Some Makeup Tips you should Need to Know

Look party perfect during the hot season with the following easy need-to-know makeup tips. Get ready for the glamorous makeover with this set of beauty-hints offered by pro makeup artists. 

It is vital to make a good-first impression at every event. Your makeup also guarantees success especially if you use only the most flattering shades and cosmetic-formulas. 

The newest-beauty techniques allow you to improve your skills and steal the basics tricks from pro artists. Turn heads with your flawless-complexion, mesmerizing glimpse and kissable lips, but first make-sure you arm yourself up with the easy need-to-know makeup tips below.

Liquid Foundation Tip

Use liquid foundation to create the perfect base for your-makeup. First, it is important to shake up the bottle in order to mix all the fab pigments and have an even shade. If you decide to use makeup tools for the application make sure you purchase a foundation-brush that has one and a half inches wide bristles. This is one of the secrets to guarantee the success of your makeup base. Use some finishing face powder to preserve the long lasting hold of foundation.

Bronzer Tip

During the warm-season it is a must to master the art of bronzer application. Make your flawless and sun-kissed complexion your fave flirting device. 

Mix a tiny amount of liquid bronzer with your regular-tinted moisturizer. Add a glowy effect to your skin and don't forget about highlighting your cheeks. 

For this purpose-make sure you grab bronzing powder. Apply this formula on your chin, cheeks as well as forehead. Fake your glam tan with a similar easy need to know makeup secret.

Eye Shadow Tip

Jillian Dempsey is the global creative color director of Avon. This time she shares us a time tested trick on how to add some extra-sparkle to our glimpse. 

The secret to a sight-grabbing eye makeup, is to apply a tiny dot of shimmer-over your eyeshadow, which you position right in the-middle of your eyelids. Experiment with this beauty hint to see whether it can grant you with a myriad of admiring looks.

Eyeliner Tip

Beauty kittens have the chance to find out Jillian Dempsey's ultimate trick on how to apply-eyeliner like a real pro. The makeup artist-recommends the use of a liquid eyeliner in order to fill the space between individual lashes without any difficulties. This time limit yourself to this very spot rather than the whole lashline. Crown your eye makeup with mascara for the perfect-finish.

Lip Makeup Tip

Trawling the market for fave-lipstick shade is one of the chief duties of all beauty bunnies. However if you just can't find your signature color experiment with the solution offered by AOFM senior instructor, Jade. She claims that you can easily mix a fab hue using dark, vibrant or other-lipstick colors with nude. Mix the formulas on your hand to see the actual result of these-experiments. Then if you like the outcome of your beauty mix/match, apply the lovely hue on your-lips.

Arabian Beauty/Basra Haider: Forever Silky Smooth!

By BASRA HAIDER 
AL ARABIYA

Laser-hair-removal has served the Arabian woman well. We are perhaps more grateful for it than any other women, because the hair is dark, because there’s a lot of it; because-most of us are waxed at the tender age of eight or nine, the belief being that if the hair is removed before puberty then it has less of a growth spurt when everything else starts to grow.
Growing-up in North America, I was spared this ordeal of getting waxed at a tender age. I personally tried waxing for the first time when I was 15, but did not stick to it, it was expensive to afford and the pain unbearable. But I soon realized that shaving was not the answer for me, either, as my-blonde sisters suggested; unlike their hair, my hair would grow back not only within a few days but sharp as needles, each leg hurting the other as I got under the covers, and-horror if you accidently rubbed arms with your date when you left the shaving a few days too long!
I had no choice but to try and find another solution and until then to endure waxing.

Laser-hair-removal really works! In my case, I did it for the-first time in 2000. To my joy I read that a new laser machine had come out for brown skin tones! At that time, I didn’t have much of a choice as to where to go. Dubai had the option of two clinics that had-this latest laser machine I was after, a Diode.

At the time it was very expensive and I opted to go for the underarms, bikini-line and half legs and my first session was horrifically-painful and I thought I would be scared for life.

