Showing posts with label contour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contour. Show all posts

Saturday, August 29, 2015

How to apply blush according to face shape

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Applying blush can be tricky if you are not sure of how to apply blush according to your face shape. We all have different kinds of face shapes, and therefore there cannot be just one right way to apply blush for everyone. So, if you girls want to look your best with the perfect rosy cheeks, this post will certainly give you a low down on the right ways to apply blush.

Blush for round face ( Picture Courtesy : nerdcoremovement )
How to apply blush on round face – If you have a round face, and you want to slim it down a bit, take a bit of blush on your blush brush and apply it on the cheeks in an angular way, starting from the apples of your cheeks and blending it all the way up to the temples. Hollywood divas like Lily Collins, Kirsten Dunst have round faces.

blush for long face ( Picture Courtesy : pinterest )
How to apply blush on long face – If you got a long face shape, apply the blush on the apples of your cheeks and gently blend it out towards the temples. Sarah Jessica Parker, Liv Tyler got long face shape.

blush for square face ( Picture Courtesy : huffingtonpost)
How to apply blush on square face – If your face is square in shape, with a well-defined strong jawline, start applying the blush a bit away from the nose, above the apples of your cheeks, in a linear motion. Hollywood celebs like Gwyneth Patrow, Olivia Wilde have square faces.

blush for oval face ( Picture Courtesy : usmagazine )
How to apply blush on oval face – If you have an oval face shape, just start putting on the blush on your apples of the cheeks and blend it away lightly. Beautiful stars like Jessica Alba, Beyonce, Eva Mendes have oval shaped faces.

blush for heart shaped face ( Picture Courtesy : gallery4share )
How to apply blush on heart shaped face – If your face is heart shaped, apply blush in a similar way just as you contour your face, that is apply the blush on the bottom of your cheekbones. This will help to keep up the balance with the sharp jaw line and your face as your cheeks will be highlighted this way. Reese Witherspoon, Kourtney Kardashian, Cara Delevingne have heart shaped faces.

blush for diamond shaped face ( Picture Courtesy : nndb )
How to apply blush on diamond shaped face – If your face is diamond shaped, you need to highlight the bottom portion of your face. So apply the blush on top of the cheekbones and blend it away towards the ears. Pretty divas like Elizabeth Hurley, Ashley Greene have diamond shaped faces.

Additional tips on how to apply blush –
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·         If you want a natural looking rosy glow coming from the face without looking too much of made-up with makeup, apply a cream blush with a fluffy blush rush or clean fingers on your cheeks according to your face shape and then apply your normal foundation over that. After that, take a tad bit of powder blush in the same color of cream blush and put on top of these layers.
·         If you ever think, that the blush that you have applied is too over-the-top, you can also dust on some loose translucent face powder on top of that to tone everything down.
·         If you want a more dramatic makeup look, after you have applied foundation, put on a layer of powder blush and post that, take an angular blush brush and again put on some blush on your cheeks to get rosy cheeks.
·         If you have oily skin, stick to powder blush. However, if the skin is dry or you got a bit of wrinkles and fine lines, go for cream blush. Also powder blush is best to be used in hot humid weather, but if its winter then you can always use cream blush.
If you want the blush to stay on longer, like overnight, first apply a cream blush and then on top of it, apply a powder blush of similar color.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

What is clown contouring?

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This is going to be a short quick post. If you follow latest beauty trends, you must have already heard or come across the term ‘clown contouring’. And your curious minds have begun wondering about the new makeup terminology. So, this post will help you know what’s clown contouring actually!!

The popular adage that when it comes to makeup, less is more is no more a valid theory! In clown contouring, several shades and colors of foundations are applied all over the face wherein the face resembles that of a clown, and thereafter everything is blended in well. This makeup technique really brings out a nice facial structure.

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Credit goes to beauty vlogger Esther Isabel Amado Romo who was the first to try this technique and teach it to the entire world. So next time you want the perfect Kim Kardashian sculpted look, take the help of clown contouring makeup technique, wherein one needs to use variety of makeup products like highlighters, bronzers, blush, color correctors to name a few.

