1st ever Us Girls August Awards

When it comes to beauty, wellness, and fashion, the Us Girls TV show at Studio 23 is very reliable. The show tackles a lot of topics that are very relevant for the girls. Its hosts Iya Villania, Angel Aquino, and Megan Young (temporarily substituted Cheska Garcia-Kramer who had just given birth), are all really talented and reliable. I like the way they influence their audience when it comes to beauty, style, fashion, and in a lot more aspects in life.

Just last August 20, Thursday, the Us Girls had their very first August Awards. It's called that way because August didn't just mean the 8th month of the year, but it's also an adjective meaning inspiring, majestic, something high-ranking, or grandeur. So, in this event, Us Girls awarded several personalities who were recognized for their great contributions in fashion and beauty.

Some awards included Makeup Artists of the Year, Stylists of the Year, Most Fashionable Women, Faces of the Year, and the Us Girls Icon of the year. For each category, the top 4 nominees who got the most votes (via Multiply) were awarded, except of course for the Icon of the year, because it was someone who embodied Us Girls' idea of a modern Filipina.

Cheska (Us Girls host too) with Anne Curtis and Iya

Us Girls hosts Iya, Angel, and Megan w/ Icon of the Year KC Concepcion

Here's the complete list of awardees:

Makeup Artists of the Year

Jigs Mayuga
Bobby Carlos
Krist Bansuelo

Stylists of the Year

Rey Ilagan
Pam Quiñones
Liz Uy
Bianca Santiago

Most Fashionable Women

Anne Curtis
Divine Lee
Marie Lozano
Bea Soriano
Bianca Valerio

Faces of the Year

Kim Chiu
Isabelle Daza
Tweety de Leon

US Girls Icon of the Year
KC Concepcion

*got the complete list from http://www.sunstar.com.ph
*grabbed event photos from Sir Tony Santos' Multiply site.

Kim Chui wasn't able to come but a VTR of her message was shown on the big screen.

The event went on and off because of the rain pouring once in a while. But the guests all stayed and finished the event. There were also performances from Ballet Philippines, De La Salle University Innersoul, Ronnie Liang, and Princess. A fashion show by three designers: Tippi Ocampo, Charina Sarte, and Reian Mata was also done.

Besides the nice performances and awards, guests were served yummy food and beverages during the show. Some of these were: buffet catered by MICAH (culinary school), and alcoholic drinks from Shooters, Sober Club, and The Bar. BlowUp Babies also had a booth there where the guests had some souvenir photos taken.

I was actually there as one of the usherettes of the event, with four of my co-models too. We were the ones who used to get featured at several Us Girls segments and we've already become friends with their staff that's why we got into this event.

Other sponsors which benefited us as models were: Binalot & Magnolia Fruit Drink (lunch), Waffle Time (snacks), Code-Limited (gift certificate), Zen Zest (cologne), Loreal, (shampoo & sun block), Piandre Salon (our hair, plus some mini bottled shampoos from Kerastase), and Shu Uemura (our makeup).

The entire event was really fun. It's been an exciting experience 'coz I met a lot of popular personalities, I gained new friends, and I had a lot of photos! hahaha!=))

Catch the airing of the 1st ever US Girls August Awards on AUGUST 30, Saturday, 7pm at Studio 23!

indigo: love that salon experience!

City girls love going to the salon--from getting a French manicure to achieving the best hair color. But these days, it's really hard to spot the best salon in town 'coz there are actually a lot of them around. Plus, it's kinda hard to trust nowadays because even the most popular salons cause damage to customers like a bloody manicure act and a burnt hair from rebond.

Worry no more 'coz I think I've found the answer! Just 3 days ago, I modeled for a TV show's segment, which actually was about getting that shinier & smoother black hair that stands out. So they gave me & my co-model/friend a salon treatment, which would transform our hair to something that we see on TV commercials of shampoos & conditioners. haha!

This salon I am talking about is Indigo Salon at the 2/F of The Clubhouse in Corinthian Hills, Temple Drive, Quezon City. The place has nice interiors, and it is really cozy that's why it's very comfortable to wait for your turn. You can go there as a walk-in but i would be better if you'll set an appointment with them. I believe, most of their customers are celebrities and Class A to B, as that's what I've observed while I was there. You can't even reach the place if you don't have a car, or without taking a cab. They've got nice facilities, most especially their high-tech Steamer w/ Cooler, the one used to heat the hair with your treatment cream on. Also, the best part is, they only use one brand for their hair treatments--Schwarzkopf! I really love it. Yes you'll pay quite a big amount but I promise, it's all worth it! Come on, you don't wanna take a risk when it comes to your hair 'coz it's your crowning glory. Actually I found the whole process fastSo I got a Black Hair Color with Hair Gloss Treatment, which was done for a total of 2 hours--color application, product-on-hair waiting time, rinsing, treatment application, steaming & cooling, rinsing (again), blow drying, a bit of ironing, final gloss application., unlike in other salons. And in here, waiting time is all worth it. After seeing the results, you'll forget you ever waited. Sounds interesting, right?=P

Finally, after 2 hours of waiting, here's a softer, smoother, shinier black hair! Now I can be a star on the next shampoo commercial. hahaha!=)) Due to the lighting of the place, my hair didn't appear that black though. But I swear, it's super shiny black in person.=)
The whole thing amounted to a total of Php 6,000.00. I swear, it's really worth it. So, thank you so much to Indigo Salon for giving us this shiny black hair that really stands out. And thanks so much also to Us Girls of Studio 23, particularly the segment "Megan's Corner", with Kid (a batchmate of mine) as the segment producer, for inviting us to this wonderful experience.=)