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 M A K E U P
•Tip ~ It is a general rule
of thumb to have 2 shades of foundation. A darker and a lighter shade. The darker shade is to play down areas and
the lighter shade is to enhance features.
(posted by ladyofnight)
For examples ~
•If
you have a wide but short nose, apply the lighter down the center of the nose to add the appearance of length and
apply the darker to the sides of the nose to give a thinner appearance. (posted by ladyofnight)
For cheeks ~
• If
you have a round face and want to enhance your cheek bones, suck in your cheeks and apply the darker to the most
indented area. Right above that apply the lighter shade. I guarentee this will give your face a more oval, less
round appeance. Besides, who DOESN'T love cheek bones...LOL (posted
by ladyofnight)
•Tip ~ Apply with a large make-up
(blush) brush, loose powder after EVERY step of make up. It will seal it on your face so it doesn't fade or rub
off as easily. You may find that it dulls your colors, especially eye shadow and lip color...if that happens then
apply a little more color over the powder. I mean after EVERY step :)
foundation ~ loose powder
eye shadow ~ more
loose powder
blush ~ more
loose powder
lip color ~ more
loose powder
(the only thing i don't use it after is the mascara--obvious
reasons :) (posted by ladyofnight)
• BeneFit
Lip Plump ~
This is my favorite product EVER. Its a lip base which is supposed to make your lips look fuller and plumper. You
apply this under lipstick, and amazingly enough, it actually does what it says it will. I can tell a BIG difference
when I have it on. Sometimes I will apply just a little to the center of my bottom lip after i have put on my lipstick--
that works too, just not as well as applying it all over. The only drawback is that it is a little drying. I tend
to use it on my entire lip area at night and a little bit in the middle of my bottom lip during the day. It isn't
very expensive, about $15. Buy it! I swear it's great! (posted
by Valerie1)
• BeneFit
Eye Bright ~
This is another must have, in my book. It is a fat pale pink eye pencil. It is supposed to brighten your eyes--
and it does. It isn't advertised this way, but it also works to make your eyes look bigger too. (posted by Valerie1)
•Tip ~ Here's what you do.
You put a little of this in the inner corner of your eye and blend. You can just use it in that small area or you
can draw and blend the line from the inner corner up your eye as far as you want. You can also use it as a highlighter
on your browbone. You can line and blend your whole eyes or the bottom of your eye (bottom of your eye looks really
good, imo). You can put some in the outer corner of your eyes too. It really does perks up your eye area. (posted by Valerie1)
•Tip ~ My eyes are almond shaped
so sometimes i want them to look bigger. To do this, usually I use a white eyeliner in the inner and outer corners
and then blend-- but this works almost as well-- and it is easier to use-- it is less difficult to make look natural
than the white eyeliner. I would really recommend the white or this pencil in the inner corner of your eyes for
when you are going out at night-- or anytime you do special makeup for something. It really makes a difference.
I hope I explained this well enough to understand-- it's a lot easier to show someone than to explain it. (posted by Valerie1)
•
BeneFit Boing Concealer ~
A concealer which only comes in a few colors... don't know how it works, but it really gives you good coverage
that doesn't look cakey. I apply this over the yellow concealer which i'm about to talk about. (posted by Valerie1)
• BeneFit can be found in better dept. stores... they also have a website and
a catalog. Really cute catalog too. (posted by Valerie1)
• Yellow
and Green Concealer from Physicians Formula ~
Yellow concealer hides dark circles and green concealer covers up anything red-- pimples, around your nose, etc.
This stuff is really inexpensive and it works. (posted
by Valerie1)
•Tip ~ I use the yellow everyday
under my eyes. You use just a little bit and then add normal colored concealer on top of it. You shouldn't use
so much that your undereye area looks really yellow-- u just need a little. I use the green whenever I get a pimple,
and thats about it-- but it does work. (posted
by Valerie1)
• Mac
Spice Lip Liner/Pencil ~
A natural color which looks good on everyone. Also good to use as a liner with any lipstick b/c it blends well
with all colors and sort of matches your original lip color. There are knockoffs of this, but this one is best.
(posted by Valerie1)
• I
bought today: BeneFit Smooch ~ for softening lips,
BeneFit FY Eye-- as an eyelid base, and BeneFit ooh la lift-- which tightens and brightens the eye area. I'll let
you know how they work out. I just love BeneFit-- everything is about $15 dollars too. (posted by Valerie1)
•Tip ~ Use your hairdryer to
heat up your eyelash curler before you curl your eyelashes. the heat "sets" and holds the curl. be careful
not to burn yourself though. (posted
by Valerie1)
•Tip ~ Put foundation under
your eyes before you start with any concealer, this really holds the concealer in place and it doesn't crease up
as much. (posted by Valerie1)
•Tip ~ If you like and use
eyeliner on a regular basis-- learn how to use the powder liner and apply with a brush. i thought it would be difficult,
but its not and it looks SO much better than eyeliner pencil. (posted
by Valerie1)
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