EYEBROW TIPS (NOT A TUTORIAL)

Helloooo~

Today I'm going to talk about eyebrows. They are my current obsession right now O_O

I've learned in school that eyebrows is the MAKE or BREAK--meaning you have to have a spot on eyebrows to make a look.


Brows are also very important because they frame the eyes and face :)  if your brows are properly done well. you can look young looking and well-groomed(even if you don't have much make up on)

I think that every girl should know how to groom and style their own brows because it really makes a difference on the face. Thin and droopy brows can really make you old, while full on brows can make you young.

OVERVIEW on brow grooming and filling

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BROW GROOMING:
OK here are the tools/steps for grooming

TOOLS:

1.) tweezers
2.) brow shaver
3.) small scissors for trimming


How to do it.
well it's really subjective, But I can say that there are a lot of videos in YOUTUBE available.
Michelle Phan has one and that's the one I followed through. I'll do a video of anyone of you will request it.
BUT really there are tons in Youtube, Just find something that will really fit your style.

BUT for your information you can look at this picture

lifted from stylecraze.com

1.) get a long skinny brussh or pencil and place it along the side of the nose. That is where your brows should begin

2.) tilt your brush and angle it to where your pupils are. That should determine your arch

3.) tilt it again to the end of eye. that is where your brow ends.

4.) connect the dots and you'll have a shape.


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FILLING IT IN

ok. from here it's a different story.

TOOLS:  (can either be)
1.) brow pencil
2.) brow powder
3.) brow set/ gel
4.) stencils ( if you cant really get it )

How to do it.
AGAIN there are also a lot of tutorials in Youtube for you.  I'll do a video upon request.

lifted from pinterest

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TIP portion

1.) when choosing a brow pencil/powder use an ASHY shade, meaning it's neutral. not to red, not to blue or yellow. I find that Ever Bilena and Nichido's brow pencil really RED toned these are not good because it looks unnatural.

2.) if your hair is dark. Pick a color 1-2 shades lighter than your hair color (I have black hair, so I pick a dark brown), if you have Lighter hair, use a 1-2 shades darker than your hair color.

3.) Fill your brows in a HAIR like motion so that it looks natural

4.) if you want a slimmer nose bridge, extend the front part of the brows. this will give an illusion of a slimmer nose line.

5.) arch your brows for an instant lift in the eye, highlight it with a light-toned concealer for an instant eye-lifting effect.

6.) always pluck your brows in the direction of the hair growth. so that the hairs won't grow the opposite way.

7.) Treat brows like sisters. They don't have to be OVERLY symmetrical, but they do have to be similar.

what I use:

mah tools

1.) milani brow fix
2.) Fanny serrano brow cake (which I really LOVE)
3.) AVON brow liner in dark brown F103 ( my current love )

when opened :D

I've struggled with my brows myself (and also other people). I nearly shaved my arch because they were too different. Before, someone almost shaved my whole eyebrows because they didn't have the right shape. T_T

I have very different eyebrows before:

my super unsymmetrical brows 

 brows after plucking, shaving, and filling them in:

yeah brows! did this with the avon pencil <3

Before and Afters(1)~!

Makeovers of my models in make up school

Yesterday I posted a pic of my day 1 and day 2 session~

I'll post the remaining pics here (upto day 8)

Note: this photos are NOT retouched
click the photos to maximize viewing :D

my friend marie (day 3 and 4)

Trisha (day 5 and 6)  

Diane (day 7)

Diane (day 8) 

watchuthink? Did I do a great job?

if you wanna see more of my before and afters 

please go here <<<< yay! click it

thanks have a happy day!! <3  

Make Up School :)

YAY! finally I've enrolled in a make up school~
Jo barba Make Up School and Studio! yay!

In case you don't know Jo Barba, She is a pioneer in the make up industry in the Wedding Category. She is also a make up artist to the stars. She's even considered as an Honorary Member at UMAP (United Make-Up Artists of  the Philippines).

Ms. Jo. No. she's not the blonde girl :)

My school is not so popular yet, because we are the first students of their program. It was only opened this February 2013.

