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Make up the lips bigger (Step by step)

Helena Amiley

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Jan 29, 2020

Many people wonder how to make their lips bigger, so now I have made a clear post about everything to think about when you make your lips bigger.

I do not want bigger lips because I think I am nicer in it than my natural narrow shape, but because I want more lipstick! :) My shape is a bit fluffy in the cupid's bow, but on the sides I hardly have any upper lip at all.

The question "how do you make your lips bigger?" or "How to paint lipstick outside the mold?" there is no right answer, because it depends on what your natural lip shape looks like and what you want for results.

But in this post I thought I would show some guidelines that I usually think about and which are a bit general for most people :)

Color choice to make the lips bigger

It's a little easier to cheat out a larger lip shape the more colorful lip makeup you use, e.g. red etc. It does not become as clear where your natural lip contour is.

But it goes with lighter colors too! I show that in this post. But it is a great advantage to choose one a little darker tones in the outer edges in any case, to minimize the visibility of your natural lip contour. But it does not have to be very dark!

In this post I have used a warm medium dark lip color that becomes quite discreet:

I have tattooed my lips bigger too, so on the role models I have made off the tattoo.

Product choice

I always use a matte product in the contours, e.g. a lip pencil, a matte lipstick or a regular lipstick that is creamy but not super glossy.

Then in the middle of the lips you get a little more "plut" if you apply a glossier product. But you do what you want, I vary!

In this post I use:

The lip pencil glo Skin Beauty Lip Pencil in the shade Acorn
Colored lip balm Pixi Shea Butter Lip Balm in the shade Sweet Peach.

Amorbågen

It is very nice with a very marked and deep cupid's bow, but when you put on make-up as far outside the lip shape as I do, it becomes (on my lip shape) quite clear that I have put on make-up far outside if I do not do it in the cupid's bow as well.

So I make up quite a lot outside the lip contour in the middle of the cupid's arch so that it ends up higher up, in addition I make it a little softer in shape.

The sides of the lip

This is where (on most lip shapes) you can paint very far outside the lip contour! Why? Well because the area that is often quite flat. As soon as you have a lot of plut, it looks unnatural if you put on make-up outside the plut, but where the transition between lip and skin is flat where you can just drive! :)

Remember to make the line go into the mouth of the mouth so that you do not get the clown mouth effect.

I usually make the line a little rounded, so that it goes towards the cupid's bow in a natural way. If you make it straight but this far outside the contour, it can be difficult to "tie" the line naturally with the cupid's bow.

On the lower lip I can not enlarge so much because there is too much plut in the middle so it becomes too clear.

Symmetry

In this step, I do not care much about symmetry yet, because the natural lip is (on most) not symmetrical anyway so you are easily fooled by the fact that you painted more outside the contour on one side than the other. Then it can look uneven even though it is actually even!

So the last fine grinding with symmetry and exact shape I do only when I have filled in the whole lip in the same color.

Fill in the entire lips

Then just fill it out! Either you can just tint the lip pencil a little and then put a lipstick in a similar tone on in the middle of the lips. But in this post I have the lip pencil on the whole lips and then I dab a colored lip balm in the middle afterwards.

Light up outside the contour

For people who have similar skin tones as me, I really want to recommend the pen glo Skin Beauty Precision Eye Pencil in the shade Peach, what a multiple! I use this around my lips every day!

Brightening up just outside the contour highlights the lips more and when you have put on makeup far beyond your own lip, it looks more natural because you are faking a faint plut.

This also works with a flat brush and concealer or matte highlighter, for those of you who do not fit in / want this pen :)

A little shine in the middle

It is best with a matte product at the edges, because gloss highlights shapes so then your natural contour can be seen in the glitter. But in the middle of the lips you can put a little shine!

Here I have a colored lip balm with it works with anything, a creamy lipstick or lip gloss.

Here you see before and after!

Hope you were inspired and that the post about making your lips bigger was helpful!

