Everyone is looking forward to arm themselves with information about the newest trends in the year 2008 with regards to hairstyles and colors. Moving away from 2007 hottest trends, 2008 plunges into the past and is reviving certain popular hairstyles from the 70s and on by reinventing them. There is sure to be a trend that is able to compliment every single person regardless of what face shape you have or what hair color that you currently have.

A great hairstyle that is getting much attention would be the soft wedge cut. It is achieved by giving it much personality and a whole lot of layering and texture. You should have it styled straight for a truly elegant look or be more fun by styling it with texture as it is a very soft and polished hair cut.

Last year a lot of attention were paid on waves and curls, however in 2008 it seems that poker straight hairstyles will be taking over the reign. A fashionista? If you just cannot get over your infatuation with curls yet be trendy, then you may look at the option of straightening your hair at the top part while letting your curls gather just at the end. Voila, you now can keep the trends of both years.

Apart from getting a haircut just to achieve a new look, you can opt for adding some colors to your hair to stir things up. In regards to color trends in 2008, make sure to be on the look out for a darker shade of burgundy as they are back in. Darker shades are becoming a trend of the year, dark auburn and cocoa infusion brown are fitting for the current trend.

What if you have just gotten a new hairstyle and had them dyed to your liking; yet you could not shake off the feeling of wanting to try something new but not looking for quite a permanent change to your current style. Look no further for a new trend that emerged known as hair stenciling might just be the answer for you.

Hair stenciling has been a new hot thing overseas in places such as Japan, Paris, Milan, and is paving its way into the US market. It works by creating and applying non-permanent designs onto your hair. This works well on any kind of hair length but appears predominantly used on shorter hairstyles. It has been appearing on fashion runways in shows by well known brand such as Gucci and Versace.

Either you or your stylist will create a stencil which will then be attached to your hair and temporary paints, jewels and glitters will be utilized to create a brash and bold statement. Everything from animal prints to symbols are used to create these wild and funky looks. It is inexpensive yet the affect that it brings is a sizzling hot brand new original look.

It is great if one takes some time to think about which hairstyles will match their bestowed looks to the mint. However if you really love a particular hairstyle so much even though it does not bring out the best in you, then by all means take the plunge and go for it. Life is short to be wasted, so go get a hairstyle that you absolutely love and enjoy life to the fullest. As long as you love it- all well, ends well.

Since staying out of the Sun is a priority, the look for this Spring is make up that will give you a golden glow with zero skin damage.
For the season, a must have product is bronzer. You can buy bronzers in powder, gel, stick formulas, liquid and cream.
Bronzers should be worn on top of your foundation or alone. Use bronzer products to warm up your skin color but match your foundation as closely as possible to your skin tone so that when you add a bronzer you are adding color.
Don’t make the mistake of using a dark shade of foundation to add color. This can give you a masklike complexion.
Bronzers are created for all skin tones no matter your color. Avon sells a lightweight cream that adds a sheer, radient and dewy veil of color. It’s called “Go With The Glow All Over Face Color” for $5.00. You can wear it on cheeks, lips, wherever. This easily blending color can give you a natural looking rosy “just blushed” glow or an elegant finish. You can wear this product over foundation or wear it alone. The colors are Nuance (product # 035482), Blushed (product # 035607), Glorious (product # 035611), Elegant (product # 034945) and Tawny (product # 035554).
To suit you:
With a very fair complexion choose the lightest shades in liquid or gel formulas. Choose Avon’s Elegant, “Go With The Glow All Over Face Color.” For medium or dark complexions choose a medium or dark color bronzer. Choose Avon’s Nuance or Glorious “Go With The Glow” If you have dry skin, put on liquid or cream bronzers. Avon’s product is perfect for this.
One real key for applying bronzer is to apply this product wherever the Sun naturally tans you, your forehead, sides of your nose, cheeks, chin, eyes and neck. Remember to blend well. You can make your bronzed look appear more natural by remembering to apply it also on your neck area.
Experiment with the order for which you will be applying bronzer. Such as applying foundation first then apply concealer and powder and then apply the bronzer before adding eye make up, lipstick and if necessary, blush. Or you can put all your make up on and then apply bronzer to add more color.
You can create a really good look with a bronzer and look like you were kissed by the Sun!

