Foundation... not everyone wears it, but at some point we all need it! There are those of us blessed with skin that can only be compared to a baby's behind and then there are those of us that can't leave the house without proper coverage. Weather it's just for a party or for every day use, to know what formula works best for you is essential! After all, if you have oily, acne prone skin you obviously want to stay away from products that contain oil! Learn here, today, now, what foundation you should be wearing and what foundation shouldn't be wearing you!
The "Look":
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| To hide..... =OR= |
to let shine?
I have this crazy obession with freckles! I think they are so beautiful! As a kid, my dad would always tell me how much he loved mine and to this day calls me "Freckle". There are many of you that consider love to be the exact opposite feeling of how you feel about your freckles. In these two photos Lindsay Lohan looks beautiful! Her makeup artist on both ocassions knew how to achieve the desired look. The point is that the makeup isn't wearing her. She is wearing the makeup. When you find the right foundation you can cover up flaws and still look natural! Unless your going to a mascarade, lets leave the mask at home yes?
The "Products":
DRY SKIN
I've been using Smashbox's tinted moisturizer for about two years now and I have yet to find anything better! I love that it lets my freckles show but still has a nice coverage. It has a great satiny finish, an spf, and leaves my skin hydrated ALL DAY! It is packed with viatmins and contains citrus and honey! I LOVE IT! $30
Bobbi Brown Foundation Sticks are amazing! A friend of mine had this foundation on and she looked so flawless and beautiful! It has great coverage for those of you ladies who need it and you have the option of leaving it as-is or applying a light coat of powder! $40
Primer is just as important as the foundation! For extra all day long lasting foundation, try STILA's Hydrating primer with SPF. You can wear her with foundation or without and still be hydrated! Yay! $34
Oily/Acne Prone
Oily skin? No problem! NARS Sheer Matte foundation is the answer to your prayers! This beauty will even out your skin tone with out covering all the beauty that God gave you! It will leave you oil free all day long and will also keep your skin soft and smooth! NO CRACKING! $42
Looking for full coverage? This puppy's got you covered! Cover FX's Cream Foundation can not only be used by those with oily skin , but those with acne prone skin too! It is a completely oil free water based makeup and it provides a perfectly smooth coverage that will only let your best features shine! $42
Alright ladies...we just hit the mother load! After working in the cosmetic field for a few years now I know that oily faces don't like slabbing on cream after cream. So Urban Decay came up with De Slick Oil-Control setting spray! That's right SPRAY! You can apply it before and after your makeup for a long lasting shine free makeup application! Ah primers...what life savers! $29
Combination Skin
Sephora brand has done it again! For those of you who have the worst of best worlds (-_-) meet Sephora Collections Perfecting Cover Foundation. This foundation not only hydrates, but is also absorbes excess oil leaving your skin perfectly balanced! You're welcome! :) $22
Ah yes! Make Up For Ever (MUFE) HD foundation. Sure to handle whatever your day brings, this foundation is designed to withstand lights, cameras and any sport/stress/kids/husband/life action you might get! Perfect for TV (for those who are on it or just watching it) as it's HD formula hides your imperfections without hiding you! $40
Yes ladies! The best of both worlds! Fresh's Prime and Glow! Here you have a primer that absorbs oil and another the kickes dull skins tookus! You can apply both or just one and they are travel sized so they fit perfectly in your purse! $10 <--------((squeeling with delight))
Mature Skin
I have yet to hear ANYTHING negative about Smashbox's Halo Foundation. This powder seems to be the real deal as it is formulated with gold, 48 minerals, 11 amino acids, and is keeping your skin hydrated and wrinkle free! You will see anti wrinkle results (around the eyes) in just ten minutes. Yep this guy is next on my hit list! $59
"LORAC's Breakthrough Performance Oil-Free Anti-aging Foundation with SMS Complex and SPF 14 combine pre-aging, anti-aging, hydrating and smoothing ingredients along with antioxidants, to help skin apear youthful, rejuvinated, and radiant." Couldn't have said it better myself! $38
Tarte's ReCreate Primer is not only anti-aging but it is also all natural! It is packed with its very own Wrinkle Rewind technology made to reduce wrinkles by 67%, and firm skin by 47%! Silicone free! $32
The "Point":
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Romans 10:17
The other day I had a very intense conversation with a very amazing person. We were talking about his past and how verbally abusive kids were to him while he was in school. Everyone would call him derogatory names referring to him as being homosexual because he was different. He tells me that to this day he cannot stand those words that have wounded him deep in his heart. At first, not knowing what those words meant he ignored them. As he grew so did his understanding and with that understanding came doubt of who he was. It really all started with one word. And with that one word it spirrald into a thought. That thought turned into an emotion. That emotion then turned into a behavor and all it took...was ONE WORD.
