5 Cosmetic Sticks for Your Full-Face Makeup

Here comes the rain along with our hectic work schedule and worsening traffic. We seem to be pretty busier this season and maintaining a full-face makeup proves to be more challenging! If only we have the time and budget to visit beauty clinics around the Philippines and avail semi-permanent makeup services such as eyebrow embroidery, lip coloring, and water shine covered BB glow, enhancing our beauty and maintaining our camera-ready faces would be so much easier.



Fortunately, there are products available in stores nationwide that can help us outshine the rain. Nope, they are not the traditional powders and gels which are too messy to use, time-consuming to apply and wears off over a few hours. What are we talking about are creamy, long-lasting and handy makeup sticks! The precise and controlled application that cosmetic pencils offer lets you have a full-face makeup in just a few swipes! They are also easy to blend and apply on the go that you don’t even need a mirror once you’ve mastered how to use them, saving you serious time and more money!

We can’t deny that makeup sticks are perfect for busy people like us. With that, here are our best picks to let you know which product you may use for an easy-breezy makeup sesh before heading to work!

1. Fashion 21 Perfect Stick with Tea-Tree Oil (Price: Php195)

When liquid foundations are subjected to sweat or rain, they tend to be oily and wash off over time. Meanwhile, using powder foundations is difficult especially when you’re not a pro. It’s harder to achieve sheer coverage so you frequently end up with a cakey appearance. Luckily, the creamy formula of Fashion 21 Perfect Stick with Tea-Tree Oil blends perfectly to the skin and is ready to help you get that full coverage, natural look and long-lasting effect. Plus, it has tea-tree oil that effectively covers pimples, acne and other blemishes. No need for concealers! Not to mention that it also protects you from harmful UV rays with its SPF50+!

2. Maybelline Brow Define and Blend Pencil (Price: Php250)

Are you stressing on how to get that eyebrow embroidery effect? Worry no more as Maybelline Philippines brings you its Brow Define and Blend Pencil! Its slim and angled tip can help you draw hair-like strokes and achieve wispy #BrowGoals. Unlike other pencils, you don’t have to sharpen it. It is retractable and adjusts on how long and sharp you want it to be. Plus, it comes with a brush on the opposite end for blending purposes.

3. Happy Skin Eyeshadow Stick (Price: Php399)

If you’re a fan of warm eyeshadow shades such as peach, orange and gold, you will love the hue of the Happy Skin Eyeshadow Stick! What’s great about its crease-proof formula is that it doesn’t weigh down the eyelids, gives a full eyelid coverage and lasts long. Unlike traditional eyeshadow powders, it promises a smooth application and blends on the eyelids without the trace of chalkiness. It can be your best makeup buddy the first time you use it!

4. Careline Multi Sticks (Price: Php205)

When deadlines pile up, stress shows in our faces. Eliminate the haggardness with a strobe of Careline Multi Sticks (Rose Blush). It instantly adds a rosy glow and eliminates paleness. When applied, it quickly melts on the skin and makes the cheeks appear perky. Plus, it has a powder-finish that gives off a weightless feel. Say goodbye to the stickiness of tints and liquids, and feel fresh and beautiful despite nerve-wracking tasks!

5. The Face Shop Creamy Touch Lip Liner (Price: Php220)

Complete your look with The Face Shop Creamy Touch Lip Liner! It’s a retractable cosmetic pencil with a creamy formula perfect for lip contouring and coloring that you might not want to put lipstick on top of it anymore! It also has a matte finish and prevents lipstick bleeding (which you usually get from traditional, glossy and liquid lipsticks). The brand also has six colors to help you easily match with your skin tone.

Don’t be sad if you can’t have eyebrow embroidery, lip coloring, and water shine covered BB glow treatment for now. These products around stores in the Philippines can give you the look just right! Try them now!

3 Cinematic Shots You Definitely Want on Your Wedding Video

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If there’s anything that we’ve learned from watching old timey VHS or Betamax home movies of weddings, it’s that you will need to hire wedding videographers in the Philippines if you really want to capture the event, the venue, and most especially, the people.


But hiring specialists to work on your wedding day video memorabilia would be easier if you can provide them with your own preferences especially when it comes to your aesthetics. Here are 3 cinematic shots you can tell the team about that they can execute to make your wedding video richer.

