As a person who’s allergic to practically everything it was a real triumph to discover this wonderful skin balm. It’s a light weight, extremely moisturizing creamy product that makes my skin sigh with pleasure every morning. I’m pretty low-key when it comes to a skin care regime, focused mostly on keeping my skin clean and well hydrated. Now that I’m beginning my 4th decade it’s all about hydration for me and this little gem was quite the find. The ingredients are soothing and gentle on my skin, which is extremely sensitive and like I said before I’m allergic to the WORLD. But not to this creamy pink moisturizer. Since I’ve begun using it each day before applying my makeup my skin feels smoother, more hydrated and refreshed. I honestly look forward to applying it each day. The scent alone is a pleasing, light citrus that is brightening to my mood while I pamper my skin. I definitely think that Touch in Sol’s Pretty Fitter Classy Skin Balm is worth the price of $32. A little bit goes a long way and hydrates the driest skin, leaving you with a gorgeous glow.
I’m not much of a makeup wearer, I don’t wear foundation
daily, or even eyeshadow, but what I DO wear EVERYDAY of my life is Mascara. My
natural lashes are a medium brown with platinum blond tips so they never look
very long until I apply a few coats of mascara. I’ve tried many brands over the
years, many different formulas that have promised fullness, length, etc. I’m
picky with my mascara, I don’t want something that cakes onto my lashes leaving
them a clumpy mess. I like a mascara that defines and lengthens, one that doesn’t
flake and leave dark circles under my eyes. Recently I discovered Tarte’s Big
Ego Mascara. I’ve got to say I’m really liking it. The formula doesn’t flake,
is a dark black and wears ALL day. The wand applicator coats each lash adding
length AND volume making my lashes look thick and fabulous. Most importantly –
to me – it DOESN’T goop up. It comes in a pretty pink tube and while the price
tag is on the steeper side ($23) it wears well, it’s Vegan and comes with a
good amount of product so you won’t be replacing it all the time, so the price –
in my humble opinion – is well worth it.
Longer nights, darker shades, the year deepens and becomes
more romantic, more mysterious. The
light colors of summer deepen, growing richer as the year comes to it’s
close. Fall Fashion embodies a richer
look, a look made famous long ago by the Mod, dark smoky eyes, nude lip and
flawless skin. Colors darken, leaving
behind the bright pinks and peaches of the summer lines. Deep plums, warm browns, cool charcoals and
vibrant gold come to life. Chanel and
Dior are advancing new lines where gold reigns supreme. This year the Modern Mod will reign, her
eyes, smoky shades of gray and gold, her lips a soft neutral, her skin smooth
and flawless.
Smoky eyes with well blended lines, thick smoked out
liner. Use colors that compliment you,
charcoal or black, olive green, plum or chocolate brown. Highlight your brow bone and lid with a
shimmer of VIP-CAT’s White on Gold eye shadow.
Then fill the crease with a dark shade of your choosing and blend well.
Blend is your friend, always blending up and out, giving contour and
depth.
The
desired look this fall for lashes is an almost fake appearance, thick and
lustrous, thick with black mascara. What
better way to achieve that look then by having your lashes professionally
extended by a trained stylist at Image Provocateur? Properly applied Lash Extensions will give
your eye that thick lustrous fringe and last through fall and into winter with
proper care.
Your
brows should be properly arched an almost ingénue look, a simple almost natural
look like Audrey Hepburn, or if you like the dramatic arch, think Marilyn
Monroe. Proper tweezing or waxing can
achieve the desired shape.
Light
blushing on cheeks and easing contouring over flawless foundation and powder
can be used for a neutral look. The
original Mod of the 1960’s chose pale skin and lips, her eyes standing out in
an almost waif like pale face. However
the modern Mod wants a more neutral look, natural toned skin, so light blush
and contouring will achieve this for you.
Your
lips should be a shade quite similar to your own natural lip color, something
simple and neutral, not quite nude, but not made up. However, if you desire color, the simple red
lip is a lifetime classic and will turn an easy day look into a dramatic
evening look.
Long
live the modern Mod, her of the smoky eye and thick lash.
The
Modern Mod, the Diva rules the night and by day the Sweet Romantic is the
queen. Her skin glows, flawless, her
cheeks flushed, her lips rosy like they’ve just been kissed. This flawless romantic look starts with
smooth foundation, pressed powder and light, rosy blush on cheeks. Her eyes are contoured softly with a neutral
golden brown in the crease, blended out to give depth and warmth. A soft shimmer of White on Gold on the lid
and brown bone gives a warm glow to her eyes.
A little White on Gold along the top of the cheek bone and down the
bridge of the nose will add a nice sparkle to your skin and is a wonderful
highlighter for the contour process as well.
