Jasmine was bitten by the theater bug as early as she was 12 years old. She pursued her passion as a Theater Arts Major in Ateneo de Manila University and was active as a lighting designer under the tutelage of the late Salvador Bernal, National Artist for Theater Production. She was Theater Manager and Special Projects Officer for the prestigious collegiate company, Tanghalang Ateneo under the mentorship of Dr. Ricardo Abad. She learned makeup and prosthetics for theater from thespian and makeup artist, Ricci Chan and Publicis Manila’s President and director of the world-acclaimed Babae sa Septik Tank, Marlon Rivera and took up classes in high-definition technique at the Center for Aesthetic Studies and airbrush training at the Make Up Designory Manila.
Jasmine's makeup style marries the discipline and state-of-the-art technique of theater and a taste for natural beauty. Her light touch and soft strokes make for the most beautiful bridal makeup, having done over a hundred brides since 2005 and is in demand in editorial features that highlight the subject–be it a bride, a model or personality–rather than the trends to date. This led her to work with top brands like BECCA, Lancome, Pout, Smashbox, Sugarbaby and Youngblood.
Her experience as an editor equipped her with well-rounded skills and the right network of talented photographers, stylists, writers and other artists to put together photo shoots for any given set up–prenuptial pictorials, editorials and print ads–which led her to become SM Girls Teens Wear’s Adpromo Manager in 2009 and ABS-CBN’s Assoc. Creative Director for advertorials in 2010.
Jasmine’s knack for mentoring as early as her theater production days continues on as she teaches her range of style and makeup-related talents as an imaging teacher at John Robert Powers Philippines and TrainStation’s in-house style guru. She is also a member of the Association of Image Consultants International Singapore-chapter. She gets to share her learnings on a daily basis as she blogs about it at idomakeupstudio.blogspot.com as well as her eloquence as an event host for weddings and events.
She also blogs about the love of her life, her 7 year old son Mio who’s happily a normal child who loves school, drawing and basketball in spite of struggling with acute lymphocytic leukemia at www.miofightscancer.com
