In a perfect world we would all get to spend the day in bed with hot tea and cold popsicles when we’re sick. But in real life some of us have to go to work or show up at events, and we don’t want to look like death warmed over.
Today I was quoted for the first time in this new year,
by The Daily Makeover in an article about beauty tricks that help hide the signs of a bad cold or flu.

I have reposted the article below:

9 Beauty Tricks to Disguise Seasonal Colds and Flus

by Aly Walansky

Watery eyes, sneezing, puffy eyes, red nose—the telltale signs of seasonal illnesses neither feel, nor look, particularly good. It’s hard enough to combat the physical effects of symptoms from a cold, the flu,and even terrible seasonal allergies, but in those rare situations that we need to get out of the house and present our best semblance of health (like, ahem, going to work), these beauty tricks will carry you through. You may still be feeling under the weather, but nobody will be the wiser.

Invest in quality tissues.
It’s true: The softer the tissue you can get, the less redness and chapping you’ll have on your nose, says makeup artist Jennifer Trotter. “Yes, I learned this lesson the hard way so you don’t have to!,” she adds. Trotter recommends springing for the Puffs Plus with lotion—you’re welcome.

Up the ante on moisturizer.
Go heavy—and we mean heavy—on the moisturizer. Before bed, be sure to coat the tip of your nose with moisturizer, too, or if it’s especially chapped, use petroleum jelly, says Trotter. You want to avoid any residual rough and flaky skin, as it’s difficult to cover with makeup. Do your heavy-duty moisturizing at night and stick to your regular moisturizer during the day.

Get swelling under control.
Reduce inflammation around the eyes and nose by using an anti-inflammatory cream, suggests Marian Rothschild, a Certified Personal Image Consultant, makeup artist, and author of “Look Good Now and Always. “Lots of cosmetic lines make them, but the best by far is the Sisley Eye Contour Mask. It’s pricey, but well worth it,” says Rothschild. For a more affordable option that works great, tryKinara Flawless Renewal Eye Cream.

Conceal.
Use a thick, yet creamy concealer under the eyes to cover any redness without emphasizing dryness, and stick to light eyeshadow colors around the eye. Don’t use pink eyeshadow (though we don’t know why you would), as it will accentuate any red that’s in your eyes due to your illness, says Rothschild. Use the concealer around the bottom of your nose to hide any telltale redness and blend well. Fordark circles with a brown or purplish tone, use an under-eye concealer with yellow tones to counteract that darkness, suggests Lyn Tackett, esthetician and owner of Genesis Studio Spa. “I would advise avoiding white and other pale shades during your bout with the cold or flu, as your skin tone isn’t going to have as much color to begin with. White will draw attention to our paler complexion, but yellow will help color correct while keeping to a warm tone,” Tackett says.

Less is more.
Don’t overdo your makeup, and stick to natural tones. Peach tones will also help brighten up the eye area, says Tackett.

Choose the right colors.
Avoid all blue-based color products on eyes, cheeks, and lips as they will make the under eye area look dark and heavy, says makeup artist Corinna Cooke. Use warm bronzes and gold on the eyes instead and, stay away from black or charcoal liner—when we’re looking heavy around the eye area, it’s a good idea to skip dark liners and focus on brightening the eye instead. Curl your lashes and use extra mascara, too.

Look alive.
Use a warm-toned blush to breathe rosy-cheeked life back into the face, and brighten everything with a pop of color on the lip—just not a blue-based pink or red. A little gloss in the center of the lip makes it look juicy and hydrated instead of flat and parched. “I like cream blushes as they make the skin look more alive. Be careful with bronzer, as it can make your washed out skin look orange, and generally looks wrong in the cold months,” says Cooke. If you have dry patches around your nose from sneezing and blowing your nose, spot-treat the area with Make Up For Ever HD Elixir, suggests Cooke. It instantly hydrates and soothes dry, rough skin, and the primer finish helps enhance makeup application, as well as wear.

Check your posture.
Stand up straight and maintain good posture so that you look healthy and energetic—when we’re sick, we tend to slouch, says Rothschild, so it’s kind of a dead giveaway that you’re feeling under the weather.

Stay hydrated.
Drink plenty of water, both to hydrate and to help to flush out your system so that you’ll be back on your feet in no time at all.

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The holiday season is here, which means party season is here too!

Glitter eye shadows are so fun to wear to winter festivities.
They look so vibrant and alive against the bleak, dreary backdrop of the colder months, and they also play well against crisp white snow.

Candle light and open fires pick up the sheen you’ve added to your shadow and make your eyes sparkle and look so pretty.

But if they’re not executed correctly, glittery eye shadows are just a sparkly mess all over your face.

So here are my tips for

How To Work With Glittery Eyeshadow.

1. Neutralize your complexion
To pull off a good glittery shadow you really need to have a good, smooth foundation, evening out your complexion.

2. Keep The Shine Only To Your Eyes.
Its easy to make the whole face look too shiny when you have a high shine eye. Tone the cheek down a little, and don’t add sparkle anywhere else. Sparkly or shimmery highlight paired with a glittery shadow will detract from the effect of the eye shadow and can end up making the face look oily.

