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Beauty Blog (Archive)
Sunday, October 05, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
1:54 PM (Pacific)
Opera was great! I fell asleep twice (oops) but that's because I was tired. Not because I was bored.
To keep this on topic, I did my version of a smoky eye yesterday and I dare say it turned out well. To me "turned out well" means the boyfriend liked it. I think the key is that I only did a very thin line all around my eyes. It wasn't as extreme as smoky can be. I used teal too which isn't as harsh as black. I have two raves though. One is the Bare Canvas paint that I used as a base. My shadow did not budge until I used remover to take it off. Boyfriend was in the bathroom where my remover is so I tried using water. Thought it would take off some shadow but nope! Didn't budge! I'm impressed. Second rave is for my pencil brush. I used it to put MAC Plumage (the deep teal colour) in my crease and outer corner. I got very precise application like I've never been able to get before. I blended afterwards but really, the pencil brush did most of the work. Love that brush...
On to colour theory. Technically, to make my eyes look more gold, I'd need to use purple right? And to bring the green out, pink? What about the brown? How do I bring that out? There isn't really a complement to it, is there? And why does green work so well on my eyes? Hmmm, maybe I'll do a pink and purple week. Just trying different combinations to see how my eyes react. I'll tell you how it goes.
Oh, I've been on my new skincare plan for four weeks now. It's looking good. I didn't have bad skin before so there's no dramatic improvement but I'm getting much less oily. I'm taking that as a sign that my skin is getting the hydration it needs. The makeup remover that I've been using on my eyes stings a little bit but it does a great job of removing makeup. It leaves no residue either and doesn't irritate my eye area skin. I think I've found the perfect eye makeup remover... The rest is nice. The creams don't feel greasy and the toner and cleansers (milk cleanser and makeup remover) don't leave my skin feeling stripped. All around very nice. The routine is a little longer too but it's some time to concentrate on me which is always good. It's expensive but my skin likes it so I'm willing to pay. Expensive skincare is worth it if it works for your skin. Skin is where one should spend (unless you're lucky enough for drugstore stuff to work for you). Makeup is less important.
Raphaelle
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