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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Soap is insanity.
Your skin likes to be slightly acidic to stay healthy and happy.
When you use soap, which is alkaline, you strip your skin of all its natural oils. That sends a message to the sebaceous glands to “produce oil”! Eventually one of three things happens…

Your skin gets dry.
Your skin becomes very oily.
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Please do not go to bed with your days make-up and debris on your skin!
Cosmetics are topical.
A quality foundation provides a barrier for your skin by stopping pollution, pollen, and various types of debris from our environment reaching our skin.
This mask helps prevent breakout as long as it is a water based product and you [...]

‘You don’t own a make-up sponge?’ Non-latex make-up sponges are indispensable. Bar-none, they are one of the best beauty buys. Once you begin to use them, you will wonder how you were ever able to function without them. I lovingly refer to them as ‘the eraser’.

They are inexpensive.
You can wet them and remove [...]