The Best Make-up for Your Skin Tone:
Depending on your skin tone, the make-up you choose will need to flatter your face and hair. If you apply the wrong colors, you're not doing yourself a favor -- and you can look all washed out, or overdone. Play up your features with the best make-up colors, tints and hues for your skin tone.
*Make-up for Fair Skin
If you're fair-skinned, sheer colors look best on you. Apply light earth tones and soft pastels, such as ocean blue, teal, lavender,silver,bronze & different shades of browns to accent your eyes.
Various shades of pinks & corals will look great on cheeks and lips. Keep your mascara to brown or brown/black. Light, sheer lipstick adds a finishing touch. Peach is always a good choice for our fair-skinned friends, it looks natural and compliments blonde/copper hair.
*Makeup for Medium Toned Skin
Your warmer complection gives you many options for a fabulous makeover. Being "in-between" does have it's benefits. Deep matte earth tones and jewel colors such as hunter green, dark grey, beige, brown,copper & plum will accent your eyes.
Experiment with your lip color. Your skin tone is very versatile and if you're brunette, anything from pink to red will look great on you. Top it off with lip gloss for extra staying power. Bronzing powder dusted over your forehead, nose and cheeks will give you the ultimate sun-kissed look.
*Makeup for Dark Skin
You may need a heavier hand when applying make-up to dark skin -- but you need to choose the right shades. For eye shadow, gray, brown and natural shades will compliment your eyes. Also try shimmer colors such as silver, bronze & gold. Experiment with mascara colors such as navy and dark purple.
For blush, more pigment for darker skin is a must. Deep rose and apricot shades highlight your cheekbones beautifully. Sometimes a bronze highlighter does the trick. Stay away from anything with a strong orange base as this will not flatter your skin.
Dark lip color such as blood red, berry& golden caramel will compliment your lips.
*Makeup for Olive and Ethnic Skin Tones
With your darker skin tone, neutral shades as well as dark purple and blue will look great on your eyes. Metallic colors also look remarkable, as long as the shades remain darker.
Highlight your cheekbones with bronzing powder, dark plum, chestnut, or terra-cotta blush. Keep the tones natural and avoid anything too light.
Lipstick shades that will bring out your lips are berry, plum, copper, or almond. Avoid "true" reds, they will clash with your skin tone.
**The most important key with makeup is to remember:
Have Fun! Don't be afraid to try new things! And don't get stuck in a rut using the exact same colors over and over!
Our colour palette should change as we age and compliment our ever evolving selves.
** The key to utmost outer beauty is to first have inner beauty & confidence to pull off new looks!**
If you dont know where to start... Book a one on one Makeup Lesson with a Proffesional Makeup Artist who can show you exactly the correct tone of Foundation, Blush, Liner & Lipstick you should be wearing!
** $Makeup Lesson $65
Retailing Sorme Cosmetics, a Proffesional Mineral Makeup great for all ages!! www.sorme.com
Danielle Charpentier, Hairstylist & Makeup Artist
Depending on your skin tone, the make-up you choose will need to flatter your face and hair. If you apply the wrong colors, you're not doing yourself a favor -- and you can look all washed out, or overdone. Play up your features with the best make-up colors, tints and hues for your skin tone.
*Make-up for Fair Skin
If you're fair-skinned, sheer colors look best on you. Apply light earth tones and soft pastels, such as ocean blue, teal, lavender,silver,bronze & different shades of browns to accent your eyes.
Various shades of pinks & corals will look great on cheeks and lips. Keep your mascara to brown or brown/black. Light, sheer lipstick adds a finishing touch. Peach is always a good choice for our fair-skinned friends, it looks natural and compliments blonde/copper hair.
*Makeup for Medium Toned Skin
Your warmer complection gives you many options for a fabulous makeover. Being "in-between" does have it's benefits. Deep matte earth tones and jewel colors such as hunter green, dark grey, beige, brown,copper & plum will accent your eyes.
Experiment with your lip color. Your skin tone is very versatile and if you're brunette, anything from pink to red will look great on you. Top it off with lip gloss for extra staying power. Bronzing powder dusted over your forehead, nose and cheeks will give you the ultimate sun-kissed look.
*Makeup for Dark Skin
You may need a heavier hand when applying make-up to dark skin -- but you need to choose the right shades. For eye shadow, gray, brown and natural shades will compliment your eyes. Also try shimmer colors such as silver, bronze & gold. Experiment with mascara colors such as navy and dark purple.
For blush, more pigment for darker skin is a must. Deep rose and apricot shades highlight your cheekbones beautifully. Sometimes a bronze highlighter does the trick. Stay away from anything with a strong orange base as this will not flatter your skin.
Dark lip color such as blood red, berry& golden caramel will compliment your lips.
*Makeup for Olive and Ethnic Skin Tones
With your darker skin tone, neutral shades as well as dark purple and blue will look great on your eyes. Metallic colors also look remarkable, as long as the shades remain darker.
Highlight your cheekbones with bronzing powder, dark plum, chestnut, or terra-cotta blush. Keep the tones natural and avoid anything too light.
Lipstick shades that will bring out your lips are berry, plum, copper, or almond. Avoid "true" reds, they will clash with your skin tone.
**The most important key with makeup is to remember:
Have Fun! Don't be afraid to try new things! And don't get stuck in a rut using the exact same colors over and over!
Our colour palette should change as we age and compliment our ever evolving selves.
** The key to utmost outer beauty is to first have inner beauty & confidence to pull off new looks!**
If you dont know where to start... Book a one on one Makeup Lesson with a Proffesional Makeup Artist who can show you exactly the correct tone of Foundation, Blush, Liner & Lipstick you should be wearing!
** $Makeup Lesson $65
Retailing Sorme Cosmetics, a Proffesional Mineral Makeup great for all ages!! www.sorme.com
Danielle Charpentier, Hairstylist & Makeup Artist
Where to find her
Danielle is renting a space @
4U Hair Makeup & Photography
#5 410 23rd St W(2nd location)
Saskatoon, Sk.
978-0044 ext 225
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