Light and Simple Bronzy Smoky Eyes

I will be teaching you guys how to achieve a Bronzy Smoky Eyes which is good to be worn on a regular day. Hope you learn from here and I hope you like it! ;p

Products Include

Prepping your face:

1. Maybelline Clear Smooth 8-in-1 Skin Transformer

2. Ever Bilena Mousse Concealer (Sandy Beige)

3. Avon Smooth Mineral Powder Foundation (Almond)

4. Baby powder

Blush:

1. The Color Workshop Brown and Pink Blush

2. 24-Karat Gold Dust Shimmer Powder (Rose Gold)

3. Fan brush and any small cheek brush

Eyebrows:

1. Ever Bilena Brown Eyebrow liner

2. Avon Simply Pretty Eyebrow and Liner Duo (just use the Brown Eyebrow liner)

3. Brow brush (preferably an angle brush)

Painting your eyes:

1. Maybelline New York Eyeshadow (01 Copper Brown)

2. Ever Bilena Advance Mineral Eyes 12 (Painted Desert)

3. Small brush (for smudging)

4. The Color Workshop Mascara

5. Eyelash Curler (preferably the metal one)

Final touches:

1. MAC 5-in-1 Powder cake

2. Avon Simply Pretty Shiny Liquid Lip Gloss (Coral Sparkles)

Alternatives:

*You could actually use any product you prefer for your face and skin tone and any cosmetics you have at home. You don't need to buy the products I used; just find yourself something that's closest to the colors I used.

STEPS

1. Using the Maybelline Clear Smooth 8-in-1 Skin Transformer, put  a pea-size on your finger (since it's liquid) and spread it evenly on your face. Do not put too much since it's not the main foundation we are going to use; it just serves as your face primer.

2. Using the Ever Bilena Concealer Mousse, cover the unpleasant dark spots or blemishes on your face and make sure you spread it evenly - not leaving your face with an imbalanced skin tone.

3. Get some powder from the Avon Smooth Mineral Powder Foundation and mix it well with any loose powder of your choice to prevent a very concentrated color of your foundation. (See the picture above)

4. Get any light pink and brown blush-on or if you have, use the one I mentioned above which is The Color Workshop Eyeshadow and Blush set and pour some mineralized blush powder unto it and mix it evenly.

*Note: You could also use your eyeshadow as your blush-on.

5. Using a fine brush most preferably a fan brush, line your cheek bone using the brown blush for contouring.

*Note: The Brown blush is used to accentuate your cheekbone especially if you have a round face.

6. Using a blush brush, apply the pink blush only on the apple of your cheeks and do not exaggerate it. Blend it well with the brown line on your cheek bone.

*Note: Since it is mixed with a mineralized blush powder, it will create a very strong color but let it be like that.

7. Using the brush you used earlier when putting foundation on, brush your cheeks to slightly lessen your cheek redness and to make it look more natural.

*Note: We are using the foundation brush again because it has an excess foundation powder in it (the leftovers.. hehe) which will cover the redness of your cheeks. Do not add foundation powder in it anymore for it may totally cover or even remove your cheek blush. Control your cheek redness to your chosen shade whether you like it dark or light. (I prefer a lighter cheek color because we are doing a Smoky Eye; it is better light to accentuate your eyes more.)

8. Using the Ever Bilena Brown Brow Liner, line the bottom-most part and the uppermost part of your eyebrows and use the angle brush to spread it all over your brows. Do not make it too dark. Using the Avon Brown Brow Liner or any darker brown than the one you first used, line only the bottom-most part of your brows.

9. Using any black eyeliner (I just used a black eyeshadow instead of an eyeliner), apply it on your lower water line and smudge it out to your lower lid (but not too much; when smudging it, focus more on the lower outer part of your eyes).

10. Using the Maybelline eyeshadow, spread the orange shade to your whole eyelid; it serves as the base of your Smoky Eye.

11. Using the darkest/chocolate brown of your Ever Bilena eyeshadow, apply it on the outer third part of your eyelid and line all the edges of the orange eyeshadow.

12. Using the brown shade lighter than the darkest/chocolate brown, fill only the middle part of your lid and blend it evenly with the edge of the darkest brown.

13. Use the Gold shade of our Maybelline eyeshadow and fill the innermost corner of your lid. Blend it with the edge of the lighter Brown. Also, put the white shade of our Maybelline eyeshadow over your tear duct and lower inner lid.

