Youthful, glowing skin thru diamond beads

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With summer soon over, school opening beckons. Expect traffic to worsen and more hours for students to reach school and the working populace to get to work. This also means exposing the skin to harmful elements as we go about performing our daily chores and routines.

One surefire weapon to keep the skin always clean, radiant, fair and smooth to the touch is LE MEILLEUR Micro Diamond Scrub. It effectively purifies the skin as it is enriched with spherical, wax-based mechanical exfoliators known as Cirabelle beads. Set aside the tiniest bit of apprehension since Cirabelle beads are proven to be safe for everyday use.

Other than Cirabelle beads, LE MEILLEUR also provides the skin with two great sources of antioxidants, namely Vitamin E, a beauty vitamin that protects the body tissues from free radicals and Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), a naturally occurring organic compound. It also contains Retinol which also works as an antioxidant and increases collagen production resulting to a youthful skin. 

Completing the components of this beauty miracle are Papaya Extract which gets rid of inactive cells, cleanses the pores, and gives the skin a lovely glow and Glycolic Acid whose ability to treat acne, exfoliation, and chemical peels dermatologist and experts vouch for. 

Exclusively distributed by One Lightning Corporation. For more information, call +632 226 4111.

One Lightning Corporation launches the complete beauty regimen

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The quest for the ultimate beauty product is now over. One Lightning Corporation has combined together ingredients known for their anti-ageing, moisturizing, and skin protecting effects to create beauty products that have been proven effective and safe. 

Shizen Charcoal soap has been uniquely formulated to be a skin detoxifier, helping to clarify and lighten the skin.

It is a good anti-aging product as well as an effective treatment for acne and other skin problems. With regular use, notice a much younger and suppler skin.

This rare product boasts of ingredients like papaya extract that gives a beautiful glow to your skin. It breaks down inactive cells which cleanses the pores and removes dead skin cells. L-glutathione is a protein that effectively whitens dark spot and blemishes. It is proven safe and is a natural occurring compound which fights free radical and protects skin against caused by UV exposure and free radicals. Activated charcoal has the ability to absorb into the skin and draw out dirt and oil which block the pores.

Niacinamide is known to be a very good skin whitening formula with anti-aging and acne treatment formulation. Virgin Coconut Oil has a soothing and moisturizing effect that is suitable for treating rashes, skin problems and pigmentation. It is ideal for skin care. It helps prevent blemishes, skin cancer, premature aging and wrinkling of skin.

Exclusively distributed by One Lightning Corporation. For more information, call +632 226 4111.

ICON Manila Returns for its Second Year of International Entertainment and Design Conference

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ICON Manila returns this year for the second International Entertainment and Design Conference this June 26 and 27 in De La Salle College of Saint Benilde.

“International Entertainment Design Conference 2015 is an avenue of learning for students and professionals in the field of fine arts, animation, advertising, games and visual design,” says Armand Serrano, Entertainment and Design Conference organizer. “Our impressive line-up of top industry leaders will bring forth an informative and exciting event which will impart new ideas that will ultimately strengthen Asia’s impact on the industry,” he added.

Speakers of the conference, Ben Mauro, Charles Lee, Noelle Triaureau, John Nevarez, and Armand Serrano, will give lectures on Film Concept, Game Cinematic, Animation Production, Animation Environment, and Visual Development.

These speakers have worked with the largest animation studios all over the world such as Sony Pictures Animation, Pixar Animation Studio, Walt Disney Animation Studio, Marvel Production, Sony Entertainment and Electronic Arts. The speakers have come from decades of exquisite experiences in their respective fields and are behind the big screen movies and games like The Hobbit Trilogy, World of Warcraft, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Big Hero 6.

ICON Manila is a paid conference under ICON for Missions, a newly formed non-profit organization based in Eastvale, California. “By hosting various conferences all over the world, its purpose is to raise money to fund their Christian mission and humanitarian aid in needy communities,” says Sam Tanner, Executive Director of ICON for Missions.

Media Partners are De La Salle College of St. Benilde, ABS-CBN, Animation Council of the Philippines INC, FleishmanHillard, Adobo Magazine, CG Masters Academy (USA), 3dsense Media School (Singapore) and The One Academy (Malaysia).

For more details on the conference speakers, schedule, and tickets, visit www.iconmanila.com.

Operation Smile sets huge, 5-site cleft surgery mission in PH

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750 indigent children expected to benefit

Operation Smile, a global children’s charity organization, is mounting a five-site medical mission in the Philippines to provide free reconstructive surgery to 750 indigent Filipinos with cleft lip and cleft palate over a period of nine days, commencing on the country’s independence day on June 12 up to the 20th.

In a joint statement, Operation Smile, Inc. co-founder and president Kathleen Magee and Operation Smile Philippines president Wigbert Funtanilla said multinational teams of cleft care professionals will hold simultaneous surgeries at the Ricardo Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Bacolor, Pampanga; Sta. Ana Hospital in Manila; Adventist Hospital in Cebu City; Our Lady of Mercy Specialty Hospital in Bacolod City; and Brokenshire Hospital in Davao City.

