Part 2: DIY Beauty Tricks!!
Make sure you checked out part 1 before checking out part 2!
Part 1: http://kathyrnsawyer.blogspot.com/2014/04/part-1-diy-beauty-tips.html
25. Learn How to Create a Winged Look with Eye Makeup
When you want that bold winged look, it is important that you draw the lines in first and then color them in. Just draw in the wing at the outside corner of your eye and then use the same eye liner to fill it in. This not only helps you to get cleaner lines, it helps your wings to stay in place much longer.
26. Use a Rubber Band to Fix Your French Manicure
If you chip one of the tips of your french manicure, you don’t necessarily have to remove the polish and do the entire thing again. For a quick fix, just remove the portion of the nail polish that is chipped and use a rubber band to section it off. You can then just paint new polish over the area that needs it and be on your way.
27. Use a Business Card to Apply Mascara
If you hold a business or credit card (not a usable one) up to your lashes when applying mascara, you can get the mascara all the way to the very root of your lashes. This helps you to have a more professional makeup look and ensures that your lashes will be colored perfectly all the way to the base.
28. Get Winged Shape Eye Liner with a Spoon
If you want to draw in wing shapes at the outer corners of your eyes, an old spoon will do the trick nicely. Just hold the spoon at your eye’s corner and trace the outline. This gives you the perfect winged look and helps you to keep from ruining your makeup by making lines that you don’t need. Plus, it helps you to get the look that you want much faster.
29. Get Great Nail Art – With a Band-Aid
For quick nail art, just grab the Band-Aids. After you paint your nails the color that you want and ensure that they are dry, just place the sticky part of the Band-Aid over your nails and color in with white or any other color that you want. You will get a great polka-dot look that is easy and takes very little time to create.
30. Quick and Easy Eye Shadow Using Gel Liner
Instead of grabbing the eye shadow every time, you can make your eye makeup routine much faster by simply crosshatching gel liner onto your lids and then blending. The gel liner will last for many hours and gives you smudge-proof eye coverage as well. You can also blend different colors if you want for a really unique look.
31. Check Makeup in the Car
The lighting in different places will make your makeup look different. When you finish applying it each morning, be sure to grab your compact and check it against the natural lighting inside your car. This will show you any areas that may need to be blended better or colors that are a bit too bold.
32. Keep Your Smokey Eyes from Looking Muddy
When blending for a smokey eye look, it is important that you use one brush to apply your chosen colors and a clean brush to blend. This keeps the colors from running into each other, particularly on your second eye when you have additional makeup on the brush. Clean your brush when you are finished so that it will be ready tomorrow.
33. Use Glue for Easy Glitter Nail Polish Removal
Glitter nail polish is great, until you try to remove it. Instead of fighting with it during removal, use Elmer’s glue before you paint it on. When you use glue as the base coat, your glitter nail polish will actually just peel right off when you are ready to change colors and the glue can keep your polish in place for up to a week.
34. Elmer’s Glue for the Perfect Manicure
Using Vaseline for a neat manicure is a good idea, but you can’t really see it. If you use Elmer’s glue you can see it much better when you are finished painting your nails. You can rub it off if you do accidentally get it on your nails. Apply the glue with a brush and then just peel it away and it will take those corners and edges with it, leaving you with the perfect manicure.
35. Get Fuller Lips with Eye Shadow
Pale, frosted eye shadow is the perfect choice if you want fuller, poutier lips. Just apply your lip color as normal and then go over it with a frosted eye shadow. The frost is a bit thicker in eye shadow so it will give your lips a luscious full look when you just dab it on over your lipstick.
36. Make Waves Last Longer with Flat-Ironed Braids
Every woman knows that braiding hair gives you great waves but the trouble is that those waves don’t really stick around for long. You can make them last longer if you use your flat-iron on them. Before you take your braids down, use your hair straightener to heat them. Let them cool and them loosen them. your waves will last much longer this way.
37. Brighten Eyes from the Inside Corners
Using a light, shimmery eye shadow on the inside corners of your eyes will brighten your eyes and can even make you look a bit younger. The lighter color helps to alleviate darkness that is normally present on top of the nose area. Just brush a very lightly colored shimmery shadow into the area whenever you apply your eye shadow.
38. Learn Where to Apply Perfume for All-Day Stay
Perfumes don’t always last all day and one of the reasons for this is that many women have no idea where to actually apply them. If you want staying power with your scent, you have to hit the critical areas. Apply your perfume to the insides of both wrists, behind your ears, inside your elbow, at the base of your throat and behind your knees to make the scent stick with you longer.
39. Fast-Dry Your Nail Polish
There are a few different ways that you can dry nail polish more quickly. The freezer works well or you can simply dip your nails into ice water after you finish polishing them. Leave for just a few seconds and it will help to set the polish. You can also use a blow dryer or spray Pam cooking spray on your nails to set the polish and help protect it from cracks.
40. Treat Bruises with Mouthwash
If you just can’t help but walk into things and you have a fresh bruise, you can treat it with mouthwash. The mouthwash will help the bruise to clear up much faster and instantly makes it look better. Remember this the next time you walk into that table that you keep forgetting you have. Just dab some mouthwash on the area with a cotton swab and it will look and feel much better.
