Gretchen Barretto Glutamax Billboard: Skin Whitening and that Kutis Mayaman Glow - Can We Just Show Some Love for the Morena-Kayumanggi Beauties?

Mga mahal kong Pinay maganda ka kahit anu pang kulay ng balat mo! Just accept it, morena is maganda!
Eh pa'no kung kutis mayaman ka katulad ni La Greta ? Eh di Wow! Kung anu man ang skin tone mo celebrate it. Kung tisay ka, that's fine! No need to feel ashamed of our skin color kung anu mang shade yan!

Gretchen Barretto Kutis Mayaman Billboard

Pero naman be realistic, kung hindi ka maputi it's not the end of the world and it's not a good idea to fall into that trap of changing your skin color. Beauty trap yan! In the long run, pa'no yan? Habang buhay mong sasaksakan ang veins mo ng intravenous gluta? gluta pills? chemical peels? papaya?   

Be kind to yourself. Be kind to your body, your skin. I admire the Malaysians dahil a good percent of their artistas are morenas (most look like Sarah Geronimo when she first started out in showbiz), ang Pinas at Thailand showbiz though halos lahat ng celebs on the 'white' skin side whether natural or not. 

So I salute the few brave souls who choose to be happy being dark and not influenced by trends or money or huge endorsement deals. You are setting a good example to the next generation of Pinays about loving themselves more. Notably, Bianca Gonzales, Tweetie De Leon, Alessandra De Rossi, Althea Vega, Angel Aquino, Isabelle Daza, Supermodel Danica Magpantay to name a few.

You know you can rock a dark skin tone and simply look amazing! What you can ask your derma is just to ask for a beauty treatment for clear skin and glowing skin (looking radiant without going white). Hence, Bianca Gonzales, she looks great, she's as kayumanggi as the average Pinay. She looks great even without make-up. But you know, I can't push for Bianca's beauty as the norm if you're personal standard of beauty is looking as white and porcelain as possible- yun type mo eh yun Hollywood glamour, Korean Pop look, Spanish mestiza look, the so-called Kutis Mayaman look.

That mindset has to change somewhere and I hope sa younger Filipinas, they would be able to think critically about their beauty choices and not be easily influenced by ridiculous beauty trends. I hope their moms can really explain to them that we all look different and being happy with what you have naturally is best. Which brings to mind an old post- Do native born Filipinos still prefer light skin?

This skin whitening campaign alone makes me sad. But obviously madaming pinagdaanan si ate Jinky Oda growing up mainly issues stemming with her skin tone.But if she's happy now because of this look, then I'm happy for her. If it helps her cope and feel beautiful, okay. But still, when I look at this ad, I wonder about the average Pinays that can't afford such skin whitening treatments.

And this went viral. In fact, it was even posted in one office board as I recall from a friend, as an inside joke when hiring applicants.

Then eto ang perils of just putting globs of skin whitening stuff na hindi BFAD approve or even the legit ones, yung mga ibang Pinay hindi sumsunod sa product label instructions. Pahid lang ng pahid until ma-chemical burn ang balat. There was even a case of skin poisoning sa UST hospital dinala ang victim dahil na skin poisoning sa pinahid na pampaputi.

 

Okay, seems legit for the alak-alakan and betlogs. That is, kung madalas ang exposure nito in public siguro nga naman mahihiya ka talaga.

Skin whitening products are never going to disappear from Pinoy stores. Pero I hope dumami lang ang mga confident morena-loving Pinays! Kabayan kung alam mo lang kung gaano kamahal ang tanning bed at ang kanser na makukuha mo dun, effort pa, heto ang glorious ng tan mo, chos! Just love it! Postscript lang, taray noh? Kung magpapaputi ka through soaps or whitening creams pwede i-pantay mo ang pahid, isama mo ang leeg mo. Andami ko nakikita sa MRT, ang puti ng mukha pero ang leeg iba ang kulay *SMH*

Gretchen Barretto and Dominique Cojuangco: 'All Kinds of Love by Bench' Guadalupe Billboard

Today, they finally removed the controversial All Kinds of Love Bench Billboards featuring LGBT couples. New celeb duos are now featured on the Guadalupe Billboards.

Halfway done ~ Mother and daughter: Gretchen Barretto and Dominique Cojuangco

Mother and daughter beauties: Gloria Diaz and Isabel Daza

Celeb couple Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres-Gomez

Art Acuña-Gretchen Barretto Scandal : Not True says Actor!

Rumors of Gretchen Barretto having a fling with Art Acuña have been spreading online.

Da Who ba si Art Acuña?

Art Acuña is a stage & film actor. He played Harry Shaw on The Kitchen Musical (Singapore). And appeared on Law and Order, Law and Order Criminal Intent. He starred in John Sayles' film, "Amigo" and Lav Diaz' "Batang West Side"

So where did the rumors come from..it all started on set in a Cinemalaya movie or on Instagram?

