silymarin can help reduce fatty infiltrations from toxins and alcohol and it also aids in the regeneration of damaged liver cells.

One such silymarin food supplement available in the Philippine market is the Hepamin OD distributed by Trianon International. Containing 300 mg silimaryn per capsule, it is conveniently taken just once daily for optimal liver protection, unlike most supplements which have to be taken two to three times daily.


Hepamin OD, P24.50/capsule; P735.00/box


Studies have shown that silymarin is effective in improving the survival of patients with severe fatty liver disease and/or liver cirrhosis. One study subjected 170 patients to a thrice a day 140 mg silymarin regimen for 41 months. The study showed that those who received silymarin supplementation had a 58 percent 4-year survival rate while the placebo group only had 39 percent. This improvement in survival rates is even more apparent among those who had alcoholic cirrhosis. Silymarin moreover did not present any form of side effect. This particular study attests to the benefit and safety of the supplement for long-term treatments especially for alcoholic patients.

For more info, visit www.trianon.com.ph

Monday, September 8, 2014

Marmalade Kitchen's Food Tasting

Marmalade Kitchen is a home for delectable eats and treats and good learning and everyone is welcome to partake in all the fun. Everything here are lovely, the smell, the lamps, the tables, and most especially the FOODS!!!
 
Marmalade Kitchen will prove to become an extension of your home. The owner and Chef of Marmalade Kitchen, Chef Aileen Anastacio built this restaurant.  It offers the many things that she loves, largely inspired by her experiences working in a professional restaurant in the US, to her  many travels abroad.  The dishes is a roundup of food that brings her utmost comfort and pleasure.  Chicken and Waffles, Eggs Benedict, Beef Stroganoff, Fish and Chips - she prepares and serves them the way we have long enjoyed them, void of unnecessary garnishes and condiments, healthy food!
 
Marmalade Kitchen host lifestyle classes, with Chef Aileen demonstrating her culinary background within her kitchen studio, together with fellow chefs.  Every week, they will be sharing their knowledge and experience to friends and guests who would like to learn a thing or two about cooking and baking, as well as enjoy the food they'll be making and enjoy each other's company. 
 
A must order! Not too filling but creamy enough to make you want for more!
 

Cauliflower Fritters in sweet, spicy, sticky sauce is great
P210.00
 

Oooh la la delicious true to it's name, mouth watering cream of mushroom egg benedict, great for breakfast!
 

One of their best sellers, served with garlic rice and egg.
 
Pulled pork sandwich is great for those taste buds who carve for onions and more onions.
 
Intriguingly, delicious  and one of a kind pasta I've ever tasted!  Thumbs up!
This Black pasta is creatively made using "squid ink" by the owner-chef.
 
 

 
 
 
Marmalade Kitchen also sell many natural products that will make your home smells good. 
 
 
  
 
 
 

 
Thanks Joy Mendiola of Occasions of Joy for tagging me and  to Ms. Gwen Carino.

And thanks most specially to Chef Aileen - Owner of Marmalade Kitchen
 
Marmalade Kitchen
learn. cook. indulge
2-5 Forum Bldg., 7th Ave. cor. Federacion Dr.
Bonifacio Global City
0917.837.0959
622.9196