3 Interesting Ways to Use a Lipstick

1) As a concealer

The concept of coloured concealers can somehow be related to lipsticks of different shades. Blemishes may require different colours to cover up better. For example, if you have an orange lipstick, you can actually use it to neutralize the blemish and finish it off with a concealer of your skin tone. Instead of using coloured concealers, you may want to opt for coloured lipsticks. To understand the concept of coloured concealers, click Concealer 101 : How to use Coloured Concealers?

       2)  As a blusher

                

       There are two methods to this : 

     

       First method : Start off with any colour you would like to apply on your cheeks. Apply the lipstick to the back of your hand and dab it on the apples of your cheeks using your index finger. Blend it upwards and evenly.

      

       Second method : All you need is a brush and your lipstick. Swirl your brush onto the lipstick and swirl circularly on your cheek bones

     

      When blending lipstick into your skin, be gentle as too much of pressure pushes lipstick into the skin. Set your lipstick-blusher with translucent powder after application to improve the staying power  

      3)  As a lip stain

Lip stain is a lip colour product which stains the lips so that the colour lasts longer. Use a lipstick as lip stain. Dab a little of your lipstick on your finger and blot it into lips.

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Concealer 101 : How to use Coloured Concealers?

Concealer is a product used to hide dark under-eye circles, pimples, scars and other imperfections. Concealer comes in a range of skin tones, but some blemishes may require a different colour to cover up better.

First, let’s try to understand the colour wheel :

In order to neutralize a colour, you must use the opposite colour on the colour wheel. For example, green neutralizes red, orange neutralizes blue, etc

 

Green concealer : Minimizes redness (acne, scars)

Purple concealer : Covers yellow tones in the skin (If it involves the entire face, use a purple primer instead). 

Orange concealer : Hides bad dark circles with bluish undertones. It also reduces the appearance of freckles, age spots and hyperpigmentation

Yellow concealer : Yellow concealers have the same functions as green concealers. It covers up acne, scars and blemishes that is pink toned. It also hides dark circles with purple and blue undertones.

Blue concealer : Reduces the appearance of fake tans. If you have dark skin, this shade will help you to hide dark circles.

Pink concealer : Used to cover up green veins and under-eye circles (people with darker skin tone tend to get greenish under-eye circles rather than purple)

Tips : Apply a concealer that matches your skin tone over the coloured concealer to even it out. Too much of concealer will make your face look cakey.

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