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Ten of the BEST Makeup Tips!

17 September, 2022 - 12:52pm by - Head Pixie | 10 Comments

by BR Tabatha

They say it takes 10,000 hours of working on one particular thing to become a master at said 'thing'. Well, I think if we combined the Beauty Review Crew's makeup applying time with their trend reading time and their YouTube makeup watching time, we'd well and truly have hit that level of makeup mastery. To say we're obsessed with cosmetics would be an understatement. We get as excited about a new blush release as a gamer does when there's an update to their favourite game.

Suffice to say, we've had our ups and downs during the process, possibly more downs than ups, which we feel makes us qualified to know when a makeup tip is a hit. Tips and tricks like these...

  1. Your hairdryer can do double duty! Use it to heat up your eyelash curlers to create a longer lasting lift. Lip liner or eyeliner pencil hard as a rock? Soften it up with a quick blast of heat!
  2. Struggle to get the perfect wing? The flat side of a bobby pin or the handle of a teaspoon pressed upon the skin at the right angle provide two wonderful guides to help you get that crisp flick.
  3. Has your favourite mascara dried out way before it's time to chuck it out? Add a couple of basic saline drops (not the ones that reduce redness!) to the tube, use the mascara wand to swish it around and the formula will be refreshed.
  4. Hate the way foundation makes your peach fuzz stand out? This can be minimised by applying foundation with downward strokes.
  5. There are few things worse than having glittery eyeshadow fallout making you look like a fairy when you're aiming for seductress, or having a deep shade fall onto your cheeks and  smudge your perfected base, so if you're going to create a smokey eye or an intense looking eye, do your eye makeup first, then follow up with the rest of your makeup. 
  6. Avoid placing anything shimmery on textured skin. As pretty as a shimmery blush or gleaming highlighter can be, they serve to emphasise dry spots, scars, fine lines and large pores. If you see texture, stick to matte products.
  7. Love a liquid lip, but hate how it sits on your lips? It's time to smoothe and soften! Dampen your lips with water then exfoliate them with a sugar scrub or a muslin cloth, apply a nourishing lip balm, then go about the rest of your beauty business until it's sunk in - give it fifteen or so minutes - then apply your lippy to your perfectly primed lips.
  8. Want to pop some colour on your face but not sure where to start? Monochromatic colour for the win! Lipstick, blush and eyeshadow in similar shades creates a beautiful, easy, but also sophisticated fail-safe look.
  9. Whether it's foundation, concealer, blush, eyeshadow or mascara, you're better to go in with a little and add layers where and if needed, than find yourself blending excess colour out for minutes upon minutes, or trying to degunk your lashes, or trying to figure out how to make your skin less mask-like.
  10. Finally? If a makeup look or technique works for you, embrace it. Never feel like you need to follow a trend if you know it's not for you. Be your authentic self. You do you.

So, my pretties, I've shared our ten top makeup tips and tricks... now share yours! Do tell... what's the best advice or discoveries you've made on your makeup journey? Get chatting below!

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21st October, 2022

I appreciate the last one! So true!

1st October, 2022

Great tips - I haven't tried any of them to date, but I certainly will when I need them.

1st October, 2022

Wow, that's a long list of detailed tips, well done!

25th September, 2022

I definitely avoid glittery creamy eyeshadow mainly because it tends to make my eyes look more wrinkled then what they actually are..Some great tips here and one I like to use to get a perfect winged eye is by using the edge of a credit card or eftpos card as a guide,works every time.

23rd September, 2022

So many great hacks/tips & tricks for make up! I had no idea about any of these great hacks. Definitely going to add these to make up routine and try a few of them out

20th September, 2022

With rule 6 I stand by this but the shimmering stuff is what my magpie eye wants! But it's true highlight emphasizes my pores. I do like a little glow though and looooove shimmering eyeshadow

19th September, 2022

Learning to do my eyes , and eyeshadow before makeup, so l don't get marks and smudges on my foundation , Thanks

19th September, 2022

At my age less is more!

19th September, 2022

Using a normal eye mascara for a quick root touch up (if you have run out of root touch up stuff!), works and washes out!

19th September, 2022

Doing my eyes before applying foundation to the rest of my face makes a difference. Mixing a drop of foundation with lipstick I'm wearing to use as a blush. Acing the base sets you up for a natural dewy look.