KIRAY CELIS Departs Beauty Brand: Wiji Esguerra-Ragasa Starts CEO Role at LKS Beauty and Wellness

To Live and Keep Shining might be a hard thing to achieve, but not for the folks at LKS Beauty and Wellness Corporation. They just announced the conclusion of their partnership with multi faceted actress and entrepreneur Kiray Celis. The reason being: as she wants to concentrate on her pregnancy and building a family. She must have thought long and hard since it's been a really successful venture, but with family and pregnancy as anchor, I bet it'll be all worth it. 

But don't fret as they have someone equally capable to head this transition with the presence of founder Wiji Esguerra-Ragasa who's going to begin their new chapter starting now (effective November 9, 2026) with Wiji OTG brands. We got to talk with her this evening and she's quite enthusiastic about the products they plan to release soon. 

Ms. Wiji Esguerra-Ragasa is a celebrity Chef, a really good Mom and an Entrepreneur who's been doing businesses for several years. She and Kiray have never met, because their relationship has pretty much been about business transactions, like their management talked to Kiray's management. She assures there's nothing to be worried about because she understands what Kiray wants to do, especially because she did this too a few years ago to conceive with her husband. She started this business in 2024 to create products that empower women. She used to cook in shows like "Umagang Kay Ganda" at ABSCBN, but is keen on working with the company to make sure they get to have their next phase of growth. As of now, they have the lines of Hello Bloom, Hot Babe, Day-Li supplements, and Skin Vibe. They now have more plans in the pipeline including a change in packaging before the year ends, plus a throng of new ones once it gets approved by the FDA. 

 

Ms. Wiji is planning to concentrate more on product development, leadership and management of the corporation. She also profusely thanked Kiray for the success of the brand because of her different style and unconventional ways in promoting the products. They are confident about the success of the business as they started with the right mindset when they started this all. It's all about the quality of the products and the affordability of it. Here's the press conference on video:

 

Ms. Wiji Esguerra-Ragasa also shares that things maybe a little bit different, but that comes with the territory because she and Kiray are different people. But one thing actually remains constant, which is the products that they have. Be assured that each of them will be of the same quality. The products will speak for themselves, and they hope that you continue to patronize them the same way even if they have changed leadership. They have plans to have celebrity endorsers (but that's going to be a secret for the meantime) and product launches in the near future, so you're going to see things happen soon.

Congratulations LKS Beauty and Wellness Corporation! Here's to bigger dreams and accomplishments!

KIRAY CELIS Wins in LOVE, Launches More Products for Skin/Health Empire

I distinctly remember the times we've covered press conferences for Kiray Celis, her shows and movies. She's always the jolly one, cracking jokes almost every time we meet her, cementing her career as a formidable actress and comedienne. In recent years, she'd had remarkable success in selling products online. She was selling millions worth of products from different manufacturers and asked herself how it could have been better if she sold her own and have had all the profit herself and her team. And so, she did. She's now the proud CEO of Kiray's Brands who manufactures Hot Babe and Skin Vibe products. And yesterday launched the new Hot Babe Green collection and 2 new ones under Skin Vibe.

I personally asked her if she feels that this is her "calling", but replies that the term was too deep for her to connect with. As for success, she doesn't feel she's there yet because all of her earnings are still being invested back to the business and is positive that in the coming years, would bear fruit, but even then she wouldn't see herself doing something big as an entrepreneur. She'd laugh it off just thinking of it. 

Hot Babe Green includes the Chamomile Tea, Lemongrass Pandan, Pistachio Matcha flavors. The drinks aid in digestion, lower cholesterol, detoxifies, cleanses and support weight management. On Skin Vibe, they launched Pwetturs B|eaching Cream and the Singova B|eaching Scrub that does exfoliation, brightens skin, and evens out your complexion. Took a while to put it out because she had to have FDA approval for it. It's a hard job, but she wants to make sure if she's going to have something out in the market, it had to be safe for Filipinos to use as she's got tons of resellers who are also helping her to grow her business. She's so thankful also to her affiliates, resellers and return customers who all contributed to the remarkable success of her brand. 

