I was told by my Psych prof that I looked like a cartoon...I agreed.

I have always been an artsy person (well at least I claim to be). I'm very eccentric (no duh) and partly because I love all things weird and flamboyant -looking. If my high school had no uniforms, I would probably be seen wearing weirdly matched pieces of black overhauls or whatnot. I'm not the kind of artist carries around a sketch pad and pencil (I couldn't draw if it saved my life). I am more of what you call a literal 'expressionist.' I enjoy the dramatic arts (back and frontstage). I adore literary arts and I am always fascinated and inspired by the more concrete and visual art. I can paint a little but not as well as my 'laking Nido' panganay ate and Monet-ish/AnneRiceinthemaking other ate but I'm...aiiiyyyttt. I found more comfort and satisfaction with...waitforit....cosmetics and body paint. I dunno. There's something about being able to transform the way you look through a few brush strokes and whatnot. I love it. Sometimes, I obsess about a certain art piece that I tend to think of ways to create something similar to it haha and thus I found the easiest (in my opinion anyway) and budget friendly way (I use my own skin--a reusable canvass. WARNING: Improper skin care could cause permanent damage!).

Like my writing, my 'body art' comes with a mood and sometimes, it gets stingy but I have to control it. It's pretty pesky and the art takes quite some time to complete (documentation is even longer!). Admit it, there are few non-vain people left in the world. I'm pretty sure everyone has gotten a BA on the 'know my perfect angle through my camera-phone' course. So I thought, hey, maybe I could change it up!

I guess my fascination with body art came from my childhood of Anime, Manga and YA fangirling. When I was in elementary, I've always wanted to try cosplaying. It's probably the fault of Questor Magazine, K-zone  and well...JAPAN. The hobby wasn't very popular back then and our province didn't hold much events for that. Heck, Halloween isn't even celebrated here that much and so my some crazy coincidence, an opening in High School occurred combining my love for theatre and RPG- declamation. I wrote my own piece as inpired by my favorite musical ever- A.L.Webber's The Phantom of the Opera entitled, "Masquerade." I originally opted to just wear some of my dad's coats but my mom insisted that we have a cape and mask made for the role. Yeap, that's my mom for ya. And it all paid off, I won third and I was just a sophomore back then (ahihihi, modesty aside). Something lit up that day and I just enjoyed the whole costume gig. I wasn't that fond of make up then. I didn't even know how to put them on! But thanks to yearly competitions and occasional school plays, I was given more opportunities to practice the craft. It was only during the college that I was able to attend some cons and do shoots during breaks or free times. Occasionally, I would just do some practice makeup for fun and then schedule went hectic and I said bye bye to formal Cosplay and cons and went on with creative make-up and photography. And tadaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! here are two compilations of some of my works:

Top to bottom: Ring Mistress (OC), Effie Trinket inspired makeup (Hunger Games), Black Swan, Mad Hatter, Bananach (Wicked Lovely), Misa Amane (Death Note), Ring Mistress 2, Ciel Phantomhive Female (Kuroshitsuji) 

L-R: Death from the Sandman, Citizen of Capitol (Hunger Games), Selina Kyle aka Cat Woman (DC), Lady Joker (DC), Loki inspired makeup (Marvel), Bananach inspired makeup (Wicked Lovely), Vampire

All taken from 2000-12 by me. Lots more where that came from as well as makeup I did for others. I'll probably talk about my projects per collection in separate posts as well include some short tutorials and product reviews. 

One of my psych professors told me that I looked like a cartoon well an anime to be exact. Funny how she said that without knowledge of my cosplaying past, haha, I thought it was because of my animated personality or something but I guess, I kind look pleasantly weird?

You what they say, you can't just major in psych without being a little crazy XD

I learn and get inspirations for my work through these people here:
Youtube artists like audfaced  (http://www.youtube.com/user/audfaced). She does great cover makeups which are easy to follow. She uses a variety of makeups which aren't necessarily hard to find nor are too expensive and some of her renditions are actually characters that I love! Not very conventional but that's what I love about her :D

Of course Michelle Phan (http://www.michellephan.com/cat/beauty), taught me the basics about makeup for any and every event. She's very meticulous and I am amazed abut her step by step methods. Also, she's an Otaku so she's fun to watch!

Also, Klaire (http://www.youtube.com/user/KlairedelysArt?feature=plcp) is one of my favorites. She makes very precise brush strokes which amazes me! All of her works should be displayed in galleries! haha

I also take some cues from Regina Belmonte (http://vivatregina.tumblr.com/) have you seen her Avatar makeup? AH-MAZ(E)-ING!

