Brown Eyes

HAPPY HALLOWEEN :) I hope you all have a safe and fun night!

Today's post is about the eyes and what suits us best. If you were lucky enough to have brown eyes you are blessed with options to wear any color in the color wheel and it will flatter your eye and make it appear even more appealing than it already is. 

Metallic in gold, bronze, browns and pinks help brown eyes stand out in the most attractive way. 

If you want to achieve a natural look for brown eyes, you can try eye shadows in neutral colors such as browns, taupes, peaches, etc. 

When selecting eyeliner, you can go with dark browns for a natural look and black for a more intense look. 

Deep shades of blue and brown, plum, blue gray, vanilla, gold, shades of violet and purple, nutmeg would be the best choice for brown eyes.

  
Don't be afraid to play around with color. Experimenting can lead to some great creations on your eyes. Buy a palette that includes different color eye shadows, sit in front of your mirror and apply. I promise that you'll have fun. You'll learn exactly which colors flatter YOU the best.

 In the upcoming days I will be posting a post about eyeshadow application and eye shapes. STAY TUNED :)

Eyeliner hell and Tips to save your life.

I HAVE SURVIVED HURRICANE SANDY!!!! *Crowd cheers and goes crazy*

This hurricane was a tremendous one and did lots of damage to New York City. Trees collapsed, buildings fell, windows were shattered, cars were ruined, streets were flooded, power was out, anything that can possibly go wrong- WENT WRONG. It's was something out of the usual here in NYC. I hope everyone is safe and sound!

My apologizes for blabbing about Sandy, back to topic- EYELINER.

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We all have trouble after trouble when it comes to applying eyeliner- even me! As a Makeup Artist, my job was to master my eyeliner application since it is such a big part of my daily routine. We all hear that "practice makes perfect" and I cannot stress it enough on how accurate that saying is when it comes to eyeliner. I must say I am one very impatient person at times, and applying eyeliner just happened to be one of those 'impatient times'. Please please please do not make the mistake I made as a beginner of trying to rush an eyeliner application UNLESS you are a master. Rushing it can just amount to a big mess, especially with liquid and gel liners.

- The trick to applying gel liner or cream liner is using a fine-thin brush and start with a THIN application on the middle of the lash line outward (#11A), then finish the line from the inner corner of the eye to the middle (#12A).

 If you do this on both eyes WITH PATIENCE, you will have an even line and should end up with a something like in photo number 3A.

- Too create a winged eye follow these steps ::

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- Too ensure that your wing is equal on both eyes, you can use a piece of TAPE and place it along the lower lash line like like in photo numbers 1B/2B. 

- To make sure your liner stays on longer, use an angled/slanted brush and dab a small amount of black eyeshadow.

I truly do hope this post can help you guys save yourselves from eyeliner issues.

Believe in yourself

Hey Guys,

So I was watching Oprah not too long ago and it was an episode of her speaking about how the only person you need to believe in you, is ultimately- YOURSELF. It got me thinking about my own life. Ever since I decided to leave college to attend Beauty School I have been judged, spoken about, criticized, anything YOU NAME IT. I am not going to lie, I was hurt at what everyone was saying for a long time. But I honestly do not think its right to let anyone tell you how to live your life. It is YOUR life. You choose how to live it. It took me a couple crying sessions to realize that I was only making myself feel worse. So I stopped all that nonsense and took all the self confidence in me and began to feel way better about myself and my goals. I believe in myself and I believe in my career. I'm going to make myself happy doing what I truly love. We have to remember one thing, if you are not happy, it's pointless. God has you hear for a great meaningful purpose and he wants you to be happy at all times. Have faith and dont ever feel less about yourself.
My grandfather always told me "you have to believe that you are the smartest person in the world. The most beautiful person in the world. And the greatest person in the world. After all, there is nobody like you roaming this world."

How to Choose the CORRECT Foundation

Choosing a foundation can be tricky for many people, especially if you're buying it from a drug store like Rite Aid or Duane Reade where there isn't anyone to help you determine which one is the right one. So I decided to create some points to help you determine which is the correct one for your skin. 

