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How To Use A  Concealer 

 Apply it with a fine brush or pointy cotton swabs. Concealer is only meant to hide small blemishes or unevenness in the skin, not cover up major skin flaws. This makeup must be applied in a very directional manner; otherwise it runs the risk of looking cakey. 

If you use your hands to apply concealer, always use a minimum amount of the product. A good rule is that if you can't see your fingertip because there is too much concealer on it, then you know you'll put too much product on your face.

Mascara: The Final Touch

Always blot your mascara wand with a tissue before you apply it to your lashes. You'll be surprised at how much mascara will come off the wand. Less is best: Too much product will lead to clumping on the lashes. Not a pretty sight!

Eye popping Solution

You have those rather small peepers but you want that dramatic movie-star effect of magnetic eyes. To achieve this try applying a matte nude eye shadow over the entire eyelid. Follow this up by         using a dark brown eyeliner to highlight your upper and lower eyelids from the inner corner to the outer corner. Finally apply another layer of eye shadow two shades darker to the crease of your eye and blend it upwards to your eyebrow. The effect will be outstanding eyes. Literally.

 

Night And Day

Think of the difference between wearing your hair in an elegant up-do for a special night, and leaving it down for a casual day in town. Perhaps you're considering sparkling, dazzling makeup for that special night. But what makeup is best to wear with an up-done style versus loose, long hair? When your hair is swept away from your face, your features will stand out more clearly: a great opportunity to use dramatic makeup. Go for shiny, luscious lips and either smoky or bright, dazzling eyes. Powder some translucent dust with a light shimmer onto your collarbone and shoulders. When your hair is flying free, however, it's time to tone the makeup down. Go for natural or apricot-colored lips, and light (pink, copper, tan, gray) tones around the eyes.

Bright Lips

Have some fun this winter and brighten up the cold season with luscious, brightly colored lips. Don't be afraid to go red, pink, orange, and even silver with your lip shades. Shine and shimmer your lips with various glosses in addition to some wild color. Keep your stick on your lips by applying gloss over them or using long-lasting lipsticks. Go light on eye makeup to attract attention to your wild lips.

Applying Eyeliner

Eyeliner is used to enhance the shape of your eye and to help make your lashes look fuller. When you look at someone with thick lashes, you'll notice that her lashes act as a natural liner. You can see no skin at the base of the lashes. Therefore if your lash line is dark (or at least the color of your lashes), you'll give the illusion of thick, full eyelashes. The trick here, and the trick with all liner, is to get it as close to the lash line as possible. If you don't, you'll have a ghost line or strip of skin that sits between your liner and your lash line. This takes away from the effect of fuller lashes.

How to do it: Make sure you can feel your lashes being moved around with your applicator brush or pencil. If the lashes are being moved, then you know that you're getting the liner right at the lashes base.

Eye shadow as Liner

Applying eye shadow as liner can give the softest and most natural effect. Use a thin, fine brush (flat-head brush with short, angled, synthetic bristles) to achieve this. Take the brushes and push the color into your lash line. Make sure you tap the brush to get any excess product off. Excess will only fall onto your cheek. It's better to take your time and do it right then have to do clean up afterward.

Eye shadow Application Tip

Wetting your brush to apply eye shadow can give you a liquid liner effect. The great thing about this technique is that you can use one or all of your eyeshadows. Wetting the eye shadow gives you greater control of the product (it won't fall away), gives longevity to the liner, and adds intensity to the product. Here's the best way to try this technique: dip your brush (or use a mist bottle) into water. Tap excess water away then dip it into the eye shadow -- the idea is to pick up some product, but not to soak your eye shadow. Use the back of your hand to mix the eye shadow. It should have the consistency of moist paste. Not too much water, or it will run. Not too much shadow, or it will be crumbly and not go on smooth.

 To apply, follow the advice as before. Gently push the color into the base of the lash line. Once that is done, you can go back and smooth the line out. This effect is closer to liquid liner, so you'll want a smooth top line. Do not try to sweep the brush across your eyelid. If you are inexperienced this will just make an uneven line. (Don't worry -- practice makes perfect. Not many people can draw a perfect circle either. Once again, taking a little time to accomplish the task correctly beats rushing through it and messing up.)

