Make Up Games and Base

Base is the foundation for all the rest of your make up games. When you put on your make up in the morning, you should start with a clean face and a bit of lotion. Once the lotion has absorbed, use a light coating of base to even out your skin tone. You can do this with a spray base and a sponge. Or use a damp sponge and a bit of cream base. Dot a few spots on your face and then blend it with the sponge. Use your fingers as little as possible for this stage – the damp sponge will help you get your base level even and light – fingers aren’t as good at doing that.

Outside of how you apply your base, you need to spend some time thinking about what color your base will be. Your base should be the same as your skin tone. If you tan a bit during the summer month, you might need to have a different color base for those months. All told, you might have two different bases, and sadly the best way to decide is a bit of trial and error. If you can test the products, test them on your cheek to find the base that appears to disappear. That will be the right color for you.
 

Make Up Games and a Fresh Complexion

Part of looking healthy with your make up games is allowing your own fresh complexion to come through your make up. There is a big difference between stage make up and make up games for every day, and it’s important to understand the distinction. When you’re wearing stage make up, you’re designing a look that can be scene from the back of the room. This means you really cake on the make up and over exaggerate things like eye make up and blush so that everyone can see what you’re wearing.

If you’re wearing make up games for every day, you don’t need to pile it on. You should be only enhancing your natural features with make up games, not covering them up. To do this, you start with a light foundation. Be sure that the foundation is water based and then add a bit of blush and some eye make up as well. A few swipes of mascara is all you need after that. Set the whole look with a light dusting of powder – perhaps one with a light amount of shimmer – and then your make up games are complete!

Make Up Games and Eye Shadow

One of the trickiest elements in my make up games these days is my eye shadow. I’m struggling with my eye shadow and trying very hard to remember the best ways to apply it, but not always finding success. I’ve discovered that the eye shadow methods I used when I was growing up and an a teenager aren’t working as well now. My eyes have changed just a tad as I grow older, and I know they will continue to change even more.

The challenge for me, and those like me, is adapting my make up to my changing face. Nobody’s face stays the same as they age, so it’s unreasonable to think that the make up games you’ve been playing for years are going to continue the same way over time. Already I’ve spotted a few wrinkles around my mouth and my lips don’t seem to be as red as they were just a few years ago. My skin looks a bit tired and not as refreshed, and now that my eyelids have changed shape just a bit, my make up games are going to have to change as well.