If you are like me you dread putting on a full face of makeup to go out at night. Upon visiting the restroom after about an hour at the bar you find your eye shadow has creases, and there are lash marks below your eyes….and that foundation, well it is long gone! These are a few tricks that I use rely on to keep my face from looking like the Wicked Witch of the West. What techniques do you use to keep your face from moving?
Foundation
♥ To keep your liquid foundation looking fresh for longer, rub your face with a small amount of waterproof or sweatproof sunscreen. Let the sunscreen dry, and then put your foundation on. Follow the application of your foundation with powder.
Lips
♥ If you have lines around your lips, use a lip liner to keep the lipstick from bleeding.
♥ Before applying lipstick, make sure to exfoliate your lips with a gentle facial scrub.
♥ To keep lipstick off your teeth stick your finger in your mouth after applying lipstick, pucker your lips, and pull your finger out. Any lipstick that would have later been on your teeth will come off on your finger.
♥ Try to avoid eating oily or greasy foods, this breaks down your lipstick further.
♥ When drinking from a glass, there are two tricks. One is to lick the glass where you are about to drink, so that your lips never touch a dry glass. The second is to fold down your bottom lip , so the inside of your lip touches the glass, rather than where your lipstick is. When eating try not to touch your fork or spoon with your lips. This may take a bit of practice to make look natural, but using your teeth and tongue to get the food will help your lipstick stay longer.
♥ Line lips with a lip liner to keep glosses on longer.
Eyes
♥ If your mascara starts to get clumpy throughout the day, use a toothpick to separate the clumps.
♥ To get your eyeliner to stay on longer apply a light amount of foundation. Line your eyes with a waterproof eyeliner, and then coat with a translucent powder.
♥ After applying eyeliner spray with a fine spritz of hairspray. This helps it stay on longer, but if you are pretty active, it will probably still move around a bit.
♥ Use powder eye shadows it stay put much longer than it’s cream based counterpart.
♥ There are many products out on the market that you put on before you apply eye shadow and liner, and it helps it stay put all throughout the day. Most cosmetic lines have one, f.y…eye! by Benefit and Primer Potion by Urban Decay are two.
1. f.y….eye! by Benefit 2. Primer Potion by Urban Decay
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blaze danielle says:
Wow! Great tips! I have never heard some of those before! Very smart! Thank you for sharing!
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 pm