In today’s era where all of us are busy working, socializing and doing regular things, the pressure on women to look good is more, and while beautifying yourselves there will always be room for mistakes that can drive one crazy. I remember I still share the room of mistakes when it comes to doing makeup in a hurry and hence with trial and error thought of a couple of hacks to help rectify it. Also a little bit of online research helped. In days of a woman’s life where you get stuck doing your makeup, blunders can happen. Whether you applied your mascara in a hurry and got it all over your eye lids or you applied way too much concealer, here are some beauty hacks to help you make your life simple.
11 Beauty Hacks To Consider:
- Dry and Flaky lips?
We all go through this, don’t we? A simple solution to that would be, instead of using a lip scrub go in with a towel, I feel that it helps more to get rid of those flakes or dead skin cells out of the way. The other option is, after brushing your teeth, use the brush on your lips to exfoliate. Either ways you get smooth and soft lips with the above hack.
- Which Way To Apply The Concealer?
When you watch a lot of YouTube makeup videos, most of the influencers apply the concealer like a filled triangle form, however I find that a little heavy as your under eyes tend to look cakey and less natural.
When I attended the makeup class I was thought to do the triangle method but with one difference and that is not to fill the center of the triangle but focus on drawing with the concealer starting from the inner corner of the eye to the triangle point like a V and then end it towards the outer corner of the eye leaving the center portion of the triangle empty. This helps to blend the concealer more better and with using less product. You can use the product left on the sponge or brush to finish of the center portion. Always remember the inner and outer corners of the eyes are where you need to focus. Less is more people! when it comes to makeup unless you are doing a stage performance.
- Got Mascara on Your Lids?
In the beginning when I got mascara on my lids I would immediately try to take it of with a bud which actually made it even worse. The hack to remember, always wait till the mascara dries off, and then use a bud or I like using my finger or nail to chip it off. It works!
- Use An Eye Cream On The Lips Instead Of A Lip Balm. Say What?
Yes, you heard it right, use the eye cream as a lip balm. When you don’t want that heavy moisturizing feel or buttery lip balm as it can move the lip product when you apply, go in with an eye cream. Eye creams are already moisturizing in formula and it doesn’t feel glossy or oily on the lips when you apply, thus helping the lipstick to stick on the lips without slipping away.
- Want Fuller Lips?
The answer to that question is a lip liner. Be best friends with it as this is the product that’s going to give you an illusion of fuller lips. Outline using a lip liner in tune with the lip shade which can be similar or darker in spectrum, and shade it inside of your lips to midway and not fully.
- Want Bald Spots Gone?
Is your hair volume on the thin side? Got a few bald spots to deal with, then use an eyeshadow closest to your hair color and fill in those spots using a fluffy brush. This helps to give an illusion of fuller hair. Do not go overboard with the color just light brush strokes on the scalp and blend it evenly.
- Why doesn’t a Smokey Eye Makeup Look Good On You?
I really have felt that on me, do you know why? Reason is people with dark eye color tend to look more dull when doing a black Smokey eye, where as light colored eyes suit better for this look. Especially Asian women have dark eyes, hence what you can do is use a brown eyeshadow to give that Smokey look, it will enhance your eye makeup in a beautiful way.
- Got Baby Hairs On Your Forehead To deal With?
No worries, just use a disposable mascara wand to comb it out or go in with a brow gel (clear gel is recommended) light handedly, this will calm those baby hairs and make them stay in place.
- Want Those Curly Styled Lashes?
I actually found this trick online. Heat your eyelash curler with a blow dryer, wait for it to cool down but don’t wait that long, you need the right amount of heat to curl those lashes. Make sure it’s not too hot and use the curler to clamp on the lashes to give it a lifted look. This will make your curly eyelashes last longer.
- Use Your Phone Flashlight
The phone flashlight helps you to check your makeup in different lightings and you will get an idea of how it looks. Whether the application was heavy or have you blended it right, if the lip shade is looking different and not exactly matching to your outfit etc. White light is the best option while doing your makeup as it exactly reflects the true color of your makeup look. If you do your makeup under warm lighting, the look will show a little warm or yellow, so stick with your phone flashlight to check.
- How To Make Your Perfume Last Longer?
The solution to this is apply a fine layer of Vaseline on the spots where you normally apply your perfume be it on your wrists or behind your ears. This will enable the scent to last longer there. Most women face this issue, of making their perfumes last longer, so do try this hack and see.
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