Our make up tip is Under Make Up Primers. I have been using them for years and I think they make a difference. If you use minerals, or cream/liquid/stick foundations they seem to hold the product on better.
The makeup primers are relatively new products on the market but now are gaining more and more popularity. Their goal is to prepare the skin for the makeup application, they create a protective barrier between your moisturizer and your foundation for a longer- lasting, natural looking foundation application and wear.
Some moisturizers may interact with the foundation you are using either to change the color and or not make it last as long as it should. If you got to any department store and or make up/cosmetic store you will find an abundance of make up primers, with all different properties to suit what ever needs you are looking for. Most of them have silicone in them, some are colored for priming and correcting the skin tone. Korres Age Reversing Primer is silicone free. Here are some varieties from Sephora. I found that some women like powder primers, like our Opulent Silk and Pearl Powder , Lavish Silk Primer or our Oil Control Powder. These powders cna be used over or under you make up. As with all other cosmetics you have to find the right fit for your needs
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
O2B2 Tour Make Up Classes
The O2B2 Tour with Koren (EnkoreMakeup) and Elessa (Pursebuzz) Learn from 2 of the best people. They will show you how to apply make up and teach you new tips and tricks that they have learned over the years.
A day of fun and make up what else could you ask for!!!
http://www.o2b2tour.enkoremakeuponline.com/CHI.html
A day of fun and make up what else could you ask for!!!
http://www.o2b2tour.enkoremakeuponline.com/CHI.html
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Uncolored Bases for Mineral Foundation and other uses
Fusion of Color has 3 uncolored cream bases for use with our mineral foundations, eyeshadow or blushes. We feel instead of having a a lot of of liquid foundations that don't work you can make one that works for your skin and coloring. You can also use your existing line of mineral cosmetics also.
Vegan Mousse Base is light, fluffy and feel weightless, absorbing quickly into the skin. Formulated for normal to dry skin types, and can double as a moisturizer with excellent overall coverage. For heavier coverage, a layer of loose mineral foundation can be buffed over the top. The Vegan base has been formulated to be completely free of animal products including free of beeswax. Please note: Our jars are filled by volume, and may settle due to the texture of the product Ingredients: Water, Organic Apricot Kernel Oil, Organic Jojoba, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cetearyl Glucoside, Xanthan Gum, vitamin e (soy based), phenoxyethanol.
Matte Base offers medium coverage that is build-able. Oily skin will benefit from a balanced complexion throughout the day, without breakthrough shine. Carefully selected botanicals offer just the right slip, without feeling heavy, or clogging pores. Please note: Our jars are filled by volume, and may settle due to the texture of the product. Ingredients: Chammomile Hydrosol, Hazelnut Oil, Jojoba Oil, Unrefined Shea Butter, Xanthan Gum, Sunbleached beeswax, Sodium Borate, Vitamin E, phenoxyethanol.
Cream Base provides coverage, plus a smooth, silky feel. This base is good for drier skin and more mature skin. We have also mixed this with the matte base for a nice combination of foundation. Please note: Our jars are filled by volume, and may settle due to the texture of the product. Ingredients: Organic Sunflower Oil, Soybean Oil, Jojoba, Purified Water, Beeswax, Borax, Vitamin E (rice-based), phenoxyethanol.
Instructions on how to mix will come with the product. We like using 1/2 tsp of mineral foundation to 1/4 tsp of base. Them mix gentle in a larger container, keep the unused portion in the refrigerator to keep fresh. This amount should last a good 2 weeks with everyday use. If you use a plastic container to mix in, it will dry out, but you can always add more base to freshen it up. You can adjust the formula to what ever you like for you skin and coloring. We find that these bases do not change the color of the foundation as some do when you add them to the base. We also find that when we make ours using this ratio it looks a bit light, but it does warm up on your skin. We have used it for cream blush, we have taken what is left on the foundation brush, sprinkled out some blush and mix it together on the brush and dabbed it on our face. Have fun with this product, experiment with it and find out all the things you can do with it.
We have also taken the cream base and mixed ans approx 1/4 base to 1/4 minerals in a lighter color for an eyeshadow base. You can also take an eyeshadow brush and dip it lightly into your premade base then sprinkle some shadow in a lid of plate and dip the brush into it smoosh it around or just dab it onto the brush and get a creamy shadow, with no fall out.
We have also added our Aur Lusion to the base with our mineral foundation, you can add whatever you like to the base to make your own customized and unique foundation.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Will this break me out???