Good cheap dry shampoo and how I use it

Helena Amiley

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Jan 23, 2020

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Found a good cheap dry shampoo at ICA! I have used Hårologis dry shampoo for 3 years which has a mild scent, but a few months ago the last bottle ran out and then I decided to buy completely perfume-free dry shampoo from now on.

Partly because I have a friend who had problems with the airways and therefore became very sensitive to perfume. I can absolutely ignore perfume (rarely use it anyway) but without dry shampoo I can not do haha.

But also because I have such incredibly oily hair and need to use such a large amount of dry shampoo, then there will be so much fragrance. If you are someone who just sprays a little, it's probably nice to have a little fresh scent on the purchase, but I'm just looking for the result - I want to skip the scents completely! :)

Tips on good cheap dry shampoo!

I urgently needed a dry shampoo and checked the beauty shelf when we bought food at ICA Maxi and the only brand that had a perfume-free alternative was ICA's own brand.

It cost 30 kroner and my expectations were not high, but I thought that if I am not satisfied, I was not ruined either.

You often get what you pay for - but sometimes you get surprised! I have tried many more expensive dry shampoos that have been worse, so for 30 kroner I am absolutely impressed!

When it comes to products you rarely buy, I like to spend an extra penny to get good quality and a good product that lasts a long time. The icing on the cake is making everyday life a lot easier, especially when we talk about base make-up!

But when it comes to products that you consume a lot of (as I do with dry shampoo) then it is incredibly nice when you find good cheap dry shampoo! :)

How do I use dry shampoo?

The spray pressure is good! It is also enough with powder in relation to the amount of liquid, which means that I do not have to spray too much. Some dry shampoos are bubbly (a lot of liquid and a little powder) and then I have to spray so much to get an effect, but I do not need that with this :)

It will be a big cloud all around right afterwards anyway, so you can feel a little hostile (for me who has such a small bathroom) even though it is fragrance-free.

I am definitely a top user of dry shampoo, I pour on until it turns white! But then I am careful to massage in the dry shampoo so that I stop looking white-haired :)

Results

The result is hair that looks clean and has the right volume. Some dry shampoos give a lot of volume and structure, but this is not one of them.

And as you can see, it is very effective even if the hair has become really frizzy!

Actually, I usually spray in immediately after washing hair (and that the hair has dried, of course) for preventive purposes and then improve regularly during the week. I wash my hair once a week. But in these pictures I had been ill and had tassels for about a week so then the hair had become very dirty :)

Feeling

You also do not get a rough feeling in the scalp - it is more common among volumizing dry shampoos. You can pull your fingers through your hair just as usual! :) Whether this is good or bad is a matter of taste.

sustainability

I improve every other / every third day a bit depending on what hairstyle I should have, which is really good durability for being as oily on the scalp as I am!

Price vs content

When comparing the price of products, you should not only look at the total amount but at the amount of content - you often forget that. It does not matter how cheap a mascara is if it contains 5ml compared to a slightly more expensive one that contains 12ml :)

But this one contains 200 ml which is like most other brands, so no wonder there!

Summary of good cheap dry shampoo:

The review can easily be summarized with the fact that I ran out of 4 bottles during the autumn / winter and will continue to buy this one. Becoming a regular customer of a product is, after all, the best review, right? I thought of trying a volumizing spray as a complement, however, but if you are priming with dry shampoo, you probably need very little volume spray to get an effect!

But anyway, I think this one meets all my important requirements for a dry shampoo, effective, fragrance-free and easy to use.

But if any of you have tips on a good perfume-free dry shampoo that is not a regular spray, you are welcome to shout! I used to use Blowpro Faux Dry Shampoo but it has expired and I still miss it. So nice to avoid spray completely, at the same time as the application was like a spray because you pressed in the middle of the bottle, it became like a spray puff.

If you test this, feel free to write what you thought, it is always interesting :)

Hugs are!

Also read: What powder should I have? - All about pillows!

Contouring the eyes! (6 step tutorial)

Helena Amiley

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Jan 21, 2020

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Now you will get my best, best everyday tips! Contouring the eyes! :)

When I hold make-up consultations, there are two make-up tips that customers love, you know those little details that make a big difference and can be used in everyday life!

