Beauty

[mistriTsquirrel]

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@tototwo wrote:

Love that squirrel, @mistriTsquirrel !!   Your pictures always put a smile on my face.  And how lovely that Mrs. Squirrel coordinated her eye color and lipstick to her hat.  Stunning!

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Thank you, @tototwo !!  Always like for my makeup and apparel to coordinate. 💄👗👛

I'm glad you enjoy the pictures. 💖

[mistriTsquirrel]

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@monicakm wrote:

I have hooded eyes so I can't wear my shadows like those that have a large lid can.  I have an application style that looks best on my eyes and use it all the time but do dabble in various color blends.  Got a compliment today on my eye look from the young cashier at Tractor Supply.

You know, I don't remember e/s pallets till just the last year or so.  I've always bought singles, doubles or quads be it drugstore or dept store.  Are palettes semi new?

Today's look included:

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@monicakm  You know, I wasn't shopping at Sephora until the early 2000's.  I know they had some palettes back then.  And there were the drugstore palettes/sets, like the ones you get for a child for Christmas.  I remember palettes/sets like that in department stores when I was a kid too, but they weren't as inexpensive.

I think the biggest palette I owned as a kid had 12 shades and was drugstore.

[Trinity11]

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@Harpa wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

I try to make sure that people can see my eyes and not my colorful eyeshadow. Way Bandy back in the Stone Age made up my eyes and taught me some techniques both using eye shadow, liner and mascara. I know what works for me so I have only adjusted to wearing matte shadows over metallic which back in the day, I could wear.

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Wow, @Trinity11 ! Way Bandy? I had a table-top book authored by him, but where it is now....? All I remember is his method of shading and contouring. I don't remember any [I use this term hesitantly] 'garish' eye color shades.

Can you please share some of the things he taught you? Anything specific to your unique features? TIA!!

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Hi @Harpa . I have large, almond shaped eyes with very long eyelashes...the color is somewhat unusual so he emphasized bringing out the color. No browns, taupes or muddy shades in eye shadows rather soft creamy shades that have a blue base. A black or dark navy liner and black mascara. I have experimented with the antithesis but it never worked and to this day, I still use the same simple method to make up my eyes..

[Harpa]

Thank you, @Trinity11 !

Can you indulge me a little further....

What color are your eyes?

[Trinity11]

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@Harpa wrote:

Thank you, @Trinity11 !

Can you indulge me a little further....

What color are your eyes?

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A rather unusual shade of blue @Harpa .

[wagirl]

Clowns?????

[Shanus]

If you reference more recent famous makeup artists like Trish McEvoy, Laura Mercier, Bobbi Brown, Wayne Goss, Lisa Eldridge, etc., more neutral shades allow your eye color to stand out. Personally, I'd rather see gorgeous blue, green or brown eyes than orange, turquoise or burgundy shadow. 

Of course, many youtube makeup bloggers who use those shades, are rarely in the 60 and and over age group.

[marmarbrooklyn]

@Harpa @Trinity11 

Oh Way Bandy . I have his book and recently found it when I was cleaning up my basement . I will have to look at it again . He was amazing . it is so sad he passed away before makeup artist came into their own creating makeup lines . He would have topped them all . I agree would love to hear any tips and tricks he taught . have a great day ladies .

[Lipstickdiva]

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@Shanus wrote:

If you reference more recent famous makeup artists like Trish McEvoy, Laura Mercier, Bobbi Brown, Wayne Goss, Lisa Eldridge, etc., more neutral shades allow your eye color to stand out. Personally, I'd rather see gorgeous blue, green or brown eyes than orange, turquoise or burgundy shadow. 

Of course, many youtube makeup bloggers who use those shades, are rarely in the 60 and and over age group.

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@Shanus and a lot of those YTers use these colors for the purpose of that video but IRL don't do their make-up this way.  

I work in an office.  I could never come into work with crazy colored eyeshadow.  It's not a professional look.

[Shanus]

@Trinity11   One of Way Bandy's fortes was contouring...not just cheeks, but bringing out the structure/shape of the eyes with a deeper shade before applying color. He was a genius. His abilities using light and dark shades on the face enabled him to make women look like other models or actresses in his books...shading the sides or tip of a nose, narrowing a chin or forehead, etc.