Pink Fire Pointer July 2011

How to Apply Makeup for a Natural Look..

If you're unhappy with how you look or just want a change but don't want people to know you're wearing make-up (or if you're not allowed, like at school), try these tips. Here you can read all about how to apply makeup so you look naturally beautiful.

Steps

  1. Make sure your face is clean of any previous makeup. In general you don't want to over wash your face because that can dry it out. Just take a cotton ball and put either makeup remover or water and just dab or rub in small circles to remove old makeup.
    • Determine your skin type and cleanse, tone and moisturize with suitable products twice daily. If you have skin problems e.g. spots/blackheads, exfoliate your skin.
  2. Moisturize. Using a small dab the size of a pea, gently rub in an unscented, oil free lotion. Scented lotions can aggravate skin and cause breakouts or an allergic reaction.
  3. Determine your right color of foundation. Get in a natural light and test the foundation to make sure it's the right color for your skin. Dab a few marks on your cheek and angle your face different ways to see if the color matches. Make sure to go underneath your jaw line otherwise the foundation will show the different colors.
    • Take your finger or a sponge dab in the foundation, and dab it on your face, blending it until it looks like your skin tone.
    • If you have bags or discoloration under your eyes, take the cotton swab and make 3 dots on the line of the circles under your eyes. Take your ring finger and dab it in gently.
    • After you have applied the foundation make sure you blend! Blend down to your neck to avoid the tell-tale line along the jaw.
    • Tinted moisturizer is better for a more natural look, it blends in while evening out your skin tone. It commonly has SPF, and it moisturizes. Those with clearer skin will look best with this.
  4. Use concealer on dark or red spots. Be sure you apply a skintone color directly on the spot and not around it, to avoid a halo effect and emphasize the spot. Optionally set with beige powder.
  5. Curl your eyelashes. It's not as scary as it sounds, and it gives you a natural-looking lift to them without having makeup on them. Follow with one coat of brown or soft black (for darker skin) mascara. You may find it easier to apply mascara after applying eyeshadow.
  6. Use two eyeshadows for a professional look. Apply an oatmeal tone all over your lid and just above your crease, and use a caramel tone to softly line the top lid and outline your crease. For a natural look, remember to blend the colours, which should be golds, browns or silvers, depending on your skin tone and colouring.
  7. Line your eyes with a roasted-colored pencil liner. Pencil looks more natural than liquid or gel liner and it is easier to blend. Line one third of your top lashline and two thirds of your bottom lashline or waterline. Smudge the line with a cotton bud.
  8. Apply either bronzer or blush.
    • Bronzer: Bronzer is a great way to make it look like you have a natural glow. Lightly brush bronzer all over your face, or just along your cheekbones and T-Zone for a natural suntan appearance. However, bronzer can look silly on people with pale skin if you apply it incorrectly. Practice at home with bronzer to see if it looks good on you before going out with it on.
    • Blush: Creme blush generally works better than powder because it gives you a dewy look and lasts longer. Using a champagne-tinted creme blush, rub a little on your ring finger and blend onto your cheekbones.
  9. Apply a neutral lip color. Avoid using chalky lipsticks or shiny lip glosses. Lip stain is generally best because it looks natural and lasts all day. Use a color that's close to your natural lip color, such as a dewy-rose or pearly salmon and apply it lightly within your natural lip line. Before you apply lipstick, make sure you apply lip balm or ChapStick so your lips don't dry out.
  10. Relax. Constantly checking a mirror, and fussing over your face can ruin a day. Smile, and have lots of confidence.

Tips

  • Make sure you blend everything well to avoid obvious streaks of color.
  • Using natural makeup is healthier for your skin, and can avoid blemishes from forming caused by it.
  • Avoid going behind your parents' back by doing this - they will catch you.
  • If you use mascara, avoid clumping by wiping the wand on a tissue before applying.
  • Be sure that any lip products you use do not add much shine, stickiness, or coloring. Stick to light matte lip colors, or just a simple swipe of lip balm. If you wear gloss during summer, the sun will burn your lips.
  • As always, avoid using old makeup - this includes expired expiration dates, smelly products, and clumpy cremes and mascaras. As a rule, mascara should be thrown out every three months, and any liquid makeup should be thrown out every year. Anything with an odd smell, of course, should be immediatly tossed.
  • Using mineral foundation doesn't clog your pores and is actually good for your skin, so you may want to invest in a good one.
  • Apply makeup in the light you will be in; for example, apply your makeup with a lot of light if you are going out on a sunny day, or if you are going clubbing use dimmer lights.
  • Remember that makeup is to enhance your natural features, not to cover them up. Most importantly, have fun with your makeup as it shouldn't become a chore.
  • Try to add a twist to your makeup, or change up looks every once in a while. This way you can always feel fresh faced, and let a little creativity through.
  • Watch makeup tutorials online for extra help and you might just find a new cool style to try out!

How to care your nails at home!

Fingernails or toenails really are very important segments connected with our hands and feet so that perfect care concerning nails is actually required. Hygienic and healthy nails not just improve the looks of each of our hands and fingers, but in addition, protect against a large number of health care issues triggered by the means of germs as well as bacteria.

