Step-by-Step Guide on how to apply makeup

This is the basics of make-up application. There are many colors and tools to experiment with. Find what look is best for you.

Start with a clean face.

Apply the foundation with your fingers in dots in areas of your face. With a cosmetic sponge, spread the foundation away from your nose to your ears, down the nose and up the forehead, until it is well-blended into the skin. Be sure to check and make sure that you do not have any lines showing underneath the chin area this is not a very nice look to have!

Next, you will need to apply concealer to any blemishes or under-eye circles that you may have. You can use a shade lighter than you skin-tone. When applying concealer to the undereye area, pat gently into the skin and do not rub. Using your finger, pat the concealer into the skin on the blemish areas also until you can no longer see the concealer.

Now it is time to set the previous applications by applying translucent face powder. Get out a big, fluffy powder brush and dip it into some loose facial powder. You can then apply the powder over your entire face by gently tapping the bristles.

Use a lip pencil to outline the lips and make them stand out, make sure to get the right colour for your skin and hair colour( you can find this in earlier blogs).

The next step will be to apply lipstick with a lip brush. A lip brush makes the lipstick look professionally applied. If you put the lipstick on first, it will make it easier to see what you want you make up to look like finished.

Apply a color which is your colour again by hair and skin tone, over the lid and up to the eyebrow. Next put a lighter shade on the brow bone and blend it in. Use a blending brush to sweep softly over the lid to blend the shadow in well and rid of any dust.

Next, apply the eye liner. The best way to line the eye be to use an eye pencil and draw a line underneath the lashes. This gives the effect of more lashes, take a Q-tip and smugde a little so it is not so bold.

Last of all, pay special attention to your eyelashes. Use an eyelash curler and curl the lashes for a few seconds. This will open up your eyes and make them look glamourous. At this point, apply a coat of mascara to the upper lashes and then the lower lashes if you wish, although i find if you apply eyeliner below the lashes this is not nesecerry.

Blush colour should match the colour of your cheeks after exercise. When selecting colours (particularly foundation) this should be done in daylight to give you the truest picture.
Always blend your make up in well to avoid streaks.

The Perfect Manicure

The manicure is very similar to the Pedicure and very easy to do.

Start off by filing the nails to the shape you want. (Rounded, Squared, etc)

Soak your hands for about 10 minutes (5 for each hand)

Dry your hands off and apply a cuticle remover cream or simply a hand and nail cream and remove and dead skin off the nail and around the nail, for this you can use a orange wood stick and a cuticle cutter.

Remove any cream with a hand towel.

Next move on to the massage, rub in vigorously getting the circulation moving in your hands.

Remove any cream using cotton wool and nail varnish remover. This is so when you come to paint the nails it goes on smoothly.

Then paint what ever colour you desire.

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Blond Hair



Light Skin

Foundation -Colours very natural inside the beige light.
Eyeshadow - Cold Colours greys,blues or violets.
Eyeliner - Blue, Grey.
Mascara - Blue or black.
Eyebrow Pencil - Brown.
Blusher - Pink Tones.
Lip Liner - Pink more dark.

Dark skin

Foundation - Natural colours inside of the orange beige.
Eyeshadow - Cold pink, blues and greys.
Eyeliner - blue grey.
Mascara - black or brown.
Eyebrow Pencil - Brown
Blusher - red violet light.
Lip Liner - Red Violet light or tone more darker.

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Brown Hair

Light Skin

Foundation - All beige or pinks

Eyeshadow - Colours cold, grey,blues in all shades,violets or maulves.

Eyeliner - Blue or grey

Mascara - Black dark blue or brown.

Eyebrow Pencil - Brown

Blusher - Pink Colours

Lip Liner - Pinks more dark or light reds.

Dark Skins

Foundation - All beige or Pinks.

Eyeshadow - blue turqose, grey, maluve, terricota, salmon red , light brown
Eyeliner - Grey, blue, brown

Mascara - Brown, Black, dark blue.

EyeBrow Pencil - Brown

Blusher - Salmon red
Lip Liner - Salmon red more dark or red pink.

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How to give yourself the perfect Pedicure.

This takes a little time but it is really worth it, it leaving your feet feeling totally refreshed and like new!

