How to Change Your Facial Features with Makeup

Every woman is beautiful, but we have all had times when we have stared at our reflections for hours, troubled by our own appearance. I am guilty of sucking my cheeks into my mouth, pretending to have higher, more defined cheekbones. Makeup is easily used to manipulate your features. Whether you wish to create fuller looking cleavage or the appearance of slimmer lips, you will find a solution in the cosmetics aisles of your local drugstore. Brighter, Fuller Eyes Big, bold, bright eyes add youthfulness to the face. Line your eyes with blue, purple or green eyeliner; cool colors make the whites of the eyes look brighter, widening their appearance. It is most helpful to invest in a high quality eyelash curler. One with extra padding and a gentle hinge will help you prevent accidently breaking hair follicles. After curling, apply a coat or two more of mascara than you would normally use. This will lift the lashes to open the eyes. For incredible length and volume, try LashBlast Fusion Mascara by Covergirl. Complete the look with an ombre styled eyeshadow by applying a darkly colored eyeshadow at the crease of your eyelid and a lighter one at the base. Master the Art of Contouring When you use a product that is darker than your skin, you create depth. These shadows make the area look thinner or sunken in because of the way the dark colors absorb light. It is best to use matte powdered bronzers; glittered bronzers look less natural when used as a shadow. You can slim the appearance of your nose, create high cheekbones and remove a double chin with contouring. To add structure to a broad, bumpy or slightly crooked nose, use a powder two shades darker than your skin tone to brush a small line down each side of your nose. Afterwards, apply a highlighting powder directly down the center, blending the final product with your fingertips. To eliminate the appearance of a double chin and puffiness around your neck, use the same brush as you would for your cheeks and apply the shadow to the area directly below the chin and under the jawline, continuing up towards your ears. This also helps soften the appearance of the jawline. Lightly apply bronzer under your collarbones to draw attention to a plunging neckline. Add a little more in between your breasts to imitate a look of fuller cleavage. Add structure to your cheekbones by blending a shadow just under the bone in a downward motion, then blend it with a highlight or blush on the upper cheek. Reshape Your Lips You don’t need collagen or one of those questionable lip plumping lip glosses to create a fuller looking pout. Use a nude colored pencil to outline your lips just outside of the natural line. Then, fill it in with a brightly colored lipstick; hot pink, violet and bright coral are all on trend right now. The key here is to stay away from dark colors, and remember the more shine you add, the fuller your lips will look. Whether you fret that one of your lips is bigger than the other or they are both too full, it is an easy fix. Apply concealer inside of the lip you wish to decrease in size. The concealer will blend this area of your lip with your skin, so that it doesn’t appear to be part of your lip. Afterwards, use a neutral colored matte lipstick and a small dab of lip-gloss for a healthy shine. Dramatic eye makeup also takes attention from the lips. The application of makeup is an art form, and as women, we are blank canvases. We have the ability to downplay and accentuate our unique features to create our very own definitions of beauty. You don’t need a team of experts to get your best face, just practice. A Few More Tips • Apply bronzer to the shoulders for a sculpted, toned look. • Line the lower eyes and inner corners with white eyeliner for quick wider eyes. • For thicker eyebrows, fill in eyebrows with a matte shadow slightly lighter than your natural brow color. • Line the upper eyelids with black for fuller looking lashes.