EYESHADOWS
Todays blog will be all about eyeshadows ! personally, I don't use eyeshadow a lot because I don't know how to apply it properly! I get excited and get carried away and end up with a black eye blah, blah, blah...
I watch lots or tutorials about eyeshadows and I love them. My favorite makeup artist is Lauren Curtis, she is sooo talented.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
Eyeshadow adds depth and dimension to ones eye and complements their eye color (if you use the right shade). Ancient greeks wore eyeshadow a lot, but I'm sure the packaging was a little different back then! It is usually made of powder but can also come as mica, pencil, liquid or mousse form.
HISTORY
Men and women living in Egypt as far back as 10,000BC added a substance called Kohl to their eye. It was a dark powder applied to the eye bye a stick. It was used as a good eyeliner and could restore good eye sight and fight eye infections! Kohl was made of crushed burned almonds, lead, atimony, ochre, copper, malachite and chrysocalla.
Here is a link to one of Lauren Curits's eyeshadow tutorials! :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVBXrIW0UNM
References : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_shadow
:https://www.youtube.com/user/laurenbeautyy
Saturday 15 November 2014
Friday 14 November 2014
My next pst will be dedicated to my favourite cosmetic of all...BRONZER
Bronzer is a powder substance and users apply this to the face. You can also use bronzer as a contour device.
GEOGRAPHY BEHIND IT
It is made of minerals and substance compacted together in power form to make you look darker, when you apply to face.
CONTOUR
Contour is a new trend to hit the makeup market. The idea is to apply bronzer to an angled brush and then apply under the cheekbone to define face and to shape face. This concept gives the illusion that your contour line is a shadow of you cheekbone!
Bronzer is less heavy than foundation on the face, I much prefer using brozer. I have left a video below about bronzer and contouring from my favorite MUA (makeup artist), Enjoyy! x
Reference : https://www.youtube.com/results?q=lozcurtis+contouring
Bronzer is a powder substance and users apply this to the face. You can also use bronzer as a contour device.
GEOGRAPHY BEHIND IT
It is made of minerals and substance compacted together in power form to make you look darker, when you apply to face.
CONTOUR
Contour is a new trend to hit the makeup market. The idea is to apply bronzer to an angled brush and then apply under the cheekbone to define face and to shape face. This concept gives the illusion that your contour line is a shadow of you cheekbone!
Bronzer is less heavy than foundation on the face, I much prefer using brozer. I have left a video below about bronzer and contouring from my favorite MUA (makeup artist), Enjoyy! x
Reference : https://www.youtube.com/results?q=lozcurtis+contouring
Sunday 9 November 2014
MASCARA
This black liquid substance us humans apply to eyelashes each day/week to make our eyelashes thicker, longer and darker is made of... WHALE BELLY?
HISTORY BEHIND IT ALL
It is one of the most ancient cosmetics known, having been used in Egypt possibly as early as 4000 B.C. Egyptians used a substance called kohl to darken their lashes, eyebrows, and eyelids. Egyptian kohl was probably made of galena or lead sulfite, malachite, and charcoal or soot. The Babylonians and ancient Greeks also used black eye cosmetics, as did the later Romans. Cosmetics of all sorts fell out of use in Europe after the fall of Rome, though eye cosmetics continued to be important in the Arab world. The use of cosmetics was revived in Europe during the Renaissance. Early mascara from the modern era usually took the form of a pressed cake. It was applied to ]eyelashes similoar to nowadays, with a wetted brush. It was made up of 50% soap and 50% black pigment. The pigment was sifted and combined with soap chips, run through a mill several times, and then pressed into cakes. A variation on this was cream mascara, a substance, like a lotion that was packaged in a tube. To apply it, you would squeeze a small amount of mascara out of the tube onto a small brush. This was a messy process that was much improved with the invention in the 1960s of the mascara applicator. This patented device was a grooved application rod that picked up a consistent amount of mascara when pulled from the bottle. The grooved rod was soon replaced with a brush. This new ease of application may have contributed to the increased popularity of mascara in the late 1960s.
This black liquid substance us humans apply to eyelashes each day/week to make our eyelashes thicker, longer and darker is made of... WHALE BELLY?
HISTORY BEHIND IT ALL
It is one of the most ancient cosmetics known, having been used in Egypt possibly as early as 4000 B.C. Egyptians used a substance called kohl to darken their lashes, eyebrows, and eyelids. Egyptian kohl was probably made of galena or lead sulfite, malachite, and charcoal or soot. The Babylonians and ancient Greeks also used black eye cosmetics, as did the later Romans. Cosmetics of all sorts fell out of use in Europe after the fall of Rome, though eye cosmetics continued to be important in the Arab world. The use of cosmetics was revived in Europe during the Renaissance. Early mascara from the modern era usually took the form of a pressed cake. It was applied to ]eyelashes similoar to nowadays, with a wetted brush. It was made up of 50% soap and 50% black pigment. The pigment was sifted and combined with soap chips, run through a mill several times, and then pressed into cakes. A variation on this was cream mascara, a substance, like a lotion that was packaged in a tube. To apply it, you would squeeze a small amount of mascara out of the tube onto a small brush. This was a messy process that was much improved with the invention in the 1960s of the mascara applicator. This patented device was a grooved application rod that picked up a consistent amount of mascara when pulled from the bottle. The grooved rod was soon replaced with a brush. This new ease of application may have contributed to the increased popularity of mascara in the late 1960s.
Friday 24 October 2014
Wellll , For my first blog I'm writing about the history of makeup and how it all started... Enjoyyy !
COSMETICS
Where to begin...It’s hard to believe that once upon a time, women were actually celebrated for—gasp!—their natural god-given body and face.
The latest makeup trend to hit the girl world is eyebrows! Each morning girls stress over this lumps of hair above your eyes. Eyebrows are suppose to protect your eyes from sweat and for shade, that is not their use nowadays!
Before 2013
Since 2013
Photo credit to pixgood.com
The latest makeup trend to hit the girl world is eyebrows! Each morning girls stress over this lumps of hair above your eyes. Eyebrows are suppose to protect your eyes from sweat and for shade, that is not their use nowadays!
Before 2013 Since 2013Photo credit to pixgood.com
Friday 3 October 2014
Hey guys! This is my blog on cosmetics of the world (as stated in my tittle!). Hope you enjoy and learn from my blog! I am really interested in what my makeup products are made of and where they come from! And what processes are included in making all of these products. Hopefully you will find answers to your questions on my blog :) thanks!
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