Lashes
are natural, brows nicely arched to frame the eyes. The lips are a brighter shade of your own
natural lip tone, a color that inspires that full lipped, just kissed look, and
for added plumping a dab of White on Gold in the very center of the bottom lip
will do nicely.
By day a glowing, soft romantic, by night a Modern Diva. You can be all these things with the right makeup. It’s time to experiment and play.
The winter months give our skin a beating. The endless dehydration of
heaters, the bad food and alcohol throughout the holidays. November through
January we neglect our skin. With holiday stress and heater dryness our skin
gets abused. Its time to counter this damage.
Step one: water. Drink lots of water. It will re-hydrate your body from the
inside out. It will also push out those toxins left in your system by Christmas
cookies and New Year’s champagne.
Step Two: add more fruits and vegetables to your diet. The nutrients in
these items will revitalize the skin, again starting from the inside out.
Step Three: A good cleanser is essential. You need to be careful not to get
a cleanser with alcohol in it, as this will only further add to the dryness of
your skin. Even if you are prone to acne, cleansers that dry you should be
avoided.
White heads or pimples are caused by bacteria building up inside the pores. For
a gentle cleanser that won’t break the budget I recommend Cetapil.
Step Four: Exfoliate. The Japanese Wash Cloth is the best and safest form of
manual exfoliation and is essential to proper skin care.
This specially woven nylon cloth stimulates the blood flow into the surface
of the skin. It gently removes dead skin, black heads, reduces roughness and
dryness and gives you healthier, younger looking skin.
And last but not least of its wonderful attributes, also by stimulating
blood flow helps to diminish the cellulite in problem areas… not only does this
magical cloth exfoliate you like no other and give you buttery smooth skin, it
helps rid you of cellulite.
For Acneic skin, aged skin, dry skin, oily skin, cellulite, all become
vastly improved with this simple, essential item. The Japanese Wash Cloth
should be in every woman’s shower.
Step Five: hydrate. For those of you with dry skin, coconut oil is the way
to go. It’s a rich all natural moisturizer.
We all have beautiful skin, sometimes we just need help uncovering it.
OK, if you’re like me you somehow purchased a Kabuki brush. Either
with a mineral makeup purchase, or just because someone told you it was the
next best thing. You may or may not use it. If you’re like me you
never have and don’t think you ever will. However before you decide to
chuck it or donate it, here’s a fantastic new use for it. It actually
makes owning the damn thing worth it!
It makes one hell of an exfoliant for your face. It’s true. It’s
almost as good as a Japanese
Wash Cloth. Yes, I said Almost. Japanese Wash Cloth is
still the best, but the Kabuki brush is a good substitute if you haven’t yet
purchased your Japanese Wash Cloth.
The Kabuki Brush works as an exfoliant because it’s silky bristles buff away
the dead skin without damaging your pores. It also works as a stimulant,
bringing the blood to the surface which will help your skin stay smooth and clear
for days.
So, if you have a Kabuki brush just lying there on your vanity, don’t toss it away, use it to give yourself that clean, clear skin you’ve been dying for!
Before you run out
there and buy every color of eye shadow known to man to start your pro makeup
kit, take a second look at that box/drawer/case of makeup you haven’t touched
in months. You might just have all the
shadows you need to start your kit.
If you find you
have bunch of eye shadows you don’t use anymore but haven’t thrown away, you
can convert them from a bunch of random containers to professional palette to
be used in your kit. Here’s how you do
it:
Remove as much plastic from the shadow as you can, i.e. lids, bottoms, sides, without breaking the shadow
Turn your oven on to 250 degrees.
Put a sheet of foil down on a cookie sheet and spread your shadows across the sheet.
Place in oven for 10 minutes.
After ten minutes, with a hot pad, remove the pan from the oven and with a pair of tweezers see if you can pop the metal pan with the shadow out of the plastic container. If it won’t remove fairly easily, put back in the oven for a few more minutes.
When they are warmed up to the right temperature the adhesive that secures the metal pan into the container will melt and allow the pans to pop out.
Once you have de-potted the shadows you can place them into empty magnetic palettes and there you go! A good empty palette to put your shadows into is the Z Palettes. You can find these on CameraReadyCosmetics.com
Ok, so I thought I
had seen every type of skin texture and knew how to handle them all. Well, so I had thought, and then I came
across a face with skin I can only describe as Alligator Skin. The skin was dry, with almost an eczema type
texture across the whole face. It
negated all my usual techniques and I was at a loss. I had no choice but to call my mentor and ask
for help. I hadn’t encountered it before
and I prayed that perhaps she had the remedy.
Thank God, she did! So even after
years of doing makeup, I can still be surprised and need a little help. So, here’s the recipe for Alligator Skin so
you don’t have to be surprised yourself!
