Movie stars, TV celebrities, musical divas, heiresses, models and even some socialites all keep pushing the standard for youth and beauty everyday! With perfect unblemished alabaster skin, full luscious lips along with Sun kissed tans and rosy cheeks no wonder these celebs are everyone’s envy. The men can help but swoon over these pictures of ever youthful perfection and we cannot get enough of the confidence they carry themselves with.
Even when most of us have accepted the fact that photo retouching and medical procedures play a huge part in this picture of perfection we cannot help but aspire to look like them every now and again. There are very few of us, that are confident enough in their natural beauty and even the most stunning celebrities have armies of top notch make up artists at their disposal so they never have a bad photo moment.
Realistically we cannot afford to have even one makeup artist dedicated to ourselves leave alone a whole army but there are simple easy tricks and tips to let the makeup artist within you shine. From extremely kissable lips to come hither eyes and gorgeous gams a.k.a. the whole package can be you too with these maestro makeup tips. Once you incorporate the routine into your life you will not only get compliments but will surely look like a star on a moonlit night, no photo retouching required!
“I don’t think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.”
Cindy Crawford
Before we start with the make up tips there is one important thing that all celebrities endorse and take great care of; body’s largest organ – skin. It is important to take care of your skin because if you have good skin it makes your life that much easier. Just follow a few simple rules to take care of your skin better:
- Drink your 8 glasses of water a day.
- Clean off your make-up before you hit the pillows! Preferably with a ph-balanced cleanser or wipes so that the chemical are not corrosive to the delicate facial skin.
- Eat fruits or vegetables everyday that provide you with the essential Vitamin C. Tomato juice is the favorite way for celebs to keep their skins youthful because it does not only provide revitalizing vitamin C but also protects you skin from sun damage and fine wrinkles.
- NEVER, forget your sun-screen when going out the house. Nothing is more damaging to skin then direct sunlight, wrinkles and age spots are only some of the gifts you will get when you do not protect yourself from the Sun.
- Moisturize your skin every day, do not take your moisturizing lightly or else you will pay as time goes by.
- Whenever you can spare time and resources, get or give yourself a facial. It just gives your skin a polish and glow of health and pampering.
Now that we have a serene foundation, we can move on to putting some flawless makeup.
“I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it’s maybe because I grew up on that old glamour.”
Charlize Theron
Understanding your Facial Angles:
Everyone has a different face shape and these unique shapes require attention to different areas, there can be nothing worse then putting on makeup that does not address the angles or shape of your face e.g. Keira Knightly and Jennifer Lopez require different makeup application even if they are going for the same look. There are different kinds of face shapes and angles like an Oval face, a Heart shaped face, a Square-ish face and a Round face.
To get the best look possible for you, you will need to know what your face shape is. To get a good idea, if you already do not, just pull your hair back in a tight ponytail and look in the mirror straight on and you should be able to tell what shape is your face. As the theory goes all makeup you do should be aimed at making your face look oval, it is considered the natural norm by the makeup industry specialists and it works on all face shapes.
When putting on your foundation just put a slightly darker shade on extremes of your face to bring it in and make it look more like an oval face. For a heart-shaped face darker foundation should be applied to the temples to even them out. A square face is becoming the new avante garde standard for beauty and instead of putting dark foundation at the jaw to bring it in, make the eyes really dramatic to balance out the face and look stunning.
Lips and Rouge:
Before you put on any lipstick on you will need to make those lips naturally enhanced through some killer celeb tips. Getting a lip exfoliation, routine is easy and it gets your young and tasty looking lips with just some colorless gloss. Just scrub your lips with a gentle mixture of granulated sugar and baking power, you can use any kind of sugar to rub out the dry skin except from powdered or icing sugar.
If you want naturally defined lips with shape you have to wax out the mustache ladies, even if the hair is bleached. This is give your lips instant shape. Another famed way of faking definition in lips is through lip liner. The only problem is you need to have a steady hand and the definition will only so long as the lip liner does; whereas, if you wax your upper lip and put on some glossy lipstick you will have the definition without the hassle.
If you have a protruding chin it is a good idea to dab some powder base just under your lower lip, this will even out the face and make your lips appear more pout-y. As for lipstick, choose a color according to your skin tone rather then your clothes. A neutral gloss is the celebrity way of keeping young. As a rule, makeup artists enhance only one feature of the face the eyes or the lips, doing both gives a cheap and confused impression. So, either go all out with the lips and put on a loud color or go for dramatic eyes; not both.
Eyes do the Talking:
Dressing up the eyes, often considered soul’s windows is much easier than you might think. Without putting much pressure the makeup of the eyes can make or break your whole effort so you need to be careful when deciding on what look to go with.
The easiest way to give your eyes an instant pick up is by applying some reflective eye shadow across the tear duct and below the eye. Under eyes are the most sensitive part of skin on out bodies, it can tell people a lot about your bad nocturnal habits and much more. There is salvation to looking young and fresh and it involves dabbing the under eye area with the reflective shadow that contrasts slightly the color of the under eye bags.
Mascara is the best thing to ever happen to women and their eye-lashes, it is as important to eye makeup as butter is to a good cake. Just apply at the base and brush towards the tips for curly lashes that frame your windows of the soul to perfection. As an insider tip, do not leave mascara on for too long it can make your lashes fall out.
The color of the eye shadow you put on and the way you put it on depends on the kind of look you are going for. Based on the style of make you have in mind you can choose to go with (a popular choice these days) or without eyeliner. As a rule of thumb the crease of the eyelid will receive the darkest shade you intend to put on and the parts near the brow benefit most from a the reflective eye shade you put under the eyes because this is where the light hits the eye, lifting it.
Color Choices and Skin Tones:
Foundation should be as close to your natural skin tone as a layer of skin itself but human skin is translucent which makes it change color in different light and that is troublesome. A good rule of thumb, by the pros, is to select a shade darker than the color of your skin. That way you eliminate the chance of looking blotchy transferring from indoors to out.
As for the material of the base or foundation, it is advised to not use oil based heavy foundation for long periods of time. There are other flawless and healthier options like using a tinted moisturizer, or using a water based foundation or using the very popular mineral based foundations. Because of the heavy light set up on most photo shoots and sets celebrities tend to use oil based foundation but are careful of taking it off as soon as they can to not suffocate the skin. Concealer and compact powder are essentials for a smart girl’s handbag.
Using these few simple techniques you can look as good as the most beautiful of celebrities and boost your self esteem from all the positive attention you receive. Go on, be gorgeous!
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