#PleasurableBeauty , BSoul treatments give you the skin you’ve always wanted.

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Manila, Philippines -- Skincare is increasingly letting go of elaborateness to incorporate simple, no-fuss, lasting beauty solutions. Health and beauty company Linea Organica launches BSoul, a natural skincare line that aims to reinvigorate the skin by activating its correct function. Hailing from Tuscany, Italy, this luxury makeup line uses bio-compatible and eco-friendly ingredients to solve the root causes of skin problems, avoiding damage recurrence and the frustrating lifespan of skincare effects that never last.

 BSoul founder Martina Bindi

Last July 12,  Linea Organica launches BSoul held at the Conrad Manila. BSoul founder Martina Bindi flew to the Philippines herself to launch the brand in Manila. A skin expert for more than a decade focusing on advanced facial and body techniques applied to aesthetics, Martina's motivation comes from her personal experience, after having spent 13 years facing skin problems herself. It's Martina's success story that fuels the BSoul tagline "Beautiful without makeup—every woman's dream." 

 LineaOrganica Managing Director Mikee Federizo welcomes the guests at the launch of BSoul in the Philippines

Today, BSoul products are distributed in the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy and the rest of Europe, with treatments and products that rid the skin of bacteria and restores the skin back to its fresh, natural state.

LINEAORGANICA EXPERIENCE TREATMENTS USING BSOUL:

HYDRA Facial Hydrating Treatment

Reduces transepidermal water loss (TEWL) to make sure skin is smooth, soft, hydrated and light.

HYDRA Clear Basic Anti-Acne Treatment

A decongestant acne treatment that removes skin toxins, making redness disappear.

HYDRA Clear Brightening Anti-Acne

Recommended for fragile skin, this treatment reduces redness, inflammation and strengthens the skin's defense against free radicals.

HYDRA Uniform Anti-Dark Spot Treatment

Using BSoul's Hydra Ultra-Bright Concentrated Serum, this treatment lightens dark spots and evens out skin tone.

HYDRA Redness Sensitive Skin Treatment

For skin that looks lighter, hydrated and bright, this treatment builds defense mechanisms against oxidative stress.

HYDRA Lift Lifting Anti-Aging

A treatment that awakens cell metabolism, restores hydrated skin and highly improves anabolic and metabolic mechanisms to flush out toxins from the skin.

HYDRA Lift Firming Anti-Aging

This treatment slows down skin aging caused by sun exposure.

HYDRA Double Chin Anti-Double Chin Treatment

This treatment drains water retention and fats under the chin area with the use of special draining techniques that keep the chin's V-shape.

HYDRA Double Chin Duo Anti-Double Chin + Lifting

The Anti-Double Chin treatment bundles with a lifting treatment, offering a 2-in-1 deal.

HYDRA Detox

This treatment is a special draining technique to reduce water retention and eliminate toxins from the lymphatic system, reducing the superficial appearance of cellulite.

HYDRA Slim

A post Hydra Detox procedure, this treatment targets specific fat deposits throughout the body.

HYDRA Sculpt

This treatment addresses lactic acid build up, as they are broken down through the use of special techniques such as lymphatic drainage and soft tissue manipulation.

HYDRA Tone

A non-invasive firming treatment to improve the appearance of specific fat-dense body parts.

BSoul is a brand under Linea Organica, a company committed to distributing organic and natural beauty products and treatments all over the world. Follow BSoul and Linea Organica at @lineaorganicaph on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or via the hashtags #GoOrganicWithLineaOrganica, #PleasurableBeauty and #LineaOrganicaExperience. 

Visit BSoul and Linea Organica at the 2nd floor of S Maison in Pasay or at Ayala Vertis in Quezon City.

Bai Nian Tang Bao Brings Original Xiao Long Bao, Giant Tang Bao and other authentic Shanghainese dishes to the Philippines!

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Giant Tang Bao

Giant Tang Bao

Filipinos have grown to love Chinese food, from noodles to dimsum. But there’s more to Chinese cuisine than the Cantonese dishes we’ve all grown up with. So for those of us looking for a new experience in Chinese cuisine, the wait is over as the world-famous restaurant Bai Nian Tang Bao is bringing authentic Shanghainese cuisine to the Philippines and is opening its first branch in Uptown Parade, BGC. 

