Learning your eyes

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The first lesson I had to learn is you can't do what other people do. When you put on eye shadow you have do it according to you eyes. Different people have different shaped eyes. That means you have to do different things when you apply the shadow. I have deep set, wide, hooded eyes. I can't do a lot of looks that other people do without looking crazy. LOL! 

You have to learn what works best for your eyes. Here is a video that shows a little about finding and figuring out where things are on your eye. I love watching his videos.

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Black and White

This was a first day back to work (from the break) eyeshadow look. I wore this with an all black outfit.

I wore foundation to work with this. Since it is summer I had to go with my darker foundations. I have a lot of darker color foundations to work with so it came out a lot cleaner.

I didn't wear any lipstick to work with this because I usually talk all class period and it comes off before the end of the class.

I used Tako from my Sweetheart SugarPill palette. The black is Wet N Wild panther. If you blend those well you get the gray matte looking color. I can't for the life of me find a good matte gray. I blended the Tako all the way up very lightly for a brighter highlight.

Gold: Blue or Green

I've been trying out some colors lately to see what works well. Part of doing makeup is understanding how colors work in order to blend them.... here is my blue vs green when mixed with gold. I don't know but my boyfriend prefers the green what do you think?


Here is the blue side. I used  the Wet n Wild palette "I Got Good Jeans." I went over the top of the gold with the Mehron metallic gold pigment. I mixed in some of the blue from the SugarPill Sweetheart palette to make it a true blue color.


Here is the green side. I used the same golds for this side but I opted for the Coastal Scents 88 palette for the greens. I mixed in some of the green from the SugarPill Sweetheart palette

No to Car makeup application

English: Makeup before attendance. Српски / Srpski: Шминкање пред наступ. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In class discussion yesterday, one of my students commented on the idea of women applying makeup in the car. This is such a dangerous idea. There are hundred of car accidents caused each year from women still doing it knowing the consequences.




Makeup is not that serious. Never put on makeup while actually driving. I have applied lipstick when stuck at a red light. Nothing else is really necessary.




My looks aren't so serious that I would apply anything  while driving down the street. If I need to put on makeup, I get up a lot earlier in the morning.




Watch the NikkieTutorials video below to see why.












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