Tag Archives: Face
Highlight Brush
Contouring and highlighting gives some dimension to the face. Contouring goes on any places that are behind from the plane of the face or are shadowed. Highlighting goes on the place that comes forward from the face. Such as the cheek bones, bridge of the nose, the brow bones, forehead and chin. I like to … Continue reading
Contour Brush
Contour goes on the hollow of the cheekbones and sides of the nose. Find your cheekbones with your finger. The hollow is right under it. I also like to contour my jaw line and side of my temples to give myself a slimmer look. I personally use bronzer to contour. If you like to stay … Continue reading
Blush Brushes
Blush brushes are a great investment. The brushes that come with blushes often is of cheap quality and does not work. You should use a narrow brush if you have small face and smaller cheekbones. You might find a broad brush more useful if you have a larger face and use only one blush colour. … Continue reading
Concealer Brush
Concealer brushes are something that I wouldn’t consider absolute necessity. I feel concealer can be applied with fingers pretty well. But I do like concealer brushes and use them all the time. They are great for precise application of concealer. My favourite concealer for under eye area is a non name brand. It’s the first … Continue reading
Foundation Brushes
The foundation brushes I am going to review are MAC187, MAC190 and MAC181. I don’t have the full size brushes. I only own the special edition short handled brushes that I am posting pictures of. My favourite foundation brush is MAC187. This brush is best to use with lightweight foundation. It’s a stippling brush. It … Continue reading
Makeup Removers
So you put on all the makeup and look fabulous throughout the day and get nice compliments – great. It’s time to sleep and you don’t take off the makeup – NOT great. Leaving makeup on all night can cause nasty breakouts. Next morning you wake up – all the makeup in the world is … Continue reading
Concealers- make blemishes disappear
Most women don’t have perfect skin. But a lot of them puts on a lot of foundation to cover blemishes and ends up with a cakey effect. The wise thing is to use concealer instead and then use minimal foundation needed. I prefer to use concealer before foundation. A common misconception is to use a … Continue reading
Foundations – Key for stunning makeup
Anyone who ever wore make up, knows a little bit about foundation. They should also know that the cake-on look is so over. Modern day foundation has is light-weight and gives medium to full coverage. There are a few types of foundation. Creams foundation are best dry skin, powder foundations are best for oily skin … Continue reading
Face primer
So I have been chit-chatting for a while. Now I am going to really start talking about makeup in details. Today’s topic is face primers. There are different types of face primers. Some are water based and some are dimethicone based. Primers go after moisturizer and before foundation. So it makes a barrier between skin … Continue reading
Misconception about the “perfect beauty”
Wow, it’s been a long time! But I hope to be a regular from now on. Okay, so you wonder why the models on the add look impossibly perfect? Please consider this: Models do modelling as a profession. This means they spend thousands of dollars to keep themselves looking their best, just like you spent … Continue reading