On Applying Foundation and Concealer: Foundation and concealer can give you a more polished look. By reading this article, you can learn to apply foundation and concealer with expertise. It’s recommended that you get comfortable using your hands for applying makeup because you’ll be more comfortable with your face by doing so. You will acquire a naturalness of face, getting a well blended look with makeup. When professional makeup artists apply makeup tricks, they use their hands to do all kinds of things with makeup. Petroleum jelly or lip balm is often used to change the texture of makeup.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT FOUNDATION: With well over 50 selections of color and many varieties or types of foundations, choosing the right foundation may be a little bit daunting. If you have oily skin, use water-based or oil-free foundation. For dry skin, you’ll want liquid or rich cream foundation.
Foundation is supposed to look invisible when applied. Test foundation by applying just near jawline and notice how well blended it is. You want your foundation to be invisible and well blended.
Many women try to test foundation color by the back of hands or cheeks. The color of both those areas is often darker than the jawline.
Women of color should apply foundations containing yellow undertones because of the yellow pigments with their skin. Oil-free formulations are right for darker skin that reflects more light and is often more oily.
APPLICATION OF FOUNDATION: First moisturize your face and let the moisturizer get absorbed. This will keep the foundation right on top of your skin.
Next, apply foundation and blend quickly.
Finally, set it by dabbing a brush with powder, making circular strokes with the powder across your face. Be careful about dusting with too much powder because a matted face can look very dated.
TIP: Add a little bit of moisturizer to long-wearing foundations.
Gently dab onto areas around the eyes and mouth so that foundation won’t be too drying.
FOUNDATION TIPS: Dab foundation on face with a finger or light sponge.
That should help give you a luminous, yet natural look.
To get a dewy finish, take witch hazel and moisten cotton balls or a wash cloth or a gauze pad with this astringent and gently dab your face after it’s made up. This will remove a matte look from makeup and leave your skin looking radiant.
When applying foundation, open your mouth so that your neck area is exposed and you see your jawline and neck to apply foundation on so as to avoid obvious lines.
Keep two different shades of foundation on your dressing table.
One for winter, the other for the summer season. If mixed together, you can match the color perfectly.
After applying foundation, dab your face with a kleenex. Blend your makeup together to soften the look.
CONCEALER: Concealer can create flawless skin by hiding imperfections. Use a soft, flat brush or your fingertips to gently dab on concealer. Whoever has minor imperfections can benefit from concealer.
TIP: You should apply concealer on your entire undereye area as well as the outside of your eyes for a more wide eyed look. This will give your eyes a lift. The outside area of the eyes can be prone to dryness and redness.
Liquid concealer is recommended for concealing larger areas such as circles under the eyes.
Solid concealer is considered necessary for hiding scars, pimples, bruises.
Cream to Powder foundation provides a natural looking concealer.
Make sure it’s matched to the color of the cream or liquid foundation that you are applying.
TIP: When applying solid or liquid foundation, use concealer afterward.
When applying cream to powder foundation, apply concealer first.
EXPERT TRICKS:
To help conceal dark circles: Mix together yellow eye shadow with concealer or foundation. You can color correct your dark undertones while you conceal.
Mix together green or blue eyeshadow with concealer or foundation to color correct broken capillaries or ruddy tones.
Dip your finger in the residue on the cap of the foundation you are using to get a good concealer. It’s thick enough to use for concealer as it’s slightly dehydrated and matches your foundation color perfectly.

