Being in the industry since forever, I know how hard it is to earn through art. Some people don't really see the importance or essence of it. Some even say "Madali lang yan gawin." I often hear this a lot and I find it ironic that the people who say it are actually the ones who cannot do it or does not even have the balls to try it. So here you are, reading my post hoping to find out what explanation I have to this. Well, there is really no deep explanation. I am only going to share what I learned from all the experiences I had.

1. Friends. These of all people. They are your number one "libra nalang hairdo" or "thank you sa layout ha?". Your friends should be supporting you in the first place, but how is that possible when all they do is have a piece of your precious time in exchange for nothing? Do not get me wrong. I love my friends (some of you might be reading this right now hahaha), but sometimes, we need to scratch the idea of friendship and actually do what is needed to be done.

2. "Possible Clients". These people are the type of people who wants to "test" your skills and talent "before they will hire you for the bigger event/thing", of course, you'll do everything to earn and having a sure client is a plus! So after everything you've done you'll earn nothing because after all it's a "testing" but that's okay because you'll earn something for the bigger even anyway. Lo and behold, the bigger event never really reached you. So, for short, they didn't like your work and they didn't event tell you. Yep, I can relate, friends. *pats back*

3. The last but not the least--Family. I know, I know. This is because when there's a event or something, your family taps you because well, what better way to share your talent. And in return you get no pay, just a couple of "wows", "good jobs" and again "thank yous". But that's okay, they're family anyway.

If you're at the point of this post, wow. You survived all my nonsense back there. You might think that based from this post, I demand a lot of pay by venting out and posting this. Well, no.  After all we're just kids who wants to share our talents and skills to the world, but sometimes the universe conspires against us. After all, we do everything for the love of art!

Do you have similar experiences as these? Hit the comments section and let's be friends!


image from quickmeme

Anyway, here are our other photos:





And here are my photos:



I admit I'm not good at posing for pictures and that's one thing I'm gonna practice more this year. 






We've been waiting for so long for this, and it's finally out. Check Ethriel's post here. We would also like to thank my BFF, Zoe Cuevas for helping us with this, check her out here. We hope you like it!

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xo, chelsea.

This makeup look that I did is such a huge trend around last two months that almost everyone does it. Of course, I was kind of hesitant to do it at first because pro makeup artists did it already and I felt pressured until the hype went down. You make think of me being stupid because I did this when it's not the hype already but wait. I did this makeup trend late because I want to do it for the Halloween.

Face:

• QuickFX CC Cream
• QuickFX No-Shine Mattifier
• MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC40
• Fashion21 Ultimate Cover BB Cream in #3
• San-San Concealer in Olive
• Ever Bilena Pressed Powder in Honey
• Nichido Pressed Powder in Amber
• Nichido Single Eyeshadow in Soft Black (as contour)
• Maybelline Eyestudio Single Shadow in Nude Beige (as highlight)

•  Hooded Trench Coat from my Aunt’s old luggage
•  Unionbay Black Shirt, thrifted
•  Dr. Marten’s Inspired Boots, thrifted
•  Plastic Black Choker, given

Makeup:

•   Nyx Eyebrow Gel in Chocolate
• Meiya Eyeshadow Palette
• Lime Crime Velvetines in Wicked

I can't stop talking about this products to my friends because it became my holy grail and guess what? I unexpectedly found it. I may be too late for this but, I don't care. I'm so happy about this product and you'll find out why. But first let me introduce it.

I really don't know how to start this post because I've got a lot of things in my mind right now. This summer has been so epic because I took summer classes to cope up with the subjects that I failed on the last few semesters. Yes, I'm not a good student. I skip classes, procrastinate a lot, doesn't study lectures and many other things that doesn't make a student a good student.

Studying during the summer made my summer hectic. I've been into a lot of things lately and I can't manage my time so I ended up having messy schedules. I suck at time management but I'm trying to do it. I took three subjects and I only passed one.

Ohmylord. I don't know what to do, but everything's gonna be okay, I know.

So now that regular classes are back, I can't help but compare summer class to it. First thing, summer classes suck, because I didn't get to spend them with my classmates. We aren't required to take summer classes so it was supposed to be a free time but, being the student that I am, I had to retake some subjects for me to cope up and hopefully graduate on time.  Next thing is, only few people go to school during the summer, so even on the peak hours, the school feels so dead and there was a time I didn't see anybody in the building I was into, not until I reached my classroom, feels weird right? Last thing is... I RAN OUT OF CLOTHES. Yes, I did. I mean, who wouldn't? Our school has this weird dress code where women are prohibited to wear leggings and ripped jeans but dresses and skirts that are above the knee were allowed. Yes, I wore dresses during the summer because I had no choice, water rationing was at its peak and I can't find any other thing to wear.

So yep, that's basically what this post is about. Welcome back to school, everyone!!

If you have hilarious experiences during your summer classes, please don't hesitate to share them down in the comments section and let's be friends!!!

One time while I was cleaning my room, I found a stash of old notebooks and papers. I browsed through them and found a quiz notebook. If you're a high school in the Philippines, a quiz notebook is a must, ayt? I scanned through the pages and I saw this journal entry.