Xiao Long Bao

Xiao Long Bao 

Bai Nian Tang Bao serves authentic Xiao Long Bao from the original recipe that has been around since 1786. The name is a combination of Bai Nian, that means hundred years and Tang Bao that translates to soup dumpling. Its first branch in Shanghai has become a sort of a tourist spot, as visitors from all around the world queue up just to get a taste of their famous Xiao Long Bao. 

The restaurant currently has over 300 branches in China and several branches in US and Korea. Now, owners Robert Lim and Paul and Christine Li aspire to bring Bai Nian Tang Bao’s authentic Xiao Long Bao to the Philippines.

All of Bai Nian Tang Bao’s Xiao Long Bao are prepared fresh in their kitchens.

All of Bai Nian Tang Bao’s Xiao Long Bao are prepared fresh in their kitchens. 

What is the secret to Bai Nian Tang Bao’s Xiao Long Bao? 

Paul Li reveals, “Bai Nian Tang Bao’s secret is in the soup — it takes around 12 hours to cook it. It also takes about 20 steps to make an original Xiao Long Bao, and all this is made fresh in our kitchen!”

The restaurant takes pride in its Crab Roe Xiao Long Bao. Made from a special crab found only in a particular lake in Shanghai, the Crab Roe is shipped to the Philippines to ensure an authentic taste. This legendary dish had royal origins – history tells that during the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qian Long had a tour on the South. He passed by Long Pao Town in Jiangsu, where the people specially prepared Crab Roe Xiao Long Bao for him.

Shanghai Golden Sheng Jian Bao

Shanghai Golden Sheng Jian Bao

After he tasted it, the emperor was very satisfied and he kept saying “taste so good, taste so good”. That’s how it started when the people named it “Xie Huang Tang Bao”, and it became one of the specialties in the Emperor’s menu. Now, we can try this dish that has graced the royal menu of China!

Their glorious Giant Tang Bao is also a must-try. It comes with a straw that is to be used to poke the bao and to drink the delicious soup. Truly, the Giant Tang Bao’s grandeur does just not come from its size but also from its fantastic taste.

Bai Nian Tang Bao also serves other equally glorious varieties of Xiao Long Bao such as Chicken Soup Pork Xiao Long Bao, Scallops and Pork Xiao Long Bao, and Golden Corn Pork Xiao Long Bao. They even have a pan-fried version called the Shanghai Golden Sheng Jian Bao, a traditional Shanghai snack that’s crispy on the outside with juicy soup on the inside!

Noodle fans should also give Bai Nian Tang Bao’s noodle series a try, like the Three Seafood Treasure Fried Noodles or the Shanghai Scallion Oil Noodles. For a different take on dimsum, don’t pass up the Sticky Rice Dimsum. 

Delectable rice dishes are also on the menu like the Beef Fried Rice and Special Sausage Fried Rice. And for meat lovers, don’t leave without trying Bai Nian Tang Bao’s Braised Pork!

Bai Nian Tang Bao has received various awards for their remarkable food such as the 4th China Food Festival Golden Award in 2002. It was also named Famous Snack Brand by China Cuisine Association in the same year. In 2005, it was recognized as Shanghai’s ATP Master Reporters and Athletes Designated Food.

Shanghai Special Braised Pork

Shanghai Special Braised Pork

Shanghai Scallion Oil Noodles

Shanghai Scallion Oil Noodles

Sticky Rice Dumpling

The restaurant became an official member of Shanghai’s Xiao Long Bao Association in 2006 and won food competitions like the one in Germany in 2014 and in Shanghai XingShang Channel in 2015. Bai Nian Tang Bao has also been recognized and invited to the Shanghai Tao Zui Food and “Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse”. It was also the representative of Shanghai Xiao Long Bao in Japan’s New Year Festival in 2017. 

Owner Paul Li invites everyone to visit the restaurant, “We are glad to bring authentic Xiao Long Bao to the Philippines and we’d like to invite everyone to visit us here at Uptown BGC to try the Xiao Long Bao that even royalty loved! It’s a Xiao Long Bao experience you surely won’t forget.”  

Bai Nian Tang Bao is known all over the world because of their authentic Shanghainese cuisine, especially their one-of-a-kind Xiao Long Bao. Now, Bai Nian Tang Bao has opened its doors for us Filipinos to experience Chinese cuisine from original recipes that have stood the test of time and are fit for emperors.  

