That Elusive Red Lipstick and Other Beauty Woes

I love browsing through beauty and fashion blogs as much as I love reading teacher stuff blogs. Hence, I feel so inspired to RANT about my beauty woes haha!

I'm not much of a make-up person and most of the make-up that I have are given for free, so I end up having no choice but to use them kasi sayang naman. Though I must admit that my make-up skills have improved over the years, thanks to countless hours of reading magazines and beauty and fashion blogs (for pleasure and inspiration haha!). But I'm no make-up enthusiast as well...how I wish haha!

One of my most favorite look is the pale face and red lips look. The one Anne Curtis can pull of very effortlessly. I'm no Anne Curtis, but I often see the look on other girls. Therefore, my hunt for that perfect shade of red began. Since I am very kuripot, and not used to buying lipstick, I searched for that perfect shade of red in my...mom's make-up stash! There I found VMV Lipstick in Feather Boa. It has a matte finish has that old Hollywood red to it.I immediately fell in love and stole it from the drawer, which by the way she has not noticed ever since. My only problem with this is that due to my limited make-up skills, I just can't seem to put it on smoothly and evenly. I always end up looking like a clown :( And it has a FLAT edge. Most of the lipsticks that I use have that curved end, but this has a very flat edge that makes it 1000x hard for me to pull off.

I feel so inggit whenever I read through these blogs when I see them all made up and wearing nice clothes. Sadly, most teachers have very limited options fashion and beauty-wise. One, we have to wear uniforms. Lucky for you if you go to work in your casual clothes, so don't ever complain about the dress code! I keep on asking myself "Bakit yung nagtatrabaho sa bangko, kahit naka-uniform, and ganda?" because it's true. For me, however, I look, well, like a plain teacher. So, for my next SY's resolution -- NO MORE UNIFORM! Two, we barely have time to put on decent make-up. And when I say decent make-up, I mean, from foundation, down to mascara. In my case, I have to wake-up waaay early, then eat breakfast, then off to class! No time for anything kikay. But I guess the attempt will be futile anyways. We are kinda EXPECTED to look like that.

So to end this post, keep in mind that behind a plain and simple teacher, is a girl who just wants to have time to put on that red lipstick and some mascara.




xo,
KC