Eye makeup tips

Eye makeup is by far the most fun of all to apply. Your entire look can be changed when all you do is darken or lighten your eye area, which is a really cool concept. The first thing you need to be aware of is which kind of facial moisturizer you're using. Sun damage is the leading cause of wrinkles and cancer, and your eyes will show your age more than any other body part. Got crow's feet? They're easier to prevent than they are to cover up, let me tell you. That said, you should start with a moisturizer that features at least a SPF 15. Make sure you cover your whole face and neck, paying special attention to the area around your eyes.

Next, you should put on your foundation. I like to cut mine 50/50 with more face lotion to avoid a dreaded makeup line, but if you need more coverage you should just blend a little more. After you've put it on your entire face, you can put on your concealer. This is the first step to having great eye makeup: covering the bags under your eyes. Everyone has a little natural discoloration in that area, but you should make sure to even it out before applying eyeshadow or anything else. Once that is done, set it with face powder.

Skin beauty tips

My. Fair. Beauty. Fair skin is sexy. A lady with fair fine skin is regarded as a fair beauty.

For centuries, men have equated fair skin on ladies with beauty. Even today, although tan skin is appreciated in the west, most cultures prize fair skin. Men love fair beauties. Not the sickly white, corpse-like complexion, but fair, translucent and radiant with a healthy rosy flush.

With sun exposure, even wearing an SPF 50 sunblock will not prevent your skin from darkening. That fair, white complexion is hard to attain and just as hard to maintain.

In the past, women would stay out of the sun as far as possible in order to prevent their skin from darkening. If they had to go out in the sun, they would carry parasols to protect themselves from the sun's skin-darkening rays.

Whitening home remedies have been in existence for as long as fair skin has been in vogue. In the kitchen, a woman might mix egg white with lemon juice to use as a facial mask to lighten the skin.

Licorice root contains substances that fade away the pigmentation in the skin and hence is used in many skin lightening products. Hydroquinone is another potent skin lightening ingredient used in skin whitening treats. It disrupts the production of melanin and hence prevents skin from darkening. Arbutin is another skin lightening ingredient that works by inhibiting the production of melanin.

Many of the skin whitening products contain plant extracts to give you fairer skin. Mulberry, white mulberry and paper mulberry contain arbutin which makes skin fairer by preventing your skin from darkening. Elizabeth Arden's Prevage White Concentrate Brightening Serum has Soy Ferulate-C.

Make up

War As Make Nice

Israel’s commendable but costly military tactic

Has a nation every conducted a war like the one Israel is waging against Hezbollah? Instead of the usual “war is hell,” it’s more like an attempt to conduct war as make nice.

Do we hear announcements from Israel anywhere remotely near “we will destroy you to the last man”? No, we hear niceties like:

"… terrorist elements ... are using you as human shields by launching rockets toward the state of Israel from your homes."

"All cars and of any type will be shelled if seen moving south of the Litani River because it will be considered a suspect of transferring rockets, military ammunitions and those causing destruction.”

“You need to know that anyone moving in any type of car will put their life in danger."
Leaflets warn of a "painful and strong" response to attacks by Hezbollah and warn the residents of three suburbs in the south of Lebanon to evacuate.

And, to make nice even more, Israel has granted the Red Cross "freedom of movement" for its convoys, which have been providing aid to people in Lebanon.

Yes, many Lebanese civilians have been killed – 689 at last count. But there has also been a toll among the Israelis: at last, count, 36 civilians and 67 soldiers dead, and each death is a heartrending tragedy. But war does come with some unavoidable loss of life.

Makeup

If you’ve always hated the feel of traditional liquid foundation, never can find your right color, or just feel you don’t have the time to apply it….there maybe another option perfect for you!

The solution is called Mineral Makeup and it is a new revolution in cosmetics that is sweeping the world.

Unlike your traditional liquid foundation, mineral makeup is not in a liquid form at all, it is a very fine powder, almost similar to pressed powder but much more dense.

Packed in this fine powder are pure minerals from the earth that are actually good for your skin. You apply mineral makeup with a brush or sponge applicator and buff it onto your face using a circular motion. You do not get the mess of liquid makeup and that oily feeling you usually feel left on your skin.