I see this question time and time again, posted on forums, and other places. Well in my opinion there is no set answer. The girls who answer these questions as to what they use and don't use, will it help, well maybe. They will tell you what they like and what it has done or not have done to their faces. Just because girl X can't use a foundation with bismuth oxychloride in it doesn't mean that you can't, or that mica, titanium dioxide so on breaks out girl Y skin, or makes it itch doesn't mean it will do it to you. You have to try it and see if it works for you or not. A lot has to do with the way the products are made and what the company uses and their percentages. Most mineral make up companies use the same ingredients, so why does one work for some and some don't, wish I could give you an answer. When we reformulated our foundation, there were things that didn't work on my skin, I cannot wear a foundation that is heavy on titanium dioxides, I break out, or magnesium stearate in eye shadows, a lot of companies use this and made my eyes itch, so we don't use it in our line but this doesn't mean that it doesn't work for others.
Also take into consideration your skin care, maybe what they are using is reacting to their skin care, there are a lot of things that can make them not work, or not. I couldn't use a foundation that had bismuth in it made me itch and I had a glow to my skin, not pretty. Then I switched to another foundation loved it worked beautifully, come to find out it also had bismuth in it, but I had none of the problems with that one as I did with the other. If I went into it with the fact in my head that all items with bismuth are going to make me itch, I would never have had tried this one. So what I am getting at just because one brand doesn't work doesn't mean another won't so don't limit yourself. Or that this girl said that this is no good for her skin, doesn't mean it will be for yours. This is why most companies offer samples to try out or if you go to a department store and have to get a full size, make sure you check their return policy to see if you can return it if you get a reaction or don't like it. Why be stuck with something you can't use. Have fun sampling and make your own decision as to what is good for you and what you like!
Also take into consideration your skin care, maybe what they are using is reacting to their skin care, there are a lot of things that can make them not work, or not. I couldn't use a foundation that had bismuth in it made me itch and I had a glow to my skin, not pretty. Then I switched to another foundation loved it worked beautifully, come to find out it also had bismuth in it, but I had none of the problems with that one as I did with the other. If I went into it with the fact in my head that all items with bismuth are going to make me itch, I would never have had tried this one. So what I am getting at just because one brand doesn't work doesn't mean another won't so don't limit yourself. Or that this girl said that this is no good for her skin, doesn't mean it will be for yours. This is why most companies offer samples to try out or if you go to a department store and have to get a full size, make sure you check their return policy to see if you can return it if you get a reaction or don't like it. Why be stuck with something you can't use. Have fun sampling and make your own decision as to what is good for you and what you like!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Colorful Holiday Sale
Fusion of Color is pleased to announce it's COLORFUL Holiday Sale
From 11/25/10 to 11/28/10
We are having a 10% Off Sale
which will automatically come off at checkout
(some items are exempt from the sale)
and to top it off FREE SHIPPING, Use coupon code
COLORFUL
to get free shipping on orders of $30.00 or more
From 11/25/10 to 11/28/10
We are having a 10% Off Sale
which will automatically come off at checkout
(some items are exempt from the sale)
and to top it off FREE SHIPPING, Use coupon code
COLORFUL
to get free shipping on orders of $30.00 or more
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Highlighting and Contouring the face
Contouring and Highlighting
With contouring and highlight, remember highlighting brings the areas forward and draws attention to that part of the face. Contouring recedes the areas. Contouring gives your face shape and depth. You can alter your face shape with highlight and contouring tricks.
Contour your cheek bones. add a little bronzer and or a shade darker foundation or even eye shadow below your cheek bone, from the hairline to towards the apples of your cheek, in a wedge-like shape. This trick is especially good for women who have very round faces. You can find your cheek bone by sucking in your cheeks and put the color in the hollow of the face. Contouring is all about reshaping your face and giving it sharper edges. On the top of the cheek you can add highlighter, apply your blush between both of these and blend, blend, blend. Make sure you see no harsh lines.
To bring areas of your face forward, emphasizing them, do the opposite to contouring and use a highlighter a bit lighter than your skin color. The areas you want to do this to are the top of the cheek bones, and the center of your eyelids. When it comes to your lips, dab a lighter lip shade or a shimmery powder or lip gloss just in the middle of them.
Round face is fuller and usually stays younger looking longer than the other face shapes. It's shorter, fairly wide, with full cheeks and a rounded chin.Highlight your forehead, underneath the eyes just on top of the cheekbones, and the center of your chin to draw attention to the center of your face.
Contour your temples, cheeks, and jawline with a bronzer or powder or cream that is one or two levels darker than your skin tone to create the appearance of an oval face. Make sure you blend, blend, blend.
Check the darker colors to make sure you do not have harsh lines, do not use anything that is too dark for your skin.
