Makeup Tips for Blue Eyes

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Ahhh…to be a blue eyed babe!  It must be hard having the most beautiful eye color a girl could ask for. Personally, I don’t think there is anything more pretty than seeing a woman who has enhanced her eye color by applying the correct makeup.

Blue eyes can appear dull and flat if you apply the wrong eye makeup.  To prevent your eyes from looking washed out, use contrasting tones to compliment the blue. Always use a light tone as your base color. For a two shade combination, complement your light base color with a dark or medium hue.  If you prefer three colors, use a light, medium and dark tone.

Recommended Colors for Blue Eyes:

Purple

Pinks

Neutral Tones & Bronzes

Check out our Pinterest board for even more tips at http://www.pinterest.com/doramax/blue-eyes/

Credit to Beauty 411

 

 

A Mind-Blowing Step-by-Step Guide to the Cut Crease

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“The Easiest Cut Crease Ever”

Before starting this eye makeup look, take heed. Bat a Lash Beauty blogger Samantha Ravndahl calls this the “easiest cut crease ever”, but also warns the look may take a few tries if you’ve never attempted it. “Patience is key,” she says. To start the look, apply an eye primer to the entire lid. Next, apply a base shadow like MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Bare Study to the lid, and use a white highlight like MAC Eye Shadow in Gesso on the brow bone and inner corners of your eye.

Start Sketching

Use any eyeliner you like  to sketch a V-shape starting from the crease in the middle of your eye and connecting to the outer corner of your eye. “Make the line thicker toward the outer corner and use less pressure toward the inner corner, to make the liner thinner and lighter.”

It’s Okay. You Can Start Over.

When your cut crease is drawn in, it should look something like this. No judgment here if you need to grab the makeup remover.

Blur It Out

Next, use an eye shader brush like MAC 239 to blend your eyeliner out toward the outer corner of your eye. If you can, try to keep the bottom of your cut crease a sharp line.

Add Some Color

Using the top line of your eyeliner as a guide, apply any eye shadow you’d like over the line and slightly above it, blending in toward the inner corner of your eye. You can also clean up any mistakes along the way with your white eyeshadow.

Flair For The Dramatic

Wing out your eyeliner for added drama. (This step is optional, but almost too gorgeous to skip.)

Finishing Touch

Run the same eye shadow you used on your eyelids (or an eyeliner in a corresponding color) along your lower lashline for another subtle pop of color.

The Final Look

Ravndahl’s false lashes (NYX Lashes in EL107 and NYX Half Lashes) finish off the cut crease eye makeup look.

Credit: Bat a Lash Beauty

Friday Favorites

Sharing our favorite finds of the week. What are yours?

Favorite Manicure

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We love this mix of matte and shiny. For a modern and unique look mix just a small amount of cornstarch to your polish to make it matte. Apply quickly or else it will start to get clumpy. It may feel like it applies weird and clumpy but as it dries it will smooth itself out. (tip: the more cornstarch the more matte it will turn out!) enjoy!!!

Favorite Hairstyle

This week is one of the most important celebrations in the world – WORLD CANCER DAY.  Celebrate hope this World Cancer Day by turning your Facebook and Twitter profile picture purple. Chevrolet will contribute $1 to the American Cancer Society for every profile purpled at http://bit.ly/M5KFuP, up to 1 million dollars, or until 12/31/14, whichever comes first. In honor of our support for this great cause, our favorite hairstyle has our favorite color of the week – Purple – complete with a bow. Gorgeous!

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Favorite Beauty Tip

Use Scotch Tape to Perfect Your Liquid Eyeliner
Photos courtesy of : ELLE.com

Healthy Skin Matters

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Your skin is the organ that comes into contact with the rest of the world. It holds body fluids in, preventing dehydration, and keeps harmful microbes  out—without it, we would get infections. Your skin is full of nerve endings that help you feel things like heat, cold, and pain. If you couldn’t feel these things, you could get badly hurt and not even know it!

Why is healthy skin important?

Since your skin plays such an important role in protecting your body, you should keep it as healthy as you can. This will help you keep from getting sick or having damage to your bones, muscles, and internal organs.

There are so many products out there to help keep your skin moist, fight acne and aging. Stay tuned to our blog for tips on how to have the healthiest skin today!