Eyeshadow 101

"The eyes are the windows to the soul"

-unknown

Eye shadow is another way of expression. You could tell a lot about a look by looking at the eye makeup. If I'm feeling neutral, I'd go for a little bit of face powder on the lids with lashes and white eyeliner on the waterline. Colorful looks are more of what some may think could be too dramatic but I think its another way expressing ones style rather than a neural eye look.

Types of shadow textures
Shimmer
Matte
Satin
Glitter

Now what are considered neutral shades
 Skin tone colors such as Browns and Beiges
Gold
Bronze
White
Black

 Good nuetral palettes
Urban Decay Naked Palettes
Urban Decay Naked Basics
Bh Cosmetics Neutral Palette
Lorac Pro Palettes

Neutral shades could be left alone for a more natural look or blended with colors as transitions for a smooth well blended dramatic look.

We all have oily lids so when we do eye shadows without any of those steps below, your eye shadow won't last or remain as vibrant as you did it in the morning. Have you ever brought an eye shadow that looks really vibrant in the pan but once you put it on you lids it doesn't look as nice, that's because you need a base.

How to get eye shadows to look more pigmented and to not crease or fade.
First step is to use a eye primer to get the eye shadows to last and not crease or fade though out the day.

Great Eye Primers
ELF Mineral Eye Primer
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Primer Potions
Mac Paint Pots














Next after applying the primer to the lid, use a white base or a colored base so the shadows colors could stick and appear more vibrant.

  Good Bases
Mac's Paintpots could be used as a primer and a base and it allows the shadows to stay vibrant throught the day
NYX Jumbo Pencil in milk is a white colored base that allows the colors to appear better
Gel Liners are good because they lay on the lid to allow the eyeshadows to stick to it better
Maybelline Color Tattoos comes in all types of colors and are pigmented on their own also claimed to be dupes for Mac's Paintpots


Ok Now Great brands to buy eyeshadows
Inglot Cosmetic
Bh Cosmetics
Coastal Scents
Mac Cosmetics
Urban Decay
Wet n Wild
Sugarpill Cosmetics
Lime Crime Cosmetics
 Bitch Slap Cosmetics

I have a ton of neutral looks soo let's see my Dramatic look using the steps I mentioned above. From a neutral transition color that allows a cleaner well blended look.

Create looks that complement 

your style!!

Must Have Products in Makeup collection series

Some of the women I talk to who start to get into makeup, wants to know where to start at building a makeup collection. Now unless you could afford to go to a makeup counter which is usually high-end, you could get your makeup fully done and test out your product with experienced makeup artists. That could run your pocket empty. Most of us have to live with in our means but still look high-end. I'm going to give a few suggestions and really awesome quality budget friendly makeup brands to start out with in this series.

We all start out buying things and not knowing what to do or how to use it. Then we get upset because we never end up using what we brought from the results of not knowing what to buy. I'm going to suggest what to buy and what to look for when buying makeup for a well put together everyday look.

What to look in first time getting makeup at a drugstore 
Foundation
Setting powder or translucent powder to match the foundation
Color brightening concealer not just concealer because drugstores concealers are not very good!!
Brown and gold eye shadow for every brand or shimmer shadows because drugstore matte shadows are always less pigmented
Brow pencils

Through out these series of topics, I will discuss what to look for in drugstore makeup and a happy addition to your makeup collection. Bare in mind, of course not all of us will have the same results with these products. It still good to try to see what works best for your skin. I will still finish off my makeup 101 series but in between this series.

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Lets Start it out with foundations..

Good drugstore Foundations

L'Oreal True Match Super Bendable Foundation

Great undertone system, Awesome color range, Medium to full coverage

Revlon Color Stay Foundation

Dupe for Mac most popular foundation, Full coverage, Decent color range

Cover-girl Queen Collection oil-free Moisturizing foundation

Women of color friendly, Light-weight

Maybelline Dream Matte Mouse Foundation

Full Coverage, Very Bendable

Black Opal Stick Foundation

Women of color friendly, Full Coverage

Will update because I haven't tried them all but this is a great start. Stick around for this series for all makeup starters.

Recent Instagram Creation!!

Makeup 101 series

I am going to start a series of the knowlegde I have gained through out the years of learning makeup. It will consist of the the basics makeup techniques and advance makeup techniques. This will relate to all skin tones especially women of color being me of course. I point that out because being a woman of color, there is not a lot of choices of color for deeper skin tones. Hopefully this series will help that too.

Basics makeup techniques
Primer 101
Foundation 101
Concealer 101
Makeup Setting 101
Brow shape 101

This is what has to be talked about and learned before the advanced makeup techniques.

Advanced makeup techniques
Contour 101
Highlighting 101 done this post
Advanced brows 101
Lashes 101
Eyeshadow 101
Eyeliner 101

I  will go in depth with each topic giving the information and techniques I have learned.

So Stay tuned!!!!

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New Beginnings

I just realized how much I love makeup and doing it, I decided this is me all day. So now Im on a mission to succeed in it but the fun starts here. Product raves and reviews, things I love to use and will discover. Im new to this so its going to take me a while to get the hang of it.

 So welcome!!!