Generally cream based or liquid highlighters and bronzers are used to highlight and sculpt the facial structure. Then, with the help of makeup sponges or makeup brushes with light strokes, everything is blended in.


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So, that’s all about the latest internet makeup fad clown contouring. This technique successfully enhances the areas of the face which we want to highlight, thus giving you a perfect sculpted look.

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Saturday, August 1, 2015

How to contour face with foundations

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Contouring aint a trouble-free task! Playing strategically with the lighter and darker shades on the face and blend everything well, until the areas of lightness and shadows are amplified, is definitely precarious. Anyways, here we bring a few tips which will make contouring easy for girls.

Instead of a bronzer, go for a foundation or a foundation powder. Choose 3 foundations or  powders of 3 shades, and they should be only 1 shade different from each other. Now place the lightest shade on the centre of the face, dab the medium one on your cheeks and the darkest shade on the jaws and outside of the face to give the face depth and dimension.


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So this is a good way to avoid precise shading. Make use of foundations or just face powders, and you are done. If you believe in simple way of doing makeup, you should try this simple contouring method. 

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Monday, November 5, 2012

How to get thinner face and body with makeup

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Often we are not happy with the few extra pounds here and there on our body. Its not practically possible to lose weight within a few days to look perfect on the special day which has almost arrived at your door. If that is the case with you, and you are wondering what to do next, do not panic, aEsThEtIcS is here to provide you some help. There are some little tricks in face and body makeup which can make you look thinner than you actually are!

Slimming down the face – You need to do only two things when it comes to face to get a slimmer face. Two important cosmecit products you need to have for this is bronzer and highlighter. Broner will add a lot of dimension to the eyes as well as the cheekbones, which will help in elongating the face and will help you to achieve a sun-kissed glow. Apply a bit of bronzer on the hollows of the cheeks, and then just above the cheekbones apply highlighter. On the eyelids too apply a highlighter on the brow bone area.

Highlighters gives a soft subtle glow to the face while bronzer makes the cheeks look slimmer and the face more toned.

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Makeup for the body- If you are wearing a revealing dress, then you need to do makeup on the body too. This will create an illusion that your body is toned and slim. Mix a bit of bronzer or illuminator in body lotion and apply the mixture generously on your legs. This will certainly accentuate your legs.

If you have any dark spots or marks or stretch marks to conceal, you can use a tinted moisturizer or even a self-tanning lotion to get rid of such spots. After its done, sweep across your thighs and calves a bit of shimmery powder.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

REVIEW of Lakme Absolute Sun-kissed Bronzer

RATING – 3 OUT OF 10
Endowed with a plumpier face, I always felt the need of contouring my face well for videos. Well honestly speaking, I don’t use bronzers on a daily basis, infact I use bronzers and highlighters generally for videos and not for personal use. I got the Lakme Absolute Sun-kissed bronzer 2 months back, but I was lazy enough to write about it.

Indian cosmetic market has a dearth of branded bronzers and highlighters, though I generally get them locally from wholesale markets, though those products are generally not branded! But those are cheap and serves the purpose of video makeup, and applying on others.

So I thought of buying the NYX Bronzer at first but later on thought of splurging on a desi brand rather than a videshi brand. Patriotic feelings, you know!! But get rid of such fake feelings, cause obviously I find now that it was an idiotic act of mine which led to a total wastage of money. I am not all happy with the Lakme Absolute Sun-kissed bronzer. Don’t be fooled by the picture posted above.

What Lakme claims about the product? – Luxurious face and body bronzing duo that gives you a natural sun-kissed glow with its micro-fine velvet pearls for a luminousity that lasts all day.

The surface of the Lakme Absolute Sun-kissed bronzer looks intricate and crispy. But I could not make out the color differences as shown in the picture. I mean I am not after an orangish brown bronzer, I wanted a real bronzer, but this is very shiny and looks orangish when swatched or applied on cheeks.

The packaging looks like a compact powder case with see-through lid. Lakme does not provide any puff or blush or contour brush. Lakme Absolute Sun-kissed bronzer is highly pigmented and smooth. The bronzer also comes with a leaflet inside where the application process has been described in details.

