How To: Chose the Right Cosmetic Colors For YOU!

The first thing you need to do before picking out colors is to decide if you have a Warm, Neutral or Cool skin tone. One way to do this is to take a good look at yourself in a mirror in natural sunlight. Decide if your skin color has more Blue or Yellow to it, or if they are pretty well even.

More Blue = Cool
More Yellow = Warm
Equal = Neutral

Another way to find out what skin tone you have is to compare your skin to the colors Silver and Gold. Generally if your skin looks good with Gold, you have a warm skin tone, Silver means cool, and if it looks good with both, then you have Neutral.

Sometimes it can be hard to tell on yourself, so you may want to ask a friend to help you decide.
Once you have decided your skin tone, it is time to choose a Concealer, Foundation and Powder. Depending on where you buy your cosmetics from, you may have a hard time figuring out which one looks best on your skin tone.

After this, the best way to choose a Concealer, foundation and powder is to try it out! Generally for concealer, you should pick one that is a shade lighter than your natural skin tone, so that when you use it to cover dark areas and imperfections it will blend and look natural. If you have a lot of red spots (acne, scars, etc.) then you should also look into getting a Green spot neutralizer, you use this under concealer to neutralize the red spot and make it look natural. After you have chosen the right concealer for yourself, you should choose a foundation that matches your skin tone as closely as possible. If you have freckles it is recommended to match the color with your lightest freckles to help even out your skin color.

Then, it is time to choose and apply a lip color. I recommend lip color before your other cosmetics because if you apply lip color after everything else, you are likely to put it on darker, to "match" the intensity of the other makeup you are wearing; by applying lip color first, you will achieve a much more natural color with a subtle look.

Generally you should match your lipstick to your eyeshadow, keep it in the same general color family, so if you are wearing pink eyeshadow, try a similar color lipstick, maybe a shade darker or lighter. Grey eyeshadow looks great with different shades of red lipstick! As a rule of thumb, if your eyeshadow is shimmery, you should avoid shimmery lipsticks, and vice-versa. I recommend to all of my clients to DAB lipstick and gloss on, not to swipe it across their lips. By dabbing you have more control over the intensity of the color and you can make a more natural or bold look.

After this you should choose an eye shadow. Again, depending on where you purchase your cosmetics you may have trouble finding shades that look good on you as they aren't always labeled for skin tones. From my experience I have found that for Cool skin tones, Pinks, Berries and Blue/grays seem to look best, for Warm skin tones Earth tones tend to look best (greens & browns and some reds ESPECIALLY for redheads), and for Neutral Skin tones, I try to combine the 2.

After you have chosen and applied the appropriate eyeshadow, you should apply an eyeliner and Mascara. For people with light colored hair, brown or brown/black is an excellent choice of eyeliner and mascara. For people with Darker hair, Black is best, Although black looks very dramatic on anyone, it is a great choice for evening time.

As with everything, this is just a guideline, play around with your makeup, take whatever seems helpful and leave the rest, this is just meant to give some suggestions, the best way to find out what looks best on you, is to try different things out! Good luck!

How To Apply Mineral Makeup Loose Powder Foundation

Let me tell you, if you've ever tried mineral makeup before then you know what I mean when I say that it is NOTHING like "regular makeup", and if you don't know what you're doing, then you're going to wind up looking like a clown. With mineral makeup the old saying "less is more" is DEFINITELY true.

First things first, before you try applying ANYTHING to your face,make sure your skin is freshly cleaned and that you have applied your favorite moisturizer.

Mineral makeup is lightweight and needs your natural oils to adhere to, so if your skin is too dry, the look you are going to get is going to be more like cake flour than makeup! After you have gotten your moisturizer on, get your foundation and kabuki brush ready.

Once you have everything ready and you are prepared to begin applying your makeup, you will want to start by sprinkling just a little bit of foundation powder into the cap of your foundation container. This is to help prevent your brush from picking up too much of the makeup as it is much easier to add more than it is to try and take it off once you have applied it.

Swirl your brush in the foundation you sprinkled into the cap and then use your finger to tap the brush lightly so that any large pieces of the foundation fall back into the cap. You just want a LIGHT dusting of powder to be on your brush when you apply it to your face.

Now begin to apply in a circular motion, on your cheek, near your nose, moving out towards your ear, apply to each side, and then across your forehead, nose and chin. If you need more, then continue to apply in even layers until you have achieved the desired coverage

After you have applied your foundation, you may still have some problem areas, blemishes, etc. A common problem for me are dark areas under my eyes. This can be fixed by simply dipping your finger in the leftover foundation powder in the cap and rubbing gently onto the areas that need further coverage.

Play around with it, and over time you will become a master at applying your own mineral foundation with amazing coverage that will last all day!

If you need help choosing the right Mineral Makeup shades, feel free to send me an email and I will be happy to help!

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How To: Pluck and Shape Eyebrows

TIPS: When trying to determine the following points, it may help to use a straight makeup brush or tooth brush handle. Angled tweezers are the best for grasping those small hairs that can be a little difficult to reach.

A. When shaping your eyebrows you need to imagine a line going up the side of your nostril, alongside your eye and to your forehead. This line marks where the inner edge of your brow should be. If you have stray hairs between your eyes, now is the time to pluck any that fall between the two lines you create in this step.

B. Starting at your nostril, along the outer edge of your eye and up to your eyebrow shows where the outside edge of your brow should be.

C. Line up your toothbrush or brush handle with the outside edge of your eye, straight up, to find the point where your brow should arch.


After you have determined what hairs fall outside of the area you should ideally keep, it is time to brush or smooth out your brow hairs, using either a mascara wand or a brow brush. When you begin to pluck stray hairs, start below the brow and remove only those that are obviously out of place and continue to smooth your brow hairs as you go along to ensure that you are achieving the look you intend. When plucking hairs, be sure to only pull one at a time, and pull in the direction the hair is growing for the smoothest and least painful removal.