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Beauty Boot Camp gives you tips and instruction on skin care and makeup application.
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Andy shares more great tips in the video clip below.

Beauty Boot Camp Tips

Skin Preparation

• Clean your face thoroughly everyday whether you are wearing make-up or not. Ideally, cleanse at night.
• Use toner to take extra residue off skin.
• Moisturizing will help all of your make-up go on.
• Use an eye gel all over the eye area under make-up during the day.
• Use an eye cream lightly patted, with ring finger, around the eye area at night.
• Pat on your moisturizer, do not pull skin.
• Use serums, then SPF, then moisturizers for day.
• Keep in mind that body lotion and face lotion have different ingredients and you should never use body lotion as a face moisturizer.

Foundation

• The goal with foundation is to create a clear or blank canvas on both face and neck.
• Use the underside of your arm to test a color and blend with the top of your arm to find the right match.
• A sponge will provide the best coverage and help with blending. Since sponges are inexpensive, use both sides of the sponge and then throw it away. A wet sponge can thin the coverage.
• Shake the foundation well and then apply in an “up and out” method.
• You should cover lips and eyelids with foundation because this will help the rest of your make-up adhere properly.
• Apply foundation to your T-zone first so that you disburse your natural oils.

Concealer

• After you apply foundation, concealer is the next step.
  Concealer should be applied with a taklon brush so that you get precision application.
• Once concealer has been placed in dark areas it should be blended by patting with your CLEAN ring finger.
• Be sure to use concealer on the inside dark eye area near the bridge of your nose. This area makes us look very tired when left dark.
• Make sure to thoroughly blend the concealer into your foundation.
• Concealer should match your foundation perfectly or be just slightly lighter.
• You can thin your concealer by touching your concealer brush in the lid of your foundation bottle to add just a bit of foundation.

Contour

• Use a darker foundation in the same color family for a more natural contour.
• Apply contour foundation to the bottom of the cheekbone and blend back and up to make your cheekbones stand out.
• Apply contour foundation to the bottom of chin along the jaw line and thoroughly blend down the neck to reduce the appearance of a double chin.

Blush

• Blush comes in cream or a powder and should be applied before your overall powder; this gives your blush a more natural look. It doesn’t matter if you use a cream or powder blush, it’s really all in the technique.
• When using a cream blush, apply with CLEAN fingers.
• When applying blush blend into your hairline and all the way up around the brow bone.
• The most vibrant area of the blush on your face should be approximately two fingers from your nose.
• When applying powder blush, brush forward toward your nose from your hairline.
• You will get the best results from powder blush if you use an all natural hair blush brush.

Powder

• I recommend using a foundation powder; it offers extra coverage while still seeming natural.
• Powder is used to “set” your make-up and should be lightly brushed on all over your face.
• Start applying powder on your forehead so any excess falls on your cheeks.
• Powder is best applied with a large fluffy natural hair brush.

Eyebrows

• Use a long cosmetic brush and hold it vertically on one side of your nose. Any part of your eyebrow that goes past the “line” that the brush forms should be plucked or filled in if it is too thin. Next hold the brush handle diagonally across the top of your cheekbone starting at the base of your nose and continuing past the corner of your eye. Any part of the tail your eyebrow that goes past the “line” should also be plucked or filled in if it is too thin.
• The arch of your eyebrows should peak at the outside of the iris when looking directly into the mirror.
• Fill in eyebrows with a brow pencil and then set with a brow powder or matte eye shadow. This creates the most natural effect.
• Use a “slanty” stiff brow brush to apply the brow shadow.
• In order to fill in your eyebrow properly, stroke the brush back and forth so you cover both the hair and the skin.
• The powder color you choose should be one to two shades lighter than your eyebrow hair color.
• Keep in mind that thinner eyebrows make you look older.
• You can wax your eyebrows just once and then keep the shape by plucking from there on out.
• Never pluck the top of your eyebrows because as you get older, eyelids droop and you’ll need those hairs on top a few years from now.

Learn to create dramatic eyes – watch the video clip below

Eye Shadow

• Start with an eye bed that has been covered with foundation and/or concealer and a light dusting of powder.
• Coat a layer of powder just under the eye to catch any excess shadow that might fall during application. Once you are through applying the shadow you can sweep the powder away for a fresh smudge-free look.
• Line the outside almond of the eye using a dark eye shadow and your eyeliner brush. The line should graduate in thickness on both the upper and lower lid with the thickest part of the line being on the outside corner of the eye.
• Eyeliner should never circle the entire eye. You should try and keep the inside of the eye free from color.
• Use a flat tapered oval brush to apply a natural earth tone color to the crease of the eye. Brown, taupe or charcoal give you depth and will blend nicely with any accent color.
• Choose an accent color and apply it to the outside triangle (or V) of your eye lid with a fat pointed tip precision brush. You can be adventurous with your accent color!
• Blend it all together rolling a larger blending brush over all of the eye area.
• Lastly, add some of the original base color or a natural white shade to the inside triangle of your lid insuring that the insides are light and the outsides are dark.
• Eye shadow should match your eyes; lipstick should match your clothes.

Mascara

• Put a thin coat of mascara on before you curl your lashes.
• Apply mascara in thin even alternating coats.
• Tip the top of your lashes for added length.
• Hold the mascara wand vertically to apply mascara to the bottom lashes.
• You can get more impact from a lengthening mascara on the top lashes and a waterproof mascara on the bottom.
• You should never share mascara. It holds more bacteria than any other make-up you use and can cause such things as pink eye. Because of this, mascara should be changed every two-three months.

Lipstick

• Make sure you have foundation and a touch of powder on your lips before lipstick application.
• Your lip liner should be a rich nude color or a tiny shade darker than your lipstick.
• You can apply lip liner a little bit outside the lines of your lips to plump them up and even out the shape.
• Once you have applied the lip liner to the outer edge of your lips, coat your actual lips with the liner then hit your lips with just a touch more powder to help your lipstick stay on longer.
• When applying lip liner and lipstick, start in the center and work your way out to the corner of your lips.
• If you want a glossy look, just apply gloss to the center of your bottom lip. Gloss plumps out your lips and makes them look fuller, but it decreases the staying power of your lipstick.
• Test lipstick colors on your fingertips because the pigment is most apparent there and is the same that’s on your lips. If the lipstick is going to turn orange or pink on your lips, it will turn orange or pink on the tip of your finger.

Finishing Touches

• After you’ve put on powder, spray on a small amount of water mist (Evian in a spray can), which will help further set the make-up and give you a dewey finish.
• Check the color symmetry of both sides of your face.
• For an added punch apply a touch of powder blush just to the apple of the cheek.
• Precisely reapply wherever necessary.

General Tips

• Sun block is an absolute must…every day, no matter what!
• You can find items at drug stores that accomplish the same thing as products in department stores.
• When buying a cosmetic brush, purchase one with natural hair for everything but foundation and concealer. Brushes with natural hairs have natural oils that will help everything go on smoother.
• Consider my Andy Paige Cosmetic Brush Set! I strategically designed every brush and the entire set to take care of all of your application needs!