#eye primer online

[makeupstudiopro1]

What are the Advantages of Using the Right Eye Primers in India: Ultimate Guide

You've been using face primer for years to help your makeup go on smoother and last longer, but did you know that you should also definitely use eye primers?  So, what are the benefits of using the right eye primers in India? Read further to learn more. 

Benefits of Using an Eye Primer

1. Enhances Eyeshadow Color and Pigmentation

Your eyeshadows will look more vibrant and stick to their shade when you apply our Eye Primer. This improves the color and pigmentation of your makeup. Eye primers ensure that eyeshadows adhere better and don't seem washed out or dull. To do this, they create a smooth and even base on the eyelids. Primer helps your eyeshadow colors pop. They make it seem more vibrant and stunning by improving the pigmentation. This is particularly useful for creating intricate or bold eye looks as it makes sure the colors are displayed to their full potential. Buy eye primer online at MustPro for a hassle-free experience and enjoy a gorgeous finish that lasts.

2. Increases Longevity and Prevents Creasing

If you want your eye makeup to last long, you must try eye primers. They offer a strong base for the eyes. This keeps your eyeshadows from fading away, smearing, or creasing. This is important if you have a hectic schedule or a special celebration where you need to maintain your eye makeup all day. Applying an eye primer creates a protective layer. This holds your eyeshadow in place, so you don't have to always touch it up. A smooth and perfect application of makeup is also ensured by the proper eye primers. This prevents your skin's natural oils from ruining the makeup. Buy eye primer to maintain a perfect look all day long.

3. Smooths Imperfections and Creates an Even Canvas

Any imperfections on the eyelids can be minimized with the use of an eye primer. This includes wrinkles, fine lines, or uneven skin texture. Primer smooths over these small imperfections to give your eyeshadow application a more level base. This facilitates the smooth blending of eyeshadows, leading to a polished, professional look with minimal effort. A flawless finish to your eye makeup is achieved by the smoothening qualities of great eye primers, which also keep eyeshadows from settling into lines or highlighting any uneven areas. A smoother canvas makes applying eyeshadow more accurate and consistent, giving you the confidence to try out diverse styles. Buy the best available eye base online - 2-Way Gel, which acts as both an eyeshadow base and glitter gel.

How to Apply Eye Primer?

Prep Your Skin: Begin by applying your daily eye creams and facial moisturizers to ensure a hydrated base.

Dispense Primer: Squeeze a tiny, mustard-seed-sized amount of primer onto a flat eyeshadow brush or your fingertips. This small quantity is enough for each eyelid.

Apply Primer: Use gentle tapping motions to apply the primer, starting from the lash line and working upwards towards the brows. This helps create a smooth, shadow-ready surface.

Prime the Brows: Don’t forget to apply eye primer to your brow area; this will help your brow products last longer.

Prime the Lower Lashes: If you plan to use eyeshadow or liner under the bottom lashes, apply primer there as well.

Allow to Dry: Wait about a minute for the primer to dry and absorb fully before applying eyeshadow or other eye makeup.

Conclusion

Eye primers should be a must-have product in your cosmetic bag. With all the advantages of eye primers, it serves as a great base for makeup so that you can enjoy a look all day long. Buy the right eye primer online from MustPro that meets your needs.

[banquetwriter]

can u write a smut of an insecure plus sized goth reader x johnnie please? she's a virgin and after being together for a few months she asks him could they do it, and he eats her out n fucks her n stuff 🙏🙏 make it really soft pls and thank u i love ur work btw 🖤🖤

୨୧ Batty love ୨୧

pairing: Johnnie Guilbert ♡︎ goth!fem!Reader

warnings: ୭̥⋆*｡ smut, losing virginity, getting eaten out, general shenanigans

summary: ʚ johnnie isn’t gonna let you being inexperienced stop him from devouring you ɞ

Words: 2234

An: i know this isn't the best but I'm legitimately do sick rn 😞

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You haven't stopped looking at your phone for at least two days. Johnnie, your boyfriend, had just hard-launched your relationship for the first time on Instagram. And to your shock, 95% of the comments were so positive. Everyone complimented your goth appearance.

This much praise was addicting. Being plus size meant a lot of insecurities made by the pathetic losers of society. There were of course a few nice comments… those weren't the ones you kept staring at. Criticizing your looks or body.

Johnnie had warned you about this happening, and you promised him the world knowing about you two was worth it, and it was, but god did it hurt. Johnnie Was out streaming with Jake today so that left you alone for a good few hours.

It was useless trying to wait around crying over some loser online who couldn't handle the fact their celebrity crush didn't pick them. You sat up rubbing your face carefully not trying to hit your piercings at all. You scrolled around on your phone’s playlist before connecting to a speaker.

You started to shift through your closet to come up with an outfit. Maybe you and Johnnie could go out tonight? It was hard to get dressed in full goth normally, especially when you weren't feeling good about yourself.

You settled on a long black skirt with silver shiny bats that were sporadically speckled on it and paired it with an ‘i ❤️ emo boys’ t-shirt with a corset. You put your outfit on by pairing your black stockings and fishnet top for your arms.

You sat down at your desk singing along to your beloved playlist. You turned your light on your mirror searching for your hair clips. You managed to locate them by clipping your hair out of your face. Your music was briefly interrupted by a text notification.

You pick up your phone and it is from Johnnie, ‘should be done soon. Just filmed for Jake's, we're gonna do mine now. Probably just dick around Walmart or something. See you soon love 🖤’ you smiled at his text.

You responded back within seconds ‘Have fun filming (but not too much fun without me lol) 🖤🖤’

You sat your phone down, adjusting your shirt, and you started on your makeup. You put on primer, then foundation, the concealer, and to finish your base off you pack on some powder letting it sit on your face. You pulled out your phone and snapped a selfie of your half-done make-up.

You stuck your tongue off a little for the picture. You posted it on your main Instagram story with a goth song of course. Your Instagram gained quite a few followers from Johnnie’s post. It was exciting and also very scary.

You decided the powder baking on your face was about done so you brushed it off. You grabbed your contour brush and packed some onto it. You started to carve your face onto the white base using the black powder.

Now it was time for your eye makeup. It was the hardest part. You spent a good while meticulously adding your eyeliner and eyeshadow. Once you were done, sufficiently looking like a bat, you finished it off with black lipstick and some setting spray.

