Dressing up with a Princess Jasmine costume for the upcoming party?Stlur

Well, that definitely requires well chosen accessories like shiny, glittering jewelry. After all, you are about to become an Arabian princess, and everything connected with the oriental tradition asks for shiny breath-taking golden accessories.

Firstly, you need to choose the color of the costume. Here are some suggestions: strong colors like teal, purple, blue or green or any combination of these will make a very good choice. Usually the outfits are made up of a short top, and large pants and sometimes a lace skirt overlay, which is such a typical piece of clothing for an Arabian dancer.

Your makeup and well-chosen accessories must be in good harmony with your Princess Jasmine costume. For your makeup, you should use black eyeliner and rim your eyes with a thicker line, with a nice little tail outwards. Work with the eyeliner carefully, and make sure that you start as close to the lash line as possible, without leaving gaps between lash line and eyeliner.

Some makeup artists advise that for an utmost dramatic look for your eyes, you should rim the lower inside lid of your eyes with a black kohl liner as well. This will give an outstanding expression for your eyes, bringing these to the center of attention.

As you may already know, oriental dancer girls use to hide their face with a lace, and let only the perfectly rimmed eyes show. You may also use an eye shadow witch matches the color of the costume.

For example, if you are dressed up with a teal color Princess Jasmine costume, the eye shadow used will be of a matching teal color. Do not forget to use the eyelash curler and apply plenty of mascara, starting from the root of the lash outwards. If you want to add even more expressivity, you may apply false eye lashes, but in order to avoid the artificial look, these also need to be curled and coated with mascara.

Now that your makeup is ready, you need some jewelry. Golden bangle bracelets are the trademark for a Princess Jasmine costume for sure. Use as many as you can, sometimes these come in sets of 50 thin golden colored bracelets. You do not have to wear them all, only put as many as you feel comfortable with. The exotic dancer is ready to come out of you!

 

Replacing your make up kit with organic beauty necessities can be a costly case of trial and error without a little guidance. We’ve put together an expert guide compiled from our tried and tested selection to help you select organic make up brands to replace your old kit one piece at a time.Stlur

1. Best Base – For a fuller coverage we love two brands. Inika Mineral Cosmetics Powder Base and Nvey Organic Moisturising Liquid Foundation. Inika create clean vegan mineral foundations which are ideal for all skin types including sensitive and complete with SPF 20. Nvey’s foundation is a lovely liquid which is great for dry skin types. Both give medium to heavy coverage depending on application technique.
2. The Eyes Have It – top of our list for organic eye shadows are the Rms Beauty cream eyeshadows. Created by New York make up artist Rose Marie Swift these little pots of colour glide on easily and can be used for dramatic evening looks or subtle sheer day colours.For those that have been addicted to MAC make up colours in the past Inika’s vivid bright blues, purples and greens are an easy swap.
3. Lashes of Lashes – natural mascara gets a bad rap. We’ve weeded out the not so good and recommend the OY mascara from Green People’s teen range is ideal for smooth coverage and stickability. Our latest love is the Jane Iredale Lash Extender and Conditioner. Used as a primer prior to applying your mascara this product increases the lash thickness and makes mascara last longer.
4. Cheeky Colours – For powder blush lovers you can’t beat the colour selection from Nvey Organics in a handy small compact complete with mirror. For multi-tasking cheek colours the rms beauty Lip2Cheek does just as it says. An organic make up cream base with mineral pigment colours that highlights cheeks and lips.
5. Professional Finish – It’s the finishing touches that make a good party great. The same goes for your make – up! Get a great natural highlighter. Most organic make up brands have one – it will enhance your cheek and brow bones drawing attention to your eyes. Add a setting powder – this makes the whole look last longer and gives you an airbrushed look of natural perfection.

Other organic make up brands we’ve heard great things about include Josie Maran, Alima and Living Nature.

So next time you run out of mascara check out some of the natural and organic beauty brands before reaching for the mainstream. You may just find a new favourite!