I start off by placing warm water in a bowl or foot spa and leaving them to soak for 10 minutes.

Take them out and dry them on the towel, don't forget to dry in between the toes.

Then cut the toenails to the length you like and file in a straight line to tidy them up.

Then apply cuticle remover and just paint nail cream and using a orange wood stick remove all of the dead skin and dirt.You can also use a cuticle cutter.

Next using a foot file , for this you can use a foot pumice or anything you have in your house. Do not press to hard, you will know if you have rubbed away to much skin if your foot goes a slight red, if this happens. stop!

Now to soften the feet, apply foot cream and massage gently until it is all rubbed in.

Finally remove any cream left on the toe with water or nail varnish remover. This is to help the nail varnish stick to the nail better. Then just paint away with whichever colour you choose.

Half Moon

This is called half moon, its not one of my favorites but some people might like it.

It is simple.

Get a light colour and apply one coat.

Get a red and where you see the round half moon shape on your finger nails. Paint round that so you get the colour underneath showing though as the half moon. Its that simple!

Fancy Nail.

This style of nail art I do not have a name for, but personally I like it. Here is how I did it.

Again I started with a coat of french pink.

I carried on to paint a bright pink half way across the tip of the nail and leave it to dry.

Once that was dry I painted on the other half of the tip the white.

Using a orange wood stick I got my gold glitter nail varnish and carefully dotted a line across the white.

I finished it with a coat of clear nail varnish.

French Manicure.

This is a pretty simple thing to do it can be a little messy depending on the length of your nails.



First of i start by putting a layer of the french pink on and leaving it to dry,



Then i go on to put the white tips on, this you need a steady hand, you can either do it with or without french stickers, which guides to where to put the white.



Finally just paint a coat of clear over the top and there you have your perfect french manicure.

Make Up Colours For Black Hair.

Black Hair

Light Skin

Foundation - colours very natural inside of the beige lights

Eye Shadow - Cold Colours, Blues Greys, Mauve's.

Eye Liner - Blue, Blue Grey, Black .

Mascara - blue or black

Eye Brow Pencil - Grey, Brown

Blusher - Light Pink

Lip Pencil - Pinks darker.

Dark Skin

Foundation - Natural Colours Beige

Eye Shadow - Cold Colours, Pinks blues, mauve's.all shades.
Eye Liner - Blue, Blue grey.
Mascara - Blue or Black
Eye Brow Pencil - Grey, brown
Blusher - Fuchsia Pink
Lip Liner - Fuchsia pink a shade darker

Tips for putting on Mascara

Many people just put mascara on without really knowing how to put it on properly.

Now for the day time I always got taught to just use the tip of the wand on the end of the lashes top and bottom.

For night time you need more, do the same as the day time with the tip of the wand on the end of the lashes but then slowly go up the top lashes catching everyone, for a more of a party look, with the mascara wand gently pull the lashes to the outer of your eye.

Smokey Eyes

The smokey eye can be a tricky thing to try and do, some people do it to dark others not dark enough, personally I don't like having the eyes to dark, it gives the look of a black eye, not what you are looking for when your off out somewhere nice!

First off I start by applying a face cream which needs to be absorbed properly.

Apply a concealer over any imperfections and dark circles around the eyes.

Apply foundation evenly then using a large soft bristled brush, gently dust over the face with a powder foundation, tapping the bristles gently with your finger, then blend it in with the brush, this removes the shinny face look.

Apply a black line with a soft eye liner and blend with a cotton bud or your little finger.

Using a black or a dark eye shadow apply and smudge a little outwards.

Curl those lashes and then apply your mascara and a little eye liner if you wish, Remember people with blond hair and blue eyes are always meant to wear brown mascara and those with darker hair and eyes go for the black.

This is how I like mine to look, yours may look different, depending on the colour you use.

Simple Nail Art

This is going to show you how easy it is to do a simple design but still making your nails look amazing.

First I started by picking a fairly light colour so the flower really shows up, for this I used a pale pink.

Then using a orange woodstick I used the tip to do the petals, to do this just simply dab the pointy end into the paint brush then gently dab on the nail where you want the flower. I suggest you only do about five dots, then for the middle simply do the same.

Finally just put a coat of clear over the top to give it a nice finish.

This is what it should look like.