Tag: base
Difference between concealer, base, foundation, and powder?
by admin on Mar.27, 2010, under Makeup Q & A
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Base is like a primer for your skin. It moisturises the skin, and prepares it for foundation, giving you better skin to work with. It also allows for better foundation blending, and sets the make-up so it lasts throughout the day.
Foundation is to even your skin tone and give your skin a really flawless finish. You match the colour to your skin tone, and use the foundation to cover loose pores and problem areas.
Concealer is used to hide and cover blemishes and imperfections, and to give your skin the illusion that it's flawless.
Powder sets the foundation and the concealer, and makes the skin matte. It also reduces oil and sebum production, and helps the make-up to last for longer.
Hope this helps! xoxo
Ponytail Hair Styles The Best Techniques Revealed!
by admin on Feb.02, 2010, under Womens Interest
Ponytail hair styles are among the easiest styles to create while still being extremely versatile. The basic ponytail involves just pulling the hair into a central area and tying it into a tail. Before creating your ponytail, however, make sure that your hair is tangle free to prevent styling problems later on. Then use a good quality brush such as a boar?s head brush to brush the hair in the desired direction, and direct it with your fingers. Hold the base of the tail with one hand while attaching the elastic band with the other. Ensure that the band you?re using is elastic enough to prevent the hair from being ripped or pulled and take your time in creating your pony to ensure that the base is smooth.
Here are brief descriptions of some of the types of ponytails you can create, depending on where the base is located:
* In the High Ponytail, the base of the ponytail is at the top of the crown of the head.
* The Hairline Ponytail style is created by brushing the hair forward with the base of the pony at the front of the hairline. To do this, depending on how long your hair is, you may need to bend at the waist to direct the hair up to the front of the head.
* The Half Ponytail involves pulling the hair on either side of your face into a ponytail.
* The Back of the Head ponytail is created by brushing the hair back from your face and nape and tying it in the middle of the back of the head.
* In a Nape of the Neck ponytail, the hair is brushed back from your face and the tail is tied at the nape of your neck.
* Stacked ponytails are a series of small tails from the hairline to the nape.
* Dual or Behind the Ear ponytail hair styles separate the hair into two tails, with the base of the ponytail behind the ears.
There are also many options for slightly varying the ponytail to make it look more interesting. For example, you can take a small section of hair and use it to hide the band you?re using by wrapping the hair around the base of the ponytail. You can also use a tail comb to pull a few pieces of hair from the base of the pony for a light fringe around your face, or curl the tail of the pony into multiple curls with hot rollers or a curling iron. You can also play with various hair accessories from the basic elastic band to metal barrettes and even ribbons, or loop the tail of your pony through the opening of a baseball cap.
Other suggestions for varying the basic ponytail hair styles include curling the tail of the pony into a long banana curl with a medium barrel curling iron; create multiple side ponies; and use add on pony extensions to make it look fuller. If you are using add ons, just make sure that the base of the pony is loose enough to accommodate the extensions.
