Makeup Basics 101: Powder

Hey Dolls!

Im sorry I've been slacking on my Back 2 Basic series I call Makeup 101. For my Makeup 101 series I will be covering everything from Foundation to Concealer and from Lipliners to Lipstick. I last left off with Foundation. Over the past couple of months I've explained what is foundation, like the textures and finishes and I also have given reviews on different types of Foundations.

If you've missed any of those post I will post the links below.

Click here for: Makeup 101 Foundation

Click here for: Cover Girl Queen Collection Nautal Hue Foundation Review

Click here for: Revlon Colorstay Foundation Review

Click here for: Revlon PhotoReady Foundation Review

In the future I will do more reviews on Foundations because I have tons of Foundation but Im just rambling now so let's get on to Makeup 101 Powder.

Powder

What are powders and what are they used for?

Powder are one of the most basic makeup products, and are often the only makeup product that women use. Powders are basically used to absorb excess oil from the skin and prevent the face from shining. It acts as a base for your foundation and is applied to the face to help keep your foundation in place.

What types of powders are there?

There are 2 main types of makeup available, loose powder which are packed in containers and pressed powder which is stored in compacts.

Loose powder is used by makeup professionals and does not contain any binding agent. The powder should be applied in the morning before leaving home, so that the face looks fresh for the rest of the day. Since loose powder absorbs excess oil, it should be used for oily or normal skin.

Powder compacts which are convenient to carry, contain compressed powder. Pressed powder is used for touching up the makeup whenever required throughout the day. Usually pressed powder is applied with a sponge, but using a powder brush may gives a better finish.

How to apply Powder?

Make sure your skin is dry when your applying powder. You dont want to apply Powder to moist skin because it can createstreaks. If your face is moist, remove the excess moisture using a blotting paper and then apply the powder. Follow those steps if your applying only powder, but if your applying powder over your foundation. Allow your foundation to completely dry than lighty dust on your powder. Powder should be applied with a powder brush in a downward motion and only apply your powder on your t-zone, your cheeks, and your chin.

I hope this was helpful for some of you and Thank you for stopping by my blog!

love

keisha

Makeup 101: Foundation

Hey Dolls!

Today I'm going to talk about Foundation, what are the formulas, textures, and their coverages.

Q: What is Foundation?
A: Foundation is a skin-colored product that is applied to the face to even out our skin tone or to cover imperfections. Foundations are used to enhance the skin and not to cover it up. The right foundation will make you look like you’re not wearing any foundation at all.

Q: What types of Foundation Formulas are there?
A: There are many types of formulas and textures of Foundations out there. There are Liquid, Creams, and Powder formulas.



Liquid Foundation can be used by all skin types based on the formulation it comes in like oil-free or combination. Liquid foundation may be oil or water-based.


Cream Foundation is a thick, creamy formula and can also be oil or water-based.


Stick Foundation is a medium, creamy formula that comes in a tube.


Powder Foundation or Pressed Powder is a powder formula that can be used wet or dry.


Mineral foundation is a loose powder formula.


Q: What types of Coverage does foundations give?
A: Foundations come in many different textures like Sheer, Light-to-Medium, or Full Coverage.

Sheer Coverage- Sheer will give the least amount of coverage because it is not very pigmented. It can be used to cover very little unevenness in the skin tone.

Light to medium Coverage- Light coverage will cover unevenness and also cover small imperfections and Medium coverage can cover almost anything like freckles, discolorations, unevenness and even light scars.

Full coverage- Full coverage is opaque and very pigmented. It covers hyperpigmentation, discoloration, freckles, pimples, scars, dark spots and acne marks.

I really hope this was helpful!

xoxo
keisha

Asian Makeup Tips from Taylor Chang-Babaian

Hey Dolls!

