Friday, September 22, 2006
i mentioned before that i had attended 2 beauty workshops held in my sch last week. so in this post, i'm going to share with u all the information i got. hope they are helpful. haha. one reminder, it will be abit lengthy. hee.
i will name the 2 workshops A and B separately. A was organised by a japanese comestic brand while B was europe. A provided information on basic skin care(for face) and makeup whereas B focused only on skin care. basically, B was there promoting how good their products are, through scientific perspective, while A didn't emphasize a lot on their own products, rather, they explained how our skins work in layman terms. but door gifts wise, B is much more generous than A. lol.
here it goes (adapted from workshop A):
=skin care=
basically, female's skin aged around the age of 25 whereas male's skin aged around 35 years old. (gals so poor thing) thus, we need to take good care!! lol
there r 5 types of skin (yes, 5!!)
- normal: supple feeling; suitable for all types of products.
- dry: rough surface; weakest skin type; suitable only cream/emulsion types products.
- oily: 'shiny surface'; strongest skin; suitable only gel/lotion/water-based types products.
- combination of oily(usually @ t-zone) & normal: same products as the oily skin, but apply thinner layer on ur normal skin instead.
- oily with dry surface: dangerous skin type cos it's difficult to identify & normally mistaken as oily skin; to check, after washing face, push ur cheek upwards n see whether there r little fine lines; suitable only gel-cream/hydrating types products.
a complete set of steps of skin care
1. purify: external-cleanser, makeup remover, scrub; internal-mask
2. optimise: toner, moisturizer
3. enhance: serum, essence
4. protect: sunblock- eg. SPF 30= 30x10mins=300 mins allowance of exposure (not continuous), after which apply again.
skin repairing peak period: 10pm-2am, 4 hours, miss the time, skin will not repair itself for that day, thus try to sleep around that time for it to repair. even if u sleep at 1am, there's still 1 hr for the skin to repair itself.
NB: this skin care info is applied to both males n females. ^-^
=makeup=
all steps are in order. for simple and natural makeup, follow a & b will do. of cos, u can be flexible too. cos this is just a guideline.
(a)base:
1. foundation- powder/liquid/cream type
2. concealer- for liquid concealer- if u are using cream/stick concealer, apply before putting foundation.
3. face powder- loose/compressed powder- use this if u are using liquid foundation or doing touch up on the makeup when u are outside.
(b)framing:
1. eyebrows- thick eyebrow->use eyebrow powder; thin eyebrow->use eyebrow pencils.
2. mascara- remember to curl eye lashes first
3. lip liner/ lip gloss
4. blusher-on cheekbone
(c)colouring:
1. eye shadow- start applying from the roots of upper eye lashes, den spread out.
2. eye liner
3. lip colour- use lip blush, less easily to be wiped off.
types of colours
-cool: shades of pink, purple, blue, turquoise, silver
-warm: shades of orange, green, brown, gold, biege, peach, maroon
-coporate: shades of black, white, grey, red
that's all folks. haha. sorry if u get too bored with this.
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