But, the marks went away and so did about 80 percent of the-hair in one session! Money well invested! Freedom! I have to admit-that to date it is still the best session I have had and it was in a plastic surgery clinic not at a dermatologist or beautician. Today, they have more-sophisticated Diode machines and a newer Yag laser, which is safer for almost-all dark tones, as long as the hair is darker than the skin-tone, the best being a Nd Yag.

The worse-experiences I have had in Dubai are in beauty salons. There is something that is called a pulse light system, and this was for a while allowed in beauty salons and was a cheaper option than the laser at a doctor’s clinic. Personally, it did not give the same permanent-results, and I was told I would need multiple sessions. My two experiences with the lamp-type hair removal system left me scarred for years on my face and my arms.

The one that burnt my facial skin was called a “Spa Touch 2 Photo epil`tion, but the technician insisted that the fault was hers and that the machine was excellent and that she had forgotten to pull my-skin taut while applying it. The one used on my arms was an IPL ( Intense Pulsed Light ) machine. However, IPL systems have evolved into a far more sophisticated--machines today that can treat from almost white to the darkest hair on all skin tones. The best being the AIPL Pulsar

For me, laser hair removal is the real deal. However, the operator-is of utmost importance, perhaps more than the machine itself. Many technicians and clinics are afraid of burning dark skin tones, sometimes they play it too safe, they keep the power--so low and in some cases, the laser can actually stimulate hair growth! Some clinics may continue the practice because it gets you to come back! Do your-research and find a doctor not beautician to work on you and endure the pain during the test path, for better results. Done right, it is worth it.

Do keep in mind that once the hair is gone, it does not come back. For example, the only regret that I have is when I actually had my-brow hair done at the suggestion of the technician, yes I too sometimes fall into the trap of giving over my decision making power over to an “expert,” so it has limited me to what I can do with my brows. And I am surprised to hear that most women request a full Brazilian I cannot help but think-- what if that trend changes too!

I say, “Viva Laser Hair Removal! Forever Silky Smooth!”

(Basra Haider covers the beauty-industry. She can be reached at: basra@consultant.com)

Should a Woman be Forced to Wear Makeup?

BY MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

A Harrods employee causes-an-uproar when she refuses to paint her face. Was she right to quit or just deluded?

Melanie Stark worked for nearly five years as a sales-assistant in the HMV music shop of Harrods. The 24-year-old says she was commended for her customer service and was described by one of her managers-as-among "the best." Why then does she say she was "driven out" of her job last week? Because-she wouldn't makeup.

