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The Best Maskcara Gifts for Mother’s Day

JoEllen — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:00:32 +0000

The Best Maskcara Gifts for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate the women in your life! It’s a day to make them feel special, honored, and appreciated. Whether they are a physical mother, a mother figure, or an influential woman in your life, they deserve to feel loved! But it can be tricky picking out the perfect gift for someone so special. So here are the best Maskcara gifts for Mother’s Day that you can gift her this year….and she will LOVE them!

What to Buy

Women like to feel pampered. They like to feel spoiled. They like to feel comfortable. So, when shopping for her, choose something that will fit one of those categories. Pick something that she wouldn’t normally spend money on for herself. Pick something that would be a splurge for her. Pick something that is versatile. Pick something that will make her feel and look beautiful. 1. Lip & Cheek Collection– A woman has a hard time making up her mind, right?! So this lip & cheek collection is perfect for her because it gives her options! If she feels like a bright pink cheek, this collection has her covered! If she feels like a more natural lip…it’s got it for her! She will love her choices to be able to mix and match and wear what kind of mood she feels. 2. Bella Bronzer Bundle– This is the perfect bundle for a natural sun-kissed glow! The creme bronzer will give the perfect warmth and the brush will apply it just right! 3. Illuminator Bundle– What woman doesn’t want to have a beautiful glow?? This illuminator collection will give her that glow without looking like a sparkly little girl or a sweaty hot mess! 4. Brush Collection– Making an investment in good makeup brushes will be the best decision in your beauty routine! They will last for years and will help you apply your makeup flawlessly! 5. Skincare System– Every woman wants beautiful skin and this skin care system will give her just that! The Milk Cleanser, Milk Toner, Milk Moisturizer are top notch, healing, and refreshing for her skin. She will love it!! 6. Buff Brush– This new brush just hit the shop and it’s the perfect highlight & contour brush to add to any makeup routine! It will give her a pretty airbrushed look and it will become her new fave! 7. Summer Love Lip & Cheek– This pretty new lip & cheek color is perfect for adding a nice flush to her face and color to her lips! It’s the perfect soft pink. 8. Ballerina Lip & Cheek– Is she not a blush gal? Well, she may be now after she tries this! It’s the perfect soft pink nude blush that will look great on her lips or cheeks! 9. Line Brush– Who doesn’t want the perfect brows? Well this new brush will help her shape her brows in just the right way. Hopefully this gives you some ideas for gifting her the perfect Mother’s Day gift this year! If you’re a mother, send this on over to your hubby for a little hint hint. Let’s make it easy for him this year, shall we?? Learn more about Maskcara makeup brushes HERE! *This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase a product featured in this post, I receive a small portion from the sale. Thank you! It doesn’t affect you at all.

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How to Keep Your Makeup Artist Kit Sanitary

JoEllen — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:00:46 +0000

How to Keep Your Makeup Artist Kit Sanitary

We all love our makeup! But how many of us actually take good care of it? Whether you are a Maskcara Artist or just an everyday makeup wearer, then you are going to need to read this! Here are some tips on how to keep your makeup artist kit sanitary and happy.

Makeup Artists

For you makeup artist gals out there, this is for you! Here are some simple steps you can do to keep your makeup kit sanitary.

How to Use the Product on the Person:

Use a q-tip or spatula to scoop the product out.
Put the needed product on a plate or artist palette to work from.

Clean the surface of the palette:

Restore Sanitizing Wipes!
Alcohol wipe
Clorox wipe
Alcohol spray and paper towel

Clean the Makeup Brushes Between Makeovers:

Use the Houdini Brush Cleaner.
Use an alcohol wipe to wipe the bristles of the brush.
Use an alcohol spray to spray a paper towel and then wipe the brush clean.

Clean Your Hands Between Makeovers

Use soap and water.
Use hand sanitizer.
Use antibacterial wipes.

