https://www.dannys-blog.com/blogMakeup technique, honestly explained.en-ushttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/bridal-trial-what-happenshttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/bridal-trial-what-happensTue, 08 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400People arrive at a trial expecting to be shown a look. What they actually get is an experiment, a stack of notes and a rehearsal for a morning that has to run without me thinking.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/instead-of-eye-patcheshttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/instead-of-eye-patchesMon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400No eye patch? A makeup artist's 5 a.m. fix for puffy eyes: cold spoons, finger tapping, a caffeine roller, the concealer triangle, and when a patch wins.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/what-koreans-use-under-their-eyeshttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/what-koreans-use-under-their-eyesSat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400What Koreans put under their eyes is mostly hydration, not coverage. A makeup artist on K-Town buys, patches as concealer prep and what stays in his kit.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/foundation-matching-two-shadeshttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/foundation-matching-two-shadesTue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400Every professional kit works on the same principle and almost no home routine does: you do not find your shade, you mix it. Here is how, with two bottles and no guesswork.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/translucent-setting-powder-reviewhttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/translucent-setting-powder-reviewWed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400It costs about $43, it lasts years, and it is in more professional kits than any other powder. Here is exactly what it is brilliant at — and the application change that makes the difference.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/color-correcting-orange-bluehttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/color-correcting-orange-blueSat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400If you have ever put on three layers of concealer and ended up looking greyer than when you started, the problem was never the amount. It was the color underneath.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/concealer-placementhttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/concealer-placementTue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400Most people put concealer directly on the dark bit, which is exactly where it settles and where the eye is drawn. Move it, and the same product does a completely different job.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/do-you-need-primerhttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/do-you-need-primerTue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400Primer became a default step without ever proving it needed to be one. Most people are using it to fix a problem caused by the step before it.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/blush-placementhttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/blush-placementTue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400Contour gets the attention and the tutorials. Blush placement does more work, takes ten seconds, and almost everyone has been taught it wrong.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/long-wear-makeup-testedhttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/long-wear-makeup-testedTue, 28 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0400Long-wear claims are tested in a lab on a face that does not move. These four hold up on a real one — a summer wedding, a warm room and a lot of hugging.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/teal-eye-lookhttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/teal-eye-lookTue, 21 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0400Teal is the color I get the most resistance to and the most compliments on. Here is why it works on more people than they expect, and exactly how to do the low-risk version.https://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/whats-in-my-kithttps://www.dannys-blog.com/blog/whats-in-my-kitTue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0400Everyone wants to know what is in a professional kit. The useful answer includes the things that never come out of it, and why they are still there.