The Hungry Frugalista: Make Me Over...Please!!!

Do I look surprised?

El Diabla

I'm not even moving my face!

Please Stop the Madness!!!

Do you think I look a hot ass mess??? Of course I do, and so do you!!! None of this is cute and it needs to stop now!!! Unless you are a Cholita Gangster from 1995 or Eminem's ex wife Kim, this foolery is absolutely unacceptable! The first faux pas that a lot of women fall victim of is picking the wrong foundation. Foundation should blend in with your neck and you shouldn't be able to tell that you have any on. The florescent lights in stores alter the color a bit, so the true test of the perfect color is to view it in natural light. Make up virgins should seek a professional at a department store. If your budget doesn't permit you to buy over priced over the counter make up then you should bring a good friend (that will tell you the truth) to help you find the right shade for you at your local drugstore. Several drug stores, like CVS will take back make up even if its been used, so there is no excuse not to get the right shade. Next on the chopping block is this silver/white eyeliner mess. Many of my sistas think that this is flattering but it's really not, again a tragedy! You should use the shimmer pencil as a highlight not the focal point of the eye. The next make up application could be the biggest sin of them all. Ladies do not, I repeat DO NOT DRAW YOUR EYEBROWS WITH A BLACK PENCIL!!!!! Point, Blank, Period!!!! You should use a dark brown pencil and follow the natural shape of your brow to fill in spaces, these exaggerated expressions will make you look like a clown or as you see here I look like the devil himself. I don't care how dark your hair is,doing your brows in this manner is an absolute No No. Again please seek a professional if you do not know how to arch your eye brows, it will change your life and complete the look of any make-up application. The crème de la crème of make up mishaps is brown lip liner or Heaven forbid black eyeliner on your lips! First things first, BLACK EYE LINER IS NOT FOR YOUR LIPS!!! Several of my Black and Latina sistas fall victim to this. A lot of us women of color own a brown lip liner but the key to this application as is every other make up application is BLEND, BLEND, BLEND!!! Cosmetics are supposed to enhance your beauty, not make you look like a train wreck. Please if you have a friend or close associate that needs

to be politely checked about her war paint then please do so, she'll thank you later! ;) winking