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Your face is the first part of your body, which is noticed. Therefore it is important to apply the right makeup. Read on for some valuable insights about foundation, concealer, powder and blush. Read on...

A woman expresses herself through her eyes and therefore you have to take special care to make them more expressive by applying the perfect makeup. Learn the secrets of applying shadows, lines and mascara.

Dry hair looks dull and lifeless and craves for moisture and in most instances requires a healthy dose of protein. Read on to know what you can do to bring the bounce and life back into your hair.

Lips are an integral part of makeup. Moist, smooth lips hold colour best. Look beautiful by following these basic tips for healthy and great looking lips.

Beautiful hands and nails are important for an overall smart and elegant appearance. Thus find out all about French manicure to have those beautiful hands and nails.

Women who wear makeup should carry out a routine of cleansing, toning and moisturing programme everyday in order to keep there face smooth, vibrant and supple. Read on…

The first thing you ought to know is your skin type before applying any makeup to your skin. Listed below is makeup tips for normal, dry, oily and combination skin.

Normal Skin usually looks and feels smooth but can also react to changes in the environment: oilier in the summer and drier in the winter.

Choose a foundation for normal skin.
Apply a layer of moisturizer underneath for dry, winter conditions or whenever you enter a parched environment.
Keep a pressed powder on hand for oilier moments or more humid days.

Dry Skin occurs naturally as you age and the oil glands decrease their output. Dryness may also reflect your skin's sensitivity to skin care products, cleansers, diet, or even emotions. The occasional blotchy patch can result from dryness, too.

Oily skin is shiny and uneven. It leaves the house feeling clean and fresh but by noon suffers from shine.

Start with a gentle toner on your clean skin.
Use water-based formulas for all your make-up, especially foundation. · A concealer stick helps hide the effects of breakouts.
A powder is your best friend to help control your oily look throughout the day.

Combination Skin usually expresses its unique qualities with oiliness in the T-zone and normal-to-dry skin everywhere else. Like other types, environmental factors and your body's chemistry may change your skin's balance. Use a flexible make-up routine to help cope with combination skin's many moods.

Foundation is the base of make-up. With the help of right selected and accurate applied foundation you can hide roughnesses, spots, pimples, irritated area of the skin. Light liquid foundation contains a lot of oil and moisture that is useful for dry and normal skin. Compact foundation is suitable for oily skin and hides skin imperfections excellently. There are foundations for combined skin and sensitive skin with calming effects. You should use only quality cosmetic of wide known firms, the products of which are indicated with release date and serviceable life.

Always apply foundation that suits your natural skin colour. If your face's natural colour is light, avoid any dark foundation colour. If you have any blemishes on your face, avoid any pink tints (pink colour emphasize a blemishes).

1. Cleanse your face, and apply moisture cream on the face and throat. Let the cream be absorb by the skin for 3 - 5 minute. If your skin is oily or combined (some areas oily, some dry) put the tissue on the oily areas of your face (for example nose, chin, forehead).

2. Apply the foundation: dot small amount of it on the forehead, blend evenly with fingertips, then do the same with the cheeks, nose and chin. Don't apply too much or too little of foundation (it looks untidy).

4. Follow with Your favourite loose or pressed powder (translucent loose powder for normal-to-oily skin and pressed powder for normal-to-dry skin). For better result use large powder brush. The powder must be the same tint that foundation is.

Blush is important part of make-up. With the help of an accurate applied blush you can refresh your face, make it looking much better and healthier and to model the form of your face. To do blush looking naturally, you should put it on enough, but not too much and please do not choice exotic colours.

The colour of blush must match the skin, hair colour, lipstick and nail polish colour also. Palette of beige and pink tints is appropriate almost to everybody. All tints of beige and pink are suitable to light skin, more dark tints (coppery and coral colours) are suitable to brown sunburned skin. Orange tints are suitable to red-haired women.

There are several types of a blush; most popular are powder blush and creamy blush. Creamy blush more suits for dry skin. It's better to apply with your fingertips. If you use powder blush, apply it after powder, but creamy blush, it's better to apply before powder.

Round face seems to be longer if the blush is put on from temples to lip corners like triangle.

