Posted by shadows721 on May 22, 2004, at 21:57:51
In reply to Re: make-up challenged, posted by shadows721 on May 22, 2004, at 20:27:52
I forgot to mention a few things. Frosts don't stay on that long. They tend to chip and flake really fast. I rarely ever buy frosted nail polish. I tend to buy a bright color, a mute color, and a glitter one. Nail polish with actual glitter stay on really well. I keep my nails short with a very pale pink tone polish and depending on the occassion I will brush on the glitter on on top. Sometimes, I just wear the glitter nail polish with a clear top. I tend to wear the brighter colors on the toes for flip flop shoes. For example, I have a bright pink on my toes with a shiny clear coat and a pale pink on my fingers with a shiny clear coat. I like to keep nail polish on my nails, because it keeps my nails from splitting. I think of it as a protectant.
Also, when I do a manicure, I tend to do my execises and watch a few books or tv. I put on the base coat. It dries really fast and I put on two coats of color and then the top shiny coat. I give each one about 25 min to dry. I usually do this about once a week on my fingernails. You can extend a manicure by applying a clear top coat every few days. The toe nails last about a month. I will add a clear coat to the toe nail about once a week to keep them looking nice. I don't like to wear deep reds too much, because they tend to stain your nail even with a good base coat. You have to buff off that stain really well. Also, I buff the heals and put on a really good moisturizer on the heals. As a medical professional, I see that people really tend to neglect their feet.
Also, about the lip liner with the gloss, I would get a neutral color lip pencil for your skin tone. I would fill in the lip totally with the lip liner then apply the lip gloss color. The dry lip liner grabs the lip gloss and makes it stay a bit longer. Of course, if you don't want to apply lip color often, you will have to go with a matte colored lipstick.
In regard to makeup, they really don't tell you this, but you will see it in every magazine. There is a focus. If they sell the eye shadow. The eyes will always have dramatic false eyelashes with the colors to stand out. (By the way, I have never seen an ad for mascara without the model wearing false eyelashes.) The lips and cheeks with a totally neutral colors. If they are selling lipstick, the eye color with be totally neutral. This really is how makeup should be applied. You pick your focus. A person with eyes with dark blue eyeshadow and red lipstick is a very dramatic look. So, if you want to wear that red lipstick, don't wear dramatic eye makeup shadows like purple, blue or turquoise. The lips are to be the focus. A good rule for makeup is to see the person coming and not the color. A person can have the most beautiful eye color; but if they are wearing bright turquoise on most of their eyelid, the turquoise will be the focus. These are some rules of thumb.
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