3. Soften The Lip
If you are making a shimmery eye the focus of your look, help it out by toning down the lip.
Most people can’t carry off a big eye and a big lip at the same time. Go for something a little more neutral, and keep it either matte or just a low sheen. A big glossy lip with a glittery eye makes the face look too shiny and too busy.

4. Use Your Glitter Shadow As An Accent
Dont try to build your entire eye with a glitter shadow.
Build the shape and drama of the eye in neutral creamy finished eye shadows (glitter adheres better to a cream base), and then bring in your shimmery/glittery product as the final event.
Bare lids won’t hold sparkles.

5. It’s all In The Application
To make this deal work, and not have glitter all over your face, you need to apply it correctly.
I like to dampen my brush by dabbing it into a tiny amount of Makeup Forever HD Primer (it binds and holds the product without being too heavy) and then pick up my glitter /shimmer product and gently press it onto the area I want to accent.
Don’t try to paint the eye or sweep a glitter product over it, as the particles will flick all over the face and can be tricky to get off. You want to isolate the glitter/shimmer just to the eye, and the area of the eye that you are accenting.

Shimmer vs Glitter

6. Shimmer or Glitter?
I prefer a product that shimmers to a product that is super glittery. My favorites are Makeup Forever Star Powder and
Face Atelier’s Shimmer. The particles are smaller, give more of a shimmery effect, and stay on the eye rather than all over the face. You can carry off more sheen to other areas of the face with a shimmer shadow instead of a glitter.
If you want to use a glitter look for one with smaller instead of bigger particles.

7. Repair Job
If you wind up with particles of glitter on your face use a piece of sotch tape to gently lift it off

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The Spring/Summer 2014 runways were a veritable gold rush, full of glorious
metallic hues, with models looking like Goddesses from a bygone era.

For those of you who are aiming to look like Dolce and Gabbana’s golden Sicilian beauties, but instead are finding yourself gazing in the mirror at some warped version of Cleopatra, here is a little road map to pulling off the golden look to perfection.

First you need to understand that the objective is to radiate a slightly golden glow, not to look like you’ve been painted gold.

It all begins with the complexion.

Skin needs to glow, so therefore you have to get it ready long beforehand. Keeping your skin nicely exfoliated and well hydrated is absolutely key to achieving success.

With your skin in great condition you need to build in some color. Either with a facial self tanner, or with foundation. The most important issue if you are using foundation is to get a sheer formula that lets you see through it. Anything heavy or opaque is going to kill your look before you get started.

Thick or heavy foundation looks hideous in the summer, and anything overly powdered is going to make the complexion look dusty, old and tired.

Add some warm golden highlighter with a slight sheen to the upper cheekbones. You can use it alone or mix it into your foundation. You want to create a soft glow, not a mad sparkle. Charlotte Tilbury’s Bar Of Gold highlighter is amazing. It adds a warmth to your highlight and can be used in many ways – eye’s, lips, cheeks, basically anywhere you want a little lift. You can read about it here

When you add sheen to your cheekbones, also hit your collarbones and shoulders if they will be exposed. You can’t work a golden glowing complexion if your shoulders and chest look flat and lifeless.

The golden accent must be worked into the skin and not sit on the surface. When it melts into the skin you look gorgeous and exotic.

The Eyes

The trick to making golden shadows work is to go for warmth. Yellow golds seldom look good on anyone, but bronzy warm golds and pink champagne golds look stunning on everyone. Keep the shimmer to the lid and then blend out to matte formulas to build into the crease and fade out to the brow bone. If everything shimmers we wind up looking like Cleopatra again.

Line the eye with deep expresso browns or eggplant tones instead of black.

The Lips

If you add shimmer to the eye then you need to avoid shimmer on the lip. Instead opt for a gentle shine. Avoid anything too porno-glossy, opting instead for a luscious, succulent sheen.

Understand which gold is for you.

If you are fair skinned look at rosey pink champagne golds. Yellow golds will stand out against the skin and golds that are too coppery or bronzey will look muddy.

If you are medium skinned look at peachy golds to warm the skin, or if you are more olive try bronze golds.

If you have dark skin look at deep, warm coppers and bronzes.

Don’t Abuse Bronzer

My ultimate pet peeve in makeup-land is the misuse and abuse of bronzer.

Learn how to apply it correctly, and understand its objective, which is to make you look like you’ve been out in the sun.

It is not to color in the face, fix a foundation shade that is too pale, or the worst offense of them all – it is not a contour product.

Everyone second person with a youtube account or an Instagram tells you to contour with bronzer. Bronzer is made up of bronze tones designed to be a little reflective, and as I said above is to make the skin glow like you’ve just been running around outdoors on a sunny day. Contour products are made up of black , red and grey and are designed to absorb light and recede features that you want to
diminish. Bronzer used as contour looks ridiculous, especially once it has wornin for a couple of hours.

When used as a contour product bronzer will ultimately make your face look muddy.

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