Twist My Arm, Why Dontcha?

Okay, okay. I have heard from a bunch of lurkers following this blog (come out and show yourselves, Cowards!!! :) that I promised makeup tips. Yeah, I did promise a few of them. . . okay, okay, maybe a LOT of them. So to shut a few folks up, here's a quickie for tonight.

To make your lipstick stay on a l-o-n-g time, line your lips with your favorite pencil and then fill them in with that same pencil. Pretend your pencil is your lipstick and completely cover your mouth. Make any adjustments to your lip line at this time. Then fill in again with your favorite lipstick. Blot once with a single sheet tissue. (Make a single sheet tissue by pulling apart the two plies of most standard tissues and use only one.) Apply a little powder. Blot again. Apply lipstick again. Make kissy lips and look mahvelous!

Don't like lipstick? Follow the above advice to the lipstick part. Now cover your lips with your favorite gloss instead. Blot once, but skip the powder. Now gloss again. You will be soft, shiny and pouty!

You can get lots of interesting colors by combining different pencils and lipsticks/lip glosses. My current fave is a taupe lip pencil with plum-colored gloss over it. The taupe tones down the plum a little bit and it goes with just about everything. Mix and match to your heart's content. Have fun with it! One of the best things about makeup is. . . if you don't like it, you can wash your face and start over!

Cheek shading for chubby cheeks coming up tomorrow! Promise.