Part 1: http://kathyrnsawyer.blogspot.com/2014/04/part-1-diy-beauty-tips.html
25. Learn How to Create a Winged Look with Eye Makeup
When you want that bold winged look, it is important that you draw the lines in first and then color them in. Just draw in the wing at the outside corner of your eye and then use the same eye liner to fill it in. This not only helps you to get cleaner lines, it helps your wings to stay in place much longer.
26. Use a Rubber Band to Fix Your French Manicure
If you chip one of the tips of your french manicure, you don’t necessarily have to remove the polish and do the entire thing again. For a quick fix, just remove the portion of the nail polish that is chipped and use a rubber band to section it off. You can then just paint new polish over the area that needs it and be on your way.
27. Use a Business Card to Apply Mascara
If you hold a business or credit card (not a usable one) up to your lashes when applying mascara, you can get the mascara all the way to the very root of your lashes. This helps you to have a more professional makeup look and ensures that your lashes will be colored perfectly all the way to the base.
28. Get Winged Shape Eye Liner with a Spoon
If you want to draw in wing shapes at the outer corners of your eyes, an old spoon will do the trick nicely. Just hold the spoon at your eye’s corner and trace the outline. This gives you the perfect winged look and helps you to keep from ruining your makeup by making lines that you don’t need. Plus, it helps you to get the look that you want much faster.
29. Get Great Nail Art – With a Band-Aid
For quick nail art, just grab the Band-Aids. After you paint your nails the color that you want and ensure that they are dry, just place the sticky part of the Band-Aid over your nails and color in with white or any other color that you want. You will get a great polka-dot look that is easy and takes very little time to create.
30. Quick and Easy Eye Shadow Using Gel Liner
Instead of grabbing the eye shadow every time, you can make your eye makeup routine much faster by simply crosshatching gel liner onto your lids and then blending. The gel liner will last for many hours and gives you smudge-proof eye coverage as well. You can also blend different colors if you want for a really unique look.
31. Check Makeup in the Car
The lighting in different places will make your makeup look different. When you finish applying it each morning, be sure to grab your compact and check it against the natural lighting inside your car. This will show you any areas that may need to be blended better or colors that are a bit too bold.
32. Keep Your Smokey Eyes from Looking Muddy
When blending for a smokey eye look, it is important that you use one brush to apply your chosen colors and a clean brush to blend. This keeps the colors from running into each other, particularly on your second eye when you have additional makeup on the brush. Clean your brush when you are finished so that it will be ready tomorrow.
33. Use Glue for Easy Glitter Nail Polish Removal
Glitter nail polish is great, until you try to remove it. Instead of fighting with it during removal, use Elmer’s glue before you paint it on. When you use glue as the base coat, your glitter nail polish will actually just peel right off when you are ready to change colors and the glue can keep your polish in place for up to a week.
34. Elmer’s Glue for the Perfect Manicure
Using Vaseline for a neat manicure is a good idea, but you can’t really see it. If you use Elmer’s glue you can see it much better when you are finished painting your nails. You can rub it off if you do accidentally get it on your nails. Apply the glue with a brush and then just peel it away and it will take those corners and edges with it, leaving you with the perfect manicure.
35. Get Fuller Lips with Eye Shadow
Pale, frosted eye shadow is the perfect choice if you want fuller, poutier lips. Just apply your lip color as normal and then go over it with a frosted eye shadow. The frost is a bit thicker in eye shadow so it will give your lips a luscious full look when you just dab it on over your lipstick.
36. Make Waves Last Longer with Flat-Ironed Braids
Every woman knows that braiding hair gives you great waves but the trouble is that those waves don’t really stick around for long. You can make them last longer if you use your flat-iron on them. Before you take your braids down, use your hair straightener to heat them. Let them cool and them loosen them. your waves will last much longer this way.
37. Brighten Eyes from the Inside Corners
Using a light, shimmery eye shadow on the inside corners of your eyes will brighten your eyes and can even make you look a bit younger. The lighter color helps to alleviate darkness that is normally present on top of the nose area. Just brush a very lightly colored shimmery shadow into the area whenever you apply your eye shadow.
38. Learn Where to Apply Perfume for All-Day Stay
Perfumes don’t always last all day and one of the reasons for this is that many women have no idea where to actually apply them. If you want staying power with your scent, you have to hit the critical areas. Apply your perfume to the insides of both wrists, behind your ears, inside your elbow, at the base of your throat and behind your knees to make the scent stick with you longer.
39. Fast-Dry Your Nail Polish
There are a few different ways that you can dry nail polish more quickly. The freezer works well or you can simply dip your nails into ice water after you finish polishing them. Leave for just a few seconds and it will help to set the polish. You can also use a blow dryer or spray Pam cooking spray on your nails to set the polish and help protect it from cracks.
40. Treat Bruises with Mouthwash
If you just can’t help but walk into things and you have a fresh bruise, you can treat it with mouthwash. The mouthwash will help the bruise to clear up much faster and instantly makes it look better. Remember this the next time you walk into that table that you keep forgetting you have. Just dab some mouthwash on the area with a cotton swab and it will look and feel much better.
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