Never Pop a Pimple,Ever

7 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER POP A PIMPLE,EVER

You’ve been staring at that pimple for quite some time now. It catches your eye every time you walk past a mirror, and you feel like the whole world is staring at it. You’re so tempted to squeeze it… but you shouldn’t! Why not? Well, here are seven reasons why I think you shouldn’t pop a pimple!

1. Scarring

Popping pimples causes scars, and that’s far worse and much more permanent than a tiny little pimple.

2. Scabs

Even if you don’t develop a scar, you’ll certainly get a nasty, crusty scab, and that’s so much less attractive, and difficult to conceal, than a pimple!

3. Infection

Squeezing or popping a pimple can easily lead to an infection. Some infections may even require medical attention, along with a goopy funny-smelling topical anti-biotic.

 

4. It makes new pimples

Did you know that squeezing the goo out of pimples actually causes new pimple to form? Another great reason not to pop a pimple, right? ….Hhmmm interesting

 

5. Ouchie!

Hey, squeezing pimples hurts, especially those big ones that are located way under your top layer of skin. Some are sore even when you’re not squeezing them, so imagine how much worse it will feel if you do try to pop it!

 

6. It takes longer to heal

Even if your pimple doesn’t scab over, it makes new pimples, or scar when you pop it, it will still take longer to heal. I don’t know about you, but I want a pimple to heal faster, not slower!

 

7. Harder to cover up!

If you squeeze a pimple, it will become red and swollen and sore, aside from the possibility of infection and scabbing. It may not sound like a big deal… until you try, and fail, to use concealer to cover it.
If your pimple is feeling sore and swollen, try a small ice pack for a few minutes to make it feel better. But don’t pop it! There are lots of  remedies(facial treatments,cleansers.. etc) that can help you heal a pimple really quickly, sometimes just overnight, so try one of those instead..

So Never ever pop a pimple.. Have a great week ahead

Your Face Shape

Determine Your Face Shape

In order to understand or determine how  best  to use makeup for your face shape, you first need to determine what shape it is. Start by standing in front of a mirror with your hair pulled back completely from your face. Use a dry erase pen, lipstick or bar of soap to draw the outline of your face in the mirror. Basically, find a washable marker and trace around your face's image on the mirror itself and step away. If you have never tried this before, you may be surprised how your face does take on a distinct shape.

 

Defining the Shape

Makeup and hair style will affect how your face actually appears to the outside world. Although you cannot change genetics, you can use subtle techniques to enrich your face shape.
Contouring is a common practice for restructuring the appearance of your face through makeup. You will need a dark and light skin-color shade of makeup. The best type is a powder formula in two shades or a bronzer for the darker shade. The use of blush is also helpful. When contouring, the most important steps are to blend, blend, and blend. Otherwise, you will look like you are wearing face paint instead of your natural face.
Also, work with your hair dresser. A skilled stylist will know the best ways to cut your hair based on the shape of your face.

 

Five Main Face Shapes

 

Oval

The oval face shape is considered to be the ideal. A shape that is perfectly symmetric with broader cheeks that taper in at the forehead and chin describes the oval face. If you are lucky enough to possess this face, enjoy. Your face can support most makeup trends and needs no contouring.

 

Round

The round face shape is fuller and more youthful. The distance from the forehead to the chin tends to be short, while being wider from cheek to cheek. A round face has full cheeks and a rounded chin.
To enhance the appearance of a round face, you can use some basic contouring. Place your highlight color on the forehead, under the eyes, the top of the cheeks and the center of your chin.

 

Square

The main difference between a round face and square is usually seen at the jaw line. When looking at the shape on your mirror, see if the corners are sharper rather than round. Also, a square face has the same width from the edges of the forehead, across the cheeks, and from jaw to jaw.
To soften the square face you can highlight the center of the forehead, under the eyes, and the very tip of the chin. Then, darken the hairline by the temples and the chiseled corners of the jaw. Finish the look with blush on the apples of the cheeks.

 

Heart

The heart shaped face is wide at the forehead, but then curves down to a point at the chin. To soften the lower half of the face, you will highlight the chin, forehead and under the eyes, while also darkening the temples and cheeks.

 

Long

Most ladies with a long face know they have it. They learned early on that they could not wear their hair long and straight without looking stretched out. The long face is characterized by high cheek bones, a raised forehead and distinct jaw line.
In order to shorten this striking face shape, all it takes is a little of bronzer on the chin. You can also apply extra blush on the apples of the cheeks to bring out the distinctive cheek bones.

Lets know what kind of  face shape you have, be proud of what you have... Enjoy... wink**

Red Lipstick

How to Wear Red Lipstick

Red lipstick is a universal classy colour and is yet to go out of style. Red lips are here to stay for another few seasons. Yet many women assume they can't wear it. They're wrong. Here we show you how to go about wearing a red lipstick. 

