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This is my first tutorial so please bare with me and feel free to email me if you have questions! I was condensing my kit over the weekend and was purposely breaking my favorite eye shadows to put them in palettes and thought someone could use this advice when they accidentally break their favorite eye shadows and blushes! All you need is the eyeshadow in the original container, rubbing alcohol, a spray bottle for the alcohol is optional, some change (pennies, nickels, dimes) and clean fabric that you don’t need (maybe a shirt that is ripped that you don’t need anymore).
First I take my palette knife (you can use a butter knife) and crush up the eyeshadow in the original container until you remove all of the clumps and make it as powdery as possible!
After I do that, I drop 6-10 drops of alcohol onto the eyeshadow. I do just enough so I can spray a few sprays of alcohol after that without the powder going all over the place.
Now that it is wet but not drowning, I measure the tin to see what household item matches up to it in size and fits inside. Usually I can get close with nickels, dimes, quarters and they are the easiest to work with. If you have something larger, like a blush, you can use a bottle cap from a juice jug or something along those lines.
Now that you have measured the opening, stick the coin/cap into some fabric whether it be a ripped shirt, kitchen towel you don’t use, etc. I am using a sock that lost it’s other half (yes it’s clean!). Spray/dip the fabric liberally with alcohol (this also helps to disinfect and prevent it from sticking to the powder). Now use it like a stamp to press the eyeshadow into the tin to condense it. Press firmly.
Now let it dry completely before using (usually an hour is super safe, alcohol dries quickly). It’s super easy, quick and saves you some money so you don’t have to buy a new one! Good luck!
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PUCKER UP! At nearly every wedding I do and when I do my own makeup, I almost always bust out this pencil. One of my favorite little secrets is the Cargo Reverse Lip Liner. I don’t know how I lived without it!! It is a skin colored pencil that can be used to help those with smaller lips, those that just need help defining the lip, fixing mistakes or even brightening the eye!
Here are some tips on how to use it:
DEFINE THE LIP
If you want to have a natural looking lip, maybe you are going to the beach and only want to wear a little bit of lipgloss, the reverse liner is perfect to create a clean lip line without using lipliner. Instead of a lip liner where you apply color on the lip, you are using it as an eraser to clean up the lip from the outside in…genius!
TO CREATE THE ILLUSION OF BIGGER LIPS
When applying colored lipliner, create a slightly thicker line at the outer part of the lips to draw them on thicker (not too much, just a little). It’s easiest to start with the cupids bow first, then the bottom of the lip to create your starting point and work outwards. Fill in the entire lip with the same lipliner. Use the reverse lipliner at the top of the cupids bow and blend. Apply lipstick. Use a slighter lighter shade of lipstick in the middle of the lips and blend outwards. It will give you just the amount of pout you need!
BRIGHTEN THE EYE
Now hopefully you have read my section on sanitation before you do this…make sure you spray your liner with alcohol and sharpen it if you are trying this on the eye area (and after you use it for that matter!). This pencil is great to use on the inner corners of the eye lid to brighten up your eyes and give you a little bit of perkiness! Just draw a little dot and blend a bit for the perfect eye opener.
FIX IT
If you make a mistake on your lipliner or if you color over the lines when putting on your lipstick – use this lip pencil as an eraser to fix your mistakes!
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This is up there with the question I am asked most….how to get rid of dark circles. Unfortunately, for most of us, this is an inherited trait so it is hard to reverse. Here’s some help for you.
Always wear SPF under your eye, sun promotes melanin levels.
Use eye cream every day and night. My favorite mixture is Philosophy’s Eye Hope during the day and Murad’s Lighten and Brighten eye cream at night. They may have high price tags but they will last you a long time, all you need is a little dot of product, a little goes a long way.
Use a concealer that has a little bit of salmon color to it. Or if they are really dark, use Benefit’s Stay Don’t Stray which serves as an eyeshadow primer AND can be used under the eyes, then put your concealer over it. Benefit’s Erase Paste has a salmon tint to it that is just divine. If it’s noticable and looks too bright/pink, put a concealer over it that is one shade or two shades lighter than your complexion.
After you are done with the steps above, powder to set the concealer. One with a little bit of a yellow tint would be perfect but translucent will do just fine.
You should see a huge difference!
Now some extra pointers…
Use smudge-proof mascara, I really like the Loreal Collagen Mascara – although some of the reviews I have read are not that good-it never smudges for me!
Remove your eye makeup every night.
Lastly, be gentle around your under eye area, the skin is very thin around that area and sensitive – be gentle!
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Consider getting some faux lashes for your wedding day or any special night out. They make a whirlwind of difference in pictures because lashes help to lift the eye up. Most people hear fake lashes and automatically think that they will be gaudy or dramatic and that is not the case. They make hundreds of different styles of lashes, from extreme to subtle so you can find ones that are perfect for you. If you want to be adventurous and try them on your own, go with strip lashes. Place the lash up to your eye to see if you need to cut off any excess lash, once the excess is removed, snip the eyelashes in half (yes, do it!), secure each half to your lash line separately with eyelash glue and make sure that they meet in the middle. Once you have more practice, you will be able to do the entire strip but cutting them in half at first makes the process much easier until you get the hang of it.
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I have a pet peeve, anyone who knows me knows what it is….it is when people don’t wash their makeup brushes. If you knew what kind of bacteria was growing on your brushes after not washing them for months, there is no way you would put it on your face. What is even worse is when you use a dirty brush and dip it into an eyeshadow, you have just transferred more bacteria onto the eyeshadow and it just goes around and around. You should be washing your brushes WEEKLY or at the least, every two weeks. It’s so simple to wash your brushes – there are some good brush cleaners out there but you can use a mild baby shampoo and save some money. Make sure to lay your brushes flat to dry and don’t completely immerse the brush handle in your baby shampoo/water mixture or you will loosen the glue.
There are no regulations for cosmetics that makes them put an expiration date on the bottles so here are some guidelines.
Mascara has the shortest expiration and should be thrown out within 2 1/2-3 months. Don’t “pump” the wand in and out of the bottle because you think you are getting more product by doing that, you are actually pushing more air into the bottle and giving a chance for more bacteria to get in the bottle. Keep bacteria away from your eyes!
Foundation also has a short lifespan. You really should throw it out after 3-6 months depending on how big the opening of the bottle is (letting more air in). Now since foundation goes ALL over your face, don’t add more bacteria onto your face than you have to. Also, keep your fingers out of the bottle – use your CLEAN foundation brush! Concealers can last a little longer (the thicker it is, the longer it can last) so throw it out after 6-9 months.
Now, to cheer you up, powders (pressed, blush, eyeshadow, etc) can last up to a year. I spray mine with 99% alcohol every once in a while because it can’t hurt and it will kill bacteria. Lipstick, lipgloss, lip liner, eyeliners can also be thrown out after a year but make sure you are sharpening your pencils every week to get that first layer of bacteria off and spray with alcohol once in a while.
Just make sure to pay attention to the consistency of your products and the smell. If it changes color or starts smelling funny – throw it out! Breaking out from the bacteria festering in old products/brushes does not make up for the money you would spend on buying new stuff or cleaning them…at least not to me!
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First I take my palette knife (you can use a butter knife) and crush up the eyeshadow in the original container until you remove all of the clumps and make it as powdery as possible!
Now that it is wet but not drowning, I measure the tin to see what household item matches up to it in size and fits inside. Usually I can get close with nickels, dimes, quarters and they are the easiest to work with. If you have something larger, like a blush, you can use a bottle cap from a juice jug or something along those lines.
