Really cool make-up trick I just learned :-)

A part of my personality that I don't think has shown very much at MGs (much like the rest of me lately :-o) is my passion for make-up. I spend way too much on it, and own far too much of it, and I don't regret a single cent, brush, or lip gloss. When I get bored on weekends or late at night I search the interwebs for tutorials, deals and bargains, and curse my hyper-sensitive skin that makes it impossible for me to impulse-buy everything I see that I want to try on. While fawning over eyeshadow reviews on YouTube that last night, I came across a real gem.

I have thorough-bred Scandinavian DNA, which means that even when I'm well rested there are dark blue circles under my eyes. And now, thanks to this video, I know finally how to hide them. Not just make them less obvious, but fully hidden. I tried the method out today, and it worked beautifully.

Ladies of MGs, go forth and purchase orange lipstick! You can thank me later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkOYBiy1nOA

 

I have dark eyelids, will it work on that as well? (I look like I have dark eye shadow on:-o) When I put eye shadow on I have to apply several coats,then it just feels heavy.That's why I don't where eye make up but on holidays. I like waring make up that looks natural.
I will try this with the lipstick though as soon as I go to town.Thanks for that info Mimsy.

 

Although I do not have dark circles under my eyes this is way toooo cooool!! Thanks for the tip!!

 

That's the funny thing, I have red "blotches" nearly everywhere that I hide with green concealer, but for some reason it never occurred to me to try orange on the dark circles.

In other news, I washed all my brushes last night before going to bed, and the bigger ones are still not dry! The foundation brush and big powder brush especially are still moist in the center. My options now are a) use the puny useless little applicators that came with the product, or b) break out the hairdryer.

Poor brushes, I hope the dryer isn't too harsh on them...

 

arent you a guy?:confused

 

Was wondering the same :confused No offense to BT

 

Oh yes!!! Bigtrucks has two more folk to victimize. I'm freeeeeee!!!! Freeeeee!!!!

 

Looks like that girl was messy and got the stuff in her hair.:-D:-D:-D

 

Am I doomed!! :eek

 

Oh, you've got no idea. Mwhuahuahua.

 

lol I was wondering the same trucks must be a she?

 

Yikes, need back up from the :confused folks :-D

 

...or hide those black circles in a completely different way!:-D

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/884/theverybestofkiss.jpg

 

ohoh what did i do?:-o

 

You called bigtrucks a dude. :-D She's a dudette.

I knew straight off that bt was feminine from the class and the grace she exuded when she first joined the forums.

*Fawn. Grovel*

 

The orange lipstick and concealer trick also works for covering up bruises for people who bruise easily. A friend of mine is on Warfarin, and bruises at the slightest knock or pressure, sometimes spontaneously, (she has an artificial heart valve, so needs it, sadly). Uses that trick to avoid looking like she's just done 15 rounds with Mike Tyson.

 

suuuuure you did :-D

sorry BT :-o

 

A thorough bred, eh? Sure there isn't a trace of panda?

I looked at the vid but couldn't see any difference between the begin and end shots - still a pair of panda eyes. Maybe she hasn't finished her transformation from panda to whatever...? Presumably the tea bags go on next... :-D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bags_under_the_eyes So it does suggest Heredity is one cause. Those pandas have got a lot to answer for...

 

Google Paul Begoun. Her products are fantastic and she's given a lot of great tips over the years on makeup and skincare and whatnot. She also wrote some books. I get her monthly newsletter.

 

Errrrr. Sorry, Oma, but are you a chick or a new romantic?
And your link is a 'she'.....called Paul?

 

Ooops, my bad, should have been Paula Begoun. :-o

*erm* oma=grandma (of a 19 year old grandson)

 

Oops. Sorry Oma. I mean oma. rolleyes

 

Free you say. I....don't....think soooo The More The Merrier

Me before I started reading this threadhttp://www.pic4ever.com/images/SEVeyesB08_th.gif

Me now JOTS...http://www.pic4ever.com/images/SEVeyesC08_th.gif
I'll deal with the rest of you later:-D

 

It always amazes me the amount of Polyfiller women put on their faces,FOUR separate products just to cover one little dark patch it looked like she was filling in a ravine:-D

I kind of understand it when your going out looking for a date but why put yourself through all that when you have a partner?Maybe this thread isn't the place?

