Make-Up Gurus, Is my make-up 'off'?

Looks natural to me. I only see the eyeliner and the brows. The rest of your face doesn't look made up... that is a good thing to me.

Edited to state, the lips have a nice pink too. Also, I'm not a makeup guru. lol

nainai0585 wrote: »

Hmmmm, but the colour transition from the face to the neck is clearly visible....to me anyways. I assumed that was a big no no.....maybe I'm wrong

Now that you mentioned it, I noticed a little. It's not major. I just took a make up class on Tuesday... lol. She told me to use a foundation that matches my chest more and that will avoid that happening. However, I live in florida, where the sun hits your chest a lot if not covered.

nainai0585 wrote: »

I live in Alberta, Canada so we're JUST getting into our spring clothes and are still very pale.
That's excellent advice about matching the colour, I had never heard it before.

I've come to the conclusion that I need a foundation for the pale months too. )

I just noticed you mentioned your eyebrows... Youtube is the place to learn how to perfect your eyebrows. Also, google "Anastasia eyebrow templates". It's awesome. Will help you to shape your brows.

i would agree on a shade lighter foundation and using a bronzer to highlight certain areas and bring in a bit of color. lipstick is a good day lipstick. u can go in to somewhere like sephora and they can match your foundation and give advice for a new shade of lipstick if u want to try something different!

_incogNEATo_ wrote: »

Is it weird that I just read through all of these responses?

Yes, but did you learn anything? lol!

_incogNEATo_ wrote: »

spicy618 wrote: »

_incogNEATo_ wrote: »

Is it weird that I just read through all of these responses?

Yes, but did you learn anything? lol!

I'm watching videos about shaping eyebrows now if that tells you anything.

lmao! You are a good student. Make sure to come post a picture.

I would go with something a bit less pink and a bit more... peach - so more earthy in tone and a bit lighter. And I agree with your assessment on the brows being too thin. For daytime, I skip foundation all together, because it's too easy to see in natural lighting, and I don't want to wear foundation to the bra line... >_<

I am not a make-up guru. I just spent a lot of time wearing the stuff for theater.

I think everything looks fine except for the eyebrows, they are too thin and too flat. It would look nice if they had more arch. I would suggest watching some youtube videos to learn how to pencil them in. Or use brow templates like someone else mentioned.

I personally don't see anything too dark. I didn't notice the foundation difference at all until it was mentioned by others and still can't see much of a transition in the color. I would recommend trying a BB cream over a foundation. I use one from Loreal and I absolutely love it! I can barely tell that its on my face at all but gives me the coverage I desire. Pinks look horrible on me but I don't see anything wrong with your lips. And I do agree on the eyebrows but that's something easily changed. I went through a very embarrassing eyebrow stage in the past but I have now been going to the same salon for my eyebrows for the past 10 years. You may want to consider an eyebrow guru to help you achieve the shape you want.

I would agree with a peach toned lip opposed to pink and possibly reshape your brows entirely. As someone who never totally learned to do their eyebrows properly till a few years ago I can completely sympathize, but a different shape would be much more flattering on your face

I think you are going to get different opinions from different people, but that being said I'll give you mine. (And I also think you should take a couple of different photos, because different lighting can throw the colors off.)

1) The eyebrows are a bit too thin. (Try filling them in until they've grow in.)
2) The skin appears a bit ruddy or more orange than the neck/chest area. (Is your foundation slightly too dark, or is it powder/bronzer or even the lighting of the picture that is throwing this off?)
3) The lip color is too bright for your skin tone. (Try a peach, or lighter and warmer toned pink.)
4) The eye makeup is a nice color for your blue eyes, but the way it was applied makes your eyes appear smaller. (Instead of a dark color over the entire lid, try to gradually blend out the color into the crease. It would also look more balanced if the bottom lash line had a smudge of a very faint grey color to round out the entire eye.)



*Also, a lot of drugstores will allow you to return makeup even after it is opened for full refund with receipt (they will just throw it away though), and Sephora will allow you to exchange or refund any product as long as you have the receipt.

you look good and you dont look very made-up but Id go for a tinted lip chap over the lipstick, the colour will be a bit lighter and more natural, and your lips look a tad bit dry so itll help with that, and exfoliate
I would also suggest tightlining for your eyeliner and only putting eyeliner on your top lid and not your water line, or use a light blue/white eyeliner for your water line if you must,
and it looks like you have freckles but your foundation covers them up, go for a lighter foundation, honestly a bb cream and a light powder to set it might be better, especially around your nose, chin and forehead, and blend it a bit more around your neck, its not super noticeable but it is a different shade than your face,
fill in your eyebrows a bit, use pencil and powder, and try a bit of mascara to bring out your eyes
and use a coralish blush to contour around your cheeks a bit

sorry that sounds very critical, you do look lovely, and take what i say with a grain of salt, im by no means a professional make-up artist, or even adequate, i can barely do my own make-up