Get a Natural Look… even with Makeup!

Bronzer vs Blush

I like bronzer over blush for a more natural look. Bronzer gives you a light, sun-kissed glow that you naturally get from being outdoors. It's easy to apply because you can gently brush it all over your face, while blush can be limited to your cheek bones. To make sure you get the most natural look from your bronzer, test out various bronzers to find the right shade for your skin tone. The trick is to find one that makes you appear sun-kissed, not orange! Once you find the right bronzer for you, make sure to apply lighting to the face and remember to blend. Nothing is worse than uneven brushes of bronzer on your face.

Natural vs Neon 

Instead of jumping for the bright shades of red or gothic tones of dark browns, go for a light pink or nude-coloured lip gloss. It will give your lips a polished, shimmering look without being extremely beauty forward. Light or clear glosses are a key makeup product for any natural or daytime look. For those who are not into glosses, go with a simple lip balm to keep your pout smooth and soft looking.

Hydration vs Foundation

Always use a moisturizer on your face before you even think of applying foundation or any makeup in general. Without moisturizing, your makeup becomes dry, flaky looking and will give your skin the unnatural, caked-on look. Moisturizing will keep your skin hydrated and create a smooth surface for your makeup to go on flawlessly.  Want the best of both worlds?  Try our Collagen Tinted Moisturizer. (Also available in a 15ml mini size!)

Browns vs Blacks

One simple way to get a natural look is to tone down what you use for your eye makeup. Instead of using black eyeliner, black mascara and dark eye shadows, go with lighter, earthy tones. Use light brown eyeliner to highlight your eyes. Embrace the light brown and taupe shades for eye shadow to brighten your eye areas. Change to brown mascara for daytime so it gives the lashes a lift without a dark and dramatic evening look. This will enhance your eyes without giving you a formal look.

Dab Your Concealer.  Don’t Smear!

Concealer works best when it is used as a spot treatment in your makeup routine. For dark circles under your eyes or blemishes, lightly dab to cover up or brighten the affected areas. If you smear it on, it will go on unevenly and create unnatural blotches on your skin. Also, dabbing over smearing will help the concealer last longer on your face. 

Beautifying Your Brows:

Uncovering The Right Eyebrow Shape for Your Face

Many people look to the eyebrow as something minuscule when it comes to maintaining their appearance. However, eyebrows are the key complement to the eyes. When cleanly shaped, the brows draw attention to the eyes by framing and making them appear larger and more open.

To get beautiful brows, take 10 minutes, gather a good pair of tweezers, a pencil or thin handled makeup brush, a brow brush and brow finishing gel and follow these steps to pluck your way to perfection:

1)    To begin, brush your brows so they are all going in the correct direction and are ready for shaping.

2)    Take a pencil or a thin handled makeup brush and hold it vertically against the side of your nose, noticing where it meets the brow. This point is where your brow should begin. Once lined up, gently pluck away excess hairs that go beyond the pencil towards the middle of the top of your nose.

3)    Next, hold the pencil or makeup brush against your nostril and move it diagonally across the outer half of the iris (coloured part) of your eye. The area where it meets the brow is the best place for the peak of your arch. When tweezing, taper the ling slight thinner toward the peak. This will give you the ideal shape for you.

4)    Lastly, hold the pencil or makeup brush against your nostril and extend it diagonally to the outer corner of your eye. The area where it meets the brow is the best place for your brow end. Finish off the look by tapering the line even thinner from the arch to the end, polishing off the end of the brow.

In order to uncover your ideal brow shape further, find your face shape and see the brow shape examples:

Here are other helpful tweezing and post-tweezing tips:

• Invest in quality tools – only use quality tweezers, scissors and a proper pencil or thin handled makeup brush to ensure your brows are plucked to perfection.

• Tweeze after your shower or apply a warm compress to brows before – the warm water and steam opens the follicles and softens the hair, helping them slip out more easily without discomfort.

• Use a regular mirror for brow shaping – Magnifying mirrors can trick you and make it look like there is more hair to remove than necessary, leading to overplucking. Use a regular mirror in a well-lit space and keep stepping back during the shaping to see the overall appearance of your brows.

• Finish off your perfectly shaped brows with an eyebrow gel – eyebrow gels smoothes out the hair and keeps coarse hair from curling

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New Product Alert! Caviar Nutruriche Warming Mask

Want to stay warm and maintain beautiful looking skin during the winter chill?

We wanted to treat our Torricelumn™ Girls to a product from our brand new Caviar Nutruriche line (which officially launches in July) that will bring warmth to your frost bitten skin – The Caviar Nutruriche Warming Mask!

This purifying self-warming mask heats on contact with your skin for a natural facial detox.  The combination of natural Caviar elements and the warming, smooth texture of the mask will get you hooked after even one use!

And that is only how it feels on your skin. What the mask does for your skin makes this product even better!

It helps to stimulate the pores to penetrate the skin's surface and gently remove dirt and makeup buildup. This mask will revitalize your skin leaving it feeling fresh, healthy, and with a natural glow. Avocado Oil, high in protein and vitamins A, D, B and E, helps to regenerate and protect the skin. Buriti Oil easily penetrates the skin's layers to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Wheat Germ Oil, helps promote the formation of new cells, improve circulation, and to help repair sun damage to the skin. Rosehip Extra Virgin Oil, a free radical scavenger and anti-oxidant, enhances moisturization and skin cell regeneration. Amazonian clay helps improve skin texture and remove surface oil on the skin. Caviar extract helps nourish and energize the skin, resulting in refined texture and a silken smoothness.

With one more official month of winter left, this mask is a perfect addition to your chilly beauty regime – staying warm and staying beautiful.

Caviar Nutruriche Warming Mask:  $29.99

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