BEHIND-THE-SCENES: The Beauty Issue..

Before we say hello to our next cover issue..

Let’s have a quick look at some of the behind-the-scenes action of our featured artist Kimberly Aguirre and our model who’s having a baby soon – Beth Faustino! 

(Congratulations!) heard that it happened after our shoot.. haha..

So here it is..

Enjoy your amazing Friday STALKERS!

STALK Editor-In-Chief

Louie Ray Faundo

EDITORIAL: “The BEAUTY Issue”

“BEAUTY is a CHARACTERISTIC that provides a perceptual experience of SATISFACTION or PLEASURE”

This is exactly how BEAUTY is defined by the dictionary..

It did not say that you have to be BLACK or WHITE..

TALL..

PRECKLED..

CURVY..

or THIN..

It did not even mention any specific detail on our FACE..

Yet a lot of us DON’T FEEL BEAUTIFUL inside and out..

Which does not make any SENSE..

A month and a half ago I saw this music video entitled “PRETTY HURTS”..

a perfect VISUAL of how PERFECTION is becoming a DISEASE of our NATION..

which I blogged about..

and It’s pretty fascinating that a lot of women felt the same way growing up..

and I knew from that point that our next issue should be about BEAUTY..

An issue that will INSPIRE women to embrace their INNER BEAUTY..

Then I had that VISION..

I knew that It’s time for my good friend KIM to be on the SPOTLIGHT..

I’ve known KIM since college and I’ve seen how she has evolved from the SIMPLE girl who does not seem to care about how she looks like to a woman of BEAUTY and SUBSTANCE..

She has been doing MAKE-UP for quite some time and has collaborated with STALK with some of our previous issues..   

She shared with us that did not feel BEAUTIFUL when she was growing up -- which greatly affected her SELF-ESTEEM..

Because of this thinking she thought that she would NOT be able to reach her DREAMS at all..

Looking back at how things we’re before she realized that she was NOT UGLY after all..

She adds..

“Di pa lang USO beauty ko nun”      

Kim feels that BEAUTY is a COMBINATION of a KIND HEART and INTELLIGENCE..

which is hard to maintain and needs to be BALANCED.

She shares that in order for her to CONQUER this mindset of being UNPRETTY she had to SURROUND herself with BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE with HUMBLE HEARTS..

POSITIVE MINDS and APPRECIATIVE FRIENDS..

And lastly your own FAMILY who would always PUSH you up no matter what..

And through this BEAUTY issue I am sure that GOD’s purpose is for KIM is to 

“INSPIRE others who refuse to believe in their TRUE BEAUTY”

Let’s get to know more about our COVER GIRL:

“I never imagined myself posing for a magazine like this”

This was our cover girl’s reaction when she saw the final layout for the cover.. (which ofcourse made us soo happy.. haha)

Beth is a common friend of mine through STALK’s previous plus size cover girl Daryl Brecio..  

I bumped into her again 27weeks ago during Daryl’s wedding..

Her radiant skin..

Beautiful face..

And inviting aura made us feel that she is a cover girl material..

Whenever I meet a potential model for STALK I would immediately have a VISION..

Yeah! Kinda like Proffessor X (X-men) or Alice (Twilight Saga).. haha!

I would have a view of the future..

my CONCEPT..

then the models FACE..

and then FIREWORKS happen!

This is exactly how it happened when I saw BETH..

So we asked her on her thoughts about BEAUTY..

She adds..

“Being beautiful is being confident.. it is showing who you really are without any pretentions, inhibitions and it’s all about ACCEPTING what GOD gave you”

BEAUTY SECRETS:

she maintains this perfect skin by going to a dermatologist atleast once a month..

Her BEAUTY must-haves would be a FACIAL WASH..

TONER..

And SUNBLOCK..

she also suggests HYDRATING your skin by drinking lots of water..

For MAKE-UP she prefers a CHEEK TINT, LIPBALM and FACE POWDER on a regular day..

So I hope that this issue may conclude that at the end of the day..

“YOU just got to be YOU”

Enjoy LIFE for you are GOD’s wonderful creation and that you are PATTERNED in his LIKENESS..

YOU will always be WONDERFUL!

May GOD bless us ALL!

Enjoy reading STALKERS!

STALK Editor-In-Chief

Louie Ray Faundo

VOLUME II ISSUE V: The BEAUTY issue.

Hi STALKERS! (yes, I mean readers..)

About a month ago I wrote something about BEAUTY..

and on how PERFECTION is a DISEASE of our NATION..

I got INSPIRED by Beyonce’s video PRETTY HURTS..

It’s about how we all wanted to do CRAZY stuff just to FIT IN..

So I wanted to work on a COVER shoot that would actually address this HUGE ISSUE of BEAUTY..

Lemme ask YOU..

What is BEAUTIFUL for you?

ANSWERING this for you is my ASPIRATION in LIFE..

HELP CHANGE the way we SEE what is BEAUTIFUL..

“I think people who are the happiest are the most beautiful creatures on this planet."  

NOT the ones with ABS..

Or FINE BUTTS..

neither the ones with PERFECT NOSE..

or the ones who could buy JIMMY CHOO’s..

So be HAPPY..

ENJOY LIFE..

DO what makes YOU HAPPY..

LIVE IT..

OWN IT..

You are BUILT in the LIKENESS of GOD our CREATOR..

KEEP that in MIND.

Anyway going back let’s do some CREDITS here..

I have COLLABORATED with my great friend KIMBERLY AGUIRRE on bringing out the BEST of BEAUTY in this issue..

She did the MAKE-UP on our stunning muse for this cover BETH.. (I’ll tell you guys more of her story & details about her soon..)

This is also the first time that I’ve done STYLING & DESIGN for the cover..

Check out the SKIRT on the cover.. (tell me what you guys think about it -- I love hearing CRITISM)

So that’s all for now..

ENJOY both COVERS of our BEAUTY ISSUE..

Have fun on this amazing MONDAY STALKERS!

STALK Editor-In-Chief

Louie Ray Faundo

Look Who’s STALK’n On Our Fifth Issue This Year..

Hey STALKERS!

Our latest issue is almost DONE..

It has been truly a busy year but all the hard work is truly WORTH IT!

for our fifth issue this year I’m collaborating with my good friend KIMBERLY AGUIRRE who’s really really talented when it comes to MAKE-UP..

I believe that all women are all equally BEAUTIFUL..

so this upcoming issue would be dedicated to our loyal female readers..

I'm sure that this campaign for BEAUTY would make wonders for EVERYONE..

I just can’t wait to start the TRANSFORMATION!

and get to know more about our GORGEOUS muse BETH on her crazy experience posing for our cover.. 

more details on this amazing project SOON..

For the mean time here's a TEASER of this latest issue.

Enjoy your amazing HUMPDAY Stalkers!

STALK Editor-In-Chief

Louie Ray Faundo