Hello, dear readers,
I was browsing through my favorite blogs earlier in the week and stumbled across the Beauty Blogger Tag on The Beauty Broadcast. This is the first tag I've seen specifically directed at bloggers and not vloggers, so I was excited to fill it out. I like the fact that these questions are different than the ones on the various other tags I've filled out.
Here goes:
1. Is your hair naturally curly or straight?
I consider my hair to be curly, but I have looser curls that fall into waves as my hair grows.
2. Do you dye it yourself or go to a salon?
I have never dyed my hair, and I don't plan to do so.
3. Do you wear the same style everyday, or do you change it?
It's generally the same style, because I prefer to wear my hair down. The only creativity, if you can call it that, comes from my love of experimenting with products, but the look is always nearly the same. The extent of excitement is when I throw it in a low bun, but the bun always looks tiny and I appear not to have much hair. That's my opinion, anyway.
4. Do you do your own mani/pedi or go to a salon?
I do my own manicure. I find it relaxing and enjoyable, and I don't love having other people mess with my hands. I'm weird that way. I have gotten a manicure with a friend once, which was a fun experience, but besides that I prefer doing it myself.
5. How often do you change your nail polish?
I've worn nail polish anywhere from one or two days to three weeks. It depends on how the polish wears and how bored I am in my classes. I tend to peel off all my nail polish during my three hour night class and repaint it later, even if it's not chipping. Yes, I throw the peeled polish in the garbage. Not to worry.
6. Do you polish your toes in the winter or just the summer?
I never paint my toenails. I don't like dealing with feet, but it's cute on other people.
7. How long does it take for you to put on makeup?
No more than 10 minutes on average. I use foundation or my own self-mixed tinted moisturizer, concealer, powder and lipstick at most. Only if my face is really red or has stubborn breakouts or flakiness does it take longer.
8. What do you do first? Face or eyes?
I like to focus attention on lips, so I don't really do eyes. The most I'll do is a light champagne shade if I'm looking extra tired that day. So, it's face by default.
9. Do you collect makeup or just buy what you need when you need it?
I buy foundation, powder, and concealer on an as-needed basis, but I collect lipsticks.
10. How often do you wear false eyelashes?
Never.
11. Do you do a full face of makeup everyday?
No. I almost always have at least concealer, powder, and lipstick on. I don't wear foundation every day, especially because my skin has been annoyingly flakey; I have yet to find a foundation that doesn't exaggerate flakes.
12. Do you wear makeup when you're home alone or with family?
I answered that above. The only time I'll wear makeup home alone or with family is if I'm bored and want to play with my makeup.
13. Will you leave the house without makeup?
If I'm running errands or taking a walk with a family member, I don't wear makeup. If I'm hanging out with friends and having a good skin day, which seems to be a rare occasion lately, I'll go makeup-free.
14. How many high-end products do you have?
I have one Estée Lauder lip product, and the rest of my higher-end products are from Clinique. I have Clinique foundation and several lip products, many of which were gifts with purchase. I don't know how high-end Clinique is considered to be, but it's department store makeup in any case.
15. Do you plan your OOTD every night or decide when you're getting dressed?
I tend to decide when I'm getting dressed. I generally check weather.com in the morning and then pick out clothes based on the weather. If I know I'm going somewhere the next day, or if someone is visiting me at college, I often have an outfit planned the night before. I take forever to get ready [I blame you, problem skin and all your products!], so it helps me save time and not keep people waiting too long.
16. How often do you change your handbag?
I used to change it seasonally, but I've used the same Charming Charlie's cross-body bag since last summer. I suppose I change it based on how much I need to carry with me that day and what size purse that requires. Or I switch them out on a whim.
17. What time do you wake up and go to sleep?
I truly do not have a set schedule. It's almost the end of the school year, so my sleep times are all over the place.
18. How often or when do you workout?
Again, because the year is ending and the work is piled on, my schedule is irregular. Right now I work out a few times a week, but ideally it would be 4-6 days a week.
19. Left handed or right handed?
Right.
20. How tall are you?
5'3"
21. Do you speak any foreign languages?
I've taken Spanish every year since I was 11, besides last year, so I can read, write, and understand it pretty fluently, but my speech is a bit rusty. I'm a bit shy about speaking Spanish, too, since the classes I've taken in college haven't involved too much conversation. Fun fact: I signed up for free subscriptions to Siempre Mujer and Latina through some rewards website, and I read them cover to cover, if that gives you an idea.
22. How many pets do you have?
None.
23. How often are you on Blogger?
My posting is quite sporadic, but I'm on Blogger every day to catch up on the many blogs I read.
24. Do you read comments posted on blogs?
I hardly ever get comments, so of course I gladly read every single one. I occasionally read comments on other people's blogs, usually only if I'm checking to see if the blogger responded to my comment.
25. Do you keep a list of products to try as you see other posts?
I definitely notice the products that keep popping up on various blogs, and I tend to do my research on them. I particularly like to use Beautypedia, a website I wrote about here. I keep track of products, but I don't write down the names.
26. How did you come up with your blog name?
I wanted it to have something to do with lipstick, my favorite cosmetic item, and I wanted it to be a cute phrase or a play on words. For some reason, the quote "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade" popped into my head and refused to budge, hence "When Life Hands You Lipstick." I'm sure I was subconsciously thing of "Live, Laugh, Love" when I came up with the URL lovelipstickandlaughter.
27. What kind of camera do you use for your photographs?
Lately I've been lazy, and I've used my MacBook webcam. The camera I own is a Nikon Coolpix, which I received before I went to Peru. It comes in handy when I put effort into my pictures. It's not the number one best quality camera in the world, but it works fine for me. I've recently figured out how to use all the different settings.
28. How often do you clean your house?
Since I live at home, I'm not responsible for cleaning the entire house. Besides my desk, which my mom says is going to fall into the basement because of how many magazines perch atop it, I try to keep my room fairly clean so I don't have to do an overhaul on a regular basis. At school, I do the same thing in my dorm room. My desk tends to suffer slightly from clutter, much less so than my desk at home, but the rest of my room stays pretty neat and organized.
29. What's your favorite color?
Aqua
30. Do you swear?
If I'm really frustrated with or angry about something, yes, but that's not extremely often. More often, the cause is that I'll walk into a chair or drop something. I'm a klutz, so most of my cursing happens because of clumsiness.
31. What are you doing with the rest of your day?
I have three essays due this coming Monday and Tuesday, so that's going to take up most of it.
There's my Beauty Blogger tag. I hope you enjoyed.
xEsther
