bjorne_again
Well-known member
Hey guys. This is something sorta fun, and hopefully educational for the pros here. Can we all critique the work of Carmindy on What Not To Wear? I might be missing some of the no-nos she does, but who knows. I am generally OK with what she does, but have a few serious concerns about the professionalism of the makeup application. Here are a few off the top of my head, though
Here are my complaints about Carmindy:
-I see her use gloss and lip palettes all the time, and double dip her brush often. with a lipstick palette, it's *possible* to santize by spraying and wiping, but with her gloss palettes, she just doouble dips and double dips into a big pot of gloss! how the heck would you santize that?
-mixing products on her hands, blowing on brushes to get rid of excess powder... I use a steel palette and knife to take product out of a satitary product, and tap brushes to remove excess powder. blowing on them? ick.
-Use mascara wands from the mascara, and double dip. *Maybe* she gives the tube to the person getting made up?
-BAD pencil eyeliner. it never seems even. ditto to the rare times she does liquid or winged liner
-not fixing under eye circles, but putting foundation over the entire face. sometimes the under eye area ends up looking reallllly gray/green/dull
-never curling lashes! i think that's SO important on a lot of fair women with straight, blonde/light brown lashes. no amount of mascara will make up for droopy lashes.
-using the same palettes on everyone. not everyone needs peachy pink shimmery and glossy lips and petally cheeks - sometimes i think she goes too far from with the 'fresh face' look. 50 year olds often look better clean, refined and defined, not fresh.
-sometimes i think she uses odd liner colours/shadow colours and makes eyes look smaller
-i hate some of her rules, or that she even has them, like never doing lip liner and forcing people with wild makeup to tone it down(like this hot girl who had fabulously colourful makeup, applied WELL, and it reflected her personality)
my biggest problem with her is her "5 Minute Face"
There is no way you can put on a full face of foundation, mascara, eyeliner, 2 shades of shadow, fill in brows(though sometimes she doesn't), do cheeks and lips in 5 minutes and have it look flawless. I just don't believe it. *maybe* if you're an MUA and you have been doing it for 30 years, but most of the women she has on the show rarely wear makeup, and i don't see how they can master these things? Even I can't do all that stuff in 5 minutes, and i know my face pretty well and am an MUA...
Things she does well:
-Generally makes face skin look even, often boosts the tone to something more lively(minus concealer issues)
-making people look fresh - it works most of the time
-picks good shadow colours for eyes, if boring
-uses enough mascara
-nice use of soft lip and cheek colours - some of the time, sometimes this backfires, but generally it's ok
Anyone know why she always uses spray foundation on sponges? is it a reallly, really good foundation? apparantly it's ERA, right? but i've never really heard anything about it.
Anyway, I feel like she's a pro who has been doing this for a long time, so she must know a lot I don't. Are there any things you see wrong with her technique? Does anyone else have any professional critiques of her, and positive comments(like some of her tricks, if you remember them?)
Also, if you have any comments on Damone Roberts from 10 Years Younger, feel free to critique him and his airbrushed face, too! Have fun, and hopefully this will be educational, too.
Here are my complaints about Carmindy:
-I see her use gloss and lip palettes all the time, and double dip her brush often. with a lipstick palette, it's *possible* to santize by spraying and wiping, but with her gloss palettes, she just doouble dips and double dips into a big pot of gloss! how the heck would you santize that?
-mixing products on her hands, blowing on brushes to get rid of excess powder... I use a steel palette and knife to take product out of a satitary product, and tap brushes to remove excess powder. blowing on them? ick.
-Use mascara wands from the mascara, and double dip. *Maybe* she gives the tube to the person getting made up?
-BAD pencil eyeliner. it never seems even. ditto to the rare times she does liquid or winged liner
-not fixing under eye circles, but putting foundation over the entire face. sometimes the under eye area ends up looking reallllly gray/green/dull
-never curling lashes! i think that's SO important on a lot of fair women with straight, blonde/light brown lashes. no amount of mascara will make up for droopy lashes.
-using the same palettes on everyone. not everyone needs peachy pink shimmery and glossy lips and petally cheeks - sometimes i think she goes too far from with the 'fresh face' look. 50 year olds often look better clean, refined and defined, not fresh.
-sometimes i think she uses odd liner colours/shadow colours and makes eyes look smaller
-i hate some of her rules, or that she even has them, like never doing lip liner and forcing people with wild makeup to tone it down(like this hot girl who had fabulously colourful makeup, applied WELL, and it reflected her personality)
my biggest problem with her is her "5 Minute Face"
There is no way you can put on a full face of foundation, mascara, eyeliner, 2 shades of shadow, fill in brows(though sometimes she doesn't), do cheeks and lips in 5 minutes and have it look flawless. I just don't believe it. *maybe* if you're an MUA and you have been doing it for 30 years, but most of the women she has on the show rarely wear makeup, and i don't see how they can master these things? Even I can't do all that stuff in 5 minutes, and i know my face pretty well and am an MUA...
Things she does well:
-Generally makes face skin look even, often boosts the tone to something more lively(minus concealer issues)
-making people look fresh - it works most of the time
-picks good shadow colours for eyes, if boring
-uses enough mascara
-nice use of soft lip and cheek colours - some of the time, sometimes this backfires, but generally it's ok
Anyone know why she always uses spray foundation on sponges? is it a reallly, really good foundation? apparantly it's ERA, right? but i've never really heard anything about it.
Anyway, I feel like she's a pro who has been doing this for a long time, so she must know a lot I don't. Are there any things you see wrong with her technique? Does anyone else have any professional critiques of her, and positive comments(like some of her tricks, if you remember them?)
Also, if you have any comments on Damone Roberts from 10 Years Younger, feel free to critique him and his airbrushed face, too! Have fun, and hopefully this will be educational, too.