I’m
sure that I’m not the only girl out there that has things that I like
about my face and things that I like to improve with the makeup I use.
This got me thinking about what other women
do and if they have any tips or tricks that I don’t know about. I
decided to combine all of the best tips the ladies gave me for
great looking makeup and put them into this post so that hopefully anyone starting out with makeup will find it useful.
Conceal
While
most of us use concealer, a lot of people aren’t aware of the different
types of concealer that are out there. If you find that regular
concealers aren’t giving you enough coverage look
into coloured ones. Green concealer for example works on covering
redness because the green cancels out the red. You can experiment with
different coloured concealers on different areas of your face to give
you a nice even complexion.
Contouring
One
of the best tricks around - highlighting can literally change the way
your face shape appears. If you have a round face you can give yourself
cheek bones and angles, and if you do have
an angular face you can make it appear much softer. Contouring uses
highlights and shading in order to make your face look a certain way or
just enhance the features that you like. If you want to make an area
more prominent such as the top of your cheek bone
or brown bone use a light colour to highlight it. Dark colours will
make it look less, so if you apply shading to the area just below your
cheek bones this will make it look as though you have a slimmer face
with great bone structure.
Eyelashes
With
your eyelashes you can of course fake it if you want to, but for day to
day I prefer mascara. Black mascara will accentuate the whites of your
eyes and make them appear bigger and more
open so it is great for anyone with almond shaped eyes. Use an eyelash
curler beforehand so that the eyelashes are already curled before the
application. Do one coat of mascara and the most important thing is to
let it dry before you apply a second coat, this
way you will avoid clumps.
Eyebrows
Your
eyebrows are a really important part of your face and not one that you
should neglect. If they need shaping or tidying up you can do this
either by tweezing yourself or getting a professional
to do it, but remember to stick to the natural shape of your brow. If
you go and try to give yourself a different brow shape you are going to
come up against some hurdles. The best thing that you can do it keep
them as close to natural as possible and if you
have any gaps fill it in with a light motion using a powder or eyebrow
pencil. A tip I found useful was to not get a brow pencil that is too
dark for you. It can be very tempting to get a dark colour but it can
look very unnatural, so try and choose a good
match and have a light hand. A good structured eyebrow frames your face
and instantly makes you look “done” even if you’re not wearing any
makeup.
Lips
The
way that you choose to apply lipstick or lip-gloss can completely
change the way that your lips look. Depending on whether you want to
accentuate your lips or play them down depends on
how you should approach this. You can first apply foundation to your
lips in order to remove any natural pigment and this will also mean that
any lipstick colour you apply will be more true. You can also line your
lips to define them more and experiment with
matte and gloss colours to find the ones that suit you best. Light
colours will reflect the light so if you are looking to make your lips
look fuller try a nude colour. The opposite can be said for dark colours
so if you’d like them to seem smaller this is
something you can try. Also if you don’t have that perfect pout you can
put a little bit of lip-gloss on your cupids bow and the middle of your
bottom lip; this will make it appear like you have full pouty lips.
This post was written by Ashleigh Sheard on behalf of House of Fraser. I hope you all enjoyed reading Ashleigh's post and I'd love to know your favourite makeup tips for making the most of your features?
Beauty Bird xx