Makeup Techniques – Contouring
Continuing on with the mini-series of makeup techniques, today I'm going to just briefly go over contouring your face. But the concept can be applied to other areas of your body if you wanted to contour elsewhere as I know that is a current makeup trend. Though I would probably never do this myself as I don't see the point in spending time contouring my arms, back, legs, or abdomen granted you do look slightly more tone doing so. And this whole trend can basically be blamed on Kim Kardashian, granted it's been around for a lot longer than that. The concept is to highlight areas you want to make bigger and darken areas you want to appear smaller. Think about the Lion King in a way for contouring: everywhere the light touches you highlight, and where there are shadows you contour. You can use this same technique to change your facial features to an extent by contouring in different places than you normally would.…
View PostHigh End vs. Drug Store Nude Makeup look
I saw a lot of YouTubers doing this and thought I would get it a whirl myself. I knew I wanted to go with something natural but on the side of bronze or gold. So I went through my entire makeup collection to come up with identical looks, on one side of my face I would only be using high end products and on the other only use drug store products. I did switch sides a few times by accident, but for the most part they look completely the same.…
View PostMakeup Techniques – Strobing
There are a lot of beauty trends, and they don't all last. And some for good reason. But I feel like strobing is one that is going to sticky around for a while. You may be wondering what strobing is… in short it is a technique that's opposite of contouring. You focus on the high points of the face rather than the shadows. This can be accomplished using highlighting products on your cheekbones, brow bones, bridge of the nose, middle of the forehead, middle of chin, and cupid's bow. Leaving you with a dewy glow and no harsh shadows.…
View PostHow to Get Perfect Eyebrows in Five Easy Steps
Getting the perfect brows can be done in a few easy steps using just eyebrow pencil, a spoolie brush, and some concealer. It doesn't matter what kind of product you use for, I am using the Maybelline Define-A-Brow pencil and Maybelline Face Studio Master Concealer.…
View PostSFX Makeup Tutorial – Bruising
One thing I found a serious love for lately was SFX makeup. I’ve always love it but was never this into it before. And to be honest when I was little, I tried to make fake bruises all the time using my sister’s eyeshadow in order to get her in…
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