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Almost everyone wonders if the eyeshadow shades they chose are the right ones for them. One of the better ways to choose your eyeshadow is based on the shade of your skintone. It is important to know your skintone before heading out to purchase your eyeshadow. One way to determine your skintone is by looking at your veins in natural lighting. If they appear blue/purple, you have a cool skintone. If your veins appear green, you have a warm skintone. And if you cannot determine the shade of your veins, you are more than likely a neutral skintone.

Now that we have determined your skintone, we will talk about what eyeshadows go with your skintone. If you have determined you have a cool skintone, look for pink, coral, purple, peach, taupe, green and magenta. These cool tones will really make those cool eyes pop!

Those who have warm skintones should look for eyeshadow colors that include bronze, coral, brown, copper, peachy-pinks, gold, olive and yellow. These are the more flattering colors for your eyes.

If you determine you have a neutral tone consider yourself lucky! You are one of the few who can pick and choose the colors of your eyeshadows. You can use anything from the color pink to a color such as bronze–pretty much everything. Try switching things around by wearing a cool, deep purple one day, and a gold color the following day.

Always, always remember, the above are guidelines, and not permanently set in stone. Makeup is supposed to be fun, so don’t let it stress you out.

We have seen cleansers for oily skin, dry skin and even aging skin. But what about cleansers for stressed out skin? You rarely hear about stressed out skin. Signs of stressed out skin include acne flare ups, Rosacea, dryness and hives. When it comes to treating stressed skin, you definitely want to be careful of the products you use. One cleanser which is terrific for stressed skin is Pacifica Coconut Milk Cream To Foam Face Wash. It removes makeup, cleans your skin and helps destress your skin. The cleanser is sulfate-free, 100% vegan and cruelty free. This beneficial, creamy, milk cleanser gets all bubbly and helps raise dirt ad debris to your skins surface. And if  you have interest in aromatherapy you will love the scent of coconut and vanilla as it wafts into the air while the cream to foam cleanser removes every ounce of makeup.

 

Now there were some complaints by some that the cleanser was too dry and stripped their oily skin. If you find yourself in this predicament, simply use the Pacifica Coconut Milk Cream To Foam Face Wash every other time you cleanse your face, then use a moisturizer after cleansing your face. Thankfully, I did not experience this, and had very few problems with the Pacifica cleanser.

Go ahead and super charge your face with this clever, creamy, milk cleanser. This fantastic cleanser is definitely one of the arsenals you will want to use to combat stressed, oily, dry and/or aging skin.

The Pacifica Coconut Milk Cream To Foam Face Wash retails for $9.99. It may be purchased  at www.pacificabeauty.com, www.target.com and www.amazon.com.

 

 

 

Many people know makeup has an expiration date. And whether you buy your makeup from Walgreens or from Nordstrom, by extending the life of your makeup, you will have much more money down the line in your makeup budget. Now wearing expired makeup will not kill you, but it will give you lackluster results. So here are a few tips to prolong the shelf life of your makeup:

• MASCARA – Feel as if your mascara is drying up, but cannot get a new one until payday? Give this trick a try. Tighten the cap of your mascara, and let it sit in a cup of extremely hot water for three to five minutes. The hot water is going to loosen up the dried mascara inside the tube, helping to be almost like new. Doing this will extend the life of your mascara for about a week before you have to purchase a new tube.
• EYELINER – The absolute worst place to store your eyeliner is in the bathroom. Eyeliners should be stored in a cool dry place. If you store your eyeliners in an area where it gets warm, your eyeliners will begin to melt. A bathroom where you take a hot shower will make your eyeliners get warm and eventually melt.
• FOUNDATION – You should replace your foundation every six to twelve months. If you do not replace them regularly, your makeup will not look as good as it should. But what should you do when your foundation goes bad? Observe the foundation after it has had time to settle. If the pigments and oils have become separated, the foundation needs to be replaced. To make that expensive foundation last longer, mix it with a small amount of moisturizer. This will turn your expensive foundation into a tinted moisturizer. And although it will go on your face lighter, you will still get coverage.
• PRESSED POWDER – After a period of time, pressed powder will develop a “film” on top of the powder. To fix this and make it as good as new, take a piece of tape and place the tape on top of the powder. When you lift the tape, your pressed powder should be as good as new.

Hopefully these tips and tricks will help extend the shelf life of your cosmetics, and save you some money to put towards new makeup.