Dear make-up nerds and eye shadow noobs alike,
Today while putting on my
normal-everyday makeup I had a sudden urge to be glamorous. Normally when I
want a little extra flair, I brush on one of my many shimmery shadows, add
liner, mascara, and call it a day. But this simple sparkle fix wasn’t quite
satisfying my inner movie star today. I wasn’t going anywhere extravagant, but looking
at my bare-lidded reflection I decided it was time I got a little more creative
than just one tone shimmery eye color.
Recently I’ve been taking to
telling women around me that it’s important to take those extra steps
through-out the day that make you feel beautiful. This could be as simple as
wearing a new pop-of-color lip gloss…making sure your cuticles are moisturized…
or even just giving yourself five minutes of quiet time in the morning to sip
tea and download (A calm woman is a beautiful one). As I prepared to embark on
my eye-shadow adventure, I reminded myself that it’s okay to take an extra five
minutes or so to make myself feel like my
best me.
With my feel-good mantra chanting
in my head, I did what every girl in beauty distress does…I YouTube’d it! There
were plenty of videos that showed me how to do smoky eyes and shimmery night looks,
but I wasn’t looking for a night-on-the-town look for my afternoon errands
around town. I did eventually happen upon a couple of helpful videos that
illustrated the proper places to put what shade, how to blend, and what brushes
to use, (one of the videos I used to get a general idea below) but even after following step by step… I felt I still
appeared to be a shimmery raccoon-looking mess.
My conclusion after about a
half hour of fooling around with my mediocre selection of shimmer packed
gold-orange and white-pink shadows was this:
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I need to invest in some matte and velvet finish shadow
palettes so I don’t look like a glitter fairy threw up on my entire face.
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I need to learn how to prevent fall-out while applying
so I don’t end up with matching freckles of shadow color.
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Look especially for palettes with neutral colors that
compliment my very fair skin and blue-green eyes. I’m not the kind of girl who
wants to where violent or green shadow everyday.
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It might not be a bad idea to take a look at the
slightly more expensive brush choices to replace my mini drug store set as I
progress.
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Do some research and find a cheap brand of eyelid
primer that I could find at my local drug store.
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Invest in palettes with three to four complementing
shades that have a variety of matte and shimmer finish. (This conclusion was
hard for me because I so desperately wanted to immediately be like the
pro-makeup girlies who design their own trio’s from single pots. I consoled
myself by remembering that even the pros had to start somewhere).
So with optimism and a new
adventure ahead of me, I ended up settling on my normal-every day simple makeup
with bare lids, liner, and mascara. I plan to go drug-store hopping in the very
near future (and maybe a little trip to target as well) to buy a couple of
simple and cheap options to experiment with. Because I’m just starting out, I
will resist the temptation to travel to Sephora and buy ungodly priced brushes
and paint pots. For a beginner who will probably hit pan just by practicing, I
believe sticking with $5 trios and mini brush sets will work just fine. Once I
return from this mission, I will record my findings and buys as well as fresh
questions that I am sure I will have about the mysterious world of eye-shadow….
Till
Then!
Love, Lizzie
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