Whiter Teeth - Tips to Keeping Your Pearly Whites White

Tips to Keep Your Pearly Whites White!

Improve Health and Whiten:

• if you smoke, STOP!
• don't get oral peircings. These cause damages to your mouth that prevent your teeth from looking their whitest.
• Avoid really hot and really cold foods and drinks, these  foods and drinks cause your teeth to extand and contract, allowing a stain to become more apparent.
• Foods that are acidic can cause stains to stick more to the teeth and tear down the anamil.
• You should brush your teeth at least two times a day for about five minutes, yes this also includes brushing your tongue.
• Get a dental check-up every 4 to 6 months.
• Don't keep a toothbrush too long, when you start to notice a change in the color of the brissles, it is time to toss that one and get another toothbrush that is of good quality.
• Aviod dark sodas and coffee, they may be good for waking you up in the morning but they are also good for giving you a dull smile.
• Chew a piece of sugar free gum during the day to keep the bacteria from depositing on your teeth.
• Trying purchasing a whitening toothpaste, this will only work if you fallow the insturstions indicated on the box for the toothpaste.
• If you plan on doing a self-whitening kit, DO IT! Don't buy it and use it every once in a while do as the box indicates, otherwise this method will not work.
• If you can afford it, get your teeth professionally whitened.
• ONLY BUY PRODUCTS THAT ARE FDA APPROVED!
• Swap the sweets for things such as apples and pears.

Tips to Make Teeth Appear Whiter:

• Don't wear white clothing, this will make your teeth less white by comparision.
• Wear red lipsticks, or other colors that have a blue undertone
• Wear rhinestones and shiny silver jewlery.

First Time Make-Upers

First Time Make-Upers

There comes a time in a girl's life when you find a cute boy you want to impress, you try EVERYTHING to get their attention, including padded bras, tighter pants, and make-up.

But how do you do you make-up where do you start?

• When you are first starting to use make-up: find someone that you think has really good make-up, this will you you something to base your make-up off of.

Here are some starting tips for make-up virgins:

• if you are using a foundation, make sure it matches your skin tone, if it is too dark you will look orange, if it is too light you will look flushed.
• Less is sometimes more. Everyone wants that "natural beauty". Use just enough to cover what you want covered and define what you want defined.
• DO NOT use too much eyeliner! Eyeliner can really define your eyes and make them pop, but you when you let the eyeliner wear you.
• Clear or slightly tinted lip gloss. When you first start wearing make-up you, stick with clear or slightly tinted lip gloss til you become more aware of you complexion.
• Have a finishing powder.
• Put make-up on in a well lighted room.

Applying Makeup:

The first time you decide to put on makeup, try it on the weekend this gives you the option to play your makeup til you get it just the way you like it. It also means you don't have to rush off to school if you are not happy with you makeup, you will have enough time to make as many errors as you want.

BEFORE:

  

Face:
First thing you should apply to your face before adding any kind of make up is a clear primer:

  

After you have applied your primer, apply the foundation that you have found to match you skin. you if you have any questions as to if the foundation is the right color or tint, try a sample on the back of your hand.

If you want to add a little bit of rosey to your cheeks try adding blush to the apple of your cheek. To find the apples of your cheeks, smile while you put on your makeup. Fade the blush out, don't let it all sit in one place, start closest to the nose and fan the brush out to the hair line, still fallowing the cheek bone.

Check under the chin bone for a line that may have developed when putting on your foundation, you may also find this line by your hair line. To fix this line take a towel, or paper towel and gently rub the line til you notice it fading away.

Dust you finishing powder over your face.

Eyes:

Before applying anything to you eyelids, apply a primer to the eyelid. Your face primer may also double as your eye primer.

This is where that picture you got for makeup inspiration will come in handy.

Apply your eye shadow in the pattern of your choice. This make take many trial and errors, but it can also be really to experiment with your eye make up.

Go over the very edge of your lash line with an eyeliner. This will make your lashes look darker and fuller.  DO NOT apply too much.

If you choose to apply eyeliner to your bottom lash, apply it to the lash line.