One sweep of the Lakme Absolute Sun-kissed bronzer is sufficient. You might find the color to be copper toned, but it definitely has orange tint in it, which sucks!! Upon blending you get a nice sheen, but then that’s another disliking feature for me, since I would be topping the bronzer with a nice blush, and the sheen in bronzer makes the cheeks look BURNT from some angles. It costs INR Rs 600 for 9 gm of the product.

So my experience with Lakme Absolute Sun-kissed bronzer turned out to be miserable! I don’t wanna look cheek-burnt. And I don’t think I will be using it to bronze my body. So what else, its lying on a dark corner of my vanity storage, I dint give it a second try.

I really don’t know how come other beauty bloggers raved about this bronzer, while my personal experience says a whole different story! Is the “patriotic feeling” or “free goodies”?
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Friday, June 29, 2012

REVIEW : ELF Essential Natural Radiance Blusher Bronzed

RATING – 7.5 OUT OF 10

I bought the ELF Essential Natural Radiance Blusher Bronzed last week. It costs only INR Rs 300. I could find only one shade (Bronzed) of ELF blushes in India. The entire series by Elf which is named as Essential Natural Radiance Blusher has 6 shades which are – Flushed, Shy, Glow, Coy, Innocence and Bronzed (which I purchased).
The weight of the blush is .07 oz that is 2gms. It’s a cheap deal since some of the Indian websites sell it under Rs 250. A little bit of the product is enough! But the lid of ELF Essential Natural Radiance Blusher Bronzed is annoying, first I could not understand how to open the product but with trials and errors finally I figured it out! You just need to slide the lid up and you are done!
ELF Essential Natural Radiance Blusher Bronzed can be used on a regular basis. You can use this as a highlighter if your complexion is darker. If you are tanned skinned you can use this as a blush. The blush gives a sun-kissed glow to the face. But ladies please use a bit, and with a light hand, otherwise your face might look all messed up!
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What e.l.f says about the ELF Essential Natural Radiance Blusher Bronzed? ---- Exquisite, delicate, pigment that makes cheeks radiant combined with a healthy-looking glow. Infused with texturizing agents, skin feels smooth and pores are minimised.
ELF Essential Natural Radiance Blusher Bronzed is pretty pigmented. But at the same time its chaky, and can get messy if not used carefully! Its also powdery. The blush is usable and also travel-friendly since its small in size.
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REVIEW : NARS Deep Throat blush

NARS Deep Throat blush
RATING : 9 OUT OF 10

The name of the blush is enough to grab many eye-balls, and many readers might have accidentally landed up on my blog, wishing to find something (more intersting?) ,with the same name than make-up! Well ,the name is just an eye-catcher, I agree. And so is the blush. By the way, we are discussing about the non-p**** version of Deep Throat, it’s a blush by NARS cosmetics. If blushes interest you, read on!
Clear view of Nars deep throat
NARS blush in Deep Throat is described by NARS as “flirty, sheer peach color”. The color is warm, a pink blush with peachy sheer in it. If you have used the NARS Orgasm blush, then you will find the NARS Deep Throat blush to be much lighter but somewhat similar otherwise.
NARS Deep Throat blush is shimmery, contains gold glitter flecks in it, which gives a radiant glow to face. It does not clog out the pores (I do have open pores). Generally shimmery products accentuates all the flaws, but this blush does not!
Swatch
NARS Deep Throat blush comes in a sleek matte black rubberised plastic case. One thing I like about the packaging is that, the blush comes with a mirror inside the case. But I really dislike the plastic case since it catches all the dirt and fingerprints quickly, and the box looks messy.
NARS Deep Throat blush is highly pigmented, so just one swipe of the brush loaded with blush is enough. You can build up color on your cheeks by re-applying. It practically lasts all day long! Saying all that, I would just add one more point that the blush is not matte, so if you want a matte blush, this is wont be able to satisfy you!



