Transforming celebrities one eyebrow at a time

Rachelle Ann Go (right) with Jane Pecson

Jane Pecson of Fleek Eyebrow & Beauty Clinic said the trend of having brows on fleek has seen her clinic enjoy increasing demand and flourishing clientele including celebrities.

Some of the famous ones are Kristel Fulgar, MYX VJ, host and model Sunshine Kim, Barbie Imperial, Karen Reyes, Nikki Bagaporo, Nicole Estrada and international singer Rachelle Ann Go.

“Uso ngayon ’yung mga thick eyebrows partly because of international celebrities like the Kardashians and model and actress Cara Delevingne. Now the trend is thick eyebrows pero hindi ’yung ang kapal kapal ng kilay but in a natural way,” explained Jane.

She added that her clinic uses the micro-blading technique. Also popular nowadays are Feather Brows and Bold Brows.

“Our artistas love this look because it looks more natural compared to the old fashion tattoo,” shared Jane.

Fleek has branches at MPlace Mall, SM Mall of Asia and Mega Plaza, Ortigas. Already a year in the business, Jane revealed its plan to open five branches of Fleek clinic every year.

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Special event

Mhelwin Jeremae Rapadas, model of designer Christian Albert Fider

A special event was held recently at Kalye Crisologo in Vigan City, spearheaded by Mayor Juan Carlo Medina. The event was the World Costume Festival 2017 (Vigan and Luzon Leg). Popular designers from the Ilocos region and Pangasinan showcased their fabulous designs through their models who paraded on the ramp.

One of the designers was Christian Albert Fider who’s the pride of Tayug, Pangasinan. Sunflower-inspired gowns were worn by models Mhelwin Rapadas and James Cabote. Christian has been designing and competing in various fashion competitions for the last five years.

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ABS-CBN, GMA contest ratings lead in October

ABS-CBN Corp. maintained its leadership in nationwide television ratings in October, while GMA Network Inc. claimed it won the ratings game in urban households.

In a statement, ABS-CBN said it had an average national audience share of 46 percent in October, higher than GMA’s 33 percent based on data from multinational audience measurement provider Kantar Media.

Kantar Media uses a nationwide panel size of 2,610 urban and rural households to represent the total Philippine TV viewing population.

The Kapamilya network said it dominated all time blocks for October.

In particular, ABS-CBN won in the primetime block (6 p.m. to 12 midnight) as it got a 50 percent audience share, ahead of GMA’s 31 percent.

The primetime block is considered the most important part of the day for advertisers as this is when most Filipinos watch TV.

In Mega Manila, ABS-CBN had an average audience share of 36 percent versus GMA’s 34 percent, while it had a higher audience share of 41 percent compared to GMA’s 27 percent in Metro Manila.

Nine of the 11 most watched programs nationwide in October also belong to ABS-CBN, led by the long-running police drama FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, which recorded a national TV rating of 39.9 percent.

Also in the top 10 were Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin, It’s Showtime, ASAP, Pusong Ligaw, The Promise of Forever, Ipaglaban Mo, TV Patrol, La Luna Sangre, The Good Son, Tonight with Boy Abunda, Little Big Shots, I Can See Your Voice, Wildflower, Wansapanataym, MMK, Home Sweetie Home and Goin Bulilit.

As of mid-September, ABS-CBN said it sold 3.6 million units of its TVplus digital service, helping drive its terrestrial television penetration in Metro Manila. One in 2 homes in the area have TVplus, according to Kantar.

ABS-CBN also offers content online through iWant TV. The top five most watched programs on the platform in October were La Luna Sangre, Wildflower, FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano, Pusong Ligaw, and The Good Son.

Meanwhile, GMA said in a statement it got a higher average total day audience share of 41.7 percent for the period of Oct.1 to 28 compared with ABS-CBN’s 38.1 percent, based on Nielsen Philippines TV Audience Measurement’s National Urban TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM).

GMA said it also ruled across all day parts in NUTAM as it got a 38.5 percent people audience share as compared to ABS-CBN’s 35.9 percent in the morning block, a 45.4 percent audience share as against ABS-CBN’s 37.5 percent in the afternoon block, and 40.2 percent audience share versus ABS-CBN’s 39.4 percent share in the evening block.

GMA also beat its rival in Urban Luzon where it had an audience share of 47.2 percent compared to ABS-CBN’s 32.6 percent.

As for Mega Manila, GMA stayed ahead of competition with an audience share of 48.8 percent compared to ABS-CBN’s 29.3 percent.

More Kapuso shows are in the list of top programs in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement.

Pepito Manaloto is the most-watched program for October, also making in the list are Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho, 24 Oras, Magpakailanman, Celebrity Bluff, Super Maam, Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko, 24 Oras Weekend, All-Star Videoke and Alyas Robin Hood.


Also making to the list are the most-watched programs are Wowowin, Ika-6 na Utos, My Korean Jagiya, Bubble Gang, Wish Ko Lang, Imbestigador, Eat Bulaga, Sunday Pinasaya, Impostora, Haplos and Tadhana.

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Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings today, Nov. 7, go to Gen. Ernesto Mata, Annabel Santiago, Alice Bernal, Erwin Tagle, Coke Nicolás, Roberto Castro, Rommel Gumatay, Dennis Odessa, Claudio Sapo Rapadas, Mickie Joy Hyatt, ABS-CBN’s Aaron Domingo, Maricar de Mesa, and QC Councilor Mayen Juico… Nov. 8: Basil Valdez, Deo Endrinal, Teresita Guiao, Joel Atencio, Jocelyn Poon, Gabriel Ripollet, Lou de Guzman, Karla Pizarro, Venida Viernes, Boysie Agustín, Aida Martínez, Hazel Cabrera, Oliver Volante, and Lauren Young… Condolence to the family of colleague Vir Mateo who died Oct. 26 and was cremated on Nov. 5 and Isabelle Granada who died Nov. 5…