Jewel & Jewel

Decide the color of blush you want to apply on your cheeks. For this check the color of your cheeks by pinching your cheeks and wait for a second or you can match your lip color.

Put the blush into the brush, taping off any excess or put a dab of gel on your fingers. Apply the blusher with a brush, on the cheek, in the shape of a triangle, tapering towards the temples. Blend it outwards and upwards. No lines of demarcation should be visible. It should not have a harsh effect, but rather lend the face a warm, soft glow.

Apply blush brush on apple of your cheeks and gently brush up your cheekbone towards your hairline. Dot cream blush beginning at the apple and blend up the cheekbone towards the hairline.

For a natural look, blend it well down your cheeks.

How to Apply Blush - Tips

Tip 1: Its best to apply blush knowing the shape of the face.

• For a long, narrow face: Apply the color lesser than the lower edge of the cheekbone and keep the angle horizontal for such a face to create the width of the face.
• For round, square face: Apply color in the middle of the face. Don’t get close on the nose.
• For skin look clearer: Apply blusher to the apple of your cheeks. Blend it back but don’t go further than the corner of the eye.

Tip 2: Dusky pink blush warms up any tired looking skin.

Tip 3: Wash brushes regularly with a makeup remover or non- soap cleanser.

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Prime Time The most important part of any eye make-up routine is to get the base right. Neutralise any redness (especially near the lashes) with a skin-coloured base. Around the eye, foundation tends to slip so choose a specialist primer containing a bit of silicone, which will ‘hold’ any products you apply on top

Take Cover If you suffer from dark circles, counteract the blue under your eyes with a pink-toned base first, then lift any greyness with a dab of yellow-toned, skin-coloured concealer. Your fingers are the best tools for this - pat it on gently, taking care not to drag

Get in Line The most common mistake people make with eyeliner is to draw a thick black line across the lid, rather than working the pigment into the lash roots. Warm the pencil on the back of your hand first. When lining the upper lid, look upwards, and apply from underneath the lashes to get a subtle blended line. If your eyes are small or deep-set, line the lower lashes, too, applying a dark shadow with a blunt brush for a softer effect

Choose Your Palette Black looks striking on everyone, but complement cool blue eyes by choosing warm-toned shadows; deeper purples and blues work just as well as golds and coppers, provided they have a warm undertone. Green or hazel eyes look fabulous with soft plums, browns and forest greens, while brown eyes can get away with pretty much anything

Shade It In For a natural daytime look, sweep a neutral highlighter over the lid, up towards the brow. Next, apply your colour of choice to the lid, keeping the intensity around the lashes. Blend upwards, fading the colour out towards the socket line. Widen close-set eyes by blending a slightly darker shade into the outer corner of the lid

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There are a lot of skin problems such as pigmentations, skin irregularities, roughness of skin etc. and can cause pretty serious cosmetic concerns among women and these concerns can be addressed through makeup, which can camouflage these problems and makes the skin look more healthy and natural.

Add Life To Dull Skin:

You can apply color from a tinted powder or bronzer and can apply that gently over the skin of your cheeks, nose, and on the forehead, as well as your chin and this will add a new look to your face.

How To Prevent Applying A Heavy Makeup

It must be noted that when you are applying a concealing makeup, you must keep your hand lighter. It is always better to apply two light coats than applying a one heavy layer of makeup. The places that you need to take care of are the sides of the nose, the sides of the eyes and the inner portion of the eyes connecting with the nose, jaw line, hairline, and just apply the makeup as smoothly as you can.

How To Cover Pigment Marks

Generally the makeup is applied with a finger on the face. There is a difference with use of finger and the cosmetic sponge. With the finger, the dabs are generally harder, whereas with the cosmetic sponge, the dabs are much much lighter and you can spread the amount of cosmetic that you want. You can use makeup brush to reach the areas where it is difficult to spread the makeup with the finger or with the cosmetic sponge such as sides of nose, inner side of the eyes etc. You can dab the area with either the finger or the cosmetic sponge, the way you would like the best the area that is darker and do not try to rub the area, as the makeup that you have applied will be pulled off.

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Apart from your eyes, your lips are the most striking feature of your face. So here are some tips for you to get your lips a perfect shape.

For Thick Lips:

Do not apply lip liner to thick lips. But if you like to have those looks then soften edge with your finger. For the thick lips spotlight lip gloss right in the center of your lips The thick lips should not wear any lip color that is too glossy or shiny. If you want to make lips appear thicker outline lips just outside natural lip line. And apply pencil lipstick. Line thicker lips along natural lip line. Fill in new lip shape with lip stick.

For Thin Lips:

Choose bright shades of lipstick for thinner lips. Applying very dark shades of lipsticks make the lips look even thinner. With a neutral colored lip pencil draw a lip outline slightly beyond the lip area. And apply the lipstick. Apply a little white shadow on center of the lips over lipstick and then spread slightly. If one of your lip is thinner and you want to make lips look equal, outline thinner lip just outside natural lip line.

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Eyes have been called the windows of the soul because of how much they communicate. Eyes give your face energy and individuality. They do not have to be a certain size or shape to be considered pretty - all eyes have their own unique beauty. When makeup is applied to look natural it will bring out the eye’s true color and enhance the eye’s beauty. When you feel good about your makeup you will be more confident and will have one less thing to worry about.

A subtle application of eyeliner, shadows and mascara work together to create magic and make your eyes look their best.