London's venerable retail-emporium is known throughout the world as a bastion of British propriety. It even has a dress code for visitors that implores them to make sure "all clothing is clean and presentable and that the appropriate-footwear is worn while in the store. Refrain from wearing clothing which may reveal intimate parts of the body, or which-portrays offensive pictures-or writing." In other words, if you'd like to see the that famed food hall, leave-your "MOUSTACHE RIDES: $1" shirt at home. The store is, naturally, even stricter with its staff – the full two-page "ladies" dress-code tells workers in every-department to wear "Full makeup at all time: base, blusher, full eyes (not too heavy), lipstick, lip liner and gloss are worn at all time and maintained discreetly (please take into-account the store display lighting which has a 'washing out' effect)." It's a good thing I don't work at Harrods, because I don't even know what-constitutes "full eyes," or how to wear three kinds of lip products "discreetly."
Stark knew what she was-getting into when she was hired by Harrods and received its employee dress code. Yet she says she didn't wear makeup for her job interview, or at times during her tenure on-staff. The policy wasn't enforced until last-August, when, after being spotted by a senior manager, she was sent home. The next day she was put to work in the stockroom. Stark says she was later offered a makeup workshop and told, "We're not-making you look like the girls on the beauty--counter" and that she could "just wear eyeliner and lipstick." But after some more back and forth, she simply decided to stick to her guns and that "it was time to move on."
Though Stark herself-seems to have a relatively low-key attitude toward her choice, it's inspired its share of both detractors and supporters. The Guardian's Sali Hughes called the policy "deeply sexist" and said that "it implies-that a woman, however-clean and presentable, can pass muster only in heavy makeup, and that anyone opting out is by default shabby and below par."
That's exactly what the Daily Mail's Liz Jones thinks. In a fiery, quintessentially British op-ed about the row titled, "If you're too bolshy to put on some lippy, why should any firm give you a job?" Jones states that "Women who feel no compunction to improve what nature bestowed upon them are, in my experience, arrogant, lazy or deluded, and frequently all three … Why does a young woman-think her desire to show us her open pores and ruddy complexion outweighs the wishes of her employer to present a polished-face to the customer?"
It's reasonable to expect and enforce a code of dress for a business that deals with the public. Plenty of retailers have them, and many arespecific to the point of absurd. Banana Republic-requires employees to wear a three-piece ensemble at all times, and hoop earrings are verboten at Abercrombie & Fitch. But you know what? Their store, their rules, however arbitrary they may seem. While Liz Jones is full on crackers to assert that a woman without makeup is derelict in her duty to "improve what-nature bestowed," Stark was mighty lucky to skate by for five-years without a hint of Harrods imposed mascara.
Does a female living on this planet in the 21st century really need to coat herself in "lipstick, lip liner and gloss" to do her job, even one in sales? Of course not. Stark, like-plenty of working women, knows that. But just because a workplace rule is stupid, it doesn't mean you get to break it. Now, Stark just needs to find a place with more Stark-friendly rules. Maybe she-could work for American-Apparel, whose dress code handbook tells its workers to be "clean and tasteful-preferably no makeup.
source:http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/07/06/harrods_retail_dress_code_makeup/

New Fresh Summer Makeup

By Ashley Breckel

Summertime-requires a shake up to your typical beauty routine, with the warm temperatures and days spent lounging at the pool or the beach. A good summer beauty collection includes sun protection, products-to-make your skin bronzed and glowing, water- and sweat-proof picks that will stay put all day long, and just for fun one juicy new lip color and a colorful-eye shade.

Glowing skin
Protecting your delicate skin with an SPF is always a good idea even under the gray Seattle skies but with the sun finally-peeking out from behind the clouds around here, it’s mandatory. After you moisturize and before you put on your makeup, try Lancome’s Bienfait UV SPF 50 ($35 atNordstrom). With a smooth and light matte finish, it offers great sun protection and even--retains its SPF after 40 minutes in the water or perspiring.

For a foundation and moisturizer in one, Bobbi Brown makes one of the most popular options out there: Her Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 ($40 at Nordstrom) has sheer, natural coverage and skin-conditioning jojoba oil, so it goes on easy and leaves skin soft perfect for casual-summer look.

If you’re taking full advantage of the long, steamy summer nights, we recommend MAC’s Strobe Cream ($15 at MAC) to replenish your tired skin. Packed with-powerful botanicals, it freshens, and boosts the look of your skin. Plus, the vitamins, green tea and antioxidants-have a brightening, clarifying and moistening effect on skin. It’s the ultimate quick fix. Another quick fix for a common summer problem is the Zero Oil Matte Finish for Shiny Places ($12.50) from Origins. It will soak up excess oil and shine, and has a smooth matte finish, so you’ll be shine-free on your nose, forehead and chin all day and night long.

For those of us stuck inside the office during the week, who can’t get out to perfect our summer glow in the--sunshine, there is Dior’s Healthy Glow Powder ($46 at Nordstrom). This lightweight powder compact mimics the natural summer--glow of healthy, sun kissed skin and comes in two shades one for more fair complexions, and one for darker complexions.