For others; put blush on the cheek like an oval at the nose level. If you put on too much blush, cover cheek with some quantity of light powder. The colour of blush becomes softened.

Long, sweeping eyelashes are a sign of glamour and femininity. Some are born with it while some crave for it. Here are a few tips that will help you have wonderful long and sexy eyelashes.

First of all make sure that your eyelashes are clean of old mascara and completely dry before you start.

You can curl your eyelashes by using a metal or plastic lash curler. Make sure to catch all the lashes at the same time in the mouth of the curler and curl them upwards. Hold curler closed against lashes for at least 5 seconds to set curl and then open the scissor ends gently to release the curler.
Enhance the curl you've just achieved by applying mascara right after curling.
For more curl or to refresh curl later in the day, stroke the brush to the tips of lashes and hold there for 3-5 seconds, at an upward angle.

Create more length by sweeping colour, starting at the roots to ends, in a long, smooth upward motion so colour is even to the very tips. Try a lengthening formula.
Most mascaras are waterproof or water-resistant these days. But for rainy days sunning or swimming, try a clear, waterproofing topcoat.
Don't apply mascara when you're riding in a moving car or train-- to avoid eye injuries. Don't swap mascara with some one else -- to avoid eye infections.
Gentle handling and removing makeup every night will promote your lash growth. Use eye makeup remover with cotton balls before you wash your face to remove mascara and other eye makeup before you sleep. Gently wipe, don't scrub.
A basic black-brown or dark brown looks best on most women. Black looks best on very dark brunettes.

Long hair makes a woman feel feminine, beautiful, attractive and glamorous. Practically all women, at some time in their lives, want to grow their hair really long. And almost all men want their woman to have long hair. If you have long hair then it is true you have to take care for your hair and have to devote exclusive time for hair care. Having a healthy, shiny and beautiful hair takes a commitment to continuing care. Besides professional cutting or trimming every two months to promote natural bounce and remove split ends, giving long hair special attention at home each day will help make it the best it can possibly be. Even if you have neglected your hair in the past, it's never too late to get to the root of the problems associated with it, or to practice some preventive maintenance. Therefore learning a few tips for caring for your long hair is handy and helpful. Therefore we have brought for you tips to help you manage those long locks.

To achieve beautiful, shiny and long hair we recommend that you let these tips go straight to your head:

Washing
When washing your hair, you should treat it with the utmost care. Over enthusiastic rubbing, scrubbing and pulling can lead to quite a lot of damage and hair loss and therefore should be avoided. Hair should be rinsed very, very thoroughly and with care. Never bunch your hair up when you wash it. Keep it straight down as you wash from the scalp to the tips, running your fingers lightly through your hair to keep it from tangling and to fully wash it. Use a mild shampoo and try to have the last rinse with cold water. This shrinks the molecules of the hair and gets rid of superfluous coatings, making hair much more manageable. Use a good conditioner to condition your hair. When you've finished the washing and conditioning process, mop up excess water with a towel wrapped around your head for a few minutes.

Shampooing
Choose shampoos containing only natural ingredients with conditioning properties. First, remove surface dirt through gentle rinse. Rinse and lather again, massaging your head to increase the blood supply to the scalp and roots. Don't vigorously rub braids or weaves but do rinse in cascades of water to clean the hair thoroughly. Wash your hair more frequently if you have itching, flaking or dandruff. These conditions are not due to dryness. Thoroughly rinse out conditioner, or the residue will dirty your hair faster.

Combing
Never brush hair when it's wet. De-tangle as much of your hair as you can with your fingers. Finally, use a wide-spaced comb to smooth and untangle your hair gently. Begin to comb from the bottom, working slowly up the strands. Never start at the top and tug downwards as this can do a lot of damage to your hair.

Brushing
Bend forward allowing hair to fall. Use a large oval brush to bring hair from the nape of the neck over the head and down to the ends. Then, stand straight again with hair falling normally and brush from the underside of the hairline down the strands to the ends. Now, brush the top layers into place with long, even strokes. After each stroke, smooth hair with hands to reduce static. Increase the number of strokes daily until you find a comfortable routine. Never brush hair when wet.

Drying
Dry hair naturally always since it is good for your hair texture. If blow-drying is necessary, blow in downward strokes only on cool setting.

