Colour Correcting is the New Make-up Craze!

http://www.thefashionspot.com/beauty/675595-color-correcting-makeup-trend/

Makeup Craze

Jessica Andrews January 26th, 2016 The Kardashian clan helped usher in the contouring trend, making it a global phenomenon. We’re just starting to perfect our technique and already a new makeup craze is popping up: color correcting. It functions like contouring in that you draw on your face like an elementary school chalkboard. But rather than just focusing on light or dark areas, color correcting balances out the skin tone using opposite hues on the color wheel.

Eyebrow Tutorial - The Basics!

Hello,

Everyone uses different brow filling methods - some use pencils, while others prefer brow powders. You may even prefer a cream product (such as a brown cream liner) or a brow-marker (such as Milani Brow Tint Pen). I love switching up products all of the time, so my brow routine changes often. 

Don't feel the need to go run out and purchase a brow powder - Any matte brown eyeshadow similar to your hair color will do. Although we all favor and thrive for eyeshadows with lots of pigment, we don't necessarily look for the same in our brow products because we want our brows to look natural. So, finding an inexpensive shadow at the drugstore should be a sinch. And, if you don't own an eyebrow pencil, you can use a brown eyeliner - but don't apply it straight on as it can look too intense for your brows. Scribble on the back of your hand, and run your brush through the product for a mo     

Here's the classic diagram of where your brows should ideally start, arch and end.

re natural look (or you can just lightly rub your brush across the tip of the pencil).

Here's a highlight of the tutorial.
 

Tools to use

Highlighting Brow Kit
Eye Pencil
Concealer
Angled Brow Brush
Concealer
Eye lash and Brow wand (Spoolie)
Tweezerman Brow Shaping Scissors
Tweezers
Eyebrow Razor

Tweeze any stray hairs without disturbing the shape of your brow. If necessary, use a brow razor to shave the very fine hairs that are too fine to tweeze. If your brows needs trimming, take a spoolie and brush your brow hairs upward. With the scissors laid horizontal above the brows, trim the excess hair that extends above the shape of your brows. For very unruly brows, brush them downwards and repeat trimming any hair that are too long.

Step 1 & 2 - With your brow pencil, underline the underside of your brow. *The underside side of your brow should look the most precise, whereas, the rest of the brows should look natural.*

Step 3- Start filling the brows with a brow powder. If possible, you may hold up a brow stencil as a guide. Tap your brush in the brow powder and begin to lightly outline the brows. You can start from the arch.

With your brush and your eye, check to see if your brow needs to be extended.

Step 4 & 5- With your spoolie, brush through the brows to blend the colors together. The bristles of the spoolie do a great job by picking up excess product and making the brows look more natural.

Step 6- If necessary, apply a concealer that is one shade lighter than your skin on the underside. This will make the brow look more clean and precise.

For unruly brows, apply a clear brow gel to tame the brows.* You can use hairspray with a spoolie as an alternative*

Apply a shimmery eyeshadow to the brow bone as a highlight. This will further give the effect of a clean sculpted brow.

Step 7- The Finished Brow! 

Tools

 
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Skin Lightening/Brightening Products that have been banned!

Hi all, I keep reading posts on this topic. Are usage of hydroquinone lotions harmful? I cannot make it clear enough that those products or ingredients are quite harmful. So i am posting the list of such products and ingredients below which have been banned in many countries and are quite harmful for health and skin. Please do not use these products which has such ingredients as listed below. I am copying and pasting the list from the brighter skin board and would like to share this with you all too, so that none of you will go through the agony of damaged skin or have health problems from usage of such products.
PRODUCTS CONTAINING MERCURY, HYDROQUINONE AND STEROID ARE DANGEROUS.

HERE'S A LIST OF PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN HARMFUL SUBSTANCES:


STEROID:

