Conceal, Conceal Those Pesky Little Marks

If you have skin like me than sometimes you might want to use a concealer depending on the occasion. My foundation has great buildable coverage so I fore go it most times. But if you prefer a concealer here are some tips. (For foundation and Creamy Concealers visit www.nykitasmall.youngevityonline.com click on mineral make u)

Step 1
Dot the areas where you want coverage with product.

Step 2
With a finger, sponge or concealer brush, tap gently over the area with a back and forth motion. I prefer a concealer brush. The ones from E.L.F are superb and at just a Buck you can not go wrong. (These brushes also double as eye shadow brushes for high definition looks with multiple colors.

Step 3
Blend

Step 4
Blend

Step 5
Blend

Never let your concealer show through your foundation. The key to most beauty techniques is blending. Here are a few more tricks

• Don't try to match your skin color; always go one shade lighter. The point is to lighten the dark marks. Depending on the darkness of the area going a shade or two lighter is best.
• Choose a concealer based on the type of imperfection you want to cover and the level of coverage you want.
• Warm the product up on the back of your hand before applying. I scrape some into my hand and rub it around either between my clean fingers or with my concealer brush This makes it easier to spread and prevents it from going on  so thick and cakey.

Have a fab day and remember the beauty on the inside far outweighs the beauty on the outside.

xoxo Ms MakeUpretty

Models & Make Up

So last weekend I did make up for a youth fashion show. It was amazing, the girls were so high energy and fierce. I do make up for fun and to express myself through colors but working with the youth and seeing their appreciation for the art made me feel grrrreeeaaat! Needless to say I will have some new post coming up as well as learning some new techniques and new pictures.


Have a great day and live beautifully from the inside out.

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Quick Post-What is my next learning phase of make up

Hello lovely people!! It is New Years Eve. I just want to wish you all a Happy and Safe transition into the new year and leave a quick post.

Anywho it seems as if everytime I conquer a make up task, look, technique here comes another challenge. While my eyebrow filling and blending have come a long way since I first started doing make up my new ughhhh moment is with cheek contouring. So I am on the quest to learn all that I can and report back to you all with my trials and tribulations. For we are all everyday Starlets as I learn I want to share with you all.

Have a great Holiday again. Enjoy be safe and let us go into this new year with great purpose.

Check In

Hello lovely people. Christmas has passed and we are creeping up on the New Year at an alarming rate. What will you change? I dare you to make the changes you know you need to make, state your goals and achieve them this year. If you want to be better at make up practice, at yoga do it, whatever it is DO IT!


After all beauty originates on the inside and sometimes we just have to do an over haul of that as well.




In the make up world try new colors, try colors people tell you that are not fit for you, fall into your make up and make fabulous things happen!!! So the look below is also the look I wore on Christmas but of course I did not get around to taking a close up until tomorrow. I can not tell you the exact colors because someone gave me a MAC stack 1 and the colors were not on tubes :( sorry but try it with shimmery pinks in graduated colors. The color in my crease though is Hot Topics Baked Fuschia.  I used the lighter pink color all over my lid, the stack had a medium color pink and I blended The Baked Fuschia in my crease and outer lid. Finished with Elf liquid liner pencil. And what clap clap bravo tis the season to be greeting. I will take pictures of the colors in the tube to kind of give you an idea of what they look like loose. I had NARS orgasm blush and lipgloss on earlier but you know. My foundation of course was Exquiste by Youngevity Make up which can be purchased at http://www.nykitasmall.youngevityonline.com/. My eyebrows were done with a regular ol' wax and dark brown powder.

Ciao xoxo Nyki