The type of makeup you should use depends on your skin type, and the colours best suited to you depends on your skin tone, eye colour and hair colour. You must also take into account what type of effect you want your makeup to have.
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I) Know what you want.

Most women just apply make-up not knowing why they do so. If the aim is to make them look more beautiful, then highlighting their more beautiful features such as their eyes, lips, cheeks, eyebrows should be their emphasis. However some women choose to make up to make a statement or stand out in a crowd. Thus, they should then use bolder colours in different exotic styles. Note also that, if you are attending a dinner party at a grand hotel, such make-up would not be suitable. As such, it is important to adjust your style according to the function you are attending.
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In this step by step make-up section, we will cover only the simple and yet natural look that can be used and applied on a daily basis. The purpose of makeup here is to enhance your features without having to look like you are wearing a mask.

1) Apply foundation.

No matter which type of foundation you may choose, be sure that it matches your natural skin tone. We have observed too many cases where women apply foundation that is of a different tone from her neck. The result of such make up is even worse than not wearing any foundation at all. The purpose of using a foundation is to smoothen out your imperfect skin colour, scar, texture and act as a base for your make up. Apply a little moisturizer or toner to your face before applying the foundation. This step is particularly important for people with dry skin where the foundation cannot be absorbed into the skin easily. Use a sponge (square type) and apply the foundation to your face around your forehead, scar and pimples first. If you have bags under your eyes, please apply some foundation to that area as well. Continue to even out the other areas with a bit more foundation in gentle strokes. Please do not apply a thick, foundation base on to your face as it is quite unnatural and ugly!

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Lipstick is an essential part of any woman’s wardrobe, a today’s woman would not leave home without it, as lipstick can reflect your moods as well as, be color co-ordinated to suit the clothes you are wearing. Also the lipsticks on the market today are more advanced than in the past and are widely available in many different varieties and colors. As well as having longer staying power, the modern day lipsticks are now also more moisturizing to your lips then ever before. Lipstick has UV protection built into a lot of lipsticks these days, so be sure to make sure your purchase decision is not only going to look good on when it’s applied, but also make sure that it will protect your lips from the damaging rays of the sun as well.

Gloss
Gloss lipsticks are designed to give a great glossy shine to your lips and to keep them feeling moist. You will have to be prepared when using the lip glosses for lots and lots of touch ups as the glosses tend to kiss off too easily so always carry your gloss around with you when you are wearing it as a lip cover. They are more of a fun type of lip cover and a great one for a shimmer look which both blend in very well with the summer fun season, but do make sure that you wear your spf factor chap stick or lipstick coating underneath your gloss cover as glosses tend to be lacking in any sun protection. Lip glosses usually come in either a small pot or in a tube with a wand.
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The eyes have it, so they say as the eyes would have to be the most expressive feature of your face. Your eyes can say a lot about you, especially since being the first contact that you make with another person. You can alter the look of your eyes to suit your moods as well as the occasion, anything from an a-la natural type of look to a more dramatic and bold look, you can even change your eye color by wearing colored contact lenses, regardless of having perfect vision or not.

You can make up your eyes in many different shades to blend in with your clothing and or eye color as what you put around your eyes with the colors chosen and the way in which you’ve applied it, can change your appearance vastly as well as the image of you in which you are seen by other people. Eye make up is most commonly used to enhance and emphasize the beauty of your eyes and to create a harmonious overall impression with the rest of your face and clothing.
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Your blusher is the best weapon that you can have when wanting to give your cheeks and face some nice natural looking color and highlighting effects. Your blusher can be one of your greatest assets, especially if you have very pale skin as your blusher can give you more of a healthier natural tint. With blushers the main key to success is to never be too heavy handed when you are applying, as you are just wanting to achieve a nice vibrant looking natural glow and nothing that looks painted on or too thick.
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Concealers are a great weapon for camouflaging dark circles under your eyes, broken capillaries, spots and pimples. They usually work at their best when they are applied underneath your make up base. You should make sure that when you decide to purchase a concealer that you get the correct shade of coverage that will be a good match to your skin tone whether it be fair, medium or dark. The secret in order to be able to get a good camouflage is to make sure that you blend your choice of concealer across your skins surface evenly so that it covers over the blemished area and blends in with your skin tone properly so that it doesn’t stand out.

Stick
The stick concealer usually comes packaged in a lipstick styled swivel container. These conealers are often quite thick and fairly dry as they tend to feel more like a solid block of cream. They are however, a great weapon for being able to apply directly onto your problem area, but because of their cream like thickness they may require quite extensive blending to be able to camouflage the area properly.
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Powder is a must have in your make up kit as the perfect base will always need a light dusting of powder to set your make up so that it doesn’t go shiny or slip down into the cracks of the fine lines on your face. When choosing a powder be sure to get the right one that will suit your particular needs. This means to consider your lifestyle for example say that you are a girl on the go, in this case you would be better off with powder that was so versatile that you could just pop it into your handbag without it taking up a lot of room in order to be able to freshen up anywhere, at anytime.

And also be sure when deciding to purchase your powder to consider your skin’s complexion as well, because powder does come in different shades to suit a varying range of skin colors. Finding the right powder to suit your needs is a personal decision depending on your needs and wants and what type of powdered feel you prefer against your skin.
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The beauty of a good make up base is that it makes your skin still look like your own, but only better. There are many different types of foundations on the market today. Foundations are designed to give a good even coverage to the skin and also to help hide your blemishes and the imperfections on your skins surface.

When purchasing a foundation make sure you get the correct shade that best suits your skin type as well as your complexion (skins color), as your make up should blend in easily with your skins tone and not stand out as though you are wearing a mask on your face… If, you are unable to do this on your own, take a friend that has a good eye for detail along with you or better yet visit a trained beautician in your local beauty salon or department store.
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Make up is a world of cosmetics, a universal beauty routine that a lot of women put themselves through day in and day out. Some women are taught the correct ways of doing this by their mothers, beauty consultants and the like, for others they are self taught, learning by their mistakes of what not to do as they go along, living and learning.

For those of you who are becoming of the make up age or are still in the learning process and even for those who believe that they already know, you will all find the make up menu a great way to both start out with and browse through with a lot of tips, techniques and cosmetic choices to suit everyone regardless of what your skin type is.
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