Several years ago I purchased a book entitled: "Blue Eyeshadow Should Be Outlawed" and I loved it. All about how shades of brown worked in every situation.Labels: Blue eyeshadow, makeup specialties, style changes
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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
Cheryl Hodde writes romantic medical suspense under the pen name of Hannah Alexander, using all the input she can get from her husband, Mel, for the medical expertise. For fun she hikes and reads. Out of guilt, she rescues discarded cats. She and Mel are presently taking orders from four pampered strays.
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I also use Bare Essentials...LOVE IT!! I don't spend more than 20 minutes in the bathroom, including shower, hair, makeup, etc. That makeup is quick and easy to apply and is so gentle on my sensitive skin, too. My eye shadow is Warmth, part of the BE line as a blusher/contour powder, and my lipstick is from Clinique--Heather Moon in the winter and Silvery Moon in the summer.
I only wear makeup when I go out...my skin is so sensitive that I can't even wash it every day. Since I don't go out every day, it's a good trade-off. But coloring my hair to try to look younger than my 60 years is just plain dumb and way too expensive. My DH likes the gray. Besides, as a mom I've earned every single one of those gray hairs!
I've never ever been shown how to properly wear makeup. I wear the bare minimum. I will dab some concealer, brush a tad bit of blush, and swipe some mascara on. I do wear tinted lip gloss and that is all I do. Even in college my sorority sisters tried to get me to wear some, but it's just too time consuming. You don't need it either;)
Brown is the worst color of eyeshadow for you, cheryl! You have cool undertones in your skin. You need taupes or grays or gasp even pale blue. LOL When I see you next, I'll do your eyes for you.
Oh and I love Bare Escentuals too!
morning,
I don't have to worry about it,
cause DH don't like me to wear any! so why bother.
Ruthie, I've considered letting my hair grow out, because the gray is pretty white, and I actually like the color. I have a cousin who has never colored her hair, and she's totally gray. She's gorgeous.
Tonya, I used to play with makeup all the time when I was a teen. Such fun. And my hair was a different color every week. I was a blond as a little girl, and it gradually darkened, but it lightens easily in the sun, so I look pretty natural with the streaks in my hair now. As I get older, I get let concerned about makeup, but it's still fun to play with.
Oh, Colleen, I knew you were going to say that!! And you know what I've been using lately? Bronze, because I'm out of my darker shadow. And yes, I would love for you to give me a makeover next time we're together...which I hope is soon.
Wow, jel, if your hubby doesn't want you to wear makeup, then you're off the hook!
I generally don't bother with makeup but when I feel the need not to frighten little children, I wear a bit of concealer and blush and a smidge of lipstick (Mary Kay). I don't remember the last time I wore eye shadow or mascara. I don't think I have any.
I hate make-up. I look much better with it, but I hate putting it on. I mean how do they expect me to put eyeliner on when I can't see without my readers? I have the most powerful magnifying mirror I could find at Brookstone. It works fairly well at home, but I can't take it with me when I travel. So I either look like a raccoon or forego the eyeliner. I'm learning to go without it, but my eyes sort of fade away.
With allergies, half the time I cry off any make-up I managed to get on.
I do use a powder base, like Bare Essentials, but by Nicole Miller. At least sometimes. I should have been born on the prairie.
Cheryl, I grinned from beginning to end of this post. I've only used brown eye shadow for years and years. The only time I thought blue looked half way decent was on the same NCIS episode you mentioned. Yet not enough for me to go buy any. Thanks for the smile.
Sandie, I've tried to wear mascara again lately, since I did find some in my cabinet, and no matter how much I clean my eyes the night before, I wake up with the dreaded black circles--which will, indeed, scare little children. I used Mary Kay years ago, but started breaking out with it, which was a huge disappointment since I loved it.
Ane, I know what you mean. I never do eyeliner because I can't draw a straight line. I do use the Bare Essentials (I know, sp) dark eye shadow for that and it works much better because I can brush it around until it works. I've become braver as the years pass and depend on my eyeglasses to make it look as if I'm wearing eye makeup. It also covers the puffiness. I love my glasses!
LOL, Julie! Another NCIS lover, too! I still want my face to look natural, not made-up, which is why I use colors that blend more than they stand out.
going without sleep makes agreat Eyeshadow! ;0)
NCIS is one of our fav. too
theres a new show out now, call
(Body of Proof) I think is going to be good
Yeah, jel, but it's the wrong kind of shadow. ;-) I just looked at my face in the 10X mirror. Oh, MY!
Yes, love NCIS, but since we don't get TV, only Netflix, we can't see the latest season until it's out on DVD. Body of Proof sounds good. We also watch Criminal Minds and The Mentalist, probably thanks to some suggestions from this group. Thanks, girls!
Also love NCIS, Mentalist and have watched Body of Proof. Jury still out on that one, but looks like it might be good. I was just thinking this week that Criminal Minds might be a good Netflix choice. Wish it was on Instant View.
I wish it was, too, Sandie. Some of the shows we like, though, can give me nightmares if I watch too much, so I have to intersperse them with something funny--not mindless, but humorous.
I hear that. Sometimes I think, yeah, I need to watch something funny now! I've been watching Sue Thomas F. B. Eye and Scarecrow and Mrs. King on DVD. They intersperse humor with the serious things. Not quite so intense.
I forgot all about Scarecrow and Mrs. King. I used to love that. We have Star Trek on DVD, so we watch that when we don't have a Netflix.
I know I'm late to this, but I loved this post. By the way, you are stunning in this pink sweater. I think I've told you that before!
I couldn't wear Bare Escentuals. It broke me out, my lips swelled 3 times their size. It broke my heart because I am like you in that it doesn't "feel" like makeup, covered my flaws and looked so natural. Sigh! Elizabeth Arden does the same thing to me, but not as bad.
I think you should listen to Colleen about colors and you don't need to use blue. :) How about pink and burgundies/wine colors? (Other than brown.) But if you wear a blue-based icy highlighter, it might make your eyes be the focus, not the makeup.
I have such a hard time finding colors to wear, much less which makeup colors. I love lipstick and that's the most difficult thing for me to find in color. Sigh. If you wear the right colors, then you don't need as much makeup, too.
And oddly enough Clinique and L'Oreal do not break me out. I can wear their lipsticks and all products. A dermatologist friend told me he felt Clinique and Maybelline were the best for most women (kind to the skin.)
Crystal, I think I'll go to Sephora on Thursday and try different colors on my eyes. Wish you girls could be there to help me decide. I'm so glad I'm not allergic to this powder.
I will say that I used a gray liner-type thing this morning. Eh. I love my brown. ;-) OKAY, maybe burgundy.
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