14 Make-Up Hacks for Women
Make-up is funny thing; it helps a woman feel beautiful and it covers up spots we don’t want to flaunt but it can be complicated and time consuming as well. Not to worry, we’ve prepared some tips and tricks to help speed up your make-up routine in the process.
1) Lipstick on the Teeth: No one wants to walk around with lipstick on their teeth. No problem, just wipe your lips from the inside out. After you are done putting on make-up, simply stick your finger in your mouth and pull it out. Your digit will wipe away any excess and leave your pearly whites clean!
2) Use Mascara as an Eyeliner: If you run out of eyeliner, just run an eyeliner brush over a mascara brush and line your eyes.
3) Apply Your Concealer in a Triangle: If you have dark circles under the eyes, it will be easier for you if you apply it in a triangle shape. Just dot it on under your eyes and blend downward in the triangle shape.
4) Help Your Lipstick Stay Longer: Before you apply your lipstick, make sure to wipe your lips clean of any gunk that may be on them. Dust a little powder foundation or translucent powder over your lips, apply your lipstick and voila!
5) Stick Your Eyelash Curler in Your Bra: Your eyelash curler WILL work better if it is warm so place it in your bra, against your skin while you apply your makeup so that it can warm up.
6) Volumizing Hair: This one is oldie but a goodie. If you apply dry shampoo to your hair before you go to sleep, you will wake up with a volumized and lushious head of hair.
7) French Manicure Touch Up: Say you got that rocking french manicure but after a day or two, you find it not so rocking; no big deal! All you need to do is wrap a rubber band at the bottom of the white line and hold it there. You can easily touch up the spots that aren’t as great without messing up your manicure!
8) The Smokey Look: If you are doing the smokey eye, use one brush for applying and one for blending to prevent a muddy look.
9) Vibrant Nail Colours: When you do your nails, make sure to start with a white base coat before applying your colour coat. This will pump up the colour factor.
10) Fuller 3D Lip Look: Creating a fuller lip is easy, all you need to do is apply your lip colour and then finger stamp frosted eyeshadow colour over it to get those full lips you love.
11) Know Where to Apply Perfume: There is a trick to applying perfume that will make it last longer. It has to do with where you put it. Ideal places are: behind the ear, base of the throat, inside the wrist and elbows, and believe it not behind, the knee.
12) Blemishes: Don’t use that bulky tube of concealer to hide your blemishes. Try rubbing a bit of it on an eyeliner brush for more precision control.
13) Know When to Toss Out Make-Up: If we keep our makeup for long periods of time, it will become unhealthy for your skin and eyes. Here’s a chart indicating when we should throw them away:
14) Broken Make-Up: You need your compact make-up but it’s in little pieces, what do you do? Here’s the solution: Pour a few teaspoons of rubbing alcohol in the compact. Break up the pieces when you stir it around. Stir it around till the liquid and the make-up is meshed. Set it out on a flat surface and leave it overnight. New make-up!