In a more contemporary sense, I love these three artists the most:

Dave Mckean -because above all, he is the most eccentric out of them. Genius.



Andy Warhol- because he is not afraid to do crazy and be crazy.

Jill Thompson- because she is not afraid of color.

I never get bored with looking at their works. Another thing I love about them? They're not afraid to be themselves :)

So here I am at trying not to be afraid of being myself haha. Make-up less me:

Note: Taken during a good day haha (count how many times I've used the word).

Make-up Ish part 2

MAKE-UP ISH 2

Yes, after n-months, I entered the beauty store in SM San Lazaro, and was pleasantly (uhuh, PLEASANTLY) surprised with what I saw that day.

Honestly, I was expecting the same dream team of the mean gurangs who insulted me since I last visited the store and what do you know, they are actually complete, even the way they put on too much foundation on their astringent burnt face was identical to what I saw last time. The only difference was that they actually greeted me in their entire saleslady demeanor. I winced and was reluctant to respond. I couldn’t believe it actually and that was when a new lady approached me and asked if I needed assistance. I smiled at her, she looked very nice and then that was when I knew why the wicked witches were acting all goody-goody with me. On her right breast pocket, a name plate with the label MANAGER was engraved. Syempre, nanjan si boss kaya dapat mabait. That was when something in my evil little mind cooked up. I decided to ask the manager about the Kajal eyeliner again and that’s when I noticed that one of the rude ate’s recognized who I was. Biglang lumapit si rude ate 1 nung pinapakita na saakin ng manager ung blue na eyeliner, sabay bungisngis.

(Manager explains and tests product shizzzz habang ako kunwaring nakikinig at si ate nakikisama sa discussion. Ako naman nagaantay na tanungin ako about sa product.)

Me: Oh, I see. Maganda rin pala yung blue.

Manager: Yes ma’am. *sabay tingin sa mata ko* Yung gamit niyo po ba Kajal rin? Ganyan po kasi effect niya, water proof and it gives more definition to your eyes.

Me evil grins (in case you’re wondering, I didn’t buy and Kajal product. I decided to go with another brand. > :D but…..): Uhm, yup. Mas prefer ko kasi yung black.

Manager smiles: Kaya pala mam. Dito niyo rin po ba binili na branch?

Girlalush na saleslady biglang umalis.

Me exhales: Uhm actually. I didn’t. Dapat pero ditto. > :D

Manager: Sayang mam! Next time po dito na lang kayo bumili. Bakit po kayo sa ibang branch bumili? Malayo po ba kayo dito? (MEGA LOL!)

Me clears throat (haha, it’s my chance to tell them off!!!!! > :DDDD): I was supposed to buy here but the same ladies assisting you treated my rudely when I inquired about the same product.

Manager’s eyes grow wide: Hala po mam. Can you please tell me what happened? So that I’ll know how to reprimand them?

Me (doing evil laugh and dance inside my head): Well….blah blah blah….rude…up and down…churvs…

I ended up telling the whole story to the manager who was patient enough to listen to my rants. I told her how degraded I felt with their tone and facial expressions (talk about facials… XD). The manager assured me that they’ll be hearing from her. She acknowledged the fact that they were there to be at EVERYONE’s service and to be courteous to customers. Thank God she did.

I left the store with a smile that day. I noticed that as I left, the three sales ladies were talking with each other and looked at me as I walked away. I guess they knew what they brought upon themselves. D: <

I’m happy I got that over with. I dunno if the way I dressed and put on a bit of make-up helped me that day, but I guess the eyeliner thing gave me a great opportunity to rat them out XD Seriously, that’s what I thing I learned in this country. If you don’t speak up, nothing will ever happen. Justice doesn’t come looking for you, you have to make effort in order to find justice. Because when the time comes, those who took away your right will have justice biting them hard on their sorry arses. XDDD

Note to self: Visit the store next sem and see if they’ve changed.

No one bullies the bully. Especially when it’s eyeliner we’re talking about ^___^ (I’ll give you a free PERMANENT eyeliner if you do :3)

I was supposed to use the Kajal eyeliner for my Death from the Sandman cosplay (as seen in the pic is the trial make-up. Yes, iz blurrryyy) and for my ate's Lady Gaga inspired make-up. Good thing I found a better alternative. GEL LINER BABEH!