You put on accessories and teased your hair to high heaven. And you were all ready. You sprayed some perfume on and looked in the mirror. Fuck did you look good. You posed a little admiring yourself, you took your phone out again and decided to take a few pictures.

This time you posted them as posts and not a story so anyone could say anything. It scared you but you couldn't hide forever. You were dating Johnnie and no one could change that.

It took only a few minutes before the comments came rolling in. All of which were positive, it made your heart soar with all the compliments. You were smiling until you read one: ‘Johnnie eating good tonight’ . It was a nice comment and funny naturally.

There was just one issue. You and Johnnie haven't had sex yet, and furthermore, you have never had sex. Ever. Sure you used a few toys here and there but never has another person shared such an intimate moment with you. You had already worried yourself sick about this. Johnnie Was sexually active and therefore, inevitably he would want to have sex with you.

You were ready… you think at least. You wanted to, of course you did, have you seen your boyfriend? He was such a fucking hottie. You had plenty of dreams of ripping his clothes off and going under the covers. You were just nervous.

You did actually weigh a lot more than your boyfriend and no offense to him he wasn't exactly built to handle all you could offer. The nerves rattled through your body. But you were a full-grown woman and there wasn't anything wrong with taking your time to have sex.

If Johnnie didn't understand that (which you're sure he would) then this wasn't the relationship for you. You shook your thoughts of breaking up with Johnnie away. This wasn't a time to worry.

It was only a few more minutes before Johnnie came home. He stepped into your apartment, and he stopped when looking at you. His jaw faltered open. “Wow, how are you mine?” he asked, closing the door, his hands wrapping around your waist.

“From your strapping good looks and charm of course.” you purred, moving a strand of his hair from his face. You planted a small kiss on his now-exposed skin. “Yeah sure,” he murmured against your hair, planting a small kiss on the top of your head.

You smiled at him, your eyes holding each other. His eyes seem to almost darken looking at you. You pull him into a kiss, one he gladly returns. His hands are holding onto your corseted waist. Even through the thick fabric, you can feel him clutching your body.

Your kisses got more heated as he started to move his hands down your body. You had done this with him before. It didn't scare you much anymore. Of course it was nerve-racking, but not scary. His touch felt so nice even if it was through your clothes.

He slowly moaned into your mouth as you gently tugged his hair. “Fuck,” he muttered slowly pulling away from you. He wrapped his hands into your pulling you towards your couch. Your nerves jumped into your throat knowing what was coming.

And yes you wanted to so fucking bad, you needed your hot boyfriend inside you. He gently pushed you onto the couch, you fell back ruining your cute decorative pillows. He positions himself between your legs, his mouth hungry to devour all of you.

You wanted to enjoy him you really did but your heart was pounding out of your chest with nerves. “Johnnie-” you asked quietly against his lips. He pulled back sensing your worry. “We haven't done anything yet-” you started, unsure how to keep going you stayed silent.

“It's fine if you don't wanna, you know, tonight.” he spoke softly, “No trust me I want to. It's just that I've never done that before. I've never had sex before.” you confessed. You could see his eyes widen. You felt like you were holding his breath.

“Woah, really?” he asked, leaning towards you, a small cheeky smile plastered on his lips. “Yeah, not that I’m waiting for marriage or something but I don't know I just haven't yet,” you said shrugging. “That's ok, are you still down to or?” he asks, staring at you sheepishly.

“Of course I am, I just need you to be slow I guess,” you whispered to him. He glances at your lips for a minute, “I can do that.” he says before your lips crash onto one another.

His hand crept down to your ankle and slowly started to run his hand up your legs, he reached the end of your stocking. He hooked his fingers over the clothing and pulled them off your body repeating it for your other leg.

He looked into your eyes as he slipped his hands back under your skirt, hooking delicate fingers over your panties and slowly pulling them off your body. The feeling of his hands on your thighs was sending waves of pleasure to your core.

You've been horny before but nothing compared to the feelings you felt as your boyfriend slowly lowered to his knees. Kissing up and down your legs. “Are you doing ok?” he asks between kisses up your thighs.

“Y-yeah I'm good,” you said quietly, eyes watching Johnnie like a hawk. He smirks against your skin. He slowly pushes your skirt up your body revealing your bare legs. He placed a tender kiss on the top of your cunt.

You swore you could see stars with the amount of pleasure That coursed through you. The end of your fingers and toes felt tingly and cold. Johnnie moved up to face again, he slowly started to kiss you again. “M’gonna move my hand now. Like my fingers ok?” he said against your lips.

“Ok,” you whispered back, and you spread your legs widely for him. He slowly dipped his finger into your sopping cunt. You let out a gasp at the sensation. He slowly pumped his finger in and out of you. It felt good but it wasn't enough for you.

As if Johnnie could read your mind, he pumped out of you once again. When he entered back in he had two fingers this time. It stung for a second or two then pleasure returned to your body as he started to curve his finger into you.

“Oh fuck.” you moaned out, you can guess how people get addicted to this feeling. You felt like a little pervy teenager with raging hormones. The feeling of Johnnie hitting your G-spot repeatedly was sending you over the edge.

“Johnnie.” you mewled out, to nothing in particular. “I need more please,” you begged, having a sense of missing something. “If you insist on it my love.” he pulled out of you, his fingers dripping wet. You watched as he crouched down further.

He kissed slowly on your thighs before reaching your clit. He pressed a soft kiss right on your spot. You felt yourself clench over nothing and it drove you wild. He continued kissing down until he reached your hole. He slowly prodded his tongue into you.

Very gently at first to help you get used to the feeling. You felt the pleasure tenfold as soon as he began to rub your clit, fully pumping his tongue in and out of you. “Oh fuck hold on,” you murmured to him.

He stopped cocking his head slightly. You quickly snap off your corset, immediately releasing tension in your gut. You quickly pulled your shirt off, your bra going with it.

You were now naked minus the skirt bunched up around your waist. “M’fuck.” he whispered looking at your tits. He had what looked like a painful erection at this point. His skinny jeans looked like they were gonna burst open.

“You ready?” you asked him, gesturing to his painfully hard erection. “Fuck yeah,” he whined undoing his studded belt, he started to further undress himself. You followed suit pushing your skirt down.

