| How to Sleep with Eyelash Extensions Posted: 07 Sep 2019 05:00 PM PDT Eyelash extensions can make even sparse lashes look full and plump. Your nightly skincare routine and the way you sleep can have a major impact on the lifespan of your eyelash extensions. Switching out your oil-based skin care products and learning to sleep on your back are just a few ways to keep your eyelash extensions looking healthy. [Edit]Developing Lash-Friendly Sleeping Habits - Sleep on your back to avoid crushing your lashes. Position your head so it is center of your pillow and fluff up the sides to cushion your face when you lay down on your back. The pillow barricade may help you subconsciously stay on your back while you are sleeping.[1]
- If you can't sleep on your back for long periods of time, sleep on your back for the first couple of nights after you have gotten the extensions. This will give your lashes enough time to properly set.[2]
- If you have to sleep on your side for comfort, sleep with your face off the edge of a pillow to keep the area around your eye from rubbing up against the pillow.[3]
- Invest in a form-fitting pillow that will keep you from rolling onto your side. Use a pillow made of memory foam or one that has a styled wave-shape to keep your neck and head from turning in your sleep. When your head turns, your cheek will push up against your lashes and damage them over time.[4]
- A wide range and style of these pillows can be purchased in the bedding section of a local department store, or online with major retailers.
- Instead of swapping out your pillow, purchase a silk or satin pillowcase. The slippery texture will reduce any tugging that occurs to your lashes while you sleep.
- Purchase a cupped facemask to protect your lashes while you sleep. Carefully, lift and slip the cupped mask over your eyes before you lay down to go to sleep. The cupped style of the mask will protect your extensions from rubbing against your pillow or blankets. Avoid wearing a flat sleep mask to keep your lashes from getting crushed.[5]
- These can be purchased at your local department store in the sleepwear section, or online with major retailers.
- Don't drape your arm over your eyes when you go to sleep at night. Even with the mask, this will apply a tugging pressure to the extensions and will eventually cause the lashes to fall out prematurely.
- Keep the edges of blankets or sheets away from your face. Refrain from pulling the covers up and over your head when you sleep at night. Place your arm on top of the blanket to keep you from pulling it up near your face. This will keep the fabric from rubbing against your lashes and damaging them.[6]
- Avoid rubbing your eyes when you wake up to prevent damaging the lashes. Rubbing your eyes extensively will cause your eyelash extensions to loosen and fall out. Make the conscious decision not to rub your eyes when you wake up. This may be hard to do at first, but after a few days, you should be able to break the habit.[7]
 [Edit]Changing Your Nightly Skincare Routine - Use a spoolie brush to comb your lashes before you go to bed. Work in an upwards motion along your top lashes, and a downwards motion on your bottom lashes. Use a similar motion as you would when applying mascara. This will set your lashes in the proper shape and minimize their tangling while you sleep.[8]
- To avoid poking your eyes with the brush, close one eye and brush upwards on those lashes. Then repeat the process for the other eye.
- Purchase a spoolie brush in the beauty or cosmetic section at a local department store, or online with major retailers. A spoolie brush looks like a mascara applicator and can be used to comb your eyelashes and eyebrows.
- Use oil-free products to clean and moisturize your face. Refrain from using oil-based products, as the oil will deteriorate the eyelash adhesive. To find out if a product is oil-free, read the manufacturer's ingredients label on the back of the bottle. Most oil-free products will clearly advertise themselves as such.[9]
- If you still aren't sure what products to use, ask a staff member at the salon where you got your lashes done. The staff is knowledgeable and will be able to suggest alternative oil-free products.
- Use a cotton swab with makeup remover to carefully wipe off eye makeup. Put some of the cleanser on a cotton swab, and gently pat the skin around your eyes to remove makeup or dirt. Continue this process until all of the makeup has been removed. You will have more control using a cotton swab over a cotton pad to remove the makeup, and won't bump your eyelashes as much.[10]
- Use oil-free makeup removers like micellar cleansers to remove the makeup from around your eyes.
- If you opt to use a cotton pad with the cleanser, dab your eyelids instead of rubbing them to remove the makeup, as excess rubbing will damage the lashes and cause shedding.