14. Using any mascara, apply it on your eyelashes, let it dry, and curl it with the eyelash curler.


15. Using the MAC 5-in-1 Foundation, apply the whitest shade over the lower part of your eyebrows to accentuate the shape of your brows.


16. Using any light lip gloss, apply it on your lips. Do not use a darker or red lip gloss for it may ruin the Smoky effect of your eyes.

This look is great for an everyday look for it is very simple and easy to do. :)

Maybelline 8 in 1 B.B Cream

I've once seen an on-line advertisement of the new product of Maybelline New York which is the "Clear Smooth 8 in 1 Skin Transformer". At first I thought it was just one of the usual face creams like the ones we see on television; but I was intrigued when I read its 8 in 1 function so I've read more and tried having a sample sachet from a Maybelline sales lady. I was surprised after I tried it for the first time because it's not sticky like the face moisturizers I formerly used and it doesn't make my face oily (well I guess the effect differs from each skin type but my skin totally loved it.)

The 8 in 1 cream has two shades: Natural and Fresh (mine is Fresh). And its 8 functions are:

1. It Brightens - yes it did brighten my pale face. It accentuated my natural complexion.

2. It Conceals - pimple marks and eye bags concealed - check.

3. It Evens Skin Tone - uneven skin tones on my face were "balanced".

4. It Clears - just like concealing your face, it cleared unwanted marks.

5. It Refines - makes your skin look younger - like a new skin has developed on your face.
6. It Moisturizes - makes your skin soft to touch.
7. It Smoothes - this is the secondary result of its moisturizing effect.
8. It Protects Skin - it protects skin from the sun with SPF 26.

It is recommended (I guess) for those who have an oily face just like mine because the cream doesn't have an oil ingredient. :) If you have a skin type just like mine, well maybe you should try it. It also comes in a bottle for P249.00 (not so sure). ;p

Avon Celebrity Red (CL09) Lipstick

I really have a passion in learning how to apply cosmetics properly on my face. And because of that, I've decided to make some reviews regarding specific cosmetic products that I personally use. The first product that I am going to make a review about is the Avon Simply Pretty Celebrity Red Lipstick. I don't have a fair complexion but I really love putting red-colored lipsticks on my lips - the darker the red, the better. This "Celebrity Red" lipstick is the darkest red lipstick I've seen when I was browsing the Avon Brochure for July 2011. So I didn't hesitate to buy it.

I was so excited to use it to know if it looks okay on my lips and of course on my complexion as well. And so, I tried it and it did look good (I guess). Haha. I really like it because it really made my lips so red and it doesn't look dry; it looks shiny which gives your lips a moisturized appearance. The only downside of this product is it smudges easily so you better exert an extra effort to maintain your lips clean and smudge-free.. :)

I know it doesn't look perfectly red on my camera but in the actual look, it is very very fiery red. :) When I meet with my friends they usually have their attention on my lips first before greeting me and they all say the same thing: Wow, Red lips!

It's somehow funny seeing other people looking at your lips and not at you at all. :D This lipstick is a certified "Head-turner". :)

On my following blogs, i'll give you a step-by-step instruction on how to put not just lipstick but the whole make up on your face properly. :)

Passion for Fashion

When I was young, like about three or four, I really idolized my mom and my older female cousins as they dress up and put on their make-ups. Everytime I see a lipstick or an eye shadow, it was like I wanted to put it on my little face to imitate the ladies of our family. I really loved to wear boots during the 90's even if I was still below five (5) years old and because that was the trend during that time. As I grow up and see or meet different people, I learned that each of us is unique and we possess our own style. Some people would judge you on how you look and even criticize everything about you, but that's just not right.

When I was in high school, I loved rock music and even until now. I used to dress up like a rocker and my schoolmates think it was cool so I preserved that image until I reached third year.

Actually my passion to be in that specific (rocker) image didn't go away; but I was deprived to continue being like that. That time I was having a terrible confusion on what image I was trying to make out of myself so I stopped having the rocker image and turned to be a more refined woman when I turned college.

 But I was telling myself, "I like it this way to be a more mature person when dressing up but I am not an adult yet and I still haven't overcome my passion for being a rocker." So I changed the way I look and somehow became a rocker again -- and guess what?! History repeats itself and I got deprived of it the second time! My boyfriend didn't want me to look like a thrasher because (I guess) he finds it DIRTY. So, to settle our conflict, I stopped being like it again and started dressing like a woman -- AGAIN.