Once he was completely naked, he leaned down and started to kiss you again. He wrapped his hand around his cock and pumped a few times attempting to get ready for your body. After about a minute he lined up his leaking cock to your entrance.

He slowly pushed into you. You let out a wanton gasp as he bottomed out. “Fuck.” he growled into your ear. He fumbled around trying to find your hand and brought it down to your clit. You started to rub to your pleasure.

At the same time, he started to push into you slowly at first then after a minute he began to push into you at a quicker pace. “Fuck your so tight. So glad I get this pussy all to myself,” he whined into your ear. You couldn't hold yourself anymore. The coil in your stomach was going to snap.

You felt The familiar feeling bubbling in your stomach and your limbs. “Im gonna fucking cum.” you whined out, grabbing at his torso and leaving a long scratch. Johnnie held your eye contact nodding at you.

The coil finally snapped, your walls clenching around him. “Johnnie-” you whined, your back arching. Your body shaking from your orgasm, sent him completely over the edge.

Hit ropes of cum splattered inside you as he fucked you through his own orgasm. Your breath slowly returned back to your body as you saw Johnnie cleaning your body up with a damp towel.

“Are you ok?” he asked quietly, tossing the rag into the laundry basket. He misses but he just took his girlfriend's virginity so he isn't particularly worried about where it landed. “Yeah I'm fucking great right now actually,” you murmured.

He giggles pulling his clothes back on. You did the same, pulling out your phone to see your makeup completely fucked. Your eyeliner and mascara dripped down, the sweat sucking your makeup into your skin, your lipstick beyond fucked.

You pulled out your phone and snapped one last photo for your Instagram

[macgyvermedical]

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[figbian]

disability studies & classics: some introductory texts!

as a disclaimer, this is not a complete list and not intended to be. i don't necessarily agree with everything in these texts, either – i'd be happy to discuss what i like/don't any time :-) that said, i included them because i find them useful or important or because i liked them enough i wanted to talk about them. further, not all of these texts are accessible (as in, free and online); send me an ask or message me if you want access to something & if i can i will send it to you.

in case you're looking for more sources but don't know where to find a good list, this – though as of posting (may 2023) is two years out of date – is a list of works on disability in the ancient world. it's very cool!!

disability theory/crip theory

Keywords For Disability Studies (book, edited by Rachel Adams, Benjamin Reiss, and David Serlin) - this series of essays can be really helpful in situating yourself. i find them occasionally a bit oversimplified, but overall they're pretty good, especially if you're new to the field.

Beginning With Disability: A Primer (book, edited by Lennard Davis) - this is another helpful way to situate yourself! i haven't read all of it, but i found the introduction pretty informative for dipping your toes into disability studies :-)

Disability Goes Cultural: The Cultural Model of Disability as an Analytical Tool (book chapter, by Anne Waldschmidt ) [open access on jstor here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1xxs3r.5] - this article to me has its flaws but ultimately contains what i think is the most useful model for articulating & analyzing disability in the ancient world.

if you're interested in more specific disability theory stuff, feel free to send me an ask!

books/articles on greece and rome

truthfully, this is the danger zone for me as a latinist, who finds a lot of stuff supposedly on greece and rome to ultimately be about greece. further, i have bones to pick with these books, but they remain either the best we've got or otherwise foundational:

Mental Disorders in the Classical World (book, ed. William V. Harris) very medical, but still kind of interesting to look at and i haven't found anything better?

The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World (book, Robert Garland) the foundational work but i kind of dislike it, tbh.

Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome (book, Jane Drycott) i haven't read much of this yet, but i like drycott and this is going to be my post graduation treat!

Life as a Cyclops: Mythology and the Mockery of the Visually Impaired (article, Jane Drycott) really enjoyed!

Why does classical reception need disability studies? (article, Hannah Silverblank and Marchella Ward) i found parts of this preachy and wasn't super pleased with the thoroughness of the scholarship, but here we are!

A Cultural History of Disability in Antiquity (book, ed. Christian Laes) i don't like laes much but i found some chapters of this really enjoyable

Disability Studies and the Classical Body (book, ed. Ellen Adams) NOT OUT YET!!!!! but very excited for it.......

books & articles on greece

ancient greece has way more scholarship when it comes to disability, or at least this is my experience. i'm less interested in greece, but i still have a lot of articles and books i like + some i know are integral to the field. this is kind of an eclectic list of things i know are Important vs just neat lmao:

The Staff Of Oedipus (book): truthfully, i've only ever read the chapter on blindness (which i enjoyed!). it's not a perfect book, but it's so foundational and can be pretty interesting

The Discourse of Disability in Ancient Greece (article) - one of my favorite articles! i love rereading this :-) i think it's got some super interesting analysis on lysias 24 and the word ἀδύνατος. really cool if you're interested in the construction of "disability" as an identity.

Hephaestus the Hobbling Humorist: The Club-Footed God in the History of Early Greek Comedy (article) - i really enjoyed this article because of how it presents hephaestus, tbqh. im not sure how good it is – dying to hear from hellenists about it, actually – but hephaestus as funny because he's disabled (but not in an ableist way) was very interesting.

"Breathe Upon Us an Even Flame": Hephaestus, History, and the Body of Rhetoric (article) – in all honesty, i don't like this article very much, but what dolmage is doing is super interesting (trying to reconsider hephaestus as a figure), and so i included it. worth taking a look at.

Temporary versus Long-term Madness (article) - this article was a lot of fun for me.

books & articles on rome

full disclosure, i'm a latinist. i love rome. there's less out there but i have so, so much more to say about it. some good places to start:

Approaching Disabilities a Capite ad Calcem: Hidden Themes in Roman Antiquity (book, edited by C.F. Goodey, Christian Laes, and M. Lynn Rose) - this has some problems; i hate christian laes a lot but he's very good at citing lots of ancient examples! overall, the individual essays in this make it better than laes' own book, but they are disjointed.

Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World: A Social and Cultural History (book, by Christian Laes) - did i mention i hate christian laes? i don't like how he writes about disability, and at the same time he's incredibly prolific and good at citing ancient sources, so he's incredibly useful. read him if you want ancient examples, but be wary of how he talks about disability, because i think he fails as an abled person to think of disability as anything but bad.

