Glamour Envy

10 Beauty Secrets You Wish You’d Known All Along

1.) If you are attempting a smoky eye and feel as though you may have gone overboard, tone it down by applying a light shimmery shadow to the center of your lids.  It brightens while leaving the smoky eye intact.

2.) When you need an instant brightener or pick-me-up, apply a white or  light gold shadow to the inner corners of the eyes.  This small amount of highlighter will make you look wide awake.

3.) Do NOT pump your mascara wand in and out of the tube.  It will not put more product on the brush, but rather, it will cause the mascara to dry out faster which will lead to flaking, spider lashes, and a more difficult application.

4.) For the same reasons that wearing dark colors makes you appear a few pounds lighter, contouring can give you a more sculpted jaw line.  Apply bronzer in a backwards “3” motion on each side of your face, making sure to hit your jaw line and just below your jaw line (as well as your temples and cheekbones).  Also, give yourself more noticeable cheekbones by applying a bright blush to your cheekbones, and a bronzer or a darker blush just below the cheekbone towards your ear.  To figure out where to apply the darker shade, suck in your cheeks slightly and apply just under the bone.  However, don’t go overboard- contouring should not be noticeable.

5.) I always apply complexion products after I apply eyeshadow because no matter how much I try to prevent it, particles from the shadow can fall below my eye.  It makes for a far easier clean up if you haven’t already applied foundation.

6.) If you can’t find your eye makeup remover and you’ve made a mistake, just use a dot of eye cream to remove it- works like a charm!

7.) To make your eyes look bigger, to tone down redness and to appear more rested, apply a white or flesh-colored eyeliner to the water-line, or inner rim of the lower lash line.

8.) Don’t waste money on an eye shadow primer- use a cream shadow that you already have so that it can either be worn alone, or as primer for a powder shadow to adhere to.

9.) To make thin lips look fuller, choose a lighter shade of lipstick and apply gloss to the middle of your top and bottom lips. Dark colors on thin lips tend to make them look even thinner, and applying gloss to the middle of your lips reflects light, thereby creating an augmented appearance.

10.) If you’re bored with your same old shadows, blushes and lip colors, mix and match to create new shades.  Who says you can’t mix an eye shadow with a blush and put some gloss on top to create a new lip color??

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