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- Ouch!!
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Ouch!!
Plucking your eyebrows in pain? Try applying a little ice to your brows 10 seconds prior to plucking to numb the skin.
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- Freeze! Puffy, droopy and under eye circles got you down?
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Freeze! Puffy, droopy and under eye circles got you down?
Grab a Gel Mask! Pop in the freezer for a few minutes to chill, strap on and watch those dreary eyes awaken! ( a few minutes a day wearing a chilled gel eye mask has been shown to reduce the signs of aging.)
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- Want to minimize "crows feet"?
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Want to minimize "crows feet"?
Wearing sunglasses can help protect your eyes from harmful sun rays, but also can prevent pre-mature aging due to squinting, not to mention sunglasses are the perfect fashion accessory!
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- Creasing eye shadow?
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Creasing eye shadow?
Avoid wearing eye moisturizer with shimmer eye shadows, it breaks up the consistency of the shadow and causes creasing.
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- Fading eye shadow?
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Fading eye shadow?
Use shielding hydro-tint as a base on your eyes to keep your eye shadow lasting and fresh!
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- Out of eye shadow?
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Out of eye shadow?
No need to fret, brush on some bronzer or blush for a soft glow of colour on the eyes!
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- Out of eyeliner?
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Out of eyeliner?
Use your mascara and apply with an eyeliner brush, looks just like liquid eyeliner it will last all day!
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- Puffy eyes?
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Puffy eyes?
Run teaspoons under cold water, and place on eyes for a few seconds. Close the eyes, then using the rounded edge massage gently by rolling back and forth over the eye area.
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- Raccoon eyes?
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Raccoon eyes?
Did you sleep with your mascara on, and there's no eye makeup remover in sight? No worries, grab some kitchen standards to save the day! Use a little vegetable oil or butter on a cotton pad or tissue. Gently pat around your eyes. Not only will it remove the makeup , but it moisturizes too!!
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- Light lashes?
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Light lashes?
Try using brown mascara instead of black. Black can be too much of a contrast if your lashes and brows are too light!
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- Spare you lashes!
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Spare you lashes!
Never use your eyelash curlers after applying your mascara! Always use it before or you may pull out some of your eyelashes!!
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- Keep getting clumps on your lashes?
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Keep getting clumps on your lashes?
Try wiping off excess mascara from your mascara wand with a tissue before use to prevent clumps on your lashes!
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- Want younger looking eyes?
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Want younger looking eyes?
Apply a little eye cream on the brow bone and under the eyes. Then dab on a concealer that matches your skin tone. The last thing to do is line your eyes with a pencil just below the lash line. This will give the impression of larger and brighter eyes!
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- Thinning brows?
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Thinning brows?
Have your beautician dye them for you. For an at home treatment, choose an eye shadow in a similar shade to your brows and fill them in!
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- Use powder!
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Use powder!
When filling in your brows try using powder! Although brow pencils may last longer, powder creates a more natural look! Set colour in with a clear brow gel.
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- Shades of yellow
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Shades of yellow
Using shades of yellow on your eyelids will make the white in you eye pop!
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- Over-plucked your eyebrows?
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Over-plucked your eyebrows?
Brush the brows straight up with an eyebrow comb. . With the eyebrow pencil, draw short, feathery strokes on the hairs around the sparse areas. . Use an eye-shadow, which matches your brows to make the desired shape. . Press some powder lightly onto the area. Then brush them back to their natural shape.
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- Dark circles?
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Dark circles?
If you have dark circles under your eyes, don't apply eyeliner until dark circles are covered with concealer or else your eyes will become too dark!
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- From thick to thin!
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From thick to thin!
Eyeliner should be applied close to base of eyelashes to make them look thicker. Start with a thicker line on the outer edge of your lid with elbow on table for stability, draw the line towards inner corner of your eye, thinning the line as you go.
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- Small eyes?
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Small eyes?
Don't use too much shadow or liner as it will make your eyes look smaller. Apply a light colour onto your eyelids, use a darker colour in the crease and use a highlighter under the brow.
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- Large eyes?
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Large eyes?
Wear a darker shadow on the lid and extend it to the crease. Use a flat color under the brow to highlight.
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- Deep set eyes?
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Deep set eyes?
Use light colours on the eyelid and under the brow. Use a medium color in the crease. Emphasise the outer corners with shadow.
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- Hooded eyes?
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Hooded eyes?
Apply light colours onto your lids. Use darker colours from the center of the eyelid to the outer corners and blend.
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- Round eyes?
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Round eyes?
Make round eyes longer by using colour all around and extending toward the outer corners.
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- Smokey Eye!!
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Smokey Eye!!
For natural smokey looking eyes, smudge in your eyeliner by creating tiny circular motions near the lashes to blend in the colour! Try this technique using the e.l.f. smudge eye brush.
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- Banish those dark circles!
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Banish those dark circles!
Here's 6 ways to help eliminate dark circles: 1. Get enough sleep; try to go to bed a little earlier than you normally would. 2. Cucumber slices have a soothing effect on the eyes. 3. Use sunscreen every day and moisturise in the night preferably using a good under eye cream. 4. Drink plenty of water to hydrate the skin. 5. Apply cold compresses. 6. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables as iron deficiency can be a cause for dark circles around the eyes.
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- Dark Circle solution
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Dark Circle solution
Take 2 teabags that you have already used put them in the freezer until they are cold (30 mins) then put them on your eyes use this tip daily and watch your dark circles fade away bring these teabags to use instead of wasting them.
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- Eye Widener Pencil
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Eye Widener Pencil
The Eye Widener pencil works for so many uses other uses than just the eyes - blend it over your upper lip to enhance the 'bow', blend it under eyebrows to enhance the arch, if your inner eye socket looks dark and you don't have your concealer, smudge a little there for an instant brightening effect, and don't forget, if you have 'marionnette' lines on the sides of your mouth, it will lighten them up too!
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