Heroes and Outcasts: Ambiguous Attitudes Towards Impaired and Disfigured Roman Veterans (article, by Van Lommel) - i don't remember how situated van lommel is in disability studies, but i found this article & his work in general on roman veterans interesting enough to include.

there's so, so much more out there! this is just a taste! i tried to be conservative so as not to overwhelm, and even then this reading list is huge. i'm sure in a couple months i'll want to revamp this post lmao but i wanted it to be out there so people can at least see it esp since i promised to write this months ago. disability studies and classics is SO much fun and so novel and so exciting. so much to learn! so much to talk about! if you're interested in a specific topic, i can see if i can help you find more on it, but please keep in mind im currently only a student :-)

[brella-boi]

Building Dango: Part 6

Were inching ever closer to the deadline. And this is the point where I'm starting to doubt if I'll even get to finish him at all.

The ever looming threat of fitting him on my head is like a knife hanging above my head.

Lets get painting.

There's honestly not many pictures of the painting process itself. All you need to know is that I used Montana Black acrylic paint spray (if you yell at me for this choice id love to hear it, unironically) because its the only spray paint available in this god damn country and can get it semi locally.

Got really lucky with the weather window too. I cant spray paint inside again or Ill get beheaded, so thank god for there actually being sun for once.

I sprayed the inside black first. Which honestly was a redundant choice because once I sprayed the outside white the black was like. Missing. From how big the holes are and also the wind which was very unkind.

The black painting however... of course another tragedy struck.

The nozzle was leaking.

And it leaked all over the outside.

It was a quick decision to quickly smear the thick globs of paint flat against the foam before it dried into visibly raised splotches. But god damn was I pissed off.

Thankfully I bought an extra can of white a day earlier, and switched out the nozzles which helped. But jesus christ man

That wasn't the end of bad nozzles though.

The nozzle on my first white can was fucked too. At least not dripping. But it bubbled and then clogged.

THANKFULLY- (im started to become a seer here) i have ordered MORE CANS with EXTRA NOZZLES that came literally the same day I was doing the first white coat. Literally forsaw this tragedy. Jesus christ.

The reason I ordered stuff online is because the only varnish I had on hand was gloss, and I wouldve much preferred matt on this mask. And our local shop only had gloss. So i had to bite the shipping cost (also got some other items i needed for my other art supplies)

Either way. Three coats of hard white. Thick coats. I was slathering that shit on there. Thank god I bought extra white because the first half used can ran out.

While you can layer this spray paint on after 20-30 minutes, it still needs 24 hours to dry fully. So This was a 4 day ordeal between the black, white, and then varnish.

Ive never done matt varnish before either. And boy that matt can texture. I love it.

The only downside is that I never could quite smooth out the brush strokes of the primer or gap filler sculpting foam. If i had more time maybe i'd do it differently. But for now ill just have to take what i have.

The last bits is cleanup, reapplying the black with just normal acrylic paint, painting the inner eye holes, and then all the gold markings.

And wow!!! He actually. Looks like something now holy shit.

[phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess]

Re: your makeup post

There is a lot I could say, but by the sounds of it, you are asking for some basic advice and how-to. Here is my advice (as a makeup lover that has picky skin) that may help:

- Primer before foundation. It doesn't have to be anything expensive and fancy, but it helps the foundational sit on a base vs on your skin. It will last longer and it is easier to blend in the concealer

- PERSONALLY - foundation before concealer, so your concealer has something to sit on. By the sounds of it, you have applied the concealer and left it without doing anything to it. You will want a flat eyeshadow brush or a sponge to work it into the foundation so it blends in. You also rarely need a lot of concealer.

- Say you are putting concealer over some scarring (idk what you are working it over). You will want to dab that wand a little bit at each end and then the middle. I like using a sponge (wet the sponge first, make sure it's been SQUEEEEZED so it's not dripping) and then press the sponge where the concealer is, moving from one end to the other. If you need some more coverage, you can add some more concealer. (It is better to add little and build than to add loads from the get go, because this can look cakey).

- I have found that using my foundation beauty blender (sponge) over my concealer helps to blend it more evenly, as some product does remain on the sponge. It's a little bit like painting with a sponge, if you've even tried that? Similar principle.

- A good starter concealer but with great coverage: Maybelline (if you have that brand!) It has a little sponge you can use to pat the product on, but l would still recommend a sponge to further blend in.

- Without knowing what you mean by 'looks odd' there is not much other advice I can give. However, I recommend Robert Walsh (a MUA and beauty influencer) whom I have found to give very good tips on applying makeup in general. He is transparent on the industry (the use of filters etc) and talks about how some of the 'best advice' is actually terrible and why. I have found his videos extremely helpful in my own make up.

- Lastly, eyeliner: RIP. Nah, practice. Robert Walsh has some good videos on it, and there are many tutorials online. I use tape when doing wings (literally just tape the angle I want when doing them and go from there. I have hooded eyes, so it never works out otherwise lmao)

I hope this helps! I am happy to answer questions or have a chat about this further if you'd like. Personally, I am not a big foundation person (yuck) but concealer is 😍 so).

Look at the divine answers that have been giveneth unto me.

Thank you so much! <3

[erisolkat]

um. unsolicited makeup advice under the cut btw.

- blush placement is fucking vital you want it to be higher up around your eyes and your temple area and to blend it closer to your nose from there. put a bit on the nose as well it looks cute. and blend it out as much as possible or it looks bad.

- if you want a natural look go for all neutral colors like brown and black and beige and muted red. if you want a fun look pick up some cheap concealer a couple shades too light and use that for eyeshadow primer. i promise it makes it so much easier to do eyeshadow just put a swipe on your upper lid and blend it out then use fun colors

- dont underestimate the power of dollar store makeup some of my best makeup is dollar store makeup. expensive does not equal good often its shit quality and youre only paying for the brand name!

- try out makeup tutorials from diff parts of the world! some of my favorite makeup tips came from like douyin and shit

- for a more edgy look use black eyeliner around the eye (go light on the upper lid go heavy on the lower) then use a liquid black eyeliner to draw exaggerated lashes under it. for a softer more natural look use brown eyeshadow for liner around the eye (go light on both except at the outer corner go really heavy there) then use the eyeshadow to draw little lashes under it.