I chose this school because of these reasons:
1.) it is near our house
2.) teachers came from the original MAQUILLAGE PROFESSIONEL w/c formerly is handled by Make up forever. (MUFE already closed down here in the Philippines, and their supported school maquillage is not anymore connected to MUFE, well that's what I heard)
3.) make up is provided by the school (we use cinema secrets)
4.) we have 2 teachers alternating to teach us, they both work with big stars on screen so they are giving us their trade secrets <3
5.)  It's has the smallest student-teacher ratio 1 teacher, 5 students
6.)  IT IS NEAR OUR HOUSE!! (I really can't believe it)

It's located in the heart of Quezon City, near the original PARES house in SN Amoranto or RETIRO

I enrolled for a Module 1 course. This course is for those who wants to be a Make Up Artist and do it as a career in the future.

It is actually for 12 sessions, but compress to 6 sessions (meaning we have 2 topics to cover per session)

yey make up and my classmates

As of now, I'm in the 4th session, meaning that I've already tackled 8 topics.
Tuition already includes make-up (MUFE style). So we only have to bring our brushes (luckily I have plenty!)

I'll post a different blog on my before and afters :)
But I'll post pics of the school so you guys can get an idea  :D

 It's very nice and clean!  upstairs is the school

the school 

Ms. Jo's studio

outside ( the ube/leche flan is also yummy, if you wanna try) 

I know the question in your mind will be natuto ka ba? (did you learn anything)
I can say I'm only at the 4th session on my course and I already feel satisfied, I've learned a lot. Before what I did with make-up was chamba-chamba lang (my own discretion of what I know) . Now I'm much more confident with what I do for my clients. To put into perspective, pak na pak na ang funda! at kaya kong ng kumabog ng eyeshadow. haha! 

ok post ko na yung DAY 1 and 2 ko...

my day 1 was a so-so, but my day 2 was much better :D

more before and afters to come, so stay tune for my blogs!

if you wanna contact jo barba make up school please inquire here:
https://www.facebook.com/Jobarbastudio?fref=ts

BACK AGAIN

Hi blog, napabayaan nanaman kita (neglected you again) after I've said I'll write to you once in a while I've totally abandoned you again. I'm sorry HAHA. Minsan kasi wala talaga akong masulat na OK e. kaya better not to write it, right? Ayoko lang ng sobrang sappy moments, keep that in your personal life stuff nalang.(charot!)

Anywho, Recap ang update nalang.

2012 was a blunder of events for me. To summarize, para akong kumain sa buffet. Madaming ulam, pero di lahat masarap. May mapait, may masarap, may nanumbalik na ulam, may nawalang ulam,  but at the end natae lang ako (joke!) in the end, I was happy. I won't expound on the things na panget. But all is good at the end of the year. I had major MUA and Photography gigs. yay!

I finally have a say sa career ko, I wanna be a MUA and Photographer talaga. AS IN! Currently, I'm studying to be a certified make-up artist (with a diploma and all) pero I've just realize na gusto ko talaga siyang gawin kahit everyday pa. (I'll update you on the photos and all) I've recently joined UMAP (united make up artists of the philippines) and we have a fashion show this april (sosyal!)

I don't know if i want this to be a "beauty blog" kasi personally, JUSKO tamad ako sa mga beauty regime na yan. Altho, willing naman ako mag try ng mga bagong products. Kasi feeling ko, sobrang obses ako sa make up.... Pwede bang pampaganda blog nalang teh, not necessarily about me but the artistry of it << EWAN! LOL

Hmmm so far ayun lang muna. I hope madaming maging happenings ang buhay  ko para madami din akong kwento. thanks if you're still a follwer. I'll try to update a "chika" everyweek para may mapagusapan tayo

okay~

charuuu 

MIDEO CRUZ IS A SUPERSTAR.

(I will express my thoughts in taglish [english, filipino],  for this entry.)

Recently may buzz sa FB at sa News regarding Mideo Cruz's exhibit(hanapin nyo nalang sa FB, see it for yourself). Blasphemy daw yun and CBCP is filing a case against him and CCP for such work. (yan short-cut)

Eto ang commentary ko:

Dati akong devote ng church. Nakatira kami malapit sa simbahan. kapitbahay namin ay simbahan mismo. My parents are hardcore Catholics, they serve the church everyday.  So practically speaking church was part of my life.

