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Makeup Tips for Winter
Makeup Tips for Winter
Dry Skin is a fact of winters and we all learn to deal with it in our own way.
But dry skin plays havoc with make-up and we have to learn to deal with it also. To avoid the telltale flakes after the application of foundation be sure to keep your skin moisturized.
Follow a regular routine: moisturize daily and exfoliate a couple times a week.You can also add a bit of lotion to your liquid foundation to get a smooth finish.
Drink Lots of water as it helps in maintaining skin hydration, all said this is best way to a healthy-looking and glowing skin always.
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Holiday Makeup Tips
The holiday season is perfect for every woman to make one step forward and try something different when it comes to makeup. If on a daily basis you are used to wear no makeup whatsoever, this is the right moment to reveal your wildest and sexiest side. Take a look to some holiday makeup tips.
Special events require stunning appearances, whether we are talking about a fabulous outfit, a sophisticated hairstyle, or a flawless makeup. Since there are so many different makeup styles where to choose from, you need to pay attention and find one suitable for the occasion. Besides, this should be flattering for your features, face shape and match the outfit.
Natural Makeup Tips
Everyone wants to wear makeup but we all want it to naturally enhance what we already have, so how do we get the best of both worlds by creating natural makeup looks. Many find this a hard look to achieve but actually its easier than you think.
When going for a natural makeup look, figure out your favorite facial features. You can have stronger eyes, or more defined lips, but not both. If you want to apply makeup to all your facial features, keep the look as minimal as possible. Look below for easy tips on creating natural makeup.
Natural Makeup Tips for Eyes:
If you consider your eyes to be your best feature, only put mascara on your top lashes enhancing your eyes and making them look bigger. Consider using brown or clear mascara rather than black black mascara is very heavy for summer, and gives you a more night-time look. Apply eyeliner to only the outer part of your eye. This elongates your eyes, again making them look bigger. If you can, avoid eyeliner completely.
Adding a touch of natural eyeshadow in nearly nude or earth colors such as brown and beige can add a natural brightness or sparkle to your eyes. Using a subtle eyeshadow color to complement your eye color can work just as well (for example, if you have green eyes, a shade of khaki would enhance your natural eye color).
Another option if you like to carry as little makeup as possible is to put nude concealer or foundation on the upper lids of your eyes, and a touch underneath. This instantly brightens your eyes without looking as though you are wearing any makeup. Vaseline is also a girl’s best friend, it feels a bit heavy and sticky, but a touch of vaseline on your upper eyelids refracts the light to enhance your eyes. We’ll be mentioning vaseline again – Mookychick does love vaseline so.
Natural Makeup Tips for Lips:
If you consider your lips to be your best feature, nude lip-gloss is definitely the best way to give your lips a natural shimmer. For paler skin, the perfect nude lip-gloss includes the more peachy-pink colors which will draw attention to your lips and add a pretty glow to your face.
For more olive-skinned girls, lean towards a warmer tone. For those with darker skin, you can afford to go for deeper pink tones. All skin tones look fantastic with a clear gloss.
Natural Makeup Tips for Face:
Lightly apply the blush to the apples of your cheeks. Blend the cheek color until a sun kissed glow is achieved. Last but not least, use a pink glossy finish on your lips. If you touch up your makeup every two hours, you’ll stay fresh and glowing. All you need is your cream blush, lip gloss and translucent powder compact.
Makeup Tips For Girls
Daily Makeup Tips
* Always remember that while using the cosmetics on a daily basis you should use only quality products.
* Therefore choosing the cosmetics is an important step as it is directly related to the skin care and health.
* For the purpose of daily makeup usually powder cosmetics are preferred because they not only keep the shine under control but also contain less preservatives and skin irritants as compared to the liquid ones.
* In case you cannot avoid use of the liquid foundation then you should opt for one, which has a silicone base because the silicone base does not cause acne.
* If you apply makeup daily then you also need to remove it daily and for this you may need to use the makeup remover.
* But remember that using makeup remover to clean out waterproof cosmetics also wipes out the protective layer of sebum from the skin, therefore you should use waterproof cosmetics only occasionally and not on routine basis.
