10 Little beauty tricks that make a HUGE difference

10 Little things that make a big difference in your makeup

Amanda Lim

02 Oct 2015

updated the 6 October 2015 à 22:22

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Blotting lipstick
For longer-lasting lipstick, blot your lips gently with a single ply of tissue paper. This removes the slippery waxes, leaving behind the precious pigments. Reapply and repeat the steps again to build up the colour if needed.
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Bouncing damp sponge over face after makeup application
After you’re done dusting on your finishing powder, bounce a damp sponge, like a beauty blender over your face to press the product into your skin. This gives you a poreless finish that still looks skin-like rather than cakey.
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Brushing eyebrows up
Instead of brushing your eyebrows down, brush them up with a spoolie. This widens the space between your brow and your eyes, giving you a subtle facelift.
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Concealing redness around nose
The late Kevyn Aucoin once said concealing the redness around the nose can take years off a face. He was right. If you find yourself getting red during the day, taking this step can easily freshen up your makeup, brightening up your face.
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Curling your lashes
Curling your eyelashes only takes 20 seconds. It is one of the quickest and most effective ways to make your eyes look bigger and more awake. Even if you don’t intend on using mascara, don’t leave home without curling.
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Dusting blush on eyelids
After you’re done applying blusher, take what’s left on the brush and lightly dust over your eye makeup. This wash of colour, though barely noticeable, pulls your make up look together and adds warmth to your eyes.
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Highlighting cupid’s bow
Take your strobing game up a notch by adding a dab of highlighter on the top of your lip. This creates the illusion of a much fuller lip, giving you that sexy come hither pout.
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Lining lips
Lip liners are extremely adept makeup tools. You can use them to prolong the wear of your lipstick and stop them from bleeding. Lining your lips also gives definition to your cupid’s bow, giving you that sharp perfect lip that is so en vogue this season.
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Tight-lining eyes
If you want the appearance of thicker and fuller lashes, try tight-lining before applying mascara. Get a black kohl pencil and line from underneath your lashes and you’ll get vavavoom volume instantly.
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Wiping mascara wand
Clumpy lashes got you down? Well, it doesn’t mean you need to rush out and buy new mascaras. Just run your wand across tissue paper to get rid of annoying excess masacara goop. Viola, clump free, fluttery lashes!

Try these simple tricks to take your makeup game to a whole new level.

Looking good can take time, but even then we all have days where nothing we do works. That is why we believe every woman should be equipped with little insurances.

They say the littlest things make the biggest impacts, and in the case of beauty, it’s true. It is not always about piling on makeup, but the strategic use of products. Not only are our favourite beauty tricks beyond effective; they are also really easy and take up so little time.

Whether you have an hour or just a minute, our savvy pro beauty tricks can make a vast difference to your beauty routine. Keep these tried and tested tricks up your sleeves to so you’ll never be caught on a bad makeup day again!

Amanda Lim

Photos: Getty Images

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