If I ever get a girlfriend I wont let her put herself through that,I'll insist she looks like Shit....

 

roflmao So eloquently put.

 

You may "never" get a girlfriend if you tell her to look like shit, doesn't matter whether she looks bad or not. You want to tell her that she looks better naturally . Man I can see you're gonna end up a lonely bachelor you keep talking like thathttp://www.pic4ever.com/images/127fs1866968.gif

 

to Rikky
You need to tell them things like the only way they could possibly look any better is to have you on their arm.

 

roflmao That's funny! You might want to try something like "you're so naturally beautiful you don't need any makeup", most men use that line when they're in a hurry and don't want to wait for us to put some on

Back to make-up tips, hemorrhoid cream works wonders for blemishes, just put on when you start to get one and all gone. Don't have dark circles but remember something about some color of eye shadow that will cover blemishes well.

 

Better give some of that cream to Rikky.
I mean, just look at that face.:-Drolleyes

 

BT, sorry about missing this earlier. It was early morning, pre-coffe, and I was very frazzled about the brushes not being dry enough to be usable.

To answer, I have very thin skin around my eyes, so my upper eyelids look very red thanks to all the capillaries shining though. I use the green concealer trick on them (the mint one I linked to earlier) and after putting on my regular concealer above it and applying my foundation it looks great, and you can't tell there's any red at all. I'm sure the orange trick will work on upper eyelids as well, as long as you don't put on too thick a layer.

My brushes ended up having to be dried with a hairdryer just to become usable, and it still didn't work that well. Imagine trying to apply a mineral foundation with a moist brush...! It was an aesthetic disaster, and to make matters worse, when I came home from work just a while ago, the kabuki brush, the buffer brush, and the large powder brush are still not dry! :mad Now I remember why I don't wash them very often... I am currently googling for replacement brushes. There will be new brushes.

1. My foundation isn't wet, I use a mineral foundation so it's a very fine powder. Thanks to having super-sensitive-breaks-out-in-eczema-for-nothing skin :banghead I can't skip between different foundations that much, so I'm sticking to the one and only one I have ever found that actually works. As an extra bonus, it helps my eczema heal when it does break out, which is nice.

2. Yes, its bad, especially if their non-synthetic. Never washing your hair will eventually destroy it, and that goes for brushes too. Also, can you imagine all the yummy stuff that grows inside that nice, warm, humid brush... tasty! :eek Also, clean brushes to work better. Assuming they ever dry, that is... :banghead. There will be new brushes.

Non-powder = pressed, baked, or liquid? :confused

I apply any and all of my eyeshadows with soft brushes of various size. Wider for the base (and for blending if needed), medium for the highlights, and the tiny one for adding darker at the outer corners of my eye. Then after I'm done I take a soft Kleenex or something and wipe the brush back and forth on until all color is gone from it. I do not use liquid or pencil ones though, only powder, pressed and baked ones.

 

Same girl, but on how to clean brushes this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOWS0pinrw

Linky? It sounds really cool, I want one!

Don't waste money/time on disposable crap, they are usually pretty horrible quality anyway. Maybe a stiffer firmer brush, with thicker bristles?

 

Hey, Kes, about hypoallergenic makeup... do you have Phycisian's Formula or Almay over where you live? I use Bare Minerals on my rash-prone skin, but I don't know if you're willing to suffer the costs of importing from the US...

 

That's happened to me. Lotion I used to be able to use just fine suddenly triggers an eczema outbreak. Very annoying.

If you can't find those brands, you might be able to find something similar. I've found (and confirmed with my dermatologist) that organic is better than non-organic, and products with short ingredients lists are much better than the ones with really long ones.

 

When my eczema flared up in my face The Guy made me go see a doctor, since it made me super-depressed to have large red blotches of scaly itchy skin on my face. The doctor referred me too a specialist and he prescribed a magic steroid cream that made the scaly blotches go away.

That doctor was really nice too. He looked at my face and hands and arms (I had the eczema there too) and said, "well, we can run a ton of tests, we can figure out what is causing this, but I'm not going to. This is making you miserable, so we'll get the rash off your face right now, and run the tests later." And then I got a cortison shot that sped up the healing, and free samples of cream to tidy me over until I could fill the prescriptions.

I like my dermatologist

 

Oooh! I must get one of those to play with! But if it's cream I can certainly see it being hard on brushes. Fingertips? Q-tip?