Long-lasting manicure at California Nails

MANILA, Philippines - The service: Festive nail art at California Nails to ring in the New Year

What to get: Sparkly tips with OPI Red Lights Ahead or OPI Radiance, or fresh clean nails with OPI Happy Anniversary. Get a fun Zoya Cotton Candy topped with swirly Zoya Maria Luisa, or a long-lasting gel manicure that lasts for two to three weeks without chipping, cracking, fading or dulling.

Where to get it: California Nails & Day Spa is at BF Pergola, SM Southmall, MOA, Festival Supermall, Market! Market!, Greenhills Shoppesville, SM Pasig Hypermark and Somerset Makati Avenue, tel. nos. 820-1569 or 825-3419.

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Renew your mind and body at Mbay Health Spa

The service: Authentic shiatsu massage

What it is: Mbay Health Spa offers authentic shiatsu massage via their trained therapists who use traditional techniques to remove all kinks in the body. Also included in its service are the following: Swedish massage, Ventosa massage, Shiat-Thai massage, foot massage and body scrub. The Mbay Health Spa facilities include a sauna, steam bath, whirlpool, shower, locker, private rooms and a snack bar.

How to book: To reserve a slot, call 552-01945 or 516-9117. Get Mbay Health Spa gift certificates at 778 President Quirino Avenue, Malate, Manila.

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Do more and be more with Neurogen-E

The product: Neurogen-E is a multivitamin formulated to treat nerve aging. It has a high dose of vitamin B complex to effectively regenerate nerves, and antioxidant vitamin E to prevent further aging.

The campaign: Neurogen-E’s “Life in Your Hands” campaign empowers mature Filipino women to do more and be more. From October to November, Neurogen-E hosted a series of lifestyle activities and enrichment workshops with crafts expert Frieda Colet-Lim.

Neurogen-E has also partnered with Haven for Women, a non-goverment organization that supports battered Filipino women reclaim their lives through income-generating activities like soap-making and dish gardening.

Where to get it: Neurogen-E is available at P7.50 per tablet at drugstores. For information, visit unilab.com.ph.

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Julia Barretto flaunts longer hair by Palmolive

The product: Palmolive Naturals Beautifully Long Shampoo and Conditioner is infused with pro vitamin B5 and 100-percent natural ceramides to help protect long hair from damage, right to the end. With regular use, it helps achieve hair that’s beautifully long.

What Julia says: “This is the shampoo brand that I trust and I’ve grown up with. I started out with them when I was only 10, and now that I’ve come of age, with a new outlook, a new style perspective, and with longer, more beautiful hair, I’m just so thrilled and really pleased that Palmolive Naturals sees me fit to be the new endorser of their Beautifully Long Shampoo and Conditioner.”

Where to get it: Palmolive Naturals Beautifully Long Shampoo and Conditioner is available at drugstores, supermarkets and department stores.