The art of make-up

[Champagne]

I realised this morning that I spend a lot of time and money on buying the right make-up and beauty products, just so that I can apply my make-up perfectly to give me a flawless, natural look. It literally is an art form in its own right!!

I'm very lucky in that I can wear a lot of make-up but look like i'm hardly wearing any.

Does anybody else go to the same lengths to look like a natural beauty?

It's not the same look when you have no make-up on. It's capturing that 'glow' that you sometimes get naturally and recreating it with make-up.

[tiny e.a]

I am a natural beauty!

[leelapops]

Nope, I only wear make-up if I am going out, or for "special occasions"! Don't have time or inclination to sit at mirror every morning ensuring a flawless finish. Luckily my skin doesn't need much covering up. I am sure I would look far prettier with make up, but I just can't be @rsed!
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[leelapops]

Do we wear make up for ourselves, or others?
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[4getmenot]

I dont wear any make-up through the day at all. I feel that if I do that I never feel any different when going out at weekends.

[leelapops]

Exactly, 4get. What's the occasion if your face is always slathered in cr*p?!

Just noticed an advert down the side of this page, imploring us to "flirt with Tampax"...oh, how I am laughing!

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[LoftyLottie]

Wash, moisturise, Clarins Beauty Flash Balm, a few bits of concealer, mascara and a bit of lippy. 2 minutes max!!! That's if going out!!! Otherwise zilch. I do have my brows and lashes dyed.

[4getmenot]

And I bet it isn�t flawless when you in the sunshine, anyone that uses a lot of foundation and make-up always seems to have a tide line

[unrulyjulie]

i always wear make up, always have.

I dont have it slathered all over my face and end up looking like Barbara Cartland on a bad day though ! ;-) i hope lol

One thing i very rarely use in the day though is lippy and if im going out then i make more effort with it.

It only takes me 5 mins in the morning so its not too much effort. Just don't feel right without it.

[tiny e.a]

Yeah, I'm the same, I look better with make up on but can get away without any soI don't see the point of wearing it everyday. Like 4getmenot I like to actually look different when I am out to how I look sitting in the office.

[LoftyLottie]

I have always hated foundation, yuk!!!

[Octavius]

I cleanse, tone and moisturise every day, but makeup is a step to far � except at the weekend.

[4getmenot]

surely the natural look is just that, natural

[Champagne]

Any woman who has a foundation 'tide line' and doesn't look flawless in the sun isn't buying the right foundation. The simple rule with make-up is: BLEND!!

I only recently started wearing foundation. I went through a phase about 4 months ago where I stopped wearing make-up to work and it was really difficult to look like a professional when my hair and make-up didn't match the look!! So I decided to turn over a new leaf and make a conscious effort. I invested in professional make-up brushes, got the right foundation for me, and wear natural colours that compliment my skin tone for a natural 'day' look.

I was using a lovely tinted moisturiser for a while but found that in the sunshine my face was becoming quite 'dewy' looking. I needed to even up, so now use a foundation which I make go a long way!! My freckles show, but the tiniest amount of foundation applied thinly with a brush gives me porcelain looking skin.

Now all I need to do is sort me barnet out....

[tiny e.a]

Well, well done on your porcelain skin

[4getmenot]

But how do you make yourself feel different when you go out on the town? Most of the excitement of going out to me is dressing up beforehand

[unrulyjulie]

as you said 4get, its dressing up, a little more time spent on your hair and make-up. Different sort of colours etc....

I always feel like i look better on a night out. Its not just the fact that you wear make-up, its the whole package.

[4getmenot]

In summer I have quite a few freckles come out across my nose and under eyes, how would you put foundation on then, because you'd be able to notice it

[4getmenot]

although have never understood girls doing there lippy in night club toilets, I hjave said before 'its dark in there you cant see it!'

[brissney]

I never leave the house without some make-up on. Not in a Jordan, put on with a trowel effect but just enough so I feel happy about my skin. I have red blotchy skin which I am quite paranoid about so I put enough foundation on to cover it and then some mascara so that my eyes stand out a bit and some clear lip gloss for my lips. When I am going out or want something a bit special, I can then put on some eyeshadow, bronzer and lippie and look completely different.

[LoftyLottie]

Surely, even if you only use a light moisturiser, if you use it regularly you are stopping the skins pores performing their natural function?

I can understand you, however, wishing to look 'professional' in your job. One thing I could never do is look 'professional' and spend time doing it I just feel so uncomfortable being dressed up and made up, but must admit some women look terrific each day and I admire them for their effort but have never aspired to do the same.