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How to maintain your makeup at work

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I wear makeup to work. But after spending 8-9 hours at work. Our make up is then exposed to hard conditions. So we need to reinforce it. HAHAHAHAHA These are the steps I follow for keeping my makeup fresh looking: 1- Mario Bedascu Rose Water Face Mist: I always have this mist in my bag for refreshing my makeup and my face in general. It is very light weigh and it smells good. It is safe to apply over your makeup. I use it also to get rid of the powdery look for my face when applying makeup. 2- Compact foundation / powder for touch up: usually the foundation rubs off near jaw line and around mouth areas fast. These areas are often touched and rubbed with our hands. I always keep a compact powder -you could totally use compact foundation too- for touch ups every now and then. I prefer MAC 3- Cotton Swab: When working outdoor for long time your mascara or eyeliner smudges. I always keep some cotton swaps in my bag for removing smudges around the eye area. ...

Anastasia Beverly Hills Banana Powder VS MAC Emphasize powder

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The most famous highlighting powders from both brands. Banana is yellow-ish powder where Emphasize is a strike white powder. Which one is better? When to use each? I own both of them and I spent quiet good time with each. I have to set my concealer or it will crease as hell. According to the sizes, Mac powder is larger pan than Banana powder.  You can notice the difference in colors. I used to use MAC Emphasize all the time but once I got the Banana powder I started switching between both of them as follows: - Day time : Banana Powder  - Night Time: Emphasize Powder - Day Time Noticeable Highlight: Extra Banana Powder with little bit of Emphasize Powder - Night Time Brightening : Extra Emphasize with little bit of Banana Powder My philosophy is that it is hard to wear white powder through day time in the sun. I shows like you are wearing tons of highlighting powder, however, when using the banana powder, the yellow tone in it set the unde...

Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer

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The Best Ceaseless Concealer in The Market... NARS RADIANT CREAMY CONCEALER WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!! ALL MYYY LIEEEEFFFEE!!! As a start, I am the biggest fan of MAC ProlongWear Concealer. I like its coverage and how it stays in place all day, barely crease, the watery consistency and the shades variety. Though it is little drying, but its coverage made me ignore the drying part of it. But oneday I was shopping in Sephora and I got my eyes on the NARS concealers. I heard very good reviews about them, but as for my case with dark under eye areas, it was very hard for me to try new concealers. High coverage is must for me. I swatched it on my hand, it felt okay. I did not think that I would like it as I like the MAC's, but I got it anyway. The next day I was getting ready to go out and I tried the NARS Concealer and OH MY GOD! At first it felt very drying since it does not glide as smooth as the ProlongWear concealer. But when I started blending, it covered the whole under...

The Best Ceaseless Concealer in The Market... NARS RADIANT CREAMY CONCEALER

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WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!! ALL MYYY LIEEEEFFFEE!!! As a start, I am the biggest fan of MAC ProlongWear Concealer. I like its coverage and how it stays in place all day, barely crease, the watery consistency and the shades variety. Though it is little drying, but its coverage made me ignore the drying part of it. But oneday I was shopping in Sephora and I got my eyes on the NARS concealers. I heard very good reviews about them, but as for my case with dark under eye areas, it was very hard for me to try new concealers. High coverage is must for me. I swatched it on my hand, it felt okay. I did not think that I would like it as I like the MAC's, but I got it anyway. The next day I was getting ready to go out and I tried the NARS Concealer and OH MY GOD! At first it felt very drying since it does not glide as smooth as the ProlongWear concealer. But when I started blending, it covered the whole under eye with one application and the minimum amount of concealer in the wan...

The replacement for MAC Face & Body Foundation !!!

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Hello Bellas: I lived for MAC Face & Body Foundation. My friends name me after this foundation. It is very watery, sheer, glow-y, very suitable for day-time usage and very natural on the skin. It never clogs the pores or becomes cake-y on the face. It is very build-able to medium coverage, very applicable on the neck as it does not set in the lines.I LOVE IT. I love the way it works on the skin, when you start buffing it on the skin, the water in it is absorbed by the skin leaving very fine and photo-shopped finish on the face!!! UGGHHH it was my best!! BUT, It is unavailable lately!! I heard that MAC has discontinued it! as easy!! anyway, I suffered alittle, then I found the holy grail, MAKE UP FOR EVER FACE & BODY FOUNDATION! OH MY GOD!! I like it as much as I like the MAC one. So sheer, illuminating, beautiful finish, medium coverage, perfect for blending cream products above it. Simply it is perfection, especially when knowing that 75% of this foundation is...

How to avoid your concealer from creasing ! - My best way for a crease-less concealer

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Creasless concealer ! how hard that is to achieve. No matter how expensive or affordable your concealer is, the little fine lines in the eye circle area will always find its way to suck in your concealer. I used to go for every concealer that has "creasless" stamp on it !!.They do help but not as I wished for. So finally I found a new way to wear my  concealer, and frankly speaking, it improved my concealer look about  80%. So these are the steps I follow: Tone and Refresh: Toning your face and eye area not only feels refreshing and clean, but also takes all residues and oils left on your skin for a smoother make up application I use Rose Water Face Spray from Boots: Moisturize !! yes, I know, everybody says that!!. But yes, you have to moisturize your eye area so your fine lines can be filled with the moisturizer you used. So they do not suck your concealer. I use Sanitas Essential Eye Cream. Apply a Crease-less Concealer: Some how they help in t...