Friday, June 1, 2012

Concealer

Concealer is a cosmetic use to apply in the skin to hide pimples, spots or other marks on the skin. There is a wide range of pigment used to provide colors. Due to the pigment so it can have better results in hiding flaws, and makes them work well with a range of the skin tones. There are different types of concealers. There is solid, powder, and liquid. Solid stick concealer looks similar to lipstick tube. Works good in hiding but does not blend well. It is not ideal for sensitive skin around the eyes. Liquid, covers up good for larger areas of the face, dark circles and blemishes. And easier to blend.Powder cover up easy to blend. It is best used for lighter blemishes and under eye circles.

Top 3 Concealers


#1) Yves Saint Laurent: Instant highlighter adding a light or banishing shadow. Works good on under eye circles. Its a light works good on people are tan.















#2) Quick Cover By Chanel: Deal Coverage and camouflage. Long-lasting, waterproof, creamy texture, vanish dark circles around eye area, covers dark spots and evens out with skin tone. Light-reflecting pigments.








#3) All About Eyes Concealer By Clinique: Vanish under eye circles while helping reduce the look of puffiness. Long-wearing, moisturizing formula, wont crease or settle into fine lines, and it is oil-free.


Foundation

The ancient Greeks and Romans were among the first to use foundation. But their versions were often resulting poisoning, or chalk to create a fairer complexion. Also during the Middle Ages Tofana Powder was popular but it was poisonous as well. Many women dies from the effect of the foundation. It became fashionable for men too. During the reign of King Louis XV. Women believed that those who had pale skin were from a lower call in society.  Foundation is very useful in hiding flaws that cover wide areas in the skin. Dos not contain pigment to give color. There are many different types of foundations. There is tinted, liquid, cream, and powder, Tinted foundation is moisturizer with a slight tint in it that often contain sunscreen, and are the lightest and easiest to use. This is good to use for some one who is barely starting to wear makeup. Liquid foundation is the most popular one. It's widely available in sheer, medium or heavy coverage. Using a brush to apply the liquid. Best for those who have few lines or wrinkles. Cream foundation is good for people who have dry skin. Keeps skin looking soft and smooth. And it dries powder-like texture. Powder foundation works better for oily skin. This powder tents to be heavy in titanium dioxide, and had sunscreen.

Top 3 Foundations 


#1) Chanel Pro Lumiere Professional Finish Makeup Foundation SPF 15: Gives a fresh look and oil free for hours. It is smooth and has a very light texture and it comes in 23 shades.














#2) Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation: It is oil free and is long-lasting. It gives you fresh, healthy looking skin.












#3) Lorac Breakthrough Performance Foundation: Oil free and help delay wrinkles. It has SPF 14 which helps protect skin form the sun. It has a creamy, thicker consistency.








Blush

Blush is a cosmetic that is use to redden your cheeks. Not only does blush gives color to your cheeks but, it contains high quality minerals that gives depth and accentuates your inner glow. The Egyptians used to apply blush early as 3000 BC. Blush includes many different ingredients such as magnesium hydroxide silicate, polymenthyl methacrylate, corn starch, octyldodecyl laclate, zinc stearate, oimethicone, octyidodecyl stearate, nyloa, sitica, iron oxides, and carmine. The textures blends with a silky touch and smooths skin and gives a natural look. You can choose from cream, powder or gel, tinted, Shimmer, and bronze blushes. The powder blush is the most common use and it is good for most skins. This blush works more for oily skin. Its a lasting product. It should be applied after putting foundation and face power. The cream blush its more intense than powder. It works better for dry skin and good for wrinkles. It should apply after foundation but before face powder. The gel blusher is not that common but it is good use for normal to oily skin. It dries quick and her to blend at times. It can be applied over foundation. The tint blush it similar to the gel one. Also dries up quick, so if it not complete blend it can create a streaking effect on top of the foundation. The shimmer blush it creates a shimmering effect on the skin. It best to wear at night, may loose the effect in daylight. Bronzer blush makes a tanned look to the skin.

