anyway, someone asked me about my makeup, what I have and what I do with it.
so here goes.
in the spotty makeup bag.
(everything is from Body Shop unless otherwise stated.)
- foundation. because really, a makeup kit is nothing without one.
- concealer.
- pressed powder. I love pressed powder. I wear it daily, to school, if I'm stepping out. anywhere.
- loose powder. I have two different shades.
- blush. its not Body Shop, I don't know what it is. rose coloured, it was my mom's.
- brown lip gloss. to match my natural skin tone.
- three types of plumpy pink lip gloss. one brown lip gloss.
- two shimmer lip glosses. one from Body Shop, one from Red Earth.
- mascara, from L'Oreal. the double extension type.
- black pencil eyeliner, from Stage.
- black liquid eyeliner. my favourite of the lot.
- bronze metallic eyeliner.
- blue shimmer eyeshadow.
- gold eyeshadow.
- purple eyeshadow.
- eye makeup remover by Neutrogena.
- face and body brush. for misc.
[this is obviously non-inclusive of things like moisturisers and toners and all that, thats skincare, not make up.]
regimes.
face.
- always always always wash before before applying anything. then dry thoroughly, preferably pat dry.
- foundation first. my foundation doubles as a moisturiser so I don't worry about my skin drying out. I use a non-oil based one because my skin is naturally quite oily. I always make sure to check my hairline and the skin around my chin and the edges of my face to make sure that the foundation is properly blended. If you neglect this, it'll look like you have a mask on.
- concealer if I feel like it. on obvious spots and under the eyes.
- pressed powder. I feel that this adds a smooth texture that I can't really achieve with loose powder. If I'm feeling lazy, I stop here and go straight on to my eyes.
- loose powder (lighter shade). When I'm in a really dress-up mood, I brush my lighter shade of loose powder all over my face with the face and body brush I have.
- loose powder (darker shade). After the lighter shade is on the way I like it, I brush on the darker shade to emphasise my cheekbones and the bone structure of my lower jaw. To do this, I suck my cheeks in and smile. Its harder than it sounds, but the depressed area of skin beneath the apples of the cheeks is where I brush on the darker shade, and the hollows beneath my jaw.
eyes.
- upper lid eyeliner. I don't always do this, but when I do, the upper lid always comes first. I use pencil eyeliner for my upper eyelid, because mistakes are easily covered up by smudging the lines.
- lower lid eyeliner. I can pull off full lower lid eyeliner because my eyes are large enough, and I love emphasising my eyes (not like there's any other option). I prefer using liquid eyeliner for the lower lid because its much darker and it stays on for longer. Black or bronze, either colour works depending on what I'm wearing.
- eyeshadow. very very very rarely do I apply eyeshadow. I don't use any particular blending technique, I just brush on whatever I feel like.
- mascara. upper and lower eyelashes both get smacked on with mascara. I try not to put too much one because I hate the way eyelashes look when they're all clumped together because of too much mascara. I have a double brush mascara, so one end is for lengthening and one end is for volume. If its a big night out, I use both, otherwise I stick to volume.
lips.
- lip gloss. I never use lipstick. I emphasise my eyes, which means that I tone down alot on my lips. I don't like lipstick anyway, it feels too heavy. I go for nude colours on lips, such as brown or light pink, or sometimes just white shimmer. If I use a nude colour and I want to add a little oomph to it, I dab white shimmer on my cupid's bow and down the middle of the lower lip, because thats where the light falls.
looking back at what I've written, it sounds like I spend ages and ages fixing my face. but really, I only spend a maximum of fifteen minutes on my makeup, nothing more.
I also realise that I do alot to achieve the natural look with makeup. Though I never use colours other than my skin tone on my face, except for parties and the like. Otherwise I stick to black and brown shades only, with nude for my lips.
It sometimes depends on what I'm wearing though.
for example, I wore entirely black for a friend's birthday party. black hair ribbon, black dress, and black pumps. to add a little something to it to avoid being too bland, I swept on bright sky blue eyeshadow to match the necklace I was wearing.
another time, I had on a purple top, a white scarf, grey skinny jeans, black gladiators and a pink chunky necklace. I avoided doing anything dramatic with my face, because it would have only looked trashy.
so yeah, thats what I spend fifteen minutes doing in front of the mirror everytime I'm about to go out.
non-inclusive of the time it takes to do my hair.
