Discovering the best shape for your eyebrows without sacrificing a natural appearance is what you want to accomplish. The eye is framed by the arch, length, and thickness of the eyebrow. Just as the shape of a mustache can change the appearance of a man’s face, the shape of the eyebrows can affect the appearance […]

No aspect of makeup seems to go through such dramatic fashion changes as eyebrow styles. Eyebrows are as representative of each fashion decade as clothes are. We’ve gone from overtweezed, pencil-thin, tortured brows to overdrawn, thickly penciled brows, to a full, bushy natural look, and now we’ve settled on very soft, natural, but definitely shaped […]

Mascara, eyeshadow, and eyeliner are intended to make women more attractive. One thing they shouldn’t do is harm the eyes! Yet each year, many women suffer eye infections from cosmetics. At the time of purchase, most eye cosmetics are free from bacteria that could cause eye infections. Problems happen when they aren’t adequately preserved against […]

Although I am not a fan of false eyelashes (primarily because you can almost always tell that they’re fake), I realize that many makeup artists love to use them, and because they do, women wonder if they should try them, either to be doing the “proper thing” or for fun. Basically, false lashes are available […]

The traditional upper-lash application, made by rotating the mascara wand as you round-brush from the base of the lashes up to cover all the lashes around the entire eye is the most efficient, expedient method. Keep an old, cleaned-up mascara wand in your makeup bag to use for removing occasional mascara clumps (it can happen […]

Mascara comes in two basic types: waterproof and water-soluble. Mascaras should not smudge, flake, or clump, and it is not your fault if they do. As is true for every aspect of the cosmetics industry, price does not tell you anything about how well a mascara performs. Drugstore mascaras can be as good as the […]

Mascara is an amazing invention and is considered basic to any kind of makeup applica­tion. Many makeup artists, including myself, say that if you’re not wearing any other makeup but still want to wear something, wear mascara. On the other hand, many of us—and I’m guilty of this, too—get carried away and wear way too […]

After using powder eyeshadow as eyeliner, check for drippies under the eye and on the cheek. Drippies are those little powder flakes that fly off the brush and land on the cheek. Knocking off the excess from the brush every time helps prevent drippies, but there will s be flakes that end up where they […]

Assuming you have a steady hand (if not, try this sitting down so you can steady your arm by placing your elbow on a table), position the brush, pencil, or applicator so it is as close to the lash-line along the eyelid as possible. Then draw a line from the inner to outer corner using […]