FOTD's- Share your pics!

[egerandi]

Aww, ladies, thanks! Laurie, you're so sweet I love SN because even when I cover a bit more, it still shows my skin (unlike other mmu, which shall remain nameless). I don't always need makeup, but I can't pass up the fun I'm having with all the colors Like a kid, can't have enough, and pick a new fav every week, hehe. I finally ran out of one lippie though, I need more Soft...
Blur is fantastic, btw! I got the tip of using just that when I wanna go 'naked' from this forum, thanks!

[Ghost]

WOW egerandi

Your skin is lovely and I love your hair colour. If I had your hair colour I would give it a red or blue tint But wow your skin. Whats you secret??????? Drink lots of work? Eating well? Getting enough rest? Washing your face with some sort of elixir from the gods? I would go as far and say bribery but who would you bribe, yourself!! *looking at yourself in the mirror* "Yes, yes if you make sure you look all nice, fresh and youthful while I take this photo, I'll buy you that serum from SN you've always wanted" LOL

You look great Egerandi. Whatever you doing keep it up (and pass the secret onto to friends )

[egerandi]

*blushes and LOLs at Ghost*

I don't really know what the secret is, but I don't remember having too many issues with my skin when growing up. I do have an oily Tzone, and my skin is kinda dehydrated, but I'm managing that fine, especially lately. Also, I didn't wear makeup at all until I was 22, so I guess that saved me from some clogging issues too. I mentioned in another thread that I care less about brush and makeup cleanliness than I should, but there is one thing I do even if it hurts: remove my 'face' every night before I go to bed. If I find myself fallen asleep, I force myself to get up and wash my face, be it 3am... Always remove it all, and treat it. I exfoliate with acids and manually + masks, but not too much (see Karen's thread under Skin Care, it's great). I've recently switched to all natural skin care and do OCM and manual scrubbing too. I love the apricot cleansing oil, btw. And the serums are nice too - noticed that sometimes I don't even have to use moisturizer in the morning, the serums suffice. Oh, I try to stay out of the sun too and wear sunscreen as much as I can.

I do drink a lot of water and green tea, and I eat a lot of fresh veggies and fruits. I'm lucky to not have been grown up with junk/fast food, and I don't crave either that or sugary stuff. OK, fine, I love fries, pickles and other salty nastiness and dark chocolate

Seriously though, I guess I have a lucky base, and I try to take care of my skin as much as I can. And those eye baggies, well, I was born with those Some people have great teeth , no cavities no matter what they eat (my sister), and I would get cavities just by looking at chocolate, so yeah... But I heard that skin problems can be turned around, I'm just blessed I don't have to deal with that, cuz frankly, I don't have the disposition of being consistent :p Except for washing my face, that is.

[Shirin]

I agree with everyone, egerandi, you ahve absolutely gorgeous skin! And absolutely smooth too, don't know your age, and not going to ask, but from your skin you look like 19!

My mum also ahd great skin! Mainly genes I suppose. She never used anthing special, and she never had acne issues, even during puberty. Unlike me, I have hormonal acne, even at 34. It's not too bad, just one or two pimples around that special time, but makes me feel like a teenager, hehe.

I think sunscreen is very, very important? I ahd never been using any before, as i assumed olive skin doesn't need any, but that was wrong, I try to use some as much as possible now!

[Shirin]

egerandi,

I just ahd another look at this post and at your pic, and I cant help myself giving you some suggestions!
You look beautiful, great features, beautiful blue eyes! As i was looking at your nice pic, i imagined you like this:

jet black hair, bangs longer starting only on your cheekbones, mid-nose level, parted on one side, a bob i think, and to bring out those beautiful eyes, a dark blue liner with some lighter blue smudged under the eyes, jet black mascara, for eyeshadow I don't know, (not blue),and to contrats, real rosey, blue-sih pink lippies. Light Tart is great for you. Tart is my favourite blush.

I hope you don't mind me giving suggestions. I just have a lot of imagination when it comes to women's faces, I am not a make-up artist or a hairdresser but I love bringing out the best features out of women's faces and make their beauty stand out even more.

[egerandi]

Ah, I don't mind at all! I actually had a bob before (see my avatar) and although I liked it, I decided to grow it out again. I get bored with hair easily, hehe. My bangs are hitting below the eyebrows and it's growing into a longer fringe. I color my hair to natural black with a bit of red here and there. It looks pretty black black on me, I wouldn't really go darker. I love blue eye shadows, and have almost all the blues from SN I use Eiree as a liner sometimes with Vanilla too. Haven't worn blues lately, maybe I'll just have to do that soon
And yes, I'm a pink lip girl, rocking Soft and Bloom a lot lately, but have a ton more of pink SN lippies.

[Shirin]

My fav lippie so far is Peace. just wished it had no gold in it! Love the pink in it. I relly want to try Very Berry next. And tart is my absolute fav blush, wanna get the full size. So me too I am a pink girl, or rose i prefer.

[iPunky1]

WOW I am totally getting centerfold now!!! Egerandi you look so pretty!!!! I was wondering without centerfold on are your lips pretty pigmented?? Are they naturally darker? I am wondering how it will look on me. Thanks!

[zeebs]

I'm glad you said that about washing your face every night - I have reaaaaallly problematic skin prone to clogs (and therefore, I admire your beautiful complexion even more) and I've found that regular washing with gentle cleanser is really the key. That, and natural treatments like SN serums!!

[egerandi]

WOW I am totally getting centerfold now!!! Egerandi you look so pretty!!!! I was wondering without centerfold on are your lips pretty pigmented?? Are they naturally darker? I am wondering how it will look on me. Thanks!

Thanks Yes, my lips are quite pigmented, I think. I have some of the sheer SN lippies, and they show up darker than I would have expected. I would call my lips dusky rose. I did a search on google for that color, and this is really close what my lips loop like (although slightly lighter than this): http://www.colourlovers.com/color/C06078/dusky_rose

Centerfold is a good neutral pink/tank, you should get it