One is "since old" to make lashliner / fringe marking. In this post (link) you can see how I make lashliner in a video. In this post (link) I show lashliner with pictures.

The second tip is a thing I started doing on myself in connection with my contouring and quickly realized how smart it is.

Contouring on the eyes !!

Here you see before and after:

Do you see what a difference it is in the eyes? The amazing thing is that it goes SO fast!

Why is it smooth?

In everyday life, many people apply base, lips and mascara because it goes quickly, but skip eye shadows because it requires more time and precision. But if you want to emphasize the eyes and look more alert, you can in the same step as the contouring of the face wrap a little around the eyes as well!

What do you need:

A light and a dark shade, carpet. I use Paese Contouring Palette (No. 2)
A soft brush that is the right size. One that is too big does not give precision and one that is too small means that it does not go as fast, the point is that it should be possible to just "swipe on" quickly. I use Nanshy Crease Brush which is in synthetic hair.

If you do not do contouring in the face (and therefore do not have / need such a palette) then maybe you still have a bronzer and a light matte eye shadow at home? It also works well :) For example, I sometimes use the light eye shadow Paese Kashmir Eyeshadow (667) as a matte highlighter.

What is so good about contouring products is that they are not quite as pigment-rich as an eye shadow because they are there to create soft shadows on the face. Because as soon as you use a very pigmented product (such as eye shadows), more precision and technology is required to get it nice. And you want to make it easy for yourself :)

Gradually:

I have photographed exactly how I do this so that you can see clearly! :)

I start with the light matte eye shadow.

1. Dab a quick dab in the center of the eyelid. Not up in the globe line and not out on the edges, only in the middle.

This makes the eyelid "pop" and you immediately look more alert already after this step. There seems to be little 3D effect.

2. Dab a quick dab in the corner of the eye.

Partly to look fitter but also because many have a darker depth right there, which easily looks dark when there is shadow on the eyes.

Swipe on the brow pin, ie below the highest point of the brow and outwards.

Not everyone has as much space between the crease line and the brow as I have, then you can take a smaller brush and apply narrower so that you do not light up the crease line at the same time.

4. Brighten up under the eyes! Swipe with the brush right into the "depth" that (most of us) has under the eye.

I always do this, even if I do an eyeshadow make-up.

Many people do not need to use concealer under the eyes because not everyone has darker skin under the eyes. A concealer covers and many have an even skin tone already, but that there is a small depth there that looks darker because there is shade from the light. Does it suit you? Then it is enough to lighten up, you do not have to bother with cream concealer and setting powder.

You can also lighten up with a lighter concealer if you have one. I usually say this to my customers if they ask which is best: If you still use contouring on the face, it is easiest to lighten up under the eyes at the same time - so you do not need more products and steps in the makeup routine. And vice versa: if you still use concealer on the face, it is easiest to lighten under the eyes at the same time - so you do not need more products and steps in the makeup routine. If you use both concealer and contouring, you can choose what you prefer, it is 100% flavor, both work :)

But sweeping quickly with a brush with a little light powder on is in any case much faster than using a cream product that you (usually) need to fix with powder.

Then it's time for the dark shadow!

You can skip the dark if you are already happy. Because because you have not brightened up around the whole eye (but at selected points), there is already a bit of a 3D effect where your natural skin tone becomes like a shadow in itself.

But I usually add a little dark for extra effect. It goes fast because there is so little pigment in the powder, not at all as if you use a dark brown eye shadow.

5. Swipe quickly over the globe line, no precision but I just draw 1-2 strokes with the brush.

I look straight into the mirror and apply just over the globe line, so that the dark shadow does not end up inside the skin fold when you look. The point is that it should be light on the eyelid, dark above and then light under the brow as well.

6. And in the outer edge under the eye too!

A close-up of the eyes so you can see the difference clearly! I forgot to take photos before mascara, but added such a neat layer so you can clearly see the contouring anyway.

