How-to: Blending

[temptalia]

Here is a little article I wrote about blending...

Blending

What is it?Blending is the art of mixing different colors (whether still similar in hue or on completely opposite sides of the color wheel) to create a gradient of color, not a muddying mess that obliterates the vibrancy and trueness of the individual colors used to create a particular

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[cyanidewine]

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my old high school friends found this community through me, but they won't join the community (because none of them have digital cameras) and I'm not trying to start a list or try to draw up proof that people don't like you, Temptalia, but molyprebe is right...

one of my friends actually, supposedly, "dreads" seeing that icon with the lips" (yes, I used 3 quotation marks) and says she hates how scrolling down is like looking at the same post with the same facial expressions over and over, with different colors.
Of course, she can't speak much because she makes the exact same face and post in every posed picture I take of her when we're hanging out.

haha man I suck with words.
I mean, there is no positive way to say some things.
At least she isn't trolling and saying bullshit like "lolz ur so ugly." She's giving an opinion, despite her way of saying it.
Not everyone tiptoes around people.

True, she didn't have to blatantly state her opinion, but isn't that good sometime?
I don't know about anyone else, and I know this is just me personally, but sometimes I think its better to be honest than lie through your teeth.
I don't know, I guess, I like criticism, constructive, or harsh..because I know its their opinion, and I can take it however I want, maybe learn something from it, maybe not.

ohh.
and in response to letbulletsrain, I've been part of thsi community for yeaarrrrs, and not too many people here do varied looks. Honestlyyy...people, including myself, tend to do the same style over and over.

unless someone will flat out tell me HEY YOU, DO AVANT GARDE OR DO ZEBRA STRIPES ON YOUR FACE, I'll probably continue doing things the same way I always do.

you can't change people, they're going to do what they want,
Temptalia likes her style, and she's good at it.

Some people think Temptalia's amazing and the best thing since sliced bread (I honestly don't understand whats so amazing about sliced bread, that it deserves its own phrase) and some people probably hate her, but that doesn't make either "right" about anything. One doesn't have to be justified to dislike someone, just like someone doesn't need to explain why they're madly in love with someone's style. They just, are.

I'm done, since I made a complete pointless mess of paragraphs that probably make no sense.

[molyprebe]

Dude. Sliced bread is secks. Saves me a good minute of trying to cut my own without sqaushing the loaf when I want toast. But what can I possibly expect from a Coke-whore? ;]

[cyanidewine]

savagely ripping chunks of bread is the way to go!

[lizwhiz]

"True, she didn't have to blatantly state her opinion, but isn't that good sometime?
I don't know about anyone else, and I know this is just me personally, but sometimes I think its better to be honest than lie through your teeth.
I don't know, I guess, I like criticism, constructive, or harsh..because I know its their opinion, and I can take it however I want, maybe learn something from it, maybe not."

There is a difference between lying and keeping your mouth shut.

Also, it's simple enough to blatantly state your opinion without acting like you know everything about the subject, you know WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS BEST, and everyone else is stupid for thinking otherwise. The comment made in this case wasn't just saying "hey, i don't like your style of makeup." It was laced with all these weird accusations that seemed to be fueled by a distaste for Christine as a person. Thats the part of all of this I don't get. I just have no idea why someone would get so angry/accusatory/annoyed/whatever based on makeup. She added all this crap about Temptalia's tutorials, but the fact is 90% of the time she is asked for those.

If I thought there was any cause or reasonable motivation behind the random criticisms, I might see the merit in what you're saying. But I saw nothing but unnecessary rudeness and insults that went beyond saying you don't like someone's makeup. And it's pretty clear in the community info that makeup critiquing is as far as it should go, and it really doesn't have to turn into such a stupid BLENDERZ vs NON BLENDAHZ feud, if you can manage to have different ideas about what looks good without being, well, a c*nt about it.

I think that Temptalia has always been respectful and courteous, and being rude and insulting for no reason because you have different ideas about makeup seems pretty silly, especially since she never seems to do that to anyone else.