EYES MAKEUP
Remedy For Puffy Lidded Eyes or Eyes With No Defined Crease
1. Apply a touch of black eyeshadow in the center of the upper lashline.
2. Sweep a taupe or natural color eyeshadow over the crease and slightly above it.
3. Use an eyeshadow shade that's lighter on the browbones and lids.
That way, when the light hits your peepers, the highlighted area of the eyes will stand out as the crease appears, well, creased! The upper lids lined with black shadow in the center provides a contrast with the highlighted lid to create more visible lids.
Eyeliner Too Harsh? - An easy remedy...
If you don't like the sharpness of your eyeliner, you can soften it using your eye shadow brush by adding a little powder shadow of a similar shade.
Using An Eyeshadow Pencil - Did you know the secret?
You should not draw the pencil across your eyelid as this could cause stretching of the skin.
Instead, apply the color to the palm of your hand, then pick up some of the color with your pinky and apply gently to your eyelid.
Younger Looking Eyes - Oh, the tricks...
The first step is to reduce fine lines. So apply a little eye cream on the brow bone and under the eye.
Next dab on a concealer that matches your skin tones.
The last step is to line the eye with a white pencil just beneath the lash line. This will give the impression of larger and brighter eyes.
The Perfect Eyeshadow For Your Eye Color - Secrets revealed
FOR BLUE EYES:
1. Tried and True: taupe, gray, violet, purple, deep blue (a darker shade than your eye color makes your eyes really blue), black (mix it with bright blue for a smoky effect)
2. Funky Favorites: silver, turquoise, fuschia (brightens any shade of blue)
GREEN or HAZEL EYES:
1. Tried and True: brown, apricot, purple, plum, deep khaki or forest green (because they are in the same greenish family, they brighten green eyes)
2. Funky Favorites: gold, lime-green, really light green, bright purple (super modern)
BROWN EYES:
1. Tried and True: copper, bronze, champagne (soft pink with a touch of apricot), brown (for a doe-eyed look), beige, and khaki-green (lighter shades add highlight)
2. Funky Favorites: tangerine, royal blue, hot pink, lime-green (the contrast adds punch to brown)
ALL EYES:
1. Tried and True (Classic): navy or charcoal base to define and a powder-blue shadow for highlighting (it brightens your brow bone so any eye color pops)
2. Funky Favorites: silver-sparkle shadow makes all eyes look edgy
To keep lips going all day, first pencil all over lips with a soft lip pencil. Apply lipstick over and blot.
To make lips look fuller, line lips with a pencil and then blend the edges with a sponge applicator. Cover with gloss or petroleum jelly.
To keep lipstick off teeth, pucker lips into an extreme "O". Cover your finger with tissue, and pole it into your moutn. Slowly twist it out of your mouth, eliminating any excess color.
To achieve a pouty, sexy mouth, emphasize your top lip by dabbing just a touch of gloss in the center.
Highlight your lips with a verylight eye shadow color that coordinates with your lip color tones. Place it right in the center of your upper and lower lips.
To balance unevenly shaped lips, use a lighter colored lipstick on the smaller-sized lip.
To keep lipstick in place while dining, keep lips off utensils. Use your lower teeth and tongue to do the work.
Gently rub with washcloth over lips before applying lipstick to smooth out lips.
Apply foundation around the lips give a precise look without lip liner.
For Full Lips:
You are lucky if you've been blessed with those large lips. Women everywhere are trying to replicate with collagen. But large lips can take over your face if you're not careful.
You really don't need lip liner, but if you like the look, soften edge with your finger or a Q-tip.
Don't wear any lip color that is too glossy or shiny.
For Thin Lips:
Draw slightly beyond the lip with a neutral-colored lip pencil. Then apply lipstick. Your lipstick will "catch" onto the liner.
Apply white shadow on center of lips over lipstick and spread slightly.
Don't wear a very dark shade of lipstick. It makes lips more smaller.
Your Lips And Lipstick
Quick Tips:
To stop lipstick from bleeding, use a lipliner, or apply foundation over the lips first.
If you have big lips, use muted colours such as purples, browns and bronzes.
If you have small lips, avoid dark colours.
Professionals prefer to use a brush for lipstick application. Brushes generally allow you to use much less lipstick.
The colors that suit you are:
Light blondes can use wines, berry's and mauves. They also suit cappuccino colours.
Golden blondes should use corals, apricots or peachy hues.
Blondes with olive skin tones are best suited to warm peaches, browns or terracotta's.
Brunettes suit terracottas, cinnamon's and brown tinted reds.
Red heads can use warm terracotta colours, cinnamon's and peachy browns