I love tips. It’s fascinating to me to see how people do things that are more convenient – and let’s face it, cleverer – than the way I’ve been doing them forever. So, when I got a job working as an editor for a website totally devoted to tips, I was all over it. This week’s column combines two of my passions: beauty products and tips on how to use them in interesting and sneaky ways. Here are my five favorite tips I’ve compiled for the beauty section of TipMine. Enjoy!
Foundation Blending Trick: Come on, who hasn’t lost their summer tan by now? Unless you’ve been vacationing on a Caribbean island (if you have, good for you! Next time, take me with you) there’s no way your foundation color hasn’t changed since summer. I personally bounce between three to four shades every season. Here’s a trick to mixing and matching makeups to be sure you get the perfect color.
Nail Polish Organization 101: Okay, I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before now. I’ve seen all kinds of nail polish organization tools lately – from DIY palette shelves to repurposed spice racks, ways to keep your nail polish neat and tidy have been popping up all over the place. The problem is, not many of us have the room to put up a four-tier lazy susan full ‘o polishes in our bathrooms (my apartment is 800 square feet and my fiancé would have a heart attack). So when I found this tip on how to organize my polishes but still keep them in a Tupperware tub at the bottom of my linen closet, I was all for it!
Saving Broken Powders: My name is Kim, and I’m a dropper. I drop books, cell phones, kitchen utensils and yes, powder compacts. Whether drugstore or high end, it’s a total pain when you shatter a hardly-used powder compact. This trick is easy, only takes one ingredient, and gets your powder back to usefulness in no time.
Gracefully Aging Beauty: It always bums me out when I see a beautiful woman wearing totally age-inappropriate cosmetics. Glitter eyeliner is really not your style, 40-something professional lady. But you’d look killer with a brown smoky eye. Here are some quick tips on keeping your beauty regimen in line with your age.
Smoky Eye Switcheroo: This one is pretty self-explanatory, but like the tip above, I’ve noticed that women love to hang onto their beauty routines and never let go…ever. This trick is a simple way to slightly switch up your makeup routine without doing anything too drastic (read: scary).
Do you have a beauty tip or trick you swear by? Share it with us!
Have a beautiful weekend,
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