Make Up Troubleshooting
How can I cover up streaky fake tan?
The simplest method to cover up a streaky tan is to get yourself a liquid compact foundation. It almost looks like a pressed powder, it comes in that kind of packaging, when in fact, it's a foundation that's quite thick. When you apply it with a brush over the face and neck and any part of the body that may need a little bit of evening out, you should get a wonderful even finish without feeling heavily made up.
How can I avoid feathered lipstick?
To avoid feathery lipstick, all you need do is prime the lip edge first with a little bit of foundation primer, put on a little bit of foundational concealer around the edge, and then add a little bit of loose powder. Those three things together will really help lock in the lipstick or the pencil from bleeding and creeping into fine lines and wrinkles.
I've over done the blusher, what should I do?
The easiest thing to do if you've overdone the blusher is to load up either a cotton wool ball, a powder puff or a blusher brush, dip it in loose powder and apply to the over-blushed area. That will immediately tone down the blusher. What you must remember is not to use anything like water or cleanser or makeup wipe, because that will completely make a mess. Work with what you've got, but tone it down with loose powder.
I have a foundation tide mark, what should I do?
The simplest thing to do with a foundation tide mark is to put your fingers under a slightly running tap, and then with slightly damp fingers blend away any hard line or tide mark. Alternatively, use a little moisturizer straight onto the area and blend down and out until it disappears.
How can I cover under eye bags?
All you have to do to cover eye bags is to find a concealer that's the right color and is specifically designed for going under the eye area. Apply the product using a finger or brush to the very darkest area of the eye and then, with your middle finger, tap and blend. If you apply too much and you get a pan dry, sweep a clean dry cotton bud around the area just to remove the excess. If you feel that you still haven't done the job well enough, go back and repeat it until you build up enough coverage so that any darkness or puffiness or whatever it is that needs covering up has gone.
How can I stop my eye shadow from creasing?
To stop your eye shadow from creasing, all you need do is skip heavy eye lotions, eye moisturizing balms, or anything like that. Choose oil free foundation. Choose a very light moisturizer lotion. Apply it to the eye lid and make sure that your eye shadow is either wet to dry or cream to powder formula. Anything greasy or a little bit too glittery or shiny will absolutely go into the creases of the eye. Everybody has natural oils, and if you are somebody who has naturally oily eye lids, there's very little that you can do. If the problem stems from foundation or too much concealer or moisturizer on the lid, cut that back and that should really help your eye make up last longer. Skip eye lotions, eye balms and eye moisturizers, which can eat away at the make up throughout the day. Alternatively, use wet to dry eye shadows or anything that isn't greasy at all.
How can I conceal thread veins?
Use a cream compact foundation to conceal thread veins. A cream compact is almost like a concealer, but not. It's a foundation, but slightly covering. You apply it with a brush and simply just go over the area. The thread veins will be disguised immediately. Little red veins, thread veins, whatever you want to call them, are so easy to get rid of, there's nothing simpler. Just a little compact foundation will absolutely do the trick.
How can I rejuvenate a hung-over face?
To rejuvenate a hungover face, use a tinted moisturizer, and use one that really complements your skin. If you're looking a little bit sallow, if you're looking a little bit gray or yellow, use a color that has a little bit of peach in it, and make sure it's also a little bit shimmery. The shimmeriness will actually make your skin look like its drunk six pints of water so your skin will glow and look absolutely beautiful. The next thing you want to do, of course, is to make your eyes look bright cause girls have quite red eyes if they're not looking too fabulous. Over-the-counter eye drops are absolutely fine; ust use them once and that's good. The next thing is to use a little bit of beige pencil in the lower eye rim. There are some white pencils around, but that can look a little bit too stark, a little bit too white, as if youre using tippex or something, so choose a pencil that has a little bit of beige in it. It's a lot kinder and will really knock that red line on the head so you don't look like Dracula when you are hung-over. I've just got to say though, going back to the point about the eye drops, try to use eye drops every day. They actually have the same PH as your tears, so in that way, you won't get addicted them. They'll nourish and moisturize your eyes without that horrible buffer acid that you get in the larger bottles, which can just make you addicted to them.
How can I stop getting lipstick on my teeth?
If you've over-used lipstick, and it will look pretty obvious because it will come off on your teeth, all you need to do is put your finger in your mouth and then just drag your finger out. Any excess lipstick will be around your finger and you won't have any problem.
