In your Teens and early Twenties your skin is at its best; it’s glowing, full of collagen and elasticity, is wrinkle-free and mostly blemish free (no pigmentation marks, minimal to no scars, etc.), so make the best of your gorgeous skin and show it off. Keep your make-up minimal and natural looking. This means less…
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Filling in your eyebrows
If, like most women, you were born with sparse brows or you simply went on a tweezing spree that left them a little thin, don’t worry, fix them by simply filling in your eyebrows. All it takes is eye shadow and an angled brush (or clean mascara brush. If you don’t have one, save one…
How to use highlighter
When you’re using a highlighter, there’s a very fine line between looking utterly radiant and looking very shiny and light reflective. When purchasing a highlighter, you’ll need to do your homework first and look for brands and products that have been tried and tested. If you’re using a powder highlighter, ideally, what you need to…
5 Ways to use Lip Liner
Lip liners define the lips and help prevent lipstick from “bleeding” into cracks and fine lines, while helping your lipstick last longer. Lip liners can be used to outline the lips before applying lipstick. Alternatively, you can create a “stain” under your lipstick or lip gloss by lining your lips and then coloring the lips…
Clumpy Mascara: How to be clump free
Mascara has the ability to emphasise your eyes – even with little or no other make-up – but clumpy mascara can immediately ruin the look you’re creating, unless of course you’re aiming for a “spider legs,” 1960’s, Twiggy look. Clumpy mascara is something that many battle with. I find that the trick to getting the…
What is a BB Cream?
BB Cream, Beauty Balm or Blemish Balm, whichever you choose to call it, I feel it should be a must in any busy woman’s make-up bag. Depending on the type of BB Cream you have (they differ from brand to brand), coverage will range from very light to medium. The difference between a BB Cream…
Has your make-up expired?
Using expired make-up or cosmetics could mean that you’re exposing yourself to potential skin infections or allergic reactions. Certain ingredients go off or become rancid over time, while other products become infected with bacteria due to frequent use (like mascara, for example). Many women are guilty of using expired make-up and cosmetic products on their…
Gel vs Liquid Eyeliner
Continuing on on from last month’s article on pencil eyeliner, I thought I’d continue with the eyeliner theme and do a comparison between gel and liquid eyeliner. Gel eyeliner is a creamy product that comes packaged in a small pot, and once applied, looks just like liquid eyeliner. Liquid eyeliner is liquid, hence the name,…
5 Ways to use Pencil Eyeliner
Pencil Eyeliners have been around for years, they’re cheap and are easier to apply than liquid or gel eyeliners, but if you find your pencil eyeliner isn’t going on smoothly it may be because its cold and waxy and just needs to be warmed up a little. The easiest way to do this is to…
A-Z of Beauty Terminology
How up-to-date is your beauty terminology? Do you know what a cut crease is? What is microdermabrasion? How about strobing or baking? Continue reading to find out what each of these terms mean. BAKINGA fairly recent term in the beauty terminology world. Forget about making cakes or cookies, in beauty terms, this refers setting your…
Should you save or splurge on make-up?
Save or splurge? Do you really need that new product that’s being advertised on TV? Is it really worth the hype? What products should you be saving your money on, and when should you be spending more? I’m sure we’ve all made that one rash beauty purchase at some stage and bought a well-hyped up…
12 Beauty Myths Busted
Myth: a widely held but false belief or idea. Beauty myths, we’ve all heard them, sometimes we believe them, but what is true and what’s not? We’ve taken 12 common beauty myths and busted them. Myth 1: Chocolate causes spots and acneHow many times did I hear this as a pre-teen and teenager? More times…