Everyday Makeup Girl

For the makeup beauties out there, this is for you! Here are some easy tips you can do in your home:

Make sure to wash your brushes regularly! You don’t want to be putting dirty tools on your face. It also helps your makeup go on better when you have clean brushes to work with. A great option is the Houdini Brush Cleaner.
Clean your eyeshadow regularly so you don’t have bacteria harboring in the product. The Restore Sanitizing Wipes are so perfect for this!

Taking good care of your makeup shouldn’t be hard! With these simple tips you can easily clean your makeup and tools and be on your way! Good luck!

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Beauty Basics Contour 101

JoEllen — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:00:13 +0000

Beauty Basics Contour 101

Welcome to Beauty Basics Contour 101! This is my favorite step in my makeup process! The purpose of contour is to give areas on your face definition. It allows your face to have dimension and it gives it a 3-D effect. We were born with beautiful features and we should embrace them! And that’s what contour does for your face. It brings out that beauty!

Why Contour

Why do we need contour? Our faces have natural shapes and shadows. When we apply one color all over our face, we take away those natural features and we look flat and lifeless. Nobody wants that! Contour gives your face life and it makes you look feminine.

Where to Apply Contour

Everyone’s face is different, but in general, you should focus your contour on these areas:

Cheekbones
Jawline
Forehead along your hairline
Along the bridge of your nose

How to Apply Contour

Cheekbones: This part can be tricky, but you can master it because I’m going to give you some tips! Take your fingers and try to locate the bone above your cheeks. It is below your eye area and runs parallel to your jawline. Now once you’ve found your cheekbone, you want to focus your contour color right below that bone. There is a hollow part that your brush can easily fall into. You want to take your contour, start at your hairline, and draw a line with your brush just below your cheekbone, all the way to your cheek. The best and most flattering way is to end it like the curve of a “J”, cupping your apples of your cheeks. This will help lift your cheeks. Be careful not to add contour to your laugh lines because this could make it appear dirty and it loses the effect of slimming that area down.

Jawline: By shadowing your jawline, you are making that area pop instead of letting it melt into a double chin. You simply take your contour color and brush it along your jawline…that’s it! And then you can blend it and it will give you a nice shadowed affect.

Forehead: When you look at a ball, it is naturally shaded at the top and bottom. And so it is with your forehead. We want to give that shadow back to your forehead by applying contour just below your hairline. Depending on how long your forehead is will depend on how much contour you apply. Start with a small line and you can always add more. Once it is blended your face has more dimension.

Nose: Not everybody likes a contoured nose. But if you do, then it’s pretty simple! The bridge of your nose is right down the middle. You want to take your contour and add color right along the sides of your bridge. Not a lot, just a thin line. This will make your nose appear slimmer. If you have a larger end to your nose, you can also add contour color around the area to make it look smaller.

Contour is such a fun and easy step to add to your beauty routine! Gone are the days of the flat face look! Let’s embrace our beauty and bring it out! Contour is a beauty basic that you don’t want to miss!

Want to learn another lesson in the Beauty Basics Series? Click here!

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An Introduction to Beauty Basics

JoEllen — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:00:42 +0000

An Introduction to Beauty Basics

Welcome to Beauty Basics! I am your Beauty Basics girl! I am an everyday girl that loves doing everyday makeup. Doing your makeup shouldn’t be something that you dread doing or that you feel inadequate about. It should be fun and easy and something that you look forward to doing! This is an introduction to beauty basics and how you can master these skills.

I am going to teach you the basics of makeup so you can grow confident and feel more beautiful in your skin. The Makeup 101 Course will cover:

Highlight
Contour
Blush
Illuminator
Blending
Eyebrows
Concealer
Eyeshadow

With practice and persistence, you can easily achieve these simple looks and graduate from Makeup 101!

