I was asked if I would do a makeup tutorial recently, which I won’t do a makeup tutorial because I’m not a makeup artist and I wouldn’t know how to give tips for anyone besides myself. I get my ideas from tutorials on Youtube and also Japanese magazine scans. Instead I’ve decided to share my tips for beauty and fashion. I search Google a lot, so its not to say that you can’t find these ideas if you’re looking in the right place. I’m posting because I want to compile all of that searching into one ultimate post. A fair bit of it is also personal opinion.

I’m just going to post point-form in different categories. I hope that works ^^;

Skincare

• Instead of buying expensive makeup remover wipes or gels, buy unscented baby wipes. Moisturize and DONE! Baby wipes are MEANT to kill bacterias for babies, so what do you think they do for your face? Yes, they may be a bit harsh for your skin, so wet the wipe a bit with warm water to dilute the wipe’s power and warm it up for your face. I stopped experiencing that odd breakout with this method also.

• if your eye makeup is still stubborn, get some cotton pads and olive oil.
• If you really want to, get a facial moisturizer, otherwise that giant bottle of St. Ives for about $5 is the cheapest and most non-grease ball moisturizer I’ve found.
• Every now and then, get one of those $2 facial masks from the drug store~ They’re a nice treat for your skin and a good break for you.

Hair

• If you’re lazy in the morning but you want curled hair, shower at night and twist your hair into 2 buns secured with elastics. When you wake up in the morning take them out and you should have mermaid curls, not crimps like you’d get from braiding.
• When you wash your hair, focus the shampoo only on the scalp and scrub. when you apply conditioner, focus below your scalp
• If you have hard water and your hair feels gunky even though you just washed it, rinse your hair with white vinegar.
• I used to use Nice N Easy hair colour and people said “EFF OFF THAT ISN’T BOX HAIR COLOUR” … too bad it smells really bad and burns your eyes. If you can put up with it though…..
• If you suck at dyeing your own hair, don’t be tempted to use that Perfect 10 comb unless your hair is pretty short, it DOES waste the product a lot faster. Just start at the bottom of your hair and take it slow.
• For fried hair, break out the olive oil again, deep condition your hair with it.

Makeup

• Any foundation that is very liquid is going to have a very light coverage. More creamy = more coverage depending on your needs.
• Using waterproof mascara is much darker black than non-waterproof, don’t ask why because I don’t know!
• If you have blue/grey eyes like me and love black eyeliner even though it makes your eyes seem to look dull, use a black-grey liner for the bottom lid only
•  If you’re half awake when you do your makeup like me, set out everything in order that you would use it, then put it back in your makeup bag as you finish with that item, then there’s no clean up and you always have all your items ready the next day.
• PRIME your makeup so it doesn’t melt, finally Rimmel London has one that isn’t ORANGE and cheap. (Its the white bottle with BLUE text)
• On the subject of “winged” eyeliner… A lot of tutorials tell you to go UP and wing, I think of my eye like a rainbow, I curve all the way down to my lower lash line then wing.
• Don’t buy concealer that is too light, it will make your dark circles look worse!
• If you hate fake eyelashes, but like super lashes get: 1 mascara for volume and 1 for length~! (like XXL Pro Volume and Lash Stiletto from Maybelline, I don’t like mascara from any other company)
• If you like dark eye makeup, wear a light shade on your lips. If you like bright red or pink lipstick, do lighter eye makeup and emphasize your eyebrows more.  (Or risk looking like a CLOWN)
• If you FAIL with liquid eyeliner, get Maybelline Eyestudio, it’s thicker and comes with a brush. More solid and easy to handle with the same bold look of liquid.

Fashion

• Use loose shirts with tighter bottoms, and tighter tops with looser fitting bottoms.
• As with the above rule, to avoid looking like trash: wear a more revealing bottom with a covered up top and revealing top with covered up bottoms.
• WEAR A WAIST BELT if you want to appear slimmer (if you’re a pear like me wear a high waist belt
• I wear a uniform at work and I’m too lazy to bring a change of clothes so what I do is wear the black pants with a tank top and swap my work shirt for a nice button up sweater or a sheer top to wear over the tank top for going out after. In the summer you could just bring a pair of shorts and sandals~
• NEVER EVER EVER EVER WEAR LEGGINGS WITHOUT A SHIRT TO COVER YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!111111oneoneoneone I don’t care if you’re 11 years old and size 2… just NO!!!!
• Try to choose colours that look good with your skin tone and hair colour. Example: When my hair was red certain pinks looked terrible on me, but as a blonde they look much better.
• Don’t be afraid of patterns, stripes, and plaids~! Otherwise your wardrobe will look like its full of basics.

Exercise

……….ahahahahahah just kidding. I have nothing to say in the exercise department. The extent of my exercise is DDR every now and then.

Resources

Makeup Alley – Reviews for all beauty products so you can look it up before you buy it.

Vvshu – Where I get my Japanese magazine scans from. Everything for fashion and beauty