Best of the Magazine Makeup Tips

I spent some time over the holidays catching up on my beauty magazine reading--and found an article about beauty tips. I've probably read close to a thousand of these articles over the years but this one was different--maybe because it was 27 different experts offering their best secrets but I found them to be some of the most helpful and creative and thought I would share the ones that stood out and weren't just covering the same old territory:

1) Use two kinds of mascaras--coat the top lashes with a volumizing one to create thickness and the bottom ones with a waterproof one to avoid smudges.

2) Carry dryer sheets in your purse and run a sheet over your hair for frizzies and flyaways (especially helpful with static electricity in frigid weather!).

3) To keep your skin soft in the winter apply a body oil first after a shower while skin is still damp and follow with a rich body cream.

4) Every woman has one thing she needs to "fix" on her face and one thing that's really great about it . If you're not sure what they are, ask your best friend.

5) Concealer should always follow foundation. If you put it on first and then you blend on the foundation you're erasing it. If you layer concealer on top, it stays where it needs to be and does it's job.

6) To avoid mascara smudges hold a plastic spoon under the upper and lower lashes to sheild the rest of your eye makeup. It fits right under your eye and you can just throw it away when you're done.

7) If you're intimidated by liquid eyeliner, create a "stencil" by drawing a line with a taupe eye pencil first and then apply liquid liner over that.

8) To perk up your eyes dab the under eye area with aloe vera gel for temporary firming.

9) Make your eyeliner last by setting it with powder and going over it with a matching eye shadow.

10) Everyone should have two pairs of tweezers: a needle nose one for hard to get strays and a slanted one for gripping several hairs at a time.


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