Makeup chat!
Hi everyone,
My name is Michelle and I have been a makeup artist for a year and a half now. I mainly do evening and bold, colourful makeup. During support chat a few community members and I decided that a makeup discussion would be a good idea for us makeup lovers to come together and share our favourite products as well as an opportunity for anyone to ask me any makeup related questions
@The Mix posted this thread last week with all the info about how this will work. In short, post your questions or comments below ready for tomorrow. I’ll be online from 6:30-8:30pm Thursday to answer any questions specifically for me and get involved in the discussion with you guys.
I hope we can all use this space to help eachother and have share our common love of makeup!
Thanks,
Michelle
Comments
How many questions? I hope didnt put too many. Did delete some ah
Do you have any liquid foundations you recommend?
Have you ever tried to clean a beuty blender in the microwave?
How do i get my eyebrows looking like Kendall Jenner’s? Ha
Some great questions here Do ask as many questions as you would like, but perhaps it's worth saying which are your priority questions so that Michelle can get to those first?
ok so my questions so far are:
how do you cover up red skin???
whats the best powder to absorb sweat (gross sorry lol)
how do you blend eyeshadow and how far up your eyelid should you take your eyeshadow? like do you go all the way to ur eyebrow lol and if not where do you end it
My eyeliner (i use a pen one cos i couldnt get the hang of drawing it on any other way lol) rubs onto my eyelids after a bit, how do i stop thiis happening??? im ending up with a random black line on my eyelid lol
how do you know where to apply the highlighter????
how do you do a great smokey eye????
What colours are best on pale skin?
Was I one of the people with the ideas for the expert chat?
Any safety tips for applying makeup?
Is mascara or foundation the best? My opinion is mascara.
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
is it better to apply foundation with or without primer ?
what Lipstick and eyeshadow colour is best for people with super Pale skin ?
Hows best to clean beauty Blenders ?
How do you make your profile picture so beautiful?
What is your favourite colour lipstick?
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
also what foundation do you recommended for the vampire complexion? lol, all foundation seems to dark for me
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
Why do my eyes look like actual mud when i try “smokey eye lid” look. Lol.
Are you suppose to use bronzer to contour? Or is that only used a lil bit as suppose to be for shadow look thing?(if that doesnt make sense ignore me. Ha)
Also. Is there any makeup you reccomend for doing like natural looks? I haven't been able to do it as good I had at my sisters wedding 😂
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
Loving the enthusiasm and excitement here, and so many questions hate to be the barer of bad news, but due to some unforseen circumstances, we are having to postpone this AMA tonight. We will be looking to rearrange this though, so do keep adding questions to this thread. It may just be in the new year that you get your make up tips.
Chat is on as usual, so hop on over there
Ed
"The way that I have found the light in my life is through the expressive arts because I know that I will be accepted for the way I am." ~ Me
"I'm going to get strong again and see you soon. " ~ Anonymous
Im really sorry for the huge delay in answering everyones questions. There was an unexpected reason as to why I wasn't able to post but I am back now and very excited to finally talk about makeup ! Im hoping to try and respond to everyones posts individually and give as much help as possible thank you all for your questions and excitement x
1. I think liquid foundation recommendations depend on your skin type, budget and how much coverage you want. I tend to always use high coverage and put less on or only put it in certain areas if I'm having a good skin day
fave low price foundations - Loreal true match, milani 2 in 1 foundation and concealer
fave high end- Nars natural radiant longwear, huda beauty faux filter, jouer essential high coverage
2.yes i have! i put it in a small bowl with about two inches of water and some fairy liquid. it works but when you go to squeeze it out be very careful but the water inside the beauty blender is boiling !
3. if you mean you want fluffy and natural looking brows use something like the benefit precisely my brow pencil and do very thin and light handed strokes . Also don't clean the edges up with concealer as it'll look very sharp which is not how kendalls are
2. do you mean in terms of lips, eyes, blusher ?
3. I believe you were yes ! Thank you
4. do not use anything sharp near your eyes unless you're super confident and relaxed (e.g. tweezers to apply fake lashes)
5. i think it depends on the person! For me its foundation as I don't have great skin. But for people who are confident in their skin, id say mascara !
low end- collection lasting perfection or maybelline eraser eye.
high end- huda beauty over achiever or tarte shape tape (which is hard to get a hold of).
three tips-
use a brush to blend it out as opposed to a damp sponge as that will soak up some of the product and remove coverage. use a colour close to your skin tone- many use a colour that's a lot lighter and this can mix with the darkness of the under eyes and look grey, whereas something closer to your skin colour keeps it warm. lastly, use a couple of layers. apply one layer, let it dry whilst you do foundation then apply an other and set it with powder
2.i personally don't believe in primers unless you're super oily and like a mattifying primer on the t- zone.
3. lipstick- yash by mac or unclothed by rimmel. i think any eyeshadow will look good but maybe not a super dark black smokey eye. golds and coppers are lovely!
4. i use the beauty blender liquid cleaner
2. thank you! i just practice
3. mine is nude! i love using a dark brown lipliner line bourgois contour edition lip liner in 14 sweet brown-ie with MAC velvet teddy.
for a lighter skin colour MAC spice lip liner and yash lipstick is a lovely too
milani (foundation), too faced (foundation and concealer), urban decay (lip products and eye glitters), Kat von D (contour and liquid eyeliner). body shop (brushes and skincare) hope that helps !
2. companies have gotten a lot better recently tbh! I think it may be best to look online as boots and superdrug may not stock them in store even though the companies make them.
loreal true match and nars have great shade ranges
hmm maybe you need to use colours that have more of a contrast. also what eyeshadows do you use?
bronzer is to warm up the skin overall and look more sun kissed. contour is slightly darker and more cool toned and is meant to mimic a shadow to make your cheekbones look more defined or nose etc
yes! try and use more cream products and less powders. like cream blush and bronzer. also use a setting spray like MAC Fix + as this will ass moisture back into the skin and settle the powders, giving you and over all more 'glowy' look