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There is nothing more funky than seeing someone with colored contact lenses. They can be used to enhance the natural color or change it to another color. But when you change the color of your eyes, will you have to change your makeup too? Here are some makeup secrets that will help you to alter your makeup to accommodate for your wicked colored lenses.

Of course you will still need to take into account that your skin tone hasn’t changed color and should still use the same foundation and blusher.

Fair Skin

If you have green colored contact lenses then the makeup secrets say you should have green or blue-green eye shadows are best. The best thing to do is to go for a similar color to your contacts but a shade lighter. When it comes to eye liner, the makeup secrets say to use gray rather than black. IT makes your skin look fairer and will make your eyes look a deeper color.

Medium Skin

If you have medium skin tone and you are wearing green contacts then blues and violets will suit you best. For turquoise contacts, why not go for a dark plum combined with some silver either in the shadow or using eye liner.

Dark Skin

The best color contact lenses for women with dark skin are the amethyst, sapphire and green lenses. The makeups secrets say that bronzes and browns look really good with these colors. With aqua blue, try an amber eye shadow.

Remember that by wearing colored contact lenses, you will be drawing attention to your eyes and you won’t want to have your eye makeup looking too bright. The makeup secrets say that a light colored lipstick would make your eyes stand out more and create a more even appearance.

When applying your eye makeup, make sure that you do it after you’ve put your new lenses in otherwise you may smudge all your work and effort! Also take your lenses out before you take your makeup off otherwise you may get something in you eye.

The makeup secrets say to invest in a good mascara so you don’t end up with mascara smears all over your lenses, this is not a good look! You can even buy “for contact lenses wearer” mascara that would be well worth the investment.

It sucks that makeup can cause wrinkles. We usually use makeup to cover our imperfections, not make them worse! Did you know that by covering up our flaws we could be damaging our skin even more?

Next time you see a group of women in a restaurant, take a look at the one with the most wrinkles. Does she have more makeup on than the others? So where is the link?

Well I’m about to let you into three nasty secrets that most women don’t know about makeup and winkles. These secrets will reveal how makeup can cause wrinkles and should give you an idea of what to avoid in future!

Nasty Make Up Secret Number 1

The skin around your eyes is really delicate and is thinner than on the rest of the face. This makes it more prone to damage and can cause a whole heap of wrinkles when you pull and tug with your fingers and when applying eye makeup. Be very gentle next time and you’ll have less risk of wrinkles around your eyes.

Nasty Make Up Secret Number 2

OK so we now know that putting your makeup on can cause the wrinkles but what about the products your plastering on your face? Did you know that the chemicals that are in your makeup can be really harsh to your skin?

The cosmetic companies try to avoid using the words “skin irritant” in their sales pitches but this is what is in their products. This causes allergies, rashes and wrinkles.

The best way to deal with this is to pick some makeup that uses natural ingredients and also one that has sun protection in it. You can buy foundations and concealers with natural moisturizers such as avocado and Shea butter too.

Nasty Make Up Secret Number 3

What do you use to take your makeup off? Makeup removers can be really harsh on the skin as they have to cut through grease and oils to get the makeup off. Your eyes in particular are likely to be affected by this.

The harsh chemicals also cause dryness and will increase the chances of you getting wrinkles. The biggest problem is when women rub the makeup off their faces vigorously and therefore causes damage to the skin and wrinkles.

When you have finished taking your makeup off safely why not use a moisturizer that contains elastin stimulator’s (keeping your face bouncy) and keeps your skin supple.

When you wear glasses it can be hard to know how to put your eye make-up on correctly. You need to think about things such as how your eye make-up will look through your lenses and how the light changes the colors. Near sighted glasses will make your eyes look smaller, far sighted glasses will make your eyes look larger so both of these need to be considered when you put your eye make-up on.

The frames that you wear can create shadows and make it look like you have huge bags under your eyes. This can be avoided if you use a salmon-tinted base and apply it to your bags (if you have any).

Another common problem for glasses wearers is the nose bridge smudging your eye make-up. A mineral foundation should stop this from happening.

When applying eye liner, make sure that you only use it on your bottom lid. The angle that the light will come in will make it look like you have it on both eyes and will save you money too!

Mascara is a whole other matter. Because it may rub on your glasses, you don’t want to apply too much. If this happens then its really difficult to get off your glasses and can make your eyes look uneven. Emphasize your lower lashes instead and create an even look through your glasses.

When you’ve finally finished applying all your eye make-up, look at your face in other lights to make sure its applied well and then face the day knowing you and your glasses look great.

The glamour industry is a harsh and cruel world that really underestimates the power of well applied make-up. There is so much that you can do with make-up including setting the mood of your picture, enhance the looks of the model etc. There are so many different looks you can create with make-up that it is up to your creativity to show them.

Most artists or photographers have trouble with the models and there make up but there are two ways to overcome this. The first is to let the model do her own make up and the second is to invest in a make-up artist.  This can have both ups and downs. The model may not understand that she can create loads of different looks and may not be able to achieve them herself and a make-up artist will eat into your profits.

So instead of getting the model to do it herself or payout a fortune for someone else to do it, why not as an artist learn to do it yourself? Here are a few handy ways that you can learn the basics of make-up.

Powder

When doing a photo shoot, powder is key. The more you apply the better the look! The powder make-up will hide blemishes, even out skin tone and will create a matte finish. If the model doesn’t usually wear powder, make her for this shoot!

Facial make-up

As with most things in the glamour industry, your model has to be distinguishable from standard ones. The make-up should be darker for a glamour model and should be noticeable. Your model should try to create an oval look herself but should be used mainly under the chin and under the cheekbones.

Lip Color

Ask you model what color lipstick she usually wears and then go one shade deeper than that. Make sure that you don’t use black as this can make the model look pale and can distort the whole picture.

Eye Shadow

Try to keep the eye make-up really light. It will widen the eyes and your model will look fresh faced rather than old and haggard. Eye liner can be used but its not essential.

Neat But Plentiful

Just because you want to put more make-up on doesn’t mean that you should put it on untidily. Take the time to apply it carefully and don’t rush your model otherwise it will look as though she’s been rushed. Spend the most time on the eye and lips and always ensure she has her make-up case with her in case you want to do some touch ups.

When you put all of these tips together then you can get a really nice shot and will be able to save yourself both the time and effort that it takes to get your pictures airbrushed. You will also get to know how one another work and will know what to do in future.