kiss and make up
Last night the girls and I from work went to a “Martini, Manicure and Makeover” night. Must say, a lot of fun. For $35 you get a cocktail (thankfully we weren’t subjected to the martini, but a cocktail of our choice), makeover, manicure and a short massage. And if you consider the fact that the place it was held charges $15 for each cocktail, not a bad deal.
The group got split up in half and duly received massages, manicures (I have a mood ring type polish on – it changes from neutral to purple with gold flecks in cold – they’ve been purple all day!) and our drinks, and then went to the makeup artists. There were three of them lined up, all Napoleon students.
They were pretty good, albeit new into the course. Having studied makeup for work at the body shop and doing my few makeovers there, I always find it interesting to get my makeup done. I just told my person to go crazy because I don’t care how bright the colours are, my skin just tends to suit brightness. She did a pretty good job, and the other two girls did alright jobs – although one of them did make a comment about only learning last week from a random shopping centre about where blush should go – and it wasn’t even right! Shes like “yeah you just get them to suck their cheeks in and put the blush where their cheekbones are” I was thinking yeah… try you just see what face shape they have and if they’ve got a long face, you do circular sweeping motions across the cheek to try and correct the horseyness… or if they have a round face, do not do circular blush motions, pick a light colour, sweep across and make sure it blends in well. If they’ve got an oval face, then you just put it where the cheekbones are.
It got me thinking about how I love to do makeup and how watching one girl, who wore very little makeup, only applying very little makeup to one girl, and the girl with neutral colours, applying just neutral colours to her people. Just because something suits you, doesn’t mean it suits everyone.
I'm a big believer in trying colour out. It might not suit and you may not be comfortable with it, but how can you do others makeup if you don’t really understand how different colours work together, how an eye colour can really stand out with different shades. Sure a neutral look suits most, but I really love experimenting with colours on my friends to see how it will bring out their features.
I know myself, ive got quite blue eyes and while aqua greens and bright greens can make my skin look really smooth and an even colour, it doesn’t make my eyes sparkle. Where as pinks look great with the blue eyes, but don’t have that same cooling effect on my pink toned skin.
You’ve got to experiment. And when I say bright colours you are probably thinking clownish blues and bright red lips, but it’s a simple matter of this – heavy on the eyes, easy on the lips. Want to play up your lips, go easy on the eyes. I hardly ever wear lipsticks, just a light gloss or balm. I think that is partly because I'm too lazy to think about it.
The group got split up in half and duly received massages, manicures (I have a mood ring type polish on – it changes from neutral to purple with gold flecks in cold – they’ve been purple all day!) and our drinks, and then went to the makeup artists. There were three of them lined up, all Napoleon students.
They were pretty good, albeit new into the course. Having studied makeup for work at the body shop and doing my few makeovers there, I always find it interesting to get my makeup done. I just told my person to go crazy because I don’t care how bright the colours are, my skin just tends to suit brightness. She did a pretty good job, and the other two girls did alright jobs – although one of them did make a comment about only learning last week from a random shopping centre about where blush should go – and it wasn’t even right! Shes like “yeah you just get them to suck their cheeks in and put the blush where their cheekbones are” I was thinking yeah… try you just see what face shape they have and if they’ve got a long face, you do circular sweeping motions across the cheek to try and correct the horseyness… or if they have a round face, do not do circular blush motions, pick a light colour, sweep across and make sure it blends in well. If they’ve got an oval face, then you just put it where the cheekbones are.
It got me thinking about how I love to do makeup and how watching one girl, who wore very little makeup, only applying very little makeup to one girl, and the girl with neutral colours, applying just neutral colours to her people. Just because something suits you, doesn’t mean it suits everyone.
I'm a big believer in trying colour out. It might not suit and you may not be comfortable with it, but how can you do others makeup if you don’t really understand how different colours work together, how an eye colour can really stand out with different shades. Sure a neutral look suits most, but I really love experimenting with colours on my friends to see how it will bring out their features.
I know myself, ive got quite blue eyes and while aqua greens and bright greens can make my skin look really smooth and an even colour, it doesn’t make my eyes sparkle. Where as pinks look great with the blue eyes, but don’t have that same cooling effect on my pink toned skin.
You’ve got to experiment. And when I say bright colours you are probably thinking clownish blues and bright red lips, but it’s a simple matter of this – heavy on the eyes, easy on the lips. Want to play up your lips, go easy on the eyes. I hardly ever wear lipsticks, just a light gloss or balm. I think that is partly because I'm too lazy to think about it.
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