To hide purplish under-eye circles, try a yellow concealer. The yellow helps to cancel out the purple, leaving a smooth palette for applying your foundation. A thin layer of creamy yellow concealer also makes a great primer layer for your eye shadow, because it minimizes the appearance of capillaries and helps the shadow stick.
Avoid commercial “body butters” that contain chemicals, dyes and additives. All natural walnut oil or peanut oil make wonderful all-over body moisturizers. They are very inexpensive and are scent free. If you want scent, you can add the essential oil of your choice. After your bath, slather walnut or peanut oil on lavishly. Wrap up in an old terry-cloth robe and curl up with a good book or a movie while your moisture treatment soaks in.
Gently brush your lips with a soft toothbrush. This will help you remove dead skin cells from your lips and make them soft. You should then apply Vaseline or another type of lip balm to moisturize your lips and keep them soft. You can do this every day or every other day.
If your eye area is shiny or oily, you should prepare the surrounding skin for makeup application beforehand. Using an eyeliner brush, sweep on a thin line of your face powder all around your eye. This will absorb excessive moisture. After this, you can apply your eyeliner or eye shadow without fear of smudging or flaking.
Live in a cold, dry winter climate? Find a winter-specific conditioner for your hair to help lock in moisture and prevent that annoying static cling to everything. Use in place of your regular conditioner as soon as you start to notice dry air and discontinue use in the spring time.
Use wool pads that you have dampened and stored in the fridge to help you refresh your eyes. It has the same effect as what cold cucumbers or tea bags but is a bit easier to do when you are on a tight schedule. You are really going to love the results.
You should always exfoliate thoroughly before using a “fake” tan. There are plenty of benefits to using a synthetic, “tan in a bottle” product. You can maximize these benefits and make the treatment last longer by exfoliating first. This gives the fake tan the ideal surface to latch onto and avoids wasting the product on dead skin you will soon slough off.
You should consider tinting your eyebrows, if you are dealing with a combination of fair hair and fair skin. The eyebrows help to define and emphasize the face. If your skin is pale and your hair is light, you may be losing out on the potential benefits of your eyebrows. Use a subtle tint to improve your eyebrows’ impact.
Open the pores on your face by steaming your face often. It can be done quite easily by filling a bowl with hot water and holding your face over the bowl with a towel over your head. It will open the pores, draw out deep dirt and debris and make your skin glow. Splash your face with cold water directly after to close the pores back up.
You can make your eyes appear noticeably larger and more open, use this trick for applying your eyeshadow. Apply a light-colored (taupe, bone, or ivory) shadow in the innermost corner of your eye, then apply a progressively darker shade as you go further out. The darkest shade should be applied to the outermost corner of the eye.
Finding the right foundation color for your skin can be a trial and error process, which is not necessarily a bad thing. You want to make sure to find the color closest to your natural skin color in order to avoid streaks on your face. Also, stay away from cheaper foundations, they do not work as well.
Everyone wants to be a natural beauty, but these tips will make sure no one knows your look is not effortless. This article shows how simple it is to achieve beauty. By keeping up with many small aspects of your body, like weight, skin, and style, you can look beautiful and put together.