The perfect lips

The basic steps:

1. Apply lipstick onto the center of your lips, blending up and out to the lip line working towards the corners.
2. For longer lasting color, gently blot with tissue, reapply lipstick and blot again.
3. For evening, remember to select a lipstick one or two shades deeper than your daytime color.

Creamy tips: Apply a lip balm to lips before applying lipstick.

Matte tips: Apply lipstick then blot gently with tissue.

Sheer tips: Apply lip balm. Gently dot a small amount of neutral color lipstick across lips, then smooth out.

Glossy tips: Apply lipstick then finish with a clear or nuetral color gloss coat for a moist, seductive shine. Remember, the more coats you apply, the more shine so turn up the volume!

Beautiful lashes

A lot of celebrities share the same make-up tips: never go out without mascara and lipstick. Even if you are not a cosmetics fan, wearing only mascara and lipstick give you a totally refreshing look.

Mascara gives you the power to make your lashes, and therefore your eyes, look fabulous. To help you make the most of your eyelashes, here are some of the very best mascara tips:

- apply mascara in a zig-zag motion to prevent clumps

- use a thin, short brush to give you more control and to enable you to get right into the corners

- don't wait for the first coat to dry if you want to apply a second coat, otherwise you'll get clumps.

- apply mascara at the roots of your eyelashes can creates the illusion of length, don't only apply on the tip of the lashes

- place a little loose powder under the eye before applying mascara to prevent smudging. When accidents happen you can simply wipe it away with facial tissue

- experiment with colors other than black, for instance a purple mascara, can make your eyes look significantly bigger

- use a mascara primer to protect your lashes and make make it look lush

- don't pump your brush in and out of the tube as this fills the bottle with air causing it to dry out much quicker. Put your brush in with a screwing motion