Pero bakit ngayon agnostic na ko?

Hindi dahil ayoko maniwala kay God. I love God. I just want to practice praise by myself. I just believe that somehow people are blinded by religion.

I state this from personal experience:

Meron  kaming kapitbahay, like my parents hardcore catholic siya. Pero grabe, UBOD ng sama ng ugali, yung katulong nila na matanda na pinag mumura nya at pinalayas ng madaling araw. Yung mom ko inaway nya. AT tangapin na natin may nangyayaring politics din sa church, "ay malakas ako ke father chorva, pwede natin siyang i-convince...blah blah"

Yung Pari namin namin, sige bless ang mga bata sa kanya, pero sa likod nya may YOSI. Magarbong sasakyan pero ang mga parokyano niya walang makain. And BTW, yung ibang pari ay nang iimpluensya na ng mga parokyano kasi utos daw yun ng diyos kaya dapat gawin nila " dapat ganito..dapat ganun.."(hindi lang yan sa isang relihyon ah)

At yung ibang tao, naiinis ako kasi dahil religious sila mapapatunayan nila na malakas sila kay God. Kahit UGALI na talaga nila ang mali.  kunwari, sasabihin nila na "ako lang "INSERT RELIGION HERE" dito e, kaya nila ako inaaway, or sinisiraan, ok lang kung umalis ako ksi mag pprovide naman si "INSERT THE NAME OF THE GOD HERE.""

wala akong angst kay God, si God ay si God.

PERO. Naiinis lang ako sa mga feeling follwers niya pero sa gawa e walang wala naman. Naiinis ako sa thinking na dnodiyos diyos siya pero ang bukang bibig ay puro paninira. Naiinis ako sa mga pakitang tao na nag sisimba nga, pero pag nakatalikod demonyo nman. Naiinis ako sa mga tanong gumagamit ng pangalan ni God para sa sarili nila, para sa sarili nilang ideology, sariling masamang ugali.

kaya don't ask me kung bat ako hindi na nag sisimba, ksi honestly naiinis lang ako na may mga tao sa simbahan mismo ay masama na.

ngayun alam nyo nakung bat ayoko na ng religion.
now to get to the other point. mideo cruz.

Agree ako sa art ni mideo cruz. If it were europe, tatangapin nila ang open suggestion ni mideo sa art niya. I'll just interpret it on my own,  dahil wala na sakin ang religion. Kaya lang naman nagagalit yung mga catholic ksi feeling nila na bastos si God. Naisip ko lang, bat ngayun pa nag care yung church sa Art? porke ba hindi Jesus-Jesus ginagawa niya kelangan tablahin natin siya? Porket tablado lang ang ideologies mo sa religion kelangan murahin natin ang isang tao? edi sana di ba ginera na ng vatican ang mga countries na hindi catholic ang belief.

Alam ko sasabihin mo, e binastos nila e, binaboy nila si God...

pero natanong mo ba, YUN ba ang intent ng artist?? sirain ang belief ng tao? ilan lang ba ang nag pupunta sa CCP? sa lahat ng opennings na nakita ko never ever pa ko nakakita obispo na umatend, tapos sila ngayun ang mag didictate sa ART kung ano ang moral at imoral?

Yung art ni Mideo Cruz, para sakin doesnt contain blasphemous messeges. From the logical side, this is a view of religion, -dictatorship and pride- alam mo namn ang church dito, dapat palaging sundin... pag hindi nag tatampo, nag tatantrums and the worst case nag ppower trip.

those things na inexbhibit are inanimate things,  it is not God itself but just mere imaginations of PEOPLE of what God is. It is just a mere symbol of their faith. But faith itself is intangible SO WHY BOTHER NOW?

