[hottytoddy]

I am pissed that I was out of town during this thread. I am a makeup artist! Taken classes & everything!

I will try to make this short.

OK--There isn't just one great type of makeup or anything. You first need to evaluate your skin. Most makeup lines have different kinds of foundation for different types of skin.

Foundation - Prescriptives has an excellent line of foundation. No matter what kind of coverage you want they all feel light on your skin. If you want to spend less $$ Neutrogena also has a good line of foundadtion.

Concealer - again prescriptives.

Powder - I like Lancome for this. I have also found that MAC is great.

Blush - MAC has a great selection of colors. Also NARS has has great colors and they stay on great. If you aren't looking for a whole lot of cheek color then try Benetint by Benefit.

Eyeshadow/eyecolor- Mac (except for the creme shadows), Laura Mercier, Nars, Chanel, Clinique

for Blue eyes - use pinks and oranges/peach. Doesn't mean you have to use bright orange or anything just something with that pigment

Green eyes - Purples

Brown - golds

Eyeliner - Prescriptives, Revlon, and Givenchy liquid eyeliner. I also use dark shadows with liner brushes most of the time


Makeup Brushes . Mac has great brushes, and they are less expensive then others. Prescriptives has great brushes.


Books - Kevyn Aucion's Making Faces and Face Forward. Also there is a book that they have NARS counter..not sure if you can buy it though..

Mainly they're all made by CosmoLab. MAC is owned by Estee Lauder. Loreal is owned by Lancome I think...yada yada..They're mainly all the same..you just need to play with it and learn what looks best on you.


I could go into detail about how to highlight & countour...yada. And smokey looks.