Try on a new lipstick shade helps you get out of a beauty funk.
You know how you have bouts of beauty-related neglect? Like when you don’t feel like plucking your brows for three days, then you think “I could do without it for a couple more.” Then another seven days pass by and you look at yourself in the mirror and find a cro magnon staring back at you. How about when keep your nail polish on even when the one nail has started to chip. “I spent a fortune on my manicure, might as well keep this on for a few more days,” you tell yourself. One and a half weeks later your poor nails look you’ve scraped them against concrete. It’s called neglect.
I realized how much I’ve been ignoring this blog when one of my star students in barre3 class sweetly reprimanded “you haven’t been updating your blog!” Gulp. It hit me. I had been putting off blogging for over a month because of this and that (working on the current issue of Runner’s World Philippines, doing makeovers for Sisters On Style—a project my sisters and I are working on [more on this in the future!], writing for Women’s Health, teaching barre3, doing makeup for weddings and magazines, running, climbing, and so much more.
I wear many hats/play different roles, but being a beauty coach is one of my favorite duties because I help women (and men, too) learn how to feel better about themselves. Another reason I love my job: Sharing beauty secrets. One of my secrets in getting out of a rut: trying on a new lipstick shade. It changes my look instantly and perks me up instantly.
Tell me, what’s your secret to getting out of a beauty rut?
I allow myself TLC. The other day I applied a honey mask. Or I use a really good salt scrub in the shower. Or I go for a walk to clear my head out of the rut. That usually makes me feel better physically, and sends a ripple effect to the rest of me.
A haircut however really does it for me, like when I got a fringe. The next day, I decided I wanted to wear makeup, nice earrings and a new dress to go with the new cut
Nice one, Manang Kepweng! Yes, salt scrubs make my skin feel divine.
Grooming my eyebrows and putting on blush! But nothing makes me happier than hair color! I quite like how I suddenly become a different person! And even my personality seems to change–I’m more serious when I’m brown, gigglier when I’m blonde, more tempestuous when I’m red! =D The husband likes it, too. He says it’s like sleeping with a new woman every time I have a new hair color hahaha
Thanks for sharing your tips, Frances! I especially love that part about coloring your hair…
finally, 2 new entries, marie! i’m a happy reader
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Ah yes, Jade, and it’s all because of you. Thanks for the sweet nagging last week!
A trip to my fave nail place for a foot spa and/or paraffin treatment capped with fresh nail polish on nice, clean toenails does it for me. For some reason it brightens my spirit. Twinkletoes!:)
Great tips (and toes), Aireen.
Thanks for sharing!