Make-up Routine

One of the questions from my Formspring inspired me to do a post about my make-up routine. She (or could be a he?) asked about my skin-care routine as well which is practically non-existent, sad to say. Lucky me, I guess, for being born with normal skin.

My mother did believe in some sort of superstition or an unknown Asian old school remedy, which you all would probably find extremely disgusting. She was taught by her mother, my grandmother, who were also taught by her mother, my great grandmama (and god knows if she was taught by her mother too) that when you have your very first period ever, to take your nasty panties with blood stains and wipe your face with it while you shower. As disgusting as that sounds and as much as I dare not believe in such a thing, my mother practically MADE me do it when I was 12 years old. The said result will be, well, good healthy skin for the rest of your life.

I'm not saying it works and all, but I've probably had a total of about 10 pimples MY WHOLE LIFE. So me being 22, that's approximately a pimple a year. I've never had a black or white head either. I think it only happened once when I had like 3 tiny pimples at ONE time and I was already freaking out. Then I would be pimple-free for the next 3 years. Growing up during my teen years and seeing all my pimpled lil teen friends, I was always afraid that I will be undergoing that phase soon. But I never did. My mom also has really nice skin. I honestly think it was mere genetics and not the 1st blood stain that gave me the skin i have now, but it was quite an experience! A gross one though!

But anyways, back to my point. Here's my step by step make-up routine:

1. I moisturize my face with Nivea Body Lotion
2. I apply on using my fingers, MAC Prep + Prime Face Protection Visage SPF 50 - It gives my skin a nice satin finish plus protects it from the sun with the SPF 50. It also helps my make-up to stay on my face for a long time
3. Using a concealer brush, I apply MAC Studio Stick Concealer in NW30 on my eyelids as my "eyeshadow primer." I would like to buy Urban Decay's Primer Potion when my wallet permits, but for now, it does the trick. Without some sort of a primer, the colors of my eyeshadow are less vibrant and doesn't stay on for too long even if it is MAC eyeshadow.
4. On a fairly special day, or depending on my mood, or when I have a lot of time to waste, I put on eyeshadow that sometimes, I like to match with what color I'm wearing.
   -I contour (a.k.a. cut the crease of) my eyelids with MAC Espresso using a mini shader brush from Sonia Kashuk.
   -With a color of my choice, I apply with a (travel size) MAC 252 Large Shader Brush from the inner corner of my lids and then going over lightly to the outer corners.
   -Using the same mini shader brush from Sonia Kashuk, I apply MAC in Black Tied on the outer corners towards the middle.
   -With a large tapered blending brush from Sonia Kashuk and MAC Powder Blush in Taupe, I blend the crease (where the eyeshadow and my skin meet)
   -I use the same brush to highlight underneath the eyebrows with a white colored eyeshadow from Lancome's discontinued Color Focus Palette 4 Ombres in 4Dreaming.
   -I used MAC Make-up Wipes to clean up the fallen eyeshadow underneath my eyes and to make a straight clean cut from the outer corners of my eyes to the outer tip of my eyebrows.
5. (On a lazy day or in a rush, I skip step 4) I line my eyes with a small brush from Beauty Bar and MAC Fluidline in Black Track. I like to put it on thick and with a winged tip to make my eyes look even bigger. I also line my lower lash line. For the inner rim, I line it with a white eye pencil from Prestige for a brighter look. For a darker look, I use Nichido Mineral Kohl pencil in Onyx (black)
6. I fill in my brows with a cheap brown Careline Color Pencil I bought from a local gas station. It was only a few months ago when I grew fond of filling in my eyebrows so I have not invested yet on a really good brow filler. Before then, I never touched my brows.
7. I contour my cheeks and jawline with a (travel size) MAC 168 Large Angled Contour Brush and MAC Powder Blush in Taupe. Using the same brush, I put on Revlon's Golden Affair blush in Berry Daring on the apples of my cheeks.
8. I highlight my cheeks, forehead and chin with MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Petticoat.
9. For a matte finish, I put on MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in C4 with a MAC 187 Duo Fibre Stippling Brush in a circular motion. For a satin finish, I put on MAC Mineralize Satinfinish SPF 15 Foundation in NC37.
10. I line and fill in my lips with Nichido Lip Pencil in Rosette. It helps my lipstick stay on longer! Depending on my mood, I put on MAC Matte lipstick in Taupe for a natural shade more frequent than MAC Lustre in Lustering, a more pink-ish hue. With a lip brush from Bobbi Brown, I put gloss on top of my lipstick for added shine. I use Lancom Juicy Tubes for extra extra shine, "Papaya" from a Bobbi Brown Shimmering Gloss Palette for shimmer or my Mentha Lip Tint from Bath & Body Works if I'm on the go.

There you have it! 10 steps to my make-up routine! I hope it made any sense! If I can add one more step, I would say that I always take a picture of my face after I'm done just to make sure it looks good on camera! There are times when I've walked out the door not doing that and then by the end of the night when I look at my photos, I'd realize my make-up looks like shit on my camera! Pictures last forever! :)

Oh and on Step #4, that's my go-to eyeshadow look. When I'm feeling creative, i just usually brush color everywhere until I create something nice :) I have some of my old eyeshadow pictures on two blogs posted almost exactly a year ago! what a coincidence! (eye make-up | room & make-up)

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Favorite sexual position?

wooah haha funny question. to be honest, i like it from the back. hahaha but i aint answering any more sexual questions if its offending, clear?

