I am useless with make up - if I post a pic of my colouring can you help me?

[triffictits]

I am crap with make up basically!

I am also very underconfident with my looks. I am thinking of trying mineral foundation and have no idea what shade - everytime i go into the department stores they advise me and I end up feeling its wrong.

I have oily skin so wondered if mineral foundation would suit me.

But....biggest prob is eyes - mine are blue, so what colour shadow should i use and how do i do it so it looks good. I've watched all the videos and still cant do it.

I have a do to go to soon (the ball i have bored you all about) i want my hair curled and want then want my make up to look good but have no idea.

I'll post a pic of me, but bare with me - I hate photos, its the only one i have on pc and I have NEVER posted one of me on here before. And believe me, I'm no oil painting. Please be gentle.

You need to define ypur colour first.
What suits you best white or cream?
If white you need cool colours for lippy/eyeshadow (ie with lots of blue in them)

If cream you need warm colours (lots of orange) in them. You can get away with other eye colours not in your colouring, but not lipstick. Blue eyeshadow looks good on blue eyes, but if you really want to emphasise th blue, go for an apricoty colour, as orang is opposite colour to blue and will really bring the blue out

Know nothing about foundation...

thanks fizzbuzz - i have no idea if white suits me better than cream.

I'll post my pic and tell me what you think. Had never ever considered apricoty. What colour lipstick do you think?

I usually always wear brown/beige on my eyes but dont think its the best colour

ok, pic on my profile in a mo

Look in mirror with no make up, and hair back.

Put something white in front of you under your neck (paper, clothes, anything)

Ditto cream. One will make you look better, and one will make you look drained. It takes 2 minutes.

If brown doesn't suit you on your eyes you probably need blue or green or grey.

For years I tried all that stuff, about brown eyeshadow and looking natural. Brown makes me look like death, it took me years to realise it

yes i always used brown because I was always told brown/beige is good with blue eyes - i dont think its great to be honest.

I am liking the apricot idea!

triffictits you are beautiful

awe cvq, i wish i felt that - i seriously dont think a lot of myself at all - prob why i have probs with make up etc - i never feel any different. I really want to look good for this party though so need help!

Go to a trendy make up concession like Mac and ask them, they'll nkow.

what about giong tooa dept store and getting it don e in ther for free

triffic - you are pretty and your tits do seem fairly triffic so stop beating yourself up! And get your hair off your face - you are hiding behind it!

i have been to Mac/Channel/Clinique etc and they all tell me the same colours and i dont think that they suit me.

My hair is a bit more layered around my face now shitemum - i am going to have it curled for the party. Thank you for the compliment though - very nice of you.

at triffictits - an MNetter suggested that fot me, its not my opinion of my norks, just liked the name!

What colour suits you best?

no idea fizzbuzz - I wear all colours really - the dress i have for the party is a deep red colour.

But some colours must suit you better than others? What does black do to you?

black is ok on me. I think that grey does drain me a bit. I wear beige a lot and blue too.

Looking at you I wold say you suited white better, but you look as if you have been on your hols. Nevertheless I couldn;t see you in cream but I can white - so I think you are a "winter" colour person (like me!). You need to choose "cold colours". The best example I can think of is a colour I would never wear but it brought it home to me - yellow. You couldn't wear sunshine yellow but you would look great in acid yellow. As fizzbuzz suggests, look for the sahdes of colours with blue in them rather than orange.

I look like death in beige or cream or any variant. Step away from the beige!

Well if grey drains you, then you must have warm colouring, so you need things like which have an orangey/yellowy colour, like coral, peach, scarlet, and ...erm..brown

fizzbuzz, why the [frowns] after ever post?

Yes beige is a killer...I think you look like you would suit white best...which means you would need bluey coours like crimson/green/grey/pink/blue.

If you can just sort out whether white or cream suit you best then we may get somewhere!

Or what jewellry suits you best, gold or silver?

Ah - but grey generally drains me too (and I mos definitely am a winter colour). It has to be a very dark grey to suit me, and even then I have to compensate with make-up.

Fizz - I'm looking at the jewellery ont he photo and seeing gold - but wanting to see silver!

PS... Triffic is often used as hmmm as in "considering"

yes i had just come back off hols then winestein, so was a bit tanned. I have got a bit of colour now too as I've just come back off hols again.

ok just had a look - i agree its white, but i do wear gold jewellery rather than silver - maybe i have the combination wrong.

So what colour lippy do you suggest?

Sorry fizzbuzz if you mean hmmmmmm by your [frown] I just thought i was annoying you with my crapiness.

I use a l'oreal foundation - all of their range come in warm colours and cold colours. I think the odd numbers are cold and the evens are warm (or vice versa!). I use the lightest in a cold colour. Any consultant worth their salt would be able to tell you what you are - but go with your instinct as I totally ignored the last one and went with what I felt was right - and I was right as I knew my skin in daylight as opposed to the electric light. Go and ask for samples of the right shade in the two different tones. Then you will know

Once you "get" this, you can wear any colour... so long as the tone is cold and not warm. (I really am convinced you are a cold tone person, can you tell!)

If it looks orange, run, but you can wear strawberry any day of the week.