Mineral Makeup is very color forgiving and usually comes in basic shade names like light, medium, and dark. Even if you happen to pick the wrong shade, mineral makeup is very blendable and can be worked with. Unlike liquid foundations, mineral makeup does not leave a line of demarcation.

Applying makeup

To talk about makeup is to talk about one of modern women’s must haves. Even the women who do not like makeup that much tend to do a little makeup on occasions and here is a list of the makeup items that are used to get the job done.

The “Foundation” of makeup is certainly the foundation on which the whole art of make up is done on. The foundation is a master of hiding veins, freckles, spots, dark circles and giving the skin an even tone. Realize this if you have not already that the job of the foundation is not to change the color of the skin itself but to even the natural skin tone. Be it liquid, solid or cream, the foundation is a must have base for all makeup and it helps the makeup set in onto the skin much easily.

Available in both loose and compact state, the face powder acts like the adhesive that holds the all important foundation at its place, because without proper face powder, the foundation would just slide off within an hour or two. In fact, face powder does the same for all makeup, be it lipstick, cream blusher or eye shadow, without proper face powder dusting, the make up would just start to crease or melt off!

Skin flaws that require more attention than just the foundation must be subjected to concealers. Even before the foundation is laid on concealers are applied on the face. Thick, creamy and very effective in hiding all the signs of aging and skin flaws, a concealer can be an image saver

Makeup application

Learning how to apply make-up in less than five minutes takes lots of practice. Specific make-up techniques can help to speed up the process. When applying make-up there are certain things that you should do and some processes that can be left out in order to put make up on as quickly as possible.

A common myth is that makeup takes forever to apply. This is simply not true. There are many ways to put makeup on as fast as possible. It is essential to have your most important makeup and tools available and on hand, before you begin. That may mean that you lay out your stash of products on the counter the night before. You can even have them in a particular order such as your first makeup bottle to your last product. Keeping them in a neat order will save on the time it takes to get out your products and play around with them.

Deciding on which makeup to have ready, depends on what you need the most. For easy makeup application the best thing to do is just use the basics; foundation, mascara and lipstick. Anything else is just an extra and adding more makeup then that can take time and can be for days when you have more time to apply makeup.

So when your makeup is picked out and ready to go, you are ready to try your makeup routine test. Remember that there is no reason why all of the makeup you picked out cannot be applied in less than five minutes. So with that added confidence you can try your first attempt at putting on makeup fast.

Start with the foundation first. Dab a bit on your cheeks, nose, forehead and chin. Just a small dot on each of these places will do. Then using a sponge or your finger begins rubbing it around, covering the places that need it the most. For most people it`s the T-zone that needs the most care. That is where pores and possible blackheads tend to linger and where coverage is most liked. In that region you can spend a bit more time covering up, for your forehead and chin, just a quick swipe will do the trick and add some balanced foundation coverage.

Applying make up

You want to do your own face make-up but don`t know how. Well, here`s make-up application in 5 easy steps. Follow the instructions and try them out. You will dazzle like a diva wherever you go.

Before you start off with the process, keep everything you need at hand. Some of the most important tools for face make up are: moisturiser; liquid foundation or base; ice cubes; compact powder; eye shadows; eye shadow applicator; eye liner; kohl or eye pencils; mascara; lipstick or lip colour; lip liner; lip brush; some basic rouge shades; tissue box.

Once you have all these cosmetics and make-up tools in place, you are ready to get started with your face-makeup. Before you start with any make-up consider the occasion, time of day and even the climate. Always go light on make-up if the temperature is higher. The 5 steps will turn you straight from the girl next door to the attractive that stays hidden inside you.

Foundation or base:

First apply moisturiser on your face and neck. Cover ears, nape and the portion your outfit`s neck is going to show. Wipe excess moisturiser. Now apply liquid foundation in dots across your face. Blend it in your skin and see that you cover all the flaws. Now quickly rub ice over your face to close the pores. Dab with a tissue. Now apply the compact powder. Remember to choose a liquid foundation and compact that is closest to your skin tone and colour.