Establishing Shot

This is the first shot of a new section of a film. Whenever the story arc transitions or whenever a chapter in the film changes, the establishing shot helps the view discern that there is a change in setting and thus a change in expectation. For same edit wedding videos, these are important to establish the prenuptial arc, the wedding prep arc, the ceremony, the reception, and the after party.

Aerial Shot

It’s easy to mix up the establishing shot & aerial shots but the thing is, an aerial shot could also be an establishing shot but establishing shots don’t necessarily need to be aerial shot. Any shot taken from above is considered an aerial shot. Because of this, it’s also called “bird’s eye view”. Wedding videographers in the Philippines will most likely use drones to capture these shots. Try to suggest these be used during busy segments like to capture cuts of the entourage, a cotillion is there’s one, the dinner, and the bride & grooms dance.

Handheld Shot

I know we’ve said that home videos for weddings are not ideally aesthetic but handheld shots do a lot to capture the feel of very busy moments. Handheld shots are exactly as they sound: they are slightly shaky shots that give us perspectival view to the audience. This is great for guest perspective shots of blooper moments, food queuing, exchanging of vows—basically most of the lengthy but important parts of the wedding that might get abridged that you want to make interesting by making it feel like the viewer is really there.

So those are just 3 very basic shots that you can suggest be added to your wedding’s shot list. Next time, we look at some other creative and cinematic shots that you can suggest to your wedding videographer in the Philippines so you can immortalize that perfect “I do” moment just like in the movies.

5 Makeup Tutors on Youtube and How They Can Help Makeup Artist Improve Their Skills

To become a professional makeup artist in the Philippines, one must hone the skills that are necessary to be on top of the thousand other individuals that would like to be known in this career. The competition to be one of the best professional makeup artists in the Philippines may be a stiff one and only those with superb talents and extraordinary mastery of the craft of makeup becomes known for. But fear not, because with dedication and knowing what specific skills to improve in this field will make you a step closer in becoming the next big deal in the makeup industry.

One thing that you need to understand in this field is that fads and trends matter. Being a one trick pony with what you know will only take you nowhere if you want to hit it big. We must understand the fact that these trends come and go and that each and every subject/customer is unique given their facial features and beauty preferences. That is why a makeup artist aspiring to be a professional in the country should be well-equipped with the knowledge of the styles and techniques in grooming as well as the tools needed to execute these.

Enrolling for makeup classes can be advisable for those who want to improve their skills, but the downside on these classes is that they are really limited to a handful of topics or techniques and can really be expensive. That is why, at this age, taking advantage of the circulating YouTube channels about makeup tutorials are really a big help in improving your skills and broadening your arsenal of makeup techniques. The following are just few makeup tutorial channels that you might want to check if you intend to be the professional makeup artist in the Philippines:

Christen Dominique

Christen Dominique is one of the most well-spoken and talented makeup artist that provides tutorials. Her YouTube Channel which is named after her as of December has 2,103,581 subscribers and growing. Christen is known for providing high quality videos about Western makeup trends. She also provides alternatives and suggestions on what makeups to use.

NikkieTutorials


Probably one of the most popular makeup tutorial channel on YouTube with 5,887,984 subscribers and 403,474,383 views as of December. Nikkie is known for her funny persona and is often doing collaborations with other makeup artist on YouTube. Nikkie uploads new video every Wednesday and Sunday.


Carli Bybel


What makes Carlu Bybel unique as a makeup tutorial provider is that she uses a language that even non-natives of English would understand. And with 5,045,677 subscribers as of December, Carli continue to provide not just makeup tutorials but also news on the current western fashion trends.


Nicole Guerriero


Nicole specializes in giving out tutorials in achieving some celebrity looks. Her YouTube Channel which has 2,733,038 subscribers and 264,678,186 views as of December also provides videos on how to take care of your skin and makeup recommendations.

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By utilizing these YouTube channels, you might be able to pick up several makeup techniques that will help you boosts your makeup arsenal. Just make sure to filter the ones that you could really use given the local setting and the preferences of your clients and you will be a bit closer in becoming one of the best professional makeup artist Philippines.