What Blush to Use?
October 8, 2008

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We often ask what kind of blush to buy or what we should use during the right time of the day. There are many different types but the 5 main types we can choose from and know when to use it, day or night.
For all skin types and best for oily skin is Powder blush. It is the densest blusher and long-lasting color; The Cream Blush is the type best applied with fingers. It is particularly suited for dry skin because of its rich moisturizing ingredients. For a sheer glow, the Gel blush work best on oily to normal skin and are not hard to spread since they are fast-drying. Tint Blush is fast drying like the gel blush. It can look streaky over foundation if not blended well into face. Once it’s set it won’t budge until you wash your face. Gleam bush are best for night time. It is great for giving a light gleam to your cheekbones and accentuates them.
Mally Beauty
September 29, 2008

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Have you ever wondered how Jennifer Lopez have such a delicious golden tan and Beyonce and Mariah Carey’s honey toned look? You’ll be surprised to know that the person behind that famous glow is a Filipina. Mally Roncal, one of Hollywood’s top make-up artists is the founder of Mally Beauty that is slowly making its mark as one of the sought after names in beauty. It is all about artist tricks and high-performance products that help hard working women look red-carpet ready! It is a put together ready-to-go kit to speed up the makeup application without sacrificing that gorgeous look. The popular Shimmer Shape and Glow palette was designed to make you look like you had a facelift, lost five pounds, and just had a romantic evening in just one kit. Her other products are the Smokey Eye kit, Light Wand and Cancellation Concealer.
The tips she imparts and some advice is always start with a great foundation. For brown skin like Filipinas always go for a yellow-based concealer, foundation and powder. Curl your lashes and wear mascara for this really enhances the almond-shaped eye. Always wear a little blush to bring life to the skin and lipgloss it’s a must! Don’t forget to frame your face by defining your brows this is essential. Now, you can look and feel like a star!
Autumn Screams
August 12, 2008

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After years of neutral chic, this autumn screams sophistication with a capital S, with strong shades of pink, gold, grey, black, plum and red, and sophisticated beauty mixed with a rock’n'roll feel.
Dark, captivating and mysterious, black is this season’s colour.
Smoky eyes combined with a flawless complexion and shiny lips create a sophisticated rock look.
Dramatic black is powerfully glam, and though easy to use it does precise application and some carefully chosen shades of grey to soften it. Bring out your dark side!
This year, the focus is on darker shades of red than classic lippy shades: aubergine, cherry, crimson and copper, and at the other end of the colour spectrum, candy pink is also in.
Textures are swinging between ulta matte and super shiny. The only rule is whichever you go for, don’t do it by halves! And make sure your application technique is up to scratch as these bold colours don’t leave much room for error…
Period After Opening
August 1, 2008
By Aileen Banting
Have you ever wondered whether your manufacture up have expiration dates just like canned food or medicines? assemble up have those as well too, but they are not called expiration term or “best before”, they are called “period after opening”. It’s a symbol usually found on the back to tell you how distant you have until the compose up expires. whether it states a symbol “12M”, it means the compose up is good for twelve months. A good tip would be using a permanent marker to write down beside the period after opening symbol the period you first opened or used the product.

Make-up Tips and Advices
August 1, 2008
1. whether the eyes needs brightening, it is most advisable to use shades such as beige, pearl or soft lilac.
2. A brush dipped in foundation is as good as a concealer. You can use it to cover any blemishes or dark circles under your eyes.
3. Avoid using pink or orange tone concealers as they will only highlight imperfections and discolorations.
4. For a natural looking blush, choose a blusher that looks close to your skin color when you blush.
5. Avoid heavy-lines around the eyes.
6. whether you don’t want to wear any makeup at all, brush bronzing powder on your skin for a golden look.
7. The tone of the skin changes as the season changes. Apply light or dark powder to your foundation to produce your skin look more natural.
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Beauty Tips 101
August 1, 2008
Lipstick is the finishing touch to any makeup. No look is complete without it. To perfect the art of applying lipstick, you need some practice, a steady hand, and the complete and right knowledge in the techniques of applying lipstick. whether your lip color happens to be uneven, you will need a lip base or balancer. Apply dark tones to lighter areas, and light tone to dark areas. These balancers additionally help the lipstick color to be pure and clear.
Before applying makeup, cleaning the face is always the first step. After cleaning your face, apply astringent and most importantly, moisturize your face to avoid having an oily skin when applying makeup.
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Choosing the Best Mascara for You
August 1, 2008
There are several different kinds of mascara available in the market. The most popular nowadays is the Cake Mascara considering it lasts for a longer period of duration.
A waterproof mascara is suitable for society who are swimming or those who cries a lot. It stays intact with the lashes and will only be removed by makeup removers made particularly for that kind of mascara. The regular mascara as opposed to a waterproof mascara will run easily whether washed by tears or water. Other mascaras have little fibers to form the lashes look thicker.
Mascaras containing plastic polymers should be applied to short lashes. It would cling to the end of the lashes giving the illusion of longer lashes.
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