With careful color choices and application techniques, enhance what nature has already given you. Follow these five simple steps to create natural look, perfect for the woman on the go:

1. Apply moisturizer on neck and facial area.
2. For blemish free skin, forgo foundation and just sweep loose powder over face. For those who prefer to wear foundation, apply it with a slightly damp sponge, and only apply to places needed. This will soften the look and create a dewy sheen.
3. Lightly sweep a sheer blusher just over apples of your cheeks.
4. Using an eyeshadow brush, shade only a line around the upper lashes and underneath the outer corner of the eye with a light colored eye shadow. Smudge to create a very soft look and finish with brown or brown-black mascara.
5. Apply a sheer lipstick for a final touch.

It wasnt that long ago that an eyeglass prescription was, for many women, a guarantee of social death — either that, or a life sentence of groping their way through a blurry world, donning their thick, chunky glasses nly as the last possible resort. These days, leaps and bounds in lens design and ophthalmology now allow women to enhance, rather than sabotage their personal style — the emergence of designer lenses even lured style conscious 20/20 types to wear frames with non-corrective lenses. However, different prescriptions will impart varying “optical illusions.” Depending on the density of your lens, your eyeglasses can make your eyes look bigger or smaller, so you’ll need to adjust your eye makeup accordingly. read on for maximum eye impact.

Nearsighted

Nearsighted or shorsighted lenses make eyes appear smaller, so makeup needs to brighten the eyes. Use a little more eye makeup than usual.

Do’s:

1. Use deep, natural shades such as rose, plum and taupe to add depth and enhance the eyes.
2. Using a kohl pencil or dark powder eyeshadow, line the upper lashlines to add definition. Line only the outer half of the upper lids and the outer third of the lower lid to widen and deepend the eyes. Follow with several coats of volumizing mascara. (Best bet: Shu Uemura Length and Wateproof Mascara, and Fasio Curl and Volume Mascara)
3. Don’t forget to strengthen your eyebrows, particularly if they are very light. Fill in using a stiff, slant-edge brush and a neutral brown powder shadow similar to your haircolor, then finish by brushing brows upwards with a clear mascara.

Don’ts:

1. Avoid very pale, pearlized eyeshadows. Though pale shadows generally bring the eyes forward, very light shades can work in reverse, imparting a puffy, just-woke-up effect.
2. Do not line the eyes completely, as it makes the eye area appear even smaller.

Farsighted

If you farsighted or have very thick lenses (i.e., a grade of 300 and up), your lenses will magnify your eyes. Hence, you need to take particular care in applying eye makeup so that it doesn’t look too exaggerated.

Do’s:

1. Choose neutral and pastel shades of eye makeup for a soft, understated look.
2. Apply minimal eyeliner and use soft tones like gray or brown instead of black, which can be very harsh. (Best bet: Shiseido’s Dual Ended Moonscape and Terre de Lane Pencil Eyeliner).
3. Go easy when applying mascara. Farsighted lenses can exaggerate makeup mistakes and clumps, so apply in two to three thin coats instead of one thick coat.

Dont’s:

1. Very bright, colorful shades will look brash and detract from the color of your eyes. If you want a hint of color, make sure to apply color sparingly and lean towards lighter colors such as sky blue, mint green, or lilac.

Other Helpful tips:

1. Though they are expensive, multicoated lenses have no reflective glare and bring out your eyes more. Plus, you’ll look better in photographs.
2. Check the color of your frames. If your glasses have a strong color, better keep your eye makeup netural and concentrate color on the cheeks or lips instead. On the other hand, rimless styles require more intense eye makeup.
3. Check if the frame of your eyeglasses go perfectly with your nose. If not, you can always go for another look with another frame, or if you dislike your nose, there’s the nose job rhinoplasty in Philadelphia that you can avail.
4. Balance the look with the right shade of powder, blush and lipstick. Heavier eye makeup calls for a lighter shade of lipstick and vice versa. (Best bets: Chanel Ruban Perle in Sunlight, Nars Orgasm Blush, Awake Bronzing Powder and Von My Lip Miracle in Berrylicious). (more…)

Face It

Heat, polluted air and other environmental stressors can take their toll on your skin. Provide your skin the necessary protection it needs with a handy moisturizing spray formulated with humectants NaPCA and hyaluronic acid. These active ingredients maintain and safeguard the face’s essential moisture levels.
This product is so versatile that it can be used for both your skin and hair. It comes in a convenient bottle so you can always bring it along to freshen up anytime, anywhere.

