Make your pout look even more irresistible and picture-perfect with these easy tips from Cosmo Mag Philippines.
1. Brighten dark pigmentation. For a natural look, slick on an iridescent gloss. The rainbow effect helps reflect light, making lips look brighter. Try The Body Shop’s Winter Trend Collection Love Gloss lip gloss in Pink Sparkle, P695.
2. Prevent color from feathering. Apply a colorless liner right outside your lips to keep gloss and lipstick from feathering.
3. Plump up your mouth. Get a lip balm packed with vitamin E and collagen-stimulating ingredients that fill up lips and moisturize them.
4. Nix dry, flaky lips. Rub a pinch of sugar and lip balm onto your lips for a mini-scrub session.
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November 2, 2010
October 20, 2010
How to Make Your Lips Look Pouty
Things You'll Need: Lip Liner, Lipstick, Lip Gloss
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Pick out your favorite color lip liner, lipstick or lip gloss. You can pick out your lipstick colors to enhance your skin tone. Winter (fair) skin tones, look fabulous with cool colors (pinks, corals, peaches). Autumn skin tones have a bit more versatility and can go with the cool colors as well as roses and berries. Darker tones look great with the deep purples and browns.
2. For purposes of the pouty look, I suggest picking a lip liner color that is a slightly darker than your lipstick.
3. With the lip liner, line the outside of your lips. In the corners of your lips, feather out the lip liner towards the center of your lip. Try to let the shape of your lip determine where the lip liner is going to end.
4. Put lipstick on as you normally would. Press lips together to blend liner and lipstick.
5. Finally, top off with your favorite lip gloss. Now you are ready to pucker up!
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August 3, 2010
What Color Suits You?
BLONDE OR LIGHT BROWN HAIR / COOL SKIN
Like: Gwyneth Paltrow, Claudia Schiffer
Your best eye colors: slate grays, sky or icy blues, lilacs and plums; navy or gray mascara can also look better than black.
Your best blushers: sugar or rose pink.
Your best lipsticks: sugary pinks, lilacs, heathers, or pinky browns.
BLONDE OR LIGHT BROWN HAIR / WARM SKIN
Like: Jennifer Aniston, Geri Halliwell
Your best eye colors: warm browns, shimmery golds and greens, pale yellows or peaches.
Your best blushers: apricot or tawny brown.
Your best lipsticks: golden brown, corals, peachy pinks, or bronzes.
RED HAIR / PALE SKIN
Like: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
Your best eye colors: peach, orange, khaki, light green, and bronze.
Your best blushers: if you must wear it, tawny pinks or light apricots.
Your best lipsticks: orangey reds, heathery pinks, terra-cotta browns, or apricots.
DARK HAIR / PALE SKIN
Like: Angelica Huston, Courtney Cox
Your best eye colors: color gray, black, ivory, silver; and rich plum.
Your best blushers: sugar or rose pink.
Your best lipsticks: fuchsia pinks, crimson reds, deep plums, or mauves.
DARK HAIR / WARM SKIN
Like: Jennifer Lopez, Cindy Crawford
Your best eye colors: olive green, rust, beige, chocolate browns, earthy reds and oranges.
Your best blushers: tawny browns or apricots - and a brightening pink for sleepy skin.
Your best lipsticks: rusts, raisins, warm chocolate brown, or orangey reds.
LIGHT BLACK SKIN / DARK HAIR
Like: Halle Berry, Tyra Banks
Your best eye colors: charcoal grays, bitter chocolate browns, pale pinks, lilacs, and sky blues; mascara should be black or brown black.
Your best blushers: shimmery pinks look great with pastel makeup, or try caramel shades if you're using dark makeup on your eyes.
Your best lipsticks: nude, bitter chocolate browns, pale shimmery pinks, or warm browny pinks.
DARK BLACK SKIN / DARK HAIR
Like: Venus Williams, Alek Wek
Your best eye colors: navy blues, deep plums, dark or reddish browns, and golds.
Your best blushers: plums or dark browns.
Your best lipsticks: raisin browns, deep or glossy plums, deep reds, chocolate browns.
