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Keeping Face
(links verified 1/17/11)
This section is a compilation of links that provide answers about your face, makeup, hair (or wig). As I said in the beginning, I am no expert. So in that light, I want to ensure you have more than just me on which to base decisions. I am providing links to places I think are okay.
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Cosmetics/Makeup
For all the years of dressing, I had not been working on my makeup until I had to actually go out. You can see from Halloween in '99 to August 2000, that I have been improving (boast... brag... *giggle*) Of course it is because I ask questions and get help. My personal makeup lessons and discoveries are included in my write ups of each of my times out. I probably won't repeat them here.
However, one thing I will repeat is this... I had been using a concealer before layering on the Dermablend; this does not work as good as leaving the concealer off. As best as I can tell, the concealers (I tried several) actually dilute the Dermablend coverage. And yes, I am definitely an advocate of Dermablend! I use both the foundation and the powders. Follow the directions; the company has had time to get them right and they work. I don't even use other makeup except to blend the edges between makeup and no makeup.
September 16, 2005 and still alive and keeping Davita out there.
Davita didn't get to go to the Mary Kay rep so the boy side of
me went instead. I just had to
write it up
for you.
It's 12/28/03 and I'm older and maybe a little wiser if not a bit harder to clean up as a woman. I guess age with a change in the mix of my hormones as I get older does seem to impact how easy it was (versus now) to cover this face of mine. Yes, when I first started, I think less makeup was working fine. But now, the fur face seems that much harder to cover or maybe I just realize that I wasn't doing as good as I should have to cover it. Anyway. I have had more time to practice as I have been going out and I have had some talks with the cosmetic counter persons (really, all ladies it just so happens). I have just a couple new tips (in no particular order) that haven't shown up anywhere else on my other pages.
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Shaving is still critical, but so is not chewing up
your face. It's almost as hard to cover a shaving
rash as it is to cover the stubble.
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When using a blush, try to find a good light one (not
a light color but a formula that isn't heavy). Also,
you can use (and maybe you should) use two shades.
The lighter color to form the highlight of the cheek
and the darker color to fake a shadow. I have
somewhat of a flat face and using the two color adds
depth. I brush the light color on first onto the
"apple" of the cheek (smile and you can see what I am
talking about). Then stroke back towards the ears.
Check your fashion magazines for the shape of blush
these days. After the first color is on, then brush
the second on, but from the ear forward. It is
supposedly easier to control how much you're
using. Oh, and the last cosmetic lady says she puts
her blush on after the foundation and other makeup.
You can adjust the blush with your face powder if you
need to lessen the blush; simply add a bit more face
powder over the trouble spots and brush lightly with
a clean brush to blend it all.
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I do my eyes, including my brows, after my cheeks.
Don't over pluck those eyebrows! Also, get a decent
brow pencil that looks natural with the color of your
hair. If you are a carrot top, certainly your
eyebrows are not naturally black. Also, don't over do
the eyebrows when you add some color. Remember
Groucho Mark's fake mustache? When you do your eyes,
they can benefit from a foundation like your face.
This foundation can really be just another eye shadow
that's neutral (color like your own lids). This forms
the canvas for you to add all the colors you want
and how you want.
- Lips are always a pain for me. I have thin lips and so I have to use my lip pencil and give myself a larger set of lips by outlining them just a bit outside the natural lines. Be careful on the lip liner too. However, you may like the look when the liner is so much darker than the lipstick. Personally, I don't and use the lip liner to help define my lips and to control the "lipstick bleeding." Several cosmetic counter ladies have told me one way to help get your lipstick to last longer on your lips is to gently bite a tissue with just your lips to get the excess off. Then you can use your face powder tapped through the tissue onto your lips to "set" the color. Last, you reapply a light layer of lipstick over your powdered lips.
For some relevant resources, see my Cosmetics etc. page.