The Benefit of Colored Concealers

You may have come across palettes of concealers that feature green, pink, yellow and purple colors. Not sure how to use them? Here's a quick guide that can help you figure it out, providing you with essential make up application tips to perfect your look!

Concealers come in a variety of pastel hues, and each serves a purpose. When applying them, use only on the discolored area, followed by your regular concealer so that the color doesn't come through.

Green - Light green concealers will cover redness in the skin, common of acne, scars and birthmarks.

Pink - Pink shades balance out blue and gray tones, which tend to show up under the eyes.

Yellow - Yellow-based concealers brighten by evening out pink tones.

Orange and Peach - Great for darker skin, orangy shades correct blue tones under the eyes.

Purple and Blue - Cool colors like purple and blue counteract yellowness in the  skin to brighten.

Remember, after applying these color correctors, be sure to apply your normal concealer over it to hide the color and to give you that flawless, even skin tone you've been looking for.

Thank you to New Beauty's Spring 2011 issue for these great tips!

The Five S's of Wine Tasting

There's more to wine tasting then just drinking wine. Follow these 5 steps for a true wine tasting experience.

1. See - Look at the color: is it pale straw, Aztec yellow, blond, golden, green, gold, brick red, ruby red, deep purple, cranberry, red, burgundy? (Hold your glass up to the light against a white backround to really see the true color.)

2. Swirl - Swirl the wine in the glass to release the aroma, bouquet, and fragrance. (This is also a great time to check out the legs of your wine. Yes legs! Legs are the streams of wine that you see on the sides of your glass after swirling. The slower the legs move down the glass and the more there are, the higher the alcohol level in the wine. Legs are good because alcohol is a preservative so a wine with ´good legs´ is probably a good quality wine that will preserve for longer in the bottle.)

3. Sniff - Sniff the wine in the glass. What scents do you detect: apple. apricot, peach, lemon, lime, pineapple, pear, baked apple, butter, butterschotch, yeast, asparagus, plum, raspberry, baked cherry, strawberry jam, prunes, mint, licorice, spiced tea, mushrooms, orange, chocolate, coffee, cigar box, pipe tobacco, cola, beans, almond, bread, biscuits, cinnamon, cloves, honey, ginger, yeast, gardenia, geranium, rose, honeysuckle, chalk, flint, grass, hay, minerals, stone, straw, gasoline, rubber, earth, leaves, grass?

4. Sip - Swirl the wine in your mouth. How does it feel: full-bodied, medium-bodied, light-bodied?

5. Savor - Hold the wine in your mouth. Keep your mouth closed, then breathe in through your nose and swallow the wine. Take a moment to remember how the wine felt in your mouth: full, light, crisp, acidic, bitter, tannic, uneventful, or full and round, comfortable, savory, wonderful, or satisfying like velvet?

Thanks to the Sassy Sommelier aka Lizbeth Congiusti and her Wine-Tasting Guide and Journal for breaking these steps down for us!

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