- look at your irises. figure out the shade then find a color wheel and look for the opposite. get that shade in shadow and apply a bit in the corners of your eyes to make them pop

- put highlighter in the corners of your eyes and blend it up into your shadow it makes it look nice

- you really dont want your contour to be too dark it will make you look like you have a beard. literally just get a nude palette from the dollar store and use a shade a couple shades darker than your skin. if you have dark skin get a darker shade of concealer

- if you have dark skin purples and oranges (depending on whether you have cool or warm undertones, just kinda fuck around w both see what looks good) are your friend. if a light skin person says a makeup color is weird and fucked up and looks bad its probably made for you not them.

- look for makeup influencers with a similar shade of skin to you when buying products they know whats chalky and ashy and what looks good. but be generally wary of light pink blushes they usually either dont show up or are pure glitter and not that useful as blush or look chalky as shit

- if you have hooded eyes and eyeliner is fucking you up dont close your eyes when you do it. or do a puppy eye rather than a cat eye (rounded liner that comes to a little point at the corner) puppy eyes look good even if your eyes arent hooded actually mess around see what you like

- find makeup looks you like online and fuck around try to recreate them youll often reverse engineer good techniques from doing this

- sometimes teenagers from 2010 in their bedrooms using one of those old elf 100 color palettes have good advice actually. but sometimes its horrible and you absolutely should not listen to it

- if you put eyeliner in your waterline (pull down your lower lid and out it in the wet edge of the lid, pull up the upper lid and do the same) make sure to wash it out thoroughly or else itll build up and fuck your eyes up trust me

- you can do whatever you want forever

reblog w your own tips if you want

[tuffin-tuffmuffin]

Scheduling Conflict

Holy heck, I actually wrote something again. My submission for the Irumakun Discord server’s Kalego’s Really Romantic Birthday Party™ event.

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The bells gave their final six tolls, ending the school day at Babyls. Kalego stood outside the doors of the Student Council Presidential Office, with the Student Council members packing quietly and leaving at his behest. He gave a quick knock on the office’s door, hearing an uncharacteristically cheerful tone from the resident President inside. “Come in!” As Kalego stepped in, he watched the President’s warm smile switch to a polite one, as she continued packing her bag. Clearly, she expected someone shorter. “Professor Kalego,” she greeted. “President Azazel.” Ameri’s brow furrowed, and she reached for her phone as Kalego approached her desk. She thumbed it over for a few moments, then looked up. “There must be some confusion, Professor,” she said in an even tone. “I believe I asked to reschedule our meeting to... next week.” “Indeed,” Kalego replied flatly. “Which you agreed to?” “Yes.” “Then... can I help you with something?” Ameri finished packing her bag, standing up and meeting him in the center of the office. Her amber eyes, expertly hiding her annoyance, peered down at the not-quite-tall-anymore professor. Yet, Kalego could bring her down to his level. In a casual tone he asked, “Yes, Miss Ameri, I was wondering if you could answer something for me. What exactly is a ‘Valentine’s’ and ‘date?’” Now her eyes hid her alarm. “...In what context?” “The context is preceding ‘with Iruma,’ and surrounded by heart symbols. I briefly saw our meeting renamed to that after we agreed to reschedule, but before I accepted the new event in the online calendar you shared with me. When the whole event disappeared a minute later, I grew curious.”

Kalego leaned in, enjoying the single drop of sweat beading on Ameri’s forehead. Babyls’ second strictest disciplinarian under the gaze of its first was clearly a foreign experience to her. Eventually, the girl gave a rather meek response. “It’s, umm... ‘Valentine’s Day’ is a holiday from a fictional book series Iruma and I both enjoy. Fourteenth day of the second month. It happened to line up with both of our schedules with just a little adjustment and...” “How is it celebrated?” “Well, it’s... meant to celebrate love, in all kinds. Platonic, familial, courtly–”  “Romantic?” He asked.    “Y-yes.” “Disappointing,” he said with a sigh. “Do better.” Her head tilted, a little indignant, a little defiant. “Professor Kalego, I greatly respect your dedication to academia and creating a safe and nurturing environment for students to learn. But if there was a memo encouraging teachers to meddle in any students’ hypothetical romantic relationships outside of school, I didn’t receive it.” “I am always qualified to give students advice, Miss Ameri,” Kalego replied, enjoying the feistiness provoked out of her. He began pacing, at the speed of a lecture. “And if I see them trading their ambition for frivolous romantic whims, I feel an obligation to step in.” “Excuse me?” “Miss Ameri, you rescheduled your Zaiyn exam studying primer to, what, go frolic with Iruma? I expected better from Babyls’ star student. What other critical moments will you postpone if your resolve is this weak?” “Professor.” Ameri closed the distance in a single stride, squaring up with him perfectly. It might have intimidated her fellow student, but a mere student he was not. “My weeks are filled with lessons, patrolling, student government, meetings, studying, and far, far more than any other student at this school. If I ever get a free evening, that’s because I put in the extra work weeks or months beforehand to find that opportunity. I hope you’ll understand, Professor, I didn’t ask to push back our meeting one week– One. Week.– because I chose between ambition or Iruma. I chose to pursue Iruma because I know my ambition isn’t frail enough to be undercut by a week’s delay.” Ameri hadn’t ceded an inch despite his own withering stare. Her eyes shone with an intensity Kalego worried he wouldn’t see. So, he let her continue. “I welcome critiques of my capabilities. I’ll tolerate your cynicism over my fondness for Iruma. But I would politely ask you to not to doubt my ambition. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a date to attend.” Dramatically cocking her head to the side, she stepped around him and towards the exit. “Very well,” Kalego agreed plainly. “O-Okay?” After all the furor she’d summoned, him accepting it so quickly and matter-of-factly stalled her stride, and Ameri peered back. Kalego gave a respectful nod. “I came here because I was curious, like I said. I got my answer. Though I didn’t particularly care about you proving that fool crush of yours.” She tried to save face, despite its reddening. “Hypothetical crush, Professor.” “‘Valentine’s Date with Iruma,’ with hearts on both sides.” Her face disappeared behind her bangs as she turned away. “In truth, Azazel, you and that b–” He nearly called Iruma a brat on reflex, but Iruma had come a long way. “–that boy, you both could have done far worse. Babyls’ two brightest stars wouldn’t be a bad combination.” “I... appreciate that,” she said. “You’re in a playful mood, Professor.” “Of course. It’s my birthday,” Kalego offered, the fakest of smiles on his face. “Oh. Well, Happy Birthday, Professor.” “Happy Valentine’s. Don’t worry, I don’t think Iruma will mind how late you are.” Seeing students panic never grew old. Time taken: 4.5 hours Words: 891 Hope you enjoyed! It would be fun to do a daily writing challenge sometime. 

