smokey eye makeup

Smokey eye makeup

Method to apply 
Begin by applying a light shade of concealer to the under eye area, and all over the top lid. Your

mineral makeup foundation is a great concealer for this step and prepares your Eyes for the eye shadow that you are going to appl

First, line both the top and bottom rims with an eye pencil, paying close attention to going into the lash line itself.

If you have small eyes apply liner starting from the middle of the under eye to the outside of the eye. If your eyes are large feel free to line from corner to corner.

Hint: If you are using liquid liner you can place dots on the lash line and then follow the dots to get a perfectly straight line. I knew those connect the dot puzzles I did as a kid would come in handy someday!

With a small eye shadow brush or a q-tip, soften the edges of the eye pencil line.

Apply a dark shadow using a sponge-tip applicator, smudge brush or a q-tip directly over the penciled area and smudge. (If you prefer, you can use your finger tip.)

The shadow helps to set and soften the look.

Next apply a lighter shadow in a neutral tone with a larger eye shadow brush, I like to use the wet/dry brush.

Encircling the entire eye area, be sure to soften and graduate outward for that perfect blended look.

Creating a smokey eye isn't just all about eye shadow, it's the overall look. So, while you want to do a precise job of applying the right eye shadows in the right places, you also wanted to pay attention to your lashes. Curling your eyelashes will help open up your eyes and really make them stand out.

After you curl your lashes, you'll want to apply generous coats of mascara. Some people find that waterproof mascaras hold curl better so that's always an option. However, some waterproof mascara formulas can be a bit drying on the lashes so it's not the best idea to use a waterproof formula daily. But for special occasions, why not?

Brush away any shadow that has fallen below the eye with a fluffy brush and clean up any areas that have smeared with a q-tip. If you have trouble getting rid of fallout from eye shadow, you can always try using Scotch tape to pick up any fallout without smudging your makeup.

Want a more dramatic look add more Shadow and Mascara! If you are looking for the most dramatic effect be sure to curl those lashes and apply 2-3 coats of black mascara!

Hint: Want your eyes to look larger - Pull your liner upward when lining your bottom lashes instead of out from the top liner! This will make your eyes look larger and rounder!

teen age prome makeup

Teen age prom makeup
5 best prom makeup tips

Prom is so exciting! I remember planning my prom dress my hair, my jewelry ... the hardest thing to plan - even harder than your prom date i think - though, is make up! Do you choose smoky eyes or bright lips or go with a bold eye makeup ? It’s a mine field! I’ve gathered my favourite prom make up tips to ensure you look like a star in your photos!

 PICK YOUR  

    EYES OR      YOUR MOUTH

Make up products needed: Red and pink lipsticks, mascara, eye liner, eye shadow, false eyelashes, lip gloss

Tools needed: Mirror, eyebrow tweezers, eyelash curlers

Practice for best results: None!

Clear your diary for an hour, and wash your face. Then apply your eye makeup really carefully, and keep your lips understated with a clear gloss. If you aren’t sure on eye makeup colour, choose your favourite at the moment, since you can always change it later! Then take a picture.

Wipe your face, and give it five minutes to dry and calm down. Then apply minimal eye makeup, and focus on your lips. Avoid

brown lipstick, and try different pinks and reds. Take a picture again! Use these to decide whether you want to focus on your eyes or your lips, and to choose colours

Make up products  needed: Red and pink lipsticks, mascara, eye liner, eye shadow, false eyelashes, lip gloss

Tools needed: Mirror, eyebrow tweezers, eyelash curlers

Practice for best results: None!

