What better way to ring in 2008 than with beauty reviews to make your life easier and brighter? In the past I’ve written beauty reviews for specific application tips like how to apply smoky eye shadow or with eye makeup tips for close set eyes. While those were well received, this beauty review is a bit more generic in scope. Here’s why. How Can I Keep Track of My Makeup?

I don’t know the reason for this; maybe a lot of you were trying to clean out their makeup drawers at the end of the year. But I started getting a lot of e-mails from you girls saying that keeping track of all your makeup had become a really hassle. And eye makeup seemed to get the most complaints. Possibly this was in response to something I wrote about the importance of throwing out that out of date eye makeup to avoid eye infections. (Yes; I’m talking to you about that 1990’s case of eye shadow in your cosmetics case!) So here are some Eye Makeup Tips to help keep your sanity in 2008:

• Purchase pre-organized eye makeup kits
• Heed all eye makeup tips that advise you to throw out cosmetics after about 6 months
• Keep track of what you bought and when you bought it

One way to do this is to get a makeup essentials kit that includes all your eye makeup, lip and cheek makeup and brushes. This can also save you money as opposed to purchasing everything individually, and give you a lot more options to choose from.

One item I found is the Sephora Brand Classic Blockbuster Limited Edition Makeup Kit . While there are a ton of pre-mixed kits, this one is truly all-inclusive. It’s got 64 eye shadow colors, 32 lip colors and 7 cheek colors, plus all the applicator brushes you need. And right now it sells for $48. Whether you get this or some other kit, I stand by the idea of keeping your makeup organized, accessible and up to date as one of the best eye makeup tips you’re going to get in 2008. Let’s face it girls; the state of your makeup drawer is usually a great representation of the state of your life!

Here is to a new year of organization, peace and fantastic choices!

Sincerely,

Caterina Christakos - founder of stillagirl.com - a positive place for women and girls

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