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Sunday evening and we were due to go to a local barbeque. The weather had been particularly miserable all day and two lazy, yet slightly hung over beings decided to opt for a takeaway instead.

    Chinese was our usual guilty pleasure when cooking was out of the question so the evening would usually end up with us troffing three courses each and then feeling ill for several days thereafter. One phone call later and it was on its way! The TV was blurting out some particularly boring Sunday entertainment that was brain washing us about the world of wildlife.

    An hour had passed and there was still no sign of the food, the cravings were becoming unbearable, any longer and I would be lunging for a granny smith. Impatience was a key role in my emotions when food was concerned although I am a slim twenty eight inch waist, I was still able to pack it away. I always use this takeout and ‘yes’ they are always slow, I should have learnt by now but the food was amazing.

    With that thought the buzzer went at my apartment and prayers of hunger were being answered! As plates, folks and hoi-sin sauce flew around the kitchen the dying need to unveil my fortune from an overcooked biscuit was too much to bear. As I cracked open the cookie it flew across the kitchen floor obliterating itself in to nothing . . . . . thank god I didn’t like the taste of them!

    My fortune read: ‘You will learn quickly, never fear’ the only thing I had learnt is that the service was slow and I was fearing I was never going to eat, but apparently I needed a cookie to reassure me of that.

 

Asian eye makeup:

    The Asian eye shape is so beautiful and the eye brows will generally tend to be darker and thicker making them easy to shape and create a beautiful polished eye makeup.

    As the eye shape is slightly different, the makeup is to. There is no real defined crease on the eyelid, so blending is really the key to re-create a very flattering every day look.

 

Eye shadow application:

Use a base colour to start off with that will compliment your skin tone, if you’re very pale choose an ivory colour, and if your skin is a little warmer go for a bone or banana shade. This should really be half a shade lighter than your actual skin tone, as it will blow-out any darkness/redness on the eyelid and will brighten and pop open the eyes. Take the colour from the lashes, all over the lid and right up to the brows as well, make sure that this is a matte eye shadow and does not contain any shimmer.

    The second colour should be a couple of shades darker than your skin tone; this could be a cool grey or brown and why not experiment with some brighter colours? Take this eye shadow from the lashes to three-quarters of the way up the eyelid and blend to make sure that there are no hard edges to the makeup!

    The third colour should be a couple of shades darker than the second and applied across the lower part of the top lid, with a smudge brush blend the eye shadow upwards to create a very smooth contrast of colour from lash to brow. Don’t try to recreate a socket line as it looks unnatural.

 

Eyeliner application:

When you open your eyes you may find that the lower part of your eye makeup will tend to disappear as the bottom part of the lash will fold into the eye socket.

    When applying liner, I like to use either a liquid or a gel in this instance, as once they have dried they don’t smudge where as pencils are soft and will move easily. Start off with your chosen colour (this should be darker than your actual eye colour to give definition and pop open the eye, apply on the inner corner of each eye bringing it all the way across the top lid right into the lash line.

    Open your eyes and check to see what effect this is creating. Most of the time you will have to keep re-applying the line until you get the right thickness.

    Make sure the liner is thinner on the inner and outer corner of the eye and thicker in the middle on the lid so it looks even when you have your eyes open.

    Finish off with a coat of black mascara.

 

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