winged gel liner tutorial-
1. Prep the eye. Be sure to apply any eyeshadow you want before applying the eyeliner.
2. Taking a gel liner, line the eyes from the inner to outer corner staying close to the lashline. Make the liner as thick or thin as your desired look. For a rounder looking eye, apply liner thicker towards the middle of the lid. For an almond shaped eye, apply it thicker towards the outer corner. To keep the shape of your eye, apply an even line following your natural shape.
3. With your eye open, decide where you want the highest point of the liner and mark it.
4. Keeping your eye open, draw a wing connecting the highest point to the meeting of your lashlines. Doing this with your eyes open will help you to see exactly where your liner will lay when finished. It can help you to avoid or be aware of any fine lines or folds in the lid.
5. Back to the highest point of the liner, connect it to the already existing liner. You can either curve the line or keep it straight depending on your preference.
6. Color in the sparse area and clean up any jagged lines. Done!
Products used:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner**TIPS**
-Remember your eyes are not identical! What you do to one eye, you may not have to for the other! ex. If one eye has more lid space, you may have to build up more liner on that eye to make the lids appear similar.
-Try not to do one entire eye perfect and then expect the same on the other. Do step one on one eye, then step one on the next. Step two on one, then step two on the next, etc. That way, you’re looking at your eyes as a whole to the look, rather than separate pieces.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Baked Zucchini Sticks and Sweet Onion Dip
The onion-honey dip sounds delicious: www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2011/07/28/baked-zucchini-sticks-and-sweet-onion-dip-that-bloomin-zucchini/
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An Open Letter to Kourtney Kardashian:
Congratulations. You’re expecting your second child. That’s wonderful news. And I’m sure I’ll read all about it the next time I am in the grocery store. That’s where I learn everything about you. And your sisters. And Angelina, Brad, and Demi. That’s pretty much the whole wide world if you can judge the whole wide world from the covers of the magazines at the checkout line.
And, if you weren’t already busy (and, I’m just going to say it, a wee bit overexposed minus the wee bit part), I heard you just launched a ten-episode web series about being a mom on the E! website.
As a mother, I checked it out. I wanted to know what you had to say about parenting. What issues matter most to you? What’s on your mind?
It turns out that you kicked things off with a tour of your son’s hotel closet. Not surprisingly, your son has a lot of clothes. And hats. And sunglasses. And, he has a shoe collection that could rival Carrie Bradshaw’s. The main point you wanted to make? I’ll sum it up: “With boys, it’s all about shoes. I’ve seen so many little boys and their outfits are so cute and then their moms put, like, kind of dorky shoes on them.”
Well, gee. I’m a mom. I have three boys. What can I do to help them? I think they’re cute. But what if I think they’re cute but don’t realize they’re wearing the wrong shoes! I mean, not only are my three year old’s shoes not from this season. They’re not even from the season before that. Or that. He wears his older brother’s hand me downs.You see, Kourtney, not everyone who loves moccasins like you do can “get a new batch” in “every color” when her son grows out of his size of the month.
I want to (honestly) say that you seem like a nice person. But, please, do me a favor: get a clue.
It’s estimated that 15 million American kids live below the poverty level. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, 21 percent of children live in families that are “officially poor.” (You can learn more about what’s considered “officially poor” here. And, while you’re on the NCCP website, take a look around.)
You have thousands and thousands of women and men who hang onto your every word. They want to know your thoughts about everything. My goodness, you and your family members are even among Barbara Walters picks for “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011.” People are interested in you. People love you. Take advantage of it. It’s not going to last forever. (See: Hilton, Paris) Take advantage of your way-more-than-15-minutes-of-fame.
I did a little research. (It took me all of 10 seconds thanks to Google.) There are countless organizations throughout the country that provide underprivileged children with shoes. I particularly like “Shoes That Fit.” They get high marks from Charity Navigator and have provided hundreds of thousands of new shoes to children across the country since 1992. Given your influence and your obvious passion for kids’ shoes, I’m sure they’d love to talk to you. And, I don’t think they’d mind a donation either.
Thanks.
-Melissa Sher
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Your Nutritionista: Nutritionista DIY: (Edible) Facewash
Recently, I visited my friend Lia and noticed her skin was particularly glowy and beautiful. Naturally, I asked her what did to get her skin to look so gorgeous. She told me she’d been washing her face with coconut oil for several months. Just coconut oil. I couldn’t believe it. Wash? With…
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Your Nutritionista: Nutritionista Book Club: The Only Other Non-Diet Book You Ever Need to Read (Part I)
At the beginning of this year, I declared Gary Taubes’ Why We Get Fat to be the only non-diet book you ever need to read. Well, I’m revising that opinion. I just finished The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the American Appetite by David Kessler, and I think it’s equally important.
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I’d gladly risk any chance of ever becoming president to sexually harass you
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Your Nutritionista: Glamour's "Snob Diet": The Good, Bad, and Ugly
So, for some reason, I’m still subscribed to Glamour. I never read it, and really have no desire to. I think I just outgrew the magazine and its concerns (“Eyeshadow creasing is ruining my life!” is an actual quote from the latest issue). It tends to make me feel like if I’m not buying $250…
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