Make-up ideas, colours, techniques

(Original post by Lovin)
Iv never been a fan of just using pressed powder. I use liquid foundation then lightly dust it with some powder.
Out of curiosity why use just powder? Is it a better coverage or is it just personal preference. I might try it one day and see how it looks.

I find foundation looks too heavy on my skin and even tinted moisturiser makes me more spotty. Plus I'm quite a shiny person and the pressed powder really keeps me looking matte all day and can easily be topped up in the club. I find as long as I've got decent concealer on my spots/under my eyes, then pressed powder gives me great coverage and really suits my needs

Does anyone know of any foundation that is good for dry skin? ATM I use Revlon Colourstay, which is really nice but it's a pain getting it off and the coverage is a bit heavy for every day use. I'm also quite pale.

The last foundations I used were Bourjois Healthy Mix (I didn't like it, looked really horrible on me) and some Lo'real one which was quite a nice colour, but my forehead looked really dry...

Failing that, anyone know of any really good scrubs/moisturisers? I use a cheapy exfoliating scrub that smells like sun cream, haha. It barely does anything though. I use Nivea moisturiser which is alright I guess, but my forehead always looks so dry. D:

Hey guys, I've always wanted to experiment a little bit, but I get too shy to do it, so I always stick to a few coats of blended eyeshadow (usually browns), mascara and a little line of eyeliner. Which isn't actually a lot, and is pretty basic stuff so I never feel like I'm really fully using make-up, you know?

So I've decided to be a bit more daring! Does anyone have any idea how to apply eye makeup (the whole shebang, mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow etc), what colours to use and any other helpful tips?

This is a picture of my eye, sanc make-up.

I know, it's not gorgeous, but I want to bring it out, but I'm not sure how!

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(Original post by Lovin)
I know what you mean, although im not dark skinned Is uppose it could be hard to get a colour to pop, I know when im trying to lighten a colour it's always hard if iv got a dark colour before. So I guess it works the same with skin. What about a prima? Like an eyeshadow base? Put that on first and layer the colours. Does that work?

Yeah, I use Too Faced Shadow Insurance primer and then white eyeliner on top all over the lid as an eyeshadow base. Works well

(Original post by Zotler)
Does anyone know of any foundation that is good for dry skin? ATM I use Revlon Colourstay, which is really nice but it's a pain getting it off and the coverage is a bit heavy for every day use. I'm also quite pale.

The last foundations I used were Bourjois Healthy Mix (I didn't like it, looked really horrible on me) and some Lo'real one which was quite a nice colour, but my forehead looked really dry...

Failing that, anyone know of any really good scrubs/moisturisers? I use a cheapy exfoliating scrub that smells like sun cream, haha. It barely does anything though. I use Nivea moisturiser which is alright I guess, but my forehead always looks so dry. D:

Right, clean and clear blackhead clearing cleanser really works well for getting rid of blackheads and flaky dry skin.
I also use clean and clear moisturiser as it helps keep me unspotty

(Original post by asparkyn)
Hey guys, I've always wanted to experiment a little bit, but I get too shy to do it, so I always stick to a few coats of blended eyeshadow (usually browns), mascara and a little line of eyeliner. Which isn't actually a lot, and is pretty basic stuff so I never feel like I'm really fully using make-up, you know?

So I've decided to be a bit more daring! Does anyone have any idea how to apply eye makeup (the whole shebang, mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow etc), what colours to use and any other helpful tips?

This is a picture of my eye, sanc make-up.

I know, it's not gorgeous, but I want to bring it out, but I'm not sure how!

Best thing you can do is find pictures of some makeup you'd like to try (celebrities or whatever) then we can advise how to get the look

Mckoii gave pretty good tips on how to apply make up for effect, with MAC products. I'm obsessed with MAC..


http://mckoii.com/?p=310

Highly recommend Sleek i-Divine palettes from Superdrug, although the tiny Superdrugs where I live don't stock them.
Affordable, highly pigmented and they make getting a nicely blended smokey eye easy, It's £6.49 for one palette

There are 8 or 10 different pallettes I think, although I've only purchased Storm so far.



http://samii-beauty.blogspot.com/201...-pallette.html - Storm
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SyWUu00di0...vs%2BSleek.jpg - Bad Girl
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m_7fvm9ybd...ustagirllu.JPG - Sunset
http://www.thestyleandbeautydoctor.c...-PALETTE-2.jpg - Curacao


(Some palettes I remember the names of! )

(Original post by ~ Dude :))
Highly recommend Sleek i-Divine palettes from Superdrug, although the tiny Superdrugs where I live don't stock them.
Affordable, highly pigmented and they make getting a nicely blended smokey eye easy, It's £ 6.49 for one palette

There are 8 or 10 different pallettes I think, although I've only purchased Storm so far.



http://samii-beauty.blogspot.com/201...-pallette.html
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SyWUu00di0...vs%2BSleek.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m_7fvm9ybd...ustagirllu.JPG
http://www.thestyleandbeautydoctor.c...-PALETTE-2.jpg

(Some palettes I remember the names of! )

ooo those colours are lush!

(Original post by greeneyedgirl)
ooo those colours are lush!

I was literally stood for 20 minutes trying to decide on 1 of the 8 palettes that were on display, I want them all!

(Original post by ~ Dude :))
Highly recommend Sleek i-Divine palettes from Superdrug, although the tiny Superdrugs where I live don't stock them.
Affordable, highly pigmented and they make getting a nicely blended smokey eye easy, It's £6.49 for one palette

There are 8 or 10 different pallettes I think, although I've only purchased Storm so far.



http://samii-beauty.blogspot.com/201...-pallette.html - Storm
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SyWUu00di0...vs%2BSleek.jpg - Bad Girl
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m_7fvm9ybd...ustagirllu.JPG - Sunset
http://www.thestyleandbeautydoctor.c...-PALETTE-2.jpg - Curacao


(Some palettes I remember the names of! )

Oooo I love the look of these! I want the sunset one
Or the storm one.
Or just all of them ><

Will definitely be going to superdrug for for one of them though! Thanks

There's other palettes except ones I've linked, just don't know the names ha

(Original post by Lovin)
In regards to the post above with the Eye palletes there are a lot more choice I found a website that does all of them and you can order online via paypal, just ordered 3 palettes

The Beauty Plot

Thanks for the website link, It's perfect for me as the nearest big Superdrug near me (still 20 miles away!) doesn't sell Sleek

Just showed my gf this thread she's guna try the green looks and the smokey eyeshadow picture 3 thanks for posting.