Do's and Don'ts in Make-Up for Your Unique Face

I'm going to go over the face and general facial structures to show you what makeup is good for your face and what you want to avoid. I'm covering lips, eyes, lashes and then a tip for you older ladies. There are so many styles of makeup, and so many different faces out there. There is a style of makeup for every face. Some look good on you and some just don't

For example, if you happen to have thin or small lips, they would look better in a light pink with a gloss coating instead of a bright red so you can't tell as much where the lip line is. The gloss reflects and gives lips more dimension and the light pink looks close to a skin tone.

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Reese Witherspoon may have lips a little on the thin side, but she knows how to rock them. Alicia Keys, on the other hand may need some tips. One thing she does rock is her skin tone. Shes wearing a pinky eyeshadow that looks almost brown on her. This is because of her shade of skin. Not everyone can pull off wearing red with pink. *glamour.com

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your eyeshadow is just as important as you lips, and so is the way you put it on. Putting eyeshadow on is probably the trickiest part of makeup. It can either 

make your eyes pop, or just make you look like you have colorful eyelids. The technique is so important.

For instance, More protrusion of the eyelids require a blending upwards of the make up towards the brow bone, otherwise the make up will cut off awkwardly. If your eyelids protrude like an outward shell you will need to apply the make up with a cat eye effect to make them look less round or bulbous. highlight less of the upper lid and bring the focus point to the outer feather of the cat eye and underneath your eye. Make sure to place highlighting in the corners. But if you just happen to have more-set-forward eyes, simply blend the shadow upwards and highlight the brow bone. For deep set eyes and bushy lows set brows, don't use purple unless you know how to apply it in a way that accentuates the depth of your eyes.

If you have deep set eyes, you don't want any more shadow. You have enough. You want highlights. Natural browns, a light shimmery pink. Put these light colors on your lid and the darker colors above it closer to the eye brow. “You're pretty much doing the opposite of what someone with normal set eyes would do,” says Shelby, teacher to estheticians at Craven Community College in New Bern North Carolina. “Putting the darker colors on top and lighter colors on the lower lid creates the illusion of forward set eyes.” And it all depends on your preference.

To open your eyes more you should blend up and out towards your temple but not all the way. You definitely want a little more highlighting in the corners of your eyes and on the brow bone. This brings the eyes forward. If you have thick eyebrows you should consider maybe plucking or waxing so your eyes are not hooded. But overall, it's a matter of what you like and what looks best on you.

   

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Wrong...would you wear this on a daily basis? She looks like a raccoon.
Can you see the feathering upwards on the first picture, and how she has highlighted her brow bone? She rocks her thick brows.

Your lashes are critical to your eye technique, they can change the shape of your entire eye and can change the style of your look. Your eyelashes are more important then you may think. And so is the type of mascara you use. Not every mascara may suit your lash type.

For thin lashes, you would not want to use a dense, wet formula. This will bring your thin, delicate lashes down and make them droop. For thin lashes, you want a thick, dry formula to sculpt and add volume to your lashes. It makes them stiff and and mold able. Make sure you get the right wand also. One that has bristles that are close together so your lashes don't stick together. This makes it look like you only have a couple of thick lashes. Very awkward.

The wand is just as important as the mascara its self. The technique that is best for us thin-lash-girls is to put two thin coats on, one after the other. This lets the first coat dry before we layer on the next, decreasing clumps.

For you lucky girls with luscious lashes, you can use the wet formula and apply thick coats. Make sure you have a long bristled wand. A spiral shape would work best for you. *Michelle Phan Mascara 101, Youtube.com

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                                                                   wrong...look at that awful wand.

Now here are some tips for you fabulous forties. You begin to realize that the makeup you used to wear in your twenties just doesn't flatter those fine lines that are showing up under your eyes and around your mouth. As you get older, LESS IN MORE! You still can be glitzy in your forties with gloss and pink, but as you age, natural is factual. Natural is more mature. You'll want browns and greens, you can even wear blacks, as long as you wear it with a mature Smokey eye effect.

For your eye liner, I suggest switching from black to dark brown. The eye liner melts throughout the day and sinks into the creases under your eyes. This makes them more visible.

For your foundation, again, less is more. You don't want to cake on the foundation, and you might want to switch from pancake foundation to mineral powder. Mineral powder sits lightly on top of your creases, but doesn't fill them in. *Jones magazine suggests that Foundation or pressed powder “can actually accentuate flaws.” Try a lightweight coverage instead. It might suit you much better. joseibi.com, cosmetics and skin care blog says to “Use concealer on spots that need it, and powder those spots (with a colorless/translucent loose powder)only. A light-reflective and diffusing concealer will work wonders to brighten up your look.”

Your skin will start showing damage so soft soaps like *Cetiphil Gentle Skin Cleanser is suggested for daily cleansing and makeup removal by Jones magazine. There you can see that MURAD Hydrating Toner is also suggested to restore and repair skin. Bronzer will also help you keep a radiant glow.

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This is the same person in both pictures! Brooke Shields looks younger without so much make up and so will you.

Your makeup should not change your face, it should enhance your special features. Not all makeup styles look good on everyone because everyone has a different and unique face. Weather you have thin lips, small lips, big eyes or little eyes, we all have something we want to highlight. And thats what makeup should do.