Modern living has its’ drawbacks to our complexions, our bodies. Try a regular schedule for detoxing to give you healthier skin, body and to add beauty to the way you look.
Stress, late nights, processed foods, lack of exercise, smoke and alcohol all cause overtaxing on our organs, not to mention it’s affect on our complexions. Dull, lifeless skin and fatigue result from poor habits.
Detoxifying your system counteracts these symptoms. By temporarily removing some foods from the diet, you can rest your digestive system, make your skin glow and be refreshed.
Start with eating only fresh, raw fruits and vegetables, just one day every week. During that 24 hour day, avoid nicotine, caffeine, drugs and alcohol or do it forever!
If you have a serious illness or are pregnant, you should avoid fasting.
The day before and the day after fasting, avoid meat, sugar, dairy, saturated fats, wheat and complex carbohyrates. Eat simply for maximum results. This can be done.
You will be surprised at how much clearer you will feel by having lots of salads, steamed vegetables, fresh fruits, raw nuts, beans, soups and avocados.
During the three days of fasting, also increase filtered water in your diet. Make sure to drink 8 glasses of filtered water or more. Try to buy organic fruits and vegetables for fasting. If it’s not possible to buy organic fruits and vegetables, wash them with a brush designed to remove pesticides and chemicals. Eat all fruits and vegetables raw. Blend into smoothies, as juice, or prepared as salads. Use lemon juice for salad dressing.
To help the cleansing, start the day drinking hot lemon tea. Boil filtered water and add fresh lemon juice from sliced lemons. When juicing, add a slice of fresh ginger.
After success with this regimen for a few weeks, try having a day where you consume only the juices of fruits and vegetables for even better results with detoxing and cleansing. It’s preferable the juices are prepared using a juicer. If that’s not possible, drink organic juices with no additives.
When you are successful with this regimen, try for three days once or twice a year of consuming only juices.
You will be able to improve your skin and look and feel healthier after fasting on fruits and vegetables for a time!

Your eyes are the focal point of your face. People notice your eyes first. General rules of color are to use deeper colors with dark eyes, lighter colors with light eyes. Usually, color gets absorbed by dark skin.
Richer eye colors like copper, gold, browns, deep grays, navy and violets are appropriate for dark eyes. With light eyes select specific blues, taupes, khaki, ginger and light grays.
BEAUTY TIP: White eyeshadow is a staple. You can use white eyeshadow to open your eyes when you apply it on the inner corners of your eyes. To lift your eyes, apply white eye shadow on your brow bones. You can also use white eye shadow when you use a heavy hand applying makeup and you want to soften your look.
BEAUTY TIP: Baby oil is good to keep on hand to mix together with eyeshadows and blush for creating creamy consistencies to formulations of makeup.
It’s recommended that you choose three shades of similar colors for making up your eyes. This will help you achieve a more polished look.
First, apply the lightest color from your lash line to your brow. Secondly, apply the medium color of eyeshadow from your lash line to right above the crease of your eyes. Then, apply dark eyeshadow with an eyeliner brush lining your eyes around your lash lines.
BEAUTY TIP: Before applying eye makeup dust your eyelids with powder, to help prevent eyeshadow from melting and creasing. This will create an oil-free eye area to apply eyeshadow smoothly.
BEAUTY TIP: To get a wet look with your eyelids, that is also long lasting, apply lip gloss on your eyelids and then apply eyeshadow. Eyeshadow will adhere on the gloss base.
BEAUTY TIPS ON EYELINER APPLICATIONS:
To widen the area between your eyes with close-set eyes, try this with eyeliner: Draw a line on the outer third of your upper lids. Use brown, black or gray liner. Gently smudge the line. Draw a lighter line on your inner eyes with a lighter color eyeliner.
To make small eyes appear a little bigger, try this: Apply a dark line that gradually gets thicker towards the outer edges of your eyes. Take a silver, gold or white pencil and apply a line under lower lashes.
To create an appearance of less heavy lids with deep set eyes:
On your upper lash line, apply a line of pale, shimmery liner. Next, draw a line on the outer edges under lower lashes with a gray or taupe soft, neutral color.
To create the appearance of lifting drooping eyes:
Draw a line very close to your lashes on the outer third of your eyes. Creatively, sweep the line up on the corners of your eyes.
What kind of eyeliners should you use?
Liquid Liner: It’s the most fun because it’s often easiest to apply and longest lasting. Yet it requires more practice.
Pencils: You can blend pencil lines for a real natural look and application is easiest to control.
By rolling the point of the pencil between the fingers of your hand, you can get body heat to soften the pencil so that it will not drag your eyes.
To create very precise lines, put the pencil in the fridge and chill for about an hour before using.
Look for silicone as an ingredient in eye pencils. Silicone has the longest wearability.
After applying eye pencil, the liner sets in ten or fifteen seconds. So smudge the liner immediately.
BEAUTY TIP: For a softer look with eyeshadow instead of liner, rim your eyes by moistening the tip of a clean eyeliner wand with water and cover it with a deep eyeshadow and then apply a line close to your upper lash line and also on your lower lash line.
You complete your eye makeup by finishing with your lashes.
Using an eyelash curler will add a more youthful, wider and more alert look with your eyes. Always curl your lashes before using mascara.
It can give you “an instant eye lift.”
To make lashes thicker and give mascara more of “a hold” lightly apply powder to lashes.
Use your hair dryer to heat the eyelash curler for a few seconds.
That will work as “a curling iron for the eyes.”
BEAUTY TIP: To get a more rounded curl, use the eyelash curler twice.
Place your lashes inside the two rims. Gently squeeze for about thirty seconds. Again, place the lash curler at mid-lash, squeeze for an additional thirty seconds. The look can be very natural.
Apply a second application of mascara, focusing on the tips of your lashes by brushing the mascara wand horizontally across your lashes. Apply more mascara without waiting for the first application to dry. Mascara dries quickly, clumping easily, particularly waterproof mascara. It’s recommended to just lightly apply mascara on lower lashes.
BEAUTY TIP: After applying mascara, dip black mascara within blue eyeshadow and concentrate application on the outer corners of your eyes and the tips of your lashes. It will make an interesting look.
Curling mascaras that have an elastic quality are on the market.
When lashes dry, mascara shrinks slightly and flips up.
You can also try combs that help with clumps. Use the comb after each coat of mascara.