SOURCE: THE BEAUTY BOOK
Like: Gwyneth Paltrow, Claudia Schiffer
Your best eye colors: slate grays, sky or icy blues, lilacs and plums; navy or gray mascara can also look better than black.
Your best blushers: sugar or rose pink.
Your best lipsticks: sugary pinks, lilacs, heathers, or pinky browns.
BLONDE OR LIGHT BROWN HAIR / WARM SKIN
Like: Jennifer Aniston, Geri Halliwell
Your best eye colors: warm browns, shimmery golds and greens, pale yellows or peaches.
Your best blushers: apricot or tawny brown.
Your best lipsticks: golden brown, corals, peachy pinks, or bronzes.
RED HAIR / PALE SKIN
Like: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
Your best eye colors: peach, orange, khaki, light green, and bronze.
Your best blushers: if you must wear it, tawny pinks or light apricots.
Your best lipsticks: orangey reds, heathery pinks, terra-cotta browns, or apricots.
DARK HAIR / PALE SKIN
Like: Angelica Huston, Courtney Cox
Your best eye colors: color gray, black, ivory, silver; and rich plum.
Your best blushers: sugar or rose pink.
Your best lipsticks: fuchsia pinks, crimson reds, deep plums, or mauves.
DARK HAIR / WARM SKIN
Like: Jennifer Lopez, Cindy Crawford
Your best eye colors: olive green, rust, beige, chocolate browns, earthy reds and oranges.
Your best blushers: tawny browns or apricots - and a brightening pink for sleepy skin.
Your best lipsticks: rusts, raisins, warm chocolate brown, or orangey reds.
LIGHT BLACK SKIN / DARK HAIR
Like: Halle Berry, Tyra Banks
Your best eye colors: charcoal grays, bitter chocolate browns, pale pinks, lilacs, and sky blues; mascara should be black or brown black.
Your best blushers: shimmery pinks look great with pastel makeup, or try caramel shades if you're using dark makeup on your eyes.
Your best lipsticks: nude, bitter chocolate browns, pale shimmery pinks, or warm browny pinks.
DARK BLACK SKIN / DARK HAIR
Like: Venus Williams, Alek Wek
Your best eye colors: navy blues, deep plums, dark or reddish browns, and golds.
Your best blushers: plums or dark browns.
Your best lipsticks: raisin browns, deep or glossy plums, deep reds, chocolate browns.
SOURCE: THE BEAUTY BOOK
July 28, 2010
How long should you keep your makeup?
* Mascara: 3 months
* Concealer: 12-18 months
* Cream blush: 12-18 months
* Cream Eye shadow: 12-18 months
* Eyeliner and Lip Liner: 2 years. Should be sharpened regularly.
* Lip gloss: 18-24 months
* Powder: 2 years
* Foundation: 12 months (water-based/oil free, 18 months (oil-based)
* Blush & bronzer: 2 years
* Lipsticks: 2 years
* Brushes: Wash every 2-3 months in a mild detergent
* Sponges: Wash weekly and discard monthly
* Concealer: 12-18 months
* Cream blush: 12-18 months
* Cream Eye shadow: 12-18 months
* Eyeliner and Lip Liner: 2 years. Should be sharpened regularly.
* Lip gloss: 18-24 months
* Powder: 2 years
* Foundation: 12 months (water-based/oil free, 18 months (oil-based)
* Blush & bronzer: 2 years
* Lipsticks: 2 years
* Brushes: Wash every 2-3 months in a mild detergent
* Sponges: Wash weekly and discard monthly
September 14, 2009
Makeup Looks for Fall 2009
Every season there is a new look and trend, Fall is an especially wonderful time for the new looks in makeup. The Fall 2009 makeup looks will prove to be especially dynamic and bold, deep rich colors will be the look of the Fall season.
Finding your best Fall makeup looks will depend on your personality and preferences but the following top 10 Fall Makeup Tips can be used as a guide so that you put your best face forward.
Mineral Makeup
Natural, nude makeup is the one of the hottest makeup products of the season. One of my favorite brands of Mineral makeup comes from MaryKay cosmetics, I use the mineral makeup on a daily basis and love it. I chose the MaryKay mineral makeup because I was able to get an exact match with my skin tone with the help of my MaryKay consultant. I also really like the makeup brush that can be purchased along with the mineral makeup, the MaryKay mineral makeup and brush can be purchased for $28.
