Whenever I work with a client who tells me they’d like for me to erase their wrinkles, give them razor sharp cheekbones, or lift a droopy eyelid, I tell them I’ll do what magic I can with my wands and fairy dust…aka, my makeup brush and products!
1. Instantly brighten your eyes by using a swipe of baby blue eye liner along the inner waterline (bottom lids). It tones down any redness caused by lack of slack or irritated eyes which makes you look tired and worn out….Rimmel London consultant David Scott Stephens
2. Eliminate mascara clumps or getting mascara on your lids by cutting an arch into a playing card then fit it against your lash line then apply your mascara as usual. Voila!! No annoying mascara dots on your skin or newly applied eye makeup…Celeb makeup artist Mally Roncal.
3. The secret to a natural flush is to use a lipstick rather than powder blush. Apply your foundation, then place 2 dots on each cheek and then use your fingers to blend them into the skin to create a subtle glow…Tom Peacheux. (I’ve used this trick many times here!)
4. Fight dull skin with a foundation or concealer that has light reflecting particles. They will hide your flaws and make your skin seem radiant, so look for any formula labeled illuminating, brightening, or luminous, which will help do the trick…Sonia Kashuk. * For an even more natural fresh faced look, slightly dampen your sponge beforehand and use a rolling motion to apply your foundation into the skin so the product doesn’t just sit unnaturally on top of the skin from swiping.* (Here’s one of my fave illuminating concealers here.)
5. To create a youthful eye lid crease when you’ve got puffy lids, use a neutral brown eyeliner and draw a soft line right where the eye socket crease should be and smudge into the skin…professional makeup artist Jillian Dempsey
6. Build skimpy eyebrows by filling them in with a combo of pencil and powder to get the most realistic look. Choose a pencil that matches your brow hairs and sketch along the top edge of your natural brow. Then pick a matte powder (brow or eye shadow, either will do) that is one shade darker and fill in just the bald spots within those brow hairs and brush thru with a spooley brush…Christina Aguilera’s makeup artist, Kristofer Buckle.
7. Most flattering eye liner shape for fighting that awful gravity pull of droopy lids. Line that upper lash line with a creamy brown or black pencil, then use a pointed Qtip to smudge that line slightly up and out past the outer corners. This gives the illusion of a more lifted lid…Sandy Linter, makeup artist that works with Christie Brinkley.
Do you have any magical makeup illusion tricks not mentioned here that you can share with me?
