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Makeup Hacks For Cosmetic Lovers
The days of spending hours to get the perfect look have come to an end. It takes only a single mistake to ruin your entire look, and if you’re a beginner, the job becomes 10 times harder. Thanks to technology, there are tons of tricks loitering on the internet that can make the process easier! Below is a list of such hacks that’ll allow you to channel your inner beauty guru!
Make EyeShadow Stand Out With White Eyeliner
There are countless hacks out there to help your eyeshadow color pop but this one undeniably works the best. Take your favorite white eyeliner and apply it all over your eyelid.
Make EyeShadow Stand Out With White Eyeliner
White eyeliner is a base that helps to cancel out discoloration and creates an even canvas to apply the shadow. This simple hack not only allows the color to pop, but also helps your eyeshadow last longer.
Reuse Mascara Brushes
You don’t necessarily have to throw the wand away when the mascara is all gone. Clean it using an antibacterial solution and use it as a spoolie instead. Be it grooming your brows or taming the flyaways, spoolies come in handy for a bunch of different things.
Reuse Mascara Brushes
If your lashes tend to get stuck together, simply use your old wand and run it through the clumps. We swear you’ll never want to splurge on a spoolie again!
Make Lipstick Stay on Longer
If you’re hoping to expand the longevity of your lipwear, this quick solution will suit your fancy. First, swipe on your favorite lipstick and lay a tissue over your lips. Dust some translucent powder on top and gently remove the tissue off of your lips.
Make Lipstick Stay on Longer
The small amount of powder that makes its way to your lips will help to lock in the color and make it stay on for a much longer period of time.
Cover Up Puffy Eyes and Dark Circles
If you have to run errands all day and you barely manage to get a night of proper sleep, this trick will make your life easier. Instead of using the same old dotting method, apply concealer in a triangular shape. Just make sure that the triangle reaches the base of your lash liner and the bottom of your cheekbones.
Cover Up Puffy Eyes and Dark Circles
Now, blend it until smooth. This method not only hides redness and reduces the look of puffy eyes, but it also helps to brighten up the whole face!
Curl Your Lashes Faster
Curling up the lashes takes a great deal of time and patience. If you want to curl up your lashes faster than ever, then heat the eyelash curler using a hairdryer first. Then, let the curler cool down a bit.
Curl Your Lashes Faster
Once it reaches a bearable temperature, curl the lashes as you normally would. It will add extra volume to your lashes and help the shape last for a longer period of time.
Fix French Manicures With a Rubber Band
This super simple trick can save you the trouble of having to visit your manicurist regularly. All you have to do is take a rubber band and tie it around your finger. Make sure to tie the band straight across your nails.
Fix French Manicures With a Rubber Band
Now, paint the nail tip that’s sticking out and wait for it to dry. We’re almost positive you’ll be thrilled with the results!
Turn Eyeliner Pencil Into Gel
Eyeliner gel tends to go dry real quick — and we all know how much of a struggle it is to draw with a stiff liner. If you’re over using rough eyeliner, here’s a quick DIY hack to fix it on a whim.
Turn Eyeliner Pencil Into Gel
Take any drugstore eyeliner of your choice and hold the tip under the flame for about three seconds. Let it cool down before using and enjoy an effortless smooth application with each stroke.
Check Your Makeup Under Different Light
Believe it or not, lights can be deceiving. If you always wonder why your makeup looks different depending on the lighting, then you’re not doing it right! Make sure to see the makeup properly if you want it to be smooth and spot on.
Check Your Makeup Under Different Light
According to makeup artists, our skin shows its truest look under the sun and natural daylight is the best light out there to help you find, and fix the flaws.
The Secret to Perfect Manicure
Some of us haven’t been able to get over to the nail salon in quite some time, while others just don’t want to spend the money. Either way, many of us are forced to paint our nails at home. But, are you messy when you try to do at-home manicures?
The Secret to Perfect Manicure
Maybe you get the polish on your skin along with your nails? Well, not anymore! By lining the skin surrounding your nailbeds with Elmer’s glue, you’ll no longer have to worry about scraping the polish off your skin after it’s already dry. It’ll simply peel off!
Make Your Eyes Look Wider
If you happen to have hooded eyes and want to make your eyes look wider, here’s a quick tip for you. Mascara works like a magic wand to make smaller eyes look larger than they actually are. Use a thin coat of mascara and sweep it towards the nose instead of doing it upwards.
Make Your Eyes Look Wider
Wiggle the wand back and forth and voila! It will help your lashes look fuller and result in wider-looking eyes.
Proper Perfume Application
If your perfume tends to wear off in no time, this one’s for you! One of the major rules of applying perfume correctly is hitting all the right places. Instead of rubbing the perfume all over your body, focus on your pulse points.
