Make-Up Advice?

Question

First of all, has anyone used Bare minerals make-up? If you have, how good or bad was it? I'm considering buying some and I want to hear about others' experiences with it before spending my money on it.

Second, does anyone have suggestions for make-up? I have a honey complexion, dark dark brown hair, and my eyes change different shades of brown. My face is heart-shaped and my hair is curly.

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In the first pic all I have is a little black eyeliner.
In the second pic, I'm the one in the background with two plaits. Only chapstick.

Any color suggestions or make-up techinque suggestions that would go well with my face shape, skin tone, features, etc.?

Answer 1

Sure, I use Bare Minerals. It works great. It doesn't feel heavy like most make-up, and it doesn't get all over your shirts or anything if you change clothes after applying it.
I do use Maybelline Blackest Black classic mascara too. It's the one in the pink & green tube, the one that never changes!

Your skin tone would look great wearing light natural earth tones. Try hunter green for smokey looks or light greens and neutral browns just for a cute look.
Also, I would advise you to try a dark brown liner instead of black. This would bring out your unique eye color. You could even use a green liner on your bottom lid to enhance your eye color as well.

Hope this helped ya some.

Answer 2

Yes Bare Minerals does work. It is really amazing. For you their olive shade of powder should work really well. Make up wise you don't need a lot. Your eyes are beautiful and the feature that I noticed first so focus on them more. You and me sort of look alike so what i do is put on my Bare Minerals. Then I put alittle bit of blush on the apples of my cheeks. For that I use Clinique blush in Sunset Glow. Then I line my eyes with black eyliner. Then I put on lots and lots of mascara. The best is Loreal Voluminous. For eyeshadow I would use a light or dark purple or a purple that you think is pretty. Purple would look beautiful on you. Then I put on some Cherry chapstick and some real shiny clear lipgloss and call it a day. With makeup I don't get serious about it. It's all about what you want to do and if you are up to being natural about it or being glamourous. I say that you don't need alot of makeup but if you feel the need to put on alot then do so. It's important that you have fun with makeup and make sure that you are using products that make you feel good.

Answer 3

i have tried bare minerals and it is good if you don't need a lot of makeup but i have freckles and like to mask them with a liquid foundation tho i do still use bare minerals as a powder.

as for makeup suggestions in general you have great lips and eyes but you should only play up one of those features at a time. if you are going to wear a prominent lipstick then you need to go light on the eye makeup, just a soft shimmery eyeshadow, maybe some mascara, no eye liner.
or if you are going to go heavier on the eyes then just wear a lipgloss.

right now soft golds and soft pastels are in. i got an eyeshadow pack from clinique which has a white, beige, soft purple, gold and a tan all shimmered and it works great to create a range of styles.

Answer 4

I've used bare minerals since the 8th grade.
I absolutely love it. It doesn't feel heavy, or get cakey. You don't need to reapply, unless of course you want to. It can be costly, but honesty, you only need to buy the foundation powder and the mineral veil to go on top. Don't spend money buying their brand blush and eyeshadows, and every other makeup product they offer. They're no different than the generic brands you can buy at a drugstore.

Answer 5

Welll light colors like blue ( baby blue ) Lavender would go nicely with your skin tone M.A.C has the best quality in makeup .. they are a very good makeup label.. stays on very long unless you was your face... Very good.. =] dont use too much eyeliner somtimes it will make your eyes appear as if they were small than making them stand out

Answer 6

Hi Tiff,

Honestly you don't need the makeup your complextion is great, plus a little secret guys like girls who need little to no makeup and your one of the lucky one's YOU DON'T.

Only every so often when you have a night on the town planned but you have a few years to go before this don't be in such a hurry it will come all to soon.

Tatt

Answer 7

Maybe try apricot or peach lip gloss or lip stain. Dark brown eyeliner, taupe or buff eye shadow will look great on you. Try not to overdo make up, since you are naturally beautiful and you don't need much make up.

