Which makeup should I choose?

It seems like my brain is really taking a long time out as I still cannot think of a topic that I wanted to share. I guess I already had shared a lot about my life that I do not have anything more to say.

So, I looked for another This or That questions and this time it is about beauty or makeups. Do you like wearing makeups? How old were you when you applied makeups on your face? The first makeup that I have ever tried was lipstick when I was a little kid. They say that a child copies whatever they see from adults right? Well, aside from nail polish, I also tried to put on some lipstick when I was a kid. My mom was not that into makeups before but she does have a pressed powder, a blush on and a lipstick. So when I saw her lipstick, I also tried putting it on me. Because I did not know how it works, I broke her lipstick. I kept on twisting it without taking of the cap but when I figured it out, it was too late. LOL. So the next lipstick, I got it right. But of course, my mom got angry since I broke her lipstick that she kept her makeups on places that I could not reach.

When I was in high school, that is when I started putting on some lip balms. It was a Chapstick in mint flavor. Remember when I said that I was a member of tug-of-war? Our team captain saw my lip balm and she told me that Chapsticks mint can only make my lips darker. I was not yet a smoker back then but the lining of my lips were a little dark so I switched to different brands. Avon strawberry lip balm was my favorite followed by Vaseline lip therapy. Cannot remember if it was cherry flavored but the cap was red. It was a small white tube type lip balm. I haven't seen it for years now. They probably have changed it but I really liked it's packaging. If I were to go to a beauty section before, I would be looking for lip balms or lip glosses. Those were my makeups in high school. I also did bought some retractable eyeshadows from Fashion 21 before but back then I felt like the colors that I bought made me look even darker. LOL.

I also got myself some pressed powders during high school whether it was from Johnson & Johnsons, Ponds, Olay, Clean & Clear or Clinique. That in case you forgot yours, you can borrow from your classmates. We all switched to loose or baby powders when the school told us that pressed powders were not allowed anymore. That is when I sticked to baby powders until this day. It was in college when lip & cheek tints were introduced and it was from Bench. I liked how pink my cheeks would turn out whenever I would use Bench's Pretty When Pinched lip & cheek tints. Before it was still in tube type but now it is already in bottle form kind of like a nail polish bottle as it also comes with a brush. I am still using the same brand for my cheeks. But even if it was a lip tint, I never used it for my lips. I was surprised that lip tints have became popular around 2019 that lipsticks were overthrown.

When I started working, that is when I embraced putting on some makeups. From eyeshadows to mascara to eyeliners. Although I still do not know how to do smokey eyes during that time. I would just put one color of eyeshadow on my crease. Color was the same as our uniform. But what I never did put on was lipstick. Someone told me before that lipsticks can also make your lips dark. I was a smoker and I was really afraid of my lips to become dark so I never really liked lipsticks before.

I didn't realized that I have said a lot already. It is just so nice to reminisce about my younger days just like when I reminisced about My fashion sense. Anyway, let's start with This or That beauty edition.

Foundation or concealer

I am not yet that a pro on makeups so I really do not know the difference between the 2. Back when I was in high school, my classmates would use a concealer stick on their eyebags because it was dark. But now, I know that they use concealers just like a foundation. So during pandemic, I was suppose to practice putting on a lot of makeups so I bought a liquid concealer from Sace Lady and some other items. A small dot can cover my entire face and neck. But I see it builds up over time probably because I have an oily face. I don't know. This is why I am not into liquid foundation or concealers.

Lipstick or lip gloss

I remember one of my classmates would tell us if our lips were to glossy that we ate lechon (roasted pig). Because roasted pigs are a little oily so your lips will have that shine after you eat it. If I was a lip balm and lip gloss type of person before, I am more into lipsticks now. I was working in company D when I first started to like wearing lipsticks. The very first lipstick that I liked was Loreal's Pure Garnet. Even my workmates said that my lipstick shade suits me. Because the restaurant that I was working with that time was inside the mall, I would always check different shades every week that my hand would always have different swatches. I am not like some people that make a big and thick swatch on their forearm. Mine was just small thin line. Then I would remember the color that I liked and buy it on payday.

Ooopps. Sorry I have to cut this for now. I think this is already long enough. I will definitely continue the other questions tomorrow. By the way, if you also do feel like answering this, I got the questions from We heart it again.

April 27, 2022

P.S. lead image is a photo of me with makeup.