Posted by shadows721 on May 23, 2004, at 8:09:37
In reply to Re: make-up challenged » shar, posted by tabitha on May 23, 2004, at 0:04:34
I like the muted lite pink, because it goes with everything in my wardrobe too. It's a natural color. Even when I get a chip, it doesn't show like that red does either. Fingernail polish on the fingers just doesn't last as it is.
Oh, by the way, I have read Paula Begoun's books. She is good, but I have disagreed with a few items of hers. For example, her foundation brand for combination skin is the worst makeup I have ever tried. That's my opinion. I hated it! I shook it up 50 times and it still look separated and looked orange on my face. Another item, I love Bifacil eye makeup remover by lancome. She isn't crazy for it. I am not crazy for the mascaras that she recommends in lancome line. I loved a lipstick in Avon and she didn't. It was the best matte lipsticks that I have ever tried and I got compliments on it. She didn't like it. She rates all of her own makeup line as great. I didn't like almost all of it. I think I could write my own book.
I stick with matte eyeshadows in the day. I can add shimmer to the brow bone area to highlight, but that's it for a day time look. I prefer to use powder eyeshadows too. The muted tones are the best in eyeshadow. You can get a quick free eyeshadow application education from a makeup lady at a mall. Now, not all the ladies are going to make you up the same. You may not like it at all. You tell them what kind of look you are looking for - natural, dramatic, etc. You can pick out the colors. You don't have to buy anything. You can go back to a drug store and buy a similiar color. Not all browns looks good on everyone. I look sick with rust browns. I tend to look better with a charcoal brown. So, you have to go with colors that look right on you. I find that many makeup ladies will put on me what looks good on them. So, if you find you have a similiar coloring to one of them, that may be your ticket. Don't put on the same color as the eye to bring it out. For example, plum really brings out green in eyes. I don't ever put on eyeshadow with those little applicators. I have a set of brushes. They give a softer more natural look.
Blush is another item where I throw out those applicators. I have a blush brush. Those brushes in the compact to me are useless.
P.S. I think that I put maybelline mascara 2000. It's max factor 2000 mascara that I like.
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