Here's our talk with Kiray and the part where she also explained the viral Japan issues she addressed, she apologized for those who felt offended but be assured she got proper permits to do the shoot and Japanese folks were asking if she was a model, okay?!

If you want to get a hold of her products, Hot Babe Green and Skin Vibe is available at FB, TikTok Shop, Shopper and Lazada. Just order and have it delivered. I'm sure this isn't going to be the last of what Kiray has up her sleeves. She's also going to be married soon, here's wishing her the best of business and LOVE because she deserves it!

KIRAY CELIS, KUYA KIM Help Globe Warn Customers of SIM REGISTRATION Deadline

Just got out of the press conference of the Globe Sim Registration ads as they announced the celebrities that are going to be in it. In previous ones, they had Gretchen Fullido, Edu Manzano, Sophie Reyes, Gillian Vicencio (Globe of Good Ambassador), among others.

For those who don't know, if you haven't registered your sim card, it will be deactivated and also cannot be used with your GCash transactions. This will be a really big problem if you are doing transactions, when you don't get to register, it will be gone forever.

Liza Reyes the Head of Globe's Media Strategies hosted the event. Ms. Yoly Crisanto, Globe's Corporate Communications Group Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer says "Thank you for being here, we are now down to 5 last days of sim registration in the country. Why are we doing a presscon? This is last ditch effort for our customers to really register your sim cards, there will be no extensions after July 25. This is important because your SIM will be deactivated when you don't register it on that date. We thank the government offices for helping us in those extensions, but we only have over 47.4 Million customers that have registered, that's about 97 percent of our active base. We are happy about the extension, especially after the turnout. We are now just after those who have not been able to register yet, those who are waiting for the last day, we don't want you to be disenfranchised. This isn't a joke, you can no longer use your phone service, otherwise, you have to buy a new sim and register that too. In our research, some of our countrymen are not aware of the deadline, we need to make everyone aware that they get to register phones, tablets, modems, all of it should be registered. We have the portal, gcash, Globe One app and a lot of other things done in the past few months containing the instructions, we also have the Globe stores available for those who want to have their sims registered. I hope this urges everyone to register now."

 

 
Then the new ambassadors from Globe who will be pushing for the registrations was also announced. They are Kiray Celis and Kuya Kim Atienza. You can go the Globe One app, or the new.globe.com.ph/simreg website to start the process. Remember, they won't be extending anymore.


Kiray Celis says "I am the real one, not the fake retouched one. If ever there will be something that would get me more height, I think that's better. I am happy that I am part of this extraordinary campaign. If someone steals your account, you won't be able to prove your identitiy because you didn't register your account. Use your student ID's if you are still a student, just use your Globe One app or the mentioned website earlier to register your sim. Thank you Globe for helping making socials a safe space, I am ready for your questions. See you later!"

 

She adds "By the way, for those who have seniors or people who don't know how to access the internet at home, please help them to register their sim cards because it's important. We cannot just leave them behind, they need it too to contact family, friends."

Kuya Kim says "There was an identity theft that I experienced in the past, I really wanted to emphasize how you need to have your digital identity be tied up with your mobile phone number. I hope Globe continues to get people to register their numbers with Globe, TM, Globe At Home Devices, time to #SIMRegNaTayo!"

Givielle Florida of Globe Prepaid says "Globe has registered 47.4 Million customers as of July 19th. This is a collaborative effort of their partners, the government, bulk registrations for corporatet clients and those that need help in Globe stores. In order to intensify the campaign, they are opening their 800 centers nationwide. The importance of sim registration also means they are working with GCash in financial inclusion, you are reminded to register today not for compliance, but for you to have safe access to records today. Here's a bigger, brighter digital space for everyone!"

I guess it's clear, not to really scare you, but if you will not register your sim cards, there will be repercussions and we wouldn't want to do that right? Remember, it will only be until July 25, 2023. No more excuses after that!