Bold Lips
Dark deep reds, deep oranges, deep hot pinks are the lip colors for the best Fall makeup looks. Using foundation on the lips before applying lip color really helps to hold the lip color and make the lip color stand out even more.
Strong Eyebrows
Full, dark eyebrows are one of the powerful makeup looks for Fall 2009. The strong eyebrow makeup look can be achieved by coloring in the eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil that is one shade darker than your own eyebrows.
Finding your best Fall makeup looks will depend on your personality and preferences but the following top 10 Fall Makeup Tips can be used as a guide so that you put your best face forward.
Mineral Makeup
Natural, nude makeup is the one of the hottest makeup products of the season. One of my favorite brands of Mineral makeup comes from MaryKay cosmetics, I use the mineral makeup on a daily basis and love it. I chose the MaryKay mineral makeup because I was able to get an exact match with my skin tone with the help of my MaryKay consultant. I also really like the makeup brush that can be purchased along with the mineral makeup, the MaryKay mineral makeup and brush can be purchased for $28.
Bold Lips
Dark deep reds, deep oranges, deep hot pinks are the lip colors for the best Fall makeup looks. Using foundation on the lips before applying lip color really helps to hold the lip color and make the lip color stand out even more.
Strong Eyebrows
Full, dark eyebrows are one of the powerful makeup looks for Fall 2009. The strong eyebrow makeup look can be achieved by coloring in the eyebrows with an eyebrow pencil that is one shade darker than your own eyebrows.
September 6, 2009
Cosmetics Buying Tips
I took a break from blogging and browsed BeautyDen.com for more tips and tricks and here's what I found that's worth sharing! Let's all learn together!
It is important to look good with your makeup but knowing some good basic shopping rules might give you extra help. These tips will give you a little savings for your pocketbook as well as let you look smart and beautiful.
1. Get techniques from your favorite store, cosmetics sales ladies are trained to have an entire arsenal of makeup tricks, so have your looks done and remember how it was done.
2. Write the colors and the brands that the sales lady used, so if you have extra cash, you may shop right away.
3. Get samples and try them out, especially foundations, concealers and lipsticks.
4. Always ask for sample sizes before deciding to buy the actual one.
5. There are so many cosmetics available in the store so be sure to choose the right ones for your skin type.
6. Purchase some hypoallergenic cosmetics.
7. Have samples tested on your skin at least 24 hours before application to know if it fits well with your skin type.
It is important to look good with your makeup but knowing some good basic shopping rules might give you extra help. These tips will give you a little savings for your pocketbook as well as let you look smart and beautiful.
1. Get techniques from your favorite store, cosmetics sales ladies are trained to have an entire arsenal of makeup tricks, so have your looks done and remember how it was done.
2. Write the colors and the brands that the sales lady used, so if you have extra cash, you may shop right away.
3. Get samples and try them out, especially foundations, concealers and lipsticks.
4. Always ask for sample sizes before deciding to buy the actual one.
5. There are so many cosmetics available in the store so be sure to choose the right ones for your skin type.
6. Purchase some hypoallergenic cosmetics.
7. Have samples tested on your skin at least 24 hours before application to know if it fits well with your skin type.
September 5, 2009
How To Pluck Eyebrows
Do you find it difficult to shape your eyebrows? Well, here's a tried and tested trick from BeautyDen.com.
Plucking Your Eyebrows
Eyebrows and beautiful eyes Well-shaped eyebrows can take your face from ordinary to dramatic and beautiful. As long as you do not over pluck it, today's eyebrows are natural looking with a tapered arch, and you can groom them yourself in a few easy steps.
1. Look for photos of women in the magazine, same face shape like yours and the brows you like.
2. Draw your desired brow with a white pencil.
3. To ease the pain, numb brow area with an ice cube.
4. Finally, pluck out stray hairs that lie outside the white area you have penciled.
5. If you are nervous about shaping your own eyebrows, ask friends to refer you to a salon that does it well.
Plucking Your Eyebrows
Eyebrows and beautiful eyes Well-shaped eyebrows can take your face from ordinary to dramatic and beautiful. As long as you do not over pluck it, today's eyebrows are natural looking with a tapered arch, and you can groom them yourself in a few easy steps.