Oral cleft is one of the country’s leading congenital defects, afflicting one in every 500 newborns or a total of 5,000 Filipinos every year. Of the estimated 140,000 born with the defect between 1982 and 2014, around 100,000 are still awaiting surgery.

The highly debilitating deformity disfigures the afflicted and impairs their normal speech. If they are not treated early, they are likely to lose their self-worth and become recluses and outcasts.

Operation Smile aims to attend to and eventually eradicate the backlog of cleft cases in the Philippines and ensure that new ones receive treatment before they turn one year old.

“Local resources alone will not suffice to achieve this tall goal at the moment so we are tapping the Operation Smile international network, via this annual mega mission, to augment our effort,” Funtanilla said.

“We have committed to help in any way we can,” Magee said. “We owe it to the Filipino people, whose ‘bayanihan’ spirit inspired us to grow Operation Smile into the global movement that it is today, mobilizing volunteers of different nationalities to treat cleft children of all colors and creeds – this is our gift and tribute to them.”

Magee, a nurse and clinical social worker, said she and husband, Dr. William, a plastic surgeon, established Operation Smile in 1982 following a medical mission in Naga City where they first saw the gravity of the cleft problem and the willingness of ordinary folks to help. 

“We came to treat 40 children and saw ten times that number waiting for us at the hospital; we had to turn back hundreds but promised them that we would return,” Magee recalled, adding that what sustained their enthusiasm during the mission and after were the people they don’t even know who dropped by the mission site to bring food and made themselves useful.

Operation Smile has been coming back to the Philippines every year since and, in 1989, helped set up Operation Smile Philippines so that quality cleft care can be delivered to indigent Filipinos year-round. 

The advocacy has spread across five continents. Operation Smile now has a corps of 5,400 highly trained, experienced and credentialed medical and non-medical volunteers from 80 countries doing missions in over 60 countries; an Operation Smile foundation similar to Operation Smile Philippines exists in 42 of those countries. 

An Operation Smile mission team usually comprises of plastic surgeons, anaesthesiologists, pediatric intensivists, paediatricians, dentists, nurses, speech pathologists, child life specialists, biomedical technicians, medical records specialists and patient imaging technicians. All are volunteers who take a leave of absence from their employment or private practice for more than a week to do pro-bono work.

The missions are mainly funded by private corporate donations. 

About Operation Smile:

Operation Smile, headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is an international medical charity with a presence in more than 60 countries, whose global network of thousands of credentialed medical volunteers from more than 80 countries is dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children. Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has provided more than and other facial deformities. To build long-term sufficiency in resource poor environments, Operation Smile trains doctors and local medical professionals in its partner countries so they 220,000 free surgical procedures for children and young adults born with cleft lip, cleft palate are empowered to treat their local communities. Operation Smile also donates medical equipment, supplies and provides year-round medical treatment through its worldwide centers.

7-Eleven opens first store in Boracay

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7-Eleven has always given their customers what they need anytime of the day. Thanks to 7-Eleven as they make daily life easier by providing modern convenience.

Here's the great news. Philippine Seven Corporation (PSC), country licensee of the world’s leading convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, finally opened its first two stores in Aklan, located in Caticlan Jetty Port and Tourist Center, Station 3.

PSC’s grand opening celebration of its first Boracay store was held on May 29, 2015. PSC will end the year with three stores in Boracay and Aklanons can expect a total of 11 stores to open in the span of 3 years.

With all the establishments that have opened in Boracay, people may wonder, where’s our favorite convenience store? After all, Boracay is a destination that never sleeps, making it the perfect candidate for a 7-Eleven. 

“We’re excited to be in Boracay, it is a very promising market that is still growing. We are happy that 7-Eleven is the first international convenience store to open in one of the top tourist destinations in the country,” said Jose Victor Paterno, PSC President and CEO.

PSC started its operations of 7-Eleven in the Philippines in 1982 and it now has 1,372 stores to date. It recently opened its first store in Mindanao at Abreeza Mall last May 8, 2015.

Locals and tourists will now be able to enjoy the unique offerings that made the store loved by its patrons. Customers can expect to get a taste of the iconic frozen drink, Slurpee, especially in the midst of the summer heat. 

Other classics include Gulp drinks, Big Bite hotdog and siopao, as well as new offerings under the 7-Eleven brand such as Fundae ice cream and their newly launched honest-to-goodness coffee, City Blends. 

To make the grand opening more exciting, 7-Eleven is launching a special, limited edition offering exclusively for Boracay. Given that the island is one of the country’s top summer destinations, it seemed only appropriate to pay homage with the Slurpee Boracay Tub. For only P159, customers can enjoy 85oz of glorious Slurpee. The tubs come in two cute designs they can choose from. 

Bonus: The tubs are made of plastic, which means customers can collect and reuse them. Slurpee sand buckets, anyone? 

After the simultaneous expansion in the Boracay and Panay islands, PSC is also looking at potential cities like Bohol and other municipalities in Eastern Visayas to offer the convenience 7-Eleven has always given their customers.