Kiehl's is on a mission to rehabilitate the Pasig River

Kiehl's, one of my favorite beauty brands, recently made us aware of the state of the Pasig River when they herded us media onto the river ferry and took us on a river cruise.

Metro's Bianca Consunji, me and OK!'s Kristine Ching

Model Isabel Roces, Philippine Daily Inquirer's Kinny Salas-Amparo,
Style Bible's Eunice Lucero and Look's Kelly Misa

The event was held to announce two things: (1) Kiehl's has just upgraded their amazing Rare Earth Pore Minimizing line and (2) they've adopted Kapit Bisig Para Sa Ilog Pasig (KBPIP) as their advocacy. The KBPIP project will aim to do the following:

• Raise funds by holding an in-store auction of local artists' paintings of the Pasig River
• Collect plastic bottles and recycle them into bricks which will be used to build homes for the informal settlers along the riverbanks
• Donate P5 from the proceeds of every Kiehl's Rare Earth product
• Urge people to donate-donate-donate to the cause through SMS

Kiehl's gave us beads to create our Commitment Bag Charms--a sign
of our commitment to support the rehabilitation of the Pasig River.

The artists show us their paintings.

So how can we help?

• You can buy a painting or two! The artwork will be displayed at the Kiehl's Greenbelt 5 boutique from July to August.
• Bring your plastic bottles to the store from August to September.
• Buy Kiehl's Rare Earth products from August to December!
• Text “GIVE[space]ILOG” to 2366 for Globe, TouchMobile and Sun Cellular and 231 for SMART and Talk & Text. Each SMS automatically donates P1 to the cause.

Beauty isn't just what you see in the mirror--it has to pervade everything in our life: our homes, our relationships, our values, our work, our environment. Let's make the Pasig River a beautiful river once again!

Kiehl's Rare Earth products (Deep Pore Daily Cleanser, P1200; Pore Refining Toner, P1500; Pore Minimizing Lotion, P1450; and Deep Pore Cleansing Masque, P2150) are available at Kiehl's in Greenbelt 5, Makati.

The Beauty Writer

P.S. Read about my Pasig River trip in my blog, Topaz Horizon.

Mary Kay's MelaCEP Whitening Set not very effective

I've been using the Mary Kay MelaCEP Whitening System for a month now and I see absolutely no improvement in my complexion. The set consists of a facial wash, a freshener, a dark spot serum, an essence, a day moisturizer, a night cream and a moisture-rich mask. I'm terribly low-maintenance so the many products were a bit of a turn off. Yet I religiously followed the 7-step program night and day. In the end, I saw no visible lightening of spots or even the promise of a glowing complexion. And for P9,030 for the entire set... Well, that's a bit expensive for stuff that doesn't really work!

And it smells like spoiled milk, too.

The Beauty Writer

*product photo courtesy of Mary Kay