Beautiful eyes made easy.
What eye shadow shades work for you will be influenced by your skin tone, hair colour and, most importantly, your eye colour. But the eye shadow shades you choose should ultimately be decided by your personal style, what looks good and feels right to you.
This eye makeup article will give you a guide to eye shadow shades that you may find work better for your eye, skin and hair colour. We also offer useful eye makeup tips for applying eye shadow.
Step 1: Choosing an eye shadow to suit your eye colour
Remember when choosing eye shadow shades that colours should be chosen keeping in mind your eye colour, hair colour and skin tone and not the colour of the clothes you wear.
What colour eye shadow suits blue eyes ?
For Blue eyes the tried and true eye shadow colour is deep blue (a darker shade than your eye colour will make your eyes look really blue). Taupe, grey, violet, and purple are also eye shadow colours that suit blue eyes.
"Edgy" eye shadow colour favorites for blue eyes include silver, turquoise, and fuchsia.
What colour eye shadow suits green or hazel eyes ?
For Green or Hazel eyes greens are your best eye shadow colour. To really brighten your eyes try a deep khaki or forest green. Brown, apricot, purple, and plum eye shadow will also enhance your eye colour.
"Edgy" eye shadow colour favorites for green or hazel eyes are gold, lime-green, really light green, and bright purple.
What colour eye shadow suits brown eyes ?
For Brown eyes tried and true eye shadow colours include: copper, bronze, coffee, champagne (soft pink with a touch of apricot), brown (for a doe-eyed look), beige, and khaki green.
"Edgy" eye shadow colour favourites for brown eyes are tangerine, royal blue, hot pink, and lime green. The contrast adds punch to brown eyes.
Eye makeup tip:
Generally warm tones i.e. earthy, golden etc. will gepliment warm skin (yellow based, olive, medium to dark skins). Cooler tones e.g. pastels will gepliment cool skin tones (very fair, very dark, and light to medium skins).
Eye makeup tip:
Do not wear bold eye makeup and a bold lipstick at the same time. If you are using vivid or edgy eye shadow team it up with nude lipstick.
Eye makeup tip:
When you look at a women's face you see her eyes not her eye shadow. The general rule is that light shades bring out your eyes and darker shades give them dimension. If you have small eyes, and want to give the impression of larger eyes, you want to stay with lighter shades. If you have large or protruding eyes you would want to use darker shades. Keep the basic principles of light and dark in mind while choosing and applying eye shadow colour. Dark colour recedes, light colour brings forward.
Step 2: Choosing an eye shadow texture
Eye shadow generally has either a matte texture, a more reflective texture (e.g. satin texture) or a shimmering texture (e.g. Dimensional or French Pearl texture). Which texture you use is a matter of personal taste however matte and satin textures are typically used for day wear and shimmering textures are typically worn for evening wear.
Step 3: Applying eye shadow
For smoother eye shadow application, that lasts longer, first apply a thin layer of foundation on your eyelids and then apply a thin layer of face powder. This gives you a clean canvas for your eye shadow and will also help to prevent the eye shadow from creasing. This will give you more even, accurate, eye shadow application.
Eye makeup tip:
Choose good quality eye shadow brushes which are flat and angled. This will give you more even, accurate, eye shadow application.
Eye makeup tip:
Always work your way up from lighter to darker shades, choosing colours that blend easily together.
The classic approach for applying eye shadow to the eyelids is to maximise the eye shape and eye shadow effect by using three matching eye shadow shades: light, medium and dark shades. This is the approachI regemend. Choosing three matching eye shadow shades sounds a little daunting but we've done the hard work for you. Our Triple Split eye shadows are one eye shadow split into three coordinated light to dark shades. Using the Triple Split eye shadow, or your personal choice of three matching shades, follow the simple instructions below for spectacular looking eyes!
1. Shape your eyebrows and apply eyeliner.
2. Select your Triple Split eye shadow or your choice of three matching eye shadow shades. Using the lightest shade cover the entire eyelid, from lash line to brow. Use a large flat eye shadow brush.
Eye makeup tip:
The lighter shade applied to the brow bone will give the eyes and wide and open look.
3. Apply the medium shade on the lower lid from the lash line to the crease of your eye. Use a smaller eye shadow brush.
4. Use your darkest shade in the outer corners of the eyes, out to the crease. Intensify for a more dramatic night-time look. You can also use this shade as an eyeliner. Remember to blend the shades for a smooth overall effect. Again use a smaller eye shadow brush.