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Makeup Tips for Mature Skin

JoEllen — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:00:23 +0000

Makeup Tips for Mature Skin

Just because you have mature skin doesn’t mean you can’t look and feel beautiful! As our skin ages, it loses its elasticity and moves around a little more freely. So, there are some tricks that can help you apply makeup a little easier. We’re showing you some makeup tips for mature skin and how you can feel your best!

Moisturize

Aged skin can become dry. It’s important to moisturize your beautiful skin so it can be healthy and ready for makeup application! Milk is a perfect moisturizer to get your skin looking and feeling good!

Stipple/Pat Makeup On

I think it’s a natural instinct to wipe our makeup in a swiping and brushing motion. But with mature skin, it’s better to apply your foundation in a stippling or patting motion. You want to dab that product into your skin and not wipe.

Perfector Sponge

Use the Perfector Sponge to blend any excess makeup and to make sure there isn’t makeup setting into the wrinkles on your face. The sponge will allow the makeup to nicely sink in and lay on your skin.

Eyeshadows

Mature skin may have some wrinkling around the eye area. When choosing eyeshadow shades, it’s important to stick to mostly matte colors. Shimmer shadows can accentuate wrinkles, and we don’t want that! Also, apply the eyeshadow by pressing and tapping onto the eyelid. The skin around the eye area can move easily and this technique will help the color stay where you place it.

Brows

An important step is to fill in those beautiful brows! After years of tweezing or the eyebrow hairs just simply falling out, you want to give the fading brows a nice little lift. Our brows frame our face and we want to make sure they have a nice shape and definition. If you want to learn more about your brow care, click here!

Putting makeup on mature skin shouldn’t be intimidating! With these simple steps, you can easily look and feel beautiful!

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How to Get the Best Brows

JoEllen — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:00:50 +0000

How to Get the Best Brows

Do you want to get the best brows?! Let’s talk! So often, women do a marvelous job with their makeup but then completely forget to top their look off by managing their brows! Eyebrows can really make or break your look. Let me show you some brow tips and tricks that will make you feel like a million bucks. This is how to get the best brows!

Shape

To get the best brows you must (must!) have your brows nicely shaped. Some of us are blessed with big bushy brows and some of us not so much. And some of us have tweezed those bad boys til there isn’t much left! No matter which category you fall in, you still must make sure you have a nice shape to your eyebrows. How can you do this? You can pay someone a small investment to get your brows waxed, threaded, or tweezed to get them started off with a nice shape. You can continue to pay for their maintenance on a regular schedule or learn to maintain them on your own. Already have a nice shape? Then make sure to keep those brows looking good. Remember that your eyebrows are sisters, not twins! You don’t need to make them identical & symmetrical. They should coordinate, not match.

Home Maintenance

You can learn to maintain and upkeep your eyebrows on your own. Once you have a nice shape that will complement your face, then it’s important to keep them looking good! What do you need to do?

Invest in a good pair of tweezers and learn to tweeze the proper way. When tweezing, make sure to grab the hair and pull in the direction of the hair growth. This will allow for the hair to come out nice and smooth without causing irritation to the skin or breakage of the hair. Keep tabs on those pesky stragglers and tweeze often. There’s nothing worse than having beautifully shaped brows sprinkled with loose, crazy fur.

After you are up to date on your tweezing, now it’s time to keep your brows trimmed! Just like you need regular haircuts, your eyebrows need to be trimmed frequently. Purchase some small eyebrow trimmers and a wand. Together these tools will help you comb and trim your brows so they don’t become unruly. It’s such an easy but essential step to ensure your brows are fabulous!

Make sure your brows start and end in the right places. Take a thin makeup brush (or pencil) and hold it vertically in your hand. Hold the brush right along the bridge of your nose, up past your brow. Your brow should start here. Now take your brush and hold it diagonally under your nose, to the outside corner of your eye, to your eyebrow. This is where your brow should end. Do it to both brows. This is a quick and easy way to determine how long your brows should be so they fit your face well.

