Facial Care and Day Time Make Up

A lot of people ask me what I do for my skin care. They usually expect to hear some expensive answer.  But the truth is…Water, Water and more Water is important for skin.

First we should drink half our body weight in ounces of water daily (if you weigh 100 drink 50 oz per day)

Next water on the skin...I wash my face with a wet wash rag morning and night, then I add a light moisturizer. I like St. Ives Collagen/Elastin lotion. I live in a dry climate and my skin gets thirsty throughout the day so I put water and lotion on my face whenever it feels dry or thirsty. Ummm No I don't use soap or skin cleansers...do you know how long that would take to rinse off your face? If you don't get the soap all off.....it is so bad for your skin and I never have time to rinse that long.

One should never use moisturizer on dry skin. You should put lotion on wet skin to hold in the moisture instead of pulling it out. Have you ever noticed that if you put lotion on dry skin that your skin feels even drier a short time afterwards?

I use a water base make-up. I took classes from a Hollywood Make Up Artist and learned that an oil base will block your pores not allowing them to naturally exfoliate every 28 days. As the pores start to exfoliate it fights the oil and causes a light scarring of the pores that make them appear larger...(soap scum also forms that same barrier on the pores)  Now if you are modeling under bright lights for a long time…you need an oil base make up so it appears fresher longer. But models who have to wear that get it off as soon as possible and never use it for everyday use.

Another really, really important thing is not to touch your face with your fingertips – (except to wash it or apply make-up)  It is amazing how many times most people touch their faces, noses etc… We touch many surfaces throughout the day – some where other people have been sick and then we touch our nose or mouth and drive those germs right into our system.  Also most all surfaces have many types of dirt and oil. Our fingers pick up those hidden oil and by touching our face we can drive it deep into our pores and create acne. The bodies way of getting rid of dirt.

Once a month or after camping or any activity that is particularly dirty, (when I feel like my pores are fat)  I use a scrub on my face with warm water and a wash cloth. St Ives Apricot Scrub works well to loosen dirt in the pores. I used to use a green mask with cold water afterwards with Collodial Clay (a difficult to find clay that was known to be used by Cleopatra) This was to pull the loose dirt out and close the tiny now clean pores. Since they no longer sell it...I spead an egg white all over my skin (it has lots of collegen) and let it dry and then wash it off and rinse with cold water really well. I put water and lotion on thereafter.

For my eyes, I put a little eye cream from either the brand 'Mary Kay' or 'Luzier' on my third finger and spray it with Kangen Beauty Water (regular water if you don't have this) and rub it around my eyes at night and during the day if my eyes feel dry.

This should you give you the least amount of wrinkles for your age and tiny pores and a glowing complexion.

The most important thing for Make-up Application is blending. Remember to put make-up (and moisturizer) on your neck. 

BLUSH:

Look at your face after you exercise and you will see the natural places that you blush or glow. This healthy glow can be reproduced with powder. Notice just above the temples, the bridge of the nose, the top angle of the cheeks, the tip of the chin and sometimes the neck. Be sure to carry it on down if you have a v-neck blouse. Then blend so that there aren't any lines on the face.

BLENDING:

Blending is of primary importance in all cosmetic application. When you think of blending, think of blending the cosmetics INTO the skin rather than ONTO the skin. You will find yourself using your brushes, sponges or fingers differently than before. Transluscent Face Powder is good to use to blend the make-up and blush together and set a matte finish on the skin rather than shiny one. Some ads call for the shiny clean look so for these you would not add powder.

EYE SHADOW:

I like to line the eyes under neath the lower lashes into the corner with a dark make-up pencil and a little on the outside corner of the upper lashes to make the eyes appear perfect and complete.. then blend with a q-tip for the "No Make-Up Look"

If you want a little darker, night time eye...Then I also like to darken a little just above the natural crease of the eye with a powder. I use a dark powder that is a little darker than my hair color. I like to blend the entire eye with a lighter shadow and a fluff brush in upper outward strokes.

Remember to feather tiny strokes on your eyebrows to an arc.

LIPS:

Line the lips with a pencil slightly darker than the shade of your lips, then blend from the outside edges into the center with a chap stick for the "No Make-Up Look"

Be sure that the color matches your natural skin tones either warm or cool. For a night time more dressed up look, Matte finish lipstick with a gloss over the top is the best. (omit the gloss for pro photos)

What is your best COLOR. If you hold up one color of cloth next to your face in sunlight without make-up and look into a mirror, squint your eyes slightly...If it adds light to your face it is good. If it adds dark to your face it is bad.