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.

Right...

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

 not so right...

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.

   

Right...                                                                 

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

           Right...                                

                                                                   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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Right..

Wrong...
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.

this is graffiti

graffiti is vandalism as is street art. but when people compare street art and graffiti, id have to say ill take the street art any day. like i said, graffiti is just scribbles and junk on a wall. graffiti is meant to mess with people, cause trouble. street art is meant to brighten someones day, cause thought, state an opinion, light up an ugly street. street art is NOT graffiti. this is graffiti. know the difference.

really? REALLY? that's all you think about? you think its funny? come on..

seriously?

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now this makes me mad..because they just messed up a REAL work of art with their trash..come on guys, get a life.

all street art taken from street art utopia. click link for more

i believe there is a fine line between graffiti and street art. street art states something like an opinion, a view point, an idea or just shows something imaginative and interesting with an artistic flourish. but graffiti is a crude drawing of a penis on an underpass. here are some really cool street art pictures. i will then compare it to graffiti  in my next post. for more of this awesome art, check out this link. http://www.streetartutopia.com/?p=10554

the floating world?

okay I know I've read way more books, but it's hard to remember them all. just like I never know the last movie I watched. actually I usually watch TV series because I can get into the characters and see them develop. that's usually why TV show has more of a following/fan-dome then movies or one book. you get so attached to the characters!! so I'm watching XXXholic. I have no idea why it's called that, but it isn't porn I swear! what with the xxx it's easy to misunderstand. it's actually an anime, a clean one at that, and it's about a boy who can see spirits and has no friends. one day he finds himself drawn to a fortune teller of sorts and wishes for her to take away his gift. but she must receive an equal payment first, so he works for her until he has paid her. so basically it's about all the other clients she gets and destiny and future. it's actually very fun and entertaining, even if the art isn't all that great. the animation has a unique style to it; everyone is super elongated and some movement translates as block-y and choppy.  wiki says that the art is influenced by
Ukiyo-e which means "pictures of the floating world." its a genre of Japanese woodblock prints or cut outs, which would explain the angular style of the characters. this genre of art is all about the fleeting moments of beauty and pleasure, thus, the floating world. look it up! it's super interesting. the things you can learn, just by looking up an anime! check it out!

from left to right: Kimihiro Watanuki, Shizuka Dōmeki, Yūko Ichihara

chai tea latte

Tasty ideas for coffee, tea and other things that are wonderful. Comment your ideas!

1. i found a great chai tea latte recipe one day and i love it. i added my own flair to it though.
put cream in a small pot while you boil water for your tea bags.
add all spice, ground cloves, vanilla syrup or extract, and brown sugar to your taste. take a spatula and gently slide it over the bottom of the pot so the brown sugar doesn't burn. bring this mixture to a low simmer, then turn it off. you don't want to curdle your cream. when you have sufficiently brewed you chai tea bags, pour some into a cup, then add your latte mixture until it is a light creamy brown color. add steamed foamy milk, or whipping cream. or you can ice it.

fantastic cosplays

epic as all get out. classy, well done, love it.

ohmygodohmygodohmygod chiii!

she lives! she looks exactly like chii this is fabulous i want to eat this picture.

fruits basket. this is the best group cosplay i have ever seen. those are hard to pull off. well done.

can we all say, hawt gender bender?

i dont know who this guy is but his props are awesome. kudos.

giiirl. this is legit. i love cosplays with big, awesome props. they are hard to pull off.

le black butler. i think. nice.

best thing ever, ever, ever. i love it when people take really awesome pictures of their cosplays. i mean you can have a great cosplay, but if the picture you take in it stinks, it subtracts the awesomeness greatly. nice pic man.

fantablulous vampire moca casplay.

yeeaahs rosairo plus vampire characters ftw. 

probably the best crona cosplay ever. 

oh these two. this is excellent.

now see going back to my point earlier, this photo is so awesome and it totally adds to the cosplays legitimacy. i love it. <3