MOVED!

Hey everyone.....I am in the process of changing my blog over to my own website.  Please visit me at

afmakeup.weebly.com

Does this help?

For all of you that read my blog, I need some feed back.  Is it helpful to you? Is there something you would like me to talk about more?  How can I improve the blog?

I see a lot of people who read my blog, but no one ever post's.  Does that mean I am doing something wrong and you don't want to post, or you don't have time to post?

Please give me some feed back on what you think, it can be good or bad (I will try not to cry)!  I just want to improve.

Thanks for your help.

Heather

Mascara, Mascara, Mascara!

I love wearing mascara!  To me a face is not compleate until you  have on mascara.  I have been blessed with pretty long eyelashes, but they are so light you can not see them until I put on mascara.  Sometimes when I dont want to put on makeup, I will throw on some mascara and I am off.  I have always envieded those who have dark lashes, what I would not give to have that too!

I have tried so many diffrent mascara's and I always come back to Maybellines Great Lash.  To me there is nothing better.  I love the way it goes on and I love the wand.

If you have a favorite mascara let me know and I will be willing to try it and let you all know how I like it.

Thanks for reading!

Best Drug Store Lip Stain

I love lipstick!  I think lipstick is the finishing touch on any face.  Even if you have a light color on your lips it works wonders on your face. 

I have found that this lip stain is the best drug store stain.  I have many colors and I have loved all of them.  I drink all day long (no, not alcohol) so I need a lipstick that will stay on all day.  I never have to reapply color on my lips after I have used this.  You do have to put chap stick on through out the day, but I do that already.

The colors you can get are beautiful.  My favorite is Forever Chestnut.

Just remember that if you don't wear any color at all on your lips you should start.  Even if you start with a light pale color and work your way up to a fun color, I promise you will love the way it makes your face look polished!

Now go and put some color on your lips!

There Are So Many Ways...

There are so many ways that people have told you to match your foundation.  The most common is on your cheek.  After doing much research I found that you are to match foundation to your neck, since that is what you are trying to match anyway.  If you match to your neck then you don't have to worry about having lines and a "floating" head, meaning face much darker than neck. 

The next time you get a color test for foundation, make sure they match it right.  I know some people are worried that the person who is matching you knows better, well I am here to tell you that they don't.  I am not going to talk bad about makeup counters, but just remember they don't always know what they are talking about, they just want and need to sell makeup.

Happy Matching!

Swisspers

Swisspers is my latest obsession.  They are cotton rounds, but the best thing one side is an exfoliation and the other side is soft cotton. 

Anyone who knows me knows I always wash my face with a wash cloth (new one each day)  Using these swisspers it takes off ALL the makeup left on my face from my face cleaner.  Needless to say when I wash my face each night with a wash cloth it is always clean, another plus since one side exfoliates my face is SUPER SOFT!

You can get them at any drup store, they run around $3.00 for 50.

A MUST HAVE!

This is a Time You Don't Want to Shine!

 5 Don't for Getting Your Pitcure Taken.

1. Don't wear a moisturizer or foundation with a sunscreen.  They reflect to much light under the flash, so the picture will look over exposed.

2. Drink as much water as you can the day before and the day of.  This will help your skin "glow"

3. Don't put on to much dark eye shadow, you will need a lot of eyeshadow, make sure it is the color you normally use but wear more than you usually do. Don't use a dark color (smokey eye) that you are not use to, the camera will pick up any dark color that has settled into fine lines.

4.Always use a matte finish, for eyes, cheeks, lips, foundation and powder.  If you use a shimmer, frosty, or shinny the camera will pick up the unwanted shine and bounce off the light resulting in a shinny face.

5. Use to colors on your cheek. One neutral color under your cheek bone (blend well into hair line) and one pinkish color for the apples of your cheek.  This will give you dimension to your face which the camera loves.

I know that taking pictures are a pain, but also very necessary to remember good times that you have had. Do a test run on your makeup so the day of the photo you know what you need to do.

Just remember these tips and your picture will be flawless!

Foundation Smack Down #2

My sister called me the other day to tell me she had found the best foundation from Chanel.
(You can get at Nordstrom) I went out that week to buy it and see how it held up to Makeup Forever. Makeup Forever is a foundation that many makeup artist use. (Sephora)

The Chanel is awesome! I loved the color's it came in.  I got a color that had a bit of a rose tint, my face has a lot of pink in it.

 I love the way it goes on and the coverage.

It does not feel like you are wearing foundation which is a plus for most of us.

The price was a little on the steep side, $50.00

I can already tell that it will last me a while, you only need to use a little.

If you want to try this, but don't want to spend the money, go to the counter and ask for a sample in the color that you want.  They ALWAYS give samples.
It was nice to try the Chanel, because it did not stick to my dry skin. My skin looked moist and dewy.

I would recommend this foundation.

Makeup Forever is also awesome, but the problem I had with this makeup is, at Sephora they had a hard time matching my face to the foundation.  Three different workers tried and failed. That is not the makeup's fault, but it seems most worker at Sephora don't know what they are doing. 
I found the color that matched my skin. I got a sample and have been using it for awhile.  The problem I have, my skin is SO DRY! Makeup Forever had a hard time covering my dry skin and it would flake. I hate that!
Makeup Forever is about $45.00 

It was nice to try the Chanel, because it did not stick to my dry skin. 
My skin looked moist and dewy.

My vote goes to Chanel!

Don't get me wrong, my all time favorite foundation is still Perfect Match from Loreal, but I

cant use that to much either in the winter because of my skin.

Thanks Jeannine for the great recommendation!

Makeup Really Does Make a Difference

             See how red my face is.                     With Concealer.                      First eyeshadow color.

           Soft color to create shape                                                                     Adding  darker color

                    Eyeliner                                                                                               Eyebrows

                    No blush                           With blush, just on the apple of you cheeks.

           Contouring, making my cheek bones more prominent                             No mascara

                     With Mascara                                                                              Without lipstick

           What a difference lipstick can make.                                                       Nice scratch on my lip.

                                                                        Done!

         This is why I love makeup!  I have noticed that as I get older my skin does not have an even skin tone.  It was hard for me to start to use a concealer, but glad I did. What a difference it makes.

This was really hard for me to do.  I hate to put myself out there, but here I am! 

I felt that I needed to show what makeup can do, and there was no on better to show it on than me!
I had blemishes on my face, and I want you to notice that by the end they were gone
( the scratch was hard to cover) 

 If you have something bad to say, maybe keep it to yourself.

Before and After

I love these girls!  I have know them most of their lives.  It was fun to do makeup on them and see how different people really look with makeup on, and that you can create any look you want.