How can I stop my foundation coming off on my shirt?
To stop foundation coming off on your shirt, simply don't take the foundation that low. Make sure your foundation is the right color so it matches your skin tone. That means it should match and compliment your face and your neck. If you're taking your foundation all the way down there, and it's coming off on your collar, it probably means that your foundation is too dark. Apply most of the foundation and then gently blend so it goes to nothing. That way, no make-up will ever come off on your collar ever again.
How can I stop my lipstick coming off when I kiss?
I think the most important thing here is to make sure that you use a formula of lipstick that's not too glossy, too moisturizing, too sheeny, or too high beam. Find a long lasting formula of lipstick that's almost maxed, so that your lips look colored but its almost like a stain. That way you can kiss as long as you like and the color will stay perfect.
How can I avoid 'Panda Eyes'?
To avoid panda eyes when applying makeup make sure that your concealer makeup is complementing the rest of your face. Don't, whatever you do, get a concealer thats too pale or too light compared to the rest of your face, or the foundation makeup that you put over the rest of your face. It's really important that your concealer makeup completely matches your foundation to avoid panda eyes. You can go a shade lighter, but don't go two or three shades lighter than your foundation because you will end up having panda eyes when applying makeup.
How can I cover red blotches on my skin?
When applying your makeup put foundation over the whole area and then zone into the area that needs a little bit more attention, like the red blotches on your skin. But if the skin is a little bit dry, make sure that the concealer makeup is quite wet, because if it's too thick it will enhance the dryness. You'll be getting rid of the red blotches on your skin, but it will look like you're quite dry. What you don't want to do is to use green colour corrector makeup. When you put those on first and then you lay a foundation or concealer on top of the red blotches on your skin, the green kind of blends a little bit into the foundation and your makeup ends up looking worse because you get this kind of gray, horrible color. It's quite difficult to do, but practice and apply the make-up in good, even day light so you can really see what your doing when covering those red blotches on your skin.
How can I cover freckles?
Covering freckles with makeup is quite difficult without looking like you're wearing a huge make-up mask. But if you do want to cover your freckles, then you almost have to buy a foundation or concealer that covers birthmarks, tattoos, scars, or anything like that, because the pigment within freckles is actually quite hard to cover just using sheer foundation or concealer makeup. In my experience, freckles are never covered using those two products. What makeup I do find that works in covering freckles is a heavy-duty foundation. It is almost a medical one you would give to somebody that has had burns or wants to cover thread veins, or something like that.
How can I emphasise my freckles?
To emphasise your freckles using makeup you can use either a beige, beigey brown lip pencil or you can use a brown eye-liner pencil. You literally just dot over the freckles that you want to enhance a little bit more with makeup. It looks so cute! I love doing that trick.
How can I completely cover a spot?
To cover a spot absolutely with makeup so nobody can see it, is really simple. All you need to do is apply the concealer makeup to the area or spot, and then blend out with your finger just tapping. If you use a wiping motion, you'll remove what makeup you're putting on your spot. So use a light tapping motion with the middle finger which just blends. If you're looking in the mirror and you see that the spot is still showing up nice and shiny, dip a very fine brush, almost like a thin eyeliner brush, into a thick concealer makeup and apply it to the center of the spot and then just stipple using the brush. Stipple the makeup over the area of the spot until its hidden. If you go around the good skin and you can see that youve got concealer on an area where it doesnt need to be, take a damp cotton bud, or a cotton bud with a little moisturizer, and just wipe away the excess makeup. Then dip a small brush or a powder puff on to some loose powder so it locks in the concealer so it isn't going to budge. Thats really good! What some people will also find is if they've been picking their spot and the skin is a little bit raw so the makeup isn't sticking to it and they want to cover it with makeup. Therefore what you want to do is put a little bit of powder makeup first onto the area of the spot to deshine, and that will give the concealer something to grip to. So you apply the concealer makeup and then a little powder on top, and that'll cover the spot fine.
How can I stop my hand shaking when I am applying make up?
To stop your hand shaking when applying makeup, all you need do is really rest your arm or your elbow on something, just to steady yourself. Then you can apply your makeup, eyeliner, lipstick, blush, or whatever without your hand shaking. No problem.