* You should never use the cosmetics that have crossed their expiry dates because it could be extremely harmful.
* You should also wash and clean the makeup brushes and sponges regularly.
* Normal life span of the cosmetics
o Mascaras: about 3 to 4 months
o Foundations: last for 1 year
o Lipsticks: last for 1 year
o Powder: last for about 2 years
o Eye shadows: last for about 2 years.
+ For the purpose of daily makeup Pencil eyeliner and eyebrow pencils that are wax based should be preferred because they can be cleaned off easily by using water only.
* For the daily makeup light earth tones are preferable as they not only give a natural look but also are less likely to cause skin irritation than the darker colors.
* You should use a broad-spectrum sunscreen. The sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor 15 or higher and with ingredients such as zinc oxide or titanium dioxide is very effective in avoiding the harmful effects of UVA rays.
* However, for the daily use cosmetics with fewer ingredients are much safer therefore you should opt for the cosmetics that contain not more than 10 ingredients.
* Though nail polishes are very important for giving a beautiful look to your hands but they are not for daily use.
* For a quick pedicure you should scrape the dead skin off the soles of your feet after shower using an emery board.
* You should rub them over with lotion or olive oil or petroleum jelly and push back the cuticles of your toenails.
* You can wear socks all the time to maintain them.
* For a quick manicure you can follow the similar procedure.
* You can maintain them by wearing gloves at night.
Eyeshadow For Green Eyes: Perfect Eye Make Up Solution
Choosing eyeshadow for green eyes can be a lot of fun, as they are fit for a wide range of colors from turquoise to chartreuse to forest green to bright light green and so on. Many tips are available for green eyes make up, but there are exceptions to every rule. So, the best advice is to try everything until you find out what looks best for your eyes.
Best Eyeshadow for Green Eyes:
While looking for the perfect eyeshadow for green eyes, an important factor that has to be considered is one’s skin tone. Usually, people with green colored eyes have very fair to medium skin tone. However, there are also dark skinned people who have green eyes. Moreover, as green has several shades like turquoise, forest green, chartreuse, light or very dark green, the shade of the eyeshadow will also depend upon this factor. Therefore, here are some eyeshadow tips for green eyes that will aid you while choosing one that suits your eye color.
* One of the best colors that is most commonly used by people with green eyes is brown. Most of the shades available in brown color go well with green eyes, however, one that looks really great is chocolate brown. Other than brown, even dark green is a good color that will look fabulous on green eyes.
* Apart from brown and dark green, other shades that adds to the beauty of green eyes include beige, cream, lavender, coral, light green, medium pink, soft purple, peach, lilacs, coral and mocha. Even yellow is said to be a great shade that goes really well with people who have green colored eyes. These shades are usually used for base eye makeup and also can be used for the blusher.
* Once you have chosen the base color that heightens the look of your eyes, the next step is to choose the highlighters. For everyday makeup, using taupe or apricot shade to highlight your eyes is a good choice. Whereas, if you want an evening look, it is best to go for darker shades like metallics, dark purples, mauve, gray with purple undertones, plum, etc. Gold and copper shades are used to achieve a glamorous look and should be saved for special occasions.
* While you are looking for an eyeshadow for green eyes, one of the most important things that you have to know is the eyeshadow that does not go well with green eyes. Basically, you have to avoid cool colors including white, blue, silver, light pink, etc., as these colors give a dull look to the splendid green eyes. It is also important to stay away from pastel shades as such colors are preferred as eyeshadow for blue eyes. Know more about eye makeup for green eyes.
How to Apply Eye Shadow for Green Eyes:
Some women simply take an eye shadow brush and sweep it over their eyelids, but if they are serious about making their eyes pop there is a little more to it than that. An eye shadow primer should be used on the eyelids before applying the shadow.
This helps to keep the color in place and keeps it on the eyes for a longer period of time. It can also help eye shadow colors be more visible. If a person has no primer, foundation or concealer can also work for this purpose as well.