Vivo steps up its AI features in X21

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The world is now entering an era of artificial intelligence where most smartphones, if not all, are equipped with AI features that helps enhance the user experience.

One of the most basic uses of AI technology in mobile devices is through photography. The Vivo brand for example has been well-known for the way it revolutionized the selfie game.  In Vivo X21, the brand augmented how users take selfies with the AI Face Beauty and the AI Selfie Lighting.

Vivo’s AI Face Beauty feature can identify the subject’s sex, skin tone, and surrounding lighting environment to create the ideal settings, which are eventually based on the user’s habits and preferences.

But what really makes it stand out is that this feature collected almost a million facial images from people all over the world to create an AI database so its algorithms can accurately detect the age, gender, and skin tone of users in different countries. This provides each user with the most appropriate beauty effects also based on specific market habits and culture.

TechPinas' mark Milan Macanas, in fact affirmed that the feature renders a more natural result. "With this technology from Vivo, your selfies will be beautified, but at the same time, you still look like your selfies," he said at the launch of the Vivo X21 on June 21. 

To give more impact to the selfies, Vivo X21 also has AI Selfie Lighting that processes light accents authentically. It does by identifying the different parts of the face so the X21 can fill light, adjust sharpness, enhance shadows, and apply filters. The user can choose among a range of light accent effects like Studio Light, Stereo Light, and Monochrome Background to enhance that perfect shot.

Aside from its selfie capabilities, the front camera also has a new infrared module to help user to recognize faces even in dark situations. Now enhanced by AI, Vivo X21’s AI Face Access can intelligently detect ambient light intensity and ensure fast and accurate unlocking at night.

Vivo X21’s AI Photography, moreover, is improved with the AI HDR and the AI Scene Recognition.

With just a single press of the shutter, Vivo X21’s AI HDR captures more frames of a wider dynamic range than previously possible with existing HDR technology. This provides more image options for merging to perfectly light all the parts of the eventual photo to render crisper results.

The AI Scene Recognition, meanwhile, goes beyond the night, sports, vibration or backlit scenarios. It can also detect and identify 18 tags and 140 scenarios such as portraits, food, and plants. It is activated using Vivo’s AI algorithm based on a large database of almost one million photos. Through this database, the Vivo X21 can detect different scenarios and adjust settings such as saturation, sharpness, and brightness.

Also during the launch of the Vivo X21 on june 21, Gadgetmacth's Daniel Moral praised this AI feature in helping a user sort out of the photos taken.

"Vivo X21 has more scene detections than any other phones in the market. There is an album dedicated called AI Image Identification, so you go there then it sorts out by selfies, by documents, by food, and by people," he said.

Vivo’s newest flagship also uses AI technology to enhance its processor. Named AI Smart Engine, the Vivo X21 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Artificial Intelligence Engine (AIE) which can effectively utilize CPU resources for complex AI processes.

The AI Smart Engine, moreover, also familiarizes itself with user preferences and predicts different usage scenarios to launch and switch apps faster for a seamless user experience.

The AI Smart Engine is further amplified by the AI Game Mode. The Vivo X21 knows it when you play games and transforms into a dedicated game console with features to help eliminate distraction. For instance, the Background Calls feature means you can stay on calls without stopping the game, and AI Game Mode prevents accidental touch operations, ensuring you only make the moves you intended.

With all these AI-powered capabilities, Vivo X21 proves that its priority is making smartphone experience a pleasure to every user.

The Vivo X21 is available for only 29,999 Pesos. It is retailed at authorized shops nationwide. The list of participating stores can be found on this link: http://vivoglobal.ph/x21_stores/.

Fitness Playground MNL 2018 is happening this September

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One of Asia’s biggest fitness events is bringing together the active and the high-spirited of all ages and from all walks of life. Fitness Playground MNL 2018 is happening on September 29 and 30, 2018 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia.

Set to inspire all fitness enthusiasts and newbies alike, the event is the venue for each and every activity that an individual might want to embark on his or her journey to becoming fit: zumba, jiu-jitsu, yoga, cycling, CrossFit, circuit training, pilates, and many more. 

"We are excited to roll out one of the largest international caliber fitness expositions in the Philippines and to bring in international athletes like Commonwealth Games gold medalist and 2017 CrossFit Games' fittest woman Tia-Clair Toomey. Fitness Playground MNL 2018 will definitely be a place to begin or continue your health and fitness journey," shares Mike Tinsay, founder and main organizer of Fitness Playground MNL.

