How To Buy Make-Up? Be Your Own Judge

 

Even if you've had professionals in the mall check and guide your make-up buys, try analyzing for yourself if it's the right choice for you. Your complexion may not be the same all the time, and your surface tone may vary from the undertone, so it's very easy to make a mistake while choosing what colours suit you and what don't.

Do a test yourself to find out what best suits you:-

Use natural lighting near a window - If you've had your make-up analysed in the mall or a professional parlour, mostly it's done with artificial lighting. So obviously the colours you've selected are all going to be wrong when you wear them outdoors. Also avoid strong sunlight when doing the test which can alter your results, so it's best to do it on a fair, not a bright day.

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Use a large mirror - The test would be best done with the help of a large mirror so that you can completely see your whole face, neck and shoulders. Keep your shoulders bare and drape a towel around your body so that the colour you are wearing doesn't influence your choices.

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Keep face clean - For the result of the test to be an accurate one, you need to keep your skin clean and natural, removing all make-up traces. There shouldn't be any blotches etc. on your skin, because they will get highlighted more than you may want of you choose the wrong colours. You might end up putting on display what you wanted to hide.

Keep hair tied - Tie your hair firmly at the back in the form of a pony tail or a tight bun. Doing this will prevent you from getting distracted by the effects of different colours on your skin.

Get right colours of fabrics - For accurate results wear a rose pink or pale orange t-shirt, blouse or even a piece of cloth or towel. Taking turns, drape each garment over your shoulders and hold it just under your chin to see what effect it has on your skin tone. The colour that makes the skin around blemishes look paler than before and make them stand out is the wrong colour for you. The right colour will make your skin look brighter and disguise imperfections better than before.

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See the difference yourself - It may be possible that at the start you can't make out any difference. Keep swapping the colours till you can see or ask a good friend to help you out. It would still be better if you try judging yourself because others may suggest the colour they like, rather than what it does for your skin.

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Lipstick- your final check - Your last and final test that will surely help you decide about what colour suits you and what doesn't is the lipstick test. Use a rose pink or pale orange, if you can't get hold of these colours, try an orangey brown instead of pale orange and a raspberry red instead of rose pink. The orangey brown or pale orange should suit with the orange cloth and the raspberry red or rose pink should look better with the pink cloth

For even better results you can combine the test using the cloth and lipstick of the same colour at the same time to know which colours work and which don't

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Result Time

If after all these tests you deduce that vibrant shades work well for you, look for warm colours inmake-up. If the pink ones look better, go for cool colours. Choosing warm and cool colours is easier in fabrics than in make-up. Make-up looks best in neutral shades. Hence while choosing make-up, ask yourself if you can see more pink or mauve undertones in a colour (cool colours) or more of orange and yellow (warm colour).

Usually most of us are confused and afraid to make the wrong choices in the start. We don't really want to buy an expensive product and later realize it doesn't work for us. The best solution to this is to buy a cheap palette of eyeshadow, blush and lipstick and experiment with different colours to your heart's content. Once you know what works for you, go for your favourite expensive products.