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Setting the Foundation for your Makeup

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Skin preparation.

You’ve mastered using your foundation brush, and you’re pretty sure you have face makeup application in general down pat, but are you prepping your skin for makeup? Because piling makeup on top of a face that hasn’t been properly prepped can be bad news. When you’re ready to get glam for a night on the town or need to freshen up your face before heading to work, you shouldn’t just make a beeline straight for your makeup bag. As with most things in life, you need to prepare first. If you skip out on your skin care routine before applying makeup, you could end up with uneven, patchy coverage that wears off way too soon.

Looking on the bright side, however, prepping your skin for makeup application is actually pretty simple all it takes is following these; cleansing that’s making sure you remove impurities like excess oils using the right cleanser ,then use some toner to clean off any remaining impurities ,the third step is boosting your face hydration using a moisturizer, then use a primer to create a smooth base for your make up application as well as it helps extend the wear of your foundation and coancelor after primer, you’re officially prepped for makeup application! As far as your makeup look goes, your options are essentially endless The last step is scrubbing your lips and oiling it a little if there will be lipstick application. Consider your skin type when buying your products (oily, dry,sensitive, uneven and mature skin types ) and take a lot of water and rest to protect your skin, when you are not applying make-up sunscreen is highly recommended.

The Dashiki.

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A poster for an upcoming Afro wear event

Africa is very rich in patterns as seen in the repetition of colors and shapes, textures as well as lines that are laid out in different forms of arrangement. African prints are seen in the clothing worn by its people in the manner in which they braid their hair. It makes it easy for one to visualize and conceptualize the patterns, mainly when used in decorations. There are two types of African patterns, namely geometric and symbolic.

Once in a while, it is not a bad thing for someone to grasp an aspect from a different culture. It enables them to move away from what they consider to be their comfort zones. The problem occurs when a person takes something from a minority group and uses it in a demeaning or undesirable way. This kind of usage sends the wrong message to the minority group, and it ends up being termed as cultural appropriation. The dashiki is one of the garments which Africans hold dearly due to its great symbolic importance. When a white wears this clothing fashionably, some African may get offended because they interpret it as disrespect to what they pride in. However, we are in the 21st century, and as long as you are not misusing it, it is okay for one to wear it without the fear of criticism as an example of cultural appropriation.

Skin care routine

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Skin care is the range of practices that support skin integrity, enhance its appearance and relieve skin conditions. They include nutrition ,avoidance of excessive sun exposure and appeopri6ise of emollients.Skin care differs from dermatology by its inclusion of non-physician professionals, such as estheticians and wound care nursing staff.Skin care includes modification of individual behaviour and of environmental and working conditions.

Practices that enhance appearance include the use of cosmetics, botulinum, exfoliation,filers,laser resurfacing, microdermbasion,peels,retinol therapy and ultrasonic skin treatment. Skin care routine daily procedure in many settings such as skin that is either too dry or too moist, and prevention of dermatitis and prevention of skin injuries. Skin care is part of the treat of wound healing, radiation therapy and some medications.

The US federal food, drug send cosmetic act defines cosmetics as products intended to cleanse or beautify for instance shampoo, conditioner and lipstick. A separate category exists for medications which are intended to diagnose ,cure ,mitigate,,treat or prevent disease, or to affect the structure of the body ,although some products such as moisturising sunscreens and anti-dandruff shampoos ate regulated with both categories.

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No matter what your skin type is ,a daily skin care routine can help you maintain overall skin health and improve specific concerns like acne ,scarring and dark spots A daily skin care routine has four basic steps that you can do once in the morning and once before you sleep .

Art of head wrapping

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Esther wangui Wachira, 23, is a fashion, designer, Jew and head wrap stylist at Afrikui Collections. The self-taught designer tells Juliet Tarus how fashion has managed to keep her culture classy and pay her bills.

She is a proclaimed go-getter and goes by the name Kui. When I met her, she is wearing a head wrap and an elegant African print dress which she tells me it’s from her fashion, Afrikui .She is confident and jovial I find her likable from the go.When I received the “Female Designer of the year” award in 2016, my certificate was then “Kui Dera” because I used to style models mostly in deras and head wraps. Being rewarded by house of legacy, a fashion agency that helps discover new talents, got another reward the following year recalls kui.

By the time she joined Multimedia university of Kenya, her African fashion sense was her signature. She is from the small community of Jew where the head wrap is called Tichel and it is required for young girls to married women to cover their hair. Because of her love free flowing dress, most people thought she was Muslim, it’s my trademark look, I believe in modesty and I believe in being African which to me shows strength” she explains.