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Beauty News & Tips
Todays beauty news and tips from your Allure Cosmetics Professionals...
 
Lips For those of you who have the common problem of lipstick not staying on - here's the Allure Cosmetics secret; Apply foundation to lips (those who don't use foundation, use concealor), lightly dust transparent powder over lips, outline lips with lip pencil, lightly dust again with powder - then apply lipstick. If gloss is used, apply only to center of lips.
Eyeliner Everyone at one time or another has had the problem of eyeliner pencil running and smudging under their eyes. Our make-up artists have solved this problem by lining the eye with a dry powder. First apply concealer under the eyes. Then gently pat translucent powder on top of the concealer, using a thin angle brush and any medium to dark powder eye shadow (preferably matte eyeshadow) line your eye. The result: eyeliner stays fresh looking all day. Especially good for those who are physically active or perform on stage or T.V. under hot lights.
Caring and
Cleaning
Brushes		 When using cosmetic brushes never put pressure directly on the center of the brush. This will cause the hair to knot up. Once this occurs it is almost impossible to get the brush hair back to a normal shape and soft feeling. Always apply brush to face and eyes with hairs on an angle, actually using the sides of the hair with a light hand. It is very important to take proper care of your brushes. Here are some tips from ALLURE COSMETICS on how to clean your brushes:

  • Brushes should be washed approximately every 2 weeks.
  • Washing brushes helps restore the ideal shape of the brush, it will also remove accumulated powder and color.
  • Rinse brush hair with luke warm water, use a few drops of mild shampoo (whatever you wash your hair with) in the palm of hand with water = work lather through brush hair - rinse and repeat until water and soap rinses all color away.
  • Pat in towel - tap center of handle while rotating in hand, this will shake off excess water and will fluff open the hair.
  • Stand upright in a glass - allow to dry naturally - once dry tap center of handle to fluff hair even more.
  • Result: softer, fluffier brushes, blushes and shadows will appear true to color.
Eye Cream The eye area is the most delicate area on the face since the skin is very thin and contains very few oil clands. As we age, the dryness around the eyes will get more severe which in turn will produce more lines and wrinkles.

The use of an eye cream should be initiated at the approximate age of 16 starting with once a day or twice a day depending upon the severity of dryness. Never use a face moisturizer around the eyes because it is too heavy and the eyes will tend to swell.
Moisturizers Brutally cold weather can dry everyone's skin. Always use a moisturizer day and night. To retain more moisture - lightly dampen face with water, then apply moiturizer.
Cleansing The air around you contains a lot of dirt and grime. Your face is the one part of your body that is always exposed to the air, therefore it is the one place that dirt and grime will collect. Proper cleansing is the most important step in caring for our skin. Cleansing should be done twice a day. At night making sure all traces of make-up are removed and in the morning before applying make-up.