Overlay last year's shimmer powder over your painted lips to make the creamy colors last longer on your lips in soft glow.

EYE UPDATE

Sweep a light eyeshadow color of your choice over the eyelids covered with last decade's matte browns. This updates your face forward with minimal risk.

SIMPLIFY

Buy only a compact face powder, instead of stocking up on loose powder too. If you need that flawless look, just dip a big facial brush in the compact powder and dust it off lightly before applying on the face.

HIDE

Pros favor concealer type that comes in pots because brushing on the thicker formulas help skin look flawless. But concealer wands and tube types are much easier for personal use, because it's difficult to control the brush strokes on your own face. Use it sparingly to avoid accentuating wrinkles.

To get just the right shade of lipstick, try colors on the mouth, not on hands. The natural shades of individual lips affect the ultimate shading of a lipstick.

RIGHT MIX

Mix a lip color with foundation to get your skin-friendly, natural lip shades. The amount of foundation determines the lightness of the shade.

A TOUCH OF COLOR

For tinted lips out of magazine pages, mix lip color and Chapstick, and apply with a lip brush or your finger. For that barely there look, Lip Blush works well too.

OUT OF RED

After a free makeover at a beauty counter, specify the number of items you are looking for in order to keep purchases to a minimum. For example, say, "I want to buy two things that will make me look great. What are they?"

PENCIL IT IN

For eyelining pencils, apply pressure from the side, not the point, of the pencil for better control and a smoother line.

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