Than add your mascara to define you eyelashes.

Lips:

Apply lip gloss to your lower lip.

Rub lips together.

If you feel as if you have too much lip gloss on, fold two pieces of toilet paper and dab lips on the paper.

AFTER:

Different Eye Shapes, Different Eye Make-Up

Eye Techinques for Different Eye Types

Not everyone has the same shape of eyes. That means that not everyone should use the same style of eye make up.

Do you have Round, Almond or Oval Eyes?

• Round Eyes are generally larger and have a more open look to them.
• Almond Eyes have an upswept outer corner.
• Oval Eyes generally have the appercience of being more shut, some may say squinky.

If you have Round Eyes:

• Use a darker liner and extend beyond the eyelid at the outer corner to make the eyes appear to be longer.
• Use medium shades of eyeshadow from the lashline to the crease.

If you have Almond Eyes:

• Nuetral color liner under the eye
• do not use the same liner on the top lash line and the bottom.
• Limit the amount of liner that you use on the tip lash.
• Use lighter shsades or a smoky eye or smudged eye.

If you have Oval Eyes:

• Use your eyeliner to give your eyes the look of being taller, start with a thin line at the outer corner of the lash line and gradually thicken towards the middle of the eye. Shrink the line as you approach the inner corner of the eye.
• Try not to use a lower liner, if you feel as if you need to, make it a VERY fine line under the lower lashes.

There are more than just the shape of the eyes:


Thank you http://makeup.lovetoknow.com/Eye_Shapes_Makeup for the help.

Time to Party: Make-up Tips & Application

Time to Party

The weekend is finally here and it is time to party! We are going to start the "Time to Party" series with the Make-Up Tips and Application.

Time to Party: Make-Up Tips:

• Don't over dress, know if the party is casual or formal.
• Before applying primer, try rubbing ice on your face for a couple minutes, this will  tighten pores and allow the make up to last for a longer period of time.
• Waterproof mascara and eyeliner? This will prevent your make-up from running.
• Deep-colored eye shadow will add intensity.
• Add some gold!

Application of Your Party Make-Up:

1. To ensure that your make up will last you all night, apply a primer prior to your foundation. Don't forget your eyelids.
2. Concealer is always good, it can cover a break-out. But make sure that the concealer is fit to your skin.
3. When applying foundation, make sure to apply it to your neck and chest, especially if you plan on wearing a low cut dress.
4. Blend the foundation as best you can, blending can be a problem under the chin, if you are not sure if you have blended well, ask a friend, and if it's not ask them to help you out.
5. To finish off your foundation add a clear face powder. Everyday face powder will work or you could use a powder that has a little shimmer.
6. If you are going to add a blush, now is the time to do it. Add a blush that compliments your skin tone. This will provide a little extra glow to your face.
7. The smoky eye is the perfect addiction to any party look.
1. start with a neutral base eye shadow from lash line to brow - this will be your lightest color.
2. use a dark eyeliner along the lash line. (I like to pair smokey eyes with a little bit of a cat eye).
3. Apply your medium shadow on the lid and in the crease.
4. Add a black color to the very corner of the eye to give it a little extra pop.
8. Apply an eye pencil to the eyebrows to help define them. Use feathery strokes so as not to look overdone.
9. Add the mascara of your choice. (waterproof, maybe?)
10. Don't forget to add your favorite lip gloss. A shiny gloss is the best choice, unless you did a softer eye than you may be able to play with a brighter lip stick.

Thank you to http://makeup.lovetoknow.com/Party_Face for their helpful article, there are more tips and tricks available on this website. Take a look.








What do I use to complete that Party Look?

