The first step I will discuss in prepping your canvas is the foundation primer. The basic purpose of a primer is to create a smooth, even surface for your foundation and makeup to glide over.
If your skin has a mix of dry and oily patches, uneven texture, fine lines or wrinkles, or if you have trouble getting foundation to blend easily across your face,… this product will probably make your life a lot easier. Your makeup’s ability to “glide” across your skin will be dramatically better.
Primer also works to help ALL of your makeup last longer. This is because it helps create a barrier between your makeup and your skin, which means that there is less interaction between the oils in your skin and the makeup. Also, if you have concerns about the ingredients in your makeup being absorbed into your skin, this barrier can be of benefit. Read the rest of this entry »
Top beauty website ,Beauty Snob, recently praised our foundation of choice:Liquid Powder Mineral Foundation as being, and I quote, “…By far the most amaaaaaaazing mineral make up, ever!”
Once you have cleaned your face and used proper skincare (including exfoliation!), we’re ready to talk about prepping your “canvas”. The skin on your face is the foundation of your look. Like an artist builds paint on a canvas, this is what the rest of your makeover will be built upon, so we want it to be as smooth and even as it can be. When your skin is even, it allows the rest of your features to shine through and take center stage. Hopefully most of that smooth radiance can be accomplished by how we take care of our bodies, but if not, we can smooth out our complexion with some great products.
The products that are used when prepping your face are foundation primer, concealer, foundation, and face powder.
Though proper daily skincare will make all the difference in how healthy your skin is, many people forget about a step that shouldn’t be done daily, but is not to be passed over:
EXFOLIATION:
Your skin is constantly shedding, so you need to get the dead layers off. Doing so really makes a difference in how easily you are able to apply your makeup. It also gets down to the new, attractive layers of dermis. If you think about it, your dead skin cells aren’t going to be vibrant with health because they are, well, dead. So getting rid of them will improve the glow of your skin.
For a quick, cheap, at home fix that is gentle and more effective than the average store bought product, do the following:
Over the next number of weeks I will be posting a step by step guide designed to teach you the basics of makeup application and how to use it in a way that works with your life. My goal is to educate you on the types of makeup products, their purpose, how to choose quality items, and when and how to use them, or if you even need to use them at all. But first I want to start off with a little perspective on the role of makeup in the every day goddess’s (<–that means you) life.
USING MAKEUP TO ACCENTUATE WHAT YOU LOVE:
Unfortunately, it is human nature to fixate on anything that we perceive as negative or anything that disrupts the “flow” of someone’s appearance.This basically means that if there is a blemish on your cheek or chin… an area where your skin is red, darker circles under your eyes, etc… it distracts from the rest of your features and ends up catching more attention than is merits.And to the human eye, something such as dark circles ends up stealing the show, so that it is harder for people to notice the beautiful eyes that the dark circles accompany.The role of makeup is NOT to CHANGE your features and structure.It’s not to make you something you are not,… it is simply meant to guide the eye of the viewer to the features you want to emphasize, the same way that a good artist composes a painting so as to focus the eye where they desire.
Good makeup makes people notice YOU….not your makeup.
The majority of foundations do best when they have a very smooth, dewy surface to be applied over.
To make sure your foundation works quicker and applies more evenly, be sure to moisturize your face a few minutes before applying foundation, or any other creme or stain makeup product. Wait just long enough so that the moisturizer absorbs into your skin.
An excellent, affordable moisturizer is the Daily Moisture Enhancer by Skintelligence®. It carries five times its weight in water to super hydrate cells, is safe for even the most sensitive skin, and absorbs quickly and easily, making makeup application just that much easier.
We just had a wonderful time at our last Makeover and Headshots party. Makeup, friends, drinks, and scrumptious appetizers. View the video below to see what it was like!
The natural color of your lips is the most accurate indicator of what color will work best for your cheeks.
Use your bare lips as as a guide when picking out a blush. To bring out a rosy flush, exfoliate lips prior to matching them with a blush color. We recommend Motives Lip Pumice. If you don’t have a lip exfoliator: water, gentle face wash and a gentle scrubbing with a wash cloth or towel will help to get rid of dead skin and rev up the blood flow.
Motives Pressed Blush gives an incredibly smooth blending color and long lasting finish. Try a shade of Pressed Blush, or ask us at Real Venus to create a custom loose mineral blush specifically matched to your lip color.
Walking down the street I see far too many women who’s blush looks more like a roseasia condition than anything else.
Makeup is meant to take focus off of our flaws, not to make us look like we have them! A lot of times, blotchy blush application can be due to excess oils present in the skin. Oil has a tendency to catch onto and absorb blush pigment, accentuating the intensity of the color.
Apply makeup on clean, freshly washed skin.
Before applying powder blush,dust face powder across your cheeks. This will absorb any excess oil and will help diffuse the blush to look softer and smoother when it is applied.
Be gentle with the amount of blush you put on your brush. Less is more. It is much easier to build a few layers of blush to the right intensity than to smear a streak of bright pink across your cheek bone.
If you find that your blush still looks too strong, just add a little more face power over the top of the blush to calm it down.
If you are still having problems with blotchy application it is probably due to the quality of your blush. You may want to look into finding a smoother applying product. We recommend Motives Pressed Blush.
If you love the color of one of your cream eyeshadows or lipsticks, but wish the color was lighter or less intense, try this trick:
Mix creme concealer with your chosen product for a lighter, creamier finish. The more concealer you add, the lighter it will be. You can also try a thin, sparing amount of it onto moisturized, exfoliating lips before applying lipstick. This will also create a softer, lighter look.
