Glamour Envy

Beauty Boosters

If your feeling as though your complexion is a little lackluster and you don’t have gloss or lipstick to provide that instant pop of color, rub your finger into a pretty blush or shadow and apply it to your lips.  If you’re using a powder shadow or blush, it becomes somewhat of a lip stain.

To make close-set eyes look farther apart, apply eyeliner in a subtle wing shape at the outer corners of your top lids, and apply most of your mascara to the lashes on the outer corners.  When you apply mascara hold the wand at a 45-degree angle so that your lashes lean slightly outwards.  Also, apply shadow so that a gradient of color forms- the shadow should be lightest at the inner corners and darkest at the outer corners.

For a more seamless look and fuller-looking lashes, apply eyeliner to the inner rims of your top lash lines (in addition to your lash lines themselves.)

Before going out at night, apply highlighter, such as NARS Copacabana, to your cheeks for a complete transformation from ordinary girl to nighttime diva. And if you’re the kind of party-girl who always manages to add yet another Facebook album the morning after, highlighter really gets you camera-ready.

If you wake up with a few brow hairs seriously out of place and cannot find brow gel, use a tiny dab of Aquaphor or petroleum jelly and just graze the brows- don’t use more than a little dot and don’t push the product onto your brow because too much can make the brow look wet/waxy.

If you have a bright red blemish, don’t underestimate the power of green primers and concealers, just don’t go overboard. Make Up Forever and Smashbox sell amazing green foundation primers and Sephora’s private brand has a great green concealer stick.  When using a green concealer stick be careful not to go overboard, as it is just a precursor to your actual concealer.

Images courtesy of: videa.vsetkyvidea.sk, dailymail.co.uk, makeupmasala.com, beauty.hsn.com, ellecanada.com, makeup.glam.com