Who did your makeup?

Jigs Mayuga, Denise Go-Ochoa, Juan Sarte III and Mickey See join forces with Happy Skin to create custom shades and finishes for the Glam Squad collection.

Ithink we all enjoy dressing up and looking like a star. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could have four of the country’s best makeup artists to do our makeup and make us look glamorous every day?” says Rissa Mananquil-Trillo, one half of homegrown skincare-in-makeup brand Happy Skin. A girl can dream, but Happy Skin is bringing us all a step closer to that dream with their Glam Squad Collection where top makeup artists Denise Go-Ochoa, Jigs Mayuga, Juan Sarte III and Mickey See come up with their go-to eye shadow colors and lipstick so everyone can cop their signature look on the daily.

“I have been modeling for 15 years and I see how their careers have endured all trends and through different styles. If you look at their work, even 10 years ago it was amazing, if you look at it today. The kinds of standards they set make them very aspirational not just to their co-makeup artists. That’s why a lot of celebrities look up to them and want to be made up by them,” Mananquil-Trillo explains.

Like all Happy Skin collabs, the four makeup artists worked closely with the brand. “They were very hands-on. They were particular with the color, the finish, the texture,” Mananquil-Trillo said. She and her Happy Skin partner Jacqe Yuengtian-Gutierrez were going back and forth with all makeup artists for nine months to nail the perfect product.

Even the collaboration itself was influenced by the artists. “One of us was supposed to do liquid lipstick, another would do the eyebrows. I was supposed to do blush and contour but we were all thinking it’s bitin,” Go-Ochoa recalled. They all suggested to go forward with the collection in the format it is in now. “Good thing we all had different tastes and considered each other’s signatures.”

Each makeup artist did an eye shadow palette, ranging from matte to satin to frost and liquid matte lipsticks. Also in this collaboration are a double-ended pencil arch definer and brow mascara pen (which both come in light brown and medium brown), a rose gold brush set, and a contour and blush palette in peachy pink.

“It’s a blush and contour shade we all use. We all combine peach and pink blush when applying makeup on our clients,” Mayuga says.

Yuengtian-Gutierrez reveals the collection will be in stores for one year. “The brushes and cases are all special, in rose gold,” she points out, also adding that the makeup artists chose to donate all their proceeds to their chosen charity.

“In today’s techie world where everything is somewhat personal we want collaborations to be meaningful and have soul. There is always a connection with people we work with or the brand we work with,” Mananquil-Trillo says, explaining the common thread behind their string of successful collaborations. As for the next one? She hints, “We have one more collection for the holidays with a big global brand.”