And some quick points, here are my basics in terms of my eye makeup. There you'll see a Coastal Scents Eye Shadow Palette which my Paul Mitchell friend, (we'll call her Columbia since she once played that character in the local Rocky Horror Show,) gave me as a Christmas Gift a few years ago. Makeup related stuff for holidays? Yes please! Anyway, that's got 88 colours in it and in some pretty vibrant hues. Normally, I'd try to give you something cheaper, but this is already a steal at $10. And besides, if you're going to do eye shadow wows, this is one area where you have to go for the more pricey stuff normally. Like for instance that purple and silver book. That's Urban Decay's Deluxe Shadow Palette. It's $40, but I've owned it for years. There are a few reasons I say that normally you need to go with the pricier eye makeup. 1. Cheaper shadows will not give you the effect you're looking for. Even layering them tends to leave you with just a lot of powder and still no pigment. If you want the really flashy eyes, you need the more expensive shadows. 2. Things like mascara and liner, when touted as such, really are healthier for you than the drugstore brands. And this is important. Not only is this makeup touching your skin, some of the most sensitive skin on your body in fact, but it's also, inevitably, going to get in your eyes. A lot. You need better-for-you eye makeup. The fewer the ingredients the better. The more you can understand the ingredients, the better. Now I'm going to say this, and then proceed to show you that I own no "healthy" eye makeup. But I highly recommend that you choose healthy ones, and I will be doing the same when the make up I do own finally runs out or needs replacing. That black pouch on the right of the Urban Decay palette is a set of makeup brushes, which I will talk about in the next post.
Now, I like Urban Decay by way of their eye shadow because they have really bright lok-at-me colours that go on amazingly. Columbia and I actually initially bonded over Urban Decay. I love their colours. Love, love, love.
And the last thing I'll mention in that picture is the hand soap. This actually is important. You should wash your hands before you apply your makeup. Your skin is a sensitive little sponge, and while your makeup was designed to be applied to it, those germs on your hands that built up over night or climbed on after you ate breakfast? Yeah, those will make you break out. I'm not saying you need to sterilize your hands before you put your face on because your hands are almost as delicate and you don't want to be drying them out. But give them a quick soap up before putting on your makeup. I also wash them off quickly after putting on my foundation since it tends to stay this oily little slick on my fingers, or my eye makeup, which will leave happy little smears of Crayola colours all over my face if I'm not careful. So, soap up ladies!
- KissMYGorgeous
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