Makeup tricks for a fab look!

Friday, November 10, 2010 The quest to look good is on since the time of Cleopatra and the competition grows three-fold when we need to attend a wedding. No matter what, we girls can never be completely satisfied with the way we look. So here's three cheers for the genius who someday, somewhere invented make-up! No matter what we want to hide (or enhance), when used the right way, make-up can give miraculous results. Define your eyesThe first step to striking eyes is defining them with a coloured liner. Chuck your usual black eye pencil for brighter shades like blue and green. If you are not comfortable with loud colours, opt for grey, which...

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Applying Makeup Tips - Excellent and Professional Makeup Tips

1-For natural-smoky look, whatever colour your eyeliner pencil is smudge it in tiny circular motions. 2-Give yourself a start with a few ice cubes pressed on your skin for a finishing natural glow. 3-Always begin with the base, concealer, brows eyes, nose, lips, and then extra's, (i,e start from base, top-bottom) 4-Never use bold pencils for anything, always sharpen for two reasons 1 fast build up of bacteria on tip, 2 wont give any natural definitiion to your finished look, only and Only use bold pencils after running pencil in hot water for a deeper or smudgey look. 5-For accentuated lips, begin with pencil, lipstick, gloss if needed, then pencil again, blot lips, then lipstick again 6-Comb brows upwards before plucking or colouring in for tweezing the bottom, then cob downwards to tweeze...

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What Really Makes Babies so Darn Cute?

Judy's baby Emily had a birthday recently, and Judy had a One-year party for her, which was a hoot because all the moms from the Mommy and Me playgroup came and brought their own one-year olds. One of the things Judy says is that it gets a lot harder to maintain your personal style when you live with someone who's constantly emitting various fluids, and the One-year party was a hilarious (for me) combination of drool and cake icing and runny ice cream. Imagine a dozen babies in party clothes, half of them screaming and half mashing cake through their tiny fists, and you have the general idea. Throw in an elegantly-groomed Golden Retriever (who ate a lot of cake off the ground, resulting in a genteel bout of vomiting under the table) and a bunch of Mommies in their own softly-flowered...

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Basic tools in your Makeup box

It is a good idea to keep your cosmetics in a box that has compartments for the different items. A dressing-table drawer can also be fitted with compartments. Things will be easy to find and your cosmetics will be protected from dust. Even the greatest of makeup in the world won't look great without the correct makeup tools. For a professional finish you need the right tools. This means investing in a set of good brushes and applicators. Here's your basic cosmetic tool kit . Makeup Sponge Fine lip brush Powder Brush Eyeshadow Brush Cotton wool All-in-one eyelash brush/comb Lipsticks Mascara Eyebrow Tweezers Eyelash curlers Powder pu...

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Make-up Trend: Smudgy Smoky Shadow On the latest issue of Vogue India, Priyanka rocks a smudgy smoky eye with nude barely there lips. To get her look, lightly sweep charcoal gray eye shadow on your lids, extending and darkening it just above the crease. Then draw it along your lower lash line, softening any harsh lines with your fingers. With your fingers, apply silver eye shadow under your brows for a subtle highlight. Using an angled brush to trace black eye liner on the top and bottom lashes, thickening the line just a bit at the outer corners. Finish off with 3-4 coats of mascara and you're all s...

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the best Makeup Tips ever

Makeup TipsMakeup Tip 1) Use toner on your face first and apply moisturizer, to enable better blending of foundation/concealer.Makeup Tip 2) Work your foundation onto the face with fingers in circular motions, working one area at a time, say from forehead down one side of face, then down the other side with quick motion. Blend downwards and outwards with a dry sea or makeup sponge.Makeup Tip 3) Concealer is best applied after foundation - apply small dots where needed and gently pat into the skin, then wipe with a sponge to remove excess. Concealer can be applied with a sponge flusk or lip brush using the tips. If you feel a little more colour is needed add to the spots, and blend again with sponge.Makeup Tip 4) Use Translucent Loose Powder to set the makeup using...

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