quirky beauty hacks to make getting
ready easier.
1. Turn a pencil eyeliner into a gel formula
with the help of a match or lighter.
Hold your black, green, burgundy, etc., kohl
eye pencil (which typically creates a thin,
harder to apply line), under the flame for
literally one second, let it cool for 15 seconds,
and then watch the consistency change right
before your eyes. Finally, glide on your newly
made gel liner for an instantly smudgier
formula.
2. Cover your eyelid with white liner to make
any eyeshadow shade pop.
To make a sheer or less pigmented
eyeshadow appear more colorful on your
eyelid, take a white eyeliner pencil, like Make
Up For Ever Kohl Eye Pencil in White, and run
it over your entire eyelid. The opaque
consistency of the liner will intensify any
eyeshadow shade and make it pop instantly
against your skin. (Tip via makeup artist
Lauren Cosenza, founder of Divalicious Blog.)
3. Draw your cat eye first, and then fill in the
open space for a perfect winged liner
application every single time.
It's much easier this way.

4. Use a spoon to create the perfect winged
liner.
Holding the stem of a spoon against the outer
corner of your eye, draw the straight line as
the first step for your cat eye. Then, flip the
spoon so it's hugging your eyelid, and use the
rounded outer edge to create a perfectly
curved winged effect.

5. Draw a slanted hashtag at the outer corner
of your eye, and then blend it for an instantly
smoky effect.
Left: Before; Right: After
To create a super-easy smoky eye, draw a
hashtag symbol right before the outer corner
of your eye and then blend it out with the
smudger at the other end of your eye liner.

6. Use that same spoon to avoid mascara
marks on your upper eye lid.
Hold the spoon so it's hugging your eyelid,
and then apply your mascara like you
normally would. As you sweep the mascara
wand against your lashes and back of the
spoon, watch as the residue coats the back of
the utensil rather than your skin.
7. Hit your eyelash curler with a hair dryer to
heat it up, so your lashes curl easier.
Blowing hot air on your eyelash curler will
help your lashes curl easier and stay curled
longer; it works the same way heat changes
the pattern of your hair and holds a curl with
a curling iron. To do it, hit the lash curler with
your blow dryer until it heats up, wait until it
cools slightly but it still warm (you don't want
to be sure not to burn your eyelid skin), and
then clamp down on your lashes to curl them.
8. Dust on translucent powder in between
coating on mascara to plump up your lashes.
The translucent powder helps grip the
mascara in between coats, leaving you with
fuller lashes.
9. Apply eyelash glue to false lashes with the
tip of a clean bobby pin.
Use the tip of a bobby pin to evenly disperse
the glue along the base of your falsies. Then,
wait a few seconds for the glue to get tacky
and apply!
10. For long-lasting lip color, swipe on your
shade, lay a tissue over your mouth, and then
dust translucent powder over it to set the
color.
This process may seem extensive, but the
payoff is worth it. Not only does the
translucent powder set the shade, making it
instantly long-wearing, but the tissue acts as
a shield to your lip color, protecting it from
lightening or losing it's vibrancy. (Translucent
powder, even though it's supposed to be
clear, still has a subtle white tint to it that can
alter your lip shade.) (Tip via makeup artist
Lauren Cosenza.)
11. Mix loose pigments with a salve or
petroleum jelly to make your own custom lip
gloss.
If you have loose eyeshadow pigments that
you're obsessed with and want to wear it as a
lip shade, blend it with a little bit of a salve,
like VMV Hypoallergenics Boo-Boo Balm, or
petroleum jelly in a spoon and swipe it onto
your lips. Voilà!
12. Perfect your cupid's bow by drawing an
"X" on your upper lip first as a guideline.
To make the cupid's bow part of your pout
look perfect, the easiest and quickest way is
to take a lip liner in the same shade as your
lipstick and create an "X" at your cupid's
bow. Then, apply your lipstick as you
normally would and voila!
13. Conceal dark circles and puffy eyes the
right way by creating a triangle with your
cover-up.
You might be a fan of dotting on your
concealer in the spots you need it, but the
best way is it to actually apply it in a
triangular formation with the base of the
triangle directly under your lashline and the
point toward the bottom of your cheek. This
shape helps conceal any redness at the
bottom of your eye and at the sides, and then
instantly creates the illusion that your face is
lifted, since the brightest point is the most
intense under your eye.
14. Make contouring look more natural by
using a pencil, pen, or makeup brush handle
as your guide to finding exactly where your
cheekbone is.
Not everyone's face is created equal, so
where your BFF might be applying her bronzer
might not be the best place for you to
contour. To tell where you should be dusting
on bronzer, roll a pencil, pen, or makeup
brush
stem right below your cheekbone (directly in
the pocket underneath the actual bone) to find
the right angle for your face. Once you've
found the correct placement, dust some
bronzer on your face using a contouring
brush, and then diffuse the color so it looks
natural. (Tip via makeup artist Lauren
Cosenza.)
15. Map the contours of your face with a gel
eyebrow pencil, since it's easier to apply
precisely and blend in.
After you've applied your base, mark the
areas you want to contour — the hollows
under your cheekbones, your temples, along
your hairline, jawline, the sides of your nose,
the tip of the nose, and the crease of your
eyes — with a deeply-colored brow gel pencil,
like IT Cosmetics Brow Power Perfector Gel
Pencil in Auburn. Brow gel pencils are really
concentrated, yet very smudgeable and it's
easy to control the placement of their dark
pigment, making it perfect for contouring.
Next, use an all-over cream highlighter, like
Mac Cosmetics Cream Colour Base in Luna,
on the tops of your cheekbones, on the center
of your forehead, the bridge of your nose, the
center of your chin, and on your cupids bow.
(Tip via makeup artist Lauren Cosenza.)
16. Blot your face in a pinch with a clean
toilet seat cover.
Initially, yes, this sounds gross, but both
blotting papers and toilet seat covers are
made out of similar fabrics and will help sop
up excess oil on your skin. So, if you're in a
pinch and headed to the bathroom to freshen
up anyway, grab one of these covers and pat
it over your skin to decrease any excess oil on
your face.
Via Cosmo.com
http://www.kulzone.tk/2014/05/16-makeup-tricks-every-woman-should-know.html?m=1

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