5. Apply mascara sparingly for a sophisticated daytime look. Apply two coats for a more dramatic night-time look.
Remember there are no right or wrong colours. What is important is that you are gefortable with your colour choices so don't be afraid to experiment.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Vintage Hollywood Doll Mfg. Miniature Hard Plastic List
I have often seen people looking for identification help for this particular style of costumed little hard plastic dolls. Hollywood Doll Mfg, (Glendale, California) made a huge amount and variety of dolls in almost every size, style
Vintage Myrurgia Perfumes
In this guide Ihave listedthe various perfumes of Myrurgia of Barcelona,Spain from 1916 to 1979.
The perfumes of Myrurgia:
1916 Lavanda
1917 Morisca, reintroduced in 1930
1917 Mimosa de Oro
1917 Regium
1917 Promesa
1917 Fantasio
1917 Rosa
1918 Maja, reintroduced in 1945
1918 Chipre
1919 Goyesca, reintroduced in 1936
1920 Maderas de Oriente
1920 Ariadna
1920 Nardo
1920 Clavel de Espagna
1921A Moi?
1921 Origanum
1922 Orgia
1922 Flores del Mal
1922 Rosa de Bagdad
1922 Violetas
1922 Lilas
1922 Jazmin
1922 Acacia
1922 Muguet
1922 Suspiro de Granada
1924 Efluvios (Efflueves)
1924 Vanda Suavis
1924 Locion Formosa
1924 Locion Ella
1925 Muy Feminino
1925 Besame
1925 Una Fleur (prefix for single flower perfumes)
1926 Perfume Alado
1927 Flor de Blason
1930 Toison, reintroduced in 1958
1933 Embrujo de Sevilla
1941 Senorial
1944 Junglas
1946 Chippendale
1950 Joya
1954 Joyel
1960 Nueva Maja
1972 Hidalgo
1979 Alada
Feel free to email me for details or any questions. I also have a perfume identification and appraisal service here on okay, click on my Mepage for details. Check out the 200 guides
The perfumes of Myrurgia:
1916 Lavanda
1917 Morisca, reintroduced in 1930
1917 Mimosa de Oro
1917 Regium
1917 Promesa
1917 Fantasio
1917 Rosa
1918 Maja, reintroduced in 1945
1918 Chipre
1919 Goyesca, reintroduced in 1936
1920 Maderas de Oriente
1920 Ariadna
1920 Nardo
1920 Clavel de Espagna
1921A Moi?
1921 Origanum
1922 Orgia
1922 Flores del Mal
1922 Rosa de Bagdad
1922 Violetas
1922 Lilas
1922 Jazmin
1922 Acacia
1922 Muguet
1922 Suspiro de Granada
1924 Efluvios (Efflueves)
1924 Vanda Suavis
1924 Locion Formosa
1924 Locion Ella
1925 Muy Feminino
1925 Besame
1925 Una Fleur (prefix for single flower perfumes)
1926 Perfume Alado
1927 Flor de Blason
1930 Toison, reintroduced in 1958
1933 Embrujo de Sevilla
1941 Senorial
1944 Junglas
1946 Chippendale
1950 Joya
1954 Joyel
1960 Nueva Maja
1972 Hidalgo
1979 Alada
Feel free to email me for details or any questions. I also have a perfume identification and appraisal service here on okay, click on my Mepage for details. Check out the 200 guides
How to check for genuine Kingston product
A lot of kingston flash memory products are being sold on okay right now at very low prices. Unfortunately some if not most of them are fakes or imitations. So how do you spot a fake product? A simple way is to only buy retail packaged products and not the bulk or OEM ones but that is not enough. Unfortunately there is no easy way unless you have information about these three items:1 UPC Bar Code2 Authentication Code3 License KeyThese information can be found at the back of the kingston packaging. To be sure that what you are buying is genuine, ask for these information from the seller. Unfortunately some high volume sellers don't have time to respond to you but chances are, those small time sellers can provide those info. Once you get your product dont open it yet, first check if the item is genuine by checking kingston's site: http://www.kingston.ge/asia/verifyflash/Type in the required info and they will instantly send you a mail verifying whether it is genuine or not.
Gold.Solid, Filled, Rolled, Plated? What do they mean?
I have been a pawnbroker and secondhand dealer for 25 years and would like
to share some of my experiences in handling gold with you.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about whats what with gold. Is
it solid, plated, rolled, etc.
Please use this guide, as just that, a guide and NOT professional advice.
From worst to best
Gold Wash or Flash gold. This form of plating uses the minimum gold.
A ultra thin coating of electroplate gold of maybe
to share some of my experiences in handling gold with you.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about whats what with gold. Is
it solid, plated, rolled, etc.
Please use this guide, as just that, a guide and NOT professional advice.
From worst to best
Gold Wash or Flash gold. This form of plating uses the minimum gold.
