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Define, Define, Define

by Regina Belmonte - March 27, 2015 - 12:00am

I can get a great wing going in about three minutes in a moving vehicle, but many ladies I've met have complained that they can never keep their hands steady enough to do a straight line. How do you people get to...

Seeking a signature

by Regina Belmonte - February 27, 2015 - 12:00am

Yes, you obviously wear a fragrance to smell good. But there’s always been an underlying motive to perfume selection. Scent memory.

On a scale of 1 to Adele, how sad are you?

by Regina Belmonte - February 13, 2015 - 12:00am

I have always believed that you can tell how sad a person is by the kind of music he or she is listening to.

Nurse your holiday hangover

by Regina Belmonte - January 16, 2015 - 12:00am

It’s Day Two of the Papal visit (which some cheekier individuals have been referring to as the Pope Summer Slam; I must admit that I find this hilarious — sorry), and I’m fairly certain a good number...

Detransform yourself

by Regina Belmonte - December 26, 2014 - 12:00am

If I had to describe the last week on the Internet in one word, it would be schadenfreude.

Skip the holiday shopping headache

by Regina Belmonte - December 17, 2014 - 12:00am

Normally I prefer to spend the pre-holiday stretch hunkering down in the comfort of my home — away from the traffic on the road, and away from the human traffic in our shopping malls.

Kitty kitty bang bang

by Regina Belmonte - November 7, 2014 - 12:00am

Dogs have owners, cats have staff,” proclaims a post on Choupette Lagerfeld’s Instagram account. Well, this Christmas, cats have holiday collection collaborations with Shu Uemura, too. Or at least this...

From Stockholm to Manila with H&M

by Regina Belmonte - October 10, 2014 - 12:00am

What took you so long?” is the first quip and question out of everyone’s mouths when we find ourselves seated with Karl-Johan Persson, H&M’s 39-year-old chief executive officer, in the company’s...

Why whitewash?

by Regina Belmonte - October 3, 2014 - 12:00am

I have never really understood the local entertainment industry.

Check out counter

by Regina Belmonte - August 22, 2014 - 12:00am

I remember when the likelihood of dropping by an H&M was part of the thrill of going on vacation out of the country. Matter of fact, I once had so much time to kill in London that when I tired of doing touristy...

In the mood for Hong Kong

by Regina Belmonte - August 1, 2014 - 12:00am

Given Hong Kong’s proximity to the Philippines, it’s not surprising that it’s typically among the first few destinations people go to when they first take trips out of the motherland.

Oh Tokyo!

by Regina Belmonte - July 25, 2014 - 12:00am

For someone who spent a good majority of her adolescent years obsessed with anime and manga, even I find it surprising that I only visited Japan for the first time last year. And true to tourist form, we did all...

Cleaning out my closet

by Regina Belmonte - June 13, 2014 - 12:00am

Every woman knows this: Whenever there’s an upheaval in our lives, we seek change. Any kind of change. Just change. I’ve been feeling the urge acutely lately.

Being bad never looked so good

by Regina Belmonte - May 30, 2014 - 12:00am

I’ve always been partial to villains and antiheroes, probably because they’re all the things I’m not that I really want to be: daring, provocative, devil-may-care and absolutely fearless.

In bloom

by Regina Belmonte - May 23, 2014 - 12:00am

When it comes to clothing, there are a handful of us who, try as we might, just cannot hack floral prints.

Beauty by numbers

by Regina Belmonte - May 16, 2014 - 12:00am

I wear less and less lipstick by the day.

Into the blue

by Regina Belmonte - April 11, 2014 - 12:00am

Mermaids are definitely the supernatural creature du jour.

The ultimate in anti-aging

by Regina Belmonte - April 4, 2014 - 12:00am

It’s impossible to take even a five-minute drive from your house to the mall without seeing a beauty advertisement for the latest skincare innovation.

Body talk

by Regina Belmonte - March 21, 2014 - 12:00am

I’m going to the beach this weekend with my cousins and their really skinny girlfriends and I don’t know what to do,” a friend tells us on WhatsApp, following up this statement with a photo nicked...

Massimo Dutti takes us for a ride

by Regina Belmonte - March 14, 2014 - 12:00am

What the hell do I wear to a show jumping competition?” I asked my friends on Twitter.

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