Eyeliner’s have been around since the Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra, first lured Mark Anthony to her bed with her seductive almond shaped eyes. Kohl was the eyeliner of choice in the time of the Pharos. All the royals were wearing it even the Kings.

No self respecting Prince of Egypt stepped outside his Pyramid without a smidgen of Kohl around his princely eyes. Since then we have become a little more advanced. Eyeliner now comes in a wide range of colors: it comes in crayon, liquid and even powder. We have colors even Cleo’s Mummy never told her about.
 
When you are using pencil eyeliner it is best to warm the tip first. This makes it softer and easier to apply; you can just blast it with your trusty hairdryer for a minute.

As we all know animals use camouflage, soldiers use camouflage dark circles under the eyes use camouflage. As glamour girls we don’t want to cover ourselves with tree branches or that black paint “zebra look” across the face. That is just not for us.

Foundation is just that, it is the base of a beautiful face, after you use concealer to hide your flaws; you begin with foundation to emphasize the beauty in your face. Foundation comes in many forms, creams, powders, and minerals. Bare Minerals is a wonderful product, it is so pure you can even sleep in it without it being detrimental to your skin.

Where would we be without eye makeup, without it would our eyes just disappear into oblivion? Without the help of eyeliners, eye shadows and mascara, would our eyes see but not be seen? The eyes have been called the windows of the soul, does this mean that if we choose to live without eye makeup its like having windows without drapes?
These and many other questions are about to be answered, as we enter into makeup world where all the mysteries of a beautiful you are revealed!
 
Eye makeup can transform the way you look, you can change your face from business to evening dramatic, with just the right colors, a few well drawn lines and the magic of the mascara wand. For blue eyes the brown tones help emphasize the eyes and bring them out, for green eyes, greens and navies work very well, and finally for dark chocolate brown eyes, charcoals and the darker shadows and liners work best.

Those lips were made for kissing, and to make your lips irresistibly more kissable, the makeup world manifested lipstick. It comes in every imaginable shade of pinks, peaches, reds, oranges; browns, purples, burgundies - and saints help us, black.

Women have colored their lips since the land before time, signaling to men their kiss ability, saying “Hey! Get a load of these babies.”

If we are wearing lipstick why do we need lipliner? Is this a ploy by makeup world to make us spend more money? Do we need to outline our lips so we can find them? Maybe its like a sign that says hey’ here are my lips! ‘The answer is none of the above.
Lipliner contains your lips. Well where were they going? You may be asking, are my lips going to run of my face if I don’t ‘contain them”. Well of course not when I say contain I mean It stops your lipstick from running away, not your lips. With lipliner your lipstick does not bleed and it gives a more finished look to your makeup.
 
With lipliner your lipstick does not bleed and it gives a more finished look to your makeup, with lipliner you can also make your lips appear larger if your lips are on the thin side, so you don’t have to resort to collagen. You outline the outside of your lips and fill them in with your favorite lipstick for fuller more sexy lips.

It’s the end of a busy tiring day; you’re physically exhausted from looking beautiful from dawn till dusk. You look in the mirror; the time has come to remove everything you have applied to your face to create the illusion of youthful beauty. What do you do, grab a trowel? Reach for some sandpaper? Or just lazily sneak of to bed and do nothing. Yes removing your makeup can appear to be daunting, but if you don’t want to wake up looking like a raccoon with a hangover it’s got to be done. Do not fear fair ladies makeup world has once again come riding to the rescue.
 
Top of the list is’ Laura Mercer’, One Step Cleanser. This amazing product is a cleanser toner and an eye makeup remover. It is extremely gentle PH balanced and it does not dry or pull on the delicate skin around the eyes, it leaves the skin soft smooth and wonderfully hydrated at the reasonable cost of $35 this is one of the best products on the market today. Lancom a very prestigious company has a delightful product called By-Facial double action eye makeup remover, It gently whisks away even the dreaded waterproof mascara for the amazing cost of $26. And if your pockets are not so deep try Isomers allpurpose makeup remover for only $10. So you see no need to panic and reach for the sandblaster, there are silkier, gentler ways to makeup removal all to be found in the realm of Makeup World.

The Question is, does the sunscreen in your foundation give you and your skin the protection you need from the Suns rays? Well the answer is No it does not get the job done. Within only two hours you’re cream or liquid makeup is sliding around your face, it is gathering in your pores and wrinkles (excuse me laugh lines), in just one or two hours of normal humidity the SFP is rendered ineffective, as your foundation wears off.
 
Do not rely on a single layer of makeup to protect you from the suns rays. Here is a multi-faceted sun protection strategy that will assist you in not having skin that looks like burnt toast. First cleanse the skin, then gently smooth in a moisturizer with SPF 15 or broad-spectrum sunscreen. Broad spectrum would be Parsol 1789 and mexorgl. These products are light and silky on the skin and they feel almost invisible. Sunscreen moisturizers are now very sophisticated, Olay and Neutrgena make excellent lines in Sunscreen moisturizers that absorb smoothly into the skin.
 
Next apply foundation with SPF 15 after moisturizer has absorbed into the skin, then lightly powder. Powder contains zinc oxide or titanium oxide these sit on the surface of the skin. They create a barrier by reflecting sun damage away from the skin, due to their opacity. These are also great for those, sensitive to chemical sunscreens, Bare minerals have one of the best out there.

No eye makeup is complete without the wonder of mascara, that flirty fluttering could and would not be yours without it. Mascara used to come only in black, but now we have navy, plum, and brown, even emerald green, and my personal favorite is Maybelline’s midnight blue, it makes the whites of your eyes look even whiter. Out there in makeup word we also have waterproof mascara, so you can go swimming with confidence and run carefree through the wettest of storms. However a word of warning, it can be damaging to your lashes, although there are different eye makeup removers out there they can be hard on your delicate lashes. If you just use it occasionally you should be ok, my suggestion would be, save it for a day at the beach.
 
If you are a girl with short curly lashes and feel there is no hope for you, or if your dream is to have lashes sooo long, that one flutter creates a hurricane on the other side of the planet, do I have news for you? Maybelline XXL Formula will make a dramatic difference to you and your lashes. With Clinique you can have ‘Long Pretty Lashes,’ there particular brand for the short, lashly, challenged. In your drugstore you now have Rimmel of London, which has been a staple for British women for years, and it is good value and moderately priced, the mascara of choice here is called’ eye magnifier’.

There are endless varieties of makeup companies out there in Makeup World, an endless choice of beauty for sale. Some of the more well known are Revlon, Max Factor, Estee Lauder, and Yardley, also in the less expensive range we have Cover girl, Maybeline, and newly arrived from England Rimmel. We have make up companies that specialize in hypoallergenic products for sensitive skin, such as Alamay or in the more expensive variety Clarins. We have mineral makeup companies like Bare Minerals bringing us natural and Organic beauty.
 
We have French Companies, some consider these the best, but I think North American companies can give them a run for their money. Competition is tough and every year these companies are expected to come up with new products, new color palettes and lots of new and persuasive advertising slogans. The competition is fierce as companies vie to hold on to their loyal customers. So much thought and work goes into making us all look beautiful. And sometimes years of research go into making just one new product. So give praise to these masters of the face, next time you apply your mascara remember it’s not just a pretty tube, remember there is a whole lot of dedication out there, and its all to make you and I all the more beautiful.