Red lipstick - MAC Ruby Woo

MAC Ruby Woo

I had a hard time with this lip color. I've had this for yearsss and it just got drier than the beginning (at one point, I opened it and it fell right out of the tube because it lost its traction on it). You put it on top of lip balm and it goes on patchy; you put it on dry lips, still patchy. I only really use it because out of all my red lipsticks (I have lots though I rarely wear them or any lipstick at all because I'm lazyyyy), this one has the best color. It's bright but it doesn't look cheap and it's really matte, it hardly transfers to anything. A lot of people list this as their favorite red but I keep wondering why since it goes on so poorly on me.  A while ago though, it went on smoothly (as smooth as it can get considering how dry the formula is) and I found out why---you have to put it on smooth, exfoliated un-balmed lips. After you shower, get rid of dead skin cells (mine seem to regenerate overnight). If you have to put on lip balm, blot it before putting Ruby Woo on. It will no longer patchy and the color pay off will be more even.

Also, Revlon Colorstay for Oily Skin is a good foundation but camera flash will make you look like a ghost because it has SPF on it. But see how you could almost not see my eyebags anymore? I get mine for cheap here.

Long long long overdue makeup post

I've been meaning to post my initial portfolio online but things kept on happening (my laptop was stolen, the CD got lost, I got lazy, I forgot about it etc) but now it's here.

Bridal Makeup model: Ika Baculi


Glam Make-up model: Ivy Intal


Period Make-up '40s model: Mafe Bongalon (she kept singing that Pearl Harbor theme song after I was done with this one, talk about staying in character.)


Smokey/Party Make-up


Fantasy Make-up

Big thanks to my wonderful friends who took the time to sit in a chair and have me play with their faces. If you have events where you need to have your make-up done or if you're a model who needs a make-up artist for her portfolio, email me at heytherejillilah@gmail.com

spot creams and my silly new headband

headband from the Topshop bargain I went to a while ago. Scored it for 150php.

I've been trying to get my skin back to its normal condition by peeling and I have been having naturally rosy cheeks from the irritation (which I think is normal?). The dark pigmentation I got from picking my skin is starting to lighten bit by bit and I have finally stopped messing with it so that helped a lot. Let's just hope I don't get myself in another situation and I get so panicky I poke my face with a stick.

The white stuff is Garnier dark spot corrector pen which I have been using for a while and though it takes A WHILE, I think I actually see a difference. I only started laying it on thicker and not blending it so that might help even more. Fingers crossed it really works. 

This would make a wonderful wedding dress

Damn, I want this. Now if only I wanted a grand wedding.

really cute dance/style video

Also, 60s and 70s forever! 

LANVIN'S Fall Winter 2011-2012 campaign is kind of cute.

I don't exactly know what to feel about this campaign. I mean, is the stiffness and whole awkward feel of their dancing intentional? Raquel is too tall and limby to be doing that choreography. Karen Elson could get away with it more because she's shorter but it's still really awkward. But the more I look at it, the more I can't look away. It is charming in a seeing old people try to dance a hip song at a wedding way. Which might be how they intend it to look. Maybe?

The video is an eye candy though. It's models dancing in gorgeous clothes. Fuck it if they can't dance!

The Guinea Pig Olympics - Telegraph

The Guinea Pig Olympics - Telegraph:

young Jane Fonda

I've never particularly liked present Jane Fonda as I found her to be too typical for an old person who aged well (or I just watched Monster in Law too much). However, it's a totally different case with young Jane Fonda. She's perfectly blonde and typically pretty but still likable. Her face is the kind you'd want to stare at for a long time without getting tired of it. And doesn't she resemble a bit like Kristen Stewart?

 

green eyes

Ruby Aldridge (source)

The strong nose, the piercing eyes, the cheekbones, the smirk. Ugh, I LOVE faces like this!

fresh face

I encounter lots of pictures like this on my Tumblr dashboard but I just always skim it through. This particular one, however, made me look twice. I think it's how fresh her face is yet still looking really effortlessly radiant. How frustrating it is to see people roll out of the bed in the morning put on basic pieces, wash their face but not their hair and still have people put their pictures on their blogs and rave about it.

I guess being born with a gorgeous bone structure helps but that's really not helping me.