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Cream vs Powder Contour: Differences, Benefits & How to Choose the Right Sculpting Products for Your Skin

Cream or powder contour – which one is right for you? With the cream sculpting comeback in full swing, it’s easy to feel unsure about when to choose a creamy, skin-like sculpt or a matte powder contour.

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Dewy vs. Oily Skin: How to Set Sculpt & Glow for a Radiant, Shine-Controlled Finish

For oily and combination skin types it’s still possible to achieve a dewy radiance without it looking greasy. Many with oily skin worry creams will slide or add more shine to the skin surface.

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Glow That Lasts: Our Global Head of Make-up’s Experience with High Glow

When Kryolan set out to create High Glow, they aimed to redefine the highlighter game with a product that delivers all-day radiance and a glossy, luminizing finish.

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What’s the Difference? Cream Blush vs. Powder Blush and Why You Should Use What

Choosing between cream and powder blush can make all the difference in your make-up look, and each has its own benefits depending on the effect you’re going for, your skin type, and the occasion. Let’s dive into the key differences and when you might want to reach for one over the other.

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Why Cream Blush Is the Secret Weapon for Flawless, Natural-Looking Skin on Set and in Everyday Life

In the world of make-up, certain products stand out for their ability to deliver that elusive, flawless, natural-looking glow. For make-up artists working on photo shoots or women looking to simplify their everyday beauty routine, Cream Blush is a top pick—and for good reason!

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Double-Duty Beauty: Korištenje kremastog rumenila za usne i obraze u profesionalnom make-upu

Kada je riječ o postizanju svježeg, prirodnog izgleda uz minimalne proizvode i trud, kremasto rumenilo je pravi multitasker. Ne samo da daje prekrasan topli sjaj obrazima, već također može poslužiti i kao boja za usne!

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Pro-Approved: Mastering the Art of Seamless Blending with Cream Blush

You’ve decided to embrace the glow-from-within magic of Cream Blush— Now, let’s take your skills to the next level with blending techniques that will give you that professional, smooth-satin finish.

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Kryolan Blood Q&A

It's time to give Kryolan blood the honor it deserves and dedicate an in-depth Q&A to it. Our SFX designer Gregor Knape has already done make-up for film productions and explains in more detail which blood is best suited to use.

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How to color silicone parts

One processing advantage of silicone, namely that it hardly bonds with other materials, is a major issue when coloring the finished parts: hardly any paint lasts on the cast parts. What does not apply to encapsulated prosthetics, where you paint the capsule film (e.g., made of Syncap) quickly becomes a problem with cast body parts made of firmer silicone.

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Where to place Highlighter, Blush, and Bronzer?

Applying blusher, highlighter and bronzer correctly

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Most common blush mistakes and how to avoid them

What are the typical mistakes when applying blush? We explain the biggest pitfalls and how you can avoid them.

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Eye Hacks Q&A

We asked our experts all around the world and collected some interesting eye hacks for you.

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Which Blush for which skin tone?

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Eyebrow Q&A

As we have pointed out in our brow history, the definition of perfect eyebrows is always also a reflection of the specific time. In recent years, the trend has been towards naturalness with a slight tendency towards bushier brows. But even if trends play an important role, a perfect brow is always an individual decision.

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Last-Minute Easy Halloween Make-up: Spider and Clown Look

We’ve all been there: the date has been in your diary for weeks. Somehow, you’ve managed to get to the Halloween party, but you’ve had no time to plan your look! Halloween literally creeps up on us each year, and whether it’s a last-minute decision to go out to a theme night or you simply haven’t had the time to order in a costume – don’t panic; we’ve got you covered!

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Fake Wounds Special Effects Make-up for Halloween

Preparing a real-looking wound isn't as hard as many might think. Especially as an SFX make-up artist to-be or a Halloween junkie, it's a super skill set to convince others with your talent. We will show you how to make up two different types of real-looking wounds with different products.

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Vodič za šminkanje za Noć vještica s maskom za lice

Od prošle godine svi znamo problem: predstoji događaj ili zabava, ali ništa ne funkcionira bez maske za lice - radi vlastite zaštite, ali i radi zaštite drugih. Sada je Noć vještica vrlo blizu i brinete se da nikakva šminka ne bi pristajala uz zaštitnu masku?

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Primer Q&A

A good primer can really boost your make-ups appearance to the next level, making you look flawless like using a filter in daily life. We asked our Kryolan experts on everything related to primers – from finding the right one to the best application technique and even if you really need a primer.

