Every beauty enthusiast knows there’s always something new to learn. A different skincare ingredient to get acquainted with, a makeup technique worth trying, or a fragrance family to explore. This year, we’re taking that idea back to school. Meet The Beauty Major, the latest edition of The Beauty Edit Box™, inspired by the theme of this year’s Big Beauty Bash: The School of Beauty. (Shop it here starting November 14!)
Think of it as your enrollment kit for a semester in beauty. Instead of lecture notes, you’ll find a curated selection of skincare, haircare, makeup, fragrance, and personal care finds, each with its own place in the curriculum. Whether you’re brushing up on the basics or ready for more advanced studies, there’s a little something for every kind of beauty student.
Here’s a look at your campus essentials.
SKN 101: Skin Science
Every beauty major starts with the basics. This course covers the building blocks of a morning skincare routine, with formulas for exfoliation, hydration, brightening, and barrier support.
Clinique’s Clarifying Lotion Twice A Day Exfoliator comes in either option for dry and oily skin, offering gentle exfoliation as part of a morning and evening routine. Hada Labo’s Shirojyun Premium Whitening Lotion Light follows with brightening ingredients and hyaluronic acid for hydration and more even-looking skin.
For an extra hydration lesson, there’s AHC’s Colla-Juvenation Lift 4 3-Step Deluxe Kit, featuring the Pro Shot Colla-Juvenation Lift 4 Intra Serum, Treatment Essence, and Capsule-Infused Eye Cream For Face. SOLA also brings one of two daytime essentials to the syllabus: Dew It Fresh Vitamin C Mist, which pairs vitamin C with hydrating ingredients to refresh skin, and the Tone Up BB + CC Cream, which combines a BB cream’s coverage with a CC cream’s tone correction.
Barrier care gets its own lecture with Formulogic’s B3-Ceramide Oil-Control Barrier Moisturizer, formulated with 4% niacinamide and ceramides to help manage excess oil while supporting the skin barrier, and its Panthenol All-in-One Barrier Cream, which pairs 5% panthenol with centella-derived ingredients for soothing hydration. The box includes one of the two.
To round out the morning routine, Issy Daily Balm brings together ceramides, squalane, and vitamin E for lip care, while Laura Mercier’s Tinted Moisturizer Natural Dewy SPF 30 offers more than a complexion tint as its 88% skincare-based formula provides up to 16 hours of buildable coverage, 24+ hours of hydration, and SPF 30.
MUP 102: The Art of Makeup
Time to put theory into practice. This subject brings together complexion products, lash definition, setting essentials, and lip formulas that invite a little experimentation.
Dazzle Me’s Lock & Pop! Hyper Bold-ing Mascara features a 360-bristle brush designed to coat and define lashes for a fuller, fanned-out effect. Its Get A Grip! Matte Setting Spray Oil Control + Set complements the routine with an ultra-fine mist that sets makeup, grips the base, and absorbs excess oil for up to 36 hours of wear.
For complexion and lip touch-ups, there’s Colourette’s Third Base Mini Pink alongside its Lip Screen Tinted Lip Balm SPF 20 PA+++, which combines buildable color with sun protection. Ever Bilena’s Rococo Lipstick from the EB Coquette Collection delivers rich color payoff in a smooth-gliding formula with a comfortable, velvety matte finish.
Those who prefer a customizable makeup kit can explore Careline Stack & Go, a collection of stackable essentials that includes lip mud, cream multi-use, powder blush, cleansing balm, mirror, and puff. Meanwhile, Popp by Penshoppe offers two ways to experiment with color: Cloudpopp, a richly pigmented mousse lipstick with a silicone smudger for creating a blurred lip, and Multipopp, a whipped mousse formula that works across eyes, cheeks, and lips.
HRS 101: Strand Studies
A good hair day can make all the difference, and this course looks at formulas designed to address different strand concerns.
Mise en Scène’s Perfect Serum Magic Straight Shampoo is designed to leave hair smoother and more manageable. Its matching Perfect Serum Magic Straight adds another step to the routine, helping keep unruly strands and flyaways in check.
For more targeted haircare, Moringa-O2 offers a selection of shampoos for different needs, including Strong & Thick, Smooth & Straight, Damage Repair, and Oil Control. Being Haircare also provides either one of two shampoo-and-conditioner combinations: Goodbye Frizz for those looking to manage frizz and Big Volume for added fullness.
The restoration workshop brings together Diane Bonheur’s Damage Repair & Shine Blue Jasmine Treatment, featuring 98% natural ingredients to soften dry strands and boost shine, and Moist Diane’s Extra Smooth & Straight Hair Mask, infused with Platinum Keratin to smooth frizz-prone hair and improve manageability. The selection includes either formula, each addressing a different hair concern.
HLT 101: Health & First Aid
Every student needs an everyday essentials kit. This subject is dedicated to the personal care products that come in handy between classes, during busy days, and whenever a little extra attention is needed.
For unexpected breakouts, Posh Skin’s Pimple Patches come in Flowers and Cat designs. Made with hydrocolloid, salicylic acid, and tea tree oil, they’re designed to absorb pus and oil while helping protect blemishes. Its Acne Sheet Mask provides a 20-minute treatment to soothe irritated, acne-prone skin and reduce the appearance of visible redness.
For period care, Halia includes its either one of its Regular Pads or Everyday Liners made with organic bamboo. The ultra-thin, leak-proof pads provide comfort and coverage, while the lighter, breathable liners are suited for light flow or added everyday protection.
