Win P50,000 with Ever Bilena’s Big Beauty Challenge

by Penny Angeles-Tan | Jan 10, 2017 | Awards and Competitions

make up vloggers that use Ever Bilena products

Unleash your inner artist and win big cash prizes as Ever Bilena dares you to experiment with different looks through The BIG Beauty Challenge – a weekly make-up tutorial video contest following different themes.

Who can join the Ever Bilena big beauty challenge?

Open to video bloggers, aspiring and professional make-up artists residing in the Philippines, the contest requires participants to create a tutorial video on how to do a complete make-up look, following a specific theme, using only Ever Bilena products.

Ever Bilena, the leading local cosmetics brand, carries:

Ever Bilena Advance, a full range of make-up essentials for young professionals
Ever Bilena Naturals for skin care
Careline cosmetics for teens
Blackwater for fragrance
and other personal care products.

When will the contest run?

The contest, which began on the first week of December and will end on the last week of February, will test the creativity of the participants as they create their versions of Ever Bilena’s weekly theme which will be announced every Monday on Ever Bilena’s Facebook page. One winner will be announced every week and will take home P10,000 cash.

Weekly winners will qualify for the grand finals where the grand prize winner will take home P50,000 along with three winners who will win

P10,000 for Special Award
P15,000 for 2^nd runner-up
P30,000 for the 1^st runner up

Big cash prizes await make-up lovers, budding artists and video bloggers like Week 3 winner Christine Gem Anicas (shown) at Ever Bilena’s BIG Beauty Challenge!

In Week 3 Christine Gem Anicas won the challenge. Super congratulations, Christine! Your makeup is so fab.

Entries must be public and uploaded on Facebook with hashtags #EBBigBeautyChallenge and #EverBilena and tag Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.

Criteria for judging the Big Beauty Challenge

Participants will be judged based on the following criteria:

40% most number of Ever Bilena products used in the video
30% creativity
20% make-up executions and skills
10% most number of views and shares.

Show off your inner artist and join the biggest and most beautiful challenge this season!

To know more about Ever Bilena and The BIG Beauty Challenge, visit Ever Bilena’s website, www.everbilena.com.ph and Facebook page, www.facebook.com/everbilenacosmetics.

Start the New Year with Novuhair

by Penny Angeles-Tan | Jan 5, 2017 | Health and Wellness

Holiday rush might be over and It’s officially a New Year. Around the globe, most people are trying get back to their old figure after bingeing on holiday fares and sporting new clothes, new gadgets, and new shoes, but can these make up for looking best at what’s on top of our head, our hair!

Taking care of our mane should be on top of our list just as we go to spa to pamper our body, our hair needs pampering as well. Novuhair, Nature’s answer to hair loss has got you covered.

As we bid adieu to 2016, throw away your difficulties on hair loss and scalp problems with Novuhair’s 19 natural ingredients. Made of herbal ingredients that include moringa oleifera, panax ginseng, virgin coconut oil and the natural essences of rosemary and peppermint, Novuhair nourishes the scalp and hair by increasing the flow of nutrients and improving blood circulation to the scalp.

Novuhair also helps hydrate the scalp, maintain the hair’s natural luster and prevent early hair graying, hair dryness and itching.

The brand has helped thousands of satisfied users here in the Philippines, thus merits its fifth consecutive year of being awarded by Watson’s as the leading Medicated Hair Care Brand in the country.

How to order and where to buy?

Good news to our kababayans abroad and their friends, with the brand’s aim to help assuage hair problems across the globe, Novuhair products are available in Kuwait, distributed by Bee Organic Import & Export Establishment, Kuwait.

For orders:

you may contact landlines +96524343885 and +96524343866
or mobile numbers +96550380380, +96565559935 and +96560755122

Bee Organic’s showroom is located at Arabia Mall, First Floor Showroom # 15 Egaila Area, Kuwait.

Novuhair can also be purchased online through our service partner: www.regaloservice.com. Servicing USA, Canada, UAE , KSA and other Asian countries.

Locally, Novuhair Topical Scalp Lotion, Shampoo and Conditioner are available in all Mercury Drug Stores and other leading drug stores nationwide.

