8 Makeup Tips You Should Know
We girls love experimenting with makeup to create a look that defines us. But a lot of times our makeup just doesn’t seem to be how we want them to be, and we do make a lot of mistakes as well. Here are just some makeup tips that you should know if you’re a makeup lover, which would be beneficial to your everyday makeup routine or for some events where you can look a little bit more glammed up.
1. Use the tape method to create a perfectly winged eyeliner.
For people who used eyeliner on a daily basis, trying to create the perfect winged eyeliner shouldn’t be a problem. But for beginners or people who are not inclined in using eyeliner and wanted to create a winged eyeliner for some events, here’s a tip for you. By putting tape at the side of your eyes with a tilted-up angle will help ease the process of drawing a winged eyeliner. Lesser mistakes would be made, and the wing would look pretty much flawless.
2. If you don’t have eyeliner, apply mascara from the roots to make create the illusion of eyeliner.
For those days where you’re just not feeling to apply eyeliner and just need mascara, here is something you can do to create luscious and thick-looking lashes with just mascara: apply mascara from the roots of your eyelashes. This will make the roots of your eyelash appear thick, and also an illusion that you had eyeliner drawn on. Using this method also helps prevent mistakes that eyeliner usually makes.
3. Make glossy lipstick matte by covering your lips with a tissue and dabbing powder over it.
Matte lipsticks are back in style and they are back for good. Not only can you look good in matte lipsticks in an edgy style, but you can also sweet and subtle with it, and even for a casual daily look. However, not everyone wants to buy brand new matte lipstick just because it is trendier now, and also when you still have a lot of non-matte lipsticks. Here is something you can do by making your shiny lipstick matte. After applying the lipstick, cover your lips with tissue paper, and dap some finishing powder over it. Instantly your lips would appear matte.
4. Use the right makeup brushes in the right places.
Makeup can be something knowledgeable, as not only are there different products for different parts of your face, even the applying tools, such as the brushes, but also have their own specific usage and reasons as well. Although some brushes do serve more than one purpose, if you want to have a flawless makeup look, try using the makeup brushes for what they are invented for. The picture below shows a list of their brushes and their uses.
5. Use mascara as eyeliner gel to apply it on your lashline if you ran out of it.
If you did not top up on your eyeliner gel and ran out of it, fear not, one thing you can substitute eyeliner gel for is the mascara formula. Simply use the mascara formula as your gel and apply it as your eyeliner gel with an eyeliner brush. The effect would turn out to be as good as your regular eyeliner.
6. Avoid drawing straight lines on your brows if you want them to look more natural.
A mistake beginners usually make when drawing their brows is drawing them too thick and drawing solid lines on the outside of the brows to line them. This would not only make you look unnatural, but you might also even look funny. To create natural-looking brows, you could draw lines along the edges of your brows, but be sure to brush them out to soften the lines, so that the product blend in together with your natural brows rather than looking drawn on.
7. Contour the sides of your nose and highlight your nose bridge for it to appear taller.
A trick to get an “instant nose job” is to use makeup. Unfortunately, not everyone has a high and thin nose, but there is something we can do to help create an illusion of a higher nose. You can do this by contouring the sides of your nose, where they appear to be darker, and highlight the bridge of your nose, which is the place that “shines.” If done right, your nose would look much higher and slightly lifted.
8. Use a cotton swab and Vaseline to remove eyeliner mistakes.
Eyeliner mistakes are a huge nightmare for people who use eyeliner on a daily basis. It can be difficult to remove because you might ruin your whole eyeliner, or even make it worst. Here is something you can do to prevent the trouble with it. Using a cotton swab and Vaseline would save you lots of time and trouble. As a cotton swab is small in area, and Vaseline is excellent in removing makeup, this duo would be your best pal in creating the flawless eyeliner look.
9. Fold your lips onto tissue paper after applying lipstick for them to look matte.
Another way to create matte lipstick, if you do not have powder or prefer not to use the method, is as simple as using tissue paper. After applying your glossier lipstick, fold a tissue paper in half and tuck it between your lips, and fold your lips several times. The excess lip product would appear on the tissue paper, and your lips would look more matte.
10. If you run out of mascara, apply Vaseline instead.
Mascara is considered one of the essential makeup products that a lot of girls cannot leave the house without. If you’re one of those girls, and one day you just can out of mascara, what would you do? A pretty simple way to help get your lashes looking fuller is to use Vaseline. You can just use a mascara wand, put some Vaseline on it, and apply it as if you would apply mascara. Aside from having nice and full lashes, Vaseline is also a great product to lengthen your lashes, which is a bonus!
With these makeup tips, your day to day makeup routine can totally be made easier, regardless of a beginner or not, and during emergencies (such as if you ran out of mascara), you can still achieve the look you do every day and have no fear of looking odd. Whatever and however you like your makeup to be, it is still important to know that you are in control of what and how you want to look like. Don’t give others the power to control how you want to look.
To end this article, here is a quote about makeup:
“Makeup is art, beauty is spirit.”
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