BETNOVATE
MEDIVEN
DIPROSONE
NERISONE
DERMOVATE
HYDROCORTISONE
0XY 5 AND 0XY 10


SKIN LIGHTENING CREAMS CONTAINING HYDROQUINONE

JARIBU CREAM
MEKAKO CREAM
AMIRA CREAM
TURA SKIN TONING CREAM
YESAKO MEDICATED BEAUTY CREAM
RICO COMPLEXION CREAM
MADONNA MEDICATED CREAM
MREMBO MEDICATED BEAUTY CREAM
SHIRLEY CREAM
KISS -MEDICATED BEAUTY CREAM
UNO21 CREAM
PRINCESS PATRA LUXURY COMPLEXION CREAM
ZARINA MEDICATED SKIN LIGHTENER CREAM
ENVI SKIN TONER
VIVA SUPER LEMON
AMBI SPECIAL COMPLEXION CREAM
LOLANE CREAM
NADINOLA CREAM
GLOTONE COMPLEXION CREAM
NINDOLA CREAM
CLAIRE CREME
MIC SKIN LIGHTENER CREAM
TONIGHT NIGHT BEAUTY CREAM
FULANI CREME ECLAIRCISSANTE
CLERE LEMON CREAM
CLERE EXTRA CREAM
BINTI JAMBO CREAM
BUTONE CREAM
MALAIKA MEDICATED BEAUTY CREAM
DEAR HEART WITH HYDROQUINONE CREAM
MIKI BEAUTY CREAM
CRUSADER SKIN TONING CREAM
NISH MEDICATED CREAM
ISLAND BEAUTY SKIN FADE CREAM
MALIBU MEDICATED CREAM
PALMER'S SKIN SUCCESS FADE CREAM
CARE PLUS FAIRNESS CREAM
TOPICLEAR CREAM
CAREKAKO MEDICATED CREAM
BODY CLEAR CREAM
A3 SKIN LIGHTENING CREAM
AMBI AMERICAN FORMULA
DREAM SUCCESSFUL
SYMBA CREME SKIN LITE 'N' SMOOTH
Ikb MEDICATED CREAM
CLEARTONE SKIN TONING CREAM
CLEAR ESSENCE MEDICATED FADE CREAM
AMBI EXTRA COMPLEXION CREAM FOR MEN
CLEARTONE EXTRA SKIN TONING CREAM
O'NYIA SKIN CRÈME
A3 TRIPPLE ACTION CREAM PEARL LIGHT
ELEGANCE SKIN LIGHTENING CREAM
MR. CLERE CREAM
FAIRLADY SKIN LIGHTENING CREAM
FADE OUT CREAM
TOP LEMON PLUS CREAM
CLEAR TOUCH CREAM
CRUSADER ULTRA BRAND CREAM
ULTIME SKIN LIGHTENING CREAM
RICO SKIN TONE CRÈME
BARAKA SKIN LIGHTENING CREAM
PEAU CLAIRE CRÈME ECLAIRCISSANTE
PRINCESS MEDICATED BEAUTY CREAM
IMMEDIATE CLAIRE LIGHTENING BODY CREAM



SKIN LIGHTENING LOTIONS CONTAINING HYDROQUINONE

JARIBU SKIN LIGHTENING LOTION
AMIRA SKIN LIGHTENING LOTION
A3 CLEARTOUCH COMPLEXION LOTION
A3 LEMON SKIN LIGHTENING LOTION
KISS LOTION
RICO SKIN LIGHTENING LOTION
PRINCESS LOTION
PEAU CLAIRE BEAUTY BODY LOTION
CLEAR TOUCH LOTION
FAIR & WHITE BODY CLEARING MILK
SIVOCLAIR LIGHTENING BODY LOTION
EXTRA CLAIR LIGHTENING BODY LOTION
PRECIEUX TREATMENT BEAUTY LOTION
CLEAR ESSENCE SKIN BEAUTYFYING MILK


SKIN LIGHTENING GELS CONTAINING HYDROQUINONE

ULTRA CLEAR
TOPICLEAR
BODY CLEAR


SKIN LIGHTENING BODY OILS CONTAINING HVDROQUINONE

PEAU CLAIRE LIGHTENING BODY OIL


SOAPS CONTAINING HYDROQUINONE

M.G.C. EXTRA CLEAR
TOPICLEAR BEAUTY COMPLEXION SOAP
LADY CLAIRE
BLACKSTAR
AMIRA
ULTRA CLEAR
BODY CLEAR MEDICATED ANTISEPTIC SOAP
IMMEDIATE CLAIRE LIGHTENING BEAUTY SOAP
CHERIE CLAIRE BODY BEAUTY LIGHTENING & TREATING SOAP



SOAPS CONTAINING MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDS

MOVATE
MEKAKO
JARIBU
TURA
ACURA
RICO
FAIR LADY
ELEGANCE
MIKI
JAMBO


SKIN LIGHTENING CREAMS CONTAINING MERCURY AND ITS COMPOUNDS

PIMPLEX MEDICATED CREAM
NEW SHIRLEY MEDICATED CREAM



CREAM PREPARATIONS CONTAINING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE(H2O2)

