Hairfall, hair loss, hair thinning —- these are just some of the hair issues I actually don’t worry about because my only hair concern was Dryness, Frizziness and uhm...white hair!
That’s what I thought.
Because of the pandemic I have been stressing about my parent’s health for the past year and of course, my son’s well-being. I found myself sleeping normally at around 3am (earliest) or around 4am. NOT HEALTHY...not healthy.
That said, my stress is manifesting not only on my face but hair! It doesn’t help that I don’t like to cut my hair as I am enjoying the length as I get to practice my hairstyling skills (Used to do hairstyling professionally BTW!) I am seeing a lot of hairfall nowadays - I know...they are clogging my bathroom sink, and I have full hair whenever I vacuum our floors!
So you think I have a full head of hair? THINK AGAIN, I am a PRO Hairstylist so this was done with the help of hair tools!
With constant heating and styling, I also see a lot of hairfall in between styling! Grabe, it gets more stressful than ever!
Last year, I hosted a brand video called Hairreve, you can find the videos Part 1 and Part 2. I learned so much about Hair loss and hair treatent from Dra. Rica Mallari of St. Lukes Medical Center.
We also interviewed Stephanie Lontoc who have gone through hair loss issues after giving birth and she mentioned Hairreve , a brand approved by FDA. The bottle I got after hosting the event was actually used by my older sister who suffered hair loss for years! After using a bottle, she repurchased another bottle at Mercury Drugstore for Php1,400 (Also available at Shopee) and I saw the vast improvement myself.
That said, I also got another bottle for myself and started using it before it’s too late!
To those who don’t know, hair rescue thickening serums can be used before you have the actual hair loss, this is like a serum for your face, you use it daily to prevent further or future hair fall! That’s what I am doing now, PREVENTION is better than cure as they say! I mean, if I can stop further hair loss, why not?
I have started using Hairreve for a good week plus and I like how it felt on my scalp. It has cooling sensation and constant massaging gives a bit of a nice blood rush! (I must be a really good masseuse! :P).
Obviously I haven’t seen any huge difference as of the moment as changes can be seen as early as 2 weeks to a month or more! (Depends on individuals!)
And here’s a great news!
If you want to try it for yourself and you are living in the Philippines, I am giving away 3 bottles to 3 winners on my Instagram!
Anessa, a brand under the Shiseido Research and Development center got a huge thumbs up from yours truly especially since I used this for the whole summer 2021!
My brother, who lives overseas and has the same skin condition as I do —- dry on the outside and weird burst of oiliness on random areas of the skin, gave a HUGE thumbs up on this product. He said it is the most lightweight sunscreen he used and this comes from an Architect who works under the sun for long period of time!
Anessa has the ability to protect your skin from harmful UV rays and keep your skin fresh as it is made with 50% skin care ingredients!
And true enough, both Anessa Gold Milk and Anessa Whitening UV gel has a lightweight, easily absorbed to the skin -texture that felt like a match made in heaven no matter where you live! They are available in a 5% off bundle at Lazada if you want to give these a try.
It isn’t perfect as I am being disturbed by my 8-year old son while I was doing this!
For the base, I found a perfect color in Cathy Kathy No Soak Gel Polish in shade 13. I used a gel polish underneath so I don’t need some waiting time to be able to draw on top of it!
I remember wearing such lip color and texture and I would get complimented by my friends! Yeah, my lips are full and thick, it is a bit too much to add up more gloss making me look like a girl who can’t stop eating oily food! *hahaha*
Seriously speaking, there are certain types of glosses that woul work well on me and found another good one from NARS Brilliant Lip Gloss.
Shade: DAYBREAKER
Unfortunately, on the website, it says LIMITED EDITION. But I think they have permanent ones you can watch out for if you are reading this post late. The lipgloss has a nice comfortable feel. It gives off a mirror-like shine minus the stickiness. Trust me, I dislike sticky glosses that gets attracted to my long hair strands!
The NARS Afterglow Lip Shine is infused with raspberry seed oil and pomegranate extract making which works in hydrating and healing my chapped lips on every use!
As a make up artist, I have worked with so many types of brows! I even worked for a client who does not have ANY brows at all leaving my imagination to create new set of brows for her! A lot of times, my client would always say something about their brows. They would leave my imagination on Eyeshadow, blush and lip color but they really have a thing for sticking to what they were used to!
So this post, is a post of recommendation - I HIGHLY recommend you to work with different types of brows because it really can change up your overall look, vibe and feelings! There are times people say I look young, I look cuter, I look fresh or mature? Well, I have to thank (and no thank LOL) my brows for it.
Here’s an overview on how different brow shapes and shades can change your overall vibe. CAN YOU SEE WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO HERE?
My peg for this particular look are Kpop idols and K-stars! My brows are naturally bushy, dark and long so I had a hard time trying to conceal the rest of my brows but this was the closest so far. The effect is very kind, timid and shy. I would say this type of brows would work well if you have thin and sparse brows to start with so filling in with a brow pencil won’t make such drastic change to your look.
Bushy Brows ala Brooke Shields
Shade: 01 Soft Gray
This is a bit too much for me since I used a darker brow shade. The shade Soft Gray would work well on users with medium to dark complexion with dark colored hair! I find this to be youthful and perfect for teenagers who have brows all over the place and don’t know what to do with it.
Here’s a tip: Just fill in blank spots with a brow pencil similarly colored as your natural brow hair with a short hair-like strokes. The effect will be natural - I promise you.
Arched Brows
Shade: 03 Light Chocolate
This is my least favorite brows since my features are quite uhm...how do I say it, FLAT? Hahahah. Okay, I was trying to say is, my facial features are not distinct like that of a Western look. And my natural brow shape isn’t arched at all so forcing it to be arched looks a bit unnatural but for the sake of demonstration, I want you to see how having arched and very defined brows can change my look to be more mature, more professional and powerful?
Sometimes I would wear this type of brows when I attend meetings and also, I do this type of brows when I was doing makeup professionally because back then, I look so young that mothers and lolas of the bride and groom does not give me the time of the day! They won’t even listen to my suggestions and would complain every step of my application. Yeah...Professional MUA job isn’t easy ok?
So yes, authority? CHECK!
Power? CHECK!
Confidence? CHECK! On the outside but burning on the inside LOL!
Naturally YOU Brows
Shade: 07 Chestnut Brown
This brow shape I also call the “You Do You Brows”. For clients who ever have their brows drawn, I would use a light colored eyebrow pencil and just define what they have. I may fill in sparse areas but only with lighthand strokes. I would never go above or beyond whatever brow shape they have because I don’t want to shock them and make them hate brow products forever!
So this, is my natural brow shape and I actually LOVE it the most!
A quick video on how I draw 4 shapes of brows!
Which brow shape and shade is your favorite?
Cathy Doll Skinny Brows are available at Lazada and Shopee. You may also order from Watsons.
