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Darshen Favorite F-Beauty Brands

<p>You know him from his funny &quot;<em>budol</em>&quot; videos on Instagram. You&#x27;ve most likely seen him walking the streets of BGC or Makati and have stopped him to take a photo. The content creator that sky rocketed to stardom is none other than <a href="https://www.instagram.com/darshen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Darshen</strong></a>, who fondly calls himself &quot;an Indian man&quot; who is often &quot;<em>budoled</em>&quot; by Filipino beauty brands into shopping more than he planned to. We relate to his humor. We love his wit. He&#x27;s in the Philippines so often [for his advocacy <a href="https://www.projectpearls.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Project Pearls</a>] we feel like he&#x27;s already one of our own. <strong>METRO</strong> sat down with Darshen to find out more about his life story, his beauty routine, and of course, his favorite <strong>F-beauty brands</strong>.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:800px;display:block" width="800"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1782797183177Darshen F Beauty Makeup Picks.jpg" style="width:800px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="800"/><span class="fr-inner">Photography by Vyn Radovan</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Metro.Style: Being part of the aviation industry before and being a content creator now, you give importance to your skin. What is your skincare routine?</strong></div><p><strong>Darshen: </strong>I do have like a 10-step skincare routine, but then that was what I used to have, but now I&#x27;ve cut it down quite a lot. But I used to follow a 10-step skincare routine, but now if I could put on serum, moisturizer, and sunscreen, I&#x27;m good to go, you know? But I used to have like a 10-step skincare routine. </p><div><strong></strong><strong><br/></strong></div><div><strong>Metro.Style: How about for your makeup kit? What are the products that you currently use?</strong></div><p><strong>Darshen: </strong>I take my time with makeup. That&#x27;s one thing I would do is like, but it also depends on my mood. Like, just maybe one month ago, I would take my time with makeup, but now I feel like I just rather just embrace my bare face, and I would just maybe have a concealer on, and I&#x27;m good to go, and I would just leave the house just like that. So, it really depends on the vibe of the day.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZckXbCohO-/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A6889622.1%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="969" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><strong></strong><strong>Metro.Style: But if you need the full glam, what are the products that you usually use?</strong> </div><p><strong>Darshen: </strong>Oh, I definitely like contour. I would definitely have a blush. I would definitely have a lip liner, line my lips out, and then I will have like a gloss. I&#x27;m more of a glossy person than a matte one. I will keep my face really dewy and glowy. Yeah, so I also like highlighters as well.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Metro.Style: Have you ever tried using Filipino makeup brands? If so, which specific ones have you used?</strong></div><p><strong>Darshen: </strong>For foundation, I use ISSY because they cater to morena skin as well. So that&#x27;s great. ISSY concealers are also great. And then for blush, I use RSG Cosmetics. I think they&#x27;re pretty good for blush. And then for contour, I use a little bit of ISSY because they have this very good contour pot. And then also BLK, I use for my lips. I love the BLK gloss. I love them. I mix it sometimes. I do like ABSIDY&#x27;s blush as well. Their powder blushes are great. And the ABSIDY collab with Jelly! They have this powder foundation that I also use to touch up. And I use it to mattify my face.</p><div><br/></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1782795958308Darshen Filipino Beauty Product Picks.jpg" style="width:800px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-rounded"/></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://metro.style/people/2026/6/26/metro-exclusive-darshen-says-filipinos-give-meaning-to-his-journey-as-content-creator-1300" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">READ: From Career Shift to Breakthrough: Darshen Says Filipinos Give Meaning to His Journey as a Content Creator</a></div>

<p>The content creator adores Filipino beauty products. He shares his absolute favorites with us!</p>

The content creator adores Filipino beauty products. He shares his absolute favorites with us!

No 'Budol' Here: These Are Darshen's Favorite F-Beauty Products

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Kate Paras-Santiago,

with interviews by Lance Martinez

Published June 30, 2026 01:00 PM PHT

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Updated June 30, 2026 01:42 PM PHT

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