Proper Perfume Application
Pulse points are the warmest parts of our body — and as perfume is said to be activated by body heat, pulse point makes the perfect place to apply perfume.
Get More Mineral Makeup
If you’re under the impression that you have no more mineral makeup left at the bottom of your container, think again! Move on to the classic penny trick to help you get the last bit out of mineral makeup. Give your container a good shake.
Get More Mineral Makeup
After shaking for a while, use a penny to remove the sticky layer on the bottom of the container. You’ll be amazed to see the amount of powder left!
Easy Smokey Eye
Creating a smokey eye look is a lot of work, no question asked. If you are missing out on a smokey eye look just because it takes up a lot of time, this hack right here is everything you’ve been looking for!
Easy Smokey Eye
Take a smudgeable eyeliner pencil and draw a diagonal hashtag on the corner of your eyes. Now, all you have to do is blend it out with a stiff eyeshadow brush and apply the eyeshadow on top.
Easy Eyelash Glue Application
Applying eyelash glue is hands down one of the trickiest tasks. Luckily, a bobby pin can make the job a lot easier. First thing first, apply a bit of lash glue to the inside tip of the bobby pin.
Easy Eyelash Glue Application
Now, gently slide it across the strip of your falsies, and there you go! This simple trick will ensure the perfect amount of glue and a more even application.
Make Your Own Lip Gloss
Do all your broken eye shadows go in the trash? This super simple DIY hack will make you rethink your decision! Instead of throwing broken eyeshadows away, you can easily turn them into lip glosses. First, crush the broken eyeshadows into a powder.
Make Your Own Lip Gloss
Take a small container of petroleum jelly and add in the broken eyeshadow powder. Mix it until it has a gel-like consistency. Believe us when we say, it works even better than a lip tint!
Winged Eyeliner With Just a Pencil
Winged eyeliner looks fun, but doing it is anything but! If you always wanted to pull off a cat-eye look but have failed to do so, this hack is all you need. Instead of using a gel liner, opt for a pencil liner with a sharp tip.
Winged Eyeliner With Just a Pencil
Place the pencil at the end of your eyelid and draw a wing. Now, fill in the gaps and that’s it! For a smoother result, clean up the edges of your wings with a cotton swab.
Create Natural Contouring
Your whole contouring can go wrong if you contour in the wrong places. Everyone has a different face shape and that’s why, finding the right spots for contouring is puzzling, to say the least. This hack is all about making the contouring job easy.
Create Natural Contouring
Take a pencil and place the straight edge of the pencil below your cheekbones. This way you can easily find out the angles and hit all the right spots!
Skip the Clear Base Coat
If you want your nails to stand out like never before, then white nail polish instead of a clear base coat is the only way out. Not only does it work as a defense against staining, but it will also help you get a much smoother result.
Skip the Clear Base Coat
One or two coats of white nail polish applied on the nails help fill in the ridges and also bring out the best pigment of nail polish that you’re applying over it.
Create a Perfect Cupid’s Bow
If you are more into retro-styled makeup, here’s good news for you! The cupid’s bow lip is trending yet again! To easily pull off the cupid’s bow lip, try out the ‘X’ method right away.
Create a Perfect Cupid’s Bow
Take a lip liner that’s the same shade as your lipstick and draw an X at the center of your upper lip. Now, apply the lipstick using the ‘X’ method and you are all set to have the perfect pout!
Use Gel Eyebrow Pencils for Contouring
An easy hack for contouring has appeared yet again on our list! If you always have a hard time contouring your face, this trick will surely save you a lot of time. Take a dark-colored eyebrow pencil and dot all the areas to contour.
Use Gel Eyebrow Pencils for Contouring
Now, smudge the dots using a blender and finish the look with some highlighter on your forehead and cheekbones. This will create a perfect illumination of contour that all makeup enthusiasts root for!
Perfect Winged Eyeliner With a Spoon
Some of us are clumsy when it comes to using eyeliner. Here’s another trick for perfect winged eyeliner that we’ve all stumbled upon at some point. Head to your kitchen and grab a spoon. Place the handle on the outer corner of your eye and sweep your pencil upward following the line.
Perfect Winged Eyeliner With a Spoon
Now, take the rounded part of your spoon to create the tip of the wing. Just fill in the voids and you are all set to flaunt your cat-eye look!
No More Lipstick on Your Teeth
Lipstick stain on teeth can be downright embarrassing. To prevent such situations, it’s better to take precautions beforehand. Once you’re done applying lipstick, put your index finger in your mouth. Close your lips around firmly around your finger before gently pulling out your finger.
