Preen Cosmetics

This is such a tricky thing to do, but once you have mastered the art, you’ll never wonder how to apply eyeliner again.  It’s also one of the most important areas, as everybody will see if you’ve applied a wonky eyeliner  – the eyeliner is there for people to notice your eyes, not the other way around so taking time to find out how to apply eyeliner is a good thing to do.

Eyeliner is there to accentuate and define the eyes, first used in ancient Egypt, it can create a variety of illusions if applied correctly.  So this is the first thing you need to consider before wondering how to apply eyeliner, is what look are you going for? Is a day time or night time look?  Read more

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It’s really hot here today.

Too hot to think, too hot to do anything, so how are you supposed to do make up in this kind of heat?

Skin has this tendency to become oilier when it’s mid summer and the consequence is that it’s difficult to look fresh.

Here are five easy tips on how to do make-up in the heat without it sliding off your face or giving you a huge acne break out later:

1. This may sound obvious, but look at the products you already have in your make up bag. If possible, try to only use make up with formulas that are waterproof, non-oily and long wearing so that they will hold up in the heat.

2.  Use moisturiser with a sunscreen and try to make it an oil free one.  This will stop you from getting sunburnt and will ensure that you don’t end up with a bright red face! Read more