How i started with makeup.

I put my make-up on myself. I had a bit of help putting on false eye lashes though. (courtesy of Princess Maniquis) :)

I started putting on make-up when i was still in my second year of high school. Back then, we had to put on make-up because we sang in front of the congregation. I was a member of the Praise and Worship team of our church. During that time, all i knew was to put on lipgloss. I didn't know what shade of foundation to use, what a concealer is or whatever the purpose of a blush is for. Whenever i used a pencil eyeliner, my eyes would tear up and i would end up with black smudges under my eyes.

Eventually, i learned how to do things bit-by-bit. i had really undefined eyebrows so i started shaving the stray hairs, being careful as to not cut my skin with a razor. back then, i didn't know what i was doing, so i didn't shave my brows regularly yet.

I have atopic dermatitis (skin asthma) which makes it hard for me to use just any product. I have to be very meticulous with any product that i would put on my skin. I also have to be careful with the brushes i use. I had this skin lacerations above my lip which was pretty much the cause of my inferiority complex, and i couldn't just hide it with any concealer or foundation because putting any product on it would only make it worse. So what i did was i let my skin heal first completely (i would regularly moisturize my skin and put an anti-inflammatory ointment) before putting any make-up on my face. The irritation above my lip still emerges from time to time, but that's only because of lack of sleep and stress.

Well, now i've learned and improved a lot ever since i started. I know now what kind of brushes to use with what product, what colors to blend with each other, how to tell a person's skin tone and many others. I want to improve more in putting on make-up. Right now, i'm already investing on products that i can trust and i'm still trying to train myself by learning from tutorials, books and magazines. I want to be a make-up artist. Not just so that i could look pretty but also because i love making other people pretty as well.

I started this blog because i want to show and tell the world how i do make-up and how i still yearn to improve. I'll be posting here various make-up styles that i love, products that i use for myself and for others, make-up techniques that i learn from tutorials and latest trends on make-up. I hope that this blog can be a help and an inspiration to other girls out there who share the same sentiment as i do.

Let's all be painted ladies. :)