Make-Up Blog

As many of us have already heard, fuller, thicker eyebrows are all the rage this season — but those babies can be hard to maintain, especially if you are not used to them. How do you make full eyebrows work for you? How do you make them look good? Well, there are a few essential tools you need to help you out here.

For instance, an eyebrow pencil is essential, especially if you are just letting your brows grow out. Because eyebrow pencils can look rather harsh, however, you have to use them carefully — make sure you do not go too dramatic. Soft, short strokes and blending will keep your brows looking natural.

Some women prefer eyebrow powder, due to its softer appearance and the wide array of colors in which it comes. You need to use an angled eye brush with the powder.

Eyebrow gel is important as well, but being a relatively new innovation, it is often overlooked. It can be clear or in color, but it helps to smooth down wild and unruly brows.

Most of us of a certain age remember the Smurfs — specifically the sole gal in the group (at least until those three, strange orphan Smurfs turned up in later episodes), Smurfette.

Well, Sephora is paying a serious homage to the dainty, darling little Smurf, with their Too Faced So Smurfy Illumination Face Powder, a face powder so fantastic it belies its rather whimsical name and design. The powder is part of Sephora’s whole new Too Faced Smurf Collection, and it conceals blemishes, brightens the skin, and refreshes your entire collection.

Now, we all know Sephora makes fantastic makeup, so Aesthetic Technologies has to implore you not to be put off by the cartoon fixtures here — and if you cannot get past the picture of Smurfette emblazoned on the compact, then try to remember, she had unfailingly gorgeous skin. One can just bet that Sephora, just like Smurfette, got some tips from Vanity Smurf for this fun little line!

Let’s talk about taking care of your skin now – makeup goes onto your skin as you all know, but it can not hide everything in the world.  If you skin is very dry, you absolutely need something to hydrate it and Kerstin Florian’s Aromatherapy Neroli Water is absolutely something that every woman should have at least. 

This incredible water is all natural and has some orange blossom in it so soothe your skin as well as hydrate it.  You can use it pretty much all over your body too, however, beware of that for it is not a cheap bottle of water.  This particular product does a fantastic job in calming things down and overall keeping your body calm, cool and collected.

The best part?  This stuff smells absolutely incredible, so your face will smell absolutely impeccable all of the time!  So think about it – really think about it!

This incredible collection from Smashbox is one of the must-have collections this spring.  Whether you are looking for darker shades or lighter, this spring collection has it all!  Smashbox has focused their efforts on the biscuit, chocolate, soft green, dark celery green, light silver-blue, dark blue-grey, sheer lilac, deep orchid, rose copper and coffee colors and to be honest, they look incredible!

Whether you want to spice up your cheeks or add a little purple or silver on your eyes, this collection has it all and it is the ‘Muse’ collection from Smashbox.  Now, most of you are probably over Smashbox nowadays, but honestly, I think that they are pretty freakin’ sweet and I definitely think that they are going somewhere.

So watch out people, Smashbox is coming for you and your makeup!

So we have talked a lot about mascara in this blog and the reason for that is because usually – the first thing that a guy notices is going to be your eyes and honestly, you want them to look the very best in the world.  Also, I happen to be a mascara whore and I make it a point to try ALL of the latest and greatest mascaras out there, so that is why I had to give the Dior Black Out Mascara and let you know how it works!

Well, let’s just say that this mascara is incredible!  It is intensified black mascara that gives your lashes a little oomph that everyone is looking for.  It actually glides on extremely smoothly and it draws every single lash out.  You can layer this one too and honestly – it looks great either way!

This mascara is truly black, so make sure that you keep that in mind when choosing this particular mascara.

It has to be said that Vincent Longo is definitely one of those geniuses that has come up with some of the best cosmetics in the world!  Not only has Vincent out done himself with this springs makeup trends, but he has definitely changed how I feel about plum eyeliner and smoky eyes with purple eye shadow.  This guy has been pushing that trend forever and this spring, that is the hottest trend in the world!

Take Vincent Longo’s spring cosmetics ad.  Look at how beautiful this chick looks.  Rosy cheeks, pronounced eyebrows, light liner, heavy eye shadow and finally some pink lips.  That is all you need this spring to look incredibly hot all the way around, so make sure that you pick up Vincent Longo!

Although Vincent Longo is some of the most expensive cosmetics on the market today, I promise that they will last you quite a while – so do not be scared of the price!

MAC is one of those cosmetic brands that honestly is incredible.  There are so many different colors to choose from and from what I know about MAC, they are actually the most artsy type of cosmetics and I absolutely love that!  Take their newest and latest collection that is actually the very first complete and entire collection to come out since the Hello Kitty collection; it is the Rose Romance collection.

This particular collection is all about romance.  There are a ton of pinks, purples, reds and soft blues that are available in this collection and I have to say that they all look beautiful!  Personally – I love when any brand of cosmetic comes out romantic makeup, it really just sets my mind at ease and it totally just makes me want to buy their product more!

So really ladies – look up MAC and get yourself some of the latest and greatest spring/summer collection from them!

Now, it has to be said that the Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Mascara is actually one of those mascara’s that I would actually come back to.  To be honest, I am a person that tries every single mascara in the world and this is one of the top ones in the world.  The Ceramide formula is something that is incredible looking on and it lengthens you lashes beautifully!

For twenty dollars, I have to say that this beautiful mascara is something that I would buy over and over again.  Now usually, I am the type of person that will buy right out of CVS or something like that, but when I found out that Elizabeth Arden was coming out with lengthening mascara, I just had to try it!

So really ladies — Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Mascara is the bomb – totally!

One color that I am noticing more and more and more is coral.  This color seems to be popping up absolutely everywhere and I have to say that I am actually kind of proud of that!  I absolutely love the color coral and I think that more and more people should be wearing it – hence the reason for this post!

Chanel is actually one of those brands that is definitely cutting edge and totally knows what is up in the makeup department.  That is why they came up with this beautiful ad featuring – guess what?  Coral lip color!  This incredible lip color is by far the best and looks fantastic really on anyone.

The next time that you are looking for one hot lip color, you should absolutely consider getting yourself some coral lipstick or gloss!

One of the biggest challenges I know that I face half of the time is figuring out where to put makeup and how exactly I should put it on.  This is especially difficult for me as I honestly have no idea how I can highlight my cheeks without overdoing it!  Well – we are going to explore how you can highlight your cheeks without overdoing it!

First and foremost, you need to find the hollows of your cheeks.  That you can achieve by sucking in and then you are going to apply a dark shadow.  Once that is done, do your blush – soft coral, pinks and some berry shades are the best and you want to apply that to the apples of your cheeks.

Then, using a larger brush, you are going to blend everything together and you will see just how easy it is and how great you look!