An eye shadow brush should always be used to apply the shadow and blend the products as well. Using a finger spreads bacteria to the eye and can also leave harsh lines of makeup around the face. A woman should invest in a good set of eye shadow brushes and clean them on a regular basis.
Start with the lightest eye shadow color first and sweep it over the entire eyelid. This is the base color but may not be the main color that shows through. Apply the second color to the base of the eyelid but be sure to not pull on the eyelid. Instead, lightly close it to apply the shadow. Blend the colors together so that no hard lines can be seen. A third color can be used, but it should be the darkest color and only applied to the outside of the eyes and along the lash line.
Learning how to apply eye shadow for green eyes can make all the difference in the appearance of women with that shade of eyes. Learning how to highlight the eyes with the proper complementary colors and apply the shadow so it looks professionally done can easily make a woman go from dull to delicious.
Top Party Makeup Tips For Girl: Ideas To Get Perfect Look
Party Make Up Tips
Choose the Best Feature
A common mistake made when preparing for the prom or graduation is to overdo makeup. Big smokey eyes with dark lips can take away from your natural beauty. Choose what you think is your best feature and play that up. Downplay the rest of your face with more natural or subtle tones and give all the attention to your favorite part. It will make you look fresh and lovely and keep you from looking overly made up.
Color
Color choices are key to keeping beauty looking natural and flawless. Foundation should be as close a match as possible to your natural skin tone. To find a good color of blush, try matching up your foundation to blush colors. Some blushes will stand out as inappropriate for your face, such as a bright pink with an olive complexion. The blush should compliment your skin tone, not contrast with it. Think of it like the tone of your skin when you become flushed, but more subtle.
Choosing eye makeup color is easy as long as you know what tones work best with your skin and eye color. Those with green eyes tend to look best with dusty purples and taupe, blue eyes with browns, and brown eyes with blues or plum colors. These rules always apply for a natural look. To change over to evening, just choose slightly darker shades than you would wear for daytime. You should have three shades of complimentary shadows. Choose eyeliners a shade or two darker than your darkest eyeshadow. If the eyes are carrying strong colors for the night, go for a light lip gloss that complements the blush choice. If the lips will be the choice feature for the evening, go bold with a dark red or pink. Remember, don’t go bold on more than one feature.
Application
Always begin with covering any blemishes with a quality concealer. Put an even coat of foundation over your skin. Some prefer creams, but mineral foundation applied with a brush has gained in popularity since it provides a nice even coat of coverage. Add blush to the apples of the cheeks and just the smallest touch to any places that the sun would hit, such as nose, forehead and chin. When applying eye makeup, begin with the lightest color. Work above the eye crease and place coverage over the area between the crease and the eyebrow. Work the darkest color just into the crease area. Brush a medium shade complementary color over the lid itself. Eyeliner can be applied on just the top lid or both for a dramatic effect. Evening makeup looks usually have a darker, thicker line than daytime. Mascara tops off the look of the eyes. For evening, black or dark brown mascara are great choices. Lips are the finishing touch.
Other Tips
Don’t have eyebrows waxed or plucked on the day of the event. Grooming can sometimes leave redness or dots on the upper eye, which are very difficult to conceal. Try to groom them about 2 days before the event. Be sure to bring any essentials with you to the prom or party. Carry a small purse and keep your lip color, foundation and mascara in it just in case of a makeup emergency. You never know when you might get teary remembering all of your great high school times, and having backup makeup for when your mascara runs is always a good idea.
Arabic Makeup Styles and Trends in 2010
The Arabic culture seems to be stylish, attractive, and mysterious. Get all the sensual arabic look applied into your makeup using our tips and guidance to take advantage of the magical arabic image.
Explore the latest awesome and elegant arabic makeup styles and trends for different occasions and functions.
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How To Apply Make Up
Knowing how to apply makeup is a valuable tip when you want to attract a member of the opposite sex. Many men actually appreciate a woman taking the time to apply makeup and make themselves quite appealing to look at.
As you learn how to apply makeup, you will become more aware of other things, like your skin tone and condition. You will before you begin to apply makeup, make sure you have a top quality moisturizer for your face. Never wear makeup with this. You could in fact end up drying out your skin. So apply your moisturizer and then prepare to learn how to apply your other makeup.