- Apply mascara to your eyelash extensions sparingly to avoid weakening the follicles. Not only do most mascaras contain oil that will break down the adhesive on your lashes, but the mascara will require you to rub the lashes to remove it.[11]
- Wash your lashes nightly or at least once a week to keep them clean. Use the lash cleanser and instructions that your eyelash technician gave you. This will maintain the strength and cleanliness of your lashes. This typically involves applying the cleaning solution with a small makeup brush using circular motions, and then patting the eyelashes dry.[12]
- If you run out of eyelash cleaner or did not receive any, use an oil-free baby shampoo diluted with water as an alternative.
- Pat your face dry with a towel after washing to avoid dislodging the lashes. Use a towel to gently dry your face, and be extra careful when drying the skin around your eyes. Avoid rubbing or dragging the towel across your face to dry it, as this might cause some of the lashes to fall out.[13]
- Eyelash extensions can take quite a while to dry, which can leave them feeling unnaturally heavy. Use a hairdryer on the lowest setting to gently speed up the air-drying process.[14]
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| How to Mix Watercolors Posted: 07 Sep 2019 09:00 AM PDT Mixing different colors of paint together when water coloring will give you access to a variety of new hues and tones which can improve the versatility of your artwork. When water coloring, you can either mix your paint on a pallet, or you can do your mixing directly on your artwork. To achieve the specific colors that you want, you'll have to study or refer to a color wheel. [Edit]Mixing the Paint - Squeeze the watercolor paints onto a pallet if you're using tubed paint. Take off the cap from your paint and squeeze the tube so some paint pushes out of the top of the tube. Smear a small dab of paint onto your pallet and screw the cap back onto the tube. Repeat the steps for the second color that you want to mix.[1]
- If you are using a watercolor paint kit or dry watercolor paint, you can skip this step.
- Tubed watercolor paint is similar to acrylic or oil paint in appearance.
- Dip your brush into a cup of water. Set a cup filled with water onto the surface of your workstation so that you can clean and wet your brush. Dip the end of the brush into the water to fully saturate it.[2]
- Water will activate the paint and is necessary when painting with watercolor.
- Replace the water when it becomes murky brown or black.
- Dip your brush into the first color you want to mix. Spread the tip of the brush into the paint to transfer it to your brush. You'll notice that the paint will start to look more translucent.[3]
- The water will lighten the color of the paint.
- Clean off and re-wet your brush. Dip the brush into the cup of water and swirl it around the cup to clean the paint off the bristles. If you're using tubed paint, you may want to wipe down the bristles of the brush with a rag to remove any remaining paint.[4]
- If you wipe down the bristles with a rag, dip the brush back into the water to re-wet it.
- Mix the second color with the first. Take the wet brush and smear it into the second color that you want to mix. Then, take the brush and swirl it into the first color on your pallet. This will mix both colors together to create a new pigment.[5]
- Make sure that you mix enough paint to fill the desired space on your canvas. Matching the hue a second time around is much more difficult.
- The color of the paint will be a lighter hue after it dries.
[Edit]Painting Bold Colors - Look at a color wheel to figure out different color combinations. The color wheel will list the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Having this information in front of you as you paint will help you determine the color you'll achieve when mixing colors together.[6]
- Mix 2 primary colors together to achieve a secondary color. The 3 primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. You can mix these colors together to achieve the secondary colors of orange, violet, and green. Mixing yellow and red together creates orange, mixing blue and red creates violet, and mixing blue and yellow creates green.[7]
- Get a warm and cool variation of each primary color to expand your possible color combinations.
- Combine a primary color with a secondary color to get a tertiary color. Tertiary colors include blue-green, yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, and blue-purple. These colors are achieved by mixing a primary color with a secondary color and can give you access to more hues in your artwork.[8]
- Mixing too many colors together can give your painting a muddy or gray appearance.
- Add black to a color to make it darker. If your colors are too light, adding a dab of black paint to them will darken up the color. For instance, if you have a blue but you want to make navy blue, adding a small amount of black paint to the blue will darken it.[9]
- Adding black to light red will make it a dark red or ruby red.
- Spread the paint onto a pallet for more control. You can buy a paper or wood pallet from an art store or you can purchase one online. Take the loaded brush and spread it out on a pallet to pre-mix your paint. Mixing the paint prior to applying it to your canvas will make it easier to achieve the precise color that you want.[10]
- Premixing the paint on a pallet will also give you a greater uniformity of color.
