Ready for the ‘mane’ event

The biggest names in the world of Philippine hairstyling gathered to witness the fourth edition of the World Style Contest in Manila. Davines, the brand behind the contest, invited Manila’s most prestigious stylists, salon owners and personnel to witness the best in hair coloring and styling. Contestants battled it out in the local competition to determine who would participate in the world competition in Paris in May. The worldwide competition was held in Berlin in 2010 and in Miami last year.

Davines’ international education coordinator Bryan Suhr was in Manila to take part in the World Style Contest. He shared his techniques and love for the brand. He also served as a judge in the local competition together with Fanny Serrano, Pin Antonio, Asia Pacific director Franck Rivière and Davines business development consultant for Asia Peter Theodoulou.  Other judges included Isabel Roces, Puey Quiñones and Pauline Juan.  Divine Lee and Victor Basa hosted the event.

Essensuals Toni & Guy stylist Joni Maclang claimed the grand prize and would have a chance to compete in the global arena in Paris.  He also received the Editor’s Pick award. Other awards given out were the Best in Cut, Best in Color and Crowd Favorite.

(Davines is available in Manila’s most prestigious salons.

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Time to play ball!

You know summer is here when the young ones join  basketball clinics.

Junior NBA, presented by Alaska, kicked off its 2013 season at the British School Manila at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. Supported by Rexona and Master, the Junior NBA is the National Basketball Association’s international youth development program that promotes basketball participation, sportsmanship and teamwork and active lifestyle among the youth.

Rexona and Master’s participation in the ongoing activity is to promote proper grooming and hygiene among participants. The brands aim to provide the players with a program that not only focuses on skills and discipline, but also on having the confidence and winning look before and after each game.

The Junior NBA schedule includes school clinics as well as coaching seminars that will lead up to Regional Selection Camps in four cities. The program, open to kids 10 to 14 years old, will conclude in Metro Manila with the Junior NBA National Training Camp. The Top 10 players at the end of the National Training Camp will be named as the Junior NBA 2013 All-Stars and will be rewarded with an NBA Experience later this year.

During the opening event, Master and Rexona enlisted coach Franz Pumaren to give all participants a short talk on efficient coaching and the importance of grooming as basketball athletes. Franz shared tips on how to develop raw talent and inspire future basketball athletes.

‘No other tuna’

The newest campaign of Century Tuna is titled “No Other  Tuna” and no other than Anne Curtis is its featured endorser.

The launch was held at MyCinema in Greenbelt 3, where guests were treated to a special screening of the Century Tuna’s new TVC.

Century Canning Corp. VP and general manager Greg Banzon said, “We’re very delighted to be working with Anne again on this campaign. We think that bringing out a powerhouse endorser like her is the best way to signal this improvement in the product.”  He also shared that this year, they made Century Tuna even better with bigger and tastier flakes, and the same nutritional values such as Omega3 and DHA.

Anne remarked, “It’s been amazing to be part of Century Tuna, which has really been a part of my personal diet even before the company got me as an endorser. As I always say, it’s always a pleasure to represent a product that you truly believe in and I also feel very honored to be given the opportunity to bring the message of health and fitness to more people through Century Tuna.”

The event was hosted by JM Rodriguez and the program came to a close as the winners of the “Anne Ticket Mo” Facebook promo got a chance to meet, greet and take photos  with Anne.