My Favorite Tricks
By Saya
Some of TGF's prettiest readers have agreed to share with us their favorite style, beauty and "how-to" tips. This week features ideas from Saya, a lovely lady from Tokyo, who will soon have her own Pictorial here
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fig 1
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Step 1
I always put a makeup base cream on my whole face.
Then I put on a "Spots cover" in part of my face that I want hide.
(See fig 1) The Spots cover is a very popular foundation among Japanese
TGs because of its ability to cover flaws.
When I put on a Spots cover, I take care to spread it from the center of the spot of I want to cover to the outside. And
I also take care to spread it well to avoid unevenness of color. |
Step 2
In this step, I put on liquid foundation which is similar to my skin color, that is important.
The places to begin are the top of nose, cheeks, forehead, upper lip and
chin (See fig 2). The quantity to put on is a little larger than
a grain of rice per spot.
Then I extend well from center to the outside of my entire face.
by my finger.
It is a better to use a finger than a sponge. When you use your finger the oil in liquid foundation is melted by body temperature and
well extended. |

Fig 2
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Fig 3
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Step 3
In this step I put on liquid foundation again. But this time I use a little
bit lighter color foundation than used in step 2. And this time I put it
on only the front of my face. Application is the as Step 2. I take care to blend the border with the underlying darker foundation.
Using the two colors of foundations adds depth to the one's face I think.
Lastly, I put on powder foundation using by cosmetics puff over whole
of my face for curbing gloss of liquid foundation. A important thing on
this time is to tap into a skin without
to rub. |

Fig 4
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Step 4
In this step I begin eye makeup.
First I put light color eyeshadow on the entire upper eyelid(Fig 4 No.1).
I blur to the outside. Next I draw on the eyelid, close to the eye, with a little vivid color
(Fig 4 No.2 and 3) and also I blur to the first color again.
Last I add on vivid color on point No.4 in fig. 4, extend and blur a
little for the upper diagonal. The last method makes an oriental feeling on
my face.
The important point in this step is selecting the color of eyeshadows. I think the
best way is to choose light and dark colors in same hue. And be careful about going too bright and loud. When I put on bright and vivid colors , I use
only very small amounts . |

Fig 5
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Last step of eye makeup
I draw on the eyelid with pencil eyeliner. On lower eyelid I draw 1/3 of the eyelid
line length. On the upper eyelid I draw the full length. (See Fig 5)
I then put mascara on the upper eyelid. |
Step 5
Finally I put on lipstick with a brush. I think it is better to put it on this way than than directly from a lipstick.
First I draw an outline of the lips, painting from outside to inside. It is better
to draw on own lips shape I think. |

Fig 6
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