Clear your diary for an hour, and wash your face. Then apply your eye makeup really carefully, and

keep your lips understated with a clear gloss. If you aren't sure on eye makeup colour, choose your favorite at the moment, since you can always change it later! Then take a picture. Wipe your face, and give it five minutes to dry and calm down. Then apply minimal eye makeup, and focus on your lips. Avoid brown lipstick, and try different pinks and reds. Take a picture again! Use these to decide whether you want to focus on your eyes or your lips, and to choose colours

2. PERFECT YOUR SKIN

Make up products needed: Foundation, concealer
Tools needed: Mirror
Practice for best results: None!
The next step is to make sure your skin looks flawless! Very few girls under 25 need to use all-over foundation, but it’s useful to have some that matches your skin tone for emergencies! If you don’t have any, head down to your nearest department store or Sephora’s. The staff are always happy to help and will let you try on plenty of colours and brands until you find one you love. Then practice apply the foundation   to problem areas, with concealer, to give you an even and flawless skin tone. Remember to blend!

3. DARK OUTER CORNER

Make up products needed: Three shades of the same colour eye shadow, similar coloured eye liner, mascara
Tools needed: Mirror, small brush

Practice for best results: Once
This is a gorgeous look that perfectly accents your natural beauty and will look divine in photographs. Start by making sure skin is in good condition, and the eye area is clean. Using a small brush, apply the lightest shade to the corner of the eye, and a thin line just below the eyebrow. Then apply the medium shade to middle of your eye, blending it into the outer corner, and the darkest tone to the very outside corner. Apply a thin layer of eye liner to the top eyelid only, and apply mascara. Gorgeous!

4. DRAMATIC EYE SHADOW

Make up products needed: Three shades of your chosen colour, eye liner, mascara
Tools needed: Mirror, small brush, fake eyelashes
Practice for best results: Twice
With the small brush, apply the lightest shade of shadow to the corner and middle of the eye, up to just below the eyebrow. Apply the medium hue to the eye lid, crease and below the lightest colour, just under the eyebrow. Apply the darkest hue to the outer corner, over the medium, as this helps it to stick better. Then apply a thin layer of eye liner from the middle of your eye to the corner, and apply either mascara or false eyelashes to finish the look! Keep all other make up minimal, and stick to simplistic jewelry.

5. NATURAL LOOK

Make up products needed: Three shades of natural coloured eye shadow, mascara
Tools needed: Mirror, eye shadow brush
Practice needed: None
It’s important that the eye shadows match your skin colour closely for this Natural Look makeup! Pick the medium hue, and apply to the whole eyelid. Apply the darkest eye shadow to the corners, blending towards the middle and into the crease, and apply the lightest to the very middle of the eyelid, giving it a polished, 3D finish. Then apply a layer of mascara, and some lip colour. Gorgeous!

The 10 Sexiest Makeup Looks of All Time

SMOKY EYES

Give eye makeup a bedroom-y kind of sex appeal by working in layers and smudging it along the way. First up, creamy black pencil—wedged into the upper and lower lashes and softened by gently rubbing with your finger or cotton swab. Trace over that with black shadow and smudge with the swab. Then sweep shimmery gray shadow over the upper lids and blend it up beyond the crease (the more tangled it is with the black, the better).

GLOSSY NUDE LIPS

There's no simpler way to get a sex-kittenish pout. Choose a nude that's slightly pink or flecked with shimmer (they're the most flattering), and concentrate the gloss on the center of the lips (that's the most fattening).

RED LIPS

The trick here is to pick a formula that looks moist (that's sexy), but not superglossy (that can verge into slutty territory). Look for lipsticks with "moisturizing," "creamy," or "butter" in their names, and select one that has a little brown in it.

GOLD SHADOW

The key to making eyes glisten with gold: Choose a shimmery shade, and don't be skimpy with it. Spread a layer or two of gold over the lids and up beyond the creases, and don't forget to dab some at the inner corners of the eyes. When it comes to adding liner to the look, a smudgy chocolate brown looks way better than your usual black

FULL LASHES

Create the effect of huge doe eyes by gluing on a few clusters of fake lashes before you layer on the mascara. Grab each cluster at its base with tweezers, dip the root in glue, wedge it into the outer corner of the upper lash line, and hold it in place for 15 seconds so it stays put.

