Wednesday, February 17, 2010

My Face Is On!

I have a confession:  I used to be a beauty addict.  The evidence:  you may have seen another blog on my profile - champagne and lipgloss.  A few years ago I was writing about make-up everyday.  And yes, that means I was buying new stuff almost as often.

I am so much better now, but when I saw that Beth at Stories of A to Z was having a Get Your Face On Party I was in!!








Here is all my make-up.  I used to have at least double this.
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And here I am with nothing on my face.
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E-gad - break-outs and all.  I made it through my teens with fairly clear skin and then found myself battling the breakouts in my 20s - what gives? I swear I look better in person.  I go out a lot with no make-up.  Grocery shopping, other errands.  Sometimes I could care less.  Or sometimes I care enough to put on mascara.
One thing I noticed while taking this picture was that my eyebrows were more jacked up than I realized.  So before I did my make-up, I tweezed and trimmed my eyebrows.  Yes trimmed - I was born with the most luscious, full unibrow you could imagine.  My mom started tweezing the middle when I was 7.  I had some pretty enlightening school photos.  So there isn't much still growing between them, but they are very long and curly and I have to trim them.
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And here I am with my normal make-up.  Yes, I wear a lot.  I know for a lot of you this probably looks like night make-up, but this is day for me.  For night I would just darken up my eyes more.  My look is always a darker eye and lighter glossy lip.
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Here is what I used:
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foundation primer
foundation
under-eye concealer
blemish/redness concealer
powder
eye-shadow primer
eye-liner (inside upper and lower rims)  doing this really makes your lashes look fuller as it fills in all the gaps
vanilla eye shadow
light brown eyeshadow
sparkly wine eyeshadow
two coats mascara
bronzer
blush
lipstick
lipgloss

So there you have it, or me I guess.

UPDATE: SMOKY EYE HOW-TO
A lot of people have been commenting on my smoky eye and eye-liner - it is so easy, you can do it too!
I like to line my eyes first.  This is the most intense and dramatic of the liner, shadow, mascara trifecta.  By doing the liner first I can better judge the intensity of the final result.  If I did my shadow first I might go too heavy and then adding the liner would be too much.
I start by pulling down my lower lid so I can see the rim inside my lashes.  Use a mechanical or pencil liner and color that line in.  Fool-proof - you don't make the line, your eye does it for you.  Then place the liner in the corner of the rim, close your eyes a bit and run it along the top.  Doing the bottom is pretty easy, your eyes may water the first time though.  Doing the top is Bizarre.  This will take a lot more practice and getting used to.  For a long time I was able to only do the outer corner.  I could not get the pencil to deposit color on the inner corner, but it still looked good.  Just take it as far as you can.  Any color helps intensify your lashes.  The liner is going to boost your mascara by filling in your lash line.  This will help make you lashes look lush and full. I use Chanel Style Yeux in Ebene, yes it is expensive but I love it.


You need three eyeshadows, a light, medium and dark.  I used Brule, Cork and Trax - all MAC.  I also used the sephora professional #10 brush "fluffy eyeshadow" and MAC 219 "pencil brush".
I used the fluffy brush to blend the light color all over my lids up to my brows.  My blending motion are small moving circles.  Then I do the same thing with the medium color just on the lids, from the outside and stop where the white of my eye starts again.  This keeps that inner corner light. I also blend it from the outer corner up on the diagonal to the edge of my brow.  Start with a little bit of color on your brush.  You can always add more, but if you do too much you may need to start over.  You can smudge out mistakes by blending a lighter color over the mistake area.
Then use the pointy pencil brush to dot the dark color onto/into your crease.  This just depends how deepset your eyes are.  Mine are pretty deep.  Then use your fluffy brush to blend the dark color in.  No color on the fluffy brush this time.  Apply with the pointy and blend with the fluffy.

Right now I am loving MAC Studio Fix Lash. Place the brush at the base of your lashes and wiggle it while slowly moving it up.  Then do a couple swipes.  I use a metal comb to separate my lashes after.

Some times it is easier to watch when you are trying to learn make-up application, and since I am an ex-addict and not an artist, you should check out Kandee Johnson on youtube.  She is a pro make-up artist and I love her videos.  She does the same eyeliner that I do and she does  lots of smoky eyes, too.  Dig around all her videos, some of the ones from last spring are the best.  I love her Carrie Underwood and Megan Fox looks.



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38 comments:

  1. You're a DOLL! Seriously, someone needs to put your face on a doll! Youre MUCH TOO CUTE!

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  2. How beautiful you are! Picture perfect! (before AND after!)

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  3. You're beautiful. I don't do the smoky eye thing well...I'll blame it on my age.

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  4. Way to go! You look awesome! I totally hear you on the breaking out in your 20s thing...what is up with that??
    anyway I linked up too and just wanted to make sure I made it around to everyone and cheered them on!!

