Take better care of my appearance

i’ve stocked up on makeup and won’t be buying any more for a long time!

my eyeshadow collection has grown, thanks to purchasing a 16-eyeshadow and 78-eyeshadow palette. i originally only had a 10-eyeshadow palette for the past year (i hit pan on two of the neutral shades), and i finally decided to use a few of the more colorful ones from it today. my boyfriend actually liked the look i did so that makes me feel more comfortable experimenting when i’m not working.

i restocked my foundation and got some blushes, too. and glowy and matte finishing powders. and bronzer. like i said, i won’t be buying makeup again for a long, long time!

i also bought Ecotools brushes to round out my collection and i really like them! the powder brush is so big and fluffy and i’ve been using the blush brush for bronzer.

another goal of mine is to take better care of my skin, and over the past few months, i’ve been doing just that. i had acne for over 10 years and it’s finally cleared. it took a lot of trial & error and money but it’s been worth it. i’m still left with hyperpigmentation and acne scars to contend with. i’m working on it. it’s about time! i feel better. my goal is to have the famous clear and pale Asian complexion.

i’ve always been pretty low-maintenance but now i’m not because my skin decided it’s high-maintenance! but i also want to get better at makeup beyond the basic everyday. maybe i’ve been watching too many makeup gurus on Youtube lately.

the next important thing i want to do is lose the 10 pounds i’ve gained over the last year. as far as clothes go, i haven’t bought any since last year and it would be nice to wear some of the stuff again.

Yup, that old excuse. But honestly, I just can’t be bothered. Roll out of bed, put on uniform, scrape back hair, go to work. Day off? Roll out of bed, put on sloppy clothes, slop about. Got to stop.

I’ve already made a start on this. My teeth were a mess – been to dentist, having lots of lovely expensive work sigh but at least when it’s done they’ll look better, my breath will be better (god, I hope it’s not bad now), and I’ll feel better for it, no more woe is me my teeth are horrible.

Hair. Just had that cut. Had lovely long, long locks but they were tired and messy. Now I just have lovely long locks. Plus I can do more with it now it’s a manageable length.

Started putting make up on. Well, I have for the past three days. The test will be to see if I keep it up. I don’t use loads of slap, just enough to even my skin tone and what not.

What really needs work? Erm, well, I’d like to loose a few pound (ok a zillion pounds) because that makes a difference but I am going to have that as a separate target as I can still be pretty and fat.

Clothes. My wardrobe is sooo old. Been looking at old photos and realising I really haven’t done a major clothes shop, well, ever. But first off I need some new bras. The ones I’ve got at the moment are more ‘comfy’ than ‘supportive’. Need a bit more ompf on the bra front then we’ll move onto what goes over it.

Hair. As in legs, coughfacecough, and erm, anywhere else it is but isn’t pretty.

Nails. Yeah, how do you do them again?

Feet. Byes byes dry skin. Or so I’d like. Pedicure please!

Think that’s about it for the wish list for now!

I just roll out of bed in the morning, throw on some clothes, put my hair up and go. I want to try and look attractive more. Such as:

Planning what I want to wear in advance and choosing nice outfits, with matching jewelry and shoes
Taking time to do my hair nicely
Taking care of my skin, teeth, and nail so I appear polished.
Mending, cleaning, or tossing clothes that are torn or stained
Not wearing things that don’t fit me or don’t suit me

I always look neat, but I would like to look well groomed. Take better care of my face, whiten my teeth, maybe try to wear makeup since I never do. I just feel I don’t really take care of myself like when I was in college. Life just has a way of getting too busy to take care of the little things. Like plucking your eyebrows! I just need to feel girly again.