Once you’ve applied your foundation, the concealer, and the rest of your make-up. You can always make sure that what you’ve worked hard for stays on for the longest possible time. One trick to make this happen is to use translucent loose powder. What you do is to dust it over your face using a large soft brush. Focus on the forehead, nose, and chin –also known as the T-Zone, which are the areas of the face that are prone to more oil production.
Several celebrity rock stars are the models for using make up. Different, unique splashes of colors, metallic highlights and electric blue shadows are all the rage. This looks good on our rock star celebs, but does it look good on you too? You can have their styles of make up and look good in it, by just being subtle with it. Simply using a black liquid liner and layering on a glimmery, silver shadow will define your eyes. Lining the inner rims of the eyes before lining the eyelids as close to the lash line as possible is a good idea.
Orange is big during spring and summer seasons. Most models wear orange make up in different type of hues during Spring and Summer runway shows. You can opt for a vibrant coral or a more subdued apricot color, depending on your skin tone. It is best recommended to wear this orange make up only at one area of your face, then keep everything else simple. Maybe an orange eye shadow or lip stick is enough. You can begin with a lighter, sheer peach tones to boost the natural color of your lips or your skin. Bright or intense colors may be too ageing and dramatic.
Orange blush is all the rage but it doesn’t always work for all skin types so check out more natural shades that works for your skin type ensuring it doesn’t stand out like a doll’s face. There is also a very nasty trend that people follow blindly, choosing the hottest colors to come out of the fashion world, but for more aged types, chose appropriate blush that makes the face look refreshing rather than gaudy. There are makeup kits and there are professional make up kits that come with a complete line of brushes and applicators that gives any face a professional hint. Invest in proper tools that can be bought form cosmetics supply. They might seem excessive but be assured that in order to get precise lines and an utterly stunning catwalk face, you can’t do with cheap and ordinary brushes. You could try starting with a starter kit that can handle the most general needs, expanding the kit if you prefer by selecting individual stes that come from the same manufacturer for they work best together.
There are a lot of trends that seems to be just too good to be true, popping up from time to time as a revival of these tips refresh themselves as makeup evolves. Grey eye color seems to be the ultimate eye dressing for all time. It offers a quick and hassle free way of matching your eyes to work with any color scheme you may be using. Being neutral, the many shades of gray works with any dress or make-up theme you may wish to use offering a general all-around style to fit all days. Lip liners used to be lighter than the actual lip color you intend to use, but today they come in the same shades as your regular lipstick allowing easy, well-defined lips easy. They can be used to extend the lip line to even out non-symmetrical lips, or to make them look bigger or smaller depending on your lip type. For more drama to those lips, even during thr drying weather of summer lip gloss seems to give them all the sheen you wish. Start from the center towards the outer regions to make sure you get even coverage.
Most women select lipstick and beauty products based on preference without considering the fact that the shape of their lips can have an impact on the overall look. Lips generally fall into four types, namely; thin, disproportionate, thin, down-turned corners and lined. These different lip types should be treated differently for as with any other make-up, to each his own meaning one style may work for thin lips yet not for thick and lined ones. Below would be some pointers on how best to bring your lips to light, giving you plump and alluring lips that suits you and your make-up. (more…)
Life on the go makes it quite difficult to keep your style and look perfect each and every time. From your wardrobe and make-up, to the necessary treatment and cleaning of your skin, all require a lot of time and time is something we are always short of. Waking up late after a late night out, or simply because of a tiring weekend, it has the making of a bad hair day that can really turn worse, damaging your hair and rendering the hundreds of dollars you’ve spent to keep it in tip-top shape down the drain. (more…)
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After years of neutral chic, this autumn screams sophistication with a capital S, with strong shades of pink, gold, grey, black, plum and red, and sophisticated beauty mixed with a rock’n'roll feel.
Dark, captivating and mysterious, black is this season’s colour.
Smoky eyes combined with a flawless complexion and shiny lips create a sophisticated rock look.
Dramatic black is powerfully glam, and though easy to use it does precise application and some carefully chosen shades of grey to soften it. Bring out your dark side!
This year, the focus is on darker shades of red than classic lippy shades: aubergine, cherry, crimson and copper, and at the other end of the colour spectrum, candy pink is also in.
Textures are swinging between ulta matte and super shiny. The only rule is whichever you go for, don’t do it by halves! And make sure your application technique is up to scratch as these bold colours don’t leave much room for error…
Have you ever wondered if your make up have expiration dates just like canned food or medicines? Make up have those as well too, but they are not called expiration date or “best before”, they are called “period after opening”. It’s a symbol usually found on the back to tell you how long you have until the make up expires. If it states a symbol “12M”, it means the make up is good for twelve months. A good tip would be using a permanent marker to write down beside the period after opening symbol the date you first opened or used the product.
Wondering where those unwanted blemishes came from? Maybe from your make up brushes that hasn’t been washed for weeks. It’s a golden rule, you should wash or clean and dry your make up brushes meticulously every after each use. This will avoid the chances for bacteria and fungus growth on your face. You have to wash your make up brushes used for creams and liquids. Germs reproduce a lot faster in damp environment. Sanitize them after by placing a few drops of brush cleaner or on a piece of cotton and swirling it around the bristles until it is visibly clean.