Primer: MAC Prep and Prime Skin ($28, MACcosmetics.com)
Foundation: Make Up Forever: High Definition Foundation ($42, sephora.com)
Blush: L'OREAL Feel Naturale ($15.99, Drugstore.com)
Smoky Eye Kit: Lorac: Starry-Eyed Baked Eye Shadow Trio ($26, sephora.com)
Liquid Eye Liner: Lorac: Front of the Line PRO - Liquid Eyeliner ($23, sephora.com)
Eyeliner Pencil: CoverGirl: Perfect Point Plus ( $5.79, Drugstore.com)
Mascara: Maybelline: The Falsies Volume Express - Flared ($7.99, drugstore.com)
Lip Gloss: Tarte: LipSurgence Natural Lip Luster ($24, sephora.com)








Make-up Under $10

Primer:

• e.l.f. - Studio Mineral Infused Face Primer ($6, drugstore.com)
• Sally Hansen Natural Beauty - Luminizing Face Primer ($9.95, drugstore.com)
• L'Oreal Studio Secrets Professional - Magic Perfecting Base ($5.99-12.95, drugstore.com)
• Boots No7 - Colour Calming Makeup Base ($9.99, drugstore.com)

Foundation:

• Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse - Foundation ($8.99, drugstore.com) (I also use this foundation, LOVE IT!)
• Wet n Wild Ultimate Match - Liquid Foundation SPF 15 ($4.99, drugstore.com) (Your face gets more exposure to the sun than anywhere else on your body, protect it with a foundation that has SPF in it.)
• Black Opal - Total Coverage Concealing Foundation ($9.50, drugstore.com)
• CoverGirl TruBlend Liquid Makeup - Foundation ($7.49-9.59, drugstore.com)
• Black Opal - True Color Creme Stick Foundation SPF 8 ($9.50, drugstore.com)

Blush:

• CoverGirl TruBlend Blush - Naturally Luminous Powder ($7.29, drugstore.com)
• Boots No7 Natural Blush - Cheek Colour ($8.99, drugstore.com)
• Revlon Cream Blush - With Pop-Up Mirror ($9.79, drugstore.com)
• Revlon Powder Blush Matte - with Brush ($9.79, drugstore.com) (I also use this blush for a day to day wear, a matte has no sparkle to it and it a more subtle option)

Smoky Eye Kit:

• L'Oreal The One Sweep - Eye Shadow ($9.49-9.95, drugstore.com)
• Revlon ColorStay - Smoky Eyeshadow Stick ($8.99, drugstore.com)
• Almay Intense i-Color - Smoky-i Powder Shadow Palette ($7.49, drugstore.com)

Liquad Eye Liner:

• Boots No7 - Liquid Eye Liner ($8.99, drugstore.com)
• Wet n Wild H2O - Proof Liquid Eyeliner ($3.99,drugstore.com)
• Maybelline Line Stiletto - Ultimate Precision Liquid Eyeliner ($5.99, drugstore.com)
• Almay - Liquid Eyeliner ($7.49, drugstore.com)

Eyeliner Pencil:

• Maybelline Eye Studio - Master Drama Cream Pencil Eyeliner ($7.49, drugstore.com)
• NYC - Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil ($3.60, drugstore.com)
• Wet n Wild Color Icon Liner - Eyeliner Pencil ($.99, drugstore.com)
• Prestige Total Intensity - Eyeliner Pencil ($5.50, drugstore.com)
• CoverGirl: Perfect Point Plus ( $5.79, Drugstore.com) (LOVE IT!)

Mascara:

•  Maybelline: The Falsies Volume Express - Flared ($7.99, drugstore.com) (LOVE IT!)
• Rimmel Lash Accelerator - Mascara ($8.53, drugstore.com)
• CoverGirl Professional All in One Curved - Mascara ($4.99, drugstore.com)
• L'Oreal Voluminous- Flase Fiber Lashes Mascara Waterproof ($8.95, drugstore.com)
• Organic Wear - Lash Boosting Mascara ($9.95, drugstore.com)

Lip Gloss:

• Revlon Super Lustrous - Lipgloss ($6.99, drugstore.com)
• Nivea Lip Care - A Kiss of Shine, Pink Glossy Lip Care ($3.29, drugstore.com)
• CoverGirl Wetslicks Fruit Spritzer- Lip Gloss ($5.49, drugstore.com)(having a flavored gloss is good for you and your crush (;
• Burt's Bees - Natural Lip Shine ($6.99, drugstore.com)