Makeup

Applying eyeliner along the waterline is important for making eye color pop out. It can enhance color by contrast or help you to create dramatic effects. What ever your reason for applying eyeliner to the waterline of your eyes, be…
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This summer eye makeup trends are fresh and bright, or metallic and smouldering. The cosmetics of choice are pastel eyeshadows in block colors, or those with shimmering, light reflective color which blend into a summer tan with ease. Eyeliner may be…
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There are many wonderful eyeshadow colors you may be tempted to use, along with eyeliners and colored mascara. However, which will suit you best will depend on your eye color. Blue eyes are considered beautiful and referred to in countless…
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The eyes have been termed as the ‘windows to the soul’ because they are basically the first thing we notice about someone. The delicate skin around your eyes is the first to show signs of aging, fatigue and a less…
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If you are suffering from blemishes or dark under-eye circles, concealer may rapidly become your best friend. Concealer is simply a thick, liquid makeup that is often used to cover flaws upon the face. It is best to apply concealer…
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As your face is the part of your body that is on display to the world twenty four hours of the day, this is the area of the body that people will look at first to determine your age.  The…
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When to use a concealer? The answer can only be, ‘When you have a flaw, on your face, neck or other body parts, that you wish to be concealed’. There are hundreds of concealers on the market for nearly every…
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     “Your my brown eyed girl.” A lyric from Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl that has made all women with brown eyes infamous. Brown eyes are beautiful, dark, and intense. They range in shades from the lightest brown, to a…
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Green eyes can be very beautiful, as they are less common than other eye colors. For this reason, you will want your makeup to be stunning, since people are likely to look into your eyes often. There are several shades…
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As women, we try to reverse the look of age sometime in our lives. We want the wisdom of many years, but the face of a doll! Unfortunately, there may be things that you are doing wrong with your makeup…
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Women wear make up for many reasons.  Some to make themselves look glamorous for a night out, others will wear it on a daily basis as they consider this as a sign to the outside world that they take good…
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There is something effortlessly chic and glamorous about eyes that are beautifully defined with eyeliner. Whether you’re creating a sultry evening look or a casual daytime look, eyeliner can add depth to your eyes and give them a seductive allure….
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Choosing the right eyeshadow to suit your eye color may seem difficult at first. After all, cosmetic shelves in stores are filled with a large color palette, and many are attractive. Which eyeshadow colors suit you the best however, depends…
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When you are getting ready to apply make-up, you always want to apply a primer or foundation first.  This can even out your complexion and help your make-up to look better.  It helps to moisturize the skin.  It helps to…
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      Blue eyes are actually a very rare gift to have. Blue eyes come from recessive genes and both parents must carry in order to have a child with blue eyes. A blue eyed man and blue eyed woman will…
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Summer is a fun season to experiment with nail colors.  Fingers and toes are center stage in summer attire, and it’s important that nails are well maintained and reflect your personal sense of style.  Each summer there are new nail…
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You can make your eyelashes seem fuller and define them by applying eyeliner to your waterline. Using cosmetics in this fashion will emphasize your eyes and make them look beautiful. You may already apply eyeliner below your lower lashes and above…
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     Ivory skin used to be considered one of the most beautiful skin tones in Victorian times. Now in today’s tan promoting markets, it’s a time to be proud of your ivory skin because it is making a comeback. Soft,…
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It is slightly nonsensical to write a tutorial on creating the look of a decade we are only nine years away from. But if VH1 can do a nostalgic countdown on the decade immediately preceding this one, then it appears…
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I was a child in the eighties, and not in a “I was a child of the eighties because I snuck into Ozone when I was 16” kind of way. I wasn’t even in double digits when the “me decade”…
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It’s actually hard to follow written instructions for putting on make up, because so much depends on how it looks. It’s so much easier to follow a step-by-step video demonstration, which you can pause at critical points or replay. If…
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While the sleek, fancy packaging of designer beauty products may send off an impression of luxury and quality, you can’t avoid wondering how well these compare to niche or drugstore beauty brands. In other words, are designer beauty products truly…
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Some of the most-asked questions about makeup involve the brushes. Really, how on earth are you supposed to keep it straight with all the different types of brushes and application techniques? While it may seem daunting at first, learning to…
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FOR GRAVITY’S SAKE. Watching commercials from the Cosmetic World, and the ‘How to Apply Your Skin Care Products” programs on Television, I note that they all apply their creams on their subjects, in a downward movement. Even when applying foundation….
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The eyes have it. Flirty eyes, innocent eyes, knowing eyes, angelic eyes, devilish eyes, bare eyes, intense eyes. For every eye, there’s a color, a shade, a blending of hues to create the look that gets looked at because you’re…
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MAC has been my favorite makeup for years but I recently found another line I really like. I had heard about Bare Essentials and decided to give it a try. I am quite impressed. I needed a pick me up…
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Our ancestors didn’t require the excessive amount of beauty products that we are bombarded with today by advertising. They simply remained youthful and beautiful by living naturally! Diet is an essential element of being healthy and reaching our full potential…
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The mouth has been a focus of attention in female beauty for centuries. Think of the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa, the quivering scarlet lips of Marilyn Monroe highlighted by that perfect beauty spot, or the money spent on…
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Now, In my 21 years of experience, and let me say, there has been A LOT of experience. I have been experimenting with make up since the first smear of ruby red across my lips at age 12. At 15…
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Make up is part of everyday life, and once you start wearing it for the first time, you look really good, and you want that look all the time – “Once you Pop, you can’t stop”. Most women and some…
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