JOLEN CREAM



SKIN PREPARATIONS CONTAINING STEROIDS

MOVATE CREAM
SKIN SUCCESS GEL
HOT MOVATE GEL
AMIRA -C
NEU CLEAR GEL
TENOVATE
BODY CLEAR CREAM SPOT REMOVER
TOP GEL PLUS
SOFT AND BEAUTIFUL CREAM
LEMONVATE CREAM
SECRET GEL
TCB GEL PLUS
UNIC CLEAR SUPER CREAM
TOPIFRAM CREAM
SKIN BALANCE LEMON CREAM
PEAU CLAIRE GEL PLUS
DARK & LOVELY GEL
DERMO -GEL PLUS
PEAU CLAIRE CREAM
FASHION FAIR GEL PLUS
HOT PROSONE GEL
SKIN BALANCE CREAM WRINKLE REMOVER
DARK & LOVELY CREAM
VISIBLE DIFFERENCE GEL
SIVOCLAIR CREAM
ACTION DEMOVATE CREAM
REGGE LEMON GEL
ULTIMATE LADY GEL
TOPIFRAM GEL PLUS
AGE RENEWAL CREAM
FAIR & WHITE GEL PLUS
PEAU CLAIR GEL PLUS
FASHION FAIR CREAM
FIRST CLASS LADY CREAM
SKIN SUCCESS CREAM
NEU CLEAR CREAM PLUS
JARIBU BETA - ß CREAM
BODY TREAT CREAM SPOT REMOVER
CLAIR & LOVELY GEL
PEAU CLAIR CREAM
SOFT & BEAUTIFUL GEL
ACTION DEMOVATE GEL PLUS
PROSONE GEL
SKIN BALANCE GEL WRINKLE REMOVER
ULTRA-GEL PLUS
PRO-ONE GEL MCA
BETALEMON CREAM


Also here is the link of the website that lists the chemicals and ingrediants which are also dangerous for the body

http://www.purezing.com/living/living_toxins_dangerousingredients.html

How To Get Rid Of Blackheads

Blackheads – their name is just as unpleasant as how unpleasant they look. 

Blackheads, can appear overnight but once they appear, seem to never want to leave. Although they are not painful, they are a clear sign that the pores of the skin are in desperate need of some tender loving care. Left untreated, blackheads can spread quickly. They can be found most commonly on the nose, around the nose, and on the chin.

Where Do Blackheads Come From?

A blackhead, also known as an open comedo in medical terms, is described as a “non-inflamed” acne mark that is dark brown to black in color at the surface of the pore. Though commonly thought to be dirt that can be washed away, which it can’t be, it is actually a combination of sebum (excess oil), acne-causing bacteria, and dead skin cells (cellular buildup) that oxidize (become dark in color) when it comes in contact with oxygen (the air). Blackheads are described as the first stage of acne formation and if left untreated, cannot only spread, but also form into pimples, also known as papules or pustules.

Typically, blackheads and acne form during puberty when hormones rise and surface through to the skin. This in turns triggers the sebaceous glands to produce more oil, known as sebum, causing the excess oil surface to the skin, making the skin oily, and clogging the pores with sebum and acne-causing bacteria. The pores become black or dark in color once the “junk” clogging the pores is exposed to air.

Ways to Minimize and Treat Blackheads

1. Cleanse your skin twice daily, morning and night, with a gentle cleanser. Doing so will remove oil buildup, residue, and acne-causing bacteria that would generally cause acne if left unwashed.

2. Exfoliate your skin at least 3 times a week to remove dead skin cells (cellular buildup) that would normally be a contributor to the clogging of the pores. Removing dead skin cells allows pores to be removed of dead skin, oil, and acne-causing bacteria. Once the skin is gently exfoliated, new and rejuvenated skin can surface, minimizing blackheads, oily skin, and the formation of acne.

3. Try a topical treatment, either over-the-counter or prescribed by your dermatologist. Topical treatments of either salicylic acid cream or a benzoyl peroxide gel will fight blackheads from the root of the pores. Apply the topical treatment after cleansing and moisturizing your skin.

4. Moisturize after cleansing – always! It’s vital to do this. Use an oil-free moisturizer and your skin will not be more greasy, become more oily, clog your pores, or cause you more acne. If you don’t moisturize, you will actually break out more and be more oily because your skin pulls more oil to the surface of your skin, trying to balance out the pH levels in your skin, thus clogging your pores with oil and acne-causing bacteria.

Home Remedies

1. Pure Raw Honey and Egg Whites – Combine the two ingredients together and apply to your clean face as a face mask. The combo will gently pull impurities out of your pores, lessening blackheads. Leave on your skin for 20 minutes then rinse off with warm water and a gentle cleanser. Apply an oil-free moisturizer to retain hydration.

