For African American Skin it’s always a perfect season for color. After all, your complexion is the first  “color” that you actually work with.

But as we transition from fall into winter and moving into seasonal and holiday celebrations, the color we’re looking at is for cosmetics. Color in eye shadows, lipsticks and nail polish. Color and makeup both have the incredible ability to enhance a mood and make people feel better about themselves.

During the past when economic times have been challenging, one of the things that have always been able to sustain itself is the beauty industry.   A person can buy a tube of lipstick and it adds a nice beautiful glow to their face.   It’s a new color wave so it uplifts the person that’s wearing it.

It’s also uplifting because people are looking for a pick me up and one of the ways they can feel beautiful is to invest in a tube of lipstick and they don’t have to spend a lot of money to do that.

Another one of the fall and winter trends that are shown and advertised would be the use of mascara.  The Smokey or classic eye is where you’re dealing with that subtle grey or black eye shadow and you’re using it in the corner of your eyes where you go outward towards your temple.

You don’t need a lot of this particular color to create that look. Otherwise your eye will look as though it’s closed and as though you’ve got a black eye.

But when you’re looking at adding or enhancing colors, you might look at adding metallic to that smoky eye concept and you can pair that with a light lipstick or something that’s more you.

Another trend that’s being looked at as far as color would be your complexion. When you are looking for a color for African American skin, not only do you have to take into account the complexion of your skin, but you want to also make sure that the shades you’re working with, as far as the makeup, is not going to make you look ashy or pasty or lighter than your skin tone.

You certainly don’t want anything that makes you look like a ghost or makes you look as though you’ve been burned.

When applied wrong or wearing the wrong shades, makeup can do just that, make your skin look as though it’s been burned.

You want to look for color pallets that are going to enhance your complexion and one of the ways of doing that is to go and sit with a professional makeup artist so they can actually show you what your undertone looks like.  You also want them to show you what pallets would be good for you to work with and it just might boil down to having a professional mixed makeup for your complexion.

And if you’re really into taking care of your skin, you’re complexion’s going to have a natural glow and you won’t need as much make up as you think.

Makeup was created, in essence, to cover up and hide. But if you are one who is taking care of your skin with the proper skin care regimen of cleansing, toning, moisturizing and exfoliating your skin, maybe 2-3 times a week, having a deep cleansing mask twice a month then these are things that are going to enhance the beauty of your complexion of your skin.

Therefore, you will not need a lot of makeup. For the most part you might need a sheer bronzer to take care of the sheen or to actually give your skin a subtle glow, along with a little eye shadow and lipstick.

So whether it’s smoky eyes or custom pallets, being able to have a product that is made and formulated for African American skin will be where you begin.

And then you will be working to make sure that as you use this product,  is it enhancing your complexion and not becoming something that is a chore.

Anytime you have to work too hard to have a look that you’re trying to achieve, you may be moving toward a realm of theatrics. Theatrics have their place, but as far as daytime cosmetics or something that you would wear to work to enhance your complexion, less is more.

It gives people an opportunity to deal with you and your beautiful face that radiates back to them without them staring at you.

A good facial is a great thing to have at least once a month and if you can’t have one once a month, every other month.

And if you’re looking for a great makeup or cosmetics to wear on your face, visit a makeup artist that understands and deals with African American skin.

Dedicated To Your Beauty!

Juliette Samuel

Esthetician/Publisher

Nyraju Skin Care

http://www.nyrajuskincare.com