Angel Aquino Shares the Beauty Rules She Lives By and Those She Leaves Behind
“Beauty has a deeper meaning now. I see a beautiful person more than just a beautiful face,” says the award-winning actress.
Being an actress often means that appearance is part and parcel of the job, and Angel Aquino has long understood this through years in the industry. From memorable roles across television and film, she has built a steady career that continues to evolve, gradually revealing more of who she is beyond the characters she plays in evening teleseryes that we often watch with our families in the living room. She has now become a constant presence, admired for her personality, and morena beauty.
In an exclusive one-on-one with Allure Philippines, she opens up to us on the beauty lessons she has learned over the years, from simple, practical hacks to the profound changes in perspective that can only come with time and experience of being in the spotlight.
Charisma Lico-Santos
What’s a skincare step you wish you started earlier?
I think positioning my fascia, my facial fascia. You know how you do gua sha? I wish I had done that a long time ago.
Can you share your most unexpected beauty trick?
I just stretch my face if I want to wake up my facial muscles. I move it around just so it wakes up all the blood flow, and everything.
Tell us a beauty shortcut that you swear by?
Lipstick, really. That goes very far, for any girl.
What’s a beauty hack you learned from another celebrity or makeup artist?
I remember Tweetie [De Leon] telling me before, you don’t have to use an eye cream because the moisturizer acts the same way, and it’s more expensive. So why diba? I use my moisturizer all over my face, even around my eye.
Charisma Lico-Santos
Which beauty product do you hoard?
I guess the toner, the facial spray, and moisturizer—those things I can’t live without and I cannot run out of.
What’s a beauty rule you’ve stopped believing in?
That white skin is more beautiful than brown skin. That white skin is easier for makeup. Or that curly big hair just looks frizzy and messy and not so beautiful. I love curly manes, I mean, it’s a head-turner for me. Those who can carry curly manes so confidently, you go girl. It’s really beautiful even for a man. I love curly hair. Maybe because I have straight hair all the way from my childhood.
What does beauty mean to you now compared to when you were younger?
It definitely has a deeper meaning to me now. Beauty for me is not just the aesthetics. It’s not a beautiful face. I would see a beautiful person more than a beautiful face. It’s the overall aura of a woman or a man. The kindness that they exude, the confidence. It’s just really the way they carry themselves and how they relate to other people.
