BEGINNERS GUIDE TO HIGHLIGHTING AND CONTOURING

What is your favorite part to your makeup routine? Is it doing your brows? Putting on eyeshadow? Doing your winged liner? Adding falsies? Don't make me look weird here but I bet all of you get giddy when you do your favorite step in your routine. My favorite part would definitely be highlighting and contouring. 

When I first started, this step really baffles me. I really find it hard and time-consuming.  But, when I started doing it, it really amazes me how it transforms your face immensely and how it plays a huge factor both in reality and photography. But why is there a need to highlight and contour, anyway? The whole point of contouring is to carve out your features and to create an illusion of a slimmer face. To create a shadow on areas you want to fade and bring forward the features that are prominent. No algorithm needed guys. Do you find that enticing? Yah, count me in. I bet you guys are also curious on how to perfect this step. Fret no more, I'm going to show you how to do it step-by-step and how to perfect it the newb way. Let's do it.

*Warning!! My brows are not in the best condition on this post. I used a brow tint and it looked so bad. Please ignore it.*

STOP MAKEUP SHAMING!

"You have too much makeup on!"

"Why do you need that much makeup?"

"For whom are you wearing makeup today?"

My response?? "WHATEVER!!!!!" eyes rolling, flips hair and continues ruling the world.

Seriously, make-up shaming has skyrocketed over the past year. Due to the emerging of social media and the growth of beauty gurus, it is inevitable that makeup tutorials can be very enticing and you can't help but be curious. Despite the glam that comes with it, this gurus or anyone in particular, are the middle of ridicule. WHY?? Because cosmetics are for insecure human beings. Oh really? Well, EFF OFF! Let me tell  you about my make-up journey and why make-up shaming should be put to rest.

MAKEOVER SERIES: NERISSA

Hello guys, I am so sorry for being MIA. I have been quite busy with work and I have little to no sleep lately so please bear with me. But heeeeeyy, I'm back and I want to start a new series here in my blog and I call it, "THE MAKEOVER SERIES". Every month, I will be posting this series and I will do a mini makeover on girls. Nothing fancy like HDIL though, just a simple recreation for those who do not like makeup but wants to shine, every once in a while. 

DRUGSTORE MAKEUP 101

Keeping up with the whole "starting out" theme, let's talk about make-up. I have been liking this starter kit series that I wanted to blog about another post on drugstore make-up. But this time, let's take the more economical route. If you are living in the Philippines, particularly Cebu, you know that it's such a bum that we don't have that much access to other drugstore foreign brands. But, there are several good stuff in our local drugstore that are within reach which I highly recommend. These are all affordable products that perform way even better than the high-end ones.

FACE BRUSHES 101

Have you been wondering what is the perfect brush to use for using foundation, concealer and the likes? Do you think that they are all alike? Do you think that they all perform the same? Is it really necessary to splurge on a brush? Do I get a flawless application if I use an angled brush in applying foundation? Worry no more guys, I got you covered. For this post, I will be discussing about Face Brushes. I will break down for you the correct brushes to use from foundation to highlighting-- what to use, what to buy and what I recommend.  Let's start with: BEWARE: This is going to be a lengthy post, go grab a snack.