Choose the Right Makeup For Your Eye Color

Makeup Tips To Match Every Eye Color-What colors should you be using?

Applying makeup the correct way and using the correct products that suit your hair and eye color is absolutely essential in making yourself beautiful.

Hair color, eye color, and skin tone is extremely important when picking out colors for your eyes, lips, and face.

Eyes are the first thing that you want to figure out when choosing the colors of shadow that make your eyes pop.  Blue eyes, Brown eyes, Hazels, and Greens, will pop only if you choose the right colors.  The wrong colors can make your eyes look tired, or distort the color that you are trying to bring to life-your natural color.

Deep brown eyes is the darkest level when it comes to the darker brown tones. Luckily, you are allowed to use more dramatic shades. Smokey eyes look beautiful with this color. Kim Kardashian tends to sport the smoky eye as do most of the women in the Kardashian clan. If you’ve got it and know how to do the look,  flaunt it. However if you don’t want to appear like a raccoon make sure that you put some lighter colors on the brow line, to contrast the dark. All dark without any highlights can look harsh depending on where you are headed.  The Goth look is not what you are trying to go for. Highlight the inside of the eyes with a light grey if you feel the look is too heavy for you.

Medium brown colored eyes are the easiest to choose shadow colors for. If you wish you can wear violets, muaves, or purples. Green, gold, or copper, anything will work for you. It’s a matter of preference but you don’t have to limit yourself as much as with blue, hazel, or dark brown eyes. You are in the elite if you have medium brown eyes because all colors are going to make you look beautiful as long as you apply the colors correctly with your brushes and blend evenly.

Light Brown eyes have some distinct restrictions.  Do not make the mistake of dying your hair blond. Light brown eyes are considered warm and blond hair doesn’t mix with this color of eyes. You want to go for an auburn or brown hair color.  This will bring out the eye color more and most of the time your eyes will pop. Blond washes out green and hazel as well.   Do not use brown shadow if it is overpowering. Limit dark shades only to the crease area.  You may want to highlight very lightly at first and blend evenly with a shade that highlights the eyes. Do not use black eyeliner.

Yes, most women think it will make their eyes stick out but this is not so.  It can be overwhelming and underplay the natural beauty of your eyes. Try using a dark brown liner instead. If you are uncomfortable you can always go back to black, but the compliments you’ll receive may make you stick with brown eyeliner.

With hazel always pass on black liner. There are limitations with hazel eye colors. You want to go with  mauve and more champagne colors. Avon has quads which work perfectly for this type of color. Hazel and greens are allowed to use the same colors. If you have green eyes look for colors which match up nicely with hazels. The key is lining your eyes with pink, or other colors, but never black.

Avon has multiple colors of eyeliners and shadows that are foolproof for all eye colors. The nice thing is they are very affordable, and I use them on various eye colors. They haven’t failed me thus far. At around four dollars per quad, you really can not go wrong. The eyeshadow doesn’t crease either and therefore primer is never needed .Mix and match, don’t be afraid to try something new. So often we stick with the same makeup colors, eyeliners, and foundations since the age we started wearing makeup.  Don’t wear makeup just to wear makeup.  The whole idea is to enhance what you have not to cover it up, which is the most important tip any makeup artist can give.

As you know blue eyes come in a variety of hues just as the brown-eyed family does. Dark blues can wear more intense shadows, as with mid-level colored blues.  You definitely want to make sure that the darkest shadow is only in the crease areas. You do not want to scare people. Blue eyes are to be highlighted not painted over.

