Abbreviations:
- e/s = eyeshadow
- e/p = eye pencil
- s/s = shadow stick
- c/l = cream liner
- g/l = gel liner
- f/l = fluid liner aka liquid liner
- emu = eye makeup
- l/s = lipstick
- l/g = lipgloss
- l/b = lipbalm
- FOTD = Face of the Day
- LOTD = Lips of the Day
- EOTD = Eyes of the Day
- EOTN = Eyes of the Night
- NOTD = Nails of the Day
- Discont. = Discontinued
- Foil - To foil your eyeshadow is to apply it wet. Some advantages of this technique are:
- More intensified color saturation
- And, more notably, intensified shimmer - giving it a more metallic finish. Hence the term foil. (foil, foiled, foiling)
- Pack - To pack on your eyeshadow is to pat your brush on your lid w/o sweeping it. This helps the shadow color to stay intense.
- Sweep - Sweeping color on is good for when you just want a wash of color, instead of it being more intense.
- Mattifying - formulated to minimize facial shine by absorbing excess oils.
- Light-Diffusing - reflective particles that bounce light away from fine lines and wrinkles.
- Matte - a flat, non-shiny, dense color formula
- Metallic - effect created by reflective pigments in metallic shades such as gold, silver, copper and bronze.
- Pearl - shades that contain iridescent particles.
- Satin - shades that contain a slight sheen. Not matte, but not very shimmery either.
- Bleeding - when lipstick runs into the wrinkles and creases around the lips. Bleeding is a particular problem for older women more than young.