Steps

  1. We are going to talk about a number of relatively easy, purely natural, nail health care ideas along with cures
  2. Follow The Good Diet For Nails: Fragile nails are generally a well-known issue which often is largely because of iron insufficiency. Iron should certainly be ingested in plentiful amounts if you wish for good nail care. Foodstuffs abundant in iron, are liver, trim red meats, species of fish, soy products, beans, lentils, whole grain products, green spinach, fresh vegetables, asparagus, parsley, poultry along with turkey, nuts, egg yolks, dry fruits like raisins, dates and apricots, etc.
  3. Beetroots usually contain more calcium and also vitamin D to supplement healthy nail growth. Day-to-day consumption of beetroots is likely to make all your finger nails incredibly healthy and sturdy. Likewise for daily nail care, incorporate additional calcium loaded food items for instance milk products into your daily diet.

Tips

  • Squeeze a tbsp. of freshly squeezed lemon juice in a cup of normal water and dip all your fingernails or toenails in this particular solution as for a couple of minutes. Then thoroughly clean these with hot water and then use a moisturizer. This really is a helpful nail care tip to get rid of stains on your nails.
  • Another nail care tip could be to therapeutically massage your entire nails using a cotton ball dipped in fresh lemon juice and rinse them all right out after short while. By following this kind of procedure, an individual's fingernails or toenails will end up being firm as well as radiant.
  • Extra virgin olive oil is considered as a traditionally used home remedy for a number of beauty tips including nail care. In order to make your own fingernails or toenails stunning and also to make them gleam, applying essential olive oil on them every day is amazingly helpful.
  • For nail care dip all your fingernails and toenails into lukewarm mustard oil as for 8-10 minutes. Then rub each of them slowly and gradually to ensure that circulation of blood is as usual. This really should be executed each day to help make all of your fingernails and toenails fit and strong.
  • Put on organic cotton mitts in summer seasons to absorb perspiration. This will certainly protect against any illnesses that arise out of germs that get caught in our nails.
  • For true nail care, trim your toenails in a straight line and not in a curved manner. Inappropriate toenail cutting, toe injuries and even ill-fitting boots or shoes might result in minute pieces of these toenails splitting up at the corners. This can also lead the problem of ingrown nails.
  • Dip your fingernails through warm and comfortable olive oil just for 15-20 minutes on every alternate day. This is a beneficial nail care tip to help harden tender fingernails and toenails.

About me ... in a few words :)

Who am I?? :-"

If I were a mounth, I would be August.
If I were a day of a week, I would be Sunday.
If I were a part of a day, I would be evening.
If I were a marine animal, I would be a shark.
If I were a direction, I would be "UP".
If I were a virtue, I would be Justice.
If I were a planet, I would be Venus.
If I were a liquid, I would pe water.
If I were a bird, I would be a phoenix.
If I were a tree, I would be a Sequoia.
If I were a musical instrument, I would be a piano.
If I were a song, I would be "Freelove- Depeche Mode".
If I were a movie, I would be "Revolver".
If I were a book, I would be "Most beloved of the Earth- Marin Preda".
If I were a town, I would be Paris.
If I were a  taste, I would be sweet.
If I were a  flavor, I would be vanilla.
If I were a  color, I would be pink.
If I were a  material, I would be silk.
If I were a word, I would be "love".
If I were a part of a body, I would be the eyes.
If I were an expresion of a face, I would be a smile.
If I were a car, I would be a Ferrary.

Well... Hard to talk when it comes to me ...
I am an optimist and this helps me a lot. I believe that life is beautiful and I see it as a strategy game, if you know the rules survive, if not, either you surrender or kneeling. Confidence, willpower and perseverance are things that I use when I want something.
I'm not bound by a motto, but I have a lot of proverbs that I fully agree. Many people at first sight,  think that I am nose on top, arrogant(this is true), but this is a way, acttualy a test for those people to see if they prefer to keep the distance or they still want to know me better. If you have prejudice or not.
I think one of my flaws, and I do not know if I would ever escape, is that I opened myself  in front of people too quickly. If they seem to be nice, I let go immediately, but I was wrong many times and still could not learn my lesson.
I think I'm an interesting person, but only if you have certain things in common with me, so you can see the  life through my eyes. I'm not a mediocre and my life is not just about alcohol, sex, drugs, but I think I have a purpose on this Earth, and must leave something to posterity as long as I live.
Relationship with others varies from person to person, being on different levels: the those close to me I dedicate, others have deductions, and those who do not have much tangent I'm just withdrawn, and try to be nice and polite with them, but nothing more.
I'm changing, now crying, now laughing, forget and forgive quickly, can not hate someone unless he did something really serious and deeply hurt me, but even then not last forever, all this varies depending on my emotional states.
As a profession I'm an engineer. You might wonder what an engineer has in common with fashion, style, beauty.  Before beeing an engineer I'm a women and all women know how important it is to look good, to care for your physical appearance, to look as presentable as posibil and as the trend. Besides your knowledge accumulated along your existance, the way you look gives you extra success.
It might be of some superficiality?
I'll conclude my presentation here. I think this is one of the longest ever made and I wish you pleasant stay on my blog, where I hope you to find articles more interesting and I hope to learn many things together.