Natural Makeup Blog

After finding their skin tone and exploring possible eyeshadow shades on women I’m doing makeovers on, I like to have them just look at the color options and tell me which ones they like.

I have found if you don’t like the color, even if it is supposed to be the ‘right’ tone, you won’t feel as good with it or enjoy wearing it as much.

There is one thing I love to think about from my A.P. English class in High School.  After learning all year long about all the how-to’s and rules to writing with the english language, we were reading poetry from some of the great authors.  A student commented on how these poems didn’t follow the writing and language rules and asked the teacher why these writers could break the rules we had just learned, but we had to write according to the rules.  Her wonderful comment was, ”As soon as you know the rules as well as they did, then you can break them.”

My suggestion to you is similar:  Now that you know the ‘color rules’on finding skin tones and the accompanying colors, you can use them when you want to, but sometimes you just need to find what colors make you smile and wear them!

Once you have compared your skin coloring to color swatches or taken the color season test and found whether you are a cool or warm skin tone, finding eyeshadows that will compliment your own coloring will be much easier. 

When looking for colors to compliment warm skin tones, focus on colors on the upper right side of the colorwheel which includes earth tones like yellows, yellow-greens, corals, and orange-reds.

With cool skin tones, the colors on the bottom left side will work best.  Use colors with blues, plums, purples, blue shade reds, violets, and blue-greens.

Teenage girls are always interested in makeup. They want to be just like their mothers; wearing lipstick, eye shadow and mascara. In many cases, parents don’t allow their teenage daughters to wear makeup. They feel like makeup would make their little girls grow up too fast and attract older men (never a good combination.)

In reaching a compromise with their daughters, parents might consider letting their girls wear lip tint. Lip tints are not as bright as lipstick and don’t attract as much attention. These tints offer just a touch of subtle color to a girl’s face.

Each person’s skin coloring is unique and tones can vary quite a bit.  Even children to parents and from sibling to sibling can have very different skin tones.  This can make finding your true skin tone difficult, especially if you’re coloring is more subtle or neutral. 

If comparing your coloring to silver & gold or white & cream didn’t work well, the a color season test may be helpful in determining your tone.  The following link will take you to a color season test:  

http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/sherazard/what-type-of-color-season-are-you/

Good Luck!

When looking at makeup, and especially eye shadows, many women wonder what colors they should choose for their skin tone.   With so many colors and variations to choose from, it can be a little overwhelming.

The first thing to look at is what your skin tone is.  Does it have more yellow or olive coloring (warm tones), or more pink or red (cool tones)?   One way to find out is to hold silver & gold colors next to your skin, or wear something white and something cream colored (material swatches, clothing, etc.) and see what happens.  If you’re skin is a warm tone, it will look better next to something gold or a cream color.  Cool tones will look better with silver & white.

As an esthetician, I frequently hear about women’s skin problems.  One of the more common complaints seems to be acne issues. 

One thing I ask them is what they are using to wash their face.  The majority of facial cleansers are made with harsh detergents, like Sodium Laurel Sulfate, and they end up stripping the natural oils from the skin leaving it vulnerable to environmental damage. 

I will suggest to them that they switch to natural skin care  products.  Using a facial cleanser that is more gentle – something like a castille soap.  I also recommend only washing at night to remove makeup and using a dry facial brush or loofah in the morning for a gentle exfoliation that won’t dry out or stress their skin, but bring more circulation to the skin’s surface.  The increased blood circulation to the skin’s surface will also supply needed oxygen, vitamins, and nutrients from the capillaries to the nearby skin cells, helping in the rejuvenation process.