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Make Up
17/F
Pale Skin, Medium Brown Hair, and Hazel Eyes
I'm about to go shopping for some new makeup, and I was wondering if you could recommend the best brands of make up. Price is not an issue.
I need recommendations for:
-Mascara
-Liquid Eyeliner
-Nail Polish
-Blush
-Liquid Foundation
-Brushes
-Perfume
Any recommendations that you could give me regarding the brand and/or colors that would work for me would be fantastic.
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Unless you have really bad skin or something, no need for liquid foundation- it just hides your natural skin and makes you look really fake. Try a more natural looking mineral makeup that will give you a natural glow, like Bare Minerals.
Mascara: Drugstores- Covergirl LashBlast. Mall- Bare Escentuals Flawless Definition. Make sure it's black so your eyes look defined.
Nail Polish- OPI is definitely the best. (If you're looking for cheap fun colors, Sinful Color, sold at Walgreens, is actually good quality).
Blush- Mineral blush is a must, it's really the only kind that looks natural and glowy, not chalky and fake. Again, Bare Escentuals is the best.
Liquid liner- L'oreal.
Brushes- MAC if you can afford it, Bare Escentuals and L'oreal are also good. You'll want a kabuki brush for foundation, large powder/bronzer brush, big blush brush, and several different eye brushes.
Perfume- my absolute favorite is Intimately Beckham, they sell it at drugstores. I always get compliments on it, especially from guys. Victoria's Secret Vanilla Lace or Sexy Little Things and Gap Dream are good, too.
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You sound like you're about my colouring (except my eyes are blue/green/grey), so I'll tell you what I do, with some modifications.
Personally, I would say you're too young to be using foundation. Heck, I'M too young to use that junk. If your skin is clear enough you're better off going without. Despite what their commercials might say, foundations clog the pores and keep your skin from breathing, which causes premature aging. If your skin is really bad, then you're better off without anyhow, because you can really tell when someone with acne is wearing foundation, and it can make the condition worse. Get a touch-up stick, or something of the sort for when you have a problem area. Personally, I leave that stuff alone. Instead, go for a really light facial moisturizer with sunscreen. No matter what season it is, you should have SPF protection, because sun damage can happen even when it's cloudy! Sun damage = premature aging.
Mascara all depends on the length of your eyelashes. Mine are absurdly long, to the point where when I open my eyes they brush against my eyebrows. Since they don't look all that long, I use Define-A-Lash by Maybelline. It doesn't lengthen (which is hard to find these days) and it doesn't clump, either. It's got a great silicone brush that doesn't get gummed up. Reasonably priced, as well.
I don't use liquid eyeliner because I don't have the finesse required, but I do keep a few colours of eyeliner on hand. Black, for special occasions when I want to do a smoky eye, green, because it makes the eyes pop (especially yours!), brown for everyday wear, and kind of an eggplant colour.
I only keep a couple of colours of nail polish on hand. I have a blue-green and a hot pink for my toenails (both are Rimmel 60 Seconds) and a pale peachy pink colour for my nails (think the colour you'd use for a french manicure. I don't like wearing noticeable colours on my nails, because I find that when it chips, it drives me nuts. Make sure you invest in a base coat and top coat!
I don't currently own blush, but I had one that I loved. You don't specify exactly how pale you are. I am incredibly white, especially my face. They had to give me the lightest colour of blush possible so that I didn't look like a clown. It was lighter than most foundations! Try Cover Girl TRUBlend Microminerals in Shimmering Sands.
Brushes? I use cheapies from the drug store, because I personally don't see the appeal of human hair brushes. Eew. They've always worked fine for me.
Perfume is going to be a personal choice. Make sure you try it on your skin, walk around for a while, and see if you still like it. Once it's been warmed up by your skin, it will change slightly, and there have been times I've fallen in love with one only to discover that I hate it on me. I use Vera Wang Princess, which has lavender and chocolate notes. My guy picked it out for me :) Make sure you bring a little baggie of coffee beans to sniff in between smelling perfumes, or else you'll kill your nose.
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Hey girl!
If price is not an issue, you should go to a store like Ulta or Sephora! I don't know if you have been there before, but Ulta sells the average makeup like maybelline, cover girl, etc, but they also sell higher end make up like bare escentuals, urban decay, etc. Sephora sells only higher end makeup. Both stores have people that work in them that have been trained to do makeovers..so they can probably tell you the best makeup and colors for you! They can also give good advice on applying makeup! Sorry I can't help with specific colors, but definitely talk to the people at those stores because they are really good and always happy to help!
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