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Selecting The Right Eye Shadow For You

  • Posted on November 9, 2009 at 8:30 pm

No matter how skillfully a woman applies her makeup to the rest of her face, if the wrong eye makeup is applied it can ruin the look faster than anything!

Beautiful womenYour expressive eyes are the focal point of your whole face, why ruin it by wearing the wrong eye makeup?

Unfortunately your eyes are also the first place that will show the first signs of aging, if your eye makeup is overdone; it can make you look older, tired and hard. No one wants that!

Tips in selecting the right eye shadows for you:

There are three main types of eye shadows to pick from. Cream, powder or liquid. There are other types such as pencils or crayons but they are not as common as they once were.

Cream eye shadows are a good idea if you have delicate eyelid skin. But you must be careful if you choose this type because creamy, oil-based are not for wrinkled skin or drooping eyelids. The reason why this type of eye shadow can be a wrong choice is your body heat turns eye makeup oily, and creams will collect in the fold and melt!

Cream eye shadows do have their advantages. They are easy to apply, easier to create subtle shading effects when used with other types of eye shadows. If your skin is normal to dry, then cream eye shadows might be a good choice for you.

Powder eye shadows. They are probably the best choice in eye shadows for most women of all ages. One of the reason’s being you can find just about every color under the sun in powder eye shadows! One word about color selection, its best to keep as natural as possible for work. Choose between wearing taupe’s and grays for shadows, light peach, pink or buff for highlighting and try a soft violet or blue inside the crease.

If you want to go dramatic do it at night, it will be too much for daytime. Try to avoid any color with iridescence in it. Light reflecting particles only attract more attention if you have wrinkled skin. That is best for the younger set.

The biggest complaint against wearing powder eye shadows is that it does come off. Wearing a eye shadow base will help with keeping your eye shadow in place longer through the day. Don’t rub your eyes either, for that will remove your eye shadow as well.

Liquid eye shadows come in a tube with usually a brush or sponge tip. Problem with liquid is once it dries, it doesn’t blend or smudge. It has more staying power than other types of eye shadows which is its major advantage. Many use a liquid eye shadow as their base for their powder eye shadows.

Pencils are not really eye shadows per say but some use them as such. Most of the time pencil eye shadows are used as eye liner because of the ease in use. They have amazing staying power and can really bring out your eyes. But you must be careful in applying them because too much can make you look like you have two black eyes instead.

I hope this help give you ideas of how to pick the right eye shadow type for yourself. Eye shadows can really be lots of fun to play around with. Whatever choice you pick, have light hands when you apply it, don’t over do it. It’s easier to add more than it is to take it off and start over again.

Visit http://Overallbeauty.com for many types and styles of eye shadows. Eye makeup doesn’t need to be that tough. In fact check out How To Create Sultry Smoky Eyes article while visiting! Your makeup needs are all at Overallbeauty.com!

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When on vacation, does that mean you give your face a break or not?

  • Posted on February 26, 2008 at 4:38 pm

Are you making this makeup mistake yourself? Sitting by the pool on a ship out in the middle of the ocean on my way to Mexico i saw this : A beautiful young lady with boyfriend in hand wearing the most next to nothing bath suit BUT she was wearing full blown makeup! Foundation (too dark, I could see it from where I was sitting with sunglasses on) eye shadow, eyeliner, blush lipstick with lip liner and gloss over that. When she got closer I saw she had a line along her chin where she did not blend the foundation. I had to look away, my husband sitting next to me asked me whats up, when I nod my head so he could see what I was looking at: started to giggle. He knows how much it kills me not to just ask her if she minded if I helped her blend the foundation at least. I saw women with babies with full makeup on, who has that kind of time?

OK when you are on vacation does that mean you need to wear all your makeup??? I was on my vacation wearing mascara only and if I remembered to, I added blush. Now I sell makeup, mineral eye shadows, blushes, mascara and magic lash. You would think that because I sell it and create mineral eye shadow colors, that I would go out of my way to wear it all. Nope I gave my face and eyes a rest. The only time I went all out was when we had formal night at dinner. I never went anywhere without sunscreen on!!

I will be sharing pictures soon of my trip..

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What does your makeup say about you?

  • Posted on January 30, 2008 at 9:34 am

I been people watching again, and I noticed something ever odd in a way. Older women wear too much makeup and teenagers are wearing less. Most teenagers are wearing less, there are still those that pile it on but most are going for that more natural look these days. Why hide behind layers of foundation? I will never understand that thought.

Do you use a eyelash curler? I noticed that with those that do and you can tell if its not used correctly, that their lashes curl from the base but its more of a square look. Like they go straight up from the base. It looks so fake! There is no real curl like you see on the models in ads. What happens when you use a eyelash curler that if you do not walk it up your lashes you get this more square look not a true curl. There are mascaras out there that say they curl but that still depends on how you are using it I guess.  I use Magic Lash which curls the lashes while you are applying the second coat of mascara over it. Opps sorry..
Magic Lash
works like this:
You apply a layer of mascara
You then apply very little Magic Lash
You apply your mascara over it.
Its something you have to work with but I been using it for three years so to me its simple but for others maybe not so simple. Anyway back to eyelash curlers, I have one that is for those who have bad hands. It works great and I use mine when I don’t feel like going the extra steps of using Magic Lash + Black Magic Mascara.. Great set btw if you tell me that you read about it here, I will give you a free eyelash curler with your order. How awesome is that?
A good friend put out a DVD called Holiday Makeup Collection Volume One that shows you how to do glamorous makeup is and they used Magic Lash in 2 of their 7 hot looks! If you need a little help on this idea doing makeup correctly I been buying that DVD. I got to see it before it came out for sale and was blown away with the ideas for makeup tips in short 20 minute videos.

Just a few thoughts running through my mind today on what does your makeup say about you and a few tips given just for fun!

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