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Makeup Artist Tips – Lips &
Cheeks
- Have a too blue based lipstick? Mix a dot of yellow
concealer into your lipstick, or apply a yellow-based loose powder on clean lips, and
apply lipstick on top. There will be just enough warmth in the product to take the edge
off a too cool/blue shade.
- Want to update your lipsticks to the new cool blue based tones? Apply a
navy blue eye pencil, or eye shadow on lips and apply your lipstick on top....just a
little will do and you'll have a new shade. A soft, brown eye shadow applied on lips first
will darken any too light shade.
- Make your own deep lipstick color by mixing blue eye shadow and red blush
on your lips. Apply a lip balm on top and you're set. The most fun part is that every time
you try this, you can experiment and get a different version every time.
- Use your shimmer highlighter sticks from spring/summer to highlight
lipsticks. Apply on a clean mouth first, and then your dull lipstick on top. An instant
frosted shade.
- The color of the moment is the 'bitten' lip look. Just take your rosy
blush and apply dry on lips. Apply your Vitamin E stick, or gloss on top with a lip blush.
Gel cheek colors work great for this too.
- A quick dusting of shimmering body powder or an iridescent eye shadow over
the high points of the face, (cheekbones, chin, top of nose, eyelids, across forehead..) a
quick day to night look.
- A model told me this trick! She runs a Gold Shimmer stick through her
blonde hair! Instant shimmer and highlights, especially around the face....
- Use a Concealer Pencil on your lips first, fill in, and then apply an old,
dark lipstick. The concealer pencil lightens up the lipstick by about 3-4 shades....
- A warm brick eyeshadow is the perfect all over color for lips, cheeks,
eyes and a little lip gloss on top and you're off!
- Find a blush brush that perfectly fits the size of the apple of your cheek
when you smile. Anything bigger than that and you'll get blush where you don't want it.
You really don't need a huge blush brush for color, those are meant for shimmery
powders.........
- Pick up your blush by lightly tapping the blush with the tips of the
bristles. If you are sweeping the brush across the color, you'll pick up about 10 x more
color than you need, and you waste a lot of product. Just tap the ends of the bristles
about 2-3 times onto the color. Shake off any excess. You should barely be able to see the
color on the brush. Don't worry, you do have enough on!
- When applying blush, don't "sweep" or "stroke" the
color across the cheeks. You'll usually end up streaking the color on, and then having to
go back to 'correct' and 'blend'. Instead, smile, and tap on gently going across your
cheeks. By tapping the color onto the brush, and then tapping in onto the cheeks........
you'll avoid excess color, streaking and more. Tapping on blends the color for you and you
can always add more if you want.
- Always swipe your blush brush across a Kleenex to clean off any excess, or
pick up your powder brush (with no extra powder on) and sweep over and blend your blush
into your skin. You'll get a softer, more 'real' look to your blush.
- OOPS! Okay, you look like a clown, wrong color, too much........now what?
Easy! With a clean dry beauty sponge, pick up a light layer of loose powder and 'erase' as
much off as possible. Too bright or too dark? Take a slightly dampened sponge and clean
off as much as you can. The water will pick upand 'dilute' the color.........it just may
be enough to fix it and look ok! "Blush!"--
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