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"Beauty Q&A: 26 March 2013 (Liquid Liners, highlighters, brushes, my camera, and peeling skin!)"

What is a good, fairly cheap highlighter? Liquid, cream or powder I dont mind. I just want to find something that will give a nice glow to my cheekbones but isnt too expensive. Is the benefit highbeam good? I was looking for something slightly cheaper.. thanks

There is always MAC’s Strobe cream! I find you get so little product with highbeam, though it’s a very good product, and for women of color, you need something a little less silvery for highlights.

The other cheap trick is to find a loose powder shadow in a soft peachy-pink or champagne shade and just add that to a lotion to make your own! As long as you don’t choose a shadow that is glitter or sparkly, it should look great.

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do you have a youtube channel?

No, I’m afraid not! But I’ll definitely do it if time and situation allows in future!

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hello there. just wanna ask what are the essential brushes (and where to use them) and sponges we need to invest in? how to clean them and when to change them? i saw in your recent post u used concealer brush on your lip, i have the same brush which i used to apply eye shadow. i use to apply concealer and make up base using fingertips. well i really wanna learn about these brushes. thank you so much!

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"Beauty FAQs (12 March 2013): Eyeshadow for your eye color, working with pale shadow, blush tips, skincare, and what makeup I wear in daily life!"

How do (or do you) use all of the very light colors in something like the 88 warm palette? Aside from regular brow and highlight colors, I wasn’t sure if you had some more creative uses :) thanks! Your blog is absolutely the best.

Thank you! That’s a problem I have with the palette as well! There are just too many of them and they’re all so similar.

I’m sure you already know to use them on your brow-bone, the inner corner of your eyes and down the center of your eyes for looks. 

The other way you can try to use them up (if you are quite light-skinned) is to use a big brush, pick up a mixture of a few shades, and then use that as a cheek highlight. The less shimmery shades would also work around the edge of your the cupid’s bow to make your lips fuller looking.

But other than this, I really don’t have that much use for them either LOL!

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how do you get such clear skin?

I have normal/combination skin that tends to be oilier around the nose, inner cheeks, and chin, and here’s a current routine. But then I think a lot of it also has to do with the fact that I’m 31 and my skin’s started to calm down a lot (in the oil department) compared to my younger years.

Some ground-rules I established over the years:

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