8 MAKE-UP TWEAKS that lead to BIG PAYOFFS

Make new make-up rules to stay on top of the trend but don’t ditch the old ones completely, advise our make-up gurus. The trick lies in making tiny tweaks that can be big pay-offs!

- Priyanka Ravani Punamiya

Make-up trends seem to be evolving faster than ever before. Beauty pundits have already started predicting about newer soaring trends to take over the beauty edit this year. If you’re anything like us, you’ve already set out to buy those products and trashed the old ones. Stop right there, before you go all Marie Kondo! It’s time to make a change in this pattern (New Year’s resolution probably?)

From a shade isn’t trending, or glitter is not considered fashionable anymore, to no one uses bronzer– don’t toss all that expensive make-up in the garbage, rather repurpose it! Meaning, let’s embrace the new parameters by making tweaks to your cosmetic rules and still be effortlessly in sync with the new trends.

Here’s exactly how to follow the new rules, without ditching the old ones.

1. FROM BRONZER TO EYE SHADOW

Being au natural and rocking the ‘no make-up’ make-up look is what everyone is talking about. With the bronzer, you can make your face look a little too unbelievably tan/orange. Instead of ditching the bronzer altogether, apply it on your eyelids— whether you want to wear it on its own for a soft touch of warmth to your eyes or as a base step for your smoky eyes.

2. TAME DOWN THE MATTE, LOUD SHADES WITH GLOSS

If red, wine, burgundy, bright pink, these colors seem too loud for you to wear on a daily basis, just apply a sheer gloss (lightly coloured is fine too) and layer it over the lipstick to soften the look. Matte shades look great, but during winters it makes your lips look drier and chapped. So apply a layer of gloss over it for a fresh dewy look.

3. TWO WAYS TO MASCARA

A. MASCARA FOR EYELASHES, EXTENSION FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS