(…well beauty things at least)
Be Maui Brown! Body and Hair Oil
by Maui Vegas Inc
. made in Las Vegas, this natural blend of 15 oils is made right here in Vegas. The smell is clean and simple, wonderful for men and women. Originally made for tanning beds this is the best oil I have ever found. What it does for my hair and body is fantastic.
Aromatics Elixir perfume from CLINIQUE.
One of my favorite perfumes of all time. I have been wearing it since High school. I never grow tired of how the scent smells on me or someone else. This perfume is wonderful on its own or layered with another scent.
Mac Prep and Prime Skin Foundation Primer.
I love this primer for many reasons, but the biggest is there is no waiting time between applying the primer and the application of foundation. Many of the other primer’s on the market must have time to set or liquid or cream foundations will pill upon application. I love the light diffusing properties to the primer diffusing imperfections before foundation is even applied.
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It is important when doing your or someone else’s makeup, to understand what is appropriate for the skin surface at hand. Knowing what the texture of a product can and can not do is extremely helpful when purchasing product.
Understanding the basic rules of matte vs. frost is priceless.
I observe people using unsuitable textures on themselves and their clients all the time. One of the biggest mistakes I see people do with their makeup is to use frosted makeup products on areas of the face they should not.
Important rules of thumb:
Frost reflects light (even if its dark)
Matte absorbs light
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One of the biggest mistakes in makeup I see, are people’s misuse of foundation and bronzer to make themselves look more tan. Honey, you are the color you are….be good with that, your color is beautiful. It is important to remember that your face and neck always should match. In this day in age of harmful rays of the sun, many women are no longer slaves to the sun, but still want to look tan or sun kissed in the face.
Do not try and achieve this by buying a foundation 3 shades darker them your current skin tone. Walking around with a face that is 3 shades darker then your neck is not attractive. Now you look like you borrowed someone else’s head.
Ha!
Do not take bronzer and put it all over your face if your neck is not the color of the bronzer. If you want to take your foundation and bronzer and blend it all the way down your neck, that is a simple way of darkening the neck to match but it can be messy and get on your clothes and then if your body is tan. EEEK! What to do? Most important, match your foundation to your neck. We are slaves to the skin care, which means many women’s neck’s are darker then their faces. Receiving micro peels, laser’s, lighten products; a woman’s face maybe lighter than their neck. Women will put SPF on their face but not their necks, or will tan the body and not the face; all these woopsies can produce a lighter face than neck, result. read more…
I have always loved makeup and skincare. From the time I was a kid and played with my mothers’ products in the bathroom, acting out the commercials for an eye cream or a lipstick.
My mother would drop me off at CVS and I would grab a candy bar (cause I was an emotional eater; and I love candy) and a diet coke and spend two hours sitting in the isles looking at products, reading ingredients. I wanted to understand how this product was going to make me beautiful, that was the promise; so how.
Over the years I have found that one important part of makeup is skin care. Clients expect makeup to take years of bad skin care, no sunscreen, bad eating habits, no moisturizer (which is insane) and wish it to magically be concealed with one product alone. read more…