New Favorite Face Mask!

I love trying new face masks and use some sort of mask about twice a week. Typically, I'm partial to mud masks but I read about Avon's Clearskin® Professional Clear Pore Thermal Mask (I'm an Avon Ind. Sales Rep.) and was super excited to try it.

I cannot even explain how much I love this mask! You get your face wet, then you rub it in circles on your face and when it mixes with the water it starts to heat up. Then you smooth it and leave it on for "5-10 minutes" (10 because it feels so nice), and rinse it off.

It has salicylic acid in it (0.5%) so it's a little bit drying, but i just make sure to use extra moisturizer after I've done a mask! I totally recommend this product!

Some days...

Some days, I wish i could be a model for high-fashion shoots, just so i could wear ridiculously bold makeup and get away with it. How fun would it be to have a reason to show off outrageous hair and makeup looks? Like this . . .

(same look, different cameras)

. . . But then I Remember: I live in Portland. So I go downtown like this:

This was taken on my goth date with my boyfriend Greg about a year ago. Look how much more pale I was!


#KeepPortlandWeird

Natural Eye and Night Look How To

This will teach you how to do one natural eye shadow/liner look and how to quickly turn it into a night time look to go out.

What You'll Need:

• One eye shadow for your base. This should be a neutral color, somewhat close to your skin color.
• Blue eyes should go for a base shadow with a hint of yellow or tan
• Green eyes should go for a base shadow with a hint of pink or beige
• Brown/hazel eyes should go for a base shadow with a hint of beige, olive, or cooler off-whites
• One accent eye shadow. this should be darker, but still neutral, and not as dark as your eye liner.
• Usually a darker shade of the same color as your base shadow, should work.
• Think opposites on the color wheel when choosing a shadow to make your eye color pop.
• One eye liner. Darker than your eye shadows.
• typically, browns, deep copper/gold, earthy tones.
• don't choose a bright color - you're going for a natural ish look.
• cover-up or thick foundation
• your favorite mascara
• brushes (eye shadow brushes, foundation brush if you like, very small eye shadow brush to use shadow as a liner)

How to Achieve this Natural Eye Shadow Look:

Step #1:

After applying your foundation to your face, the area around your eye should not have any makeup on it. If you have already applied foundation or cover-up to your eye area, skip to step #3. 

Step #2:

Apply thicker foundation or cover-up to the area under your eye, beginning by creating a semicircle of foundation about an inch in a half in radius from the eye and working in (see liquid foundation how-to). Gently pat with clean ring finger or firm makeup sponge to blend. Apply small amount of foundation or cover-up to eye lid to act as a primer (or simply use an eye primer). Blend this as well. Blend out as far as possible to get a smooth look (rather than a noticeable circle of makeup around your eyeball).

Step #3:

Apply your base eye shadow (the lightest one) to your entire lid, from your lashes to your brow and all the way to your nose. While you can see the difference, your shadow should not be dark or bright enough that it is particularly noticeable to other people (clearly, you just have perfect, bright complexion - even around your eyes!). Don't cake this on. I usually add a little extra to my inner corner, because I tend to rub eye shadow off there more quickly.

Step #4:

Using the second of your eye shadows - the darker, accent one - and a smaller eye shadow brush, contour your eye. apply shadow in the crease from the center of your eye lid, to the outside corner. Blend it inward, so you don't have a noticeable line of eye shadow.

Step #5:

Add eyeliner. Starting at the center of your upper lashline, draw along lashes to outer corner of eye, making line slightly thicker as it goes outward. Blend slightly by tapping the line with your finger. Also line the bottom lash line, starting with the outer corner, and stopping near the center of the lashline. Again, line should be thickest at outer corner of eye. Blend. Finish (and set line, so it wont smudge much) by using the smallest eye shadow brush you can find (one that can be used to create an eye liner-like effect) and dusting your contour eye shadow over the liner. 

Finish:

Add one layer of mascara (adding a lot will make your look less natural) to both top and bottom lashes. You're done!

To Change this into a Nighttime Look Later:

Darken your contour shadow - Apply more shadow in a darker shade to your crease. Next Add a pop of color to the inside corner of your eye lid. I chose pink because it makes blue eyes pop a little bit. Finally, add a few extra swipes of mascara. Now you're ready for a date or girls night!