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MANILA, Philippines—For actress, host, entrepreneur, and mother Anne Curtis, taking care of yourself and the people you love starts with the same commitment. It is reflected in the small, deliberate choices made every day.
Summer has always felt like an unofficial reset button for style - a season for leveling up the closet while making sure accessories and essentials stay on point and cashing in on the season’s hottest deals. Even on budget, looking chic and doing so within a budget doesn’t have to exist on opposite ends of the spectrum.
From closet rediscovery to more mindful shopping habits, there are simple and practical ways to stretch both style and spend this season. To break it down, fashion content creator Chynna Lim shares three easy, low-stress style rules for the summer – keeping things smart, intentional, and still effortlessly chic.
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1. Shop your own closet first
Chynna’s rule of thumb is simple: before anything new makes its way into the cart, the first stop is always the closet.
“It's always fun to rediscover wardrobe treasures you've forgotten," Chynna shares. More often than not, that “new outfit” energy is already there in the pieces you own.
Because even when both generations are dealing with the same everyday expenses, they often approach them very differently.
For a lot of Millennials, money habits were shaped around stability and caution. Budgeting, avoiding unnecessary spending, paying bills on time, and planning ahead were often seen as the gold standard of being “good” with money. That mindset made sense during years shaped by economic uncertainty and rising costs.
Managing cash just got more convenient for UnionBank customers. Through its partnership with ECPay, UnionBank of the Philippines is making it easier to deposit cash into peso savings and checking accounts by expanding access beyond its branch network.
Customers can now deposit cash at more than 2,100 ECPay kiosks nationwide, bringing banking services closer to homes, workplaces, and daily routines. Whether it’s during a lunch break, after office hours, or over the weekend, customers have more options to conveniently deposit cash when and where it works best for them.
A Wellness Retreat for Leaders at CaSoBe – Calatagan South Beach
The private three-day wellness reset for leaders features art for healing, mindful movement, guided reflection and a relaxing stay at Crusoe Cabins
A moment comes when rest and reset are no longer luxuries — they become essential. Recognizing the modern leader’s need for deep restoration and clarity, Landco Lifestyle Ventures (LLV) and NaHeal, natural healing and holistic wellness platform, announce its partnership to hold “Soulful Connection”, an intimate three-day leaders’ circle wellness retreat at CaSoBe (Calatagan South Beach) in Batangas.
During the maintenance window, several services may be temporarily unavailable, including ATMs and cash accept machines (CAMs), online and mobile banking, card transactions, payment channels, and other select banking services.
The only Philippine Property Elevated to the International Property Awards Nomination for These Two Categories, received a total of four awards including Sustainable Residential Development and Five Stars for Leisure Development
Some addresses change everything. The Nautilus at Casobe (Calatagan South Beach) is one of them.
One of Landco Pacific's crown jewels, the Philippines' most celebrated beachfront condotel, has swept the 2026–2027 Asia-Pacific Property Awards, claiming four top honors: Five Stars in Architecture for Multiple Residences, Five Stars in Leisure Architecture and Five Stars in Leisure Development; and recognition as Sustainable Residential Development. The awards were presented at a gala night in Bangkok, attended by the region's foremost names in architecture, interior design, and real estate at the Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park.
