Events

Manila X Style & Music Festival

May 19, 2016






X MARKS THE SPOT
The Manila X Festival has fashion and music on equal billing.


Fashion has always been heavily influenced by music, and the same can be said vice-versa. Street style provides evidence: music festivals are as celebrated for fashion as much as its musical acts, so much so that festival dressing has evolved to be a style genre of its own.

Milking this charmed connection between fashion and music is the Manila X Festival, where the metro's hottest musical acts perform in the midst of a full-blown fashion showcase. Festival goers are in for a treat: four fashion shows will have models walk the runway in four different fashion themes: grunge, Coachella, sleek and activewear. Each show, scored by live musical acts, will be styled by one of Manila's most sought-after celebrity stylists: Bang Pineda, John Paul Dizon, Myrrh Lao To, and duo Rain Dagala and Em Millan. Hip fashion retail website Zalora will also hold its own fashion show featuring its in-house brands. During this segment, the audience will be encouraged to purchase pieces worn by the models on the spot, entitling the live buyer to exciting discounts.

                                                                                                           Bang Pineda

                                                                       John Paul Dizon


                                                                                    Myrrh Lao To



                                                                          Rain Dagala & Em Millan
                                               
Now on to the music, Manila X Festival has an exciting line-up of live OPM performers and DJ acts. New boy band The Juans will be taking the stage, as well as real-life couple and songwriter duo Thyro and Yumi. Alternative rock band Kjwan lead by vocalist Marc Abaya will be performing alongside celebrated indie rock band Up Dharma Down. Under hip-hop, award-winning rapper Gloc 9 will definitely keep the audience tongue-tied in excitement. Fashion blogger and versatile singer Kiana Valenciano is a fresh inclusion to the line-up, while pop-rock singer-songwriter Yeng Constantino is sure to perform her hits. Manila's most-followed DJs will also be on rotation. To make sure everyone gets to have even more fun, DJs Badkiss, duo Curse & Bless, Jessica Milner, Tom Taus, Marc Marasigan, Mars Miranda, and Ace Ramos will be spinning the night away.



                                                                     Yeng Constantino


                                                                            Gloc-9








                                                                      Kiana Valenciano








                                                                       Kjwan


                                                                       The Juans     


                                                                       Up Dharma Down   

                                                                                             Thyro & Yumi

Manila X Festival is the first of its kind in the Philippines—an event where music and fashion are both front and center. The festival happens on June 04, 2016, Saturday, 7PM at Globe Circuit Event Grounds, Carmona, Makati City.



Tickets are available at www.ticketworld.com.ph or on site at the day of the festival

Fashion

DIY: Color Code Your Keys!

April 22, 2016




Are you tired of the same old look of your keys?  In our house, we have a lot of doors, so that means a lot of keys! So instead of wasting my time trying to look for the right key for each door, why not just color code them instead? So if you're feeling a bit artsy then you should continue reading this.


So here are the things you'll need:



       Keys :)




Tape, you'll be needing this to limit where the paint will go to have a cleaner look of your work.




Nail Polish. I just took some from my sister's vanity table. Some of these are scented nail enamel by Revlon. I opted using scented because I don't like the smell of metal rust. But you could use the normal nail polishes if you don't have the scented ones.




Lastly, a plastic container with water. Because this is where all the magic will happen. :)


Let's Do it!


First, put a tape on the neck of the key just below the head. Because if you would put paint on the body, the key might not fit the keyhole anymore, so be careful.




Second, pour the choice of paint that you like. You could go crazy with all the colors and express yourself with it. I poured the paint in a zig-zag motion because I want the abstract look, pour the paint one by one(each color), not all at once. *Remember that this could get messy so better use a cartolina or any mat that you could throw afterwards*




After all the dirty pouring, just dip the key in to the water and scoop the paint.


If you want a more solid look like the picture above, you could skip the water and use the brush of the nail polish instead.


And lastly, dry them up. You could dry it under the sun for a faster drying time.

You could use a mattifying polish to achieve that flat look or just a normal top coat to protect the paint from fading.


(Left-Right)
For the 1st key, I dabbed the paint with my fingers to get that textured look and feel. For the next key, I used two shades of red to have that bloody look, haha! and the last key is just the normal abstract look.

You could think of any designs or whatever that pops out of your head. It's limitless! So go hard color coding your keys! It's fine to make mistakes, express yourself!

Comment below for any suggestions that you'd like to see on my blog. :)