("AGAIN" is being  loved in this blog. :D)

Until I graduate college, my love and passion for rock music didn't leave me; but I was deprived since highschool to express it. So when I got the chance to dress like a rocker again (during our graduation pictorial), I didn't let myself miss that opportunity! I searched the web for some black-inspired dresses and imitated it. I got the chance to dress up like a rocker again but with a kick of a somehow-refined-woman image.

For now, I still can't be a full-time "Fashionista" because there are still other things that I should prioritize. But I promised myself, that when everything is already settled, I will be ready to surprise the world of who I really am! :)

So be proud of yourself, don't be too obsessed with changing what God has given you, and be proud and learn to love your looks!

FALCON being worried about to turn out just like ONDOY

It's not nice to see people suffer from the effects of Typhoon Falcon which hit the Philippines just recently especially the residents of "Marikina" and "Rizal". When the rain would still not cease, it could almost result to what Typhoon "Ondoy" caused -- hopefully not.

Well, for your knowledge, Typhoon "Ondoy" was one of the worst typhoons I've had encountered during my existence; it happened last September 26, 2009. It made the whole Philippines so much worried because the people didn't know what would happen next. They were not prepared because no one was expecting the unstoppable increase in the flood volume. The flood almost erased the "Marikina City" on the Philippine map. Horrible. Some Filipinos residing in good areas were so lucky not to experience being homeless and to stay in an evacuation area. Our place also didn't experience that -- but I chose to. Before I tell you about living in an evacuation area, I would like to share with you first my personal experience during Typhoon "Ondoy".

I was a Nursing student and I studied in a school which is a flood-prone area due to a creek nearby. I was in our morning shift, 6:00 am-2:00 pm (supposedly), but when I arrived at our school's hospital, I saw the water in the creek almost reaching the main road due to the very strong typhoon. I told myself it was just nothing and it would not even flood the whole area. So I ignored it and continued my work as well as my other classmates and my clinical instructor. At 10:00 am, all classes were suspended and we were all about to go home and Voila! All of a sudden the flood started to enter the basement of the hospital where we were having our shift. At first, my classmates and I made fun of it and even played with the flood using our wet shoes and feet (just like in the Titanic movie when the people just played with the ice on the floor not knowing that the basement was already filled with sea water).

We walked to the main door and that was the time my heart started to pound so fast. The road that I was referring to earlier which also happen to be the road in front of the hospital turned into a "RIVER" - no kidding.

It was 10:30 am when I called my parents at home to ask if they were okay and thank God they were. I told them that there's no way I could leave the hospital because the flood is as swift as a coursing river. And it happened -- all the people in the hospital at that time were stranded for more than 24 hours including me. But I was still lucky at that time; I was able to stay with my classmates and even eat real food while the informal settlers across the street were starving and freezing because the flood reached the second floors of their houses -- and they were all staying on their rooftops -- nothing to eat, to drink, nor an umbrella to somehow protect them from the rain. I could see the children crying but their parents couldn't do something. I could also see other students who were stranded in the school building adjacent to the hospital. When you were in my shoes, you wouldn't even believe what you were seeing. A bus was stranded in the middle of the road and the passengers were rescued earlier that day and mid-afternoon, that bus can already not be seen because the river of flood was so high -- that high.

September 27, 2009 (Sunday) we were able to go to our respective homes while there was still a little flood. My boyfriend and I ate first at 7 eleven because that was the only store open near that place and who were we to be choosy when we're already starving. After we made our stomachs full, we went home. Our place was good... there was flood all over the place but it was just until my knee (much better than the flood in school). But my boyfriend's place, it was horrible. Before we separated I told him to message me when he gets to their place but I didn't receive any for 24 hours.

I was so worried so I tried to call his brother's phone number (Monday) and luckily it rang. His mom answered it and that was the only time my anxiety left me. His mom told me that the river near their place overflowed and it reached their house causing them to leave and stay at the evacuation area temporarily for their safety. We talked for a few minutes but she hanged-up. The signal there was so bad. I tried to call her again the next day (Tuesday) but the signal condition in their city worsens. So I did just text them. They were able to receive my message and I was also able to receive a reply but it took a long number of hours. I decided to visit them the next day (Wednesday) so my boyfriend met me in Quezon City then we proceeded to their home. All of the residents there were cleaning their houses filled with thick soil (from the river). I stayed with them overnight and that's how I experienced being in an evacuation area.

What I learned about this experience is not just about being prepared for these unexpected calamities but we should also learn that when we realize that we're lucky not to be badly affected by these circumstances, we should then act to help other people who are greatly affected by these unfortunate events.