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Scenario:

You’re at a bank where the teller asks for some identification. 5 minutes of  holding up the line and digging through all the crap you manage to fit into your purse you finally find your wallet where you stashed your ID in.. at last!

After an hour long cab drive you finally reach your destination. Being the person you are, you wait till the last minute to bring out the cash to pay the cab driver. The meter reads 129, and knowing that the cab driver isn’t going to give you your change if you give him 150, you look for some change. So again, you dig through your purse looking for the change you threw into your purse a moment ago amongst the candy wrappers and receipts you’ve collected from several months back… this ultimately adds another 2.50 to the meter from all the waiting.

People who like big bags probably know what I’m talking about. I frequently have this problem. I’ve had to go back home several times before thinking I left my cell phone only to find out that it was buried in my purse. I found a solution for that as you can seen in the pictures above.

I use to think that clear or see through cosmetic bags were tacky but I’ve recently come to appreciate them in a whole new level. Instead of dumping all my belongings in my purse I have two separate cosmetic bags that have kept my belongings organized.

I keep a smaller pouch for all my make up and vanity needs and another bigger clear pouch for pens, keys, ID, coin purse, card holder etc… Gone are the days of digging, if I need something from my bag I bring out the pouch and I can already see what I’m looking for.

Get organized people, these pouches are less that Php200 a piece, the larger bag can be bought at any SM department store and smaller one at Watsons.

A large majority of us, in us I mean us Filipinas, view Red as too vibrant a color to wear on our lips. But a deep rich red lipstick is actually a nice way of accessorizing a simple look.I my self am a fan of nude lipstick but it doesn’t hurt to be adventurous at times.

My “nude lipstick” may not look so nude on someone else’s lips. This brings us to the first mistake people make when wearing red lipstick and that is choosing the wrong color. For darker skin go for plums, wines, and deep red. Light skin go best with beige, pink, and orange undertone. If you’re in between with an olive skin tone, colors with brownish reds,light browns, and raisins complement your skin best. Use this as a basis for picking you red lipstick.

Second mistake? Coloring outside the line. If you’ve ever worn red lipstick before you’ll notice that no matter how careful you are you’ll get ugly pink smudges around your lips. Guess what gals, that why they invented lip liners! Lipstick that tend to “bleed” can be manged with a lip liner, I like using clear lip liners with my red lipstick.

As a rule of thumb, when you embellish a feature one your face you’ll have to downplay the rest. So if you’re gonna wear red on your lips then go with earth colors on your eyes and vice versa. Since my favorite feature to glam up are my eyes I frequently wear nude colors on my lips.

One last tip.. Make sure you accessorize properly. For example red lipstick and red nail polish is a little too melodramatic for out outfit to carry so choose your outfit carefully