Gluta-C Lightening Feminine Wash Odor Protect adds another personal care essential, with a pH-balanced formula featuring glutathione and vitamin C to gently cleanse and help keep unwanted odor in check. Tapies Skin Smooth & White Whole Body Deodorant Cream offers antiperspirant protection for the whole body, alongside 5% niacinamide and AlpinaWhite to brighten, plus vitamin E and allantoin to smooth rough skin.
And because sun protection needs to be part of the daily lesson, Hello Glow’s Sun Care Sticks come in one of four variants, all with SPF 50+: Alpha-Melight, Bakuchiol, Ceramide, and Mugwort. Each has a different focus. Alpha-Melight helps even out skin tone with a matte finish; Bakuchiol targets fine lines with a dewy finish; Ceramide caters to dry skin with added hydration; and Mugwort helps control oil on blemish-prone skin. Their stick format also makes reapplication convenient, including over makeup.
SKN 201: Advanced Lessons
For those ready to go beyond the introductory skincare course, this advanced subject takes a closer look at targeted ingredients and more specialized formulas.
First, there’s Mamolab’s Clean Slate Cleansing Oil, an oil-based cleanser designed to break down makeup, sunscreen, and excess sebum before the water-based cleansing step. Bobbi Brown’s Vitamin Enriched Face Base+ follows as a primer-moisturizer hybrid with shea butter and vitamins B, C, and E to leave skin feeling smoother and softer.
Retinoids are the main topic in the next lesson, with Revox‘s lineup covering three formulas: Just Retinal Serum, featuring 0.06% encapsulated retinal; Just Retinal 0.2% Fluid for more experienced users looking to address skin tone and wrinkles; and Retinol Anti-wrinkle Concentrate Unifying Regenerator Serum, an oil serum with retinol and vitamin E. As with any retinoid routine, gradual introduction and daily sunscreen use are important. One of these three Revox formulas is included in the box, offering an introduction to a different level of retinoid care.
The peptide elective features Cosmo Advanced’s 1% Copper Tripeptide + Multi-Peptide Face Serum, formulated to address the appearance of fine lines while supporting firmer-looking skin, plus the Youth Flux Serum Shot, which aims to improve skin firmness and elasticity. Anua’s PDRN Hyaluronic Acid 100 Moisturizing Cream then brings the night routine to a close with PDRN, 10 types of hyaluronic acid, and squalane to help maintain overnight hydration.
The advanced curriculum also extends to body care. Dermtropics brings coconut-based care into the routine through its Pure Wet-Milled Virgin Coconut Oil and Body Ritual Oil. Rich in lauric acid, the virgin coconut oil moisturizes and softens skin and hair, while the Body Ritual Oil combines wet-milled virgin coconut oil with sambong, a native Philippine botanical. The box features one of the two.
Human Nature’s Body Cream Serum features a 97.75% naturally derived formula with cica, ceramides, and niacinamide in a lightweight texture that nourishes without a greasy finish. Y.O.U’s Radiance Antioxidant Brightening Cream rounds out the subject with its 377 + 577 brightening complex, 2% niacinamide, and vitamin C to help improve the appearance of dark spots and uneven skin tone.
FRG 110: Scent & Sensibility
No beauty education would be complete without a fragrance elective. This class invites you to explore different scent profiles, from fresh and aquatic compositions to florals, musks, and warmer woody notes.
Issey Miyake’s Le Sel d’Issey offers a bold interpretation of the sea, pairing a salty accord and seaweed with incense and warm amber woods. Narciso Rodriguez’s For Her Pure Musc, meanwhile, takes a more understated approach, building around its signature musk heart with orange blossom, jasmine, ylang-ylang, and cashmere woods. The box comes with one of either scents.
The fragrance syllabus continues with one of five scents from Van Cleef & Arpels. California Rêverie combines neroli and mandarin with jasmine, frangipani, vanilla, and beeswax. Thé Amara explores tea through citrus and floral notes, while Orchidée Vanille pairs bitter almond and vanilla with mandarin, lychee, and cedarwood. Patchouli Blanc softens patchouli with pink pepper, rose, and musk, and Moonlight Rose brings raspberry, patchouli, and oakmoss into its rose composition. Each offers a different interpretation of fragrance, making this elective an opportunity to explore various scent preferences.
Your Scholarship Grant: Dean’s List Perks
What’s a semester without a few rewards? The Beauty Major comes with its own set of Dean’s List perks, including a ₱500 Browhaus gift certificate toward brow or lash services and a ₱500 Strip gift certificate for a waxing session at the Ministry of Waxing.
The Beauty Major’s Bag
The Straightforward Sopro Tote is your carryall for the semester. Made with lightweight, water-resistant DryTech material, it has room for your laptop, books, tumbler, and other daily essentials, with extra space for the beauty finds and emergency kit tucked inside.
The Final Bell: Your Next Beauty Semester Starts Here
As the school year wraps up, the best lessons are the ones you carry with you. A good beauty routine is built over time: by learning what works for your skin, finding products that suit your needs, and staying open to trying something new. With 35 brands and over 40 products valued at more than ₱28,000, The Beauty Edit Box™ Vol. 22 gives you plenty to study, test, and bring into your everyday routine, all for ₱5,300.
Members get early access to preselling starting November 14, and sales open to the general public on November 15.
For the first 120 checkouts, there’s an extra credit perk: complimentary tickets to The Big Beauty Bash 2026: The School of Beauty, happening on November 28, 2026, in Makati. This is also where you’ll claim your Vol. 22 box.
Consider this your take-home assignment: explore the formulas, put the lessons into practice, and keep what works for you. After all, the best beauty education is the one you make your own.
