How Not to Play Make Up Games

Like make up games? Have you ever wondered if you might be playing with your make up in the wrong way? It’s very possible you have been as there are certain things you should avoid when playing make up games.

Don’t Share Mascara – Your eyelashes have millions of microscopic critters on them. When you share mascara, you’re trading your critters with a friend, and you can actually agitate your eyes.

Protect Your Lipsticks – Your friend might ask to borrow your lipstick or lip gloss. You might hand it over without a thought, but should you? In fact, if your friend is sick or has a little cold sore or fever blister, you might very well wind up with germs on your lipstick. And when you put on your own lipstick later, guess what else you just smeared on your lips and into your mouth? Ew!

Light Strokes – When you apply make up, you should be using light strokes. Don’t put any of your make up on too heavily. Use a light stroke of base, power and blush as well as a light stroke of mascara. Make up shouldn’t be heavy.

How Young is Too Young for Make Up?

If you’re anything like me, you might have been told that you’re too young for make-up. Of course, I’m a bit older now and I don’t have to hear that anymore, but I remember well that when you’re ready to try it out, there is nothing more frustrating than not being allowed to wear it.

Make Up Games Bridge the Gap
While you’re waiting for a magical birthday or permission from your parents, you can make yourself feel better by playing make up games. These games let you practice your makeup abilities and learn how and why you use different products. See what a different blush and mascara can make and try on a bit of eyeliner if you have a steady hand.

You can play make-up games with leftovers from your mother’s make up or with a friend, or you can play them online. Online make up games let you play with make up, but you don’t have to risk getting caught with it on your own face. You put it on the face of the doll in the game, and you can experiment and learn all without having to wash your face or hide the evidence at the end of the day.

Holiday Make Up Games

What better time than the holidays to play with your make up games? With so many holiday parties and chances to try new things, you really should take advantage of the opportunity to see how you look in different styles of make up. Most of the fun is trying out things you might not normally try, so be brave and daring – be creative!

Start Small
With holiday make up games, you can start small by trying new additions to you daily routine. You might add a few extra lashes to extend the lash line or try a new eyeliner to see how much your eyes can pop with one color versus another. Try new types of makeup and new brands

Build a New Look
Over time your look can transform form one face of make up to another entirely different one. In the winter, you’re able to wear more make-up than the light and airy summer months, so try bases and moisturizers to see what feels best on your skin and what looks best with your clothing and skin tones. When you find the looks you like the best, you can make them your holiday staples and use those techniques for every holiday gathering.

Make Up Games – Metallics

As the holidays approach, so do holiday parties. Holiday parties are the perfect time to try out new looks, and if you haven’t played with metallic colors in your make up games, this is the year to try.

Determine Your Hues
Metallics are available in a variety of shades and hues, but you must choose the one that makes the most sense with your skin. Consider your skin tone. Would you describe it as ivory? If so, silver and platinum shades make perfect sense. Olive skin tones will wear gold well, and bronzed skin tones will naturally do well with bronze metallic shades.

Wearing Metallics
To wear metallics, you must consider the weight of the metals. For most metallic shades, they are too heavy to wear to school or to work during the day. Instead, they should be used at night as part of your going-out or holiday look. Even then you want to minimize your metallics so that they colors can make an impact, and not one of heavy metal.

Start with a shimmering base and then add a swash of metallics to your cheeks. A metallic eyeshadow, dark liner and dark mascara will finish out the look.

Make Up Games: Autumn Tones

It’s officially fall and very quickly moving toward winter. Fortunately, the more somber tones of autumn are perfect for all winter months. When you go to apply make up in the fall, you should choose shades that are suited for the season and the kinds of clothes you’re likely wearing. Shimmer and shine is great for the summer when you’re racing on the beach and playing outdoors. But the fall is more about football games and Homecoming dances and your make-up should make the switch, too.

Use Creamy Earth Tones
The best bet for autumn colors is a set of creamy earth tones. Every skin type looks great in earth tones, you just have to decide which tones are right for you. Very pale skin looks great with jewel tones of greens and blues. Deeper olive tones call for browns, orange, reds and grey blues. Dark skin can use reds and purples to make a rich look for fall.

Use a strong moisturizer as there is less moisture in the air. Then apply a light foundation to even out your skin tone. Dust on powder and apply blush to help give your face life under your hood and hats. Rich tones on your eyes and lips will complete the look and don’t forget a thick coat of mascara as well.

Wind-Proof Make Up

The wind in the fall and winter can be brutal, especially to a carefully made up face. The stinging wind can strip your face of moisture, and just when you think that’s bad, the wind makes your eyes tear up and you find your make up running, your face chapping and wish you could just wash it all off and crawl back in bed to rest.

You don’t need to give up, although more rest is always good.

Start with a thick coat of lotion and foundation. The dry winter wind strips moisture from everywhere, not just your face. Apply lotion everywhere every day and put on a thicker layer of moisturizer on your face. Be sure to use a sunscreen in your moisturizer to keep your face protected – the sun isn’t just a worry in the summer months.

Use waterproof eye makeup. Your eyes might run from the changed in temperature and humidity, so be prepared with waterproof eye makeup. A big pair of sunglasses will help to protect your eyes (and eye make up from the wind as well.)

Use blush. The wind will likely make your face red, and you might be tempted to skip blush. But using blush helps the redness from the wind look a bit more planned and taken care of while it fades back to a normal tone.

Make Up Games for the Stage

There are those who go to the theater and there are those who own it. The theater is a very special place and what happens inside those hallowed, and often haunted, halls is pure magic in the making. If you’re planning a career on any stage, you might need to brush up on your make up games.

Getting It Right
When you’re on stage, the bright lights are forgiving of tiny imperfections, but they can also wash you out completely if you don’t apply enough make up to make you features sharp under the lights. To get the right balance of make up and grease paint, you must practice your make up application the same way you would for the play.

Don’t wait for the full dress rehearsal to try out your new face. Instead, take an extra ten minutes a few times a week to practice with your make up. This gives you a chance to practice putting it on your face as well as gives others a chance to see what you’ve been up to on the make up front. If you’re not careful, you might become the official make up artist for the whole troupe.