Top 10 Picks from These Local Brands!

There is nothing I love more than a listicle of must-haves, so you can only imagine how pleased I am in putting this list together. Calyxta is an endless wellspring of beauty goods and even more so an online resource of the best and most promising local beauty brands, too.

I strongly suggest you bookmark this list or screenshot your favorites to serve as a guide for your next shopping splurge! Here are my top picks of local finds I’d love to try.

In my experience, serums are often the most expensive—in fact, it’s usually the most expensive of my nighttime routine lineup! So this product is quite a steal at such an affordable price.

I’m all for natural ingredients, but the truth it is, as with chemical-infused ones, it takes a while to find the perfect match. I’m not giving up on my search, however, and this multi-purpose floral oil has recently caught my eye.

Other than the obvious factor that it looks lovely, I’m enticed by the fact that it can be used on almost everything: skin, lips, nails, and for removing makeup. It’s skin-firming, refines pores, and hydrates the skin, too!

When it comes to beauty routines, my secret wish is to be able to skip exfoliating, primarily because I haven’t found the product that would work on my sensitive skin yet. I’m willing to try this lightening and exfoliating bar as it promises a gentle stripping away of dead skin and other skin impurities.

While there are many shampoo formulations, both chemical and natural, that has worked for me, I have yet to find a shampoo bar that does the trick. I love how this shampoo bar is designed for travel, and is infused with the ingredients I believe I need: castor oil for hair growth and grapefruit to balance oiliness.

One look at the bottle and I’m sold. It feels as if the formulation is potent but gentle, and I can’t wait to try and see the wonders it can do for my skin! This is a multi-purpose and all-natural face and body oil, by the way, which makes it all the more convincing.

By now you might have noticed how I gravitate towards beautifully-packaged products, or those that simply look nourishing and nurturing on the outside alone. And while I may judge products by its cover, do note that I read what it’s inside and what it can do, too.

I once watched a prince from the Joseon era in a K-drama who bathed in rose water, so of course I’d want to try that, too!

It’s no secret that I’m such a coffee fan; in fact, I have a cup I’m slowly sipping now as I write. I don’t religiously submit myself to scrubs, but I am fond of how relaxing and pleasant it feels after! Picking this one from many scrub options is a no-brainer for me. I love coffee and I’ve never been to the Dead Sea!

This might sound odd, but I grew up watching and reading about Winnie the Pooh and so it developed an unexplained fondness for honey. Don’t get me wrong, at home we still have muscovado sugar—not honey, which is why my curiosity for it has yet to be appeased. I’ve tried other Zenutrients shampoo variants, and so far, I’ve had good experiences. This one is next on my list.

Another odd story: I also grew up reading Heidi. And if you did, too—do you remember how she would always have fresh goat milk and cheese for merienda? It gave me a strange fondness for milky things, too. And while I’ve only tried a chocolate bar soap before, I don’t recall a milky bath. Other than its nourishing, milky properties, this lotion and bath set promises to deeply cleanse, moisturize, and soften the skin.

Melon and other fruity fragrances will always remind me of summer and I’d love to try this melon and cucumber combination. I look forward to that fresh, after shower feeling with hints of light little musk and wood notes!

Written By:

Patti Sunio aka Tita Pacita

BEAUTY CONTRIBUTOR

Tita Pacita of www.titapacita.com is a lifestyle, culture, and fashion & beauty writer from Manila. With her wisdom and almost thirty years of life experience, she likes to share what she knows and give unsolicited advice, true to her Tita ways. Her makeup choices are primarily based on instinct, and, believe it or not, K-Beauty.

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