Monday, November 29, 2010

Make up tips for the brownies ....

Hi again ... This one is for all the dusky beauties !!! I read this tip in a newspaper and the article is by Mrs.Mahalakshmi, one of Chennai's sought after beautician. She has been in this field for 20 years and is well experienced with the Indian skin tone. So coming to the tip. According to her, to make a person with darker shade appear brighter, your foundation has to be a mixture of dark shade and the dusky shade. The result will be a natural brighter shade that can be carried out nicely without looking over made !



My experience : Well I started something like this even before reading this article ... brilliant me ! My skin is like this : has a nice golden brown tone in the region below my neck and a dirty brown tone on my neck and my face ! So when i bought my foundations, I used to test them on hand and when I apply them for functions and party - I looked terrible !!! I thought make up was just not for me !



But then thanks to bloggers like the ones I am following now, I got some in sight into how to do make up and not look made up. I traveled across the city to hit body shop and made quite a nice haul ! Along with the many things I bought there, I also bought their powder. The SA tested it on my face and gave me the darkest shade. It did look quite good but still I looked odd ... my face was even more dark ! So I applied the medium complexion foundation that I got from Oriflame and topped it with the dark powder from body shop. Vola ! I was gleaming like a doll :D. For the first time in my life I looked so pretty in make up ! It blended with my skin below my neck and everyone complemented that I looked stunning ;). Again thanks to youtube and the Indian bloggers, I applied all the extra stuff such as blush n etc in a sublime way that I looked like a healthy glowing apple ! So this is how I do my make up now ... even though my facial skin looks way better now - thanks to the good lifestyle that I follow.  

luv,
ponnu

12 comments:

  1. Chennai Ponnu! I love your name. Well, I'm a chennai ponnu too & just wanted to say hi. Yours is a new blog, but I look forward to reading more from you.

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  2. @Pookie Thanks a lot !!! I enjoyed reading your blog and I seriously considered doing a blog only after reading yours.I really feel that there aren t so many chennai bloggers here and so felt that this would help a lot of new folks like me ... Cheers :)

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  3. hey dats cool...do share a pic of urs wit d make up..
    even i love my TBS gloves n buffer..:)

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  4. @Bhumika He he thanks ... I ll take a snap next time I play dress up :D Good to find a friend with my taste.

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  5. hey ponnu try the oriflame giordani foundation.i also have dusky complexion and it work wonders for me.....hey I'm a Chennai blogger too......

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  6. Glad to see another Chennai blogger and thanks for following me :) ... I am considering that for my next buy coz i am hearing very good review ... how long does it last ?

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  7. i dont use foundation on a daily basis,,if i was back on the job then may be yeah,,i think it will last me for a gud 2 years....

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  8. @ S.S.G ... I meant the lasting power :)

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  9. sorry lol..it lasts for about 4-5 hrs in a/c..but otherwise you need touch-ups every now and then....

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  10. ooh ... thanks for the info ponnovium :)

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  11. hi chennai ponnu

    nice blog

    saw ur posts in wiseshe.me too from namma singara chennai!!! grt going...girl

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  12. Hi Vidhya ... nice to know you :) ... checked up your vids on youtube and it is great to have some1 from Chennai to do such an amazing job !!!

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