Everyone of us possesses the potential to be well groomed and looking good. Here is a checklist of plans and suggestions that will help you get started on the beautifying process.
When you look at your image, think of yourself in terms of the whole picture. Instead of concentrating on just one element, regard each aspect of your total appearance as all part of your complete image composition.
For example, your assessories, clothes and shoes are seen with your hair and make up, consisting of the total picture.
Visualize your new image. Think about yourself and imagine yourself with an improved image. Imagine looking great wearing a tiny bikini or looking gorgeous in a classic black party number. Or picture the look your loved ones will give you when they see a slimmer, more svelte you. Keep those positive images in your mind as you exercise, go to the dentist or dermatologist, eat well, exfoliate and do whatever is necessary to work towards your goals.
Look at why you want to make changes and whatever reasons are required for change. Ideally, looking good for yourself should be enough motivation for change but if that’s not enough, think about more motives to inspire you.
For example, getting an ideal partner or a dream job; that will become possible by becoming more beautiful.
Determine your weaknesses: work them out. Make an assessment. Step forward in front of a long, full length mirror, angle a second hand held mirror so that you are able to see your front, sides and back. See what it is about your appearance that needs improvement and then think about ways that hopefully it’s possible to improve your looks. For example, if you need to lose weight to improve your appearance, start thinking about your diet and exercise routine. Also, think about clothes that will help you look better.
Don’t get upset over minor flaws. You can visualize a problem as far worse that it is if you worry too much over a minor imperfection – a wrinkle, pimple or stretchmark.
Make up a plan ie. a list of ways that you can reinvent yourself. Write on paper or make a list on your computer of all the things that can be done to help you transform yourself. Take into consideration how, where and when you will need to do these things. Think about visiting a beauty counter to learn a new way to apply make up or budget yourself and buy Avon beauty products, schedule an appointment to get your hair colored or highlighted, have your teeth fixed, or go through and organize your wardrobe.
Don’t get discouraged while you are following through on plans to reinvent yourself. When you start exercising or decide to do a skin care regime, you need to be patient with yourself. Don’t give up before you see any benefits from your routine. Once you notice positive things happening, such as weight loss or glowing skin, you will be motivated!
Set aside some playtime. Take an evening to play with your clothes, hair and make up. You can develop some new looks for yourself and work on making progress with your image.
Be positive and feel beautiful about yourself. Positive thinking and being optimistic about the Way your appearance is improving will go along way towards improving your attitude and self confidence.
Be well groomed. Possessing beauty intelligence presupposes focusing on the details. For example, check for clothing discrepancies such as a hanging hemline or missing buttons, seek to match eyeshadow, eyeliner and lipstick or lipstick and blush, remove facial or body hair, maintain nails, keep neat and clean.
Make new beauty resolutions. Resolve to give yourself five new beauty ideas to improve your looks. Choose realistic, achieveable things that can be done to improve your appearance. For example, add healthier foods in your diet, start skin-brushing ie. exfoliation weekly, floss your teeth each night and do facial exercises daily.
With some effort, you can be looking good and feeling beautiful!