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How to get perfect
shaped Eyebrows

Are natural eyebrows perfect eyebrows? Not quite, but very close. Eyebrows are often too light, too bushy, or even too narrow by nature so that they do not perfectly round off the overall impression of the face. The starting color and shape and your natural facial features play a decisive role in the perfect brow.

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Multi Priming: How to use Primer for Combination Skin

In one of our last blog articles, we explained everything about face primer and showed you how to apply it correctly. We also introduced you to our two new Digital Complexion Primers - one for dry skin and one for oily skin. Now we'll dive deeper into the topic and introduce you to an often-underestimated face priming technique called multi priming.

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The History of Eyebrows from the 1920s until Today

Each decade has its own typical eyebrow style. Every make-up enthusiast can tell just by looking at brows in which decade the photo was taken. While women in the 1920s had very thin, long, and downward-shaped eyebrows, the trend went back to the natural look for ladies already in the 1940s.

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Dewy Skin Make-up Tutorial
by MUA Paul Merchant

Dewy skin is originally a make-up trend from Korea. It means to give your eyes, cheeks, lips, or cupid bow a high-gloss, wet-look appearance. Especially in the summer months, this make-up trend always has a revival as it makes your skin appear fresh without it looking like being oily – at least that’s what everyone is trying to achieve.

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How to Lip Gloss

We love lip gloss! It forgives small mistakes, can even be applied without a mirror, and makes the lips instantly look juicy, moisturized, and – if it contains plumping ingredients – even fuller.

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Kreme sa zaštitnim faktorom i šminka-sve što trebate znati

Razgovarajmo o zaštiti od sunca i make-upu. Sunce može biti naš najbolji prijatelj kada želimo imati lijepi osunčani ten ili dobiti dozu vitamina D koji je neophodan za zdravlje naših kostiju i cijelog organizma, ali sunce može postati i naš najveći neprijatelj.

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Tutorijal za Beach look: Glow Make-up – Izgledajte kao da ste proveli cijeli dan na plaži

Pogotovo tokom ljetnog doba želimo da naša koža izgleda kao da smo dane proveli na plaži, želeći taj ljetni sjaj. Ali kako nisu svi blagoslovljeni da žive pored mora ili idu na ljetni odmor svake godine, sjaj sa plaže može se postići i jednostavnim šminkanjem.

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Teorija boja-naprednija

Što se tiče šminkanja, lako je zaboraviti važnost znanosti i teorije koja stoji iza svega kad pažnju odvrati posljednje izdanje blistavih pigmenata ili lijepih četkica. Nemojte nas krivo shvatiti, za sve to sigurno ima mjesta! Međutim, ništa nije važnije od razumijevanja boje.

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Set. Fix. Blot.

Kada govorimo o puderima, može postati dosta zbunjujuće o tome kako se koji puder koristi. U ponudi nudimo veliki broj različitih vrsta pudera. Želimo ih raščlaniti za vas i objasniti sve mogućnosti i njihove posebne jedinstvene funkcije.

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Dermacolor D31 + D32

U našoj ponudi imamo veliki izbor višenamjenskih poroizvoda. Dvije određene ikone su iz poznate Dermacolor Camouflage kolekcije. Dermacolor Camouflage Creme D31 and D32 su nijanse predviđene za prekrivanje depigmentacija, ključne su za postizanje dojma realne kože tijekom kozmetičkog procesa kamufliranja.

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Ton i podton kože

Za mnoge šminkere jedno od najuzbudljivijih otkrića na njihovom profesionalnom putovanju je trenutak kada mogu zaista prepoznati čitav spektar nijansi po tona i pod-tona kože svakog klijenta - tek tada mogu shvatiti razlike između ta dva tona, i zašto je ključno da to mora svaki profesionalac poznavati.

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Color Theory - Beginner

Colors… or your brain’s interpretation of assorted frequency light waves hitting your eyes… are our world at Kryolan. Our scientists’ work with over 170 pure pigments to bring you every shade you could possibly need.

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Going Bald

Gone are the days of pre-conceived ideology that bald caps are used to simply make a person look older. Bald caps have now become a technique of make-up artistry not confined to theatrical and aging constraints.

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Color Correction

Mastering color correction is fundamental for any professional MUA, and without a good understanding of color theory, you simply can’t correct. Color correction uses the basis of color theory to rectify discoloration, and therefore, the opposites on a color wheel will counteract each other.