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ORIGINAL: lally3

ive never got on with makeup.  foundation is a really difficult thing to get the hang of, if youve never used it.  if i need some extra help evening out skin tone i use a light tinted moisturiser, vichy do nice ones, but put on a moisturiser first, like you would if you were putting on a fake tan.

have you thought about getting your eyelashes tinted and maybe have some semi-permanent eyelashes applied.  friend did that and it completely changed her look from pretty to WOW, both reduce the need for heavy mascara and its not expensive.  another thing is pick out a really nice lipstick, with a matching lip liner, put the liner on first then the lippy.  i can feel totally different with a bit of lippy (thanks lucious!). 

these are all little tricks ive picked up - i know its not heavy heavy makeup, but, start slow and itll build your confidence and your comfort with using makup and with a couple of cheaty tricks you could reduce the overall heavy makeup thing but look madeup without the feeling of slapping on muck and feeling uncomfortable with it.  in the end, if when you look in the mirror you think, 'hey, not bad kid' then youre going to enjoy yourself much more.

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ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19

The best thing to do with lip liner is to line the lips but then fill in the entire lip with the liner. The liner will look like lipstick. That way even when your lipstick wears off, you still have the colored liner underneath. I like colors like red and cherry colored lip liner. Also, NEVER use orange lipstick. It makes teeth look yellow. Cherry makes them look whiter.

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ORIGINAL: tinkerbelle3


Baby steps is always good! thanks for the suggestion. BTW, I do take very good care of my skin which is why make up has never been a big thing for me. People look at me and think I'm 10 years younger than I am : )

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ORIGINAL: littleone35     I usually go with blush, masacra and

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ORIGINAL: tinkerbelle3

How do others deal with disappointing the one they love most?

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ORIGINAL: cantilena

I happened to get my face done in Vegas last year by a top notch professional, and I'm here to tell you I never looked better than what she did with make-up.  It can be done... but it may require going to someone who *really* knows what they're doing.  Then practise... practise... practise.

Best wishes.

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ORIGINAL: Willowmoon


Hmmm when you say heavy make up can you give us an example of what he wants you to wear makeup wise.

http://www.everydayminerals.com/

He'd like me to wear eye liner, eye shadow up to the brow, brow pencil to arch the eyebrows, lip liner and lip stick, contoured blush on my cheeks, foundation etc etc etc UGH!

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ORIGINAL: OmegaG

it's actually a standard make-up routine for many women.

What I'm wondering about is his idea of the eye shadow from lash to brow-- I hope he's thinking of the three shade color combinations where the ridge is a pale shade (which gives the eye lift and brightness) rather then one solid color which will make her look not quite so complimentary.

(oh, and I worked as a makeup consultant for a while years ago).

Eye brow shaping and shading will frame the eyes and make them pop.  Mascarra and eye-liner will define the eyes and give them a sultry bed-room eye look or an open, more awake look depending on how smoky you make them.  (a touch of white eye-liner in the inner corner will aslo make them seem more alive)

Blush gives a healthy invigorated look

Foundation makes skin appear flawless and smooth

Lip liner frames the lips (should be the same shade as the lipstick) and gives the lipstick a stopping point and lipstick tends to give a woman a defined mouth and finished look.

One thing to avoid is both heavy/dark colors on both the eye and the lips, if you choose smokey eyes, go pale on the lips, if you choose dark lips, go fresher on the eyes-- doing both will give an overdone look.

Edited because I can't spell.

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ORIGINAL: Bound2One

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ORIGINAL: tinkerbelle3

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ORIGINAL: Willowmoon


Hmmm when you say heavy make up can you give us an example of what he wants you to wear makeup wise.

http://www.everydayminerals.com/

He'd like me to wear eye liner, eye shadow up to the brow, brow pencil to arch the eyebrows, lip liner and lip stick, contoured blush on my cheeks, foundation etc etc etc UGH!

Tink ... I wear all of that every day, except lip liner which I don't need, and throw it on in maybe 5 minutes - light natural colors, but it's there.  My point being - just because it's a lot of product doesn't mean that it's got to look heavy and caked on.  You just need to learn how to apply it.  BTW - instead of brow pencil, go to Sephora and ask about their brow powder .. you use a stiff angled brush to apply it and it goes on really nice and lightly.  I have rather sparse eyebrows and it looks much more natural than a pencil.


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One of his preferences is that I wear make-up