If you have light blue eyes you may have figured out that your eyes are the hardest finding the right shadows for. Overpowered completely by darker hues of shadow and liner is the biggest problem we find with light blue eyes.  Only use soft colors on your eyes. Just because your eyes are blue does not mean that you want to wear blue eyeshadow.  Unfortunately Almay and other over the counter type of eye shadow brands lump colors together.  Not only are the shadows cheap and they crease, but they aren’t the right shades most of the time.  Baby blues are the opposite of the Kim Kardashian look. Unfortunately the night owl look or as the say, the smoky eye look, will overpower your eyes and look absolutely ridiculous, as we’ve seen from Kim’s sister Chloe Kardashian.  If you want darker eye shadow colors limit it only to line your eyes.  Lining eyes with eye shadow can work for any color especially if you are trying to make the look as natural as possible. For bright blues you just can’t use eyeliner if you want to look your best. Shadow is key for baby blues.  In this case and for all eye colors you want the right brushes, and once again make sure to blend.

The last thing you want is for people to see exactly where you lined your eyes or your shadows. Do not use the small little sponges that come with the eyeshadow makeup compact. Not only do they tug at your eyes, but they apply the makeup unevenly and are impossible to blend with. Brushes are always best.  They don’t have to be the most expensive brushes in the world.  Wal-Mart has wonderful selections of all kinds of eye brushes. These aren’t your mother’s makeup days anymore.

Avon has multiple colors of eyeliners and shadows that are foolproof for all eye colors. The nice thing is they are very affordable, and I use them on various eye colors. They haven’t failed me thus far. At around four dollars per quad, you really can not go wrong. The eyeshadow doesn’t crease either and therefore primer is never needed. Mix and match, don’t be afraid to try something new. So often we stick with the same makeup colors, eyeliners, and foundations since the age we started wearing makeup.  Don’t wear makeup just to wear makeup.  The whole idea is to enhance what you have not to cover it up, which is the most important tip any makeup artist can give.

Premarital Counseling

The Importance of Premarital Counseling

Before heading down south for my wedding, I was informed that I must take premarital counseling classes at my local church.  When I discovered that we were to attend eight weeks of classes for one hour every Saturday I wasn’t thrilled.  However, it payed off in the end.  The classes help to strengthen and solidify the bond that you already have with your partner.

Today, most pastors will ask that you meet with them before you are to be married.  If you are getting married in a different state or country, as I was, they will ask that you see a pastor in your area and bring a confirmation letter that you did indeed take classes. The pastor then decides post- counseling whether or not the he or she finds you fit to be married.

When I heard that the pastor counseling us was holding the fate of our marriage in his hands I was a bit nervous, however he explained to me that some couples aren’t ready to be married but it happens in rare cases.  Obviously if the couple has completely different financial goals, interests, or family issues that are impossible to deal with, the pastor isn’t going to feel fit marrying you or giving the letter of consent to another to do so.

I truly didn’t believe I would gain any knowledge out of marriage counseling.  That’s how neive I was at the time.  My fiance and I had been together for almost three years and I felt that we didn’t have anything we really needed mending or help with.  I was very wrong.

In marriage counseling, you ask yourselves questions that you would never think of in everyday life.  For example, what are my views on house chores?  Where do I want to live in ten years? Do you see family interfering in your marriage or everyday lives?  How many children do you want to have?  How will your faith apply in your lives?  There are so many questions that you must think about and thoroughly discuss before you are married.

By the end of the eight weeks, not only was I thankful for having gone to premarital counseling, but I was also absolutely sure that my husband was the man that I truly wanted to marry.  Having differing views on subjects is normal human behavior. Weeding out potential problems in the future is absolutely essential.

As my husband and I go on with our lives, we have our arguments at times, but it’s always great to bring up what we had discussed we were going to do about certain decisions in our lives before we were married.

Premarital counseling grounded us for what was and is the biggest and most important decision that a couple can make.  We know where we stand with each other.  We accept and appreciate our roles in our marriage. We have certain healthy expectations of one another, and we are a unit.   I felt relieved after premarital counseling as I knew what I was getting into when I said “I do.”

Creating Your Own Wedding Invitation Packages

As you’ll find most pre-packaged wedding invites include everything from the actual wedding invitation itself, save-the-dates, and reply cards.  If you’re creating your packages from home, most of these are fairly easy and self-explanatory. There are a few ideas and key points I would consider when creating your cards.