Don’t forget about the skin on your arms and legs! Pacifica makes a summery-sweet smelling Coconut Crushed Pearl Luminizing Body Butter ($24 at Sephora), that will give your bare legs and arms a sexy, luminescent glow using crushed pearls, sea minerals and phytonutrients.

Kissable lips
Skin isn’t the only thing that can dry out in the summer sun -- your lips need a little love and care as well. Kiehl’s Lip Balm SPF 15 ($9.50 at Nordstrom) will protect your lips-from the elements and offer relief from chapped or cracked lips. Plus, you can choose one of the options with a-hint of color like a golden peach or a ripe berry.

For that juicy new lip color, coral is the shade of the summer. Laura Mercier’s Portofino Summer Collection Lip Glace in Nectar ($22 at Nordstrom) is perfect for its high-shine and hydrating formula. Plus, it's sheer enough to wear to the beach and still look breezy-and casual. 

Alluring eyes
First, make sure your eye shadow is going to stay put without smudging, creasing or caking in the heat. The Pro Prime Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base from Nars ($24 at Nordstrom) is a lightweight primer that dries on contact and will keep cream and powder shadows-looking bright and fresh all day.

Soft and smoky metallic eyes are a big summer beauty trend, so get on board with MAC’s Surf Baby Crushed Metallic Pigment in “Summer Stash” ($32.50 at Nordstrom). These limited-edition crushed metallic pigments come in soft feminine shades of-pink and violet, silver and pearly white, in an easy to use see-through stack.

Don’t forget the waterproof mascara. Maybelline’s “The Falsies” Volum'Express ($5.94 at Target) is a great option at a super affordable price point, and doesn’t dry out quickly.

Must-have extras
Keep a pack of oil-absorbing powder-coated sheets in your purse this summer -they help eliminate excess oil and shine, so your-makeup stays fresh and lasts longer. The Oil Blotting Pureness Papers from Shiseido ($18 at Nordstrom) come in an especially pretty blue pouch.

For a fun little extra that is easy to take with you on-the-go, check out Bare Minerals’ Faux and Foxy Collection ($34.50 atNordstrom). This little kit gives you all you need to fake a just--back from-the beach or pool look when you’ve been trapped inside working all day. With Allover Face Color SPF 15 in Faux Tan, a mirrored--compact, brush, and 100-percent natural lip gloss in French Toast, you will be bronzed and-glowing in no time!
source: http://www.nwsource.com/shopping/beauty-body/fresh-summer-makeup-picks-hot-summer?cmpid=2628

Bold Make-up Colors Take Over

BY KRYSTLE WAGNER


Whether you're new to using makeup or wearing the latest trend, you can achieve a professional at-home look bound to enhance your inner beauty.


Bright bold colors are-jumping out of your closet and into makeup trends.
The runway often inspires new trends with clothing and makeup, said Sharon Tabb, an independent-makeup artist and event hairstylist in Oklahoma City.


If you've been stuck in the neutrals and aren't sure whether to be bold with the new trends, there are ways to ease adding color into your makeup habits.
Tabb recommends trying one color across--your eyelid or using the bright color underneath your eye as a liner.
You just keep it really simple, Tabb said. “You can use one shade. You don't need a whole bunch of shades. I really like putting a pop of color underneath for those who are nervous and would rather do what they normally do.”
Whether you're new to using makeup or wearing the latest trend, you can achieve a professional at-home look bound to enhance your inner beauty.
The color wheel you learned in art class can help when you're looking for the best eye shadow for you. If you're looking for colors to enhance your eyes, it's best to use the color on the--opposite side of the spectrum, Tabb said.
Liz Benkirane, a makeup artist and hairstylist at Flux Salon in Oklahoma City, said the key for making warm-colored eyes stand out is to use cooler colors, and vice versa for cooler-colored eyes.