Oiling
A healthy scalp produces natural oil, which coats the hair strand and protects it from the environment. Therefore brush your hair regularly for 10 to 15 minutes in order to distribute the scalp oil over and down to the end of the hair. If you have dry hair at the ends then use good oil products for your hair and apply the oil directly to the areas where it is needed. Do not apply too much oil to your hair as it will make your scalp and hair sticky which will in turn attract too much dirt and make your hair dirty very soon.
Protection
Protect your hair from over-exposure to sun, salt, chemicals or chlorinated water, wind and pollution. Wear a hat, cap or scarf if you can. Seek out hairproducts with sunscreens.

Lip Makeup: Lips are an integral part of makeup. Moist, smooth lips hold colour best. Look beautiful by following these basic tips for healthy and great looking lips.

Morning
Give dry, flaky lips the brush-off; add "brushing your lips" to your morning ritual using a soft toothbrush or terry washcloth. Now add some lip balm to smooth the way for lipstick-worthy lips!

Bedtime
Apply moisturising cream before going to bed. Always give your lips a touch of clear, rich moisture at bedtime. Do it each night, and you'll wake up to softer lips in no time at all!

All day
Avoid over-exposure to the sun, which can dry your lips the way it dries the rest of you. If you spend a lot of time outdoors, we suggest a 'triple' lipstick, with moisturizers and sunscreen built right in.

How to find more suitable colour
Most important things for right colour choosing are skin colour, hair colour and shape of your lips.

For light skin and blonde hair: all shades of orange, pink, purple.
For dark skin and dark hair: all shades of red, violet.
For light skin and dark hair: all shades of brown and beige.
For red hair women: coral-red, brown and bronze colours.

Shimmery Lips
Beauty's latest crush is with shimmery lip colors in golden shades and iced pastels. Keep your lips looking sweet with moisturizing lipsticks or glosses in pearly nude, candy pink, lilac, silver and gold.

Party Lips
Party season demands high profile lips! Treat him to flavor-filled kisses with fruit-flavored lip-glosses. For that techno, ultra-gloss look - apply a dash of metallic lip-gloss over lipstick in the center of your lips.

Puckering Lips
Pucker-proof lips are a sure thing when you use a lip pencil to fill in your entire lip area (not just the edges) and then top with gloss in a slightly lighter color.

Lip Color
Red and wine colors rock on lips. Choose a sheer shade to be safe or if you're daring, try solid color. Reds with yellow or orange-bases suit darker skin tones whilst reds with blue-bases suit fairer skins.

Glossy lips
Gloss is more fashionable than lipstick and you can get away with it at school. So think baby lips - hints of pink and a natural shine. We love Poppy Shine, Blistex Lip Conditioner and Clinique Glosswear.

Kissable Lips
Chapped lips don't look pretty and aren't nice to kiss, so make sure yours are always smooth and soft by applying lip balm every day. The best ones to soothe dry lips are Blistex, Bonne Bell, Body Shop and Carmex.

Luscious Lips
For smooth, lush lips, smear a little lip balm underneath your lipstick or a dab of thick gloss in the center of your lips. We love pinks and berries for March.

Are you a fair skinned and want to wear a red lipstick? Or maybe, you're a medium olive skin tone, looking for a pink lipstick that will look right for you. Here's a guide for most skin tones to help you chose the correct shade of lipstick that is most suitable for you.

Fair skin
Deep plum reds: Soft berry and wine reds with a blue undertone. Avoid reds with an orange undertone. These can make you look washed out and ashy. Sheer medium brown with pink undertones or beige lipsticks with a pink undertone flatter fair skins.
Browns: Mocha browns, and darker brown/pink lipsticks are also flattering for an evening lip look. Extra pale browns with yellow undertones, make fair skin look washed out.
Pinks: Pinks look fantastic on fair skin. sheer, light shiny pink lipsticks with blue undertones work well. Pink with a slight gold shimmer also enhance this skin tone very nicely. Dusty roses with or without shimmer are good ones. Stay away from hot pink lipstick as it overpowers fair skins.