1. Preparation H
full face
2. Let sit for ten
to fifteen minutes
3. Exfoliate and
Buff Preparation H off with a Wash Cloth over entire face – You can use a Baby
Wipe in a Pinch
4. Spray witch
hazel or toners over entire face to close and tighten pores and remove
Preparation H Residue
5. Apply
moisturizer – let sit 5mins
6. Apply Primer –
let sit 5mins
7. Apply liquid
foundation with a stippling brush in very light circular motions
This look is very
nice, it gives lovely variety of color and pattern, it is excellent for
bringing light and size to smaller eyes. It’s the perfect pattern to create a
sexy smoky eye. This is a must do look for almost anyone.
Look
2 (Half/Half Lid)
Base (Lite color across entire lid & up to eyebrow) * This is Step 1 for EVERY Eyeshadow Look.
Apply Dark Color onto outer half of the lid.
Apply Med/Lite color to inner half of lid.
Blend Med/Lite color slightly into the middle of the lid to soften the line between dark and lite halves.
Blend a medium color into crease and softly up onto brow bone.
Place dark color into crease and blend softly up into the medium color keeping most of it into the deepest part of the crease.
Optional Step – If needed apply Highlight to inner Tear Duct and at Arch of Eyebrow.
Brown eyes are beautiful, their
warmth, their depth. Now you can make them pop with these simple tips:
Look Deep. Look at the
undertone of the brown in your eyes. Do they have any flecks of gold or
amber in them? If so, choose copper, gold or rust to bring out that
beautiful depth.
Are they a cool, dark brown?
With cool browns use deep plums, dark violets and of course, black is perfect
for any color of eye.
Brown eyes are beautiful, so get out there and make them glow!
Longer nights,
darker shades, the year deepens and becomes more romantic, more
mysterious. The light colors of summer
deepen, growing richer as the year comes to it’s close. Fall Fashion embodies a richer look, a look
made famous long ago by the Mod, dark smoky eyes, nude lip and flawless
skin. Colors darken, leaving behind the
bright pinks and peaches of the summer lines.
Deep plums, warm browns, cool charcoals and vibrant gold come to
life. Chanel and Dior are advancing new
lines where gold reigns supreme. This
year the Modern Mod will reign, her eyes, smoky shades of gray and gold, her
lips a soft neutral, her skin smooth and flawless.
Smoky eyes with
well blended lines, thick smoked out liner.
Use colors that compliment you, charcoal or black, olive green, plum or
chocolate brown. Highlight your brow
bone and lid with a shimmer of VIP-CAT’s White on Gold eye shadow. Then fill the crease with a dark shade of
your choosing and blend well. Blend is your friend, always blending up and out,
giving contour and depth.
The desired
look this fall for lashes is an almost fake appearance, thick and lustrous,
thick with black mascara. What better
way to achieve that look then by having your lashes professionally extended by
a trained professional? Properly applied
Lash Extensions will give your eye that thick lustrous fringe and last through
fall and into winter with proper care.
Your brows
should be properly arched an almost ingénue look, a simple almost natural look
like Audrey Hepburn, or if you like the dramatic arch, think Marilyn
Monroe. Proper tweezing or waxing can
achieve the desired shape. Light blushing on cheeks and easing contouring over flawless
foundation and powder can be used for a neutral look. The original Mod of the 1960’s chose pale
skin and lips, her eyes standing out in an almost waif like pale face. However the modern Mod wants a more neutral
look, natural toned skin, so light blush and contouring will achieve this for
you.
Your lips
should be a shade quite similar to your own natural lip color, something simple
and neutral, not quite nude, but not made up.
However, if you desire color, the simple red lip is a lifetime classic
and will turn an easy day look into a dramatic evening look.
Long live the
modern Mod, her of the smoky eye and thick lash. The Modern Mod, the Diva rules
the night and by day the Sweet Romantic is the queen. Her sexy faceskin glows, flawless, her cheeks
flushed, her lips rosy like they’ve just been kissed. This flawless romantic look starts with
smooth foundation, pressed powder and light, rosy blush on cheeks. Her eyes are contoured softly with a neutral
golden brown in the crease, blended out to give depth and warmth. A soft shimmer of White on Gold on the lid
and brown bone gives a warm glow to her eyes.
A little White on Gold along the top of the cheek bone and down the
bridge of the nose will add a nice sparkle to your skin and is a wonderful
highlighter for the contour process as well.
Lashes are natural, brows nicely arched to frame the eyes. The lips are a brighter shade of your own natural lip tone, a color that inspires that full lipped, just kissed look, and for added plumping a dab of White on Gold in the very center of the bottom lip will do nicely. By day a glowing, soft romantic, by night a Modern Diva. You can be all these things with the right makeup.