Last year I attend the International Makeup Artist Trade show and I had the opportunity to sit in on Celebrity Makeup Artist, Taylor Chang-Babaian class. I wanted to attend her class because I want to specialize in makeup for Women of Color. I myself is a Women of Color and many of my friends are all different nationalities and I hear so many people say its hard to apply makeup to a person with Asian descent So I wanted to see if it was really that difficult, from the looks of it I didn’t think it was that difficult. To my surprise it wasn’t difficult at all! Taylor Chang-Babaian specializes in Asian Makeup. She has an amazing book called Asian Faces (which I own a copy). The book shows great makeup application tips and my favorite part is it shows you how to apply eye shadow and liner to different Asian eye shapes.



Here are a few tips from my notes that I wanted to share with guys from the class.

On her model Taylor Chang-Babaian did a Smokey eye! It came out so Gorgeous! She went through an entire makeup application step-by-step on her model from highlighting to contouring to lipgloss.

Highlighting and Contouring Techniques
When highlighting and contouring you want to highlight your good features and contour the ones you want to hide.

Highlight Shade- brings it forward
Contour Shade- brings it back

Apply your Highlight shade under your eyes and to the bridge of your nose. Apply your contour shade on your forehead and hallows of your cheeks. Tap it on with a brush and don’t rub or buff it on, so it doesn’t move or ruin your foundation.

Layering Techniques for Eye shadow

Layer 1: Highlight
Under the brow bone apply a highlight color

Layer 2 is where your going to see the most amount of color. She applied a Black eye shadow to the entire lid. Than she used the same color and applied it to the lower lashline.

Layer 3 is done with an eye liner.
Apply the pencil to the top lashline, it doesn’t have to be neat than get a brush and smudge it out. When the eyes are closed it looks really thick but when the eyes are open it looks thin.

Apply black eyeliner to the waterline to create balance, apply mascara and lashes.

For filling in the Brows

Don’t start in the front, start at the end of the brow, because that’s where you’ll get the most pigment. Use a darker color at the end of the brows and use a lighter color in the front of the brows. It will make it a lot softer. Then gel the eyebrows.

Applying color to the lips

Conceal the lips because of the undertones. Because she did a Smokey eye she used a nude lip color.

When she finished the makeup application she applied Bronzer to complete the look.

I wish I could show you Dolls pictures, but there was no camera flashes allowed inside the classroom and the pictures came out so dark.

I ALSO FOUND A GREAT WEBSITE CALLED STYLES 101 THAT TELLS YOU GREAT FOUNDATIONS FOR ASIAN SKIN, HOW TO HIGHLIGHT AND CONTOUR, AND EXAMPLES STEP-BY-STEP OF 4 DIFFERENT EYE SHADOW LOOKS FOR ASIAN EYES. IT ALSO SHOWS THE LAYER TECHNIQUE THAT TAYLOR DEMONSTRATED AT THE IMATS. HERE’S THE LINK:

http://styles101.homestead.com/makeup_asian.html

I really hope this and the link I provided was very helpful. Try the look Taylor did and visit the site and let me know what you dolls think?

Thanks for stopping by!

‘till next time Dolls!

Xoxo

keisha

Makeup 101: What is eyeshadow Base?

Hey Dolls!

How are you lovely Dolls doing? I hope G-R-E-A-T!

How many of you Dolls look at an eye shadow and thought wow this is such a gorgeous color, you buy it, get it home, try it on and it doesn’t even look like the color in the package! GRRRR…. This has happened to me so many times! When I was in high school I didn’t have very much money so I use to buy cheapie drugstore eye shadows like Wet n Wild and Cover Girl and it would never show up on me. Than one of my good friends taught me what a base was and I saw a huge differences in how the eye shadow looked on my skin. So, many people don’t utilize a base because they are not aware of what a base is and they are not aware that a base can make your eye shadow more vibrant and make the color pop!

Q: What is a Base?
A: A Base is a substance that you apply underneath your eye shadow to help enhance the color and appearance of the eye shadow.

Q: Why use a Base?
A: Using a base can enhance the color of your eye shadow. It can make it more vibrant, look more shimmery, look more darker or look lighter, and bring out the pigment in the color.

Q: What type of Base to use?
A: There are matte bases and cream bases. I recommend using a matte base alone for a matte look and when I use a cream base I layer it with a matte or frost eye shadow.

