Makeup tricks that make you look thinner!

Make-up is the chameleon of your daily routine. It can make you look like you received a full eight hours of sleep when you only got two. Make-up can hide a breakout or cut. Done the right way you morning ritual of putting on make-up can even make you look like you are thinner. That’s right, you can look like you lost 5 to 10 pounds without even going on a diet. To achieve this effect, it only takes a few tricks of the make-up trade. Make-up artist have used these tricks on Hollywood’s elite for years, now you can achieve the same effect at home. The look of weight loss without diet, working out, pills, or surgery is easy to attain when you know the steps.

Instructions

1 You will want to apply your moisturizer and your foundation to your skin like you usually do. The goal of this step is to create a blank canvas on which to work you look of weight loss magic. All good make-up application needs to start this way to get the results that you want.

2 A concealer that is a shade to a shade and a half lighter then your foundation needs to be applied to your under eye area. Dark circles make your face look puffy and like you are carrying more weight then you are. The illusion of smooth even colored skin under your eye that can be achieved with make-up will help the look of weight loss.

3 You will need to choose a bronzer or blush that is a color that has a brown under tone. A great color blush for this make-up trick is a mocha rose color. Bright pinks and corals with not shade your face in the proper way to make it look thinner.

4 The blush needs to be applied under your cheekbone starting from about mid-eye on the face. This make-up trick gives the illusion that your face is thinner by giving your cheeks a more defined look. You can layer the blush to achieve the proper look depending on your skin tone.

5 You will want to extend the line of the blush that you just applied to your cheekbones. This make-up trick makes your face look longer. A longer face is a thinner face. You will need to lightly brush some of your blush from your cheekbones up and over the tops of both ears. This look of weight loss is easy to achieve with just a sweep of your make-up brush.