Make-up tip #1: Sculpt Sexy Cheekbones
• Suck in your cheeks to create a hollow
• Fill in the hollow area with a light bronzer
• Dust shimmer powder on the tops of your cheeks
• The light-dark shadowing will make your cheekbones pop
Make-up tip #2: Narrow Your Nose
• Smooth a highlighter down the length of your nose
• Dab concealer in a shade slightly darker than your skin tone along either side of the light stripe
• Highlight the bone of your nose to draw the eye there and the sides will be less obvious
Make-up tip #3: Cover Up a Pimple
• Freeze a cotton swab that has been soaked in eye-whitening drops
• When the swab is cold and hard, lay it on the pimple for 10 minutes
• The coldness should take down the swelling while the solution reduces the redness
• Dot on a salicylic acid-spiked concealer
Make-up tip #4: Revive a Pale Complexion
• Tap a fluffy brush in rosy blush and tap it in loose powder
• Flick the excess product off the tip
• Swirl the bristles as lightly as possible over your cheeks, forehead and nose
Make-up tip #5: Fix Botched Brows
• Lightly brush on brow powder in upward, hair like strokes
• The color taupe works in more cases
• The idea is not to go too dark
Make-up tip #6: Conceal Pimple Marks
• Spot-apply primer into the little hollows
• Primers usually have a silicone base making them thick enough to help fill in the spaces
• Use a sponge that offers more control and smears the product less than fingers
• Follow same technique and pat foundation over the primer
• Finish with an all over layer of translucent powder to set the makeup
Source: Flaw-Fixing Makeup Tricks. Cosmopolitan [serial online]. December 2005;239(4):194. Available from: MAS Ultra - School Edition, Ipswich, MA. Accessed August 10, 2008.
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