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Take caution with lipstick

28 Oct

Take caution when wearing lipstick or lip gloss during the day. Most lip products contain a reflective ingredient that gives your lips the shine after applying it to your lips. While that shine is what we are trying to achieve with it’s application it is also quite harmful for your lips.

You have heard that applying baby oil to your skin is not a healthy nor wise decision when out in the sun because it can promote sun damage or even skin cancer. Most lipsticks contain a form of baby oil, called mineral oil. It aides the sun in burning the thin, gentle skin on your lips increasing the cell breakdown and depletion of collagen. Collagen is what gives your lips their fullness. Without it we start to show signs of age with fine wrinkles around our lips. Most people don’t realize that wearing lipstick in the sun can cause premature aging. Next time you shop for lip products, be sure they contain an SPF of at least 30. There are some great products that are inexpensive out there. Maybelline and Cover Girl make one but the SPF is 15. Burts Bees has one with an SPF of 30. Color choices may be limited, but I’d rather be safe then sorry.

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Lipstick Tips

9 Aug

resize_lipstick04 Here are a few lipstick tips I have picked up in the past that are quite good and interesting. Lipstick can be seen in just about every woman’s makeup bag, it’s good to know a few tricks to about it.

  • Dual purposes – lipstick can act as a blush or as an eyeshadow.
  • Get creamier as you age – as a woman ages so should her lipstick, stay away from glossy and matte lipsticks. Stick with creamy lipsticks.
  • Lip Liner first – apply lip liner as a base to the lips before putting on lipstick to make it last longer
  • Store lipstick in refrigerator – there’s a reason they make climate controlled make up storage areas. Lipstick lasts longer if it is kept refrigerated.
  • Avoid lipstick on teeth – once you have your lipstick completely finished, run a finger through the middle of your lips and pull it back out to remove excess lipstick.
  • Lipstick can be layered – if the color you bought isn’t the color you thought it would be once you put it on, you can layer it with other colors to get something new.
  • Mixing colors – colors can easily be mixed to create new colors. Don’t be stuck with a color and think you can’t change it. Experiment with your colors.

These are a few tips to give you some more options with your lipstick. After all, everyone woman loves lipstick, wear it well!!

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Yves Saint Laurent Lip Twins

9 Aug

If you’re like me who loves lipstick and likes to experiment with it, then you’ll surely enjoy lipstick twists like Yves Saint Laurent’s Lip Twins. Each tube of the Lip Twins offers two textures: the actual satiny lipstick and a shiny gloss. You can choose from 12 color combinations and mix colors or textures to get the shade and look you want.

Lip Twins is rich in color, glides easily, and contains anti-oxidants that both moisturize and nourish the lips. The formula also contains SPF 8 for sun protection. But what I really love about this product is that it comes in a gorgeous jewel-like tube, making it look almost like a perfume. Definitely a winning product from YSL.

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L’Oréal Paris Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour Compact

7 Aug

L’Oreal Paris has come up with a new lip product that is said to have a breakthrough formula and a revolutionary three-in-one packaging. By three-in-one that means there is a vibrant lip color, moisturizing balm, and built-in mirror in one package. It’s no other than L’Oreal’s Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour Compact.

The lip color alone would have been fabulous as it offers 16 hours of gorgeous color that won’t dry out. But the compact also features a moisturizing balm with Vitamin E and Marine Collagen that makes sure your lips are nourished all those 16 hours. Add the patented precision applicator and stylish mirror and you’ve got one great package!

You can choose among not 3 nor 10 but 24 beautiful shades of glorious lip color. What are you waiting for?

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Applying Lip Gloss

4 Aug

lipglossLip gloss is very popular right now. You can find them in almost any store you go in. Glosses can be worn alone or paired with other products. You can never have enough lip gloss. Check out these ways to use your lip gloss.

  • Over lipstick – add a little gloss to your lipstick by applying your lip gloss over your lipstick. It can make your lips feel more moisturized and give them a great shine.
  • Application – when putting on lip gloss, a little goes a long way. A few dabs to the middle of the lips can then be smoothed over using your lips or finger. Don’t out on too much because you will just be wasting it.
  • Add some concealer to lips before gloss to give lips an added flawless smooth look.
  • Make lips light pink and soft line the lips with a pink lip pencil and use pink colored gloss.
  • Light and Medium skin toned – use pale and natural shades for lining lips with a clear lip gloss
  • Darker skin toned – use brown shades with lighter lip glosses

Glosses are a great item to keep on hand at all times. There are so many different types and features to the glosses out now, you should experiment with various colors and textures to find the glosses that work best for you.

