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8 Steps To Magnificent Lashes!

Nothing enhances your eyes more than really sensational lashes, but getting them isn’t always as easy as it would seem. Here’s a little 8 step guide to building lashes a girl can bat alluringly!

8 Tips To The Longest Lashes Ever

1. Use a primer

DiorshowMaximizer Lash Primer

Applying a coat of primer first will help create the illusion of thicker fuller lashes and will give your mascara something extra to grab hold of.

2. Choose Your Wand
A small fine wand is ideal to help build longer lashes. It is easier to get to the base of the lash and pull through and extend the lash

Avon Super Magnify Mascara

A fat, fluffy wand is for fuller, fluffier lashes. If you’re going for a fuller lash look, put on several coats to really build the lashes.

Cargo Texas Lash Mascara

3. Throw out old mascara.
You’ll never get full, lush looking lashes with an old dried out mascara

4. Work your technique.
Starting at the base of the lash, pull your mascara wand through the lash using a side to side motion. Go back through the lashes this time rolling the wand to create more intensity.

5. Don’t pump the wand!
Don’t pump the wand in and out of the tube! This won’t put any extra product onto the wand, but instead will push air into the tube and dry your mascara out much more quickly.

6. Line the upper inner rim or the eye.

Makeup Forever Aqualiner

For a fuller, bolder looking lash line apply a waterproof liner to the upper lid’s inner rim before applying mascara. 

Makeup Forever Aqua Eyes

Then smudge a thin line of liner into the base of the lashes and lash line. This will create the illusion of thicker lashes.

7. Create a fan of lashes on the upper lid.
Direct the outer third of your lashes toward you temple, the center third up and forward, the inner third toward your nose. This trick will make your lashes look drastically fuller and longer!

8. Ingredients to look for:
Some key ingredients to look for in your mascara are
Soy Protein to build volume
Acrylates Copolymer to enhance lash length
Panthenol, Pantethine and Pro Vitamin B5 (all of which are found in hair products)  are conditioners used to make lashes longer and stronger

Four Quick Steps To Lighten and Brighten Your Eyes

Nothing will undo your look more quickly than dull, tired looking eyes. Whether you wake up with puffy eyes or whether you sit in front of a computer all day and wind up looking exhausted, having a few good tricks up your sleeve can make all the difference in the world.

 Four quick steps to lighten and brighten your eyes!

 1) Use a good de-puffer under the eye.

I love Kiehls Facial Fuel Eye De-Puffer. It soothes, cools, hydrates, gets the circulation going and de-puffs all in one easy step. I also love that it comes in a stick form instead of a lotion or gel. 

2) Curl those lashes!

A really high speed way to open the eye is to curl the lashes. But not all lash curlers are created equal! Some just flip the lash up, or don’t shape it nicely. Makeup artists all over the world swear by the Shu Uemura lash curler (www.shuuemura.com) due to its perfect shape. (always curl before applying mascara!!)

3.) Use a supersonic mascara

such as Cargo’s incredible Texas Lash mascara. In Texas they like everything bigger, and this mascara is no exception!! Put on several coats and build some big, dramatic exciting eyes.

4) Use a highlighter.

Again from Cargo I love the Eyelighter pen. Keep one in your handbag for a quick freshen up after work, use when getting ready to go out, or on those days when you need a little extra something in the morning. This double ended pen simplifies age old makeup artist trick of using both matte and frosted highlighting shadows. The pointed tip puts a matte shadow under the brow, under the lower lash line and at the outer corner of the eye, while the rounded tip puts a soft shimmering highlight to the inner corners of the eye. Your eyes look instantly bright and alive!

Makeup Fall 2010 Mesmerized Purple!

One thing I love to pieces about fall is that after all the dewy freshness of summer, makeup starts to show a hint of intrigue, a hint of drama.

YSL is bringing the drama this season with their Rock and Baroque collection

image courtesy of musings of a muse

 The usual camels, beiges, burnt oranges and chocolates have been replaced with purples,

image courtesy of musings of a muse

 Navy and tan to die for, and lilacs.

image courtesy of musings of a muse

image, musings of a muse

 The lip collection has some beautiful traditional shades, but by far the most exciting is Purple Mesmerize. 

When going for a deep dark shade of lipstick, avoid the dulling shades of brown and burgundy. These will weigh the face down and deaden skin tone. Choose instead a bold, deep grape such as Purple Mesmerize, that has plenty of blue undertone to it. This will make your teeth look super white, bring out the intensity in your eye color, and add a little black magic to your look!

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