Medium skin
Deep reds are most flattering. Blue-reds brighten medium skin with a yellow undertone. Brown, warm reds will soften and look warm on medium skin.
Browns: Browns that are very pale can make medium skins look ashy and washed out. Stick to rich caramel shades, medium brown with yellow or pink undertones, and creamy coffee colour browns. Sheer browns in these varying shades can also be very flattering.
Pinks: Rich and deep pinks which tend to fall on warm look best on medium skin. Also pinks with brown undertones enhance and flatter medium skins very well. Sheers, creams, and mattes can all be tried and tested with much success using these shades of pink.

Olive/Yellowish skin
Rich, deep brown reds and deep, dark berry shades. Stay away from orange/reds and pink/reds.
Browns: Browns with a red or auburn/mahogany undertone work well with this skin tone. Also, rich browns that resemble coffee, toffee, and chocolate colors work well.
Pinks: Deep berries, rich rose, and soft to medium plums are very flattering to this skin tone which have very strong yellow undertones. Avoid pinks that are to cool and too light as these pinks can make complexion look draining.

Brown/Black skin
Try red with a blue undertone, which are deep and rich. Also, mahogany, and deep plums, and wine reds are worth trying. Avoid orange and pink reds here.
Browns: Almost any shade of brown suits black skin. Sheer and shimmery light browns to a rich, dark, coffee brown.
Pinks: Medium and soft sheer pinks are very flattering. A hint of pink in glosses and sheers with a touch of beige can really enhance this skin tone. Berries, deep roses, and plums also flatter this skin tone.

To finish your makeup programme the last step is nail makeup. Here all you have to do is be creative and as daring as you can.

The basic care of nail is very important and hence regularly manicure and pedicure for having healthy and beautiful nails. See Manicure and Pedicure on our related beauty topics.

Slim the look of wide nail bases with an oval shape.
Pastels and neutrals go the distance on longer, rounder nails.
Darker polish looks best on short, squared nails.
Narrow nail beds appear stronger with a soft square shape.
Create a lighter side of bold: add drops of a dark, rich creme to a bottle of clear polish and shake.
Storing polish in a warm place may change its consistency. Keep nail shades in the refrigerator or a bathroom cabinet.

2-Party/late night: Arrive dark and dramatic: Plum Fairy, Midnight Metal Cabernet, or Classic Red.

3-Naturally Casual: Pink Snow, Clear Ice, any other shade that is trendy, young and attractive.

Stop biting them!
Use a nail hardener to protect them from splitting and peeling.
Vitamin E supplements keep nails growing long and strong.

Using makeup the whole day makes you face look tired and dried out. Therefore it is very important that you take that extra care of your skin to make it look supple, fresh and vibrant. Therefore women who wear makeup should carry out a routine of cleansing, toning and moisturing programme everyday.

Cleansing will remove old makeup and the grime and grease that have been accumulated during the day. Follow the following steps:

Remove mascara with a cotton bud dipped in eye-cleansing lotion. Tie your hair up and keep it off your face as far as possible.
Remove the eye shadow by gently wiping it off with a pad of clean cotton wool moistened with eye-cleansing lotion.
Pour a little face cleansing cream into the palm of one hand and dab it generously over the nose, chin, forehead and cheeks---using two fingers of the other hand.
Narrow nail beds appear stronger with a soft square shape.
Massage the cream into the skin, starting under the throat, using a gentle upward motion. Continue massaging the cream up to the forehead, using the fingertips.
Gently massage the cream from the eyes to the nose.
Massage cream back over the chin, which is particularly prone to blackheads. Use the index finger.
Remove the cream from the face with tissue pads in each hand. Start under the chin and work over the cheeks and on to the forehead

Toners remove all traces of dirt, makeup or cleanser that remain after cleansing.

Immediately after cleansing apply toner to the forehead and cheeks with the help of a pad of cotton wool.

Moisturising your skin will make it smooth and supple. Moisturising your sin is an important part of beauty treatment and should be followed religiously.

Using the tips of the fingers, dot moisturising cream lightly all over the face.

Press the fingers of both hands into the centre of the forehead and work the cream slowly outwards. Pat the cream gently around the eyes.

Work the cream around the jaw line, chin and mouth with the middle fingers of both hands.

Massage the cream over the throat with alternating hands, using upward strokes from collarbone to chin