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Summer Makeup Tips

1 Aug

Since it’s still summer in many parts of the world, here are some more tips you can use to prettify yourself for summer. After all, we can never get enough helpful makeup tips, can’t we? Hope these few pointers enhance your gorgeous features even more!

Cheeks. Due to the warmer rays of the sun, our cheeks are often more glowing during summer . Thus, it’s time to enhance that part and make it even more fabulous by bringing out those blushes and bronzers and putting them to good use. If you’re on the fair side, pink shimmers do wonders to your cheekbones by making them pop. If you’re on the tanned side, you can try a brown-toned bronzer with gold specks for extra fab points. Remember to apply your cheek stain and blusher on bare skin and not on top of powder.

Lipstick. Summer means color, thus the limit to lipstick hue is endless. This is the time to experiment with brighter and more out-there shades of lipstick or lip gloss. Don’t fret about being too loud nor go the usual safe route. It’s the season to be out there and have fun!

Facial Sheets. The humidity of summer entails sweating a lot, so make sure you’ve got handy facial sheets to blot out all the oil before retouching. Blotting occasionally with facial sheets allows your makeup to stay as clean and neat as can be.

Do share your own summer makeup tips!

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Pucker Up

28 Apr

luscious lipsNo makeup look is complete without lip color. Lipstick, lip gloss, or even just a slick of lip liner will balance heavy eye looks and give focus to the face when you are using more neutral eye shades. However, while most of us take time on our eyes and use the right tools for our base, our lip color is often just dashed on with the stub of a lipstick. Also despite the fact that they are one of the part’s of the body with the thinnest skin and the least natural moisture, we rarely include lips as part of a skin care regime. The result is that many of us end up with chapped or dry lips, spend hours reapplying color because our lip shades won’t stay put and never really make the most of one of the focal points of our face. Well, that does not have to be the case anymore. Creating a perfect pucker is very simple.

Lipstick tips

 

  • Orange lip color highlights yellow teeth, while bluey reds make them look whiter.
  • Light shades, in particular shimmery shades make lips look bigger and fuller.
  • Dark shades or very matte colors make lips look smaller.
  • Tan skinned people should choose a color slightly darker then you would if you were not tanned so you do not look washed out.
  • Sheer lipstick and lip stains are great as a baby step to darker colors.
Lipstick types
  • Matte – creates an intense, solid color, but as it has little shine it will also contain few moisturizing benefits.  Always apply lip balm before you use it.
  • Satin – more colored and less sticky than gloss.  Offers a shiny finish.  More moisturizing than matte lipstick, but will need more frequent application.
  • Lip Pencils – Softer and thicker than liners, perfect for creating definition.  They have a tendency to dry lips, so its best to stick to neutral or shimmery shades, dark shades show more flaking.
  • Lip Stain – Normally liquid, it offers sheer but long lasting coverage.  Do not use liner with it, just apply it straight to the lips.
  • Lip Sealant – Good for setting very bright, matte colors.  Contains a ton of chemicals so beware of dangerous ingredients that slip through the FDA.  DO NOT USE IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE SKIN.

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Luscious Lips

9 Apr

Did you know that luscious lips can be obtained by applying a sheer layer of a tinted moisturizer over the lips followed by a dusting of loose or pressed powder? Well they do. After you do this first step, choose a lip-colored liner that will match with your lip hue because it will give the gloss something to stick too. Finally, coat your lips twice with either a lip gloss, such as FYI true color, or your favorite lipstick. Lip color will last you a whole lot longer with this approach.

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How to save your lipstick

12 Mar

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Have you ever broken or left your lipstick in the car, and it melted so you just threw it away because it was unusable? Well you no longer have to get rid of your lipsticks. Lipsticks can be expensive so anyway you can save them, you should.

If it melts from being in the car, don’t take the top off, just turn it upright and put it in the refrigerator for about an hour. This will reset the lipstick so you can still use it. It may not be as pretty but it still does the job.

When the lipstick stick breaks you can easily attach it back to the base, if it hasn’t completely fallen out of the tube. Heat the bottom of the lipstick with a blow dryer on low and press the lipstick back into the base of the tube. The heat should attach the lipstick to the lipstick container.