Makeup Your Brows

Makeup on your brows? You better believe it! It’s amazing the difference a little color to your brows can do for your face! Once your brows are nicely shaped and maintained, then you need to apply a little brown to those brows to give them a nice definition. With just 2 things, you can make your brows look like a runway model’s!

You’ll need some brown eyeshadow or contour that closely matches your brow color and the Hotline Brush or the Mulitasker Brush. Then you apply the color into your brows to fill them in. Simply follow the shape of your brows and add some color. Use motions that mimic the growth of hair. That’s it! Brows help frame your face so this is a simple way to give your brows a little pick me up.

With those simple steps, that’s how to get the best brows! Such simple steps that should not be neglected in any beauty routine!

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5 Essential Skin Care Steps

JoEllen — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:00:45 +0000

5 Essential Skin Care Steps

We all want beautiful skin. Some of us have acne prone skin, some have dry, oily, or textured. No matter what type of skin you were blessed with, we all need to take good care of it! I’m a licensed aesthetician so skin care is really important to me. When I follow these 5 essential skin care steps, I feel more beautiful and my skin glows.

Step 1- Cleanse

It is so important to cleanse your skin daily! It’s ideal to cleanse morning & night, but it is essential to cleanse your skin at night. Ever since I went to skin care school, a night has not gone by that I haven’t cleansed my face….for real!! Think about how much dirt, grim, dust, sweat, and makeup that has accumulated on your skin throughout the day. You do not want to go to bed with that gunk settling in even more! Wash your face so you can have a nice clean face and your skin can renew itself while you sleep. Maskcara’s Milk Cleanser is top notch and oh so good for your skin!

Step 2- Exfoliate

Exfoliating your skin helps slough off the dead skin cells, remove product buildup, increases your blood circulation, and leaves your skin feeling nice and smooth. It is not necessary to exfoliate your face everyday day, in fact it can irritate it if you do. But simply exfoliate once to a few times a week to ensure that your skin is nice and smooth and healthy.

I personally like to use a simple homemade recipe of coconut oil & baking soda. It makes a great exfoliant that everyone already has in their cupboard.

Step 3- Tone

Say what?! What is the purpose of toner? This is a very underrated step in the skin care process and one that needs to make its way into your life! Toning can act as a second cleaning process. By taking a cotton pad and your toner, you wipe your face to get the excess dirt & makeup off. It also helps minimize your pore size and balances your skin’s natural pH level.

Maskcara’s Milk Toner is amazing! Or I like to use good ol’ apple cider vinegar (with the mother). Some toners have alcohol in them and this can be really drying for your skin. Whether you use a homemade recipe, something from your cupboard, or a toner from the drugstore make sure to tone your face once a day (I do it at night).

Step 4- Moisturize

Just like your body needs water to drink, your skin needs moisturizer to stay hydrated. Your skin is thirsty and needs to have that extra moisture to thrive. Make sure to moisturize your face in your daily routine, whether once or twice a day. A common misconception is that women who have oily skin don’t need to moisturize…wrong! Oily skin is still thirsty. You just may need to moisturize once a day instead of twice.

Maskcara Milk is an excellent moisturizer! I especially love it under my eyes. I also love to use pure coconut oil. I lather it on my face at night and let my skin hydrate while I’m sleeping. Either options are great!

Step 5- Spot Treatment

All of us are cursed with pesky pimples at some time in our life. The important thing is learning how to treat them. Sometimes it’s best to leave them alone, but if you must squeeze them, then make sure to gently use your two pointer fingers wrapped in tissue to avoid getting oil, dirt, or bacteria into the exposed area. Once you’re done, use a benzoyl peroxide ointment or some other acne treatment cream to spot treat the area.

I like to use an essential oil blend for those blemishes.

Those are my 5 essential skin care steps that I use and think you should too! Nobody’s skin is perfectly flawless, but if you take good care of your skin then it will glow!

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