• Eye drops will remove redness not only from your eyes but also from red blemishes. Freeze a drop in a spoon, place frozen over blemish and hold, it will shrink swelling.
  
  
• Neosporin can help remove and heal acne overnight.
  
  
• Toothpaste (white paste) will help heal acne breakouts.
  
  
• Clay masks will draw out the black heads that tend to gather around the nose, by dehydrating the top layer of skin.
  
  
• Cuticle scissors work well to trim those little nose hairs.
  
  
• Fingers: Your most trusted tool. Can apply everything with them. (So, you don't have an excuse when you forget your kit). Concealer- the heat in your fingers will help melt a thick concealer into place (especially under the eyes). Can blend cream blushes. Apply lip balm or gloss on lips. Don't forget to clean your hands when going from one application/color to another.
  
  
• Dab a Q-tip into Jell-O cherry flavored powder and apply to lips. Let sit for five minutes and lick it off. Will give your lips a natural red coat.
  
  

SKIN:
Understanding Your Skin Type
Our skin, like the weather and our moods, does change. Rarely will you always be "dry" or "oily". Changes in weather, diet or menstrual cycle can cause your skin to feel drier, oilier or even more acne-prone.

Friday Q&A: 9/11, Famous People and Makeup Artists By Meredith Vieira Thank you, Elise. I'd be happy to. My makeup artist is Eve Pearl. Every day she works her magic. The product line she's developed is really easy to use and everybody looks great.
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“Easy to-follow and invaluable…a comprehensive instruction book to showcase the wonders that can be achieved with the simple touch of a make-up sponge…a must-read for anyone in need of fast, inexpensive beauty solutions.”

“Packed with very helpful information.”

“In a time when most of us feel pressure to slice and dice ourselves to be perfect, Eve helps us discover and accentuate the beauty we’ve always had but just didn’t know how to unleash.”

“Eve is brilliant at helping people accentuate their assets and camouflage their blemishes. If she hadn’t done it for me, I wouldn't have believed it to be possible.”

“The woman you see on Television is the real me...only better, thanks to Eve. With just the wave of her brush, she gives me brighter eyes, higher cheekbones, lusher lips, and bigger breasts. Follow Eve’s ‘pearls’ of wisdom, and you can have the same."

Emmy Award–winning celebrity makeup artist Eve Pearl reveals the simple and amazing makeup techniques that only the pros know. By applying the same Hollywood-insider methods used to make celebrities look young and gorgeous, she shows you how to enhance your lips, diminish wrinkles, and even appear to go from an A-cup bra to a generous B or even C! And this powerful, safe way to a more youthful and natural beauty takes just minutes to achieve. Discover:

- Fantastic remedies for dark circles under the eyes, puffiness, and crow’s-feet

- How to use moisturizers and foundations to create velvety, luminous skin tones—without the dangers of a chemical peel or bleaching
- Dramatic shading to produce elegant cheekbones and make a double chin disappear
- Techniques to make your breasts look larger (you won’t believe your eyes!)
- Products to create fuller, more sensuous lips with a “sweetheart” shape and a luscious shine
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From eye-lift to face-lift, you will be thrilled by the results—without the pain, risk, or expense of surgery!

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First, you need to decide how much coverage you need. Sheer foundations are good for a light natural coverage. Moderate coverage is a good choice for those of us with some discoloration, a few acne scars, maybe some freckles, or broken blood vessels. Heavy/full coverage foundations offer the most camouflaging. It is good for covering burns, birthmarks, bruising, melasma and scars.

LASH OUT!

What's the real secret to looking like a million bucks? Fake it. With lashes, of course.

Long, dark lashes are blinking out from all the beauty pages this season. And it's time you got in on this eye-opening experience. Even if you were born with a great natural set, lash enhancement can take you from 'pretty' to pretty amazing.

“Eve is not only a makeup artist, she is a magician who reveals the tricks of the trade.”

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Save your money and stay away from the risks! Learn how you can get the glowing good looks you’ve always desired—and avoid going under the knife…

If we're all truthful, most of us would admit to having pushed and pulled not only our faces, but our thighs and waist and neck, to see if we'd look better with a little nip and tuck. Especially us older gals! Now, I'm so very tired of cosmetic and makeup companies using 11-year old girls to showcase their products. If you want to convince us your products will benefit our skin and looks, prove it to us by using someone with a little mileage on her face, and let us see that she's benefitted from using your product.

Most of us, however, cannot afford (and certainly should not go into debt for) a facelift, but wouldn't mind looking a little less stressed, or a little less older. There is a way, apparently.

Makeup artist Eve Pearl, shows us how we can avoid the surgeon's blade and skillfully use makeup to enhance our looks. She begins with our skin - finding out your skin type - very important to know so you can manage it. Then there are tricks to cover up freckles, blotches, and marks with makeup, by blending and contouring. The pictures are amazing! And, thankfully, the "models" are not all teenagers. Eve and her mother are also featured. There are "Eve's Tips" throughout the book which include alternate remedies. Eyes, nose, double chin, circles under the eyes, whatever, Eve covers (literally) them all with subtle tricks of her trade. Now we can try them out too - much cheaper and virtually risk-free compared to plastic surgery - and with practice, we can also look refreshed and boost our self-confidence. Look at the section on cleavage! Now we know all the "Hollywood" makeup secrets, we can try and improve our own canvases. Fun.

Conclusion - No woman concerned about her looks should be without this useful book.

"Eve is brilliant at helping people accentuate their assets and camouflage their blemishes. If she hadn't done it for me, I wouldn't have believed it to be possible."

Guide Rating

Whatever part of your body that you don't like, this book will probably be able to fix without surgery. If you are sqeamish about needles or worse, you are going to like what this book has to offer.
A Few Noteables You Shouldn't Miss

You will find so many other interesting bits and pieces while thumbing through this book. One just happened to be a breast and bra time line and you won't want to miss how to increase the size with very little outside help.

Are your lashes puny? Have you ever wondered how you would look with false lashes but had no idea how to apply them? This is another little gem that is worth mentioning. Detailed instructions await along with great photos to help you every step of the way.

"In a time when most of us feel pressure to slice and dice ourselves to be perfect, Eve Pearl helps us discover and accentuate the beauty we've always had but just didn't know how to unleash."

"Eve is not only a make-up artist, she is a magician who reveals the tricks of he trade."

"The woman you see on television is the real me...only better, thanks to Eve. With just the wave of her brush, she gives me bright eyes, higher cheekbones, lusher lips, and bigger breasts. Follow Eve's 'pearls' of wisdom, and you can have the same."

Creme compact foundations are hit or miss with me. Most of the time they're too greasy, too crease-y, or just not the right shade. Finding a creme foundation that works with my skin type as well as my skin tone is a rare thrill. The Dual Foundation and Blush Trio from renowned makeup artist Eve Pearl's line is working for me on both levels.