Professional Make-Up Hacks

Professional make-up hacks

_{Pros provide their top tips for enhancing smaller lips and eyes with deftly applied make-up}

_{With so many opportunities to dress up and look their best for glam events in the GCC, clients demand and expectation for top class make-up services is sky high. It is therefore essential that your therapists’ skills are continually on-point, enhanced with on-going training to keep them in the know about the latest products and trends in the industry. For an instant skills brush up, we have asked some of the region’s top beauty companies for their best make-up hacks which your therapists can use to ensure your clients dazzle}.

_{GETTING LIPPY – RODIAL ON LIP CONTOURING}

_{Lip contouring is a big trend at the moment. It can give lips definition and make them appear plumped and voluminous. Though its an eye product, the Rodial Eye Sculpt is the ideal product for contouring as it has a mousse formula which works to create a subtle shadow around the lips and the Cupid’s bow to make the lips appear fuller and more defined. To get a darker shadow, top up with the Rodial contour powder using a small bristle brush. For maximum drama, apply a more sheer foundation, such as the Rodial Skin Tint, all over the lips to remove the natural colour and outline. Contour the lips, and then apply a matte lip colour and lots of lip liner. The foundation will help to keep the lip colour in place, and will help to emphasise the lip.}

_{PLUMP POUT – TIPS FROM PROVOC}

_{You can make small lips look bigger by over lining them but if you overdo it, it can look fake. It’s really important to find the right colour for lining and using the right textured lipstick or liner to boost a client’s pout ‘magically’ for a natural bluff! Provoc’s range of Nude semipermanent gel lip liner fillers are  perfect for this. Their pigmented smooth gel texture sits on the lip like no other, giving the illusion of slightly bigger and perfectly shaped lips, you just have to find the closest colour that matches your clients’ lips and shape them the way you want discretely… amazing. Provoc Semi-permanent gel lip liner fillers also have a wide range of nude options to match various natural lip colours so there’s an option for all clients. One of my favourite’s is Provoc Matt’Adore- Provoc Semi-permanent gel lip liner filler in Retro Fashion. After priming the lips, pencil an X at the Cupid’s bow, and outline the lips. Connect the liner at the corners, fading towards the center. Apply the chosen lip shade and you highlight by applying a lipstick in a paler shade, dabbed onto the center of lips and blended out with your finger to create the illusion of a fuller pout. PB}