If you can read this then it means that I’ve arrived safely in this really quaint, millennial capsule place called The Cube Hostel (that I managed to book for THB400/day so super nice, super suliiit!), the first of the four I’ll be staying in for the next few days (aaand it means that they’ve got wifi since I managed to publish this draft from my phone)…and by the time that you’re reading this after it popped up into your FB newsfeed, I’m probably on my way, looking for harem pants bargains for instant Namaste before Singha-ing myself to sleep because I’m gonna scream or cry (or both) my head off to Foo Fighters tomorrow night.

TBH I wasn’t planning for this trip when this year started, nor did I think that I’d have the guts to Learn To Fly to Thailand (my first!) just to catch a concert alone (another first, because even in my commuting-to-Manila-after-my-last-class-to-watch-a-local-gig phase 12 years ago, I had fellow fans from the same Yahoo Group to cling to lololol Yahoo Groups was the shiiiiz man #ThoseWereTheDays)

But Honestly, it’s not just an ordinary concert. It’s the #FooThaiNang Foo Fighters concert and everyone who knows me have probably heard me vent my frustration for years now (I even mentioned it last April, when I made my A Sky Full of Stars-inspired makeup look for the Coldplay concert). Can you blame me? The first and last time the Foos went to Manila was in 1996. I was 9 then–still very much into boy bands, still very ignorant that in the Next Year, they’d release some random song I’ll forever bury and never associate with someone because it’s reserved for the moment I get married or have my first cat (whichever comes first).

So when I found out that they were coming to Singapore and Thailand (but not the Philippines, probably much to the dismay of the people from this FB page), I knew I had no other choice but to postpone my original Treat-Yo-Self plan for the year (postponement has turned into full-blown cancellation). I’m sure there are older fans who’ve been waiting for the Foo Fighters to return to Manila for the past 21 years, so in Times Like These, why should I continue waiting when I can simply accept that life is full of surprises so Stranger Things Have Happened, work my ass off with rakets left and right so my travel funds can be Something From Nothing, and use this chance to Namastay (typo and it stays) in Bee Kay Kay?

So anyway, here’s GimmeTimmi’s Gimme Stitches makeup aka Pangtawid Content Masabi Lang Na May Post This August:

Face:

1. bareMinerals Prime Time makeup primer
2. Revlon PhotoReady Liquid Foundation in Natural Beige
3. L’Oreal True Match Crayon Concealer in I-kennat-remember
4. NYX Sculpt & Highlight duo PLUS bareMinerals soft focus in Warmth PLUS Benefit’s Watt’s Up for the contouring/highlighting
5. black, white, red, blue, purple, & yellow shades from the Flash Color Palette for the bruise, stitches, and FF logo.
6. red food color + hair gel + cocoa powder for last-minute fake blood (red food color can stain like a b*tcccch; I actually went to work with red marks on my face myghad)

Eyes:

1. NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in white as eyeshadow base
2. Nude (for the browbone highlight) & Black (for the smokey eye) from Lorac Pro palette, Electric Blue from Coastal Scents Creative Me palette for the, well, blue. Oh and I dabbed Vega (glittery blue from Urban Decay Moondust palette) over Electric Blue.
3. NYX retractable black eyeliner for tightlining
4. Maybelline Hypergloss black liquid eyeliner for the winging
5. Benefit They’re Real Tinted Primer Mascara + Benefit Roller Gal Mascara
6. Benefit Gimme Brow in 04 Medium for the brows

Lips: Maybelline in Nude Nuance

Directions:

1. I don’t know what to tell you. I simply recreated the Foo Fighters logo on my face using my shirt as reference. I was winging it since my plan to use my DIY scarwax for this look failed so I just added the bruise, stitches (I was planning to use an actual metal cord for the stitching for a 3D look) using facepaint–things I learned from Youtube tutorials. #KumaCalligraphy #GMG