makeup artist- ask me anything.

[givenchycallsmyname]

Problems with your makeup - ask me anything.

[HmmGrey]

Haha thanks @YaLoVeras. I use Mac currently but I can’t achieve full coverage. Shopping this weekend I think

[YaLoVeras]

@Hmmgrey i use a bobbi brown corrector cream. I allowed a bobbi brown makeup woman to 'do' me recently and she did such a good job i bought various bits. Inc a red lipstick :o and the corrector cream. I find most other eye concealers drying but that one is quite creamy. Nyx do an undereye corrector cream and it is a little bit 'orange' in tone which apparently can be just what you need if you have purple skin. like barney

[HmmGrey]

Can you please advise the best way to cover dark circles? I also have a very prominent greenish vein underneath my eye.

[Onecutefox]

What do you think of Korean make up products and antiageing creams? I have heard a lot of praise for their products.

[MorningsEleven]

(H) Air
The Bleach(your facial hair) Boys
Blondie (highlights)
The Chemical (perm) Brothers
Hot (eye palette of the season) Chip

You've gone too far now - she's not a hairdresser 🤣

[YaLoVeras]

@givenchycallsmyname
Can i ask u to recommend a medium coverage very pale but yellow toned make up in a compact ?
Or have those gone out of fashion?
I just want something in my handbag at work that can be applied with a sponje to even out compleccion around my eyes and nose. All the pale shades go on v pink. Im pale but in a yellow way. Not as yello as marge simpson.

[mmgirish]

I live in a hot place and don't usually wear make up to work. Can you recommend a good moisturizer that is tinted with an spf? I usually just use the clinique one but need an spf now. I tried the clinque tinted one with spf but it looked thick on. Cheers.

[HebeMumsnet]

Morning, everyone. We're going to move this thread over to the new AMA section shortly.

[Gladyoupoppedround]

Not sure about the red though my eyelids look quite pinky and make me look tired. Thanx for replying though.

[givenchycallsmyname]

@Creditcardconfusion use https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/the-ordinary-granactive-retinoid-5-in-squalane.html at night for a a week. Also use https://mybeautyandtruth.com/gb/catalogue/expert-lift-iq266/ In the day time, use http://narscosmetics.co.uk/enGB/radiant-creamy-concealer/999NACRCC0001.html?dwvar999NACRCC00011color=7845012344#start=1 to cover it.

[Creditcardconfusion]

I have really dark circles and lines around my eyes. Any product the is good at covering the darkness sinks in and highlights my wrinkles. Any that don’t settle in the wrinkles don’t cover the darkness. Any recommendations?

[givenchycallsmyname]

@Gladyoupoppedround first do red/ any warm eyeshadow colour and do your choice of style. Next, do a cat eye with liquid eyeliner to add drama and definition to eyes. Next take a black pencil eyeliner and dot under the base of top lashes. Put some individual eyelashes on bottom lashes, and a few at the outer corner of the eye at the top. Apply some mascara and a strip of false eyelashes to top lashes.

[givenchycallsmyname]

@Moonkissedlegs I am self employed, I do it in my own time. It is my business, I don't work for an agency or anything. As such, I can work when I want. I am my own boss.

[givenchycallsmyname]

@firsttimebabybirther use less heavy products, try something more lightweight on face.

[Moonkissedlegs]

My question is slightly different, but what are your working hours like? Do you do a lot of weekend, evening work? What does the bulk of your work entail? Is it photoshoots and that sort of thing? Obviously I appreciate you have spent a lot of time working your way to where you are now but I'm just interested in the sorts of hours you work. Does it fit around childcare.

It's all moot for me really, I think it's too late for me to change career now, but I can but dream!

[givenchycallsmyname]

@WaterOffaDucksCrack not silly at all. Please report back about the results. Best of luck!

[givenchycallsmyname]

@Bahhhhhumbug well, if it's jowls, the only thing you can do about that is a facelift. Jowls are skin that has sagged.

[givenchycallsmyname]

@Hum2 Rimmel 9-in-1 B.B. cream.

[Bahhhhhumbug]

No l mean when you get droopy jowls causing lines or creases that give your mouth that glum upside down look. I wondered for example if you could create an optical illusion by using a slightly lighter foundation in those creases for example. I noticed Theresa May who has quite pronounced 'glum lines' as l call them, is looking a lot better lately and l am sure had she had surgery or botox we would know about it so am guessing it is just clever make up.

[givenchycallsmyname]

@FeistyOldBat this is the best one I have found. Click on the shade name to get the one you want. www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Factor-Colour-Correcting-Cream/dp/B00E982066?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[givenchycallsmyname]

@Bahhhhhumbug if you are referring to smile lines, you can't do anything about it; except Botox.

[givenchycallsmyname]

@Seasawride no I don't have YouTube.

[FeistyOldBat]

I'm tempted by BB/CC creams, but reading the labels, they always state high SPF numbers which is what makes make-up thick and cakey... I think. Am I right?

My foundation is Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra Wear (SPF 15) which suits me perfectly and I've never found a better colour match than 02 Lys Rose. It lasts fabulously well on me without looking thick or cakey whereas most foundations don't last well at all. At 70+ even a little setting powder looks awful on me. I've seen a colourless setting powder mentioned here, I forget the name, but reading the product label, it's £12 for a tiny amount of talcum powder. I probably need more regular skin care...

I am tempted by a BB or CC cream though, credit card is itching here, too.

[Hum2]

Best BB/CC cream that's beneficial to skin too

[MariaWaria]

FeistyOldBat

How interesting.....

I can feel my credit card about to leap into action.