By Laura Salas
Your best shade of concealer isn’t just the one than matches your skin tone. You also need a shade (or two) that cancels out the color of your imperfections. Apply any color-correcting concealer very lightly beneath your regular, skin tone concealer.
It works because it uses basic color theory. Green concealers can cancel out redness from breakouts and rosacea. Salmon, peach, and orange-colored concealers can fix the blue and purple hues left by dark circles. Lavender concealers are great for fixing sallow complexions and old bruises.
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Is your once-pigmented powder suddenly immune to your brush? Shadows, blushes, bronzers, and other pressed powders can get hard, shiny, and difficult to apply over time. If you keep swiping, but no product is being picked up, the issue is oil. Oil from your fingers or brushes has created a barrier over the makeup.
To fix this, you must first clean your brushes, and start doing so more often. Then, all you need is a roll of scotch tape. Lay the tape down over the powder and press down firmly. Pull it off, and the top layer of that crusted oil (ew) should be gone.
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The regret of a bad makeup purchase can sting worse than a poorly-done bikini wax. The dark, matte formulas pervading the beauty industry right now can be hard for everyone to pull off. Swatches displayed on the internet can also deceive you into going brighter than you intended. The good news is, a lipstick is one of the easiest things to salvage.
Tone down any lipstick and make it ultra-moisturizing by turning it into a tinted balm. Mash the lipstick up with an equal amount of petroleum jelly or cocoa butter. Add a few drops of vitamin E oil, and transfer it to a clean jar or tube. If it turns out too runny to jar, you can stir in a ¼ teaspoon of melted beeswax to help it set.
Blending is oft-discussed because it is the difference between a professional and tragic makeup job. Two faces can wear the exact same products, luxury or drug store, and not look remotely similar if the blending isn’t on point. It can be very time consuming if you don’t know what you’re doing. And it isn’t always possible to start fresh when things don’t go as planned.
But a nice, bland moisturizer can fix almost anything. Use a tiny dab of eye cream to diffuse stubborn, streaky eyeshadow. A dot of face moisturizer, patted gently on top of akeup, can make stripey blush and thick foundation instantly softer and more natural-looking.
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A mascara is never just a mascara. What you’re actually buying is both a formula and a wand. If one isn’t as great as the other, it will never be holy grail. A good formula is lost when paired with a flimsy, ineffective wand.
That’s why you need to hang on to your favorite applicator wand as soon as you find it. Wash and sanitize it for use with other mascara formulas. What the perfect mascara wand? It varies, but it will most likely distribute mascara across every single lash, and provide good separation and lift.