 1: The secret lies in the rest of your face

The paler the skin, the bigger the pop. Go light on the eyes and the blush, otherwise you'll risk looking like a clown,Skip eyeliner and go only for mascara if necessary, making sure to apply to bottom lashes (it opens up your eyes). Dust face with powder and cheeks with a soft blush.

. 2: Line inside of lips

Red lipstick tends to bleed, so fill in lips with lip liner first, over and over again to give it a lasting effect even if lipstick wipes of or bleeds.

 3: Pick the right color

If your complexion is pink, you'll look better in plum shades, while girls with yellow tones are flattered by warmer reds that have a brown base. A red marykay lipstick might just give you that gorgeous color or look you want. Wink** 

  4: Don't let nails clash

I’d rather  prefer  a non-red nail polish when you're going red on the lips. A clear polish or light color is cool, and dark polish is a trend that shows no sign of going away anytime soon. If you want to go red on the nails, make sure the color matches your lips.

 5: Blending other colours

Few women stick to one shade of any lipstick, try to blend a few to create the perfect colors. If you've bought a red lipstick shade that's too bright, dark or whatever, don't throw it away. Instead, experiment with other lipstick shades you have in hand to create the perfect shade of red.

 6: Choose lighter shades if you are older

Our lips get thinner as we age and dark lips can accentuate them. To keep lips from looking too severe, try a rosy red or avoid red lips altogether and opt for a neutral shade, playing up with your eyes instead.

 Question: Where Does Lipstick Go When it Wears Off?

Answer: Lipstick that doesn’t end up on your cup or your partner’s cheek will end up in you.Lol (hhhmm crazy as we might be thinking). I have learn’t that an average woman consumes about 6 pounds of lipstick over the course of her lifetime. Bizarre!!! but true. However, there’s no need to worry, the ingredients in lipstick won’t harm you, they are broken down by stomach acids., 

Try play with colours and rock red lips this weekend....

 Nice weekend ahead peeps…

 

How To Make Your Lips Look Larger.

How To Make Your Lips Look Larger.

If you have small lips, thin lips, almost invisible lips or just want to give them a little more oomph then there’s no reason you can’t use a few little tips to fool people into thinking you’ve got Angelina Jolie-esque lips, and you don’t necessarily need to use a lip plumper to achieve them…

Highlight your lips:
Highlighting your lips can cause the lips to reflect light making them look larger, more plumpy and healthy, there are a number of different techniques you can use to highlight your lips.
Lip gloss: A gloss can add shine and dimension to your lips and help them to appear larger but there is a certain key on how to do this, Rather than applying gloss all over your lips (which can sometimes make it look like you’re drooling!) try applying it just to the center of your top and lower lip, this will reflect light and make your lips look larger.


Highlighter: Just like how you can highlight your cheekbones and numerous other parts of your face you can also make your lips look larger by applying a subtle highlight to the cupids bow of your lip, for the most precision use a clean small precision eyeliner brush or a concealer brush to apply it. You can also highlight underneath the edges of your bottom lip to give the lips a lift and make them appear fuller

Shimmer powder: If you’re feeling a little more adventurous you can also try using a little shimmery powder highlighter in the center of your top and bottom lips.

Shading.
One of the best tips to make your lips look a little larger and defined is to take a tiny amount of any brown eye shadow or powder on to an angled liner brush and lightly shade just below the center of your bottom lip, this gives more dimension and makes the center of your lips more in focus.

Lip colour:
We all know that colour on the lips is one of the best things we can do to warm up the face and make it look more lively. There are hundreds of different colours out there, some can make your lips look larger others can make them look smaller.
It’s best to use a creamy sheen formula of lipstick as this will reflect light better compared to other formulas. In order to make your lips appear larger you’ll want to stay away from any dark shades (such as plum, deep wines, etc) and instead opt for lighter tones or brighter shades of lip colours like light pinks, brighter looking nudes and of course don’t ever go past fiery reds and hot fuchsias.


Focus on the lips:
In order to draw the most attention possible to the lips try to keep the eyes quite understated so forget the smokey eyes and instead just opt for a little liner, mascara and a deep brown, or any other nude shadow in the crease to add definition and dimension to the eyes without making them the stand out of your face.

Lip plumpers:
These are also a great option for larger looking lips but should be saved as a last resort if possible. Lip plumpers work by containing ingredients which irritate the lips (such as the sting of a bee) and making them swell up, this can really cause the lips to become irritated and sore so use them as minimal as possible and if you have sensitive lips stay clear of them. Be sure to get rid of your lip plumper after a year as the plumping ingredients can turn bad and make the lipgloss very tacky.

 Problematic lips:
If you’ve got one lip that’s bigger or slightly smaller than the other it can be challenging trying to figure out how to apply lip products in the most flattering way, so to make them appear more even use a slightly darker shade of lipstick on the bigger lip and a slightly lighter shade on the smaller lip!!!

Please try these Tips and get back to us, let’s see if it works for you..