Red Lips

You not only need to know what shade works best but we also need to prep your lips to help prevent movement and bleeding of the product, because we all know red really shows.

1. Apply lip primer all around the outside of your natural lip line (only around not on your lip we want to create a dam so nothing bleeds outward).
2. Using a concealer brush apply concealer all around the outside edge as well (this will give you a perfect edge to your lip and help reinforced no bleeding). If you wanted for ease, especially on the go, you could use an everything pencil and simply trace around the entire edge. Stipple to blend your product.
3. Take a pointed tip makeup applicator apply a light layer of loose powder all around the edge of your lip.
4. Line the outer edges of your lips with lip liner, then fill in the entire lip area with liner. This will help your lip color to last, and we know how hard it is to keep red on. Lip liner has a dryer texture than lipstick, so it lasts longer.
5. Next, apply your lipstick, then take a tissue and gently blot your lips. This will remove the moisture from this layer yet leave you with a deposit of lipstick pigment. Next, reapply your lipstick; this time, do not blot. Layering color like this will give you double the pigment deposit, thus once again increasing how long the color will wear.
6. Finish with a dot of lip gloss in the center of the lips to attract light and make your lips look fuller and more youthful.

color choices:

 Fuller Brows

You want them you need them!!! Youth is only a few pencil and brush stokes away. Two things to remember shape and how to properly fill in.

shape:

How do you determine where to start?

            By locating three key pivotal points of reference, we will know where and what to tweeze. Simply follow these directions and you will have perfect brows.

            Point A. Hold a pencil or the handle of a brush vertically against the side of your nose, noticing where it meets the brow.  That is where your brow should begin.

            Point B. Hold the pencil against your nostril and move it diagonally across the outer half of the iris of your eye. Notice where the pencil meets the brow: This is the best place for the peak of your arch. If you tweeze from Point A to Point B, tapering the line slightly thinner toward the peak, you will create the ideal shape for your brow. It is a slow taper using the natural width at the beginning of your brow (point A) and slowly tapering thinner as you get to the arch (point B). Fuller brows look younger.

            Point C. Again, place the pencil against your nostril, but this time, extend it diagonally to the outer corner of your eye. Where it meets the brow is the best place for your brow to end. If you tweeze from Point B to Point C, tapering the line even thinner, you will create the best brow shape for your face. Once again it is a slow taper from point B to point C not drastic.

filling in:

When selecting a brow color the basic rule of thumb is that it should pretty closely match your hair color (whether natural or chosen). Now lets elaborate a little bit though because as you know it is not just as simple as that.

• light blonde-  same shade as hair or one shade darker
• medium to dark blonde- same color as hair
• auburn- same color as hair
• light brown- same color as hair or one shade lighter
• medium to dark brown- same color as hair or one shade lighter
• very dark brown to black- one shade lighter than hair your color
• silver or grey- use a blonde or soft taupe color for ivory/ beige skin tones and use a light golden brown for bronze/ ebony skin tones (a silver or grey color to match hair would just wash you out and make you look older)

pencil

            A brow pencil is probably the most commonly used and definitely the most portable.

1. Apply your pencil using short, feathery, hair like strokes angled in the same direction as the hairs’ growth. Your strokes are meant to mimic natural brow hairs (never draw a solid straight line).
2. Using a small stiff angled brush, go over the pencil you just applied using the same short strokes. This will blend your color even more making it look ultimately natural.

powder

            Ultimately powder (a matte natural tone eyeshadow) is probably the easiest to apply and looks the most natural. It is perfect for young girls that have brows that do not need much filling in, but they want to define and refine them. It is also the quickest and easiest to apply since there is only one step, because you apply and blend at the same time. Simply take your short stiff angled brush (after dipping it in product of course) and draw short, feathery, hair like strokes angled in the same direction as the hairs’ growth. No straight lines, short feathery strokes.

more coverage

            For those with scars in the brows or brows that just are not there, you will need more coverage. My preferred application is to layer my brow pencil and brow powder (a matte natural tone eyeshadow) together, I feel that it looks the most natural.

1. Apply your pencil using short, feathery, hair like strokes angled in the same direction as the hairs’ growth. Your strokes are meant to mimic natural brow hairs (never draw a solid straight line).
2. Using a small stiff angled brush, go over the pencil you just applied using the same short strokes. This will blend your color even more making it look ultimately natural.
3. Take your brush and dip it into your brow powder, once again applying using short, feathery, hair like strokes angled in the same direction as the hairs’ growth. Making sure to cover the entire brow. The powder and pencil layered together like this will give you more complete coverage, help it last longer and look more natural.

finishing touches

Whichever method you prefer, when grooming your brows, always finish by using a brow brush (my favorite is shaped similar to a tooth brush) to brush all your brow hairs upward and outward. This will assure that your brow hairs are lying in place and blend your color beautifully to give you an absolutely natural effect. If you wild unruly brow and need help keeping them tamed during the day, you can end with a brow gel. It acts like hairspray for the brows.