Well Gretchen posted a 'private message' on her Instagram for everyone to read:   “miss gretchen your face of anguish stirs up two emotions in me… Extreme sadness and extreme vengefulness. Vengeful because I want to destroy whatever hurts you. In my future ‘acting moments’, I hope you don’t mind if I conjure your beautiful face in pain. Because it takes me there to places… I need to be. Thank you for being so damn brilliant miss Gretchen. i owe you.” This was messaged to her by Art after they worked on a very difficult scene in the film.




Gretchen was so taken by the message she replied: “I received this message from a brilliant actor. It makes me thank god for the blessings of friendship and the ability to express my innermost feelings (my emotional history) and being appreciated by my co-actors… Thank you art acuna.”

Let's say for the sake of Art, mutual admiration lang ito between two actors.

 “That’s impossible. I’m very happy with my relationship with Tonyboy. Oh please, I’m too old for that… crap.” Yan sinagot ni La Greta sa news5 interview.  

Okay! Claro bah? Walang fling-fling naganap, hindi ito John Estrada levels okay?

Barretto Siblings Feud: A Quick Recap of the Barretto Saga

Ahhh so it begins with Raymart walking out and making alsa balutan on Claudine Barretto because ginasgas raw convertible ni koya.

Plus very strained na marriage etetch dahil sa rumored gambling and druggie probs ni Clauds. Remember the missing millions sa joint account issue? na-hinold ni Raymart kasi na uubos na ni Clauds sa casino. The Mon Tulfo incident at NAIA didn't help either. It both tainted their careers to LAOSian deep levels.

 

 Claudine starts blocking Julia's entry in showbiz and makes a fuss over Julia's Star Magic turn.



Julia is slated to be the next telenovela queen, ayaw ni Clauds kasi telenovela queen siya for all eternity. chos!



May Twitter and Instagram wars na naganap, dahil may nag troll sa dalawang Barretto sisters at naglalabas ng baho ng familia under the handle @btchjuliaisbitch, sinisiraan sila and si Julia ang target. Naimbierna si Marj and come to the defense ni Marj si La Greta on Twitter. The two sibs instead of thinking its some hateful troll assumed its their sister Claudine who's behind the nega-Twitter campaign. So they start flaming Clauds.



Feeling ni Claudine pinagtutulungan na sha ng sisters, sumbong sha kay mudra Inday Barretto, labas ng letter si Mommy Baretto against Gretchen sa press. Amalayer raw si Greta! LIAR!

Si Claudine raw ang nagtaguyod sa kanina, given them freebies and all the material shit they needed. Hindi raw madamot si Clauds ayon kay Mudra. Mukhang truelaloo kasi nagmumudmoud talaga ng regalo si Claudine kahit di holidays. Pero mukhang enabler naman si Mommy Inday kung alam niyang mga ka-adikan si Clauds.. eh hanggang 'Medical City' lang raw ang pagpapa-rehab pag may meltdowns si Clauds. At tuwing ma-co-confine ito under sa name ng ama para hindi mabisto ng press. Hence, La Greta saying “… she is all alone because of her evil ways…. Your husband walked out coz of your violent ways… oh, please reflect and go to your happy place, Medical City.”



Then non-showbiz baretto bro Joaquin "JayJay" Baretto comes to rescue of Greta, labas din sha ng letter, saying na ina-accurate si Mudra sa mga bintang. Kesyo nung ST days ni La Greta, di sha nakapag aral at siya ang nagpapalamon ng pamilya. Si Jayjay ay employee/palamunin ni Greta.



Greta cries on Da Buzz and makes demanda the sister sa States si Gia Barretto dahil ayaw mag shutdap nito at nakisawsaw rin. Ang claim ni Ateh Gia hindi raw naghirap ang mga Barretto siblings kasi they had yayas, drivers at Food Galore!



Si Gia Barretto is the chaka Barretto sister, kamukha niya si Dolly Ann Carvajal which would explain the chakabel looks passed down on Dominique and Dani. Rolleta lang talaga ng kapalaran at maganda kinalabasan ni Julia at Claudia.

Now naked pix of Marj have surfaced. Sino naman nakakuha ng phone niya? Is this a scheme by a Barretto insider? Or a political outsider? Election time~ bongga ang timing koya and the Dennis Padilla letter circulating in Kalookan only makes more Eeew!


Si Claudine raw nag photoshop pero mukha namang totoo. sagutan amp. sibling rivary ito na dinaig pa ang familial wars sa Game of Thrones

But to be fair, lahat ng Barretto siblings have their share of scandals- past and present.

You can expect the same from Julia Barretto in the future. Level up na charot!

so what's next sa telenovela ng mga Barrettos?