Worry not, girls, if you don’t have the time or desire to spend a large chunk of time in front of a mirror piling on the powder. There are umpteen little tricks to apply cosmetics much easier and ensure that you always have the look you are going for. Onmanorama puts together 10 amazing makeup hacks that will change your life:
1) Turn your eye pencil into a gel eyeliner
To flaunt a smokey eye look, turn your pencil eyeliner to a gel-based formula. Hold the color pencil under flame for a few seconds and let it cool for 15 minutes. The consistency of the pencil will now turn smooth. Glide it on your eyeline to create that perfect edgy look.
2) Your own lip color
Petroleum jelly can be mixed with eye shadows or loose color powders to create your favorite color of lip balm.
3) To create a fuller lip look
Before applying lip color, outline your lips with concealer and smudge well. Then dab on your favorite tinge of color to create the fuller lip look.
4) For fuller lashes
Apply baby powder before applying mascara to spot a thick lash look.
5) Make your own nail polish
(Representative image)Crush up an eye shadow that you have never used and mix it well with a clear nail polish for a customized version of the paint.
6) Use perfume right
Instead of spraying perfume all over your body, make sure that you apply perfume on your pulse points for a long lasting fragrance. The pulse points on your body are the best spots to apply a scent, due to the warmth of your blood. Some such points are located behind your ear, at the bottom of your throat, on your wrist, inside your elbow, and behind your knee.
7) Look good in photographs
To look better in photographs, apply mineral powder on the T-zone of your face and get rid of excess oil.
8) Curl your lashes
Slightly heat your curlers with a hair dryer before curling your lashes to make them stay curled for a longer time.
9) For an instant hair volume
Place a butterfly clip in the middle of your hair and then finish your pony tail to get an instant volume for your hair.
10) Eyes that speak
To get that tired look off your eyes, apply white color eye liner on your water line before completing the final look.
