African American Beauty Health – Beauty Tips for African American women

Eyes

Use concealers to hide dark circles under your eyes. For best results use a concealer that is the same shade or lighter than your foundation. Home remedies for dealing with tired eyes include using cool tea bags, cucumbers and ice packs.

There are two main ways to apply eye shadow, namely rounded and winged. Winged shading tends to work better on younger women; rounded is good for older women as it does not accentuate sags and wrinkles. To determine where to begin the arch of your eyebrow, use a pencil to measure from your pupil to the lower tip of your eyebrow.

Eye Liner

Do not pull eye lids to apply liner; it is best to place your finger below your lower lid and exert a little pressure, this will push the lid out and you can apply the liner to the rim. Eyeliner opens up your eyes and is especially useful if you want your eyes to seem larger and brighter. 

Eye Shadow

Select eye shadow based on the time of day and the effect you are trying to achieve. However, your eye shadow should ideally be feathered, thus subtly blending it into your skin. Place the darker color closer to your eyes and highlight with a lighter shade below your eyebrow line.

Lips

For best results lips should be lined using the appropriate colour lip liner. Not only does this help to define your lips, but it prevents the lipstick from bleeding onto your teeth or upper lip. Try to find a liner that is a little darker than your lipstick for contrast, or find one in a neutral color. Black lip liner does not go with every color lipstick; ideally your lip liner and lipstick should be the same colour just different shades.

For kissable lips, line the lips by following their natural contours. Once you have done this to your satisfaction, use a lip brush to help you blend your lipstick into the liner so that there is no obvious demarcation.

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