First you may wish to apply some concealer. This is a product you dab in places where you may be a little blotchy looking or have redness, or a blemish. This is not to be used to cover your whole face. Once you have applied the concealer (if you chose to use concealer), you then need to apply your foundation makeup.
Knowing how to apply foundation makeup is important, or you could end up leaving streaks of makeup in the wrong places. This is not a good look. With a makeup sponge or your fingertip, spread the foundation makeup over your face using an upwards motion. This keeps the foundation makeup going on smoothly and evenly. Once you have learnt how to successfully apply your foundation, you will be ready for the next step. You could at this stage, choose to cover your foundation makeup with a makeup powder. This is usually a color slightly lighter than the color of your foundation. Always when applying foundation, see a pharmacist or makeup specialist first and purchase the correct coloring for your own skin tone. You do not want your makeup to look too dark. The closest to natural the better. On knowing how to apply your foundation and
your foundation powder, you can now move on to something else.
Perhaps now is a good time to apply your eye makeup. Gently with an eyeliner pencil draw a line on the rim or just below the rim of your lower eyelid. Next you can brush some mascara on your eyelashes. Knowing how to apply mascara may take some time, as often mascara can be messy and smudge. You will learn how
to, on practicing master how to apply mascara makeup. You can now on completing applying your eyeliner and mascara move on to attempting to know how to apply eye shadow. Not all women choose to wear eye shadow, but that is entirely up to you. Using a small sponge applicator, brush the color of your choice on your upper eyelid. Maybe you would also like to learn how to apply eyebrow liner. This is like an eyeliner and comes in pencil form. Simply draw lightly where you would like your eyebrows highlighted.
And lastly back further down your face to your mouth. It is time to apply your lipstick. Bear in mind once again the coloring of the lipstick you choose to apply. You do not want to use a color that is going to in fact scream out: Hideous!
On making your color choice, pucker up your lips and carefully run your lipstick over the entirety of your lips. You may have to touch this up. Learn how to apply lipstick with practice. On managing to apply your lipstick, kiss a tissue gently and the excess lipstick will wipe itself off.
Now you have learnt the basics in being able to apply makeup. Run off and shut yourself in the bathroom and get applying. See what kind of transformation you can in fact make, just by knowing now how to apply makeup.
Choosing The Right Foundation
The foundation market today is saturated with many types and brands of foundations. At the cosmetics counter you are confronted with an array of choices - liquid, cream, oil- free, powder, allergy tested, cake, stick, stay-on, hypoallergenic, cream to powder, non-comedogenic and camouflage foundations. It is indeed quite a mind-blowing experience, especially if you are a first time buyer.
To make it easier for you to determine the type that’s best for you, we
have placed foundations into four major categories:
LIQUID FOUNDATIONS
Liquid foundations usually offer sheer coverage and provide a natural look. Most women prefer a liquid foundation because it is easy to apply and fits like a ‘second skin’. They are available in water-based and oilbased formulas.
Sacha’s “Stay-On Color” Liquid Foundation is oil-free and semi-matte. It provides sheer coverage. It is yellow-based and will perfectly match your skin tone. It is suitable for normal, oily or combination skin types.
CREAM FOUNDATIONS
Cream foundations are traditionally the number one choice of makeup artists. They are usually available in compacts or sticks, and provide very good coverage. Foundations of this consistency provide a creamy flawless finish and are easy to apply.
Sacha’s Cream Foundation will perfectly match your skin tone with a flawless, natural-looking finish. It is ideally suited to women with normal, dry or combination skin.
This is the type of foundation most frequently used by our Sacha Makeup
artists at international beauty pageants.
DUAL ACTIV POWDER FOUNDATION:
In today’s fast paced world, the modern woman is always in search of a “quick fix”. To her, time is precious, yet she needs to look great in seconds. Many brands offer their solution to this - cream to powder, dual activ, three-in-one - basically a multi-functional product.