[guqslvr]

school morning routine 💘

6.25am

this is when i get up, some people think its a bit early, but i have a lot to do in the morning, so it’s not too early, not too late. i usually tend to set an alarm for 6am just to make sure im awake, then a second one for 6.25. when setting your alarm, put a somg that you like for the sound, as it’s more motivating than a bell which is just annoying and can ruin your mood !

6.30am

this is when i woukd go and do my skin care. i usually start with a cleanser, then go on to toner, then serum, then moisturiser, then sunscreen. i cannot stress this enough i do not care if it is pouring with rain and its dark outside you have to wear sunscreen. personally i tend to use ‘selfless by hyram’ skincare, and a toner and moisturiser for oily skin, but that’s just what works for me. look online to find affordable skin care for your skin type !

6.40am

this is when i would get dressed and add my accesories. i usually wear jewellery if i remember to put it on. i just wear a necklace, one ring, and a rose quartz bracelet. if you have a warm skintone, stick to gold jewellery, if you’re cooler toned, silver !

6.50am

this is when i do my hair and makeup ! for my hair i do whatever i feel like on the day, usually straightening it or doing a blowout, as its quicker and less stressful than curling ! for my makeup i try to be as natural as possible, doing a primer, concealer under my eyes and on any blemishes, filling in my eyebrows lightly and using eyebrow gel, doing very light liquid blush on my cheeks and nose, setting under my eyes with powder, liquid highlighter (very lightly), curling my lashes, mascara, and lip oil ! my favourite lip oil is the ‘nyx fat oil lip drip’ in the shade ‘supermodel’ !

7.10am

this is when i make sure my room is tidy and everything is put away. i don’t know if it is just me, but i love leaving the house with a tidy room, it makes me feel so much less stressed !

7.15am

this is when i go and have breakfast. i know a lot of people don’t have breakfast, but if you’re going to have any meal of the day, please let it be breakfast. it will help you so much in school so that you can focus i promise it’s better. i usually have a bagel or some toast !

7.30am

this is when i fill up my water bottle, and put my lunch in my bag. this year i am trying to stay healthy so i don’t bring anything unhealthy in my lunch, and i also don’t bring a lot for my lunch because if i get really full i won’t be able to concentrate, its just fruit and veg really, but sometimes its nice to add a treat so occasionally i bring chocolate !

7.35am

this is when i just get to relax. i have a while before i need to leave that i can just scroll through blogs, read, and go on my phone, and lisyen to music. i have this time so i am not stressed before school !

8.10am

this is when i leave the house to catch the bus !

[darkacua]

It's a fanficker AU Bitches

A silly alternate universe in which Yuu, in their despair, stress and total boredom with everything, decide to go online in search of the only thing that consoled them in their original world.

fanfics.

And not just any kind of fanfics. Y/N fanfics with any famous or important figure of the new world who was forced to live.

They are bored and it will make it everyone's problem (they should have let them rest when they had the chance 🙂)

-Grimm is the first to find out, but since he has no idea it's a fanfic he thinks Yuu is just reading a book online (like the nerd he swears they are) -The adeuce duo are the ones that follow and are… confused to say the least. (“Your life must be very boring if that's what you read to kill time” “don't be rude ace, what they read is not our problem… no matter how weird it is”) -They just don't understand what good literature is! >:'( -Somehow Grimm ends up spreading the information and now the whole school knows that they are weirdos who read things of dubious origin -Don't listen to them, they're just haters -Yuu yells "Hypocrisy!" when he sees some ignihyde student making fun of them. -Vil refuses to look them in the eye and decides to pretend that Yuu doesn't exist to save himself headaches and have as calm a school year as possible. He has Rook in his bedroom and that's the only psycho he'll tolerate. -Too bad for you pretty boy! Guess who you'll be seeing every day for (I don't remember how long) the next few weeks?

Español bajo el corte.

Un universo alterno tonto en el que Yuu en su desesperacion, estres y aburrimiento total de todo decide entrar a internet en busca de lo unico que los consolaba en su mundo original.

Fanfics.

Y no cualquier tipo de Fanfics. Los fanfics de Y/N con cualquier famoso o figura importante del nuevo mundo al que se le obligó a vivir.

Ellos están aburridos y lo convertirá en el problema de todos (debieron de dejarlos descansar cuando tuvieron la oportunidad 🙂)

-Grimm es el primer en enterarse, pero como no tiene ni idea de que es un fanfic cree que Yuu solo está leyendo un libro online (como el nerd que él jura que ellos son)

-El dúo adeuce son los que siguen y están… confundidos por decirlo así. (“Tu vida debe ser muy aburrida si eso es lo que lees para matar el tiempo” “no seas grosero ace, lo que ellos leen no es nuestro problema… por muy raro que sea”)

-¡Ellos solo no entienden lo que es buena literatura! >:’( 

-De alguna forma Grimm termina esparciendo la información y ahora toda la escuela sabe que son unos raros que leen cosas de dudosa procedencia

-No les hagan caso, solo son Haters

-Yuu grita ��¡Hipocresía!” cuando ve a algún estudiante de ignihyde burlarse de ellos.

-Vil se niega a mirarlos a los ojos y decide fingir que Yuu no existe para ahorrarse dolores de cabeza y tener un año escolar lo más tranquilo que se pueda. Tiene a Rook en su dormitorio y ese el único psicópata que tolerara.

-¡Pues mal por ti chico bonito! ¿Adivina a quién verás todos los días por (no recuerdo cuanto tiempo) las próximas semanas?

