Everything She Wants

Holiday parties and festive events are calling.  Since most of us don't wake up looking flawless, sometimes we need a little makeup to help illuminate our best features. For the holidays, glittery eyeshadow and a cool smokey eye are always a hit. And you don't have to spend a fortune thanks to Hard Candy makeup, priced under $10! Take a look at a couple of the eye palettes available, exclusively at a Walmart near you.

You want festive and flawless makeup for the holidays.  But women of color often have trouble finding the perfect match for our wide variety of skin tones (some shades leave us looking unnaturally gray or orange). So I asked several pros for holiday makeup tips you can easily recreate at home: 1. Working Day and Night Kathy Cabral, a freelance makeup artist for Youngblood , says by using your favorite brands your daytime makeup can easily transition to a glam girl look for night.  For day, one or two coats of mascara will suffice. A neutral shade of eye shadow and a very light application of eyeliner will finish the look nicely. For light-skinned women of color, peach, taupe, and subtle shades work well for eye shadows. For medium-brown women, mauve, brown, and gray are good choices. For dark-skinned women, deeper colors like rich violet, chocolate, and navy look best. Eyeliner should be applied to the upper lids and, if desired, very lightly to the lower lids. ...