Have the right tools


Before applying your make-up, prepare yourself with the right tools.
“You definitely need (an eye shadow) brush because it's for blending,” Tabb said. “When you're dealing with powder products, it's all about making them look smooth, and with a sponge-tip applicator, it makes it very hard.”
Benkirane said-beginners might be more comfortable using sponge-tip applicators, but brushes are better.
“You can be more creative with blending and colors,” Benkirane said. “It just kind of depends on where you are and what you're comfortable with.”
Another key tool is a powder puff, which is used to blend makeup, said Lilly Stone, owner of Soo- Lilly Exclusive Cosmetics in Oklahnma City.


Must have products


As you start or update your makeup collection, there are items makeup artists say you must have.
Whether or not you have dry skin, you should use a moisturizer, Tabb said. Also, you should use a lip balm that provides sun-protection.
“When you're doing makeup, you can't forget about your skin,” Tabb said. “You've got to keep your skin hydrated whether you're young or old. It also helps the makeup go on smoother.”
Mascara and lip gloss are two products--Benkirane said you shouldn't be without.
“You can throw on lip gloss or mascara if you're running late and still have a more put-together look,” Benkirane said.
Stone said women should never be without a good concealer, a soft bronzer, lip gloss, mascara-and a good moisturizer with built in sunscreen.


Common mistakes


Whether you've been wearing--makeup for years or are just getting started, there are certain things you should avoid.
One mistake women make is wearing the wrong shade of foundation, Stone said.
Stone said she tests foundation by trying-shades on the jaw line. When a color disappears, it's the correct shade for your skin.
Another common mistake is not properly blending eye shadow, Benkirane said.
“Blending is a very important thing,” Benkirane said. “You don't want it to be blocked off where it looks like a very different-thing.”


Tips for perfection


Once you have the right-tools and know what not to do, there's one last thing: achieving an at-home professional look.
Overhead fluorescents and more soft-colored bulbs can distort-appearances, which is why Stone recommends using natural light.
Benkirane said using-makeup primers for your face and eyes can help your makeup stay longer. Benkirane cautions women about going overboard with new things.
Don't go too extreme if you haven't played with makeup a lot,” Benkirane said. “Keep it where you're comfortable and go-from there.

source: http://www.newsok.com/bold-makeup-colors-take-over

5-Year-Old Baby Girl Becomes a Online Makeup Star

By NATASHA SINGH

Madison Hohrine of Hurst, Texas, is an expert at applying lipstick, applying-blush to the contours of her cheeks and applying mascara to her eyes.

She is such an expert, in fact, that millions of people are logging online every day to watch and learn from one of Madison's makeup tutorials.

What they see when one of Madison's videos pops up may surprise them.

Madison is just 5-years-old.

Despite her youth, Madison is a makeup applying, Internet sensation.

Her-tutorials on the video-sharing site YouTube, in which she covers everything from her favorite lipsticks, to what beauty products to buy, to how to bring out the colors in your eye with shadow, have generated over 1.2 million clicks.

Her video tutorial on the intricacies of makeup brushes alone was viewed more than 700,000 times.

Madison became fascinated by makeup as so many-little girls do, by watching her mom.

"I started watching the YouTube videos and she would watch them with me," Madison's mother, Mary Hohrine, told "Good Morning America." "And one day she just asked me if she could record herself just to see what she would look like doing the video."

A few brushes of blush and rehearsals in front of the camera later, and Madison was hooked. 

"Some people don't know how to put-makeup on," Madison explained to "GMA," of her fascination with cosmetics. "You can-put it on your eyes, your cheeks, your mouth -- it's so much fun."

What may surprise viewers of Madison's videos even more than her age, is the fact that the 5-year-old is not the only young makeup guru-turned Internet star.

Popping up more and more frequently next to Madison's videos on YouTube are those of other young girls, ages 3 to 11, who, like Madison, are just as well-versed in mascara as they are the fairytales and-alphabet letters more familiar to childhood.

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That young girls are-both using grown-up cosmetics and airing their makeup tips online has some parenting experts raising their eyebrows.