Sometimes you don’t look so beautiful but that doesn’t mean you can’t be beautiful! Beauty is infinitely deeper than just face value. So to improve how you look and feel, focus on inner beauty.
Charm, virtue, magnetism, character and vibracy among many other qualities are sparks of the things that make up who you are and are vastly more important than how you look.
Diet, exercise, clothes and cosmetics all contribute to create good looks but inner beauty takes priority when you consider true beauty and reality. It’s inner beauty that transcends time and all factors that affect physical appearance. Inner beauty is invincible. It’s like a holy internal fire glowing within, manifesting itself outwardly through sparkling eyes and a winning smile. It’s righteousness in character and virtue with strength.
Both inner and outer beauty is influenced by happiness or lack of it. Christina Carlino, a beauty expert said, “I believe that beauty comes from within. That it is a woman’s warmth and personality shining out that makes her beautiful, not the color of her eyes. Unhappiness will ultimately show in her face and expressions.” It’s harder to feel beautiful and more difficult to be beautiful with unhappiness.
What mars beauty? Negative feelings and emotions, is damaging and shows on the face and in the body language. You need to learn to release and let go over negative feelings.
SEEK HAPPINESS:
The key is to strive to be happy. Find as much happiness in life as possible and do healthy things that create positive and happy moods. Try listening to music, hanging together with friends, laughing, therapy, reading, exploring on the computer and watching good movies.
Do whatever is healthy and makes you happy. Happiness will help smooth out rough edges of existence in your mind; when you smile from a happy expression, frown lines disappear and you take on a softer impression. Happy thoughts are much more effective for beauty and being beautiful than an expensive beauty treatment.
HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF BEAUTY:
“Attitude determines altitude.” How pretty or beautiful that you are perceived as being and actually are may be determined much by your attitude. Be mindful of feeling and being beautiful. Keep focused on being positive and on higher things. “Keep your mind on higher things.” Overcome destructive and negative thoughts. Remember to pray daily. Stay inspired and make this habitual. Your mind will learn, create and follow higher thoughts when you teach it to.
Develop and keep a positive self-image and self-confidence. Think positively. Be in harmony. Be at peace.
BE ENTHUSIASTIC AND INTERESTED IN LIFE:
Showing enthusiasm and interest in others and the world around you will increase inner beauty within you. By showing enthusiasm in the things you do whether it is just housework, maybe a little task or reading at open poetry readings, maybe a more important task – that will characterize you, when you show enthusiasm.
Inner beauty emanates from someone who is enthusiastic and has interests in life.
REMEMBER TO SMILE!
For inner beauty, always remember to genuinely smile. A smile can make you look doubly pretty and takes “years off your age.” Smiles are contagious and make people feel good. A winning smile and radiant expression can add beauty for even a plain person.
LET YOUR EYES GLISTEN AND BE EXPRESSIVE:
The eyes can light up the face. In literature, the eyes are often seen as windows of the soul, they can speak volumes about what you may be thinking or feeling. When people are enthusiastic, notice how such eyes sparkle. When people are sad, notice how such eyes cloud.
Inner beauty brings radiance and expression to the eyes that no amount of eyeshadow, eyeliner or mascara can. You should try to “make your whole expression come alive” by talking with your eyes, by looking at people in the eye and quite importantly, smiling with your eyes.
RELAX YOUR BODY LANGUAGE:
Your facial expressions reflect your inner beauty or lack of it and so do your gesticulations, movements and poise. If you are tense and uptight or hold your body very stiff, looking awkward, you will prevent your inner beauty from showing through. Make an effort at keeping your body relaxed. Do Yoga for this. Be conscious of your posture. Prevent your shoulders from hunching up. To release tension:
Shrug your shoulders and shake your hands and legs.
PRIORITIES:
Essential ingredients that make up inner beauty include attributes such as diligence, faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity. These important attributes are what make up the foundation for inner beauty. Whoever possesses these qualities is truly beautiful.
What good souls and good human beings are made of is much more important for beauty, particularly inner beauty than what their physical appearance may be. Sure, it’s wonderful to look good and beautiful but priorities must be placed. Inner beauty is much more important than physical beauty.

