Makeup Help!!!

[Afrilaskan Queen 0]

OK this is great fun! I think I have the mineral makeup for you! It's mineral and goes to the deep deep shades of black skin. Visit http://raw.glow.com/ It's raw minerals and isn't just made in tan shades. Also the most important thing in getting a natural finish is good brushes, soft supple ones that absorb well. Also blend, blend, blend, whether it's your eye shadow, Eye pencil, cheeks or powder, don't just lay it on there - blend it in with good soft brushes.

Also the key to having a fresh natural look is to prep your face washing and then moisturizing, creating a perfect palate where your skin is prepared for the product.

Also when you apply makeup try to do it in the light in which you would naturally be in, like day light, I always do my makeup in natural light by the window because then you have a much better idea of how it really looks.

Also another tip, if you ask a sales person at a counter for help, choose one that if you were her you'd want to look like that - because likely they will try to make you look like them a bit, because that's what they think is working.

I also suggest that you focus on one great feature on your face, like you don't have to have every feature your strength. Like if your eyes are great, work them up and have a subtle lipstick. Or if your lips are great play those up and make your eye make up more nuetral.

Also hold the colors up to your face, don't test them against your hand or arm, because the face is always a different color on everybody. Another thing too, I would definitely say because you don't wear makeup, and I don't think the feel of it is great, for lips choose something you like the feel of, if you feel good in it you will glow, if you're thinking about it being on there and being sticky or itchy - you'll not be glowing. lol.

Recently there was the actress up for an Oscar award, Viola Davis - in the movie Doubt. She has rich skin tones and I think she really wowed at the oscars and looked classy. I would check out her photos because she has a good look going there and she allows herself to look imperfect in movies so you can see

Have fun!

[Tasha and Abdou 0]

Thanks for the new suggestions. I'm gonna check out the raw minerals website. I recently found a website called earthenglow.com. They are another mineral makeup company that caters to the palest skin tones to the darkest...the whole range. The selection there is out of this world. And a really cool thing I found was their sample packages. for $5 dollars you get samples of 3 foundations(your choices there have to be hundreds of shades, literally), 1 blush and 1 finishing powder (also your choices and tons to choose from). It also comes with a miniature kabuki? brush. So I'm definitely going to try this. All the reviews I have read about this company and its products have been good. Its kind of funny but I'm starting to have fun...and I haven't even started trying to put the make up on! Thanks again ladies!

[Afrilaskan Queen 0]

Hey there, I'm glad I got you something helpful with suggestions. Thanks for the website, I love looking at makeup and I'll go there for sure! I also forgot to tell you congratulations on going to see your guy! This is huge! Are you nervous? I have a family member who married a man from the same area and is happy about a decade later. He loves her natural and that got me to thinking that makeup is good and fine, it can be great fun, but feeling comfortable in your skin and being who you are is the most beautiful thing in the world to a good man! You will be so happy to see him and I hope you have the time of your life. So again I would stress that if you find makeup, if you feel comfortable and lovely in it you will just glow. One other thing I forget to say too is something that some women forget about and that is the eye brows, they frame the eyes - however getting them waxed or plucked by someone else is a scary prospect and I wouldn't recommend it unless you had enough time for it to grow back. I'd instead get like a Bobbi Brown makeup book and find a way to do it. However your eye brows maybe just fine, I can't see them - they're too far away. Hehe. However having too much brow or too little can make a difference.

Enjoy and have lots of fun! Sounds like you already are. P.S. my own beautiful mom didn't wear makeup until her 30's, it's not a bad thing.