me and make-up? not the best friends. when i grew up i did not have a female role model in my life who used make up. so i just never got the idea of using it myself. the few feeble attempts, mostly consisting of blue eyeshadow and hideous shades of lipstick, were quickly abandoned when i realized that i wasn’t able to receive the results i intended.
over the years (we’re talking my teenage years people, high school and all) i acquired a pile of eyeshadows in super strange colors, a bunch of lipstick, mascara in all types, and powders and foundations en masse. still, i had no clue about how to really use them.
so i read, magazines, online stuff (wait, that must have happened later because internet came into my life when i was in my late teens or early 20s), tried to spy on other women when they used make up…i am still no make-up professional and will never be one. need proof? on a regular basis i manage to stab myself either with my foundation brush or my mascara brush. typically, i move closer to the mirror. and closer. and closer. and then it happens, a brush lands in my eye. lovely, really. it hurts (to all the men out there) – i think the ladies know what i am talking about.
can you believe i turn 30 in 13 months??? soon i will have to learn how to hide my wrinkles!!!
don’t get me wrong, i like and treasure the little skills i have. and i think i am doing an ok job. of course it’s a big plus that no one sees my stabbing attempts. sometimes i wish i could do those smokey eyes or create some elaborate piece of art in my face. but hey, i look at it positively. at least NOW I KNOW what mascara is, and eyeshadow, and eyeliner (pencil or liquid….oh don’t get me started on the experience with liquid eyeliner…). and i love applying my foundation with a brush. it feels a little like i’m drawing my work-self onto me every morning. don’t read this as schizophrenic as it sounds, i hope you understand what i mean.
oh, and ever since i’m using some eye drops to lubricate my eyes i actually have eye lashes to highlight with mascara! yet it took me a while to dare to buy an eyelash curler. i mean, did you ever look at these things? they look like a scary piece taken right out of the guantanamo tool set! but applied correctly (and to actually present eye lashes) it can work some awesome magic.
oh by the way, i learned how to braid (hair or yarn or anything) when i was 12. THAT tells you how far behind i really was in the girlie department.
franzi
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I still can’t braid. Although I’m pretty good at makeup. It just takes practice. Watch youtube videos or troll blogs.
i’m afraid i am not willing to put in as much time and effort into what i would need to get me from NOW to WOW…
you’re right though, it’s a practice thing. practice makes perfect or so they say ~ franzi
I know what you mean!!! It looks so easy on some women and I have spent hours in the bathroom to come nowhere near what I wanted to have on my face. I would really like someone showing me how to apply liquid eyeliner and so on…. a real 101…
Like Breeza said, there are some good tutorials out…let’s check my links and share
http://www.youtube.com/user/panacea81
http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Makeup
http://www.youtube.com/user/MissChievous
and not to forget!!!
–> http://www.youtube.com/user/mzzclipper12
Madison is simply the best!
it’s embarrassing to learn make up skills from a five year old!!! thanks for the links though, i’ll give them a try. ~ franzi
Ich bin ja auch kein großer Schminker und hab zu Weihnachten Gel-Eyeliner geschenkt gekriegt.Hab das letzte Woche mal getestet (…und bin gescheitert, btw) und hab das Zeug nich nur nich mehr abgekriegt (WTF? Wasserfest is eine Sache, das war wie drauftätowiert!) sondern war auch noch allergisch gegen. 3 Tage dickes Auge und spür jetzt ne Woche später noch die Nachwirkungen. Ich weiß echt, warum ich mich kaum schmink!!!
gel eyeliner? ist das was anders als der fluessige? muss da morgen gleich mal in der drogerie stoebern, lol
das mit den allergien hab ich auch gemerkt. gruselig wenn man bedenkt dass das doch alles angeblich getestet ist und was weiss ich noch. ~ franzi
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