Di ba? kung sagrado katoliko ka nga, nasira ba ang faith mo dahil nag exhibit si mideo ng ganun? di ba hindi naman? so bakit ganun ganun nalang ang reaction ng mga catholics. ANG FISHY LANG....

thanks. yun lang. bahala na kayo kung mag cocomment kayo dito sa blog ko

50 reasons not to date a Graphic Designer

Lifted from here

I'm going to comment on it since it is really interesting >__<

1. They are very weird people.-- true. we are very  weird people.
2. There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer.
3. They will analyse conversations in layers.-- well, not really, we do normal conversations too.
4. You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA.-- I LOVE IKEA!! why don't you.
5. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging.-- guilty!
6. They hate each other.-- hahahahaha!!
7. You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to see the full list of credits.-- yeah, esp. when there is an after credit scene
8. They cant change a light bulb or without making a sketch.-- eh? this is not so true
9. They fuck up all the tables with their cutters.-- haha, our drawing tables in college were fucked up!
10. They rather study the paisley pattern on your outfit than listen to what you have to say.-- Esp. when we are talking to boring people.
11. They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings.-- I did this in our last apt. I pasted magzine cutouts in our walls.
12. You never know if it is really an original or a copy.-- hmm people always wonder...
13. They make collages with your photos.-- ref. no. 11
14. They do not know how to add and subtract, they just understand letters.-- true.
15. They idolize people who nobody knows and speak of them as if they were his colleagues.-- true.
16. They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.-- true.
17. They ask your opinion about everything but  they do whatever they want.-- haha so true.
18. Everything is left justified, right or center unless they arrive late.-- OC
19. They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica.-- I fucking hate comic sans! refer to my previous blog!
20. They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.-- I dont have an i phone or a mac product.
21. You can not decorate the house without consulting them.-- well this is what my boss thinks.
22. They steal street signs.-- I dont do this, but I know some people who do it ^_^
23. Always carry their hands painted with something.-- true.
24. They buy dolls unfinished for them to paint.-- true.
25. Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, cards as …-- crafty true
26. When arguing, you will be nicknamed like the OSX spinning wheel (not affectionately)-- huh?
27. Do not know how to dress without consulting the Pantone book.-- wish i could do that.
28. They hate Excel.-- argh this is so true!! hate hate hate!
29. They read comics.-- true.
30. They want to save the world only with a poster.-- well. thats what we do ^___^
 31. You will spend the day brainstorming.-- true.
32. On vacation they will take you to countries that you do not know exist and have no beach.-- not true
33. Museums are their second home.-- galleries naman!
34. They know more positions than the Kamasutra.-- so are we good at sex?
35. They can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.-- guilty!
36. They listen to music you have never heard of.-- guilty!
37. They can´t cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.-- sometimes true
38. They read rare books: stories of children, Semiotics …-- so true.
39. When you are going to tell you something, everyone has read it in their facebook and twitter.-- true. for most people not only GAs
40. They have own iPods before you knew they existed.-- techno geek.
41. The orgasm they remember is when they heard that Adobe was acquiring Macromedia.-- hahahaha this is funny!
42. They have their own shops just for them and there are the most expensive in the city.-- designers do this!
43. They want to spend all the money in the Apple Store.-- not really.
44. You will never understand their gifts.-- not really
45. They see ordinary objects and laugh.-- hahaha!
46. You wake up in the middle of the night hearim them screaming “When is the deadline?”-- good thing i never really had to experience this.
47. They see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix.-- #00001 pls
48. They dream of the day nobody will make a single change to their designs.-- DESIRBLE. every artist dreams of this day!
49. They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.-- not really.
50. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7-- im always sleepy....just sleepy.

majolica majorca!

Been raving (secretly) about this, MAJOLICA MAJORCA is here in manila (ewan ko kung kelan pa, heard from someone's blog meron daw silang boutique sa SM makati) I bought mine in SM north! yipeee! I've heard a lot from their mascaras, super LIKE!

mascara and lip pump

Lash Gorgeous Wing Neo (mascara)- P 795.00
Honey Pump Gloss -P 295.00
Small majolica majorca purse- FREEBIE

I 've tried the masacara in the counter, their are 2 kinds, the volume type and the lengthening type, I didnt like the applicator on the volume type (not a fan of the comb type applicator) , so I bought the lengthening one w/c has the brush applicator.I must say it really lengthens the lash, and it looks so naturale ^__^ this is my fave mascara to date <3 I love it talaga.


I also like the packaging steam punk-vintage-ish packaging <3

Majolica majorca is a sister company of Shisiedo.