No More Lipstick on Your Teeth
You’ll notice the excess lipstick on your finger. All credit goes to the person who came up with the idea. Now, we can smile from ear to ear without worrying about stained teeth.
No More Mascara Residue
Does the stain of mascara get on your eyelids and under eyes? This hack — which resembles the spoon trick for winged liner — can help you with that in minutes.
No More Mascara Residue
Place the round edge of your spoon against your upper eyelids and sweep the wand of your mascara upwards; follow the same method for your under eyes. The excess mascara that was supposed to go onto the lids will go on the spoon instead! What an amazing hack, isn’t it?
Remoisturize Mascara
Mascara tends to go dry all the time but instead of throwing the tube out, here’s an easy hack that you can follow. Once your mascara bottle is all dried up, add in two or three drops of saline solution.
Remoisturize Mascara
You can also use warm water if you don’t have a saline solution at home. Now, close the lid and shake it well. Your mascara will moisten up and become clump-free once again.
Use an Unusual Item for Blotting
If you don’t want to end up looking like a greaseball on hot summer days, get your hands on some toilet seat covers! Even though it might seem weird at first, toilet seat covers work just like blotting papers, or even better — according to some makeup enthusiasts.
Use an Unusual Item for Blotting
These products have been made with the same materials, thus it easily soaks up the excess oil like a regular blotting paper. It’s a must-try hack.
Plump up Your Lashes
Why bother investing in a high-end mascara when you can plump up your lashes with just some mere powder? Yes, you read that right! Translucent or baby powder can do wonders to your lashes if you didn’t know.
Plump up Your Lashes
After applying a coat of mascara to your lashes, add some powder on top using a spoolie. Repeat the process at least three times to get fuller-looking lashes without breaking the bank. Amazing, right?
Get Rid of Split Ends
If you struggle with split ends all year long but cannot spare the time to go get a trim now and then, these tricks are all you need! The first option (pictured top row) is to tie your hair in a ponytail and trim the ends.
Get Rid of Split Ends
If you’d like to try the second option (pictured middle row), comb your hair and part it in two halves. Now, take those two halves and tie them together in front of you before cutting the amount of hair that you want to take off. The third option (pictured bottom row) is to part your hair in two halves and simply eyeball how much you want to trim off.
Apply Dry Shampoo at Night
Moving onto our next hack for wavy and shiny hair. If you’re more comfortable using dry shampoo in the morning, you’re doing it wrong. Hair experts have advised using a dry shampoo right before going to sleep.
Apply Dry Shampoo at Night
We move a lot around in our sleep and this somehow helps the shampoo to get worked into both the scalp and hair. Follow this trick each night to wake up with shiny and wavy hair in the morning.
Eliminate the Frizzies
Did you know that using a towel to dry your hair can result in frizzy hair? If you already have frizzy hair to begin with, drop the towel right away and use an old cotton tee instead. Unlike towels, a cotton t-shirt soaks up water very quickly without creating frizz.
Eliminate the Frizzies
So, if you’re tired of dealing with frizzy hair and rooting for soft curls, now is the right time to switch to an old tee!
No More Nasty Brushes
Makeup brushes can easily accumulate dirt, oil, and bacteria, and using nasty brushes can cause more damage than you can imagine. If you don’t want to break out in hives using a dirty brush, here’s a quick tip for you. At first, wet the bristles of your brush and rub a dollop of shampoo on it.
No More Nasty Brushes
Set it aside for a few minutes. Run the brush under water and gently swirl the brush tip. Now, set it aside to dry and reshape the bristles if needed.
Nose Slimmer
The days of contouring your nose for hours are long gone. Beauty gurus have found a new way to use tweezers, and needless to say, it’s genius! Take a tweezer and run the tip of it through your favorite contour product.
Nose Slimmer
Now, place the tweezer at the center of your nose and glide it down the bridge. Blend it using a good contour blush until you get the desired result.
Fake Freckles
There’s just something about freckles that we cannot get enough of! Well, fake freckles are trending once again and we are here for it. If you want to jump on the bandwagon and flaunt some natural-looking freckles across your nose and cheeks, make sure to give this hack a go.
Fake Freckles
Get your hands on a henna cone and apply dots in your desired area with it. Let it dry for an hour before wiping it off and enjoy a full face of realistic-looking freckles!
Lipstick on Your Cheeks
Did you know that regular lipsticks are as long-lasting as a cream blush for cheeks? The best part is that you’ll get to experience a range of unique shades — be it a fiery red or rosy pink, dab your favorite lipstick on your fingertips and gently pat it on your cheeks.
Lipstick on Your Cheeks
Blend it in well to see the magic and you’d never want to splurge your money on a cream blush palette ever again!
