After driving into the city last night to pick up my race bib for the Nike Women’s half Marathon (only nine much more days!), El Hub as well as I stopped in Sausalito for dinner on the method back.

We went to this bit sushi location on Caledonia street called wonderful Ginger, as well as I was munching on my mango, avocado as well as wonderful potato tempura veggie roll as well as staring at my race bib number: 22822.

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I am by no implies a hard-core runner, however I’ve run a handful of short races before, as well as I can’t state that I’ve ever had a unforgettable bib number.

They’re typically a nondescript string of random numerals, like from a UPC barcode on a bottle of laundry detergent or decreased fat peanut butter, however this — 22822 — feels like a sign. The only thing much better would’ve been a lot of nines, because nine is my lucky number.

Anyway, I like this number. Mnoho.

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I like exactly how symmetrical it is as well as exactly how the eight looks in the middle, as well as exactly how if you turn the bib sideways, the eight makes an infinity indication (ooh!).

The number is likewise a palindrome.

Symetrie. Zůstatek. Elusive ideas in makeup as well as life, however at least my half marathon bib rocks ’em!

Dude, I believe you feel my pain. Symmetrical makeup is hard, particularly when it concerns thick, strong liner, or darker colors in the crease.

At least it’s difficult for me. I truly have to work at it, however my eyes are somewhat different shapes (it’s true). If you have completely symmetrical features, think about yourself #blessed. My eyes aren’t symmetrical whatsoever (my left eye is somewhat smaller than the right, as well as it sits a smidgen lower).

I believe about symmetry a great deal this time around of year, when the autumn as well as holiday colors show up, since I begin using bolder eye looks on the regular, as well as as somebody whose features aren’t completely symmetrical, right here are a few suggestions that assist me produce much more symmetrical eye makeup.

1. keep both eyes open, head straight, as well as look directly into the mirror

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Instead of closing the eye I’m working on as well as keeping the other one open, I keep both of them open. This suggestion altered my makeup life. any type of time I apply color in the crease, or line my upper lash line, I keep both eyes open as well as look directly ahead into my mirror, since it truly assists me gauge exactly how high, or far out, I requirement to take the product I’m working with.

2. develop up both eyes at the exact same time

I utilized to do one eye first, my left eye, from begin to finish, before starting on the right. I don’t keep in mind why, however I believe somebody when told me it was faster.

And perhaps it is, particularly if you make any type of huge mistakes. If you completely ruin along the way, you only have repair one eye, rather than both.

It’s certainly a legitimate eye makeup strategy, however I don’t truly do it much anymore. These days, I work on both eyes at the exact same time since I believe it makes it so much simpler to keep whatever even as well as balanced, particularly when I’m building out the wings for a feline liner look or applying darker colors into the crease.

3. snap a selfie utilizing a flash

I’ve been utilizing as well as loving this technique for years. I take selfies of my eyes with my phone consistently throughout the eye makeup application process as well as at the end for final touchups as well as changes. For some reason, it’s just simpler to tell if things are lined up properly than it is when I just look into a mirror, perhaps since left as well as best are reversed in pics.

Lately I’ve likewise started utilizing my phone’s flash.

I checked out about this technique on Keira Rowland’s Instagram (she’s a Bay area makeup artist with a quite huge following). If you haven’t had a look at her page before, she has a beautiful, available makeup style as well as a fierce edge. There’s something about her that reminds me of my buddy Cindy, like she’d be the buddy who’d always have your back as well as wouldn’t be scared to stick up for you.

She discussed utilizing a heavy flash for the video camera suggestion when as well as stated it was the simplest method to inspect your work, as well as you understand what? It completely is!

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I don’t understand why, however the flash certainly makes it simpler to notice any type of asymmetrical areas I still requirement to fix.

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