Darling, the Color of Your Eyes

Brown Eyes Use copper, bronze, or brown to accent brown eyes. For a doe-eyed look add beige, and khaki-green. You can also contrast brown eyes by using royal blue, hot pink, or lime green

Green or Hazel Eyes Brighten green eyes with brown, apricot, purple, plum, deep khaki or forest green. For a more modern look, use gold, lime-green, light green, or bright purple.

Blue Eyes Use a darker shade of eye shadow than your eye color. This will make your baby blues really stand out. For a smoky effect, mix the darker eye shadow with a touch of black. To brighten any shade of blue, use silver, turquoise, or fuchsia.

Color can also help with enhancing the eyes. Black and dark brown can be the most extreme. Both look good on almost all color eyes. Blues (all types) tend to look best on brown eyes. Blue liner on blue eyes seems to get lost, however it can be a striking look if applied correctly. Same thing goes for green. Violet or purple liners make hazel eyes stand out green, while gold tones and other metallics add instant glamour.

Smoky Eyes Never Die

Smoky eye makeup is one of those eternal looks that always surfaces in all the good glossies and on all the right runways. But it's so hard to get it to work if you're not some natural born make-up whiz! The trick is in the tools my friend. Look for a tapered eye brush that will give you a subtle look as opposed to a heavy handed one. And don't feel like it has to be a black smoky eye. Brown or rich berry tones are just as effective

The Pale Lip

A pale lip, paired with a bronzed or tanned skin, is the new avant-garde make-up trick sweeping the in crowd. It surfaced in full force on the runway and the trick to the everyday application of the look is to make that bronzed skin dewy and keep the lips closer to a frosted pink than the rather daunting "white" lipstick look of the 60s. 

For shiny nude-colored lips, use a creamy caramel-colored lipstick, followed by some clear or pinkish gloss. This natural look is great for summer, and even early fall. Silky, shiny lips look great paired with no-nonsense eyes. Stick to natural shades of eye shadow (pinks, browns, tans) and a little bit of mascara.

Five Easy Steps To Accurate Tweezing

1. Brush hair in the direction of hair growth.
2. Isolate the hair you are about to tweeze.
3. Tweeze in the direction of hair growth.
4. Pull one hair at a time.
5. Pull gently and smoothly, making sure not to yank. 

Shaping Your Brows

The shape of your brow should follow the natural line of your brow bone. The arch should be highest at the outer corner of the pupil. To determine where the brow should begin, place a pencil straight up from the side of the nostril. To determine where it should end, hold the pencil diagonally against the outer corner of the eye pointing up to the brow bone. Brow should extend slightly beyond the eye at which point it should taper slightly down.

 
Not Sure How Much to Tweeze?

Be sure to step back from your mirror and check your brows periodically. Tweeze a few hairs from one brow and then the other so they remain symmetrical. Remember that it's better to tweeze too little than too much.
 
Do's and Don'ts

* Do tweeze in the direction of hair growth.
* Do open your pores with a hot washcloth to make tweezing easier.
* Do use a make-up concealer to draw your desired brow shape, then tweeze the hairs    that fall below the line.
* Don't use creams or moisturizers that can cause the tweezers to slip.
* Don't tweeze nose hairs or hairs growing out of moles.

 When in doubt, wax, as over-plucking can mean those lost hairs may never grow back. And lastly, use an eyebrow pencil in a shade closer to your skin to soften your brows. The subtlety makes a huge difference.

Powder Power

Many women turn to foundation to even out their skin tone, but there are other options. Powder is a lighter way to even out your skin and achieve a matte finish. However, powder is not as thick as foundation so it won't cover up prominent flaws. Powder helps to absorb oil on the skin, and you should select a brand that is non-oily and hypoallergenic.

• With a circular motion, coat the brush end with powder foundation.

• Brush on the powder foundation using a circular brush motion over the entire face avoiding the eye area. The brush will apply the foundation evenly to facial contours for a perfectly blended powder finish.

• For additional powder coverage reapply in the same manner.

 Find the powder that's right for you by avoiding shades that are too dark for your skin.  

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