DIY Makeup Bag
There’s more to broken umbrellas than you can imagine. Who would’ve thought a broken umbrella can be turned into a makeup bag? Thanks to the internet, this DIY hack blew up and this is exactly what we needed.
DIY Makeup Bag
Cut off some fabric from a broken umbrella, and poke holes with a scissor around the edges. Now, insert a ribbon through the holes. Pull the ribbon and your waterproof makeup bag is ready to use!
Quick Dry Nails
Wearing nail polish is fun but waiting for your nails to dry is not! It takes up a lot of time for a coat of polish to dry. So, here’s an easy trick that can help you dry your nails in just a minute! Take a bowl of icy cold water.
Quick Dry Nails
As soon as you’re done painting your nails, dip your nails into the water for a few minutes. The icy cold water helps the paint adhere to the nails and speeds up the drying time!
Remove Foundation Stains
We’ve all gotten foundation or concealer on our clothes at some point in our lives. Since the formula of the foundation is oil-based, getting rid of its stain isn’t that easy. However, just a dollop of shaving cream can do the trick.
Remove Foundation Stains
First, wet the stained area and put a dollop of shaving cream on it. Let it sit for a few minutes. Now, lightly wash it using soap and the stain will come out easily.
DIY Brow Filler
If your brows are on fleek, it’ll complete your entire look. As brow pencil or gel requires a lot of splurges, here’s a pro tip to save up on both time and money. Take one almond out of your pantry. Carefully burn the tip of the almond and make sure not to burn your hands.
DIY Brow Filler
Let the almond cool down. Now, take a brow brush and rub it over the burned side. Fill in the brows with the char and there you go!
DIY Fruit Gloss
What’s the point of buying fancy fruit lip gloss when you can make it at home? Just follow our hack and you’ll be good to go. Take a bowl and put some petroleum jelly. Add your desired food color to the bowl.
DIY Fruit Gloss
Give it a good mix. Now, microwave the jelly mixture until it melts. Immediately pour the hot mixture into a small container. Allow it to harden in the freezer before applying.
Makeshift Color Corrector
Color corrector works like magic to cover up the blemishes. If you have run out of color correctors, give this easy trick a go. If you have dark circles or hyperpigmentation, take red lipstick and gently rub it on the problematic areas.
Makeshift Color Corrector
Blend it well using your fingers or a brush and layer it with a concealer — and voilà! We promise you won’t be disappointed!
No Makeup Remover?
Removing makeup off of your face is the most crucial part of a skincare routine. If you tend to run out of micellar water or makeup wipes all the time, this hack is all you need! Take a small amount of coconut oil with your fingertip and rub it all over your face.
No Makeup Remover?
Once the makeup starts to break down, wipe your face with a cotton pad before washing off with your favorite cleanser.
Foundation for the Seasons
Finding the perfect shade of foundation is one tedious task, no matter what your skin tone is. And when the season changes? Ugh, don’t even get us started!
Foundation for the Seasons
To match your foundation shade with your skin tone all year round, invest in two foundations. One that’s one shade lighter than your skin and one that’s a bit darker. It’ll keep your makeup on point all year long!
Get Dewy-Looking Skin
If your skin is on the drier side or tends to get flaky in the winter, chances are you already know the struggle of achieving a dewy skin look. To keep your skin dewy even in the chilly winter, mixing your makeup with skincare products will come in handy.
Get Dewy-Looking Skin
Adding in a few drops of hydrating serum to your foundation will do the job. You can also skip the setting powder for extra protection.
Tap the Sponge
Makeup artists agree on the fact that the way you use your makeup sponge matters a lot more than you can imagine. If you’re all about a natural yet airbrushed finish, the tapping technique is what you’re missing out on.
Tap the Sponge
Instead of rubbing the blender all over your face, gently tap it using quick patting motions. It will allow you to have a flawless finish without leaving any smudges.
Apply Bronzer in the Shape of 3
Looking for a way to contour your face in no time? Make sure to try out the number “three” technique. Take your favorite contour stick and draw the number three down your cheekbone and jawline. Use a good contouring brush to evenly blend it out.
Apply Bronzer in the Shape of 3
Once you are done blending, tap off the excess bronzer with translucent powder and blend again. Keep on blending until you get your desired result and finish it off with spraying some setting spray!
Get More Out of Liquid Makeup
If you are all about gaining more bang for your buck, here’s a pro tip to live by! To make the most out of your liquid makeup that comes in tubes, cut them open when they seem empty and scoop out the rest!
Get More Out of Liquid Makeup
For liquid makeup that comes in a pump form, adding a few drops of warm water and shaking it can help loosen up the makeup at the bottom.