Long face shaped face has high cheekbones, a high, deep forehead and a strong, sharp, chiseled jawline. Never highlight or contour your face. This will only make your face look longer. Brush a bit of bronzer or dark color foundation across your chin to help shorten its length. Apply blush on the apples of your cheeks. This will help widen and shorten your face. When applying your blush, start closer in on the apples of the cheeks and brush outward across the face.
Pear Face shaped face is narrow at the temples and forehead and wider at the cheeks and jawline. Highlight your forehead to create the illusion of width, and highlight underneath the eyes on top of the cheekbones and the tip of your chin. Contour the jawline and the cheeks to minimize their width.
Square Face is the same width at the forehead, the cheeks and the jaw. Highlight down the center of your forehead, underneath the eyes just on top of the cheekbones, and the tip of your chin to draw attention to the middle of your face. Contour your hairline at the two corners by your temples and the jaw at the two corners. Apply blush on the apples of your cheeks to this will draw attention away from the corners of the square and help widen the area and make it appear more oval.
Oval Face is considered by most to be the perfect facial shape It is usually broader at the cheeks, tapering in slightly at both the forehead and the chin. You do not need to contour and highlight your face.
To make a wide or very round forehead appear narrower, shade just the temples or sides of the forehead.
To slim your nose you would apply the contouring shade on each side blending carefully, and the highlighter down the center of your nose.
If you want your nose to appear shorter. Shade the underside of the tip of your nose.
For a small, thin chin, apply highlighter to the center of the chin, directly under the center of the lip. To minimize a double chin, apply a darker foundation shade (don’t go to dark) along the jaw line and blend it down, towards your neck. This creates depth and helps to strengthen the jaw line.
Contour your cheek bones. add a little bronzer and or a shade darker foundation or even eye shadow below your cheek bone, from the hairline to towards the apples of your cheek, in a wedge-like shape. This trick is especially good for women who have very round faces. You can find your cheek bone by sucking in your cheeks and put the color in the hollow of the face. Contouring is all about reshaping your face and giving it sharper edges. On the top of the cheek you can add highlighter, apply your blush between both of these and blend, blend, blend. Make sure you see no harsh lines.
To bring areas of your face forward, emphasizing them, do the opposite to contouring and use a highlighter a bit lighter than your skin color. The areas you want to do this to are the top of the cheek bones, and the center of your eyelids. When it comes to your lips, dab a lighter lip shade or a shimmery powder or lip gloss just in the middle of them.
Round face is fuller and usually stays younger looking longer than the other face shapes. It's shorter, fairly wide, with full cheeks and a rounded chin.Highlight your forehead, underneath the eyes just on top of the cheekbones, and the center of your chin to draw attention to the center of your face.
Contour your temples, cheeks, and jawline with a bronzer or powder or cream that is one or two levels darker than your skin tone to create the appearance of an oval face. Make sure you blend, blend, blend.
Check the darker colors to make sure you do not have harsh lines, do not use anything that is too dark for your skin.
Long face shaped face has high cheekbones, a high, deep forehead and a strong, sharp, chiseled jawline. Never highlight or contour your face. This will only make your face look longer. Brush a bit of bronzer or dark color foundation across your chin to help shorten its length. Apply blush on the apples of your cheeks. This will help widen and shorten your face. When applying your blush, start closer in on the apples of the cheeks and brush outward across the face.
Pear Face shaped face is narrow at the temples and forehead and wider at the cheeks and jawline. Highlight your forehead to create the illusion of width, and highlight underneath the eyes on top of the cheekbones and the tip of your chin. Contour the jawline and the cheeks to minimize their width.
Square Face is the same width at the forehead, the cheeks and the jaw. Highlight down the center of your forehead, underneath the eyes just on top of the cheekbones, and the tip of your chin to draw attention to the middle of your face. Contour your hairline at the two corners by your temples and the jaw at the two corners. Apply blush on the apples of your cheeks to this will draw attention away from the corners of the square and help widen the area and make it appear more oval.
Oval Face is considered by most to be the perfect facial shape It is usually broader at the cheeks, tapering in slightly at both the forehead and the chin. You do not need to contour and highlight your face.
To make a wide or very round forehead appear narrower, shade just the temples or sides of the forehead.
To slim your nose you would apply the contouring shade on each side blending carefully, and the highlighter down the center of your nose.
If you want your nose to appear shorter. Shade the underside of the tip of your nose.
For a small, thin chin, apply highlighter to the center of the chin, directly under the center of the lip. To minimize a double chin, apply a darker foundation shade (don’t go to dark) along the jaw line and blend it down, towards your neck. This creates depth and helps to strengthen the jaw line.
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