Answer 8

I think you should use Avon make up cause it looks good on your fave or use cover girl they both work excellent.

Answer 9

hey friend,

u look very cute and nice in the second picture. please visit the link/s below and you may find the answer to all your queries.

http://www.makeup101.net/selectmakeup.html
http://www.makeup101.net/removemakeup.html

Answer 10

Make up advice

Introduction:

Firstly, there is no right way to putting on make up and also no wrong way but simply a variety of different ways to create different looks, so have fun exploring the possibilities, until you find a combination that works well for you. The best way to illustrate this is to look at the women who work in the supermarkets. Every person is a different age/shape/build and hence wears their make up differently to reflect this. Always wear make up in line with where you are going. If you are going out during the day, you would need only a little make up to enhance your facial features, but for a night on the town clubbing, your make up would be a little more noticeable and this would reflect your clothing and venue.

What ever we are doing we do not want to draw unwanted attention to the fact that we are not genuine women, no matter how proportionate in size we are or on how good we look. In this case less make up means more. The following sections are my thoughts on doing an effective day make up look and how to enhance for a better night look without looking overly made up. This is based on the make up that I have used successfully over the years and this has given me a confident look when out in public.


Foundation:

There are two effective foundations that I have found, which are the Kryolan paint sticks (looks like a large lip stick) theatrical make up and the Close up creme foundations and both available in various skin shades. The Kryolan from 1W (lightest, which also acts as a good concealer) through to 15W, and the Close up creme foundation from CU/01 (lightest, which also acts as a good concealer) to CU/10. For most of us a 5W or CU/03 would be about right but those of you who have fairer skin and lighter beards may need a 3W, 4W or a CU/1, CU/2. The CU range of creme foundations are the only foundations that contain no red pigment colours, as these can sometimes lead to the orange appearance of the skin.

Firstly, apply the concealer evenly and sparingly to the beard area, top lip and area under the eyes. Blend with a small make up sponge in a dabbing motion until the areas are covered with the concealer applying a little more if necessary. You can also use a flat blending brush (size 3/4 or 1") to achieve similar results. Take note here, that when covering the chin/jaw areas blend down the neck slightly tapering off as you go. You face will then look white in appearance rather like a clown. Secondly, take the foundation of your choice and with even strokes cover the beard areas and a little on the forehead (to blend up towards the hairline) and top of nose. Note, when doing the face stop at the jaw line and bottom of the chin. When you come to blending it in (with a small make up sponge in a dabbing motion) you will blend the foundation down the neckline tapering it out towards the bottom of the neck. It is important to do this, as this technique reduces the visible tide mark and the foundation looks more natural. Be sure to blend towards the area behind the ears, a little on the ears themselves and on the eyelids and areas below the eyebrows. In fact every area of your face that will be visible. Take you time doing this, as this is the most important area of making up. If done properly the effect will last for some time and look good and enable you to 'pass' in public. If you do a rush job then your lack of efforts will show and your make over will not look good.

Once you are happy with the foundation take your chosen setting powder and using a powder puff dab on the powder all over the forehead, face, eyelids and neck. Be generous with the powder and make sure that every area is covered. Then take a powder brush (No. 24 or 28) and lightly brush away the excess powder from these areas starting with the top areas and working your way down towards the bottom of the neck. Once this is done take a tissue and rub away any foundation that has gone over on to the lips and using an eyebrow brush, brush away any excess powder from the eyebrows starting with the inside (part closest to the nose) and working outwards. Brush away any loose powder and you are ready to start applying make up.


Eyebrows:

To start, you need to enhance your eyebrows by keeping them looking neat and tidy and give them a little extra grooming before applying make up. Once you’ve applied your foundation and face powder, use an eyebrow brush to brush away any excess powder that may have accumulated on them before starting to colour.

The next part is to colour them in line with their own colour. I prefer to use a soft khol pencil, which not only colours them evenly but ensures that they still remain natural looking.