Are you one of those people who seemed to have tried out every single fashionable hairstyles out there and is looking for something with a little more zest? Or one of those who have been sporting the same haircut ever since ages ago and is hoping for a change that will give you an extraordinary charm?

If you are not one that is all into following the trends of every season, then you might be in to experiment with something that gives your hair the boost and allows you to stand out among others.

Introducing you to a new trend known as the Sweet Rebel. It is a new style that tastefully blend tame and wild elements together plus incorporating vibrant and alluring shade of colors to bring out the woman in you. Women sporting this look just exude an air of femininity and casualness yet brimming with confidence.

The look is all about contrast in skillfully mixing bohemian colors with common colors, trimming and styling the hair to appear glamorous and rebellious simultaneously. It allows a variant aspects of femininity to come alive and built an avant-garde identity. It is a clean haircut with head-turning effects, thanks to cleverly applied highlights, that requires simple care and styling because sexy casualness is the current in thing.

In this style, hair is given a cut and styled in contrasting ways for a punkish look. Usually vibrant colors such as electric blue, pearl ash, red-violet and gold-violet to name a few will be utilized to deliver an awesome and sensual look for women in order to evoke a sexy-rebel type of charm from the hair.

If that is not adventurous enough for you, you might want to look into emo hairstyles. They are usually created on how you want it to be. Thus making a statement that is truly you and no one else. Another plus point is that there is no right or wrong in this style. It goes with how you feel, your emotions. Through this hairstyles you can let you emotions show.

However, before you attempt this hairstyle take a look at what it means to be in the emo culture. And if you can understand and accept it then by all means go for it. You can cut your hair into whatever shape you wish to wear. It does not have to be symmetrical for that would be plain boring. Go for a chop here and a chop there to come up with a fresh original look.

Hairstyles is in a way an instrument to show the world who you truly are on the inside. It is not a given that we must follow all the hair and fashion trends as we might end up being a victim of it. What is important is that we get a style that ourselves are comfortable with. This will give us more confidence which will lead to brighter things in life. Be yourself. Bring out the woman in you. Be known as one that is bringing back sexy.