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  5. You look like a super model. As for breakouts I turn 40 next year and I still get them and I did not have this problem until after I had my kids. I love the darker eye, I just can't carry it off myself.

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  6. From one recovering make-up addict to another...you look fabulous! My husband used to be amazed at the Samsonite case I had full of make-up, but some of it was for make-up gigs plus every Christmas my mom bought me a whole new kit...it adds up quickly! Miki

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  7. i love your eye makeup.i can tell you really know how to apply makeup so you do a beautiful job of bringing out all your best features and diminishing any tiny skin blemishes. your look is flawless and beautiful!

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  8. I am so happy to hear someone else trims their eyebrows! I do the same. They get a bit long and crazy and start to curl so I comb them and trim them and then pluck strays! :)

    I wish I had the skills to do eyeliner like yours - I always make a HUGE mess! I stick to the top lid only.

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  9. You look great! I love the lip color you used, it's very pretty.

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  10. Yay! You joined! And...you're gorgeous. Before and after you look fab. Thanks for sharing your tips with the world. Your brows look fab so all those many yrs of plucking must have paid off! I struggle with my brows.

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  11. I love the smokey eye you wear, that's one thing a lot of us are challenged by! You were it so well and your overall look is quite lovely. I don't think it's a lot, it's what's perfect for you. Makeup should be fun and make us feel comfortable☺

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  12. Your day look doesn't look too heavy to me! You wear it well. Great pics, you are so pretty!

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  13. Your beautiful! Don't worry I'm a reformed product junkie too....kids will do that to you!

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  14. Wow.. I have only just stumbled upon this event! Wish I knew about it sooner! I have to commend all of the participants for their bravery! I wear at least SOME makeup everyday, even if I go NOWHERE, because it just makes ME feel BETTER about myself!.. One of my resolutions this year was to throw out most of my ragamuffin clothes... because I KNEW they often made me feel ugly and miserable, really! So why wear them when I have plenty of nicer things to wear?! It just made no sense anymore!.. Anyways, you look great, with and without makeup, so you're very lucky! Nice to meet you today! ~tina

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  15. Man, you look amazing. I love your eyes, to die for. Thanks for sharing, I have enjoyed this party so much.

    Cha Cha

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  16. Wow!!! You are such a beautiful girl! You have to tell what you use for foundation to make your face so flawless! I have gotten horrible skin and I am in my 30's almost 40's! I would love for your tips on how to cover any breakouts and looks so smooth and flawless!

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  17. You are beautiful! That first picture of you is adorable!!! And I would LOVE to know what is up with twenty-something break-outs! Thanks so much for the smokey eye tutorial ;) I need to use eyeliner, but every eyeliner I've ever used seems to smudge after awhile. Any recommendations?

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  18. Hi, Heather, thanks for stopping by.

    I heard about Beth's party, but I was too chicken to take that one on. Bravo to all of you who are barefaced on your blogs. I'm a HUGE lover of makeup too. Mine is in a tackle box. :)

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  20. Haha! Thank you for the advice, I will def give it a try. I will always take any advice I can get! Your gorgeous by the way- and have some really great tips. Thanks again!

    Chelsy

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  21. You inspired me to join the party! VERY BEAUTIFUL! Your smokey eye is AMAZING!

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  22. Love love love!! Girl, you're so gorgeous! I so want to go makeup shopping with you. I too do my liner first. I didn't always do it first but once I started I could never go back. And you're right, lining under the rim of your lashes really works. Love that tip! And Kandee Johnson...so funny that you posted about her bc I was goign to tell you to check her out! Haha, and the Megan Fox was my favorite!!!

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  23. Beautiful eyes and your hair is very very pretty. I've had fun participating in this party. It's a good chance to let loose and have a good time. :)

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  24. I always love make-up how-to's and virtually nosing around in someone else's stash! I loved this post! Thanks for your comment and entry in my cookie give-away. Good luck. :)

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  25. You're lovely...no wonder you go out a lot without any makeup on! Thanks for the tutorial on the smoky eyes!

    Blessings, Grace

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  26. Gorgeous! Your eyes are to die for! Great post!

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  27. You are gorgeous!!! And you wre right it is smoky brun. That is pretty amazing.

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  28. How lovely to see you, Heather! You have gorgeous eyes and I love the way you've played them up with your make-up.

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  29. Heather - you are gorgeous. You don't even need makeup!

    Thanks for the information~

    XOXO
    Jen

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  30. I love it! It's not too much at all, you looks great :)

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  31. Beautiful! I love your eye makeup!

    For the life of me, I just can't seem to get it right!

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  32. This has been a fun challenge! I feel like I'm spying on everyone! You have gorgeous eyes!

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  33. Even with the explanation I am scared to try it!!

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  34. You are a make up pro! I feel so weird when I wear make-up, but after seeing yours it makes me want to give it another shot!

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