If you do not have one of these, then an ordinary eyebrow pencil will do but the point tends to be a lot smaller than that of a khol pencil.. Using the side of the pencil, gently colour the hairs (not the skin underneath) evenly with your choice of colour. Once you've done this evenly to both sides, spray a little hair spray onto an eyebrow comb and gently brush outwards to fix the colour and hold the brows in a neat shape. Alternatively, use a moist angle brush and a moist brown eyeshadow applied evenly with a brush to cover the hairs for that natural look.



Eyes:

Firstly, its an idea to put a little loose powder on you cheeks so as to catch any eyeshadow powder that falls. This way you can easily brush it away. Now take a dark brown eyeshadow and using an eyeshadow brush (No.3 or 5) gently brush the colour on to the eyelid itself and halfway up into the area under the eyebrows. Then take a white or cream eyeshadow and brush onto the areas above the eyelid and below the eyebrow. Once complete take a clean eyeshadow brush (No. 5 or 8) and gently brush over the two colours to smooth out the lines and remove any excess. This helps to give your makeup a better finish with no distinct lines of colour.

Once done apply some mascara to the upper lashes evenly to avoid them clomping together. Apply several coats rather than one big coat allowing time for each coat to dry a little, as this will help avoid clomping. As an option here you can with a black eyeliner or the dark brown eyeshadow draw a line inside the rim of the lower eye lid for extra effect and enhance with a little mascara on the lower lashes. This looks good especially for a night time look.


Lips:

Taking a lip liner, draw carefully a line around the edge of the lips, paying particular attention to the cupids bow area on the top of the upper lip. The colour of the liner should be similar to the lip stick colour that you intend to use or slightly lighter. All lip colours are best applied with a good brush, as this gives a cleaner look at the edges and helps to produce a better finish. Firstly go over the lip line with the brush then fill in the lips with the colour of your choice. When you do this widen the mouth so that the lip colour goes into the cracks of the lips, thus giving you a fuller look. Then, blot with a tissue and apply a little face powder to the lips and brush off carefully and then reapply the lip colour with the brush. This locks in the lip colour and makes the lip colour last for longer, holding an even lip line without the colour weeping. For that day look a lighter toned down lipstick colour would be best but for evening anything goes.

Blushers:

Imagine a line from the corner of your mouth to the area or the ear lust above the lobe. Taking a light pink/rouge or bronze colour apply evenly to the cheek with a good brush (No.14) sweeping the blusher towards the area of the side burn keeping above that imaginary line. Always apply gently and evenly so as to avoid looking too overly made up. Also apply a little to your temples for added effect.

Nails:

Firstly, put on a layer of base coat on the nail first and allow time to dry. This saves the nail polish staining your nails when it is removed. This can happen with some of the more striking colours such as reds.

Then with the nail varnish of your choice apply the first sweep down the centre of the nail then a sweep to either side. Once you have done this on all of the nails allow time to dry for at least half an hour before applying a topcoat (the same clear varnish as the base coat). This will help to set the colour and make a chip resistant surface. For those of you who are just going out for the evening, I would recommend a special speed dry nail varnish that is dry to the touch in a few minutes compared to normal varnishes that take much longer.

Finishing touches for that evening look:

The area below the eyebrows could be enhanced with a light dusting of another colour to the outside of the eye. Remember to blend it in with the white colour to increase the effect.

Here you can apply a bolder lipstick for a more evening look. Applying some lip-gloss over your lipstick can make the look more glamorous. Applying some glitter mascara or glitter lip-gloss can also help to make that different look.

Makeup removal:

There are two good ways to removing make up without leaving any trace.

The first is to use some baby oil. Put some on your hands and wash it in as you would with soap and the make up will dissolve and come off very easily. Then wash your face with a flannel and hot water to remove all traces of the make up and the oil.

Alternatively, buy some 'all in one' facial wipes which have a pH balanced formula to cleanse your face as well as removing make up. Afterwards put on a little moisturiser onto your face to help keep it supple looking.




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