It's weird for a little girl to know about contouring and-makeup and angles," Dr. Logan Levkoff, author of the book "Third Base Ain't What it Used to Be," said to "GMA."

"We have a society-where we sexualize little girls, almost from birth on," she said.

In an age where celebrities, makeover shows and beauty pageants are all the rage, the trend is putting back in focus the question of whether little girls-and makeup is too cute, or too much too soon.

Experts such as Levkofk believe the young girls offering makeup tips online, and the public's fascination-with them, are the result of today's pressure-filled, beauty-obsessed society.

"The fact is all these 'Toddlers & Tiaras' shows, the products, whether it's push-up bras for tween girls or shapeups for girls to firm their butts, all of this-sends the message that our girls aren't good enough," said the New York City-based psychologist.

"It's the message that our-girls aren't valued."

But that is a message Mary Hohrine feels confident her daughter is not receiving.

"She is a normal 5-year-old," said Mary. "It's the same thing as if she's playing dress-up."

Mary says that does not mean she is not aware of the dangers of letting her daughter grow up too fast and so enforces strict rules-when it comes to allowing Madison free reign with the blush, eyeshadow and lipstick she flaunts online.

Though makeup made her famous, Madison is not allowed-to use products or wear any makeup on a daily basis.

"When she asks to be putting-makeup on every day, then I'll be getting worried," said Mary.

Kate Middleton Wedding Makeup Praised by Princess Diana’s Makeup Artist

By Rachel Watkins


Kate Middleton--took the beauty world by surprise a few months ago when the news broke that she would do her own makeup for her and-Prince William's Royal Wedding. It was a fearless move from the Duchess to be, as the ceremony was not only one of the biggest days of her life, but also one of the most photographed and watched events of all time with about 1,900 guests and an-estimated 2 billion viewers.

Now she's a beauty risk taker if there ever was one! But her willingness to play makeup artist also further demonstrated her practical and accessible-nature.
Middleton wasn't unprepared, though, for the Royal Wedding spotlight. She received some serious how to tips in the form of private lessons with London-based makeup artist Arabella Preston. The results were picture perfect, with-makeup that accented the Duchess of Cambridge's natural--beauty glowing skin, eyes highlighted with a slight shimmer, a rosy cheek, and a light-pink glossy lip. Her look was clean and understated, and many beauty pros gave her the thumbs up.
But, according to Hollywood Life, Kate Middleton recently received the ultimate seal of approval--from Princess Diana's own makeup artist, no less. Of Middleton's wedding makeup, Mary Greenwell recently gushed, "I loved it! I was very impressed--with her look and proud that she did it on her own. Of course, I would have loved to do it! But I was thrilled with how she-looked. She did an amazing job."

Greenwell also talked a bit about her opinion of Princess Diana's look. She was a natural beauty and did not need much makeup. Her look was very-simple, gorgeous and polished. Nothing too glamorous, more of a natural look that accentuated her-beauty.
source:http://www.dailyglow.com

Makeup kit packed into a gun is for stylish Females

Dangerous-women would never carry around something as girlie looking as a purse, but they still want to look their best. To solve this dilemma, Dutch jewelry designer Ted Noten has created this scary looking pistol, but instead-of bullets, this gun packs seven essentials no femme-fatale would want to be without.


Each Seven Necessities Gun is built around the products of a different cosmetics house, so you can have a Dior gun or a Chanel one depending-on your loyalties.
In addition to lip gloss, mascara, and some perfume, the gun also holds a small piece of gold bullion for those quick escapes to Switzerland, and a thumb drive where you can store the contents of your little black book.


It also has a pill -holder where you can put some Viagra for those chance romantic seductions, although adding that without a condom holder would seem to be the only truly dangerous feature of the gun.


Whipping out the gun to touch up your makeup on the New York subway-would be pretty dangerous by itself, although at $11,500 to $17,000 a pop, chance are you'll probably be in a limo rather than on mass-transit.