Make Up Games and Eye Makeup

Recently I’ve noticed that I’m struggling with eye make up. I can’t seem to find the right colors or the right technique to make my eyes appear as big and luminous as they used to. Of coruse a lot of this is to be blamed on my age, not make up games, but still – I’d like to think that if I found the right technique for my thirties, I can look almost as good as I did in my twenties. For this reason, I’m going to have to seek out more make up games so that I can learn the necessary techniques.

Mascara was never the problem – I know how to lengthen and extend eyelashes that way. What I need to figure out is the best way to apply eye shadow and perhaps a liner to create a daytime look that is natural while also striking. To make it all just a bit more complicated, I want all the awesome new looks of my make up games to be visible behind my funky eye glasses. It’s a tall order, but I’m willing to bet that there are definitely make up games out there that can make it happen for me.  

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.

Sleeping with Make Up Games

It’s going to happen to you someday. You’re going to wake up in the morning, usually after a big evening of dancing and partying, and discover that you’re still wearing your make up. When you play make up games, you should always make it a point to remove the make up right away, and to always avoid sleeping in your make up. It happens, of course, that girls forget, but every time you forget to wash away your make up games, you’re running the risk of some pretty significant break outs.

Make up adds a layer to your skin over your pores. When you leave it one all night long, especially while you’re sleeping, your body sweats and sends oils and waste out through your pores. This oil is essentially trapped under your make up since you’ve left it on, and the oils can cause blemishes and break outs. Make it a point to always wash your face before bedtime every night, even if you’re getting in early. If you just can’t remember to do so, at least use hypoallergenic products that will let you skin breathe a bit better.
 

Make Up Games and Glasses

I’ve had the hardest time getting into make up games because I also like to wear my glasses on a regular basis. My glasses are great for my early mornings, and often my days become so rushed and frantic, it’s really just not worth it to worry about my contacts. I leave the glasses on and because I’m wearing glasses, I don’t do much wit hmake up games. In fact, I don’t usually play any make up games at all in the mornings. I just go about my day without any make up at all.

I don’t think I look very good without make up in the mornings, but even that isn’t enough to make me feel motivated to put any make up on. What I really need is a new pair of glasses. If I had super cute new trendy glasses, I’d be able to find the sort of glasses that really need me to pull myself together and start dressing up. Once I feel like I’m looking great, I’ll be that much more motivated to work on some make up games in the mornings as well.

Make Up Games and Great Deals

I recently discovered that you can get really great deals on your make up games. If you’re like me, you’ve been buying make up games for the full price whenever you needed something new to put on or you wanted to try a new look. Make up can be expensive, especially if you’re buying the decent brands, so I would usually only buy a single product or maybe two at a time to supplement my collection. I recently realized though, through couponing, that you can get a great deal on make up.

Every week now as I go through the coupons that come in the mail, I find coupons for make up games. These aren’t flimsy coupons, either – they are usually up to two or even three dollars off the price of the make up. If you wait until the make up items go on sale at your local drug store and then use the coupons, you can save up to half of the value of the make up item as you buy them. That’s a huge savings if you’re talking about $8 for a lipstick or $12 for a blush. Think of how much more you can buy with the savings.