For Long Lasting Lipstick,Foundation

  

For Long Lasting Lipstick:  First apply a lip liner using a lip pencil with color just slightly darker than the color of your lips, completely filling in your lips, rather than merely outlining them.  Apply your lipstick, then redefine your lips by outlining them again.  Blot with a tissue and reapply lipstick.  Use "matte" formula lipsticks for longest wear.   

Apply black powder eyeliner along the top of false eyelash to help emphasize the eye.

Wear gloves when you put on nylons, especially if your hands are rough or your nails are long.

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Use contact cement to apply artificial nails(AN). Coat the inside of the AN and your own nail.  Let dry for 5 minutes and then apply.  Do several nails at once to minimize the time.  This process does take extra time, but nails  hold well.  Soak in water to get off.

Apply false eye lashes before other makeup, then before going out check to make sure they are secure. If there are an gaps touch up with lash adhesive on the corner of a small piece of cardboard about the thickness of an index card.  The cardboard gets easily into any cracks.

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When applying lashes, use a thin line of lash glue, no more than twice the thickness of the lash ban.

A big smile and bleached teeth is a huge plus for feminizing the face.  Prices start at $15 and go into the thousands.

Always carry two or three safety pins in your purse.

Always use lotion or face cream before applying makeup.

To stop a run in a stocking or pantyhose dab clear fingernail polish at the top of the run.  Carry a spare pair in the car or your purse.

For Long Lasting Eye Shadow:  Apply concealer to your eyelids, before applying your eye shadow.

For Long Lasting Eyeliner:  Apply pencil eyeliner to your eyes.  Then brush the same color powder eye shadow over the eyeliner.  It should last all day.

For Long Lasting Foundation:  First apply a moisturizer throughout your face.  Then apply a liquid foundation, making sure to cover your entire face.  Apply a concealer under your eyes and to blemishes.  Then apply generous quantities of pressed or loose powder to lock in the foundation, making sure to brush away the excess.  If you have oily skin, use an oil-free foundation.  If your skin is dry, use a moisturizing foundation.  If your foundation still isn't lasting all day, your moisturizer may not be optimal for your skin.  If your skin is oily, your make-up may be traveling, and you may need an oil-free moisturizer.  If your skin is dry, it may be soaking up your foundation.   In this case, you may need a cream moisturizer in addition to a moisturizing foundation.

Don't store make-up in the car are other places that may get hot.

Makeup should only be used for about three months after that there is a risk of infection.

Clean brushes and sponges regularly.

Don't apply makeup while driving.

If you use duct tape, be prepared to suffer the consequences.

If you use glue-on nails, do not rush taking them off.

Apply a coat of nail polish to nails, let dry then apply glue-on nails.  The nails will come off easier at the end of the evening.

Don't have pierced ears?  Sharon DeWitt cuts the post off earrings and then puts a drop of fingernail glue on the back of the earring and applies the earring to her earlobe.  This gives the appearance of a pierced ear and stays on all evening.

Applying lipstick and choosing lip shades

Here are tips for applying lipcolor and choosing a lip shade.

Applying Lipliner
A lip liner pencil is a must for defining lips and keeping lipstick from bleeding. Lip pencils should be the same color or slightly darker than your lipstick. The lipliner pencils should be sharpened and then flattened slightly on the end by strokingit once or twice on a surface. Pencils with a soft texture tend to wear off more quickly than firm textured lip pencils. Start with a lip pencil to outline lips as close to the natural edge as possible--without extending beyond the lip line. Draw in edges to even out uneven lips to make both sides symmetrical. Fill in the lips with the pencil before you apply your lipstick to make color last longer. Use a cotton swab to soften line for a more natural edge. Dust a little powder lightly over your lips before you apply lipstick. This will help lipstick stay on longer. Check out our firm-leaded, 100% natural lipliner pencils.

Applying Lipstick
Use rich colors that go with skin tone. Choose a color that is bright enough to liven up your face but not so bright it over takes your whole look. Sometimes, dark shades that can harden and age your face and too soft shades that can make you look washed out. Experiment to see what works best for your look.

