Quick Tip For Ya

Before I get to another great Avon product, I figured I would give you a quick makeup tip. If you go back to the beginning of this blog, you will see a method for narrowing your chubby cheeks. . . well, MY chubby cheeks. LOL Now I'm going to give you a tip on how to narrow your nose. Mine seems to be spreading with age. It seems to do that in my dad's family and since I look like them, I guess I'm in for it. OYE!!! Never fear, though. My trusty pots of war paint and handy-dandy brushes will not let me (us) down!

First off, make sure your nose is really powdered or at least matches your face. Remember, it's "like substance to like substance." If you use powder blush, you need to have a layer of face powder between your LIQUID or CREAM foundation and that blush or it will drag and look splotchy. If you don't use powder, you need to use a liquid or cream blush over the same formula foundation. I always use powder over my foundation, so we will assume that scenario, K?

Take a medium blusher brush and lightly dip it in your favorite bronzer. Now sweep it down the side of your nose, especially covering the bulbous portion on each side. Next take a white highlighting powder. . . you can use a white or pale ivory eye shadow if that's what you have. Color is color, provided it's the same formulation. Take an eyeshadow brush and put a white or light-colored stripe right down the center top of your nose, bridge to end. Now take your powder brush or a separate blending brush and blend, blend, blend. Add a touch of your face powder if you have to. You should see no lines of demarcation anywhere. VOILA! A narrower-looking nose!

The same principle applies to any part of your face you may want to "alter." Dark colors recede; light colors come forward. If your nose is too long, put a spot of blusher on the very end of it. And don't forget. . . BLEND, BLEND, BLEND!!! Those are my favorite words. No lines or borders. You should NOT be able to see which color ends where. If you can. . . BLEND, BLEND, BLEND some more!!!

Ready for your closeup? GOOD! Now stay tuned for another Avon product review coming up shortly.