Eye Shadow

Eye shadow is meant to highlight and define the eyes. Eye shadow is used to create depth to bring out the beauty of the eyes. A dark color used on the lid will make the eye appear smaller, while a lighter color will make it appear larger. That is what eye shadow is about creating illusions. These are the basic techniques for the following eye shapes:

Small eyes: Don’t use too much shadow or liner – it will make you eyes look smaller. Apply a light color on eyelid, use a darker color in the crease and use a highlighter under the brow.

Large eyes: Wear darker shadow on the lid and extend it to the crease. Use a flat color under the brow to highlight.

Deep-set eyes: Use light colors on the eyelid and under the brow. Use a medium color in the crease. Emphasize the outer corners with shadow.

Wide-set eyes: Use darker colors on the inner corners of the eye.

Hooded eyes: Apply light colors on the lid. Use darker colors from the center of the eyelid to the outer corners and blend.

Round eyes: Make round eyes longer by using color all around and extending toward the outer corners.

Asian eyes: Apply highlighter under the brow. Use light shadow on the inner half of the lid and a darker color on the outer half.

1. Light colors cause the eyes to open, dark colors will cause the eyes to recede

2. If you have very light skin avoid dark shades

3. Be careful with shimmer – they will bring attention to imperfections and wrinkles.

4. The eye area is the first to show age don’t tug on the skin.

Eyeliners:

Eyeliners are meant to define the eyes so they should do just that, not be the focal point of your makeup. Eyeliners come in various colors and forms liquid, pencil etc. Keep the eyeliner natural. Pencils are available in many colors (for the best look stick to black or brown) and can be sharpened for a fine line. For a smudged effect use a sponge tip shadow applicator or an eye shadow brush. When your pencils are too soft refrigerate them. When they are too hard soften them by holding them between your fingers.

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Nodoubt Concealer is one of the most important products in any woman’s beauty arsenal. In fact, many beauty editors use concealer primarily and skip the foundation completely.

Steps For Applying Concealer:

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EYESHADOW should always glide on smoothly, and can be used to subtly change or enhance the shape of the eyes, to add simple definition or to make a strong impact, depending on your choice of colour. When applying eyeshadow sweep the lightest shade across the entire area from lash line to brow. This serves as a base to the other eye shadow colors much like a foundation for the rest of the face. A medium color can be applied on the lower part of the lid. The darkest shade can be skillfully used to create depth.

How to Apply Eyeshadow

Make-up artists recommend that, when you are wearing eyeshadow, you should pile on extra loose powder  under the eyes to catch any stray particles of eyeshadow. After shading the eyes, this can be removed by dusting off with a large make-up brush. After application, if you feel your choice of eyeshadow is too intense, tone the colour down by dusting with face powder or gently wipe a foundation sponge over the eyelid to make the overall effect more subtle. To ensure that your eyeshadow is long-lasting and crease-proof, make-up artists advise application with a damp make-up brush. As the eyeshadow is blended into the skin, it will dry. Also, because the product will cling to the wet brush, stray particles of powder will not collect on the cheeks.

1. Apply a light color over your entire eye lid from lash line to brow. Use a large flat eye shadow brush. Always use good quality brushes.

2. The second step is to apply a medium shadow color on your lower lid from lash line to the crease of your eye. Use a fluff brush.

3.The third step is to use your darkest color as a liner and apply along your lash line. To insure shadow will not flake, dampen your eyeliner brush before applying shadow. This will make it last longer.

Types of eye shadows

• Dark - This is applied only to the eyelids from the lashline to the crease in the eyelid.
• Medium - This is applied from just below the eyelid crease to the browbone.
• Highlight - This is the lightest of the three and is applied to the browbone and extends a little past the outer end of the eyebrow. This usually gives a pearly finish.

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Eyeliner can make even the smallest eyes appear larger. Applying it correctly is key, you don’t want the line to be too dark, harsh and obvious or you risk looking overdone. Here we share our favorite tried-but-true eyeliner tips.

The Basic, “I’m Off to Work or the Weekend,” Eye

This is the perfect work or weekend look for women who want their eyes to “pop” without giving off the appearance of a woman who’s really, really into makeup, so into makeup she has this site bookmarked in her Web favorites.

The key to the basic eye is to apply with a light hand. Unless you are Catherine Zeta-Jones or Beyonce and have been blessed with sultry dark looks, opt for a lighter shade than kohl or black. The basic eye is all about appearing natural. Leave the black for the looks below.

This look calls for liquid or pencil eyeliner, a deep-hued eyeshadow and an eyeliner brush.

Step 1: Holding the skin of your upper lid taut, apply eyeliner from the outside corner of the eye, stopping two-thirds of the way along the eyelid. Apply with short strokes, drawing the line into the lash line rather than above it. For a more dramatic look, make the outside line a bit thicker than the inside.

Step 2: Set liner with a deep eyeshadow. Dip eyeshadow brush into the shadow, then apply shadow over the eyeliner. This will set the eyeliner, which tends to rub off on eyelid.

Step 3: Apply eyeshadow to lower lashes. Using your eyeshadow brush, apply the deep-hued eyeshadow along the bottom lashes, from the outside in. Unless you have wide-set eyes, don’t line the entire lower lid. Instead, stop halfway across. For a more natural look, don’t dip the brush into the shadow again, instead, use the excess that’s still on the brush for the lower lashes.

Step 4:Clean up any mistakes with a cotton swab.

Extra tips: To make eyes appear wider, trace the inner rims of eyes with a white pencil.

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