Many of us have these crazy beliefs about ourselves that we deem true simply because of an experience but mostly because someone "told"us that it was true. As a kid I was constantly reminded that I was a failure. That thought became an emotion or a feeling and soon turned into a behavior. I became a people pleaser and wanted so badly to win the approval of everyone but especially my leaders. I was always so thirsty for hearing some one say, "Good job!" And when they didn't I would beat myself up. I also had an intese fear of failure. 99.9% of the time I would stay on the safe side and rarely did I like making desicions in fear it would all crumble and the blame would fall on my shoulders. Little did I know that God was really saying this:
"The steps of the good man are directed by the Lord. He delights in each step they take. If they fall it isn't fatal, for the Lord holds them with his hand."
Psalm 37:23-24
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble."
Psalm 46:1
Too many times we buy into what peole say instead of focusing on what God says about us. We even give into crazy lies that Satan whispers into our ears to try and destroy us.
"She is so much prettier than you..."
"You will never amount to nothing, you are a failure."
"You are dirty and unlovable..."
"No one is going to marry you, you will be alone forever."
"You aren't worth anyone's time...give up."
"God doesn't love you...not after what you just did."
"He will never forgive you."
"Prayer is useless, He doesn't care and he will not answer."
Belive it or not, I gave in to every single one of these lies. I believed all these things to be true based on an experience or something that was said to me. I had to search deep inside and forgive those who had harmed my heart and re-program my thought life. I got rid of all the MUSIC that only gave life to those lies as well. The devil is out to steal our lives and make us forget who we are in Jesus and what a friend we have in him. When you are faced with these and the gazillion lies that come to your head you must remember this:
"We are told to take captive very thought we have and are presented with and make it obedient to Christ. We should demolish anything that is contrary to the knowledge we have of God."
2 Corinthians 10:5
How do you know that it's a lie? Ask yourself this:
1. Is this thought bringing me closer to God?
2. Does this thought make me feel happy or angry?
3. Who/What told me this and deemed it to be true?
99% of crazy thoughts that come into our head are ones that need to be tossed out into the trash! They are no good! How do we overcome negative thoughts towards ourselves? STOP listening to people who aren't important and START listening to people who are around to encourage you. THAT will bring HEALING TO WOUNDS that have been around for years and for some decades. Read things out loud especially the Bible so you can physically hear what God thinks about you! You can look up specific verses for whatever your dealing with and read them over and over. Post them on your wall in your bed room! Right now my husband and I have 5 verses about faith that have been on our walls for about 3 months. We needed that boost after I left my job and money became tight. At first I thought they looked kinda tacky but after reading them over and over they have brought so much peace and joy to my life. So much that when a bill seems like it might not get paid, my eyes search for those verses and gives me faith to believe that GOD is the owner of EVERYTHING and he is my God who PROVIDES! After you read this post I would love it if you had a second with God. If you journal write it. Ask God to reveal to you what lies you have believed about yourself and to help you start working towards believing the truth. I promise that you will be surprised with what you may find. Remember our actions are based on an emotion and an emotion is based on a thought...Trace the Base for your belief of YOU.
