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Victor Angel’s Rimas Chips
When FoodPrints went to shoot the famous cornik-making in Paoay, specifically at Victor Angel’s Food Products, a successful enterprise started by Dr. Angelina Tagay, I was more attracted to the rimas...
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Saving Skin: Lucas’ Papaw Ointment
I was gifted with a bunch of products on my birthday. Makes me feel like the guinea pig. Seriously, this red tube from Ann promises to be a wonder. I’ve been hearing great reviews about Lucas’ Papaw...
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Lippie Review: Sleek True Colour Candy Cane
It’s a rainy Saturday in Ilocos. Allow me to share one more lipstick review before we go back to regular programming. For girls who like to express themselves through colors, there’s a current clean...
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Saving Skin: Nivea Baby Smoothly Cream
Nivea has always been there to fill out that invisible space between my skin and the elements. I’ve been using their creams, sunblocks and after sun sprays ever since I can remember. I stay away from...
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Wabi Sabi Tea Café now brewing in Laoag
The one week old tea place right within Laoag’s U-Belt conjures up the same Japanese wabi sabi aesthetic sense embracing simplicity, quietness, transience and change it was inspirited of. The focal...
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Rainy Sunday Indoor Picnic
Who says rain dampens the appetite for a picnic? Not Alain and Marianne, friends who just arrived from a 3-week European holiday. The first thing Alain did as soon as he got back in Ilocos was to...
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California Dream Come True (The Wedding)
Notoriously in demand artists Ace and Kit Mandac of the well-liked Ava’s Cakes and Partyshop in Ilocos are sharing with us photos from a recent wedding at the historic bluff-top Spanish Colonial...
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LEAD Movement-Ilocos Sandboarding listed in Lonely Planet and Rough Guides
LEAD Movement‘s Korean guests showed me where they learned about La Paz. Hahah! My eyes popped! They asked why was I too excited. Told them, “Me, LEAD.” They echoed the high. Hahaha, too cute! I was...
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Nuances of Maquillage
Attended a wedding anniversary dinner last night. It rained heavily so I opted to dress casually and put on a soft smoky eye and salmon pink lips. Got compliments from Miss Shey who teaches and...
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Testing Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation SPF 15 PA++
I’m finally done testing the Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation SPF 15 PA++ in Warm Beige 3.5 a friend gave me. She’s about one shade lighter than my NC 30/35, but thinks warm beige 3.5 is too dark on her....
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DIY Beauty
While there are some things I spend on such as massages and a good lipstick, you’d be surprised I’m the practical Ilocano consumer when it comes to other things. I’m basically loyal to old-fashioned...
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Sweet handmade soaps from Phina’s Little Factory
If you’re attracted to handcrafted items, I have fresh news for you. I was introduced to non-detergent glycerin soaps from Phina’s Little Factory. I’ve tried at least four variants (Dream, Love Spell,...
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The No-Brainer Authentic Laoag Dinakdakan Recipe
Taking center stage in the kitchen today is a mainstay of Ilocano cooking. The no-brainer severely appetizing dinakdakan is actually grilled pig face, dressed in creamy pig brain and pure sukang...
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The Nail Lounge Gel Manicure, MeMeMe Coral Cloak Lips and Buzzed Hair
Hey, girls! The Nail Lounge in Laoag has gel manicure. Manang Biday is on trend, ha! Found time this afternoon to see my fave nail artists Queenie and Maricel. You should reserve at least 2 hours for...
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No Porking Protest in Ilocos Norte
Sharing the anti-pork mood of Manila’s #MillionPeopleMarch in Rizal Park, about 100 300 Ilocanos (according to police estimate) meet up at the Laoag Aurora Park in the heart of Ilocos Norte on...
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The Day After on BlauEarth’s Kitchen
Tony Bourdain found the best pig ever in the Philippines! Thanks, but no thanks. Photographed by Blauearth © Blauearth™ All Rights Reserved 2009-2013
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Finally, Bulacan!
Hello, everyone! I thought I’d be hibernating from all the excessive pork in my first food adventure outside of Ilocos with FoodPrints, on tour exploring, and about to share their food finds. I first...
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Heaven Sent Cello’s Doughnut
While in Bulacan, a white paper bag (from Cello’s Doughnuts and Dips along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City I later learned) was handed to me by Lifestyle Network Executive Producer Ali Co. Inside the...
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Playing With Big Boys
Adventure is fleeting. Sometimes we need something to stimulate our mind, relive those awesome moments all over again. Cameras were invented to make us see every spontaneous detail, tiny or great,...
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Gamecocks
Captured a glimpse of pallot (sabong or cockfight), the world’s oldest spectator sport that has penetrated the Filipino culture since before the arrival of Magellan on Philippine shores. A sport so...
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