Friday, March 15, 2013

Long Lasting Eye liners:

Ever wished that your eye liner never smudged or faded?

Well, I am revealing the secret!


  • Firstly, don't apply any eye creams or concealor close to your bottom lashes. Any emollients will be the cause of liners moving and fading.
  • Take your sharpened and clean eye pencil.
  • place the pencil in between your bottom lash hairs and wiggle until the colour transfers onto your skin.
  • You can do this from the outside corner to the centre of the eye.
  • Take a small eye shadow brush and start blending by wiping or stroke movement. Start from the outer corner and work your way to the inner corner. remember that the colour must fade away as you get to the inner corner.
  • When that is done, take the brush and dip it in a powder eye shadow, same colour as pencil.
  • Dab along the lower lash line, over the pencil line. Again, start from the outer corner and work just past the centre, towards the inner corner.
  • With a clean brush, dip in a powder eye shadow highlighter and dab and blend from inner corner towards centre. Refer to picture.
  • To finish the look, line the inside or the rim with a black eye pencil.
  • The wax of the pencil will absorb the powder eye shadow. This will set the pencil and as a result, will last longer and won't move or fade!
KEEP  PRACTISING!


Friday, March 8, 2013

I always read and hear about lipsticks that don't last, fade quickly or transfers on coffee cups, etc.

Any lipstick, especially a creamy one, will transfer onto the rim of your cup/glass when you are drinking. That is just a fact and there is really nothing you can do about it.
Why not rather try a matte lipstick, lip crayon or eve just a lip pencil?
Any product that is matte and waxy will stay on your lips for much longer. Well,  your lips will feel a bit tight  and dry .
Keep in mind that ANY product that you apply prior to your lip colour, like a lip conditioner will be the result of your lip colour not lasting or transferring.
Anything that you apply over the lip colour, like a gloss, will make the colour last longer, but you will still get a transfer on your cup.
Tricky, isn't it!
So, Keep layering you lip colour and you will have a stain left by the end of the day.
What I mean:-
Colour in your lips with a lip pencil or crayon.
Over this, you can apply your favourite lips stick if you want to, but not necessary.
Finish with  a LITTLE gloss, for shine (If shine is what you are looking for, but just a LITTLE)
The gloss will transfer or eventually disappear, but you will be left with stain on your lips.

OH, and remember, don't eat or lick your lips. Your colour will come off.