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Starting Off: Makeup Tools
I can’t believe this is the last post for this 10 week Starting Off project. Hopefully at least someone has gotten some tips and help from these posts, as that was the whole point in this 10 week series. There is a new series starting on the 12th November so keep an eye out, as that one will run right up until the 24th December. So onto this weeks topic – makeup tools. I won’t be doing an in depth post on every type of brush/tool out there, as that would be a ridiculously long post, plus I have talked about most brushes already in a lot of the other…
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Starting Off: Lips
This is the second to last week of this Starting Off series, and I will be sad to see it end! But I do hope it has helped some of you, even just little tips and tricks here and there 🙂 This week is all about lips! There are so many different ways you can get colour onto your lips now, not just from lipsticks and lipglosses, but also lip pencils, lip crayons, tinted lip balms, lip stains etc etc… I won’t be talking too much about all these types of lip colour products, just a short run down on the differences but then I will go more onto application.…
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Starting Off: Eyeshadow
So this week we enter the world of eyeshadow! There are SO many different ways to apply eyeshadow, and with so many colours and finishes to choose from it would take such a long time to go over everything, so I will be giving a brief description on colours, finishes, formulas and some of my favourites to keep it fairly quick! If you are brand new to applying eyeshadow you need to start off with brushes (not the little foam applicators that come with eyeshadow). A lot of people own a lot of different brushes for applying it, but at the end of the day you only really need 3,…
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Starting Off: Eyeliner
Eyeliner is without a doubt one of my favourite makeup items. For me it completes a look and just helps to accentuate your eyes, which personally is how I like my makeup to look most of the time. If you have never used any eyeliner before, applying it can be scary. Applying it across your waterline/lower lash line when using a pencil liner is fairly easy to get right from the start, but I remember when I first tried to use liquid liner on my top lash line… it did not go well. I ended up with an uneven line, bits missed, and the rest smudged and all over the…
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Starting Off: Mascara
This weeks post is on probably the one item people own, even those who rarely use makeup, it is of course, mascara. Mascara is important for a few reasons, and if you ask anyone the single most important item in their makeup bag, I would bet nearly every one would say mascara. Mascara can help make your lashes look fuller, thicker, longer, more defined, more curled and healthier – depending which one you chose and what you want that particular one to do. The best way to apply my mascara I have found is to get the brush horizontal and level with the base of your lashes, then wiggle it…
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Starting Off: Blush
This weeks topic for the Starting Off Project is blusher. Firstly I will say, I am not a big fan of “rules” with makeup, and especially not blusher. I do agree that some shades will suit some skin tones better than others, but on the whole I feel it is just a personal choice so you should choose which ever shade you like the look of on your skin! You can apply it however you feel it suits your face, but I will give some examples of different ways you can try it out and see what you like. You could apply it just to the apples of your cheeks,…
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Starting Off: Bronzer
So this week is all about bronzer. First off I will say that I didn’t use bronzer for quite a long time when I started with makeup, but now it is one of my few “staple” items I use daily, you just have to get the right one for you 🙂 So can anyone use bronzer? And does everyone need to? The answer is yes and no. Anyone and everyone can use bronzer if they want to, but no-one needs to if they like their look without it. I am very pale skinned and for a long time I avoided it in fear or going orange or having dark stripes…
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Starting Off: Foundation
We are into the third week of this Starting Off Project already, scary how fast time flies! So this week we are talking about foundation. Foundation can be quite a tricky one to get right, but it is definitely worth spending the time doing so to get it right so you can get one to suit your skin type, give the right coverage, and also the right colour for your skin tone. Starting with some information about the different types of coverage you can get from foundations, you get 4 levels of coverage really, sheer, light, medium and full. Sheer coverage won’t cover much at all, but will give you…
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Starting Off: Concealer
So this is the second post in the Starting Off series! This week is focused all around concealer. Concealer itself comes in many different forms and consistencies, some costing a small fortune, others costing £1, and then all the others in between. Today I will explain a bit about when/how to use concealer and give 5 different examples of concealers I like. First off, why might you want to use concealer? Concealer is generally used along with foundation to hide any imperfections/blemishes on the skin to either conceal redness or just to help even out the skin tone. It can be used to cover break outs, spider veins, dark under…
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Introduction to The Starting Off Project
This post will be a little different to usual as it is an introduction to a series that I, and over 100 other bloggers will be doing! It’s a project called The Starting Off Project, it was created by Steph at StephsInsideVoice and basically the point of it is to put one post up a week at the same time, on the same day (it will be Tuesdays 6pm UK time), outlining and featuring one specific beauty topic in the hope it can help out some younger teens or anyone new to makeup! We will all be offering tips and tricks, plus different application/usage techniques depending on the topic that…