[graphicdesign01bbsmit]

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[sortyourlifeoutmate]

I swear also a lot (or at least some) of the pro-Russian stuff you see is so deranged and unmoored it ends up sounding like the more extreme sort of 40K Imperial propaganda you’d get in the Uplifting Primer or something:

“The feeble Ukrainian offensive failed when their Western-supplied tanks (the ones we hadn’t blown up already, which was all of them) all exploded for no reason because they’re just so badly made and their troops – all conscripted, pension-age, maimed women because all the men in Ukraine are already dead or run away – were dazzled by the loud bangs of their weapons, allowing our super-secret special forces to sneak past and take Kyiv. But we didn’t want Kyiv right now so we let it go again and didn’t tell anyone and were super-sneaky about it, which is why it looks like we didn’t do that. But we did! We’re five moves ahead! And our submarines are all safe! And besides, Ukraine killed another fifteen billion Russian-speaking citizens of the Donbas today, but you won’t hear about that in the Western media, will you? No!”

And it’s like guys, you’re laying it on a little thick.

That might play back home, where any doubt of or deviation from the official line can land you in prison, but taking that kind of thing online – where people have, you know, eyes – is just silly.

[ase-trollplays]

A Stern Talking To

It's been about two nights since the incident at the coffee shop, and you haven't really put much thought into the aftermath of what you did. You probably broke the law assaulting a seadweller since they're supposed to be royalty, and you're the bottom of the barrel on the spectrum. However, that's not a concern right now. You're not going back to that cafe, and you're definitely not going to see him again, so why dwell on it?

You're on your bed with a bag of hivemaid jerky listening to troll Pandora Radio as you log into trollian. It's been a month since you heard from Darius, and you're hoping he's online so you can message him for the millionth time. He probably won't answer, but you still want to try. After all, he hasn't blocked you yet, so there's still hope.

However, tonight he's not online, much to your disappointment. With a sigh, you prepare to log out when something catches your eye. You see Thiomi sign into trollian, and before you even get the chance to blink, a message window opens with her contacting you.

--chronicallyMousey [CM] began trolling sandstormHuntress [SH]-- CM: ...corali primer... )//:<

Uh oh. She used your full name and sent an angry face. Fucking hell, what's she mad at you for now?

SH: What's the problem? CM: ...do you realize youre all over troll tiktok right now assaulting a highblood doctor at the coffee shop???...

... Wait what.

SH: What do you mean I'm all over troll tiktok? CM: ...i mean youre *all over troll tiktok!*... ...s-someone was filming you and posted it online... and now its going viral!... ...i doubt theres a s-single troll anywhere who hasnt at least heard of it... let alone seen it... SH: Sonuva bitch. SH: I didn't know someone was recording that.

That's a bold faced lie. If anything, knowing you were being filmed encouraged you. It reminded you of the kind of attention you get in the ring, which has been dwindling since you've been complete ass in your matches lately. Except that time you were going to win, and you did.

However, that's not something you can tell Thiomi. She'd lose her mind, and she's upset enough with you as is. You wanted to take it even further than that single punch, but it's looking like restraining yourself was the better option.

CM: ... i cant believe you... ...what even led up to that?... ...thats one of the calmest places you can go... ...how on alternia did you wind up s-starting a fight??... SH: It ain't really a fight when the other person's spent after a single punch. CM: ...thats not helping your case... corali... SH: He provoked me. You know I don't cotton to highbloods. I told him not to sit with me, and he decided to anyways. I warned him. chronicallyMousey holds her head in her hands and sighs in frustration and disbelief CM: ...i know you dont like highbloods... but you couldnt have just ignored him??... ...its just a s-seat... ...was he taunting you about your caste or s-something?... ...or actively threatening you?...

Thinking back on it, he never threatened you or even called you a single name. He was really fucking annoyed and mad at you, but technically you showed aggression first.

You're quiet for what's probably way too long because you know Thiomi's not going to like the answer. Not that you have to even give her one. Your silence is answer enough.

CM: ...do you even realize how much trouble youre in?... ...and im not talking about with me... either... ...what if he has quadrants that decide to come after you?... ...what if he has legislacerators convict you?!... ...you could die or have your life ruined because you lost your temper!...

You're tempted to correct her about losing your temper. If you had truly lost it, you would have given him that gut punch or gored him with the retractable blade in your hand. No, what you did was wriggler mode.

However, you're not a complete idiot, so you keep that to yourself.

SH: If he's got angry quads, I say let them come. I'm more than equipped to handle any fight. As for the legis, I'll figure something out. CM: ...you dont know that!... CM: ...they could be a hitman... or a s-sniper... or s-something!... ...s-someone you cant beat by punching and s-stabbing... CM: ...and if legislacerators get involved... youre not going to win the case... ...not when theres viral video evidence against you... CM: ...and thats not even considering darius...

That gives you pause.

SH: What's Darius got to do with this? CM: ...you know hes definitely s-seen that video by now... right?... CM: ...how is he s-supposed to believe youre trying to change and be better when *thats* circulating?... CM: ...the whole reason youre trying to quit is to earn back his trust and faith in you... ...well... this might have just blown it all away...

... Shit. FUCK. You didn't even consider that. You don't have a rebuttal. She's got you dead to rights. The whole reason you agreed to get sober is for Darius's sake. You want him to trust you again. You want him to love you again. You want him to forgive you.

You may have just destroyed any progress you made. Sure, he never answers your calls or replies to your messages, but he hasn't blocked you. That means he's at least listening when you try to contact him. You've been giving him updates on how your sobriety is going and the progress you're making in addition to apologizing and begging him to talk to you.

What if he was starting to come around, and then he sees you...

The message notification beep from your husktop snaps you out of your thoughts.

CM: ...im s-sorry im being s-so hard on you... but you have to do better... ...you have to be better than this... CM: ...i just want to help you do whats best for you... ...believe me... i want darius to let you back into his life as much as you do... and i want to s-see you be healthier... SH: Yeh, yeh, I know. I'm sorry. CM: ...im not the one who needs an apology...

Oh no. You have a bad feeling about what she's going to say next.

CM: ...i need you to make a promise to me that if you ever s-see that doctor again... youll apologize to him...

God dammit, you were right.

