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Human Nature

  • Makeup and Skincare

    Review: My Sister’s Favorite Things from Human Nature

    September 5, 2017 - By 

    This is a guest post. Guest is my sister, Ace. Sometimes we’re cute like that ^^ *** As the market shifts to the direction of sustainable, clean and cruelty-free beauty, I thought I’d share with you the products I swear by with one of the local pioneer brands (at least in my books) in terms of Green and Compassionate Beauty – Human♥Nature. Enjoy♥!   Cooling Leg & Body Cream, 100ml On days when I cannot fall asleep no matter how exhausted I feel, this, a good book and a lavender room spray combo works like a tranquilizer for me. Massage…

  • Makeup and Skincare

    Review: Virgin Coconut Oil

    March 23, 2014 - By 

    Virgin Coconut Oil or VCO is one of the most underrated, best kept beauty secrets, at least in this country. Case in point: it is damn hard trying to restock on this amazing find, and I live in the tropics where coconut trees can easily line the streets. This to me translates to small, irrelevant local demand for VCO. Thus leading producers to ship the white crystalline goodness elsewhere in the world where people are willing to pay. (This economics lecture leads to somewhere relevant, I promise)

  • Food Review - Healthy Living

    Review: Enchanted Farm Cafe

    December 1, 2013 - By 

    After a timely Christmas shopping trip to Human Nature‘s flagship store along Commonwealth Avenue, where else to service a rumbling stomach than at the Enchanted Farm Cafe upstairs? Another social business enterprise, the cafe is “initiated by Gawad Kalinga Center for Social Innovation that bridges the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm, from Angat, Bulacan to the city market. It aims to raise social awareness by promoting home-grown business innovations that develop industry-competent local products while uplifting the lives of the poor.” Literally, going there allows you to eat for change, as the produce, meat and other ingredients used on the menu are fruits…

  • Makeup and Skincare

    Review: ZA True White Plus Two-Way Foundation in Limited Edition Naho Ogawa Case

    December 1, 2013 - By 

    Flashback 90s: I remember being young, bright-eyed and financially paralyzed, and seeing the spunky commercials of ZA playing over and over in MTV. I wanted a piece of that blue-and-yellow striped powder compact toted by Karen Mok, though I had no idea how to pat it on my round cheeks. By the time I knew how, ZA was no longer in Philippine cosmetic counters, only glimpsed in Sasa in that odd trip to Macau or Hong Kong. Fast forward 2013: ZA has ditched the retro colors in place of pink, white and silver — classic colors to capture the attentions…