This weekend-long affair is to house one of the largest convergences of fitness brands. See a myriad of apparel and equipment labels come together in celebration and support of taking one step closer to a healthier lifestyle.

Co-presented by Hollow Rock Gear and other sponsors, Fitness Playground MNL 2018 also showcases the latest from the industry, paving way for gyms, studios, wellness centers, and coaches to share their knowledge through nutrition talks, fitness workshops and demos. Attendees will also get access to exclusive deals, sales and other promos from participating brands.

Tickets priced at P350 (one-day PlayPass) and P550 (two-day PlayPass) will be available soon at smtickets.com, all SM Ticket outlets, and other partner stores. To know more about, like us on Facebook (link), follow us on Instagram (link) or visit our website at (website).

A playground, a play park, or a play area…no matter how you coin it, one thing’s for sure: it’s a place where physical coordination, strength, and flexibility is developed. Commit to get fit and let us all ignite the fitness revolution! See you there!

Vhong Navarro travels back in time to get love back in Unli Life - Unli Life is an official entry to the 2018 Pista Ng Pelikulang Pilipino

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Vhong Navarro returns to the big screen with his brand of comedy in Unli Life, Regal Entertainment Inc.'s upcoming movie offering.

The film is also Regal's official entry to the forthcoming Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino film festival.

Just last year, Vhong entertained the audience with two comedy films, : Mang Kepweng Returns and the blockbuster hit with Lovi Poe from Regal Entertainment, Woke Up Like This.

With Unli Life, the talented comedian is sure to tickle our funny bones once more with his impeccable comic timing and witty dialogues.

Having been in the industry for 26 years, Vhong has made his mark in comedy genre and his comedic flair for likened to that of Hollywood star Jim Carrey.

In Unli Life, Vhong portrays (name of character), who is given a chance to mend the breakup with his girlfriend, played by Teresita Ssen “Winwyn” Marquez, by going back in time through the help of a magic whiskey, called “wishkey.”

By drinking “wishkey,” (name of Vhong's character) is transported in different time periods, such as the Dinosaur Era, Magellan, and the '70s Era, in an effort to correct his mistakes and prevent her girlfriend from breaking up with him in the current time.

OFFICIAL TRAILER: https://youtu.be/e33EaLVYCeg

UNLILIFE SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Benedict, a celebrity podcast DJ, is an overprotective, controlling, and overbearing boyfriend to the love of his life, Victoria. He did not expect that on the night he plans to propose to her, Victoria also breaks up with him. Heartbroken and devastated, he chances by a mysterious bar called “Turning Point” where the bartender Sir Saro, offers him a drink that could “make him go back in time to correct his present”. Due to a mistake with the procedure, he was sent farther in time, and he starts moving from one era to another. Benedict appears as different versions of himself, alongside Victoria, who he repeatedly tries to win over in each era that he encounters her, putting them in different circumstances. However, something uncontrollable always prevents him from getting back Victoria. In all his travels through the eras, he learns an important lesson that will forever change his life.

The film tackles about how much willing one is willing to go great lengths to get back that one person you love the most and what one is willing to do just to preserve it.

After making the country proud by being the first-ever Filipina contestant and eventually crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2017, Unli Life marks Teresita's comeback to acting.

Teresita, together with her fellow beauty queens from Miss World Philippines, signed up with Regal Entertainment, Inc. last October 2017.

Unli Life also marks Teresita's first major role and as a leading in the movies.

The movie is directed by Miko Livelo, and Unli Life marks his second full-length commercial directorial job.

His credentials include being the writer and director of the 2013 indie film Blue Bustamante and as a writer for number of television series.

Unli Life is a star-studded movie that also stars Joey Marquez, Ejay Falcon, Donna Cariaga, Jon Lucas, Isabelle de Leon, Alex Calleja, Kamille Filoteo, Red Ollero with James Caraan, Anthony Andres, and Jun Urbano.

Special participation includes Dimples Romana, Joem Bascon, Jun Sabayton, Epi Quizon and Jhong Hilario.

Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino opens August 15 - 21. For more updates, follow Regal Entertainment Inc on Facebook, @RegalFilms on Twitter, @RegalFilms50 on IG and Regal Cinema channel on YouTube.