- First of all I believe that everyone should purchase their foundation at a department store or their local Sephora/MAC mainly because it's easier for you to try it on before you buy. Also you can learn about all the different variations of foundations. IF you do buy it at a drug store MAKE SURE it has a return "Liberal Return Policy" just in case you don't like how it looks and wish to return it.

-Ask yourself: what is my skin type? Believe it or not you can spend $50 dollars on a foundation and if it does not suit your skin type, that would be $50 dollars you just flushed down the toilet. There are foundations for all skin types. If you have Oily Skin make sure that the product you buy says 'Oil-Free' 'Oil Control' 'Mattifying'. These products will suppress the oils on your face and take away some of that unwanted shine. Have Dry Skin? Look for products that say 'moisture-rich' or 'hydrating'. Combo skin? determine whether you're more dry or oily, then go from there. Lastly for sensitive skin I would recommend a Mineral Foundation. Knowing your skin type will make Makeup shopping much less complicated.

- Choose what type of foundation coverage you desire. If your purpose for foundation-use is to cover up uneven skin tones or blemishes consider a Medium to Full coverage foundation. If you just want to even a few spots on your face consider a light coverage.

-  Determining what is your skin undertone can be difficult for many of us. To figure out what is your skin undertone flip over your arms and observe your wrists in natural light. If the veins in your wrist look bluish, you have cool undertones, if they look greenish, then you have warm undertones. 

FINALLY, after figuring all of the points above, grab the foundation and make a couple strokes on your jaw line and cheek. With a mirror, stand by a window so that you can get a better lighting for you face, and BLEND. If the foundation completely disappears, you have successfully found your foundation. 

I hope this helps.

xoxo

MUST HAVE BRUSHES

Makeup enhances the beauty that all of us have, but regardless of how expensive or how great a product is, if you do not have the right tools, all of that is useless.

Having a good brush is the key to making sure your makeup looks even, precise, and appear as if you have Hollywood appealing skin. Others say they rather use their fingers but personally I believe with a brush everything will be spot on and will evenly distribute the "expensive" and "awesome" product I just bought. I created a list to tell you what are the TOP MUST HAVE BRUSHES that you should consider owning and having inside of your makeup bag. 

MAC 190 Foundation Brush

This brush is used to apply the base of the makeup whether it's

moisturizer or your foundation. Its purpose it to give you

a flawless finished look.

Sigma SS150 Powder Brush

This brush will evenly distribute translucent/setting powder.

Sigma Tapered Blending Brush E40

 The blending brush can be used to blend out concealer,

eyeshadow crease, and setting powder for under

the eyes.

Real Techniques Shading Brush

Eye shadow brushes are great tools that help

PACK on the eyeshadow, which supply

you with the best application and intensity of color.

BH Cosmetics Angled Brush

An angled brush can be used for many purposes.

One of them being applying gel liner, another being applying 

concealer to clean the edges of your mouth or eyebrows

after applying lipstick and/or brow powder.

MY FIRST BLOG POST

WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW! I actually managed to grow some guts and create a blog. My ultimate purpose for this blog is to provide tips, tricks, comments, reviews, photos and anything else you can think of regarding MAKEUP and BEAUTY. So yes, this is a BEAUTY BLOG. I'm sure there are many awesome beauty blogs out there but I'm sure one more wouldn't hurt. I am also engaging with this on a daily basis and writing whatever I see, hear, think, and so on and so forth about beauty. I came up with the name after an entire day of going over so many different words and phrases. I had to make sure nobody else had it, i had to make sure it was unique and awesome. Meykuhp is MAKEUP spelled the way its pronounced and Flair means talent.

 

I had sooooo many ideas and things to say about beauty/makeup but I never really thought about creating a blog because I was afraid nobody would read it or keep up with it. BUT I WAS WRONG. Many friends and fans of mine actually recommended it to me because they were really interested in what I had to say. Finally my best friend and her roommate pushed me towards seriously creating one, now here I am. I am ready to tell you guys anything and everything I know about beauty and keeping you guys updated at all times. 

Thank You so much and enjoy :) 

xoxo