- Let one color dry before applying the second color for a glaze. Glazing is a technique that's used to make the top layer of paint appear translucent over a bottom layer of paint. To do this, apply your first color to your watercolor paper or canvas and let it dry. Then, take the second color and paint over the first dried layer of paint. This will create a translucent effect on your artwork.[11]
- Glazing is more effective when the first coat of paint is a darker hue than the second coat.
[Edit]Creating Lighter Tones - Refer to a color wheel to help you determine color combinations. The color wheel will list all of the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Having this information in front of you will make it easier to determine the results of two color combinations. Memorize or refer to a color wheel while you're mixing your paint so that you know which colors you're likely to achieve.[12]
- The color wheel will also list each colors' complementary color or the color on the opposite side of the color wheel.
- Mix primary colors together to get orange, green, and violet. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. When you mix red and yellow together, you get orange. When you mix red and blue together you get violet. Mixing yellow and blue together makes green. Keep this in mind when mixing your colors together so that you'll know which hue you'll achieve.[13]
- Orange, green, and violet are known as secondary colors.
- Mix secondary and primary colors together to achieve a tertiary color. Mixing a secondary color with the primary color next to it on the color wheel will give you a tertiary color. For instance, mixing yellow and green together will give you a yellow-green hue. Mixing blue and violet together will give you a blue-violet color.[14]
- Doing this will give you access to many different colors on the color wheel.
- Add white to a color to lighten it. Adding a dab of white to the color that you're mixing will lighten it. For instance, the color pink is achieved by mixing white paint into red paint. If you have a dark purple but want a lighter shade of purple, adding a dab of white to it will make it lighter.[15]
- Mixing the 3 primary colors of red, blue, and yellow together will make white.
- Neutralize a color by mixing it with its opposite color. If you want to reduce the appearance of certain colors, you can mix in more of its opposite, or complementary color, to neutralize it. For example, if your painting is too yellow, you can mix in violet to reduce the intensity of the yellow tone. Look at the color wheel and add the complementary, or opposite color on the wheel, to pull back the intensity of that specific color.[16]
- If your artwork has a bluish hue, you can add orange to pull back the blue tones.
- Add more water to the paint for a lighter color. Dip your brush in the cup of water to fully saturate it. Then, swirl your brush in the mixed paint to lighten the hue. You can also apply water with your brush directly to your canvas to lighten up certain colors.[17]
- Mix your colors straight onto your canvas for an abstract effect. It will be harder to achieve precise and uniform colors when mixing straight onto your paper or canvas. Using this method will create a blending, or "bleeding," effect and can cause your colors to mix in unexpected ways. Experiment with mixing on a pallet and mixing straight onto your art to see what you prefer.[18]
- Don't mix too many colors together or it will create a muddy effect on your artwork.
[Edit]Things You'll Need - Watercolor paint
- Cup
- Water
- Watercolor paper or canvas
- Brush
- Rag
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| How to Draw in 3D Posted: 07 Sep 2019 01:00 AM PDT 3D drawings use optical illusions to make it appear that an image has depth. This technique can make any drawing come to life. It may seem difficult to achieve but it is actually easier than it appears. With a few techniques, you can make 3D drawings of a wide variety of objects. [Edit]Drawing a 3D Box - Draw a square. Creating a 3D box begins by simply drawing a square with your pencil, since some lines may need to be erased. The square can be a variety of sizes, but it should only take up a quarter of the page at most. Center it on the page, so there is room to draw the rest of the box.[1]
- In the final drawing, this first square will serve as the front of your box.
- Draw a second square that intersects with the first square. Place the second square positioned slightly to one side and above the first square. Begin by drawing the bottom line of the second square so its center intersects with the center of the left side of the first square. Then draw the right side of the second square so that its center intersects with the center of the top of the first square. Then finish drawing the top and left side of the second square.[2]
- The second square should be exactly the same size as the first square.
- This second square will be the back of the cube in the final drawing.
- Add lines to connect the 2 squares. Connect each corner of the first square to its corresponding corner on the second square. For example, draw a line from the upper left-hand corner of the first square to the upper left-hand corner of the second square.[3]
- These lines will create the illusion of the top, bottom, and sides of the cube.
