How to Add Celebrity Glamor to Your Makeup

You don't have to live in this town to look good.

Have you worn the same make-up for years? Do you wish you knew some secrets to help you look more glamorous? Whether you try them one at a time or all at the same time the steps outlined here can add spice to a tired old look.

Things You'll Need

• Brow pencil or powder
• Various makeup brushes for different purposes
• Liquid eyeliner
• Different color eyeliners
• Colored contact lenses
• Lengthening and thickening mascara or fake eyelashes
• Highlighter with subtle shimmer
• Blush that matches your natural shade
• Lip gloss or moisturizing lipstick
• Lip liner
• Nude lipstick
• Red lipstick or lip stain

Instructions

Clean Your Face

1. 

   Begin with a clean, moisturized face. This is important: The glow that emanates from a fresh face adds much more to your look than a dry and dull complexion, which takes away from it.

2. Groom your eyebrows. Remove stray hairs that pop up outside of your brow line, and trim your brows when they start to get bushy. Shaping your brows by filling them in with brow pencil or powder when you do your makeup is so much easier when they are maintained. Also remove or lighten other unsightly facial hair.

3. Educate yourself on the use of various makeup brushes. Make-up that seems to have been applied effortlessly and flawlessly is easier to come by when you have the right tools. Now, you can use a concealer brush for your under eye area instead of your fingers, and the correct eyeshadow brush instead of those token foam applicators to achieve the smoky look you crave.

4. Use liquid eyeliner. Black is the classic favorite, but you can play around with different colors if your style is trendy.

5. Experiment with a different color eyeliner on your lower lash line every time. Base your choice on the occasion and as coordinated with the rest of your makeup. The best choices will make your eye color pop or make the whites of your eyes appear whiter. This gives the impression that you are well-rested. One eyeliner option you can try for this purpose is a deep blue.

6. Consider the possibility of colored contact lenses for a quick way to change your look and play around with different colors in your make-up palette.

7. 

   Use lengthening and thickening mascara or learn how to wear false eyelashes.

8. Fine-tune your use of highlighter. Very subtle shimmer applied and seamlessly blended on your browbones, the tops of your cheekbones, the inner corners of your eyes and your décolletage amplifies your look for full-on celebrity glamor. You can choose which spots you prefer rather than highlighting them all if your style is more on the conservative side.

9. Do not shy away from blush. A simple technique to wear it right is to find the blush that matches the shade that shows up on your face when you exert yourself or are embarrassed. Wear this blush on the apples of your cheeks, with any hard edges blended away for a most natural appearance.

10. Give lip gloss a try. Your lips look fresher when they appear moist, and the rest of your face lights up when your lips look healthy instead of cracked and dry. You can also use moisturizing lipsticks instead if you feel that lip gloss catches too much attention.

11. Enhance the shape of your lips. Follow your natural lip line, drawing over them with your lip pencil and filling in your lips with the pencil before completing your lip makeup. You can choose to draw slightly inside your lip line if your lips are already on the fuller side.

12. 

    Wear a nude lip with a smoky eye. Rosy tones in a nude lipstick keep you from looking washed out. Smoky eyes don't have to be limited to black, gray and silver. Smoky greens, blues and mauves are just as stunning.

13. Find the red lipstick that works for you. If you think that red is too bold, try a variant, such as a lip stain instead of lipstick. This boosts your look without much commitment on your end.

Tips & Warnings

• Occasionally browse through fashion and beauty magazines to get inspiration from your favorite celebrities. Obviously, certain trends will look better on particular hair and skin colors.

• Modify existing looks to make them your own.

• If you like being on the cutting edge of style, try setting your own trends instead of following what is already out there!