For more information visit www.novuhair.com, like the brand’s official Facebook Page at Novuhair Official, and follow it on Twitter at @NovuhairNatural. You may also call the Novuhair hotlines at 4136570 and 09228830575 and order online at Lazada.

Ridesharing promo codes for January 2017

by Penny Angeles-Tan | Jan 1, 2017 | Discounts, Sales, and Giveaways

The three kings used camels to travel across the desert. While we don’t have deserts here we do also have to travel. Without our own vehicle we often commute via jeep, bus, or taxi or … we use ridesharing services such as Grab and Uber.

Can’t decide which ridesharing app to use? Let Google maps help you decide. Below are some promo codes to make our commute more affordable.

Uber promo codes

Google maps promo

Use Google maps to book your Uber ride and get a P100 off your trip.

Promo code: LUNCHATUPTOWNBONIFACIO

Have lunch at Uptown Bonifacio and avail of this promo

P50 discount
valid for two (2) rides from 10am to 3pm going to and from Uptown Bonifacio at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
valid from Monday to Friday only
valid in Metro Manila only

Sinulog Festival in Cebu

Sinulog 2017 by Moon Ray Lo of The Traveler’s Couch

Promo code: LIFEDANCEUBER

P150 discount
valid for two (2) rides only
valid from December 17, 2016 to January 31, 2017 only
valid for new users only

Promo code: PLUS63CEBU

P100 discount
valid for one (1) rides only
valid from January 12 to 16, 2017 only
valid for new users only

Promo code: SUGBOAYALA

P100 discount
valid for one (1) rides only
valid for new users only

Grab promo codes

GRABPAY now supports credits. You may now top up using even more payment options, such as:

online banking
via ATM
eCard or eWallets
over the counter

Grab also has Phone support. This means that you can call them if you have any issues you would like to have addressed immediately instead of having to wait for an email. Hooray! Good work, Grab!

Promo code: GRABTOMRT

P50 discount
valid for three (3) Grabcar rides to Taft Avenue, Araneta Center (Cubao), and North Avenue stations
valid from January 19 to 31, 2017
valid in Metro Manila only

Promo code: MSUNIVERSEGC

P100 discount
valid for two (2) Grabcar rides to the Mall of Asia Arena
valid on January 26, 29, and 30, 2017

Promo code: MSUNIVERSEGT

I don’t usually post promo codes for Grabtaxi but this is an exception because it isn’t a discount on the booking fee. Instead, it is a discount on the fare itself.

P50 discount
valid for two (2) Grabtaxi rides to the Mall of Asia Arena
valid on January 26, 29, and 30, 2017

Promo code: FLAWLESS15

A photo posted by Grab Philippines (@grab_ph) on Dec 10, 2016 at 10:42pm PST

Get a FABulous treat care of Flawless as they celebrate their 15th anniversary! Use promo code FLAWLESS15 and get PHP150 OFF your GrabCar ride when you book going to select Flawless branches. #GrabPH #FABat15

P150 DISCOUNT for one-time use only
valid for rides going to any of the following Flawless branches:
- Eastwood Cyber And Fashion Mall
- Farmer’s Plaza Mall
- Festival Super Mall Alabang
- Trinoma
- SM Malls (BF Home Paranaque, Bicutan, Fairview, Las Pinas, Makati, Mall of Asia, Manila, Megamall, North EDSA Annex, San Lazaro, Southmall, Sta. Mesa, SMDC Light Residences)
valid from December 8, 2016 to January 30, 2017

Promo code: NIGHTSHIFT

50% discount for up to P200
valid for two (2) Grabcar rides from 12am to 5am
valid up to January 25, 2017
valid in Metro Manila only

Promo code: MIDDAY

P50 discount
from 12pm to 5PM
valid on January 19, 2017

Promo code: GRABPAYDAY

P100 discount
valid for two (2) Grabcar rides
valid on January 16, 2017
valid in Metro Manila only

Promo code: NIGHTSHIFT

50% discount for up to P200
valid for three (3) Grabcar rides from 11pm to 5am
valid from January 5 to 11, 2017
valid in Metro Manila only

Angkas promo codes

New year = new ridesharing service! Angkas is the newest player in the ridesharing market. Instead of car rides they offer motorcycle rides to and from different points in Metro Manila. I wonder, is this an offshoot of Grabbike? Hmmm … at this point all I can do is speculate.