Fashion Advice, Beauty Tips, Skincare Tutorials

Does your lipstick digs in or gets into wrinkles and fine lines around the lips, and sometimes looks like it’s “breeding”? There are some tricks to hide lines and wrinkles around the lips as following:

Tip 1: Use a lip filler prior to applying lipstick.

A lip filler prevents the lips to have the “bleeding” look and makes the smooth lips.

Chanel’s Lip Correction is one of them. Apply a small amount of the filler with a brush or finger tips.

Tip 2: Avoid matt lipsticks, use satin lipstick instead.

Unfortunately, matt lipsticks tend to get into the wrinkles and lines, whereas satin lipsticks tend to hide them due to the light reflection.
Tip 3: Apply a lip gloss, a similar colour or slightly lighter shade as your lipstick.

Lip gloss will give the lips fuller and smoother look. The light reflection will also hide the wrinkles and lines around the lips.

Tip 4: Always try to moisture your lips with a natura basel lip balm.

Whenever your lips feel dry, or after eating food, apply a lip balm. Dehydration deapens the wrinkles and lines.

Tip 5: Apply an anti-aging lip balm before bed time.

It is important to use an anti-aging lip treatment before you go to bed, as wrinkkles and lines are produced while you are in sleep. My favourite one are the Burt’s Bee Replenishing Lip Balm with Pomegranate Oil and Olay Regenerist Anti Aging Lip Treatment.

Do you have thin lips? Would you like to have sexy, fuller and plumped lips?

Lip plumpers do the job, although I am not big fan of them, as the ones I tried gave tingling sensations on my lips. If you know a good lip plumper, please let me know!

If you want to achieve the fuller looking lips without using lip plumpers, have a go the tips below:

1. Apply a lip balm to moisture the lips.

2. Draw the outer lip line with a natural or nude colour lip liner pencil.

Draw the line just above the outer line of the lips. Be careful for not over doing it.

3. Blend the lipliner towards the centre of the lips with a lip brush.

4. Apply a natural colour lipstick (e.g., pink beige, soft pink, soft peach).

5. Use a clear colour lip gloss to create a volume.

Apply the clear colour lip gloss on the middle of the lips, both top and bottom, and spread toward the corner of the lips.

Now you can pout!!!

Eyelashes that are long, full, thick and have volume are adorable.

Many people want to have maximised eyelashes without clumps.

The following tips will help you to get the look.

1. Curl the eyelashes.

Make sure to clean the eyelash curler before you use. Curl the lashes three times (bottom of the lashes, middle and near the top, respectively).

2. Apply a powder around eyes

This can prevent from having panda eyes. A powder mattifys the skin, and helps to prevent smudging.

3. Bend the mascara wand between 60 to 90 degree.

The mascara application would be a lot easier with a bended wand of your prefered angle. If you push the wand gently and gradually, you can bend it without breaking it.
4. Apply the mascara

Place the mascara wand at the base (near the roots of eyelashes). Move it in a zig-zag motion towards the tips of the lashes. Hold the wond in a vertical way and catch the lashes you’ve missed.

5. Wait for few minutes for mascara to dry

6. Use a lash comb

Comb through lashes from the base to the tips to remove clumps.

7. Do the second coat to add length and volume.

Repeat Tips 4, 5 & 6.

Foundation primers or base work as a film or barrier between the skin and foundation. When the skin gets oily or dry, the foundation seems to dissapear. By having the primer or base, the foundation stays on longer, as the skin cannot absorb it due to dryness nor the skin oil (sebum) remove the foundation.

They also create a smooth texture on the skin, so that the pores would be minimised and wrinkles would be filled and plumped.

Here are my recommendations on foundation primers for different skin types as following:

For Oily Skin - Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Oil Free.

It is a lightweight creamy gel type primer, and specifically created for oily, sensitive and acne-prone skin types. It also has a high water content which hydrates dry area around active blemishes.

For Visible Pores - Clinique Pore Minimizer Instant Perfector

It instantly minimises the visibility of pores and has long lasting matte finish. Anti-shines, resist sweat and humidity.

For Dry or Mature Skin - Laura Mercier Foundation Primer Hydrating

The primer is specifically designed for dehydrated and/or mature skin. It nourishes the skin with a moisture rich vitamin formura, which also works as antioxidants and protect the skin from environmental pollutions.

For Normal or Combination Skin - Chanel Base Lumiere.

It’s oil free and fragrance free. The base evens out the complexion with illuminating effects. It also contains antipollutants that protect the skin from environmantal damages and marine extracts to protect from dehydration.

To sum up, foundation base / primers not only prolongers the effect of foundation, but also protect the skin from environmental damages.
It’s absolutely essential to apply it, prior to your foundation.
If you have any recommendation on foundation base, please let me know.

You are not quite sure where to and how to apply blusher?

It shouldn’t be too much or too less, and too high or too low.

The tips on blush application as following:

1. Before applying blusher, have a big smile in front of a mirror.

When you have a big smile, you can see the highest point of the cheek bones. Have a look on a mirror and remember where they are.

2.  Use a big blusher brush (if you are using a powder base blusher)

I don’t recommend using a tiny blusher brush, which often comes with the product. A small one is quite hard to blend a colour and is difficult to create a natural and even finish. Sweep the brush on the blusher once or twice and tap the brush few times to remove the excess. 

3. Applying the blusher

Now apply the blush starting with the highest pointsof cheek bones, with gentle circular movements, and blend the colour towards hair lines. 

Check both cheeks to see if they have same amount of blusher.

If you have applied too much, use a translucent powder with a powder brush or a puff to soften the colour.

Have a happy smily day.   

I strongly believe that using a right foundation to the skin is the most important part of make up.

The perfect looking flawless skin tells all.

Before you buy a new foundation, please check the tips below:

Tip 1: Choose the foundation that suits your skin type.
It is very important to know what finish of the foundations will be suitable to your skin.

For Oily skin, matt finish foundation is essential, as it mattifies the skin.

For Combination skin, semi-matt is the best.

For Dry skin, sheer, satin or luminous finish is ideal, as the texture gives the skin a plumped look.

For Mature or tired skin, again sheer, satin or luminous finish. Unless you have a very oily skin, I don’t recommend to go for matt finish, because the lines and wrinkles tend to look deeper with this finish.

Tip 2: Colour match the foundation on the jaw line

In this way, you can check the colour on your face and neck. It also gives better match than the back of your hand.