Accentuating Your Best Features.

The key to creating any amazing makeup look is to really focus on those features you really love. Whether that’s your lip, eyes or cheekbones, there are different ways to help you make these areas really stand out, allowing you to look and feel incredible. Therefore, I thought over the next couple of posts I would write about just how you can highlight these areas perfectly, giving little hints and tips that I have learnt myself, been showed, or read about.

Here are a few basic makeup tips...

Eyes; If you have great eyes, I’d say half the war has already been decided in your favour. However, you need to do your bit to draw attention to your lovely eyes. Begin by choosing a nice shade of eye shadow – one that compliments the colour of your eyes. Define your eyes by giving shape to your eyebrows and as a final touch use a mascara to give your eyelashes a sharper look.

Lips; Plump, pouty, inviting, Angelina-Jolie kinds of lips are oh-so-desirable! To keep them looking forever luscious invest in a lip balm with sunscreen. Keep your lips constantly moisturised. If you aren’t too much into lipstick, use gloss. For those that have no such inhibitions, there’s a virtually endless range of lip colours out there. Although you might think the bold, Las-Vegas showgirl lips are what turn guys on; I have it on authority those subtle shades of pinks and glossy peaches that are also considered very sexy.

Rosy Cheeks; Rosy cheeks aren’t just adorable in kids. Guys really like a well-defined jawbone, provided you’ve highlighted them with a blusher. For best results, don’t use the brushes that come with the blusher kits. Opt for the big brush instead. Now smile and rub the blusher onto the apples of your cheeks using upward strokes. Add a little shimmer over the blusher to go from beautiful to gorgeous – an unbeatable way to accentuate your best features.

Skin; If you’ve got lovely, soft, healthy, pink, clear and supple skin, you’re going to save a lot of money on all the cosmetics you would have had to buy. What most people are trying to achieve with makeup you have naturally. Which means you don’t have to worry about concealer or foundation - a freedom that very few us can claim to have. If you’ve got great skin, use makeup sparingly, probably for the eye if you have to, but let the beauty speak for itself.

And here are a few non makeup tips...

Hair; Women with lovely hair feel that leaving it open is the only way to show it off to its best advantage. While I won’t argue that it is one of the better ways, there are a variety of tricks you could use to highlight it. For instance, you could try experimenting with simple, yet interesting hairstyles and updos, tutorials for which are freely available on Youtube. If you’d like to keep it a little simple, you could also use hair accessories, clips, bands, beads, and scarves to draw attention to your crowning glory.

Legs; If you’ve got the kind of legs that would put a stilt-walker to shame, use it to your advantage. Guys go ga-ga over legs. Draw their eyes to yours by wearing a mini-skirt or a pair of shorts with sexy heels or mid-calf boots. For those on a slightly more conservative side, you could use skinny jeans and leggings. They are great ways to accentuate your best features.

Cleavage; Remember the episode where Phoebe describes Monica as having “breasts of a Greek goddess”? Well, if you have an amazing bust line and cleavage, you are already desirable to the opposite sex. And to pull them in like magnets, emphasize your cleavage with V-shaped necks. The more plunging they are the better, except you would want to stop where they make you look obscene. Use a good push up bra to perk up those assets and to make those boys go even wilder pick a silk or satin top.