How To Save On Makeup And Use What You Have In Brand New Ways
How To Save On Makeup - From Terri Seymour's Celebrity Makeup Artist Melissa Walsh
Just about everyone wants to know how to save on makeup. And why not? Did you know that the average woman spends any where between $200-$5,000 per year on makeup? Of course, $200 and $5,000 are outlying numbers, but even if your average woman comes in at a spend of $2,500 annually, that’s a lot of money.
And considering the fact that the cosmetics industry itself is well into the tens of billions of dollars in sales annually, this comes as no surprise.
If you would like to keep your beauty spend under control, but are hoping not to have to sacrifice on some of the quality product that you love, it is possible.The trick is to understand what you are using, what costs the most, and figure out which of your less expensive products can do the trick of some of your more expensive product.
And we here at True Hollywood Makeup know someone who can help you with exactly that!
Allow us to introduce you to celebrity makeup artist and beauty guru Melissa Walsh.
Melissa is a new friend of True Hollywood Makeup. She is a UK native who relocated to the United States and has quickly made a name for herself in Hollywood. Her resume includes experience as a celebrity makeup artist to Blondie, Depeche Mode, Hanson, Fatboy Slim, Anika Noni Rose, Dannii Minogue, violinist Vanessa Maesave and a wide range of other big entertainment names.
She currently works with Terry Seymour, correspondent on “Extra,” and Parminder Nagra from the movie Bend It Like Beckham.
We recently had the good fortune to talk at length with Melissa about her love of makeup. She is an absolute natural at creating looks that fit the individual. But her talent doesn’t stop there.
Melissa also has an uncanny ability to get the most out of her products. And she offers these tips to help you get the most out of yours. Here are Melissa’s recommendations save on makeup by using your products creatively.
There are a lot of products out there that can do double or even triple duty if you know a few little tricks….
Here are some:
A brown eye pencil. This can be used as eyeliner, to fill in brows (brush through afterwards with an old clean mascara wand), a natural eyeshadow if you blend it well over the eyelid to the crease and also a lipliner – lightly trace the outline of your lips and blend with a cotton swab until it is barely there.
A pink, peach or red lipstick. Double it up as a cream blusher. Apply after foundation and smooth onto the apples of your cheeks for a healthy flush.
The foundation in the lid of your bottle. This tends to thicken up and so is perfect as a concealer, bonus – it’s the same shade as your base!
Shimmer powder. Use it to highlight cheeks, eyes and the cupids bow and if mixed with some moisturizer, it becomes a great all over body shimmer.
Loose face powder has a multitude of uses! The ones that work best are as a dry shampoo – dust on with a clean blusher brush, massage gently into the roots and then brush well. This soaks up oil at the roots and helps freshen. Also use loose powder under your bra when you’re wearing a strapless one, to help keep it in place and if you dust it onto lashes between coats of mascara it really helps thicken them!
Petroleum jelly is great for all sorts of beauty treats. Mix it with eyeshadow to give a glossy editorial look. On cheekbones for a sheen, lashes for a natural conditioned look and lips to keep them soft. You can also put a little down your shin bones to make legs look slinkier!
- Melissa Walsh
- Celebrity Makeup Artist
That is some great advice that should give you some ideas about how to save on makeup. Big thanks to Melissa!
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