PROJECT 2013: My Face of the Month for January

JANUARY : New Beginnings 

and Fresh Starts

When you think about the month of January, people automatically think New Year.  Indeed, it's the time of the year wherein resolutions and bucketlists are created; visions and dreams are most vivid.  There is regained strength, renewed faith, and almost all hurts from the previous year have been buried under the hatchet (or used as inspiration for the upcoming trials to survive)  Basically, New Year makes us feel the most alive because it gives us the possibility of new opportunities, hopes, and just plain optimism for the long journey ahead.  

My friend, Jairah Alto, is the kind of friend who makes you feel just like New Year's every time that you're with her.  After spending an afternoon of coffee with her, you will certainly feel a sense of being "refreshed" and renewed.  She is always so happy and jolly; and she never fails to see the silver lining (no matter how thin it may be) in the very stormy cloud.  She gives you a sense of hope and faith -- the kind that doesn't want to make you give up because you know that she's counting on you and praying for you.  And, most of all, she will always remind you that eventually.. things will pass; no matter how hard the situation.  Such a strong, brave heart inside this small package.. and underneath that beautiful smile lies an even more beautiful woman. :)

And here she is. :D

Make-Up and Styling by: Me! (Arielle Alvarado you can contact me through facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alvaradoarielleeee or on twitter: @airshies)

Photographer: Juric Cancio (http://www.facebook.com/pages/JRC-Photography/141007355965341 or  http://juricphotography.tumblr.com) super awesome photographer, btw! :D You can contact him at the link if you like his shots. :) Very nice and talented photographer. :)

                  

That's basically the theme for the January Look: fresh, pastel, bright, floral. :)

Here are the full body shots of my very beautiful friend :D

  Make-Up Brands Used: Elf (Moisturizer, Eye Primer, Eye shadows, and Brushes), Maybelline (Blush), Clinique (Eyeliner), Ever Bilena (Lipstick), Revlon (Foundation and Powder)

Thank you, Jairah, for always making me feel renewed. :)

"Therefore, we do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:16 and 18