MEGA Magazine - October 2024

In this issue

It is all about Beauty in MEGA’s October 2024 Issue: beautiful people, clothes, and everything that makes life beautiful. For the cover story, actress Sofia Andres gets honest about her life, loves, and the complexities of living in the public eye, including the beauty products that give her the most joy.

The annual MEGA Beauty Awards is also in this issue. Check out MEGA’s Beauty Olympics for MEGA’s comprehensive list of the best of the best beauty products and treatments that came out this year.

Inside, feast your eyes on the beauty and fashion editorials, and cop the latest trends and styles this season. MEGA met up with the legendary fashion designer Cary Santiago and the young up-and-comer Axel Que for a conversation on their craft and the Cebu fashion scene. Meet the new voices in the Philippine beauty scene—the content creators who teach and help you fall in love with everything beauty—from makeup to haircare.

All these and more in MEGA’s Beauty Issue in October 2024

THE PECULIAR ESSENCE

From quirky stationery and kooky, \"bitter critter\" doll-like notebooks come an idea for a one-of-a-kind, all-handmade bag label-Quiddity

3 mins

THE ROOTS WE SHARE

From the small fashion community in the Queen City of the South, designers Cary Santiago and Axel Que have become epitomes of art, imagination, and one-of-a-kind beauty not only for Cebu but for the Philippines as well

5 mins

BETTING ON BEAUTY

Why do fashion houses bank on their own beauty lines?

1 min

DRESS UP DARLING

In her unique, whimsical style sensibilities, Chloe Sanguyo finds beauty in what resonates best with her and her alone

4 mins

ACHROMIC AFFAIR

24-year-old Iñigo Villegas takes us to the main stage where the limelight zeroes in on his roots as a performer and his heart as a fashion designer

3 mins

A HEARTFELT CAUSE

This Breast Cancer Awareness month, a look at the organizations and people who are committed to raise awareness and inspire hope

4 mins

TODAY AND TOMORROW'S DESIGNERS

BYS celebrates Legacy, Achievement & Fellowship with its 2024 iteration of Fashion Week alongside Ten Incredible Filipino Designers

3 mins

sofia takes a trip

Clad in Fall/Winter's most wanted fashions along with archival pieces from Cebu's greatest designer export, Sofia Andres explores The Mall | NUSTAR and gets candid about growing up in the spotlight, the trials of being a triple Virgo, and what she really thinks of beauty

6 mins

VOICES OF BEAUTY

MEGA gets up close and personal with the four of the leading local beauty content creators making waves at the moment

5 mins

THE GREAT ALLIES

Perhaps there is truth to the saying true queens fix each other's crowns. Business rivals Arlene Damot and Jamila Paz share how their friendship enabled them to reach new heights in the aesthetics realm.

4 mins

an all-star lineup

NUSTAR gathers the world's most tantalizing cuisines in one place for a food destination worth flying to Cebu for

2 mins

MARQED BY EXCELLENCE

Marqed Salon is changing the way salons in the Philippines provide hair care services for their clientele

1 min

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MEGA Magazine Description:

Priding itself as the Philippines' best fashion magazine, MEGA is the thinking woman's cross-section of the what's what of style, beauty and lifestyle. With well-curated sections of tailor-made stories from trends to try out now, comprehensive style guides, beauty hacks to learn from and in-depth features, MEGA guarantees to elevate and bring out the very best in you. Allow us to whisk you away in worlds of fantasy through well-produced fashion and beauty editorials that aim to inspire and aspire to as well.