Here are different types of bases you can use:

NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencils
MAC Fluidlines
MAC Paint Pots
MAC Shadesticks
L’Oreal Shadow sticks
Maybelline Shadow sticks

I really hope this post was helpful and thank yoU for stopping by my blog!

'til next time Dolls!

xoxo

keisha

Makeup 101: Base vs. Primer

Hello Dolls!

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Today I'm going to talk about which is better to use a Base or a Primers. In preves post I've talked about What is a base and what is an eyeshadow primer, so today I'm going to explain which is better to use.

I believe a base is optional and a eyeshadow primer is a requirement. A base as I've said before enhances the appearance or color of the shadow, but a eyeshadow primer helps the eyeshadow stay on for hours and prevents creasing. So in my opinion its better to always wear a eyeshadow primer underneath your eyeshadow. If you want to you can use both. I often use both a base and primer.

PRIMER
-Prevents creasing
-keeps eyeshadow on for hours

BASE
-Enhances the color of the eyeshadow
-Makes the color of eyeshadow more vibrant and bright
-Makes the undertones in the eyeshadow come out


DO YOU WEAR EYESHADOW PRIMER ALONE OR ADD A BASE TOO?

I hope this was helpful and thank you for stopping by!

'till next time Dolls!

xoxo

keisha

Makeup 101: What is eye shadow primer?

Hey Dolls!

Today I’m going to start my series on MAKEUP 101. I'm really excited to start this series because this is going to help makeup beginner, I'm going to be talking about all the basic of makeup, like how to apply foundation, Eyeshadow placement, and what items are a must in your makeup kit. So to began I'm going to start with...

...EYE SHADOW PRIMER

Some of you Dolls are probably wondering what the heck is eye shadow primer, while on the other hand many of you who are in the makeup world know what it already is. I have to admit a year ago I didn’t know what eye shadow primer was either. It’s so crazy because I’ve been wearing eye shadow for 5 years now and never wore eye shadow primer. Now I know why my eye shadow never stayed on all day, why it never looked vibrant, and why it always creased up, because I NEVER wore eye shadow primer underneath my eye shadow. Now that I wear eye shadow primer my eye shadow stays on all day and it doesn’t crease. I absolutely LOVE eye shadow primer!!

Q: What is eye shadow primer?
A: Eye shadow primer is a base that you apply to your eyelid before your eye shadow to prevent your eye shadow from creasing, it makes your eye shadow more vibrant, and it helps your eye shadow stick to your eyelid.

Q: Why use an eye shadow primer?
A: Without an eye shadow primer your eye shadow will not have anything to stick to and the eye shadow is a powder so without primer the eye shadow will just dust off your eyelid when applying. Also, without an eye shadow primer your eye shadow will not last all day and it will crease up and separate the eye shadow.

Q: What types of eye shadow primer should I use?
A: There are so many different brands when it comes to eye shadow primers. There’s Liquid, creams, and they come in tubes and jars. So, it can be confusing when choosing a good eye shadow primer.

Here are some recommendations:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance $17.00

I’ve been using Too Faced Shadow Insurance since August of last year and I love it, but I the first eye shadow I tired was Urban Decay Primer Potion and to be honest I really didn’t care for it, but everyone is different. Here are just few of the tons and tons of primers that are out there.

Urban Decay Primer Potion $16.00


MAC Prep + Prime $16.50


L'Oreal De-crease Eye shadow base $7.99


Mary Kay Eye Primer $12.00


If you don’t have a primer make sure you go out and get one! Have an awesome day and thank you for stopping by my blog!

‘till next time Dolls

xoxo

keisha

How To & Makeup 101 Series

Hey Dolls!

I'm going to start 2 new series on my blog. The first one is going to be called MAKEUP 101 and the second one is going to be called my How To series. With Makeup 101 I plan to explain the basic of makeup, like what is foundation, what is highlight and contouring, and so on and so on. And for my How to series I plan on demonstrating how to apply different foundation formulas, how to apply blush, and much more.

I really hope this will be helpful ;0)

xoxo
keisha