Hey! What's your skin care and make-up routine? Because your skin looks very healthy. And you're so pretty ;D

wow thank you! i don't really take care of my skin, i don't wash it or anything. not even in the shower! whenever i wash it or put any kind of soap it makes my face really dry. i just put nivea lotion on my face after i shower. that's pretty much my skin care routine haha, with make-up, well let's just say it takes me about 30mins to an hour to do my make-up HAHA i like to take my precious time! i wish i knew who this was! but i'm guessing you read my blogspot since that's the only place i put up my formspring! thanks again!

what's a wand concealer? sorry

oh sorry, it's liquid, it looks like its a lipgloss and you know those spongy tips used to apply lipgloss? well that's a "wand" so yea, liqiud concealer basically :)

what's a really good concealer?

i'm not really much of a concealer girl, in fact i don't really wear any, but i've heard Benefit has some really good ones and also i think, YSL? i do have a concealer and it's a Mac stick one but i use it as primer for my eyeshadow (which works great btw) and i know wand concealers are easier to blend and thinner rather than pots or sticks so you can try any cheap drugstore concealers in wands. i tried a Loreal one before which works good

What are your favorite cosmetics? ;)

brand-wise, MAC, NARS & Benefit! and i used to love eyeshadows and i couldn't get enough of em, but now i'm really into mascaras! i have so many, and a lot of lip glosses! and i love my NARS Multiple Stick.

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we had paella and crab which was really good cus i LOVE crabs! and these balls with squid and shrimp inside and some other things but it was THE BOMB. to whatever you are called, i heart you!

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Nikki with her boyfriend Kenji (next to me), Miko's other little sister Cam and her boyfriend Ecko(to her right), their neighbor, Luigi(behind me) and their cousin Maia.

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foxy foxy

about my last post, it was never meant for anybody in particular, most especially in the blog world, i was just stating my observation about the fashion i see everyday here in this hot ass country of the Philippines. so yeah i hope i didn't offend anybody because that wasn't my intention.

i have a love/hate relationship with trends. but i'm not anti-fashion! i love fashion! i just get tired easily with trends. most especially if they flock in the malls and clubs wherever you go.

here's something nice to look at. hot ass Megan Fox. i've always thought she was really pretty but i was never fond of her acting. i've never taken interest in her as to google images of her or look up her fashion sense, but i stumbled on this picture on somebody's tumblr and i thought, damn i love what she's wearing!

i remember for my 22nd birthday i wore a loose sheer white tee and there were holes in it, i didn't buy it like that and i sure did not put holes on them on purpose. it's a thin ass material being worn by a careless girl (a lot of times), of course there are going to be holes, but i didn't care, i still wore them and my cousins were like, uhh why do you have holes in your shirt? and i guess they were all arguing behind my back if it was the style of the shirt or i'm just that poor.. HAHA

i like the studs on the jacket and the fringe (i love fringes) on the shoulder and i especially like how it looks on top of a flannel shirt. it's kinda like the grunge look of the 90's mixed with the michael jackson look from the 80's. i wonder what shoes she is wearing.. that can make or break her outfit!

Trends that i wish would die already

ripped leggings, blazers & over-sized-weird-alien-wing-lookin shoulders

ripped leggings. way way way way over-done. everyone and their moms are going at it with their perfectly nice pair of leggings and slitting the sides, fronts and back just to achieve this anti-classic trend. it's ridiculous. and i really don't see the big deal of it? is it suppose to make us look hardcore cus we have perfectly nice slits on our leggings? i like leggings. a lot. please don't hurt them!

blazers. ok honestly, i like blazers. i think they're very chic. and i remember back in high school i was really into blazers. but different colored and patterned ones (i was in high school, gimme a break!) but i think EVERYONE and i mean EVERYONE now is wearing a blazer. especially the ones that look like they got it from thrift stores. i'm just tired of seeing it everywhere. it became everyone's "go-to" outfit. like denim, a tank, throw on a blazer and you're automatically fashionable. and to think it's not even that hot here in manila to even be wearing blazers! but whatever, people wear leather jackets here, makes no sense but they just do.

extreme shoulders. i'm probably really mean for this, because i actually know that girl in the picture with the weird shoulders. but i couldn't find another picture that will prove my point. (but this is not about her at all! i've seen a lot of people who tried to pull this off) shoulder pads - big fat YES. just enough to make the shoulder broader. just a hint people! but those mega shoulders? i mean, WTF is that?! can we just please leave those on the runway?? i love the whole "put emphasis on the shoulder" look, chains, beading, studs, pads, put it on there! i think it looks great! but those futuristic looking things? it's not flattering to me. i think it looks like a big fat joke.

i just want them to die already. please people, stop wearing them. please learn to realize when a trend is just a fad and learn when it has reached its maximum capacity of over-do-ers. let's make fashion FUN & EXCITING by trying to come up with other cool new things to wear everyday and not just by wearing what everyone's wearing and supposedly "putting your own touch" to it.

kthanksbye!

p.s. i am not in any way knockin a person if they are or have worn these. nor am i saying that i am the most fashion forward person ever. i'm just stating observations along with my own personal opinion. thanks!