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Monique Toda
Lifestyle columnist | The Philippine Star ✨
Culture, beauty & the joy of everyday life.

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A fine vintage for the skin. 🥂✨

From the pages of The Philippine Star Lifestyle, we’re proud to share the feature celebrating The Beauty Sommelier — where wine meets skin science through Profhilo®’s three expressions of rejuvenation.

A heartfelt thank you to @toda_monique and @philstarlifestyle for featuring Skin 101 and helping us share this beautiful celebration of skin science and timeless beauty. 🤍

🥂 Champagne — Hydrate
🌹 Rosé — Radiate
🍷 Red — Remodel

Together with @neoasia.ph , Skin 101 continues to champion a thoughtful approach to skin rejuvenation, where science, artistry, and timeless beauty come together.

#skin101features
#profhilo
#loveyourskin

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An early Christmas celebration at the @thepeninsulamanila with @mrgarchitorena_ph @sugaplumpfairy and our @philippinestarlifestylesection family @milletmartinezmananquil @scottgarceau @aapatawaran @frannie.jacinto @lisagnakpil @mel_cuevas @toda_monique @vickyvelosobarrera We relived our Manila Pen memories as Garch and Grace walked us through the 50 year history of the hotel and prepared a special Culinary Journey from the lobby to Spices, Old Manila and back to the lobby, with chefs at each stop preparing the most delectable culinary creations.

#thepeninsulamanila50 #thepeninsulamanila

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What an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience it must have been to talk with Soohyun! Your report captured his humbleness and down-to-earth personality so beautifully. It feels so warm and touched! We're truly happy that Soohyun has met someone like you who writes about him with such kindness. Thank you for your report!

@soohyun_k216 @goldmedalist_official @benchtm @bcbench @toda_monique

To read Monique's interview with Kim Soo-hyun, click the link below. 🌟

2026
"Kim Soo Hyun is back"
https://philstarlife.com/celebrity/554721-kim-soo-hyun-filipinos-angel-eyes

"Tears, cheers, and the long-awaited reunion with Kim Soo-Hyun"
https://philstarlife.com/celebrity/758982-tears-cheers-long-awaited-reunion-kim-soo-hyun#

2022
"Our 'love from the star' Kim Soo-hyun loves the Filipinos' angel eyes"
https://philstarlife.com/celebrity/554721-kim-soo-hyun-filipinos-angel-eyes

#kimsoohyun #benchxkimsoohyun #globalbenchsetter

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Hi Monique , I just wanted to say thank you so much for your report and for sharing your photos with Soohyun. It was so genuine and heartfelt — you can really feel your sincerity and respect for him in every word. Not all reports feel this warm and honest, but yours did. Thank you for capturing him so beautifully and for writing about him with such kindness. We fans truly appreciate it!!

Thank you for your sharing!

@soohyun_k216
@toda_monique
@goldmedalist_official @benchtm @bcbench

#kimsoohyun #BenchxKimSooHyun #GlobalBENCHsetter

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Celebrating the grand opening of Marimekko Philippines in Rustan's. So happy to see this iconic Finnish design house finally bringing its joyful prints and colors to Manila. And of course, I had to wear my Marimekko x Adidas shoes for the occasion. 🥂

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Thanks, Ms. Monique, lifestyle columnist, for the special article published in the Philippine Star✨

Ms. Monique shares her detailed experience with traditional Chinese medicine in our clinic, including acupuncture and treatment with TCM decoction. She provides readers with more accurate insights and a clearer understanding of traditional Chinese medicine.

Thanks for the interview and sincere sharing.

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MADE DIFFERENT 🇰🇷

RIMAN KPOP-UP

It maybe raining in Manila but the premium Korean beauty and wellness company sent out a refreshed dewy offensive - a highly recognizable skin signature as eponymous as BTS, captivating many around the world.

Army or not, Korean ritualized skincare has been a rising exponentially, with RIMAN giving local beauty/skincare enthusiasts a taste of their hallmark flagship, ICD at a limited time pop-up at Rustans Makati Beauty.

Each product & series is the sum of scientific innovation, with an integrated approach starting from cultivation of their signature raw materials ingredient - giant BYoungPool™ in their own smart farms on Jeju Island, groundbreaking product development and research drive the passionate global enterprise.

The RIMAN Kpop-up gives all the opportunity to experience its signature and definitve range of innovating skincare rituals, with trial stations for the skin curious, which will make one feel, dewy and dynamite.

Super thanks for having us ♥️2♥️ dear Rica de Jesus 😍
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#handpickedbyronandnchris
#happydiscerninginspired
#H2H #hshfavoritethings
#kpop koreanbeauty riman
skincare skincareproducts
skincarekorea POPUP

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#WorkDiary - Matching the set at the @sunniesface Fragrance launch

View from the top. Can't wait to share this cover 🤩

Obsessed with the @faboulash Coffee collection! Goods from Scratch coffee was pretty good!

With one of my work anaks Chin 🫶

A little aegyosal action by @thewhiterabbit.mnl

Posing with this giant Gentle Monster PR package 😎

Over caffeinated at the @smaurapremier Grounds & Greens Collective event

Tried out @cosmainstitute's Morticia treatment 💉

Trying a new look - no smoky eyeshadow, no eyeliner. Ok ba?

RIMAN is here and I'm lovinggggg it

With OG beauties @toda_monique & @ana.a.amigo 🫶

Covered Aivee Star's launch 🌟

Josh Boutwood & Vix Rathour for Aivee Star ⭐️

Brought my mom to Matcha Fest 🍵

My best new find: Magic Matcha 💥

Thank you for having me at Aivee Star @jessicaeveringham 🤍

Late to the Yardstick party

XIGLO by Belo has the most stunning view

Working my way through PR packages - will share finds soon 🫶

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Você merece dias leves, aplausos sinceros e a certeza de que nunca caminhou sozinho. 🩵

사랑해
Saranghae

@soohyun_k216

#kimsoohyun #김수현 #ReelsInstagram #InstaDaily #fanmeetingksh

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THE PHILIPPINE STAR SHINES AT 40

Congratulations to the @philippinestar on its 40th anniversary.

And I'm happy to be part of it, where my column "Write Here, Write Now" is to celebrate an anniversary of its own too. It's almost been a year since it debuted on Aug. 27 last year.

Happy to share the celebratory page with my co-Stars @toda_monique, @lisagnakpil, @rickytchitov, @frannie.jacinto, @missyrabul, and @pajammy. Also in the same anniversary issue is my literary mentor, the late national artist for literature F. Sionil Jose.

The brightest Star of all is our editor @milletmartinezmananquil, lifestyle editor. Thank you so much for giving me this space to keep writing in a national daily. This, in fact, is my second stint in The Philippine Star. I joined it first as a contributor in the late 1990s when I quit the industry thinking it was time to devote my life to doing commercial work, to make the need for money overtake my desire to do something meaningful with my life. My goal then was "to be the king of brochures!"

But then, sometimes you have a calling. I think I did. After four months of writing for the @philippinestarlifestylesection, I was called back to the saddle as lifestyle editor at Manila Standard, prompting me to say goodbye to Millet, the dream boss I only briefly had, as I have always maintained through the decades.

Keep shining, The Philippine Star!

#happyanniversary
#40thanniversary
#PhilippineStar

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