2. Steam, Cleanse, Apply Honey, and Peel – Put a towel over your head and face your head down looking into a pot of hot water (but close your eyes!). Allow the steam to open your pores for a few minutes then cleanse your skin to remove residue, acne-causing bacteria, and oil from the skin. Then apply a pure raw honey mask to your face and leave it on for 30 minutes, or until it’s completely dry. Once dry, gently peel the mask off your face and rinse off with warm water. Your pores will be clear and the honey will fight acne infections due to its antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. Then apply an oil-free moisturizer.

3. Grated Raw Organic Potato – Grate one raw organic potato and rub it on your clean damp face for 15 minutes in a circular motion, paying special attention to the areas blackheads form, like the cheeks, nose, and chin. Allow to dry for about 15 minutes then rinse off with warm water. Apply an oil-free moisturizer to add moisture and balance pH levels in the skin.

Remember! Over-washing your face will not remove blackheads more quickly. If anything, it will cause your skin more irritation and breakouts. Do not ever wash your face more than 3 times daily, though twice daily is recommended, or you will be stripping your skin of needed oils that benefit your skin.

It’s also important to eat a healthy, nutritious diet filled with lots of fruit and vegetables, drink plenty of water to remove toxins from your system, and exercise! Sweating out toxins by working out opens your pores, allowing the buildup in your pores to be released.

Make-Up Do's and Don'ts

Do you think you’re a makeup guru? Well congratulations if you think you are but most of you actually aren’t! There are very important rules to follow when it comes to cosmetics and if you don’t follow them, you could be causing serious harm to your skin and face. Here are some do’s and don’ts to follow…or else!

DO wash your makeup off every night. Use a gentle makeup remover first then follow with a gentle cleanser and moisturizer. If you go to bed without washing your face, you are not cleansing your pores of makeup debris, bacteria, and oil. All 3 of those things WILL make you break out.

DO sanitize your makeup brushes every 2 weeks with a gentle shampoo and conditioner then allow them to air dry for several hours. You need to remove the bacteria and germs from your brushes so they don’t transfer to your face causing you to break out.

DO use paraben-free and oil-free cosmetics. The less chemicals in your makeup the better. Oil-free makeup is so important because it won’t clog your pores or make you break out.

DON’T share makeup with your friends or family…or anyone for that matter! Doing so will cause bacteria and infections…Ewww.

DON’T re-use false eyelashes. Throw them out because germs collect on them and re-using can cause serious eye infections.

DON’T re-use disposable sponges that are meant for one-time use. Sponges collect bacteria so quickly and will cause you to break out.

DON’T use makeup if it’s over a year old. Throw it out! Germs, oils, and bacteria collect in there and are then transferred to your skin.

It is very important to follow these rules. If you don’t, your skin will truly suffer the consequences of your laziness! Learn to form good habits now and get rid of bad habits. Remember that if you take care of your skin it will take care of you.

Get Rid of Dark Spots!

Lemon Juice Scrub

Step 1

Cut a fresh lemon in half. Remove the seeds carefully with your fingers or a fork and discard them.

Step 2

Put 1/2 tsp. of sugar into a small bowl or cup and dip the cut edge of your lemon into the sugar.

Step 3

Rub the lemon with sugar on each spot on your face to exfoliate dead skin that surrounds your dark spots.

Step 4

Clean your face when the sugar lemon mixture dries.

Step 5

Repeat weekly until your spots are less visible.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/228766-how-to-remove-dark-spots-from-the-face-naturally/#ixzz2I283aXEA

Skin Clinique

Hello Lovelies!
This is January 2013. Activities boom with each passing day. But, Let's not forget that our skin matters a great deal.
Here are a few tips you can make good use of, this month of January...

Apples contain a high level of glycolic acid and help minimize scarring from acne, which reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Eat Lots of apples!

High water content fruits like watermelon, help flush impurities and toxins out of your body. 

Ladies! NEVER ever sleep with your make up on. Sleeping with your makeup on is only further clogging up your pores.

Bananas are not only delicious to eat as a snack but are wonderful for your skin as well! Try "Banana Honey Face Mask"

This face mask is great for anyone who suffers from dry skin or acne. "Spinach, Honey, and Lemon Face Mask"

Water helps hydrate your body which prevents acne. Feeling thirsty? Take lots of water!

Enjoy a wonderful month of January and be acne free!