** This is the 100th post of this blog. I never thought I would be continuing and would be able to reach 100 given to my infrequent postings. But finally, its done! I am happy. I am more serious from now on towards this blog. Lets see, in how many ways can we enrich our beautilicious journey!! **
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Saturday, June 2, 2012

REVIEW : Lakme Absolute Cheek Chromatic Baked blush

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RATING – 9 OUT OF 10

Today I am going to review Lakme Absolute Cheek Chromatic Baked blush. It comes in four shades, 2 for daytime looks and other 2 for night looks. Its shades are – Day Blushes, Day Sheer, Night Sheen, Night Sparkle. All are powder blushes and is baked on terra cotta tiles from Italy. The blushes are enriched with Vitamin E and Jojoba oil. Its free from any fragrance. The blushes can be applied in both ways, either dry for a natural look or wet for long lasting wear.

I got Lakme Absolute Cheek Chromatic Baked blush in Day Sheer. Lakme Absolute Cheek Chromatic Baked blush’s price is INR Rs 550 and is 4g in weight. The pack is circular in shape with a flip lid at top which is transparent. It does not have any mirror or brush in it and is dome shaped. Not fit to take while travelling since the plastic top might crack.

Lakme Absolute Cheek Chromatic Baked blush is soft and not at all creamy. I simply hate creamy blushes, since I have oily skin, I cant stand any creaminess on cheeks. Also the shimmers present in the blush is quite small and is not chunky. Pigmentation of the blush is high, only one swipe is enough for one cheek.

Lakme Absolute Cheek Chromatic Baked blush stays almost for 4 to 5 hours, and the shimmers also last for some hours. I have used the blush dry, with a large blush brush. I particularly avoid applying the blush on the apples of my cheeks, since it would be accentuating my cheeks more instead of contouring. The blush is ideal for a subtle soft look.

Lakme Absolute Cheek Chromatic Baked blush is an absolute wonderful blush! But it’s a hell expensive and might not be travel-friendly.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

MAC Me Over – Stunner Blush

MAC STUNNER BLUSH
Ratings – 8 OUT OF 10

Mac Me Over Stunner Blush is a blush from the revolutionary house of MAC who is known to create new revolutions each day in the world of make-up and beauty. Its a pinkish blush with a touch of coral hue to it. Mac Stunner Blush has got a silky satin finish. Its a combination of strawberry color and peach color.

STUNNER BLUSH
SWATCH OF STUNNER BLUSH
Mac Stunner Blush is not a very dark pink color, light one. You wont be feeling chalky or heavy or looking dull after application of Stunner Blush. It can flatter both the warm complexioned and the cool ones. You can use it as a pinky rosy highlighter if you are on the darker side. Its priced at approximately US $19.50, and can be shopped online from the MAC website.

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You cant use it with bright colored lipsticks since that may make you look like a vamp! But never mind, you can go for a plum colored lipstick to compliment the Mac Stunner Blush on your cheeks. The pigmentation is highly satisfying, also the texture is just a ‘wow’! Overall a good purchase for the fall.
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Monday, June 20, 2011

MAC SURF BABY SKINSHEEN BRONZER STICK

RATING :- 9 OUT OF 10

Today i am here, to write a review on a MAC product. Its a bronzer from the MAC Surf Baby collection. These bronzers are available in 3 shades, and comes in a stick form, which can be twisted to get reach of the product. The formulae is creamy. Highly pigmented.

Billionaire Bronze is a golden brown type of color.

Gilty Bronze is a darker copper color.

Tan Tint is a light tan color.

The colors are too pigmented, so remember to blend the product well, and apply only a little of the bronzer. You dont wanna end up looking like a cheek-burnt woman, i hope! It lasts really long, and you wont feel cakey or heavy after wearing it. It gives a natural glow to your face. But here i must point it out, that Gilty Bronze is a bit frosty, so be careful. Take a bit of the product on your finger tips, then dab it on, and blend well.

But the bronzers cost a hell. US $ 29.50 for a pack of 0.49 oz. So, thats really pricey. But then, skinsheen bronzers are great stuffs, totally worth the price. I Love it.


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