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Looking for makeup ideas? The perfect makeup ideas are already right there in your mind. You know you best, and that’s where the best makeup ideas will come from. They’re likely right there staring at you in the mirror. Most women stand in front of the mirror and obsess about what they don’t like about their face. How about turning it around by standing in front of the mirror and consciously considering what you like most about your face.

The perfect makeup ideas will stem from this. Here are some additional guidelines for you:

• Think of yourself as beautiful and appreciate your individuality. Ignore the ideals of beauty that are promulgated by fashion magazines. Never use them to judge yourself.
• Makeup is not only a physical product, it’s also psychological. Correct psychological makeup application will help you to feel more confident and of course improve your overall beauty.
• Don’t think of makeup as ‘covering up flaws’; instead, see it as helping to enhance your features and beauty.
• Embrace age and wrinkles. Botox and plastic surgery in most cases don’t help to make you look younger or more beautiful. Some describe Botox as the heroin of the cosmetic world and many look worse off than before the operation / filler application. You should choose instead to ‘look good for your age’ through a combination of factors.
• When applying makeup, always start with a primer. Always use a good eye cream and a moisturizer with a sun protection factor. Forget about using powder.
• When applying foundation, it should always be the same color as the skin, not lighter or darker. Bronzing powder can be used to correct any different color areas of the skin.
• Last but not least, your lipstick – it must always match the rest of your face but should be a warmer, deeper, richer tone for dark skin and brighter for a fair skin tone.

Francesco d’Errico, an archaeologist from the University of Bordeaux, France, has found crafted lumps of pigment left behind by Neanderthals across Europe and concluded that Neanderthals, who most likely had pale skin, used these dark pigments to mark their own as well as animal skins.

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Ever heard of the “Olly Girls”, aka Holly Huddleston and Molly Shea? They are cast members (real life employees of a tanning salon) in an American reality television program called “Sunset Tan” that airs on the E! television network. Anyhoo, apparently they’re working on a “makeup line, lip-gloss, and nail polish line.” Hmmm, quite a few celebrity makeup lines seem to be in the works.

Although your makeup may fade and appear to disappear as your day progresses, you must remove it thoroughly and completely at night before going to bed. This is especially true if the makeup is oil-based. If you don’t remove stale makeup, it could help to clog your pores, cause acne breakouts and have other negative effects on your skin.

How to remove your makeup? Water-based makeup products can typically be removed using the same cleanser that you use on your face in the mornings. Oil-based makeup however, need to be removed with a makeup removal product.

Makeup removal products are usually formulated for specific types of skin. Once you’ve selected the one that’s most suitable for your skin type, apply the product as per its instructions. You may need to leave it on your skin for several minutes in order to give it time to dissolve the cosmetics. Then, use tissue or cotton balls to gently wipe away the residue. Cotton swabs may be particularly useful for the sensitive eye areas, but you should avoid cotton if you wear contact lenses. Also, take care not to pull or tug at your skin.

If your makeup does not come off after you’ve done this, you may need to apply additional remover or switch to a more effective makeup removal product. It’s important to note as well that persons with sensitive skin should avoid any makeup products containing potential irritants such as alcohol and fragrance.

Foundation can be applied with a makeup sponge or with the fingers … or both.

If you’re using a liquid foundation, dot it on your “T-zone” and use your fingers or a makeup sponge to blend the makeup out toward the hair line, cheeks, and jawline. If using a wet-dry foundation or cream, glide a makeup-coated sponge along the T-zone and blend outward.

What to do if your foundation looks heavy or blotchy? Regardless of whether it was applied with a finger or a sponge, simply run a makeup sponge across the skin to soak up any excess product.

Concealer can also be dotted on skin that is either clean or foundation-prepped. Using your finger or a makeup brush, apply a generous coat of concealer to any dark spots, scars, pimples, broken blood vessels, under eye circles, dark eyelids, or other skin blemishes that you’d like to camouflage.