I was planning to update this blog with a new material every 7 days so I won’t have to worry about running out of content. But I’m posting this now anyway, 4 days after my last post, since it’s uso naman to make an exception for every rule. Kung hindi ngayon, kailan pa?

As I’ve mentioned before, I learn my makeup looks from Youtube tutorials. But I feel inspired to ACTUALLY try a makeup look while I’m listening to music—like, a certain line comes up and yun, instant moment of eureka! (e.g. ♫…wasak na naman sa pag-ibig, wasak na wasak…♫ “AHH…!! Kunwari kaya basagin ko mukha ko parang yung sa Youtube?”)

Eh for the past few days, I found myself listening to Rage Against the Machine. And people who know me well are aware that I gravitate towards RATM (and AC/DC) whenever I’m just a few buttons away from exploding into a teary-eyed, passive-aggressive, heavy-breathing, stuttering mess. I guess there’s just something comforting about mouthing the words to Highway To Hell or Bullet In The Head…and for an onlooker who can see me raging mutely with my earphones, I’d look like a formidable freak…

But I digress. Long story short, I’ve been angry for the past few days so I’ve been listening to RATM and one song inspired me to do this makeup look. I won’t discuss it (…and its meaning and how it’s relevant nowadays) any further because this is supposed to be my makeup blog and I don’t want to taint it with my anger. At least, I’ll really, really try!

Here’s what I did to create the Bullet in the Head look:

1. To create the shape of the bullet hole, roll a bit of paper twine (or twisted tissue paper) around your Sharpie. Secure the ends together with glue. Feel ashamed for wondering whether the people who make those cardboard signs for murdered drug users (aka Mga Nanlaban) are Team Pentel or Team Sharpie. Di ka na nga maka-move on, morbid ka pa. Giiirl.
2. Realize you can’t apply your liquid foundation yet, since you’ll need a clean face for the bullet hole to adhere to your skin completely. So while waiting for your paper mache’d bullet hole ring to dry, you can start filling in your eyebrows with a brow mascara (Nichido Tinted Brow Gel in Ash Blonde). You can further sharpen and define its shape with an eyebrow pen (K-Palette Tattoo Real Lasting Eyebrow Liner in 01-Natural Brown).
3. I didn’t want to go overboard with the eye makeup or else I’ll run out of damns to give for the bullet hole effect later. So after rubbing a bit of eyeshadow primer (Lorac Behind The Scenes Eye Primer) on my lids, I went with a simple smokey eye makeup using three colors from my Lorac Pro Palette: Nude for the browbone and the inner eye corner, Taupe on my lids, and Espresso for the crease and along my lower lash line.
4. I wanted my eyes to mirror the souls of those forcing me to forgive and forget SO I generously lined my upper and lower waterlines with NYX Retractable Black Liner, winged dem eyes with K-Palette Real Lasting Black Eyeliner, and thickened my lashes until kasing kapal na sila ng mukha ng mga with Benefit They’re Real Tinted Primer & Benefit Roller Lash Mascara.
5. By this time the bullet hole has dried up into a perfect circle, so you can now stick it to your forehead using the sturdiest eyelash glue in your stash (for me it’s Nichido Eyelash Adhesive). Place it where an actual bullet would’ve entered your head if your smart-ass self happened to be born in a different decade. Secure the hole by covering it with small bits of tissue (drenched in Elmer’s Glue) .
6. Then hit the books. Lie on your bed with a heavy book weighing the paper mache’d bullet hole ring down to your forehead, and think about how lucky you are to be alive.
7. Once the bullet hole ring is stuck perfectly to your forehead, you can now cover your entire face with liquid foundation (like L’Oreal Infallible Liquid Foundation), adding more coverage to the bullet hole so it can look like real skin. The good thing about doing your eye makeup prior to your foundation application is you can easily clean up the eyeshadow fallout on your cheeks.
8. Add the details by dabbing brown and red eyeshadow around the hole for a slight bruising effect, coloring its inside with a black eyeliner to give it depth and filling the hole with fake blood until it drips down your face.
9. Finish your look by using a metallic copper brown lipstick on your lips (like Urban Decay Lipstick in Conspiracy haha) to make them so irresistible, kisses will be plundered.
10. Take a selfie, you temperamental brat. #3edgy5u