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Make up Don't Break Up

November 29th 2008 18:25
Make up or War paint
There is a lot of different beliefs regarding make-up, in my opinion less is more. When your are young mother nature has given you a beautiful wrinkle free complexion so why hide under layers of oil or water based artificial pigment. Let you natural beauty shine through remember make-up is only to improve on what was given to you at birth. I have been a fully qualified cosmetologist for about 15 years now and I have advised this to my younger clients. Teenagers through lack of confidence pile it on thinking that they will hide all their imperfections when really they had just highlighted them, you see that is what make-up is a highlighter it draws attention to the good bits. A young girl starting out a bit of lip gloss and some mascara that’s all you need. At night in your room maybe with friends practice eye shadow and blush, make sure it is a friend who will tell you the truth. I used to have make-up parties when my friends were sleeping over we had great fun, trying to improve each other or just making a monster out of each other. Give it a try girls you need to hide nothing so this is your time to shine.

Getting older it happens to us all, I am in my 30’s and noticing some new lines that were not there before. Don’t think you can fill them with make-up it does not work remember in my previous paragraph you will just highlight them. His is when you take the focus off them, pay attention to your eyes but not too heavy just define them more with eyeliner and the brow bone should be a light shade. Define your lips more with lip pencil it also stops colour bleeding. Your blush should be minimal just highlighted. When your eyebrows are perfectly tweezed, your eye shadow is applied well along with definition created with the eye pencil, your cheeks hollow highlighted with a light blush maybe some highlighter at the top of the cheek and the most perfectly defined kissable lips ever you will be giving the stars a run for their money.

Getting on a bit believe it or not you use less make-up. My most important tip is lighter shade off lipsticks is the way to go because darker shades make you look older, try it you will see for yourself. Do not fall into the trap of too much powder I call them scone ladies, you should use a base near to your skin colour, lightly defined eyes and definitely lip liner because of colour bleeding. If you follow these steps you can embrace getting older because that brings its own beauty, the kind that shines from the inside.
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Hair Today Not Gone Tomorrow

November 29th 2008 18:22
Hair
It does more than keep your head warm.
Hair can show a quiet, confident, trendy etc. Person. The colours you can get nowadays are exceptional, but also remember get advice because skin tone and lifestyle plays a big part, instead of complimenting you it can go horribly wrong. Each person is a individual and therefore will suit different things. Have a good look at yourself in the mirror, notice your colour of hair especially base tones ( (the actual colour black, brown. Red, blonde) then notice the natural highlights (best seen in daylight) Hair is made from the 4 basic pigments Black, brown, red, blonde whatever pigment you have most of is your all over colour. Highlights you will notice more at the front, hair is always that bit lighter at the front because of the elements. Now that you have got that sorted out what colour should you go for.
A major change blonde – black this be a disaster if not done right. You have to use red pigment to avoid it turning green “not pretty” and the same vice versa.
Any colour can be achieved if you have got the confidence to try it and a change is as good as a holiday so go for it. Some people you have to strip the colour out of the hair completely in order to get the desired result.
Hair come under the fast growing cell category, it does not stop keeps on going as long as you do that is how when receiving chemotherapy it falls out. Chemotherapy targets fast growing cells like cancer in order to stop them and unfortunately stop the hair cells too but still a small price to pay because it usually grows back in.
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What was your worst beauty buy?

August 28th 2007 01:24
Recently my sister was conned persuaded into buying a plethora of skincare products to treat her acne-prone skin. Two weeks later, she lamented over the loss of $300 of her hard-earned money on products that had only made her skin cry out for hydration as it sprouted a multitude of big, red angry pimples. As much as I was tempted to ask her why she chose to trust a beauty therapist whose face resembled an abstract painting of oranges and blues and who looked like she wrestled with a cheap can of tan spray judging by the zigzag colours of her cleavage, sadly, it’s a tale I’ve heard (and moaned out myself) too often. In our desperate attempt to imitate the flawless, glowing faces of our favourite celebs and retain our youth, beauty products will continue to be a hit and miss and my sister was not the first – or the last – to vow revenge on these beauty companies for false advertising.

In the past several years, I’ve probably thrown out a hundred garbagefuls of useless beauty and cosmetic products. Here are only some of the products I bought in 2007 that I wish I hadn’t spent the time, money and effort on :

Honey Moisturising Shampoo & Conditioner from The Body Shop
The Body Shop Honey Moisturising Shampoo
The Body Shop contains all natural ingredients across their range of products and, after falling in-love with White Musk, I stupidly thought I’d feel the same for the Honey Moisturising Shampoo & Conditioner. Not so. Not only was I not fond of the nut smell (what happened to the scent of the main ingredient, honey?), the shampoo and conditioner combo only made my hair dry and brittle that I actually heard squeaking noises as I combed it. These are probably the worst shampoo and conditioner products I’ve ever used and that’s saying something considering my mum used to buy those $2 strawberry shampoos from The Reject Shop. And for $17.50 each, you’d think they’d do the job.

Volume Shocking Mascara by Loreal
Loreal Volume Shocking Mascara
With its dual applicators (lash definition and a top coat) and shaped like an eye, the packaging was attractive. Of course, it also helps that someone like Aishwarya Rai is promoting it on TV. Which makes me wonder how long her make-up artist took to untangle the black clumps created by the top coat because it made my lashes stick together and were really clumpy, trying to separate them with a brush didn’t work. And what’s with up with making the base coat grey? As I didn’t want to apply too much of the top coat due to the clumpiness factor, it didn’t cover up the greys created by the base coat so my eyelashes looked like they were growing old with me. I am a fan of Loreal cosmetics but this was gets a thumbs down.

Veet Hair Removal Cream for Sensitive Skin
Veet Hair Removal Cream Sensitive
Shaving apparently only makes your hair grow back thicker and waxing hurts like hell. So why not try a hair removal cream? Apply it to a hairy patch, wipe it off after a few minutes and voila! Hair gone, leaving your skin feeling silky smooth – as the promo would have us believe. While I was prepared to accept that this hair cream didn’t make all my hair completely disappear – sometimes it resembled a forest with the trees chopped halfway down, I didn’t understand why the cream made my skin itchy, red and irritable, resulting in a scar (similar to one you’d get if you’d been distracted shaving) the next day. If this cream is for the sensitive skin, I would hate to try out the one for normal skin. So back to waxing I go.

Any of those backless, strapless adhesive bras
Backless Strapless Bra
If you’re a size bigger than a C, do not try any of these bras that supposedly offer all the support you need for your fuller size. Even though the cup I got was a size D, the cups didn’t even cover a quarter of my boobs and hung limply at the bottom like sagging excess skin.


What was your worst beauty buy so far for 2007?
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