Sacha’s Dual Activ Foundation, as the name implies, is a foundation and powder in one. It provides the easy application of a powder with the excellent coverage of a foundation. The outstanding feature of this foundation is that it begins as a powder and ends as a powder. It is exquisitely yellow-based and ideal for normal to oily skin.
Foundation A makeup secret!!
When you walk into a room people must notice you and not your makeup. If they notice your makeup, your makeup is “shabby”. If however they notice you, your makeup is impeccable. This is the Sacha philosophy. Makeup should be used to draw attention to your best features and away from your less flattering ones.“Dress shabbily, they notice the dress. Dress impeccably,
they notice you”. Coco Chanel
When doing a painting, the artist first primes the canvas with a base color. This primer must have sufficient coverage to conceal the blemishes in the material and provide a smooth surface on which to work. It has to be a neutral color to bring out the colors the artist intends to use. This neutral primer used is white.
A makeup artist, as the name suggests is an artist. The “primer” used is foundation. When doing a makeover, you cannot of course use white, since it will result in a mask-like appearance. You must find a “primer” that matches your natural skin tone.
This “primer” must have good coverage and be neutral enough to allow your eye, cheek and lip makeup to highlight your natural beauty. The greatest challenge facing any makeup artist or makeup wearer is finding the right foundation!
The problem is, from the inception, foundations were not invented to perfectly match our natural skin tones. They were first developed for the movie industry by early cosmetics pioneers such as Max Factor.
These were the days when “white light” was used, causing actors and actresses to look “washed out”. To put color on their faces, cosmetic manufacturers developed foundations with a red base. This era of “pink” foundations dominated the cosmetic market during this period and still
forms the basis of many brands today.
As the movie industry developed, natural light was introduced and there was no longer the need for “red” foundations. Manufacturers then began reducing the amount of red used in their formulations to better match various skin tones.
Foundations, for many years however, remained far too red. Later, manufacturers began adding more yellow to their foundations to alter the pink look. The “added yellow” however, gave foundations an unattractive orange look.
During this time, cosmetics manufacturers began recognizing that there was an emerging market for African American cosmetics. They took their existing “red” formulas, darkened them, and foundations for women of color were invented. They however failed to take into account that most darker women have yellow undertones and needed to wear foundations with a yellow base.
In his book “Making Faces”, renowned makeup artist, Kevyn Aucoin, states:
“Years ago, foundation was used specifically to alter the color of the skin, re: ‘rosy glow’. But the trend of the last few years has taken us from what intentionally changed the wearer’s natural coloring to products that match the tones perfectly”.
He later adds:
“ Still, if you choose to wear foundation, there are two important things to consider when selecting a product, the ‘look’ you want to achieve and that it matches your skin”.
At Sacha, we believe that a foundation should provide sufficient coverage to suit the individual’s need and yet remain natural-looking. Your foundation should perfectly match your natural skin color so you do not end up with a “ring” around your face.
From our experience, most Caucasian, African and all Asian and Latin women have yellow-based skin. Yet, most foundations have red or orange tones.
When women with natural yellow undertones wear foundation with a pink or orange base, they often end up with an unnatural looking hue. Women with darker skin tones often turn ashy. Darker African women often look at least one shade darker than their natural skin color.
Because of this, until recently there had been only one “black” Miss Universe in the history of the Pageant. For over twenty years beautiful African delegates would walk out on stage, look ashy under the stage lights, and lose every chance of winning.
After developing our yellow-based foundations we felt that the best way to test them would be on African contestants in beauty pageants. We knew that if dark African delegates did not look ashy on stage then we had hit the jackpot.
And, so we did! The very first beauty contestant who wore our yellowbased foundations was adjudged 2nd Runner Up in the 1997 Miss Universe Pageant. The second one was crowned Miss Universe 1998, wearing our Perfect Copper foundation, and Miss Universe 1999 won the title wearing our Perfect Honey foundation. Our foundations matched their skin tones perfectly without a trace of ashiness.
After twenty years of not having a “black” Miss Universe, we had two in a row, both wearing the same brand of cosmetics - Sacha.
If our foundations could work so beautifully on the most difficult skin tones, imagine how perfect they will be for you.
