The crease is very important to the Smokey eye and it needs special attention. With a taupe colored shadow, or a mixture of gray and brown, pick up a small amount (to begin), and work it into the crease area. Continue until the area is well defined, with lots of attention to the blending process. Remember, the look we are after is Smokey.

In order to achieve the “smokey eyes” look you must select dark, neutral colors. Black eyeliner with gray eye shadow will work well for the smokey eyes appearance. First, line your eyes with a black eye liner pencil. Make sure you line both top and bottom paying close attention to lining around the natural eyelid contour. You can use concealer under your eyes with a thick coat of powder that will catch any excess eye shadow, which will later be brushed away so you don’t get the dark colors under your eyes. (more…)

Wedding day is the most important day in the life of a woman and every young girl desires to look at her best on this blessed day in her life. On the day of your wedding you want your makeup to look perfect. Bridal makeup is a clean, flawless, pearly and enhanced makeup. Some important tips to make you look as gorgeous as a queen. For brides with oily skin, be sure to avoid any harsh skin treatments as these can actually increase the amount of oil in your skin. Use heavy-pigmented cream foundation and layer it with powder foundation to make the skin look smoother. Use a handkerchief tucked in the bouquet to wipe lipstick from your groom’s mouth after the kiss. When choosing a lipstick, be sure to select one that lasts. (more…)

Right makeup brush for foundation and powders is just as important as the foundation makeup itself. New makeup brushes should be washed before using to remove any leftover residue, excess dye and loose hairs from the manufacturing process. A powder blush is the largest brush you should have in collection. This brush is used to set the finishing powder onto your face and help soften your foundation. If you have never tried a professional makeup brush with your minerals, you will be amazed at the difference it will make. Eye-shadow brushes are designed to give you just the right amount of color to the lid without looking like. A great thing about an eye-shadow brush is that it can easily help to blend more than one eye shadow without leaving behind lines. (more…)

Makeup, like fashion, evolves with time. What may have been in style in the 90’s may no longer be considered as appropriate and fashionable in this decade. Although retro styles, like the revival of leggings and polka dots, may prop up once in a while, you still want to avoid an outdated look.

To get on the loop of what is not hot, continue reading to learn the common makeup faux pas you need to avoid by all means. Pay attention.

Incorrect Foundation Hue

Picking the right color of foundation to suit your skin tone is of utmost importance. If you pick a color that is too light for you, you will either look like a porcelain doll or a clown. On the other hand, if the shade is too dark for you, you will look like a burnt gingerbread man. (more…)

Beauty is one of our prime pursuits as we go about our daily lives. The society we live in places a lot of emphasis on our looks. How we look greatly determines how the society around us will consider us. We subconsciously draw conclusions about individuals within the first one minute, often before anything has been said. Within this one minute, you will have decided whether the person is nice, has money, his social status, whether you may like him; among numerous other things. We can therefore not afford to neglect our looks. An important tool to enhancing our beauty is makeup. Makeup will enhance our strengths and will also cover those embarrassing blemishes we don’t want seen in public. However, incorrectly applied make up can lead to embarrassment. It is therefore wise to learn the correct way of applying makeup. The following beauty tips explain the process of applying the foundation and concealer. (more…)

What is Beauty? Beauty takes us somewhere — higher, lower, but most importantly, truer and more whole. It’s a vibe, but more; a reality, but also a glimpse of what is beyond. In doing so, beauty is a revealing work of the Holy Spirit. Beauty is a cover for the fake and an expression of the real, the half that’s true in many things that are half-true. Beauty is better at communicating than naked fact or plain image, yet there is a beauty in logic and in abstract thought-as-an-art. There is the beauty of a life well-lived and a relationship well-loved. There is, most of all, the Creator of Beauty, who takes an ugly blood-dripped cross and makes it worthy of jewelry and art. If we follow this Creator, ought we not also bring at least a touch of beauty into whatever we do, especially as a body of believers? The Ultimate Artist gave us the divine gift of making beauty. (more…)

Shimmer makeup has been around for ages. While the version decades ago was the sort a teenager experimenting with makeup might use. I had a shimmer eyeshadow palette in my teenage days. The eyeshadow just didn’t last. I had to apply a lot to see the color and even then, it faded away hours after application. The other kind looked really tacky.

Nowadays, shimmer makeup is a lot more friendly. It lasts longer too.

This season’s metallic makeup is for both day and night. The effect of today’s makeup is no longer like the cheap glitter you might use for art and craft. Today’s metallic makeup is subtle, albeit glamorous. It stays on longer then the powdery fairy dust of the past. (more…)

If you ask a woman that what is the thing that you like the most, then out of many things one would be make up. It is one of the things that women of all ages love to do. The best thing in a woman’s arsenal, according to a woman, would be a make up kit. What is the thing which really forces a woman to opt for make up?

God has gifted women with immense beauty. Humans came up with a way to enhance this beauty and make the features of a woman’s face look much more beautiful. This way was applying make up. Make up and make up kits have gained immense popularity amongst women and it is considered customary for women to dress up and make up well, for attending parties and functions. You go in any part of the world, you will find that make up forms part of a woman for any function or ceremony. Though the style of make up differs for every part but the basics are the same. (more…)

This Christmas the look is pretty, not gory. Even for the night, light makeup that makes you look like yourself, only prettier is the way to go. Just because you’re going to a party at night, it doesn’t mean you have to pile on heavy makeup to look glamorous. Overdone make up makes you look older, not prettier. Light make up makes you look younger and more inviting to the opposite sex.
Stars like Halle Berry and Scarlett Johanssen sparkle with their bare, yet ultrachic look. Understated makeup is glam if you know how to pull it off. The secret lies in the strategic placement of color and the choice of color used. (more…)

Applying flawless makeup can be quick and easy if you know the proper steps and techniques. These are ten steps to make to a flawless looking face. They are quick, and many steps take under one minute, so you can complete your total look in less than ten minutes. Let’s get started!

Concealer helps hide imperfections (redness, under eye circles, acne) and make them nearly invisible. Pick a shade as close to your natural skin color as possible. Dab on lightly and blend outward, feathering the edges so that you do not have a straight line across your face. (more…)