Make sure that you are using the same font throughout your entire package. There are many different types of fonts which you may choose for wedding invites depending on what you desire, and you want to have the font of the invitation card the same for reply and save-the-date cards.

If you want to be a little more creative with your save-the-dates, magnets are really trending now.   My mother-in-law has one on her refrigerator and it’s adorable.  The picture of the couple is beautiful and is a wonderful gift for guests to treasure.

For most reply cards the wording is basically the same. The designs and fonts are just different to match the whole package invitations. For these parts of the package here I say redundantly again font is key, and the main component you have to worry about with your reply cards as with your entire package.

The wording for reply cards varies a little.  I learned from my own wedding that people do not like the options of simply “will” or “will not” be able to attend.  It’s too bold, and it’s almost like saying “yes” or “no.”  I found it even felt that way for me. Wording that is more “polite” I would say is so much more easy to use.

The people that couldn’t make it to my wedding felt strange even sending the reply cards back because they found it to be too bold for them. This is the type of wording people are more comfortable with for reply cards:

The favor of a reply is requested
on or before March 10, 2011
Name______
Yes, we are delighted_____
Number of Persons_____
No, we are unable to attend______

versus

Bold (not the best idea)

The favor of a reply is requested
on or before March 10, 2011
Name(s)__________
Number of Guests
Will Attend________
Will Not Attend_____

Putting your wedding packages together should be a fun and enjoyable experience.  Don’t try to get everything finished in one day. You’ll find it stressful and completely overwhelming.  Take your time and work together.

Scared of Drunk Relatives at Your Wedding?

We’ve all been there.  The lovely relative who has a little too much at the party and ends up making a fool out of themselves.   This may be tolerable at the time but not at your wedding.

This can be nerve-wracking anticipation wondering if “Uncle Joe” will be out of control and ruin your wedding. You may have a family that loves to drink.  In most cases you aren’t going to be able to control how much your guests are drinking.  Let’s face it we can’t control people however there is something you can do.

The best way to control binge drinking or drunk speeches at your wedding that you can do is to have a cash bar.  This is becoming the norm these days especially with the economy.  Having a cash bar relieves the fear of drunkards at the wedding and it’s much cheaper than an open bar.

Take the Stress Away on Your Big Day

Now you’re engaged and it’s time to get started on planning your wedding.  The most important day of your life is going to happen.

Nerves are a perfectly natural part of your wedding day.  No matter what your groom says he’s just as nervous if not more nervous than you are.

Staying away from people or places that make you nervous is something that you definitely want to do on your wedding day.  If your mother makes you nervous but you’re sister is very helpful and understanding that is completely normal.  Everyone’s parents make them nervous in some capacity.  You’re not alone if you think this isn’t perfectly okay to have feelings like this.

Make sure that you choose one person to help you to prepare for your wedding.  If you’re going to the salon with your bridal party make sure that you have already spoken with that one person who will guide you through your day. Do not have more than one “wing woman” of support prior to the wedding. This person should be chosen wisely.  This is the person you trust the most and don’t feel embarrassed or afraid to tell your feelings to as you prepare for you wedding day.

In some cases it may be your maid-of-honor.  Speak with her about how you would like to conduct your day ahead of time so that she can prepare to keep others at bay and knows what your needs and desires are to stay calm.

Talk with your mother if she heightens your nerves, or if your fearing that she will.  Tell her that you love her and that you need space to breathe on your wedding day.  Being honest with people is always the best policy.  Your mother will not want to make things more difficult for you and will do as you wish.  I’ve not yet heard of a case in which the mother insisted upon making her daughter feel anxious on her wedding day.

The most important part of relieving any butterflies on the day of your wedding is planning. Be completely honest with everyone involved.  Family, friends, and the person who will be your helper for the day.