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1. Foundation: When purchasing a new foundation and a mirror isn’t available to match foundation color with your face, never match foundation to the back of your hand. Your face is never the same color as your arms and the back of your hands because these have more exposure to the sun. It is better to match your foundation with the inside lighter area of your arm.
2. Mascara: Hate it when you get a mascara smudge on your eyelid and eyeshadow? No problem! Whatever you do; DO NOT wipe it off immediately!! Wait till it dries. Once dry, you should be able to flick it right off without a smudgy mascara line.
3. Foundation: Do your eye makeup before applying your foundation. Apply foundation after your eyes are all done and then apply your concealer. This will avoid getting fallout from the eyeshadow below your eyes and all over your foundation. Trust me, it’s not pretty to have a rainbow of color where your concealer should be.
4. Eye and mouth crease areas: If you want your eye shadow to last all day without creasing and also make the colors look more pigmented and vibrant…wear a good eye shadow base. And if eye shadow base will prevent your eyes from creasing, it will do the same for the makeup that is applied to the area where the lines are formed when you smile close to your mouth. Apply eye shadow base before your eye shadow and also underneath your foundation on your “smile lines”. This will prevent your face from looking like a triple layer cake at 5 PM. Not sexy.
5. Mascara: This one is simple, but for some reason, it never occurred to me till I heard it. Apply mascara on your lower lashes first. This will avoid getting mascara on your eyelid when looking down to apply mascara on the lower lashes, if you already applied on your upper lashes.
6. Blush: This one is also simple. But however, when I first began to wear blush I would apply it all over the middle of my cheeks (it’s ok, laugh at me). And this made me look like Bozo. The best way to apply blush is to pucker your lips and apply to the top apples of your cheeks.
7. General Makeup Rule: Last but not least, never, EVER, sleep in your makeup. You’re probably saying: “Eww, disgusting!”. Right? Picture this: you come home, a little tipsy from too many cosmos and appletinis at 4 AM from living it up with the girls in the club. You throw your heels in one corner, tie up your hair, take off your bra, and crawl into bed. I know you’ve done it. We’ve all done it. And we wake up the next morning looking like a Cruella de Vil mug shot. Worst part about sleeping in your makeup is not what you look like the next morning, it’s the damage it does to your skin. You lose a couple of eyelashes, your pores get clogged, and you get dark circles under your eyes. Think of your skin as the blank canvas for the masterpiece. So next time you’re thinking about going there, take 5 minutes to wash your face…you little piggy!
These tips have worked for me, and I hope they work for you. Do you have any good makeup tips you would like to share? Please leave them in the comments below. I’d love to read them
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Everyone wants to find love and countless radio songs hail the wonderful, giddy feeling. So, what exactly is love? It’s not simple to define. Love can be broken down into five stages: attraction, romance, passion, intimacy, and commitment.
Understanding each stage will give you a better understanding of just what it means to be in love.
Here are the 5 stages:
Attraction
To be attracted to someone means that you are drawn to them in a way beyond simple friendship. Attraction is a force that draws two objects together, and when used in a romantic sense attraction can be physical or emotional. Physical attraction is powerful and is sometimes called lust.
It manifests itself in many ways, including an increased temperature, a tightened throat, butterflies in the stomach, buckled knees, sweaty palms, etc.
An emotional attraction develops when you share experiences with a man. Often this involves difficult times. A woman that shows a man her ability to remain calm and poised during a crisis understands what a man really desires in a woman.
A couple may experience both physical and emotional attraction, or they may experience just one of these. An emotional attraction is highly desirable because it will last much longer than physical attraction.
Romance
Romance involves trying to win a partner over by lavishing them with love, attention, gifts, and thoughtful dates. It can be either selfish or selfless. Selfish romance involves lavishing attention on someone for personal gain, whether it be to impress someone else or just to get sex.
Selfish romance does not last and will end up hurting everyone involved. Selfless romance, on the other hand, is when you do things for your partner merely for their pleasure and enjoyment.
In return, you find pleasure and happiness through doing kind things for them. Selfless romance is enduring.
Romance is an act and can easily be rekindled in couples who have been together for a long period of time. It doesn’t have to involve fancy black-tie dinners and champagne but can be something as simple as a backrub or a sweet, thoughtful card letting your partner know how much they mean to you.
With some careful planning and consideration, romance can keep burning throughout the course of a lifetime.
Passion
Passion is an intense feeling of desire for another person. When an emotional relationship turns into a physical relationship, the couple will experience this very important stage of passion.
Passion is so important because it’s a plateau point in the relationship. From this point in, the relationship will either burn out or the couple will decide that it’s time to move the relationship to the next level.
Intimacy
Intimacy is a close, personal, and loving relationship with another person. It’s a never-ending process of getting to know everything about your partner and sharing your thoughts, wants, dreams, feelings, etc. Intimacy is vital to a long-term relationship and without it a long-term relationship cannot survive.
Commitment
Commitment is a huge step in an early-stage relationship and is necessary to develop into a long-term relationship. When a couple is committed, they promise to remain true to their mate and stick by their side through good times and bad.
Commitment when the relationship is smooth-sailing is simple and very difficult when times are volatile. Every relationship ebs and flows with it’s natural peaks and low points, though, and commitment and perseverance will get you through it.
Love is a constantly evolving creature that needs love and nurturing to grow. Learn to respect your differences, truly listen to each other, compromise when an agreement cannot be reached, and always keep in mind what drew you to your partner to begin with. Love is endlessly rewarding if you give it your 100% effort.