1. Look for photos of women in the magazine, same face shape like yours and the brows you like.
2. Draw your desired brow with a white pencil.
3. To ease the pain, numb brow area with an ice cube.
4. Finally, pluck out stray hairs that lie outside the white area you have penciled.
5. If you are nervous about shaping your own eyebrows, ask friends to refer you to a salon that does it well.
February 13, 2009
How to Apply Blush
Simple techniques to teach you how to apply blush. Learning how to apply blush is the most important part of applying makeup. Many women have no idea how to apply blush. In fact there are many different techniques and tricks to use, but here is the simplest technique every women should apply for everyday looks.
When you’re about to apply your blush take a look in the mirror. Simply smile and apply the blush to the area only wear your are smiling. This is the best place for every women to apply blush and achieve the most natural look for you own unique face shape.
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When you’re about to apply your blush take a look in the mirror. Simply smile and apply the blush to the area only wear your are smiling. This is the best place for every women to apply blush and achieve the most natural look for you own unique face shape.
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Better Blush How-tos
Q: Which is preferable -- cream or powder blush? Don't they create the same result?
A: Actually, your choice will depend upon what effect you want, says makeup pro Bobbi Brown. Powder blush gives a more finished look -- perfect for contouring cheekbones. Bobbi's tips for powder players: Sweep a large brush in circles over the blush, then tap to remove excess. Go up along cheekbones, down nose, and across forehead and chin. Cream blushes create a dewy, outdoorsy flush.
Bobbi's tips for cream queens: Use fingertips to dab it on the apples of your cheeks and blend upward along cheekbones. Also consider skin type when selecting a blush formula. If you have an oily complexion, Bobbi suggests a powder blush to absorb grease for a matte finish. Try Bobbi Brown Essentials Blush, $19, or Cover Girl Cheekers Blush, $2.79. But if skin is dry, opt for a more emollient cream blush to minimize flaking. Try Bobbi Brown Essentials Cream Blush Stick, $25, or Estee Lauder Minute Blush Creme Stick for Cheeks, $27.
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A: Actually, your choice will depend upon what effect you want, says makeup pro Bobbi Brown. Powder blush gives a more finished look -- perfect for contouring cheekbones. Bobbi's tips for powder players: Sweep a large brush in circles over the blush, then tap to remove excess. Go up along cheekbones, down nose, and across forehead and chin. Cream blushes create a dewy, outdoorsy flush.
Bobbi's tips for cream queens: Use fingertips to dab it on the apples of your cheeks and blend upward along cheekbones. Also consider skin type when selecting a blush formula. If you have an oily complexion, Bobbi suggests a powder blush to absorb grease for a matte finish. Try Bobbi Brown Essentials Blush, $19, or Cover Girl Cheekers Blush, $2.79. But if skin is dry, opt for a more emollient cream blush to minimize flaking. Try Bobbi Brown Essentials Cream Blush Stick, $25, or Estee Lauder Minute Blush Creme Stick for Cheeks, $27.
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Choosing the Right Foundation
Q: What's a fail-proof way to pick the perfect shade of foundation?
A: Selecting an exact skin-tone-matching makeup shade can be tricky. Foundation needs to be sampled in natural light, but most stores have fluorescent bulbs, which distort the color of the foundation, says makeup artist Leslie Lopez, whose celebrity clients include Catherine Zeta-Jones and Cameron Diaz. The trick is to dab on a touch of what seems to be your makeup match at the cosmetics counter, then head outside to check out your reflection in broad daylight. (If you're a drugstore shopper, look for makeup samples in magazines.)
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A: Selecting an exact skin-tone-matching makeup shade can be tricky. Foundation needs to be sampled in natural light, but most stores have fluorescent bulbs, which distort the color of the foundation, says makeup artist Leslie Lopez, whose celebrity clients include Catherine Zeta-Jones and Cameron Diaz. The trick is to dab on a touch of what seems to be your makeup match at the cosmetics counter, then head outside to check out your reflection in broad daylight. (If you're a drugstore shopper, look for makeup samples in magazines.)
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