SH: So, what. You want me to tell him how sorry I am, how he didn't deserve that, and beg him to forgive me? chronicallyMousey sighs. CM: ...you don't have to s-say anything you dont want to... ...you dont even have to mean it... ...just tell him that youre s-sorry... ...thats all i want from you... CM: ...can you promise me youll do that?... SH: Ugh SH: Yeah, sure, I guess. CM: ...i want you to promise me... SH: I promise if I ever see him again, I'll apologize. CM: ...thank you... (//:3 SH: So, are we done here. I got a lot to think about now. CM: ...okay... CM: ...have a good night... --chronicallyMousey [CM] gave up trolling sandstormHuntress [SH]--

You heave a big sigh and fall backwards onto your bed as you close your husktop. Thiomi's right about Darius probably seeing that video by now. Should you message him explaining yourself?

...

...

...

Yeah, but not right now. Right now, you just want to eat jerky and think about what you've done.

[obsidiancreates]

hiiii sid im thinking of getting into eye makeup, what are the palettes/brands that you use or recommend?

For a more budget-conscious try, I think Makeup Revolution has some good cheap palettes. They're not the greatest quality ever but they're good enough you can practice without much worry about bad pigment or poor bendability. The Revolution x Soph palette is a good mix of some base neutrals and brights so you can play around and experiment!

My personal favorite palette I've ever owned is the Glamlite Ice Cream Dream

This one is mostly color and a lot of pastels, but still some nice neutrals. Glamlite has my favorite formula I've ever tried, ever, but they're only online and a little more pricey (I believe this is $40 or in that range at least).

Along Glamlite lines again I think the original Glamlite x Mikayla is also good for a mix of neutrals and brights! However the neutrals are quite warm-toned for the most part so if you're looking for cooler toned browns it's not the one.

BUT BACK TO BUDGET FRIENDLY AND EASY TO ACCESS!

For eyeliners I usually turn to NYX Cosmetics because they're not super expensive (not cheap either though, usually like, around $8) and have a very wide variety of colors. I've also tried the LA Girl Neon eyeliners and they're okay. All of these eyeliners though, when used in the waterline, are a bit thick and may cause a momentary film/cloudiness of the eye. I usually just blink fast and deal with it, but if it (reasonably) frightens you, just stick to around the waterlines instead of directly in them.

A good eye primer is always advisable. I personally use the Glamlite Eye-cing bases, but they're sold out of a lot of tones of that right now and they're a little thick/wet for beginner bases (sort of a concealer consistency). A lot of budget brands have good eye primers these days, I used Makeup Revolution Prime & Lock for a while and it was good, but honestly most budget eye primers are pretty similar. All that matters is they help with longevity of shadow/smoothness of color application. Just make sure it's not super wet before you start applying shadow, it can make the color patchy.

Here's a link to a vid I made about makeup basics using the first palette I recommended, the Revolution x Soph one! I haven't made a makeup tutorial in a while but there's a few on my channel, most focused around eye makeup since that's my favorite bit to do!

I've also used Profusion Cosmetics, they're a pretty decent brand in terms of formula and the price point, if it hasn't been raised, is phenomenal. Very powdery shadows so there's a lot of fallout, but good color ranges and you can get a 10 color palette for $5.

Eyeshadow can be done entirely using fingers as well, I've done it myself many times, but if you don't want to use them I'd say you need only two or three good brushes for an eye look. A fluffy brush, and a denser brush. If you want more precision, a smaller/more pointed fluffy brush is also good. I personally use Spectrum Collections brushes, but those are pretty pricey and you can find good brushes with a lot of budget brands (stay away from Morphe though they're shady as fuck, overpriced, and all of the people they collab with are of questionable to abhorrent morality).

If you have specific colors you're looking for let me know and I'll make some more specific recommendations!

[expirisims]

I thought I’d share a little bit of my personal process for how I randomize sims to get my base populations. This has become my absolute favorite way to begin a new save and I actually have several going that I don’t post, I may eventually get some of those uploaded as well, we’ll see :) 

My grand plan is to save a copy of the first born from each of my families in each save and use them to begin a save that has a little of each of my favorite simmies in it, but who knows, that’s a waaaays down the road if I actually do it. 

Here are the spreadsheets I use to keep track of rolls, I just use a generic number wheel online, nothing fancy.

I don’t really mess with the sliders, that takes absolutely forever. I have also figured out that the eye presets (the first 8 on the main page) are the most realistic (aside from purple bc that’s super rare in real life). And some of the body hair options are extreme (due to werewolves) and not everyone will have freckles or beauty marks. So I spin 50/50 first on those and an asterisk is used to denote those without body hair, facial hair, or beauty marks/freckles of any kind. As for the eyes I use the asterisk as a placeholder to role 1-8 for eye color, those without the asterisk will have a chance of the original 1-8, but the pallet is expanded to the full preset available under the color swatches/wheel.

You can see here I have filled in the placeholders.

Spinning for the females in this particular population sims 1 and 2 have the same skin. To demonstrate the difference between them even with the same skin I used the same base sim to apply the rest of the randomized genetics.

EA base sim

Sim 1

Sim 2

In this case they happened to have similar hair color, I was hoping one would be blond or something. To give you a better idea of how different randomized sims from the same base can be, Sharon Cortes and Brianna Pollack share a base sim, and Corinna Jones, Ida Lawton and Joanna McCabe share a base sim as well! This also gives you the idea of how much a cc skin can impact the tone ramp of a base sims tone.

Here is male sim 1 from this particular population! As far as actual skin tone, I usually leave the base sim with their original tone ramp and it just depends on how the skin they land with changes the actual tone of their skin. In cases where I’m not seeing enough diversity I will intervene and change some of the skin tones. I also prefer not to play with unnatural colors for skins so if a sim rolls that they default to my default skin (Kurasoberina’s Primer).

For body type where it is not really possible to count on the slider, I imagine the bar as ranging from 1-100 and divide it into fourths. So if I roll 25 or lower I eyeball on that where they would land and so on. As I said I don’t really adjust any other sliders for features I roll. When it comes to crazy hairstyles and clothing, my sims are stuck like that through a full rotation. As with Redwood Harbor my second pass through their household they have “earned” a makeover so to say. 

[defectivegembrain]

[ID: Screenshot from the Elder Scrolls Online. An open book hovers in the air above grey tiles, its pages flapping wildly. The book has a single green eye and green tentacles poking out. End ID]

My beautiful tomeshell named Jel Primer