makeup

By Myriam Fux

Playing Even if your eyes aren’t your best feature, choosing a successful makeup style only works if all of your features are in sync the Match Game

We can never stress enough that the eyes are the centerpiece of any makeup look. They should be the first feature a person notices in both person- al and social settings. During conversation they are the focal point. You don’t stare at a person’s nose or focus on their teeth. Eye contact is made so much easier when a girl is willing to parlay a little effort and skill into a portrait of attention.

It also goes without saying that individuality has become a theme with our tips and styles. But we’ll continue to stress it until we’re blue in the face—figuratively, of course, because blue might not be your color—it’s important that you find the best look for your event, Prom, pageant, or competition and stand out from everyone else. After all, if the eyes are the focal point of an introduction and a conversation, then there is no better way to pump some energy into a conversation than by fueling the other person’s interest.

Even if you feel that your eyes aren’t your best feature, they are still your starting point in defining what your best feature is. It could be your cheeks, chin, nose, ears, smile, or even your forehead, but the eyes are the center of the canvas and are, at the very least, a sort of counterpart for your other facial features. What matters most is finding the right patterns and colors to highlight your best feature, and using that to make all of your other features shine. And as we always say, if something doesn’t work, it’s not like we can’t simply erase it and start over.

When it came to designing the perfect look for our model Jolie Schamber, I developed and employed a fun look, using cream gray eye shadows for a deeper, more vibrant color. By adding purple cream eye shadow, I played with the lines for a fun, sophisticated look and completed her face’s portrait with a darker red lip color. Her dark red lips accentuate her hair’s favorable red hints, as well as her beautiful smile.

This special effect can be achieved with an angular thin brush; you have to be very precise when drawing the lines so it doesn’t look messy. Of course cleanliness might be next to godliness, but in a case like your Prom or other special event, we’re more concerned with the former. A clean look goes a long way with capturing attention, so it’s important to remember your skin’s undertone and the basics of matching color.

For Jolie’s foundation, we used a makeup artist’s favorite tool— and all-around best friend—the airbrush to highlight her yellow undertone and prepare her skin to show off this rosey display. We blended her foundation and makeup to her neck to create the proper consistency with our choice of colors. Always remember that light will play an considerably important factor in any look you create, so you have to make sure that if you’re going to be in natural or unnatural lighting you choose your colors accordingly.

While we can’t endorse the use of an airbrush for laying foundation enough, the proof is in the pudding. The airbrush covers your imperfections and blemishes, and it creates a smooth palate that is easily corrected if the result doesn’t please you. If it’s good