Top 3 Blushes 


#1) Nars Blush: A soft pressed powder blush. It comes in in several natural shades and they all have a slight gold spark on it. Pink color for natural blush undertone to create to highlight the complexion.














#2) Powder Blush Compact By Clarins: A compact powder texture and subtle, natural looking shades helping highlight and give a natural skin color.















#3) Dior Blush: A two shaded compact that can be blended together or for two separate looks. Well on skin to produce  radiant look.








Lipstick

Lipstick is a cosmetic used to add color and glitter to your lips. From the ancient Greece, people have darkened, painted and adorned their lips with dyes, pigments, plant roots, pencils and rouges. Lipstick began in the 19th century. By 1880's, carmine dye, an extract of ground-up insect, was applied to the lips using  brush. In the early 1900's a form of carmine was infused into an oil and wax base, creating a colored lip aintment that looked more natural than carmine dye. In the beginning, lipstick was not yet a lip stick. The lip color was sold in paper tubes witch made it impossible to carry around. Around 1915, lipstick started to be sold in metal containers, with various push-up tubes. In the 1930's the Max Factor realized the first lip gloss. Lipstick is made out of many waxes, oils, pigments, and emollients. The wax used for the shape and ease of applications. There is also carnauba wax, an exudate from the pores of Brazilian wax, palm tree leaves, and condeilla wax, coming from the candeilla plants. That is made by placing the plants in boiling water mixed with sulfuric acid that skims off the wax that goes to the surface. The oils and fats are from olive oils, mineral oil, castor oil, cocoa butter, lanolin, and petroleum. The castor oil is makes a strong, shiny film when it dries up. There are some moisturizers like vitamin E, aloe vera, collagn, amino acid, and sun screen are put in lipstick. That kept the lips soft, moisturized and protect.

 Top 3 Lipsticks   

#1) Guerlain Kiss Kiss Lipstick: This lipstick provides instant and long lasting moisture. There about 30 different shades to choose from that can give your lips sparkle and volatile metallic pearl color and creamy.


















#2) Dior Addict Lipstick: This lipstick is smooth with good coverage, fresh and gives a shiny color. Glittery lipsticks available. Dozens of colors available.
















3#) Aqualumiere Sheer Color Lipshine SPF 15 By Chanel:  Gives creamy texture an softness and comfort. The SPF 15 is for sun protection, Shea butter, and vitamin e. Auqalumiere has smooth color and shiny.












Eyeshadow

Eye shadow is a a cosmetic that adds color in the eyelids. Eyeshadow was used in the early 10000 BC. in Egypt. The people there used a cosmetic stick around their eyes known as kohl, which is powder made from the burnt almonds crushed antimony, oxide cooper, ocher, lead, ash, and malachite. They believed that eye shadow would protect their skin and improve their eyesight. In the 7th and 8th centuries BC, Greek traders use to sell the eye shadow called Fucus. Fucus was colored blue and green, and it became high fashion in at that time. Then around 5th century in India, people use to decorate their body including the eyes, with Henna. Henna was important in religious services and after it led to the use of kohl from Egypt. In the beginning of the 11th century in Japan, women use to decorate the corner of their eyes with crushed petals of flowers, bird droppings and rice flowers. There are different types of eye shadow. There is cream, powder, and pressed powder eye shadow. The cream eye shadow are not that popular. There are very difficult to blend and the cream it moves around on the eyelid after a short amount of time. The powder seems like it also moves a lot and it is difficult to control as well. The pressed powder eye shadow are more popular. The powder it is easy to spread, it doesn't move and can gives good results. 

 Top 3 eye shadows 

#1) Dior 5-Color Eyes Shadow Compact: A palette of five eye shadow powder colors that had a good amount of silk and high pigment. There are 18 different colors to choose from. 













#2) Silky Eye Shadow Duo By Chanel: Adds a good amount of color, smooth, long-lasting wear with out creasing. 














#3) Pant Pot Eye Shadow By Mac: Cream eye shadow easy blending and adds more depth to the eye. Highly pigment eye color and long wearing. Dozens of colors available.