BRONZED SKIN

The first trick to using bronze: Choose powder (it's actually easier to apply than cream), and be sure the shade is more golden than brown and without a speck of shimmer. Second trick: Swirl the brush not just over your
cheeks, but along your hairline and jawline and down the bridge of the nose. Make it look authentic by topping it with rosy blush on the apples of the cheeks.

KOHL-RIMMED EYES

It's the signature look of vixens and rock goddesses—and all it takes is black liner and some subtle blending.

1. Choose a waterproof pencil, so you can darken even the inner rims. Run the liner just inside the upper lids, then close your eyes tightly—this will smudge just the right amount of liner on the inner lids on the bottom.

2. Trace the upper and lower lashes with more black liner, and don't worry about neatness—your mistakes will disappear once you start blending.

3. Smudge the pencil outward with a dense eye-shadow brush or sponge—softening all that black liner will create the illusion of larger, deeper-set eyes

STRONG BROWS

Think Brooke Shields next time you tweeze your brows. Pull out only the strays that fall well outside your brow

line, and then get to work filling with brow pencil and powder. The pencil is for bald spots: Use short, light strokes to draw in missing hairs. The powder is to make brows look thicker: Load some on an angled brush and gently stroke through the entire brow. Finish by running a spooley brush through to blend all your handiwork.

ROSE-BITTEN LIPS

Give lips a juicy, just-been-kissed look by dabbing them with sheer strawberry-colored lipstick or balm.

Concentrate the color in the middle of the mouth and blend outward—that gives the most natural effect.

WINGED LINER

Flicking liner just past the corners of your eyes creates a flirty effect. For the least theatrical take on the look, extend the line just a quarter inch past the corners and give it a soft curve upward.

how to loss weight in a week

how to loss weight in a week

Write down what you eat for one week and you will lose weight.

Studies have found that people who maintain food diaries wind up eating about 15 percent less food than those who don't.

Add 10 percent to the amount of daily calories you think you're eating.

If you think you're consuming 1,700 calories a day and don't understand why you're not losing weight, add another 170 calories to your guesstimate. Chances are, the new number is more accurate. Adjust your eating habits accordingly.

After breakfast, stick to water.

At breakfast, go ahead and drink orange juice. But throughout the rest of the day, focus on water instead of juice or soda. The average American consumes an extra 245 calories a day from soft drinks. That's nearly 90,000 calories a year—or 25 pounds! And research shows that despite the calories, sugary drinks don't trigger a sense of

Eat three fewer bites of your meal,

one less treat a day, or one less glass of orange juice. Doing any of these can save you about 100 calories a day, and that alone is enough to prevent you from gaining the two pounds most people mindlessly pack on each year.

Watch one less hour of TV.

A study of 76 undergraduate students found the more they watched television, the more often they ate and the more they ate overall. Sacrifice one program (there's probably one you don't really want to watch anyway) and go for a walk instead.

Wash something thoroughly once a week.

Whether that's a floor, a couple of windows, the shower stall, bathroom tile, or your car, a 150-pound person will burn about four calories for every minute spent cleaning. Scrub for 30 minutes and you could work off approximately 120 calories, the same number in a half-cup of vanilla frozen yogurt.

Wait until your stomach rumbles before you reach for food.

It's stunning how often we eat out of boredom, nervousness, habit, or frustration—so often, in fact, that many of us have actually forgotten what physical hunger feels like. If you're hankering for a specific food, it's probably a craving, not hunger. If you'd eat anything you could get your hands on, chances are you're truly hungry. Find ways other than eating to express love, tame stress, and relieve boredom.

Eat in front of mirrors and you'll lose weight.

One study found that eating in front of mirrors slashed the amount people ate by nearly one-third. Having to look yourself in the eye reflects back some of your own inner standards and goals, and reminds you of why you're trying to lose weight in the first place