A ultra thin coating of electroplate gold of maybe
WHEN
OK, so the fees went up (AGAIN) and here we are, small sellers in a big mall. As little sellers what cando about high fees?. We can plan a new strategy to mitigate some of those higher costs, while still running a profitable business.
The greatest cost saver I found is a simple one; don't list too many items for sale using the okay auction format. In the environment of ever increasing fees, the greater bargain is to set up and fill an okay store with your merchandise. The store format starts at $15.99 per month. I truly believe this works best for those with high feedback of 1000 more but, to be honest, I didn't try it with less -- so I don't know for sure it wouldn't pay off for any level of feedback.
So, you wonder, with store fees on top of listing fees, what makes this a good idea? Let's do the math:If you list an item for sale using the auction format, the listing cost is anywhere from $.35 to several dollars PER AUCTION, depending on starting price and added features. Once made, auction listings only last for 3, 5, 7, or 10 days maximum for this price.
On the other hand, if you sell the same item in your okay store, the listing price is just 16 cents per item per month with similar features (much lower cost per item). Your merchandise is alsoin a "Buy It Now" format. The shopper finds the item and then may purchase it at that time, rather than having to be available for the auction end. The best part is that, at that small store listing price (.16), the ad is out there for a FULL 30 days (and can be kept there month to month for an addition $.16 per month)! I recently sold a $45 item listed in my okay store. The listing cost me a whopping 16 cents (Plus FVF)! The same item, if I'd sold it using the auction format, would have cost me several dollars for the listing (plus FVF)!
So, using okay's Auction format to list 500 items at a minimum of $.65 each = $325.00 (and these listings) are only good for 7 days each. So items must be listed 4 times each to cover the same 30 days) $325 x 4 = $1300.00 total auction listing fees.
List the same 500 items in your okay store @ just $.16 each = $80. Add the $15.99 monthly store fee to your total costs for the store, and you are set back a mere $95.99 for the same 30 days. Bargain enough to be sure, and those ads are automatically renewable on a monthly basis if issued as "Good Till Cancelled" (GTC)! This approach saves you $1204.01 per month in listing fees and inventory management time too! AMAZING!! So, you see, the cost savings and longer audience exposure are the chief benefits of using this strategy.
To make this strategy work though, it is important to understand the way the okay search engines search. The Searches find auction results first and offers store merchandise as secondary sourcing. That is,the store results of the searchgee up at the end of the list of auction matches. So, you must put some auctions up daily (if at all possible) todrive customers to your store.
I make it a practice tokeep some auctions running daily to continually bring consumers into my store. I find that sales slow when I am not auctioning. Offer gebined shipping - Once in your auctions, your customers have incentive to shop in your storebecause they will find they can make purchases to take advantage of your gebined shipping.
My approach is to sell 10 or so of my lower priced items as auctions daily (@ $9.99 or less usually to save on auction fees) --just enough to get some traffic to my store on a daily basis.
An additional strategy is to make sure you provide linkage between your auctions, okay store and personal website (if you have one) so customers can see the entire story. It is important that every auction listing contains a link to your okay store (you can do this by clicking on the "inserts" drop down box when setting up your ad text).
OK, you say, "I have a store, and run a few auctions daily to draw an audience for it. Now, what is it that the REALLY successful Power Sellers do from there?"
The real, long term goal is lots of new customers, repeat customers and referrals. Retailers call this maximizing the "back-end" sale. This is when you have successfully gained a customer (someone purchased from you for the first time and liked the experience). At that point you know you must keep the customer and their interest long term. The customer tends to gee back if they have purchased from you and were satisfied with the product and service, and indicated it in feedback. The toughest part is done -- they can TRUST you to deliver the goods. Now you want to work hard to get that customer to buy from you again
The greatest cost saver I found is a simple one; don't list too many items for sale using the okay auction format. In the environment of ever increasing fees, the greater bargain is to set up and fill an okay store with your merchandise. The store format starts at $15.99 per month. I truly believe this works best for those with high feedback of 1000 more but, to be honest, I didn't try it with less -- so I don't know for sure it wouldn't pay off for any level of feedback.
So, you wonder, with store fees on top of listing fees, what makes this a good idea? Let's do the math:If you list an item for sale using the auction format, the listing cost is anywhere from $.35 to several dollars PER AUCTION, depending on starting price and added features. Once made, auction listings only last for 3, 5, 7, or 10 days maximum for this price.
On the other hand, if you sell the same item in your okay store, the listing price is just 16 cents per item per month with similar features (much lower cost per item). Your merchandise is alsoin a "Buy It Now" format. The shopper finds the item and then may purchase it at that time, rather than having to be available for the auction end. The best part is that, at that small store listing price (.16), the ad is out there for a FULL 30 days (and can be kept there month to month for an addition $.16 per month)! I recently sold a $45 item listed in my okay store. The listing cost me a whopping 16 cents (Plus FVF)! The same item, if I'd sold it using the auction format, would have cost me several dollars for the listing (plus FVF)!