Another smart and easy trick, if you’ve used all the lipstick out of the top or broken the top of the lipstick, you can simply melt it down. You can put the lipstick in the microwave for a few seconds, just until it melts, and then pour it into a palette. It can be poured into any container you choose, like a lip gloss pot, contact lens case, or a pill case. Now you can use your lipstick with a brush. This is a neat way of getting more use out of your lipstick.

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Steps for a perfect pucker

22 Feb

lipstick lipsLip gloss and lip stick were probably the first make up notion for every woman. I’m sure most of you remember when you were a kid and used to wear mom’s dresses and shoes and a huge amount of lip gloss or lip stick to play house. This was probably one of the happiest memories from my childhood. Even though applying lip gloss or lip stick was probably the first make up technique you mastered, there are still many women struggling to find the right way to apply make up that lasts all day, or to make their lips look fuller or glossier. As a continuation of my post about how to apply foundation, I’m going to explain in a very few steps how to choose the right lip gloss color and how to properly apply it to obtain the look you are looking for:

  1. Choose the right lip stick and lip gloss for you. You need to find out the right color according to your skin color, then choose the right kind of lip stick, lip gloss, brand. People with light skin tones look better with light, glossy colors, while mixed skin color people should use muted colors (bland pinks and some browns). Dark skinned people look better with darker tones, gold browns and nude pinks. To choose the right color for your skin color you can get a bunch of colors and then just play with them. Worse case scenario, if you still have trouble go to the the make up counter at your favorite store and ask for advice, try different colors before deciding which one to buy.
  2. Decide if you want to use a lip liner or not with your lip stick or lip gloss. Lip liner is very useful to create some sort of outcline for the lipstick and create the illusion of plumper lips for those with thin ones, or if well applied can give the illusion of thinner lips if desired. Your lip liner should match your lip stick so I’d advise you to buy a matching lip liner for each lipstick color. Some people think the lip liner should be slightly darker than the lipstick, while some other people think it should be neutral or never darker than the lip stick. The truth is that there’s not a definite answer for that, you should first try each option and find which one looks better on you.
  3. Once you have choosen the right lip stick, lip gloss and lip liner, you should prepare your lips for applying the make up. Your lips should be clean and healthy so you can apply make up and make them look beautiful. Remove all dead flakes first. If you have chapped lips you can exfoliate them with a paste of sugar and water, you should very gently scrub your lips and then use a tissue folded and dipped in water and a lip moisturizer to rub your lips. You can try using Lip Moisturizer. You must squeeze the tissue for as long as you can, and then use a clean tissue to take off all the moisturizer and you are ready to start applying your lip make up. Another way to keep the lipstick or gloss on longer is to apply some foundation for your skin on your lips first. This tends to add a great base to hold your lipstick in place and last longer.
  4. Your lips and your lip make up is ready, so what’s next? Lip liner. You should first start by filling in your lips with a lip liner, you should start from the edges to the center. For a “plumper” lips effect you can color a little outside the edge of your lips and you’ll notice the difference.
  5. Now it’s time to start applying your lip stick. Some experts advise to always use a lip brush instead of applying directly from the tube, but that’s completely up to you. If you decide to use the lip brush you should load it with your lip stick and apply color richly on the lip tissue right inside the lip line you already defined with your lip liner, and here’s when you’ll realize how important the lip liner is. You apply your lip stick in thin coats, one or two sweeps over your lips and after you can apply more if desired. The best way to apply it is definitely to stretch the lips, start from the center to the corner, make sure to apply it evenly on the corners and always respecting the lip lines.
  6. Once you have applied the desired amount of lip stick, it is time to blot your lips once to remove all excess color and to press the color into the lip tissue. Pay attention to the lip line during the process and make sure you applied enough color to blot and to still keep the right color on your lips.
  7. After you finish, you can choose to apply a second coat. Use your lip stick tube this time and again pay attention to the lip lines.
  8. After this second coat of lip stick you are almost ready, you can apply an small amount of gloss to give a shinier impression, but don’t over do it and avoid the lip lines.
  9. You thought you were ready to go out after the last step? Well, not really, the next step is as important as any of the previous ones. Check on the mirror for any lip color on your teeth, there’s nothing more embarrassing than to arrive on a date and find out that you have some color on your teeth or go for a job interview and be pointed to your teeth. This won’t only leave a bad impression, an embarrassing moment, but also the idea that you are careless, so please make sure there’s no color on your teeth and outside the lip lines.

I hope this very easy tutorial help you get the perfect lips make up. Do you have any other tips I am missing?

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