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along your jawline, sides of your nose, or even on your forehead.

;; Highlighting your face gives your skin a glow. Use a shimmery light powder to highlight your cheekbones, bridge of your nose, over the browbone, inner corners of your eyes, over your mouth or, even under your eyes.

;; If you love cream blush but hate that by the end of the day it disappears, apply a touch of a powder blush that best matchs the color of your cream blush. This sets the cream blush & keeps meltdowns at bay.

;; Using an eyeshadow primer/base before putting on your eyeshadow will prevent nasty creasing, prolong the wear of your eyeshadow throughout the day and, makes the colors stand out.

;; Using a cream eyeshadow[that matches the color of the powder eyeshadow you are using] as a base will help intensify the color pay off.

;; Scared of color? Use colorful eyeliners or eyeshadows as eyeliner (dampen a liner brush in water & dab it in the eyeshadow) instead til you feel comfortable wearing colorful eyeshadows.

;; If you have a shakey hand & worried about messy eyeliner lines, rest your elbow on a flat surface for a more steady foundation.

;; To avoid smearing/runny eyeliner,apply a powder eyeshadow that matches the color of your eyeliner on top.

;; Smokey black eyes can be boring. You can smoke up any color look with a tad of black eyeshadow in the outer crease (blended up & well). Only takes a few seconds to do & it's an instant smokey look.

;; If you have long eyelashes & don't want to mess with regular mascara,use a clear mascara to separate your lashes without adding color to them.

;; Damaged lashes? Use a eyelash primer or vaseline as overnight treatment for your lashes.

;; Using black or brown eyeliner on the top of your eyelid will give the illusion of thick lashes.

;; Always clean the sides of your mascara wand on the edge of your mascara tube, this will prevent nasty clumps on your eyelashes.

;; Confused about what eyebrow color you should pick?Remember,darker hair = 1-2 shades LIGHTER & lighter hair = 1-2 DARKER.

;; You don't have to just use an eyebrow pencil for your brows, you can always use a matte eyeshadow(no glittery/shimmer eyeshadows) & eyebrow wax (or a clear mascara or even a pat of hairspray) to set your eyebrows.

;; The best tool(s) to use when applying eyeshadow to your brows is an angled brush and/or thin liner brush. I use the angled brush for the thick part of my eyebrows & then,I use the thin liner brush for the "tail end" of my eyebrow.

;; Eyebrows should start right

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