The Cosmetics (week 4)

Wanting to know what they are?

Hi, readers! I am talking about the cosmetics this week; because before we make up ourselves, we have to understand what kinds of cosmetics we need to use and what they use for. Thus, wish you can learn the cosmetics by my introduction.
First of all, there are ten steps we make up, and there are different cosmetics we use by each step. The cosmetics are: toning lotion, moisture lotion, concealer, powder foundation, face powder, eye shadow, mascara, eye liner, eyebrow pencil, lipstick, and blush.

(1) Toning Lotion

After you clean your face, applying some toning lotion, which can moisture your face and make your face better; or if your face is dry without using toning lotion, the makeup might not perfectly fit on your face. Thus, choosing the toning lotion with high moisture content is better to your face when you need to make up.

(2) Moisture Lotion

The moisture lotion is using after toning lotion, and it can keep the moisture of your bottom face and make the oil and moisture (which are within your face) balance. To moisturize your face well, the pores on your face will become smaller than before. There are some cosmetics like basic cream, lotion, essence serum have the same function like using the moisture lotion, so you can select what you like or which is suitable to you.

(3) Concealer

The concealer is used to cover some blemishes on you face, such as the black eyes, acne scars, wrinkles, freckles. Why people use it is that after we are over 25 years old, our metabolism become worst than before, so some blemishes appear on our faces. You can use your finger pulps to apply the concealer on your face when using it.

(4) Powder Foundation

The function of powder foundation is a little same like the concealer; but when you apply it, you have to make the depth of powder foundation unequal, for that can highlight the texture of your skin and make your face stereoscopic. The right way to apply it is by using finger pulp to cover the imperfection, and then using the sponge to press your face slowly on your face.

(5) Face Powder

The face powder is used to keep our makeup with a perfect situation, and it also can control the oil on our face. Using it by powder puff to tap our face even , and press the powder puff slowly around our eyes. Therefore, the face powder can keep longer on your face.

(6) Eye Shadow

By using the eye shadow, you can highlight your eyes by different drawings and colors. The bright colors of eye shadow can show the light perception of your eye, and the dark colors can display the shadow. To combine this two colors creatively, you can make your eye look more beautiful and have many layers.

(7) Mascara

The mascara is the most important cosmetics, which can make our eyes look bigger and bigger, for people who want to have good-looking. Brushing the mascara by various ways can become different effect, thus don't forget to apply the mascara if you want to have an amazing eyes.

(8) Eye Liner & Eyebrow Pencil

Have nice eyebrow shapes can strengthen the charming eyes that people look at you, so painting by it with the eyebrow shape can make you have pretty eyes. By the way, before drawing your eyebrow, remember to shape them first by the form that suitable to you.

(9) Lipstick

The lipstick can make the women look confident and healthy, so you just need to apply it on you lips and then use the tissue or the facial absorbent paper to absorb the extra lipstick.

(10) Blush

The blush has the same purpose like the lipstick, for it can make people look more healthy and stereoscopic. The usage to the blush is that: you need to pay attention to the width you apply the blush on your lovely face, and don't draw it over 3 to 4 centimeter.

In addition, by introducing the cosmetics above, the cleansing oil plays an vital role in the steps of makeup, to apply it after you wash your all day's makeup can make you have a pretty face to do another makeup. Don't ignore it, or beautifying by makeup won't make you pretty anymore!

Finally, although you may know how the cosmetics use by my introduction, there is a significant thing that you also have to pay attention, and it is : how to buy and select. You have to realize that do the cosmetics have some marks on them, such as the usage, the ingredient, the preserve method, the important notice, the manufacture, the manufacture date, the date saved, the address or place that manufacture produce products, and the weight.

★ Vocabulary ★

(1) blemish (n.)

a mark on the skin or an object that spoils it and make it look less beautiful or perfect.

(2) freckle (n.)

a small, pale brown spot on person's skin, especially on their face, caused by the sun.

(3) metabolism (n.)

the chemical processes in living things that change food, etc. into energy and materials for growth.

(4) stereoscopic (adj.)
of a picture, photograph, etc. that is made so that you see the objects in it with length, width, and depth when you use a special machine.

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