My Make-Up Style

My solutions to the latest make-up trends are to avoid them until you know how to do a natural look and are comfortable with application techniques.
Most trends can be added to your day look like a smokey eye. It is interesting to watch someone apply cosmetics, but if you are 50 and trying to [...]

I don’t know what age you are when you can say that your skin is mature, but I certainly can tell you that when the skin around the eyes become crêpey, you begin to need application revisions to your current regime. And what I mean by crêpey is when you see the skin lack [...]

I think it is important for us to reflect on what beauty really is.  I truly believe that we all have the potential to enhance our natural beauty but not everyone is able to produce inner beauty.   I think it comes from a goodness or the Godness we have inside.  The Spirit [...]

I have been working with a new product from Motives that is absolutely divine. It is a gel eyeliner you use with a brush and line your lid. I really am impressed with this product. I loved it the first time I worked with it because it is so gentle.
I like to [...]

In my morning shower, I felt the warmth and comfort of the water and steam. It made me think of how easy and inexpensively we can give to ourselves. I remember when my children were little; it was always a race to complete everything that needed to be done. Now my kids [...]

I was asked to be an amateur judge for Miss Grand Lake Scholarship program and Miss Grand Lake Outstanding Teen. It was my first pageant experience. My foremost thought was how can I possibly pass judgment on these girls?
I was miserably shy as a young woman feeling awkward in my skin. And [...]

I know some of you will be shocked this could ever be some type of horror but none the less, the number one boo boo is not wearing a foundation.
And wow, foundation issues are heading the list at numbers 3, 2 and 1. This is how important it really is. Since I admittedly [...]

I know this isn’t always your fault, I am right there with ya! Some of us, can put on a perfectly matched foundation, within the next hour, the color gets darker. When you check your makeup in the rear view mirror, frustratingly you see a line; you rub to try to blend….
This is [...]

Ok, maybe in the movies they put make-up on necks.  If you’re not being filmed, maybe you should reconsider where you face ends and your neck begins. A good foundation match should be feathered at the jawbone. You can easily achieve this with a foundation brush or my preference is to use a [...]

Why do you think properly shaped eyebrows matter? I believe that nice eyebrows are like dessert, the sweet finishing touch to a perfect meal. Great shaped eyebrows make you look younger and if I had to sum it up into one word, great eyebrows make you look “sharp”. They represent perfect grooming [...]