Here are some great makeover beauty ideas! Some of the suggestions are natural beauty ideas and some beauty ideas require mentioning Avon’s products. Since technology has created some wonderful products with Avon and the products are very good, some of the best available on the market today, it’s only fair to mention Avon.
Brighten Up Your Eyes:
Use cucumber slices or a chilled eye mask such as Avon’s Eye Perfector Smoothing Eye Gel with Liposomes (product # 282304) to refresh your eyes. Use whitening eye drops like Visine to clear the whites of your eyes. To lift and highlight your eyes, create a fine line with eye liner on your upper eyelid above your eyelashes. Sweep the eye liner out at the corners. Then, take a pale eye shadow and brush it upon your brow bone. For fresh-looking, beautiful eyes, a top make up artist named Ruby Hammer recommends: “Apply concealer mixed with a tiny dollop of eye cream to under eye area. To add definition, regardless of the colors you choose, always go for a light, neutral beige/ivory hue on the brow bone, a medium tone on the eyelids and a darker shade close to your eyelashes.”
Lovely Lashes:
To emphasize your eyes create curly, dark, thick eyelashes. This can add glamour even to a lightly made up face. Use an eyelash curler to help curl your eyelashes. Avon sells a plastic eyelash curler (product # 121598 for $5.25). To give yourself longer lasting curl, get your eyelashes permed. Find a beauty salon where you can do this. It will not only curl your lashes but will also lift them at the roots and reveal the eyes more. Visit a salon or buy a home eyelash-dye kit. Before applying mascara, dust eyelashes with powder to thicken lashes. Create an impression of fuller eyelashes, try dotting eye liner along the lash line. Condition eyelashes and prevent them from breaking by using Vaseline or Avon’s Eyelash Conditioner, Beyond Color Triple Benefit Lash Conditioner that moisturizes and helps prevent breakage. Wear alone or with mascara (product # 078294).
Sculpted Eyebrows:
Sculpted eyebrows are considered a must for any face. Don’t worry about matching eyebrow color to your hair color. You can really emphasize your eyes by leaving eyebrows dark or by lightening them. If you have sparse brows, do some tinting with an eyebrow-dye kit or use a brow pencil or eye shadow to define them. Tame eyebrows and brush them upward with clear mascara or an eyebrow mousse. So you can know how to get the right shape for your eyebrows, go to a beautician who will wax or pluck them. They may use “threading,” another method for shaping eyebrows, too. When you determine the perfect shape, you can perpetuate this at home. Use a little clove oil or baby teething gel (make up artists’ favorite) to help avoid painful plucking. Clove oil or baby teething gel will numb your skin so it’s easier to pluck. Hold the skin tight with one hand, pull out the hairs with the other. With exception of an odd stray hair, always pluck the area underneath your eyebrows. You want to create an arch at the tip of your eyebrow above where your iris begins.
Working With Bone Structures:
Although you are unable to alter your basic bone structure, you can achieve high cheekbones with regular facial exercises and make up contouring. For contouring your face with blush, try: Step One: Across your cheekbones at the top of the bone, sweep highlighter or ivory eye shadow. Step Two: At the apple of your cheekbones add a splash of color, sweep outward and upward. Step Three: Just underneath the cheekbones, follow with some more color and make sure it’s well blended. I will write another article on this site discussing facial exercises. Be watching for that!
Lip Service:
To give your lips an a’la Julia Roberts incandescent glow or to fix the shape your lips form, use the following technique: Take foundation and a brush, draw a line on the borders of your lips. Use the brush to blend the foundation before reshaping with lip color. Remember, pale colors help illuminate and will make your lips appear bigger; whereas dark colors create a receding effect. To create fuller lips with or without make up, plump them by using a balm and then gently scrub them using a toothbrush. Avon also has plumping lipstick SPF 12 for $8.00. Try Ruby (product # 153004), Smolder (product # 153019), Chocolate Frosting (product # 153387), Royal Plum (product # 151949), Pink Twilight (product # 147480), Uptown Pink (product # 147500), Fuchsia (product # 148271) and many more lip colors.
Get A Non-Surgical Face Lift:
If you wear long hair, tie it back into a ponytail or chignon between the back of your neck and the top of your head. This will uplift face. Non-surgical, electronic facials and facial exercises can uplift your face. Be watching for my next article on facial exercises!
You can get a facial lift by using Avon’s Dramatic Firming Cream For Face And Throat. This will leave your skin feeling noticeably firmer and more toned after only four weeks. (Product # 180227 for $12.00). Try Avon’s Virtual Lift Instant Results Serum. It will make your skin instantly firmer, smoother and more taut for up to eight hours (product # 008130 for $12.00).
Boost Your Complexion:
When your skin needs extra nourishment use a serum daily before moisturizer and together with a rehydrating mask, twice weekly. Try Avon’s BioAdvance 2000 Skin Lotion for fine, dry lines (product # 022998 for $20.00). For hydration try Super Hydrating Cooling Mask (product # 034290 for $7.50) or to warm up your face try Avon’s Deep Cleansing Warming Mask (product # 034285 for $7.50). Exfoliate and brighten your complexion, sloughing off dead skin with Avon’s Advanced All-In-One Self Adjusting Perfecting Creme SPF 15 for normal to dry skin (product # 327080 for $16.00) or Self Adjusting Perfecting Lotion SPF 15 for normal to oily skin (product # 194712 for $16.00).
This product has a “smart system” that exfoliates, moisturizes and protects the skin. It’s a great product! In just two weeks, you’ll see an improvement of up to 50% with fine lines.
Rehydrate yourself by drinking eight glasses of mineral or purified water everyday. You can rev up circulation in your head by getting a dutch rub or buying Avon’s paddle brush that massages as you brush (product # 288780 for $9.99). Using gentle, upward motions, massage your face for a couple of minutes to increase circulation. To get an instant glow, wash your face and splash cold water and then dust blush to the apples of your cheeks.
Repair Wrinkles:
Try Avon’s Line Eliminator Dual Retinol Facial Treatment. It’s exclusive patented vitamin technology replenishes, resurfaces and refines wrinkles and deep lines (product # 027674 for $16.00). It’s a very good product and very effective. Try to relax facial muscles by easing facial tension, that will prevent lines from appearing.
Soften facial lines by gently massaging your face, twice a day.