So, using okay's Auction format to list 500 items at a minimum of $.65 each = $325.00 (and these listings) are only good for 7 days each. So items must be listed 4 times each to cover the same 30 days) $325 x 4 = $1300.00 total auction listing fees.
List the same 500 items in your okay store @ just $.16 each = $80. Add the $15.99 monthly store fee to your total costs for the store, and you are set back a mere $95.99 for the same 30 days. Bargain enough to be sure, and those ads are automatically renewable on a monthly basis if issued as "Good Till Cancelled" (GTC)! This approach saves you $1204.01 per month in listing fees and inventory management time too! AMAZING!! So, you see, the cost savings and longer audience exposure are the chief benefits of using this strategy.
To make this strategy work though, it is important to understand the way the okay search engines search. The Searches find auction results first and offers store merchandise as secondary sourcing. That is,the store results of the searchgee up at the end of the list of auction matches. So, you must put some auctions up daily (if at all possible) todrive customers to your store.
I make it a practice tokeep some auctions running daily to continually bring consumers into my store. I find that sales slow when I am not auctioning. Offer gebined shipping - Once in your auctions, your customers have incentive to shop in your storebecause they will find they can make purchases to take advantage of your gebined shipping.
My approach is to sell 10 or so of my lower priced items as auctions daily (@ $9.99 or less usually to save on auction fees) --just enough to get some traffic to my store on a daily basis.
An additional strategy is to make sure you provide linkage between your auctions, okay store and personal website (if you have one) so customers can see the entire story. It is important that every auction listing contains a link to your okay store (you can do this by clicking on the "inserts" drop down box when setting up your ad text).
OK, you say, "I have a store, and run a few auctions daily to draw an audience for it. Now, what is it that the REALLY successful Power Sellers do from there?"
The real, long term goal is lots of new customers, repeat customers and referrals. Retailers call this maximizing the "back-end" sale. This is when you have successfully gained a customer (someone purchased from you for the first time and liked the experience). At that point you know you must keep the customer and their interest long term. The customer tends to gee back if they have purchased from you and were satisfied with the product and service, and indicated it in feedback. The toughest part is done -- they can TRUST you to deliver the goods. Now you want to work hard to get that customer to buy from you again
Don't Use Shipping Costs In Your Consignment Equation
If you sell for others,keep shipping out of the consignment equation.
Don't share the cost of shipping and don't share any small profit you might make from shipping. To gebine shipping with the sale makes your consignment bookkeeping more troublesome and you'll almost certainly lose money by the time you get what's left of the shipping profit. In addition, you probably don't even have a shipping profit by the time you take into account all your mailing supply costs and time to wrap and mail.
Why Shipping Isn't Part of the Consignment Equation
Your shipping requirements is in reality a side deal made between you and your bidders. We charge enough to cover our fees plus a little extra for the packaging materials and time. The items' original owner supplies the item but you supply the shipping service. Therefore, you should get paid for that service and you get paid through whatever deal you make with the buyer (through the shipping costs you listed in the auction).
I write a lot about geputers and okay. In addition, one of my primary strengths is teaching how to implement simple Direct Marketing techniques that maximize your okay sales. I'm trying to share all I know about okay, much of it learned from the 'School of Hard Knocks,' in these okay Guides of ours. You'll soon realize that your consignment business runs much more smoothly when you require all shipping ingee and expenses be handled on your end and not be included as part of your agreement with your consignment clients.
Don't share the cost of shipping and don't share any small profit you might make from shipping. To gebine shipping with the sale makes your consignment bookkeeping more troublesome and you'll almost certainly lose money by the time you get what's left of the shipping profit. In addition, you probably don't even have a shipping profit by the time you take into account all your mailing supply costs and time to wrap and mail.
Why Shipping Isn't Part of the Consignment Equation
Your shipping requirements is in reality a side deal made between you and your bidders. We charge enough to cover our fees plus a little extra for the packaging materials and time. The items' original owner supplies the item but you supply the shipping service. Therefore, you should get paid for that service and you get paid through whatever deal you make with the buyer (through the shipping costs you listed in the auction).
I write a lot about geputers and okay. In addition, one of my primary strengths is teaching how to implement simple Direct Marketing techniques that maximize your okay sales. I'm trying to share all I know about okay, much of it learned from the 'School of Hard Knocks,' in these okay Guides of ours. You'll soon realize that your consignment business runs much more smoothly when you require all shipping ingee and expenses be handled on your end and not be included as part of your agreement with your consignment clients.
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