Face Contouring

Mac Scuplt and Shape Powder

Apply with angled brush 162. This looks amazing whenever you are looking for more definition on your face. It will help accentuate your natural bone structure by creating natural shades and highlights. However, you need to know how to use…

So let’s start by determining the shading and highlighting areas on your face:

Highlighting: The browbone; center of the eyelid; the center of the forehead and down through the bridge of the nose;the cheekbone plane and under the eye; around the corners of the mouth and the center of the chin up under the lip.

Shading: The hollows of the cheek; under the chin and down the neck; sides and under the tip of the nose; into the crease of the eye; the temples and around the hairline.

With MAC powder, use the dark shade for shading and the light one for highlighting.

For darker skin divas, yes you can do some countering as well! I will suggest you use the MAC mineralized powder in Global Glow (see gotta have it section) as your highlighter (I have to check if it is still available in stores…it may have been a limited edition). For your shading, use a dark brown eyeshadow like Brun or Espresso.

Clean it up!!! –> Combination skin

Here are my favorite products for Combination skin (read skincare 101 to find your skin type)

Cleanser:

• 1st Choice: CLARINS Gentle Foaming Cleanser All Skin Types . I highly recommend this product because one of the active ingredient is Shea Butter which will nourish, soften and soothe your skin.
• 2nd Choice: MURAD Refreshing Skin Cleanser- I like it because it is non drying and leave the skin feeling very fresh.

 Toner:

• CLARINS Toning Lotion With Camomile- This is the only toner I recommend for combination skin because of the camomile and vitamins A and E that will help your skin maintain its healthy look.

 Moisturizer:

• 1st choice: CLINIQUE Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion. I am totally in love with this yellow moisturizer!!! Make sure you get the lotion and not the gel if you have combination skin.

  

• 2nd choice: L’OREAL Dermo Expertise Futur-e. The pure vitamin E again!!!

 Exfoliator and Mask:

• CLINIQUE exfoliating scrub
• LANCOME Pure Empreinte Masque: THIS IS THE BEST MASK OF ALL TIME!!!

  

???eyebrows???

Let me start by saying this: DO NOT BOTHER GETTING YOUR MAKEUP DONE IF YOU HAVE BAD EYEBROWS!!!

I should have put this one at the top of my list. My lil sis just called me to tell me I should add more of my fav products and it reminded me that she is always stealing my SPIKED eyebrow pencil from MAC! Another good friend cannot go take her trash out unless her eyebrows are lined with MAC stud (shade for darker skin)

So ladies, please, I am begging you, go wax these eyebrows and line them softly everytime you go out. I will put up another post for a tutorial on how to line them. In the mean time, call “Anna” from the nail place and tell her you need “eyebrow wax”!!! Go to MAC then and get your pencil (spiked and stud are the best colors for darker skin)

Smokey eyes 4 ever…

Check out MAC NEO-DYNAMIC collection! It’s a mixed of gray/black eyeshadow (nehru—> DEEP DYNAMICS) with a highlighter to give you the best smokey eye look. I recommend to use smolder or technakhol eyeliner around the eyes…Add eyelashes # 7 for a more dramatic look ;O)

Aromatherapy shower in the AM!!!

This has become the only good reason why I can wake-up in the morning now without hitting my snooz button on the alarm! This gel smells so good it will make your whole bathroom feel like a Mandarin Oriental Spa! The mint has this scent that will make you want to stay forever in the shower…My sis and I rush to Bath&body works and empty the shelves everytime they go on sale…

Black Opal Foundation…hummm…

I was browsing the cosmetics aisle at CVS the other day (one of my fav activity when I m bored…) and decided to put a bottle of Black Opal foundation in my basket. I am a big MAC fan but I am always open and in the look out for other good brands…especially when they are cheap! So ladies, I tried this foundation and loooooooooooveeed it!!! It has perfect matching color for your skin and gives you that soft and natural glow. Plus it’s way cheaper than the usual MAC or IMAN stuffs…

Use it everyday and keep your “expensive” foundation for night or weekends…believe me, you will not be able to tell the difference!