Hello pals... Making money in 2013 has been fun all the way... Thought I should let you know my secret as a good girl! http://naturalpay.com/?ref=Gloriana

Welcome to my world of possibilities!

Happy Prosperous and Re-defining 2013.. New Possibilities!!!

It's DECEMBER!!!
Please bring me all the gifts. Am waiting...

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2013!

PLEASE MARRY HIM!

"To My UnMarried Sisters & Single Friends:

When a Godly suitor advices u like your dad does, respects u like Boaz to Ruth, listens & grants your good wishes like King Xerxes to Esther, hides u from a potential disgrace like Joseph to Mary, comforts & wipes away your tears like your mother to you, refuses to be racist/tribalistic like Moses to Zipporah, shares your moments of barrenness with u like Abraham to Sarah, Praises/Adores u like Solomon, Protects & fights for you like brothers to sisters, trust you as a best friend & confidant, privately, lovingly & gently tells you the truth when you are wrong, willingly waits for u like Jacob waited for Rachel, ...and above all, Loves you & forgives your past like Christ loves his Church & gave his life for us to be saved; When a man does or shows traits of these things, please say yes to this suitor & marry him. God bless you."

Pictures Of Gloriana Mendez!

Lovelies...
Hahaha...
I playfully walked into a photo room and tooks these pictures. Oh my God! Am i now an Indiana?Enjoy!

Mercy Akhere's Exclusive Wedding!

Hello friends...
Hmm... what can i say? It has really been an awesome month of October. Lots of activities lined up for me.
Saturday 20th of October was a memorable day for Muyiwa Sobowale and Mercy Akhere as they tied the Nuptial Knot @ Christ Embassy Isolo, Lagos
Excerpts are pictures of the Make Up i did. Enjoy!

Beautiful bride/bridesmaids

Beautiful bride/bridesmaids

Gloriana

Gloriana

Gloriana & Nora

Gloriana Mendez

Chidex(Nollywood actor)

The bride/groom

Happy Married Life Mr &Mrs Sobowale

 

With love from GLORIANA'S Make Up!

www.facebook.com/gloriana.gawhungTouch his heart before he touches your vagina. Get in his head before he gets in your bed & make him get down on one knee "BEFORE" you're bent down on both knees. Practice the art of getting "YOUR EMOTIONAL NEEDS" met before meeting his physical needs! Stop getting played. You are getting older & you should know the game by now.

Be Inspired!

Love Messages...

When you are a hundred miles away from your beloved, how do you communicate your feelings? Geographical distances are no excuse to get emotionally estranged. Send him or her a few love messages and you will find that the heart knows no boundaries. With a few love messages, you can overcome all odds. Time zones may not synchronize but these love messages will keep your heartbeats synchronized. These love messages worked wonders in my relationship and i believe it will do same for you. Enjoy... Gloriana!

Jean Anouilh Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Love is not consolation. It is light.

Richard Bach
True love stories never have endings.

Franklin P. Jones
Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Thomas Mann
It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

Omar Khayyam
My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life.

Robert Browning
Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.

Jeanne Moreau
Age does not protect you from love, but love to some extent protects you from age.

Cole Porter
Night and day, you are the one.

Plato
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

D. H. Lawrence
I am in love and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man.

Publilius Syrus
The eyes start love; intimacy perfects it.

Robert Browning
O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire.

Ibn Abbad
My night has become a sunny dawn because of you.

Aphra Behn
Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.

Sarah Bernhardt
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach...

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Victor Hugo
What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

Amy Lowell
When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.

William Shakespeare
The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.

Roy Croft
I love you, not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you.

BRIDAL TOASTS

BRIDAL TOASTS
Brides always look beautiful. However, their beauty lies not in their attire, but in the warm glow of love that radiates from their faces. Bridal toasts must be nothing short of a grand celebration of this love. Here are a few quotes to include in your bridal toasts.

Judith ViorstOne advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.

Henry DrummondYou will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
Jean AnouilhLove is, above all, the gift of oneself

Marcus AureliusAccept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Honore de BalzacA woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Ambrose BierceBride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Mignon McLaughlin
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Lao TzuTo love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
Enjoy your marriage.... Gloriana!

Beauty Basics
Have you always believed that knowing whether your natural coloring fits the "warm" or "cool" category would be enough to help you look your best? Or have you somehow secretly suspected that there might just be something more to it than that, yet wondered exactly what that something was? If so, read on. This article covers another, equally important, beauty secret that will help you look your best: the concept of "high- and low-contrast" coloring

Gloriana Beauty Studio... Your true beauty revealed!