Feel Like a Bond Girl

Eva Green goes public with her passion for their fragrant, fun, and luxurious bath treats. While filming the latest Bond movie, Casino Royale, she ordered her not-so-secret again on a mission to have her favourite Lush products delivered directly to her on-set trailer. Her choices: A pretty pink skin softening solid bubble bar and a divine chocolate orange cream shower butter.

Be Dazzling

The season’s hot, sunny days and cool, windy nights can cause skin dryness, so protect your skin with hydrating products. Lavish your skin with intense moisturizing cream for an immediately more radiant look and silky soft feel. This luxurious cream hydrates the skin for up to 10 hours as it contains marine extracts and humectants that help seal in the skin’s natural moisture. Enriched with vitamin E and essential materials, this product alleviates dry skin, provides supplemental moisture and leaves the skin feeling cool and refreshed even under extreme weather conditions.
If you have normal or oily skin, a hydrating gel is suitable for you. This soothing oil-free gel restores the skin’s moisture balance and keeps in hydrated for up to 10 hours without the uncomfortable greasy after feel. It absorbs quickly, thus effectively delivers the benefits of marine extract, vitamin E and green tea extract. It softens and moisturizes, giving you a glowing and vibrant look.

By using these products, you can shop till you drop, revel all night and celebrate everyday without worrying about having dull, dry skin. But of course, if you want a faster improvement for your face, you may opt to leave the dirty work to the professionals. The cosmetic surgery in Beverly Hills, CA does a fantastic job.

Care and Color

Address your skin tone concerns while keeping your complexion healthy and perfectly glowing. A moisturizing care product (with a hint of color) effectively evens out your skin tone to give your complexion a fresh, natural radiance while providing your skin the moisturizing care and protection it needs all day long.

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Why settle for being a wallflower when you can stand out? Face your friends with sheer by glamming yourself up with shimmering cosmetic shades.

BASE. Moisturizing is important, especially now that the biting weather leads to dry skin. Prepare your face for foundation by dabbing some lightly on your skin. Find a makeup that has lightweight, non-greasy botanical face moisturizers to choose from, depending on your skin type. Massage the moisturizer on your face in a circular motion until fully absorbed, then smooth it all over your face and neck to even out skin tone and conceal blemishes.

CHEEKS. Sweep a dash of pearl blush lightly on your face, and add a little more over your cheekbones. The glitter blush-on is perfect for adding that healthy, just-kissed glow. It comes in ten colors, depending on the look you want. Brush outward from cheek to ear. Remember not to overdo it or you’ll look like a clown.

NOSE. If you don’t like your nose, there are many ways to improve it. There’s noselift and other procedures, even for septal perforation. But if your nose looks all right, you can just put on a simple makeup to make it look even more beautiful.

EYES. Trim your brows and fix it in place with a bit of moisturizer to open up your eyes. Apply shadow at the base of your lids Rub lightly with the tip of your pinky to blend and create that smoky effect. You have many shades to choose from, depending on the look you are going for. High pigmentation in eye shadows give you more oomph and draws attention away from any imperfection.

When that’s done, heat curlash by placing it in front of a blow-dryer for a few minutes and set lashes for 60 seconds. Apply a waterproof mascara to give your eyes more drama. Start with the white tip that serves as the base. Finish it off with the colored tip to cover up the white base.

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So you’ve been dumped? So what? Get the best revenge: a fab makeover guaranteed to make him regret!

Work this “heartbreak” to your advantage. Move on. A makeover is a great start to rid yourself of the negatives and indulge in the positives. You’re a beautiful person who deserves only the best. Project that!

Start your makeover inside. Be more outgoing. Be more engaging in your conversations. If talks on the latest fashion trends are your forte, try digging up current events and philosophical books. This makes for a new cerebral you! Cast a no-nonsense attitude and you’ll attract the equivalent treatment from girls and guys alike.

Sport a new haircut. Go short. Chop for the bangs. Color your locks. (Heck, get hair transplants if you need them!) The hair is the crowning glory; why not make yours a symbol of your glorious comeback to the dating scene?

Try new styles of clothes. Go sexy. Pick bright colors if you’re normally on neutrals. Wear stilettos. Don something or anything that’s unusually you. Trust me, you’ll receive the most unusual reactions also. Whether negative or positive, your goal is to graduate from the drab. (more…)