The best way to apply lipstick is to use a lip brush, load it from your lipstick and brush it on. Apply two coast with a dusting of loose powder between coats. This will make lipstick last longer. Try a dab of lip gloss all over lips for a dramatic wet look or just a dab on the middle of your lower lip for a subtle dewy presentation. Check out our Luminous Lips Lip Lacquer in our More Beauty & Glamour ProductsPage.

Choosing Lipstick ColorsLipcolors that work can vary greatly, based on individual taste. Here is a very broad, simplified breakdown of tgcosmetics.com shades that generally work for specific skin/hair types. But don't limit yourself, Experiment to find what works best for you.

• Light to Dark Blond hair/fair skin: Soft pinks (better on younger skin), watermelons, salmon, warm pinks, pink browns, plum reds, soft tomato reds, corals, mauves, rose and rose browns (Misty Mauve, Parisian Pink, Dune Rose, Raison, Apricot Toast, Quartz, Champagne Rose, Infinity. Mulberry, Eruption, Silk, Geranium, Sweetheart, Sheer Power, Cafe, Desert Blossom, Rustique)• Brown hair/fair skin: Warm reds, warm mauves, pink mauves, pink beiges, soft browns, terracotta, plums, and soft plum. (Dune Rose, Rustique, Raison, Porsche Red, Mulberry, Eruption, Infinity, Devotion, Scarlet, Sheer Power, Desert Blossom, Matador Red, Cafe) • Brown hair/medium skin: warm reds, deep reds, rich deep pinks, pink browns, deep mauves, pink beiges. (Dune Rose, Rustique, Raison, Scarlet, Porsche Red, Mulberry, Sweetheart, Matador Red, Rouge, Rum Raison, Eruption, Sheer power, Rouge, Cafe, Vamp. Madness, Blaze)• Brown hair/Olive skin: Light browns, deep browns, soft browns, velvety chocolates, red browns, plum browns, wine browns. (Cafe, Rustique Mulberry, Eruption, Mulberry, Scarlet, Rouge, Rum Raison, Madness, Quartz, Dune Rose, Vamp, Attitude)• Auburn to Red hair fair skin: Raison, bronzes, coppers, orange browns, sheers, soft beiges, brick reds, brown reds. (Rustique, Raison, Quartz, Goddess, Eruption, Sheer Power, Desert Blossom, Rum Raison, Attitude, Dune Rose)• Black hair/Fair skin: Raspberry reds, blue reds, geraniums, fuchsia, rose, medium pinks, berries, burgundies, soft plums. (Misty Mauve, Geranium, Champagne Rose, Mulberry, Porsche Red, Sweetheart, Parisian Pink, Infinity, Devotion, Matador Red, Rouge, Madness, Blaze) • Black hair/Afro-American skin: Nude pinks, nude beiges, mochas, coffees, mahoganies, chocolates, berry shades, dark plums, wines, burgundies (Infinity, Goddess, Apricot Toast, Quartz, Mulberry, Eruption, Silk, Sheer Power, Cafe, Rustique, Vamp, Rapture, Roube, Rum Raison, Madness, Misty Mauve, Attitude.)• Dark hair/Asian skin: Sheer, beiges, pinks, plums, brown plums, bright reds, deep reds, pink mauves, mauves. (Misty Mauve, Parisian Pink, Dune Rose, Porsche Red, Apricot Toast. Quartz, Infinity, Mulberry, Silk Devotion, Scarlet, Sweetheart, Sheer Power, Matador Red, Madness, Vamp, Rouge, Blaze.)• Brown hair/Mature skin: Natural and deep tone shades of warm reds, warm mauves, pink mauves and soft plums. (Misty Mauve, Infinity, Scarlet, Geranium, Sweetheart, Matador Red, Rouge Porsche Red, Raison, Sheer Power, Desert Blossom, Cafe)• Gray or white hair/Mature fair skin: Roses, mauves, warm reds, rich colors in creamy textures. (Misty Mauve, Champagne Rose, Devotion, Apricot Toast, Infinity, Geranium, Sweetheart, Matador Red, Scarlet, Mulberry)