How To: Enhance Your Best Features(Makeup Edition)

Hey dolls!

I've recently been noticing that many, and I mean many, girls use makeup just to cover while the main use of it is to ENHANCE. Every girl out there has at least one physical attribute that she absolutely adores about herself so why not enhance it!? In today's post, I'm going to be covering the facial features and how to enhance it with the swipe of a brush.

Now let's get to it!


Eyes:

For many people out their, the eyes are their favorite attribute. If you happen to be one of those people, here's how to make your big/small/colored eyes POP:


Big Eyes: You can make big eyes pop by curling your lashes. Yes, curling your lashes makes a huge difference. It'll open up your eyes even more & makes you seem more youthful!
Also adding a lot of mascara and lining your eyes thinly with liquid eyeliner will give you a doll-eyed effect.

To Create The Illusion of Bigger Eyes: use white eyeliner on your waterline. Not only will this make you seem bright-eyed but it's perfect for the days where you lack your 8 hour beauty sleep(which for me, is everyday).

Small Eyes: Small eyes can be so sexy & sultry if done correctly! Black pencil liner is your best friend. Line your upper & lower waterline for a sweet yet sultry day time look. Adding dark colors on the lower lash line makes your eyes look absolutely gorgeous and it's the best tip I can give to you small-eyed gals!

Colored Eyes:
BROWN: Peach, blue, copper/bronze, green, & gold eyeshadows/liners.
GREEN: Purple, plum, browns & gold eyeshadows/liners.
BLUE: Purple, green, & black eyeshadows/liners.

Nose:

Finding girls that actually like their NATURAL nose is pretty rare but if you're one of the blessed ones out there, then here's how to enhance it:

- Add a shimmery highlight to the bridge of your nose. Not only will this make it seem slimmer but also catch the light and reflect some sparkle!

If you're not blessed with a Cara Delevigne nose then here's how to fake it;

- Contour your nose. Yep, just like how you'd usually contour your cheekbones. Take a matte bronzer or a medium-brown matte eyeshadow on a fluffy blending brush and contour the sides of your nose but please girls, blend.. What we're doing here is creating the illusion of shadows. Shadows = slimmer nose.
- Highlight your nose with a MATTE highlighter. A great matte highlighter is the Dream Lumi by Maybelline or the Touche Eclat by YSL. If you don't wanna splurge, just use a concealer at least 2 shades lighter than your actual skintone.

Lips:

My favorite makeup product probably has to be lipstick. The amount of lipsticks I own is probably unhealthy  and yet, I always seem to find myself buying more. The main reasons being because I love anything and everything that brings attention to my lips. Honestly, what's better than the perfect pout?! If you're born and blessed with kissable lips, here's how to enhance them:

- Red lipstick is your best friend. Remember that. If you're too scared to go bold, opt for a hot pink lip - toned down yet sassy.
- Always use a lip scrub. Please ladies, treat your lips with respect. Don't neglect them.
- Continuous moisturizing with lip balm is a must.

How To Create The Illusion of Pouty Lips:
- Apply lip gloss or a lighter lipstick just on the middle of your bottom lip!
- Highlight your cupid's bow with a highlighter.
- Line your lips with a lip liner. You don't  need to get a lip liner in every lipstick shade out there, just buy 1 neutral shade and you're good to go, no matter what the color lipstick. For bigger looking lips, SLIGHTLY outline your lips and overdraw your cupid's bow.
- If you have small thin lips, steer away from dark & vampy lipsticks. They're a big no-no.
- Apply a tad bit of cinnamon to your lips. It gives a tingly sensation and causes your lips to slightly puff  up for a while.
- Try out lip plumpers like The Sexy Mother Pucker from Soap & Glory or Too Faced's Lip Injection.

Cheekbones:

I'm envious of every girl with cheekbones. There's something about cheekbones that I find so attractive - whether it's on a guy or a girl. Here's how to fake it without going under the knife:

- Contouring is your best friend. Use a matte bronzer with a small & defined brush to get right into the hallows of the cheeks. Start from the back and make sure it's darker around there then blend out(do NOT get it too close to your mouth).
- Another way of contouring is to contour using a darker foundation or concealer. Keep the line fairly harsh then follow up with your regular foundation routine. This looks so much more natural but advanced and requires a lot of practice to perfect.
- Highlight your cheekbones! Matte or shimmery, it doesn't matter.

How To Enhance Natural Cheekbones:
 - There is not much I can say since you're already lucky but for the extra mile, highlight your cheekbones to make them pop.

Eyebrows:

To me, gorgeous well-defined brows are essential to complete a look. I prefer thick brows but others may prefer thinner brows so I can't really advice you on this topic other than; don't neglect your brows. Always fill them in, get them threaded frequently and use a shade that MATCHES your hair color and doesn't look to harsh on your face.
If you need more assistance, here's a great video to help you out.

"Your eyebrows can make or break you."

Legs:

If you were not born with long legs, there's not much you can do about it unless you work out and slim your legs so there's not much advice I can give you here.
But if you're someone who loves showing off your legs, here's how to make them extra jaw-dropping:

- Add body shimmer or bronzer to the middle of your legs.
- TAN YOUR LEGS. Tan legs are happy legs. You can either naturally tan or use a self-tanning lotion like one from St. Tropez or Victoria's Secret.




I hope I covered everything & anything! If there's something I missed, please do inform me & I'll be more than happy to help to advice you! Don't forget to tell me if you liked this segment & if I should do one about fashion as well.


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