I know this is quite sad, but at 34 years old, I don’t know much about applying eye make-up. Seriously. The most that your girl is able to do is one color, maybe two, with eyeliner. That is it. I don’t even own mascara or false eyelashes. I’ve been online looking at these fabulous pictures of Cubicle Chicks decked out in all of their eye make up looking HAWT and here I am, a plain jane. So I am appealing to my readers, what are must-have’s to start my eye make-up collection? What types of brushes should I use? What are a few colors I should start out with? What brand? And lastly, HOW do I even apply the eye colors?
Here is an example of the most I have done to play up my eyes:
As you can see, the look is very subtle, basic, and none too sexy. I would like a more sexier look like the one below from my girl Odara112 on Twitter:
I have been watching tutorials on YouTube and such, but they don’t really give me a list of tools that I need to get started so I thought I would appeal to you guys. I need help!
(you can visit Odara’s site by going to http://www.gimmethatglow.com)
Thanks for the luv sis!!! I'm still a newbie to the world of makeup so I'd definitely love to read the tips and suggestions that some of the more experienced makeup mavens can offer! Dani your makeup looks Gorgeous in that pic! I need to be getting tips from you b/c the only thing I'm not afraid to play in is eyeshadow lol, I'm clueless when it comes to foundation and other products.
I've watched many tutorials as well and I agree there's not much out there for beginners as far as specific tools and products. For me, since I'm a newbie I try not to get the most expensive or most popular thing thats out, b/c I don't wanna mess over the "good" stuff during trial and error lol.
Just this weekend I bought a set of inexpensive makeup brushes from walmart. It came as an assortment and has about 10 pieces. Also, as far as playing around with eye shadows I'd say invest in an inexpensive palette but make sure the colors are pigmented b/c pigmented colors show up really well. Coast Scents has a really nice one for only $18.95. I've seen newbies and professionals recommend their products so definitely check them out!
Sweet! I am going to start off with an inexpensive set of brushes first and work my way up. Do you know anything about Bare Essentials pigments? I went into their store the other day at the mall and they had several colors I wanted to try.
I've never tried Bare Essentials but I've heard good things about them.
First off I want to say you are beautiful!
I think a good starting point for you is to work with a basic color to just bring it out and you can play with. A great selection for you would be Wood-Winked AC6 by Mac it will make your eye pop yet its basic sexy. If you would like to do a base first I would go with a Cork A56 by Mac as well. Since you starting out I don't like to see folks jump into the expensive brushes work your way up. You can actually go to walmart and get a whole collection of brushes together for around 10 bucks .
Also I would say start with just doing the bottom lid of your eye with some color then start looking at more tutorials and DEFINITELY stay tuned to http://www.gimmethatglow.com I feel we will do some more things in this area soon.
Thank you for the compliment. I've always wanted to try MAC but they scare me. LOL. The music is always blasting and they are always so crowded but I would like to give them a try. I hear they have the best colors.
Yea Im with u Odara. I have the MAC makeup art brushes, but its already time to get some new ones and I got these some time middle of this year its extreme expensive but I love them, but Walmart has a good starter. But if you don't want the whole set even for foundation Sephora has cheap separates you can buy like a good 3 brushes.
Walmart
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product…
Sephora
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml;jsess…
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P1…
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P1…
Hey!!! You can go to youtube and search for queenofblending and also http://www.twitter.com/queenofblending I loveeeee her work. She uses all types of products and let's you know exactly what to use. I am going to check out gimmethatglow sounds great!!!