The other day I had a very intense conversation with a very amazing person. We were talking about his past and how verbally abusive kids were to him while he was in school. Everyone would call him derogatory names referring to him as being homosexual because he was different. He tells me that to this day he cannot stand those words that have wounded him deep in his heart. At first, not knowing what those words meant he ignored them. As he grew so did his understanding and with that understanding came doubt of who he was. It really all started with one word. And with that one word it spirrald into a thought. That thought turned into an emotion. That emotion then turned into a behavor and all it took...was ONE WORD.
Many of us have these crazy beliefs about ourselves that we deem true simply because of an experience but mostly because someone "told"us that it was true. As a kid I was constantly reminded that I was a failure. That thought became an emotion or a feeling and soon turned into a behavior. I became a people pleaser and wanted so badly to win the approval of everyone but especially my leaders. I was always so thirsty for hearing some one say, "Good job!" And when they didn't I would beat myself up. I also had an intese fear of failure. 99.9% of the time I would stay on the safe side and rarely did I like making desicions in fear it would all crumble and the blame would fall on my shoulders. Little did I know that God was really saying this:
"The steps of the good man are directed by the Lord. He delights in each step they take. If they fall it isn't fatal, for the Lord holds them with his hand."
Psalm 37:23-24
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble."
Psalm 46:1
Too many times we buy into what peole say instead of focusing on what God says about us. We even give into crazy lies that Satan whispers into our ears to try and destroy us.
"She is so much prettier than you..."
"You will never amount to nothing, you are a failure."
"You are dirty and unlovable..."
"No one is going to marry you, you will be alone forever."
"You aren't worth anyone's time...give up."
"God doesn't love you...not after what you just did."
"He will never forgive you."
"Prayer is useless, He doesn't care and he will not answer."
Belive it or not, I gave in to every single one of these lies. I believed all these things to be true based on an experience or something that was said to me. I had to search deep inside and forgive those who had harmed my heart and re-program my thought life. I got rid of all the MUSIC that only gave life to those lies as well. The devil is out to steal our lives and make us forget who we are in Jesus and what a friend we have in him. When you are faced with these and the gazillion lies that come to your head you must remember this:
"We are told to take captive very thought we have and are presented with and make it obedient to Christ. We should demolish anything that is contrary to the knowledge we have of God."
2 Corinthians 10:5
How do you know that it's a lie? Ask yourself this:
1. Is this thought bringing me closer to God?
2. Does this thought make me feel happy or angry?
3. Who/What told me this and deemed it to be true?
99% of crazy thoughts that come into our head are ones that need to be tossed out into the trash! They are no good! How do we overcome negative thoughts towards ourselves? STOP listening to people who aren't important and START listening to people who are around to encourage you. THAT will bring HEALING TO WOUNDS that have been around for years and for some decades. Read things out loud especially the Bible so you can physically hear what God thinks about you! You can look up specific verses for whatever your dealing with and read them over and over. Post them on your wall in your bed room! Right now my husband and I have 5 verses about faith that have been on our walls for about 3 months. We needed that boost after I left my job and money became tight. At first I thought they looked kinda tacky but after reading them over and over they have brought so much peace and joy to my life. So much that when a bill seems like it might not get paid, my eyes search for those verses and gives me faith to believe that GOD is the owner of EVERYTHING and he is my God who PROVIDES! After you read this post I would love it if you had a second with God. If you journal write it. Ask God to reveal to you what lies you have believed about yourself and to help you start working towards believing the truth. I promise that you will be surprised with what you may find. Remember our actions are based on an emotion and an emotion is based on a thought...Trace the Base for your belief of YOU.
Here is a short list of great books that can help:
Battlefield of The Mind-Joyce Meyer
The Sacred Echo-Margaret Feinberg
The Shack-Paul Young
The Organic God- Margaret Feinberg
Captivating-John and Stasi Eldredge
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