- Erase the lines to make the cube look solid, if necessary. If you are trying to draw a solid cube, as opposed to a transparent one, you need to erase some of the lines you have drawn. Erase any line that you wouldn't be able to see from the angle you have drawn.[4]
- Lines to erase include the bottom right-hand side connecting line, the right-hand side of the second square, and the bottom line of the second square.
- It may seem strange that you needed to draw these lines in the first place, but they helped you draw the cube in the right shape.
- Color the sides of the cube if you like. To highlight the 3D perspective of your drawing, you can color each side of the box a different color. This makes it clear that the drawing has depth and that each side of the box is distinctive.
- Draw variations of the 3D box. Once you get the hang of drawing the 3D box, you can start drawing other shapes, such as a rectangular box. For a rectangular box, start by drawing a rectangle. Then draw a second rectangle slightly to one side and above the first. Finally connect the corresponding corners of both rectangles together.
- You can do other shapes, such as triangles, stars, or abstract shapes.
[Edit]Drawing a 3D Optical Illusion - Choose the object you would like to draw. The object you pick needs to have a clear and simple outline, as this will make it easier to create your 3D drawing. For example, you could draw a hand, a banana, or a doughnut. Each has a simple outline and overall shape.[5]
- Trace the item you want to draw if it is a size that fits on your piece of paper. For instance, you can use your hand, as it will fit on a standard piece of paper and can easily be traced.
- Make a light preliminary outline of the object with pencil. Either draw or trace the outline of the object you want to draw on your piece of paper. Center the object on the page, although it can touch the top or bottom of the paper if necessary.[6]
- Draw this outline lightly so you can erase any unnecessary pencil marks later in the process.
- Draw horizontal, parallel lines across the page. Cover the whole the whole paper with these lines except for inside the shape you have outlined. Make the lines close together, at most apart all the way down the page.[7]
- It's easiest to draw these lines by using a ruler, so that they are completely straight and evenly spaced.
- If you are using lined notebook paper, you could trace over the existing lines
- Draw curved lines inside the shape outline. Start each of these curved lines where one of the straight parallel lines touches the outline. Draw the curve across the entire outline and then come back down, connecting at the end to the corresponding straight line on the opposite side of your outline.[8]
- Each curved line will complete a horizontal line that goes all the way across the page.
- The curved lines should mimic the general shape of the item you are drawing. If the shape varies, the lines should gradually transition to follow the object's shape.
- Trace over the completed horizontal lines. To make the 3D effect really pop, define the lines you have drawn. Trace the entire length of all of these lines, including the straight sections and the curved sections. You can use a pen, colored pencils, or marker to trace the lines.[9]
- The ink can be done in any one color or in a variety of colors.
- Erase the pencil outline. After the ink has dried, erase the initial outline that you made. This will add to the 3D effect of your drawing and make the object pop off the page.[10]
[Edit]Using Perspective - Study your subject. If you want to draw something in 3D that you have in real life, it can be help to look at its details. By looking at it, you can begin to understand how you will translate real world depth on to a flat surface.
- For example, if you want to draw a bowl of fruit sitting on a table, you should study how all the elements of your composition relate to each other. How much of the fruit, bowl, and table can you see? Where does each part intersect with the others? Where are shadows located and where does the light hit your objects?
- Start a drawing with a horizon line. For drawings that aim to show a great distance, it's important to create a horizon line where the sky meets the land. This line creates a point that is the furthest away from the viewer. It should usually be located between a third and half of the way up your page and span the entire page.[11]
- This is a great way to start a landscape drawing. Once you draw the horizon line, you can begin drawing the foreground below it and the sky or large objects in the landscape above it.
- Incorporate a vanishing point in to a drawing. A vanishing point is the spot where items in the distance disappear. In practical terms, it is the spot where parallel lines that go from the front of the image to the back of the image come together on the page. Marking this spot at the center of your horizon line allows you to have a spot to end items that are moving into the distance.[12]
- For instance, if you are looking straight down a road, there is a point in the distance where you can no longer see the road. While the road will be wide at the bottom of your drawing, which is the spot closest to the viewer, the sides of the road will come together and end at the vanishing point.
[Edit]Things You'll Need - Paper
- Pencil
- Pen, colored pencils, markers or other colouring options
- Eraser
- Ruler
- The object you want to draw or a picture of it (Optional)
- Stencil to make perfect shapes (Optional)
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