Done! :)

Many people are afraid of having dry powder around their eyes, but the light shade in this palette is a very soft formula so I never experience (neither on myself nor customers) that it looks dry.

Hope you found the post helpful! ♥

Sunday post January 19

Helena Amiley

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Jan 19, 2020

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At the time of writing, I am on my way to South Africa where Miska and I are celebrating 10 years together!

But I struggled all the way into the tile before we went last night, so I still have a work week to offer this Sunday;)

For the next two weeks, there will be no Sunday posts (just regular posts) because I have a holiday until January 30.

New goal picture 2020!

Normally, during the summer, we usually make a goal picture for 1 year ahead, but this year we set the goal picture only until December 2019 because we had some things that we had to get in order before we could set the goal for 2020.

One of the points was "set a more fun goal for 2020" haha and now we have done it!

The target image for 2020 is peppery and it feels good in my stomach when I read it :)

It is divided into a few points under goal image / vision, ie a picture of how we want the company. A little more diffuse and emotional. As well as some measurable goals that are concrete and more "black and white".

We first had individual staff meetings with each person and then a joint meeting of all of them.

It went really well! We are a good team!

Podcast recording!

This Tuesday morning Tommy came to the salon and we recorded a podcast in our staff room. I wrote more about the pod in this post if you want to read about it. Or listen directly by searching for "Really Effective" on Acast or Podcasts or similar podcasts (not Spotify).

The podcast is mostly for Tommy's company, but the purpose for me is that it's so incredibly educational! I think long term :)

Here's Tommy before we get started! :)

I would like better sound on something left, it's great when Tommy talks but my voice cuts through glass and apparently also podcasts. I want to gild the podcast but the contrast of a "young and driven entrepreneurial girl" but sometimes I get scared that people do not have the strength to listen because of my voice haha. I raise Tommy's soundtrack to the max and lower my soundtrack by 50%, but it's still a bit loud and echoing when I talk.

”can you talk lower? ” Tommy asked me once, in a nice way haha. And yes I can, but I have a hard time getting my personality out then. I do not want to sound boring and monotonous either :)

Then I sat and cut the pod immediately afterwards! I had to hurry so that both Tommy and I would have time to listen through the finished cut and publish before we take a vacation.

Job interview

Another thing we talked about at the meeting is what Miska and I did last Monday - had a meeting with a possible future colleague! We need to be one more person this summer as it is our high season and our makeup artist Lisa will be on maternity leave longer than we had thought.

She has worked in the beauty industry before and is used to taking customers and the whole bit, so it feels promising! Nothing is clear yet but it's fun to meet new and talented people who are passionate about the same things we do :) I already followed her on Instagram so it was very fun!

Improvements, improvements, improvements

In last Sunday's post I wrote that the year has started very productively, we have started many projects that we were in a bit of a hurry to tie the knot on before the holiday now haha.

Finare salon: Our web shop has received a makeover (not 100% finished yet) but we will also put our teeth into the salon! We moved a little in stress a year ago and took furniture from the old premises and put it in order as best we could. And it has been nice absolutely, but not so the dot over in :)

So this week Miska got a spontaneous jerk and went to IKEA and bought new curtains and then we ordered new seating and tables for our waiting corner. Pink velvet chairs, and dark gray curtains! It will be so nice!

He tried to get express delivery but unfortunately we did not have time to get them before the trip .. But here he is unpacking the puff + tray that had time to arrive anyway:

We thought of having this as a table between the chairs! You will see pictures of the result when we get home! :)

Extended product range: We also want to start renewing the product range again, there have been a lot of outgoing products (involuntarily) recently and almost no news.

Last week we launched the tweezers from Brow Game and this week we got home new lash serums + a little more to test from the brand L4L. Coming to the webshop soon!

Both Olga and Zahra have tested the lash serum for a long time (it is Olga who tipped us all about it as it is big in Poland) and they both like it very much so it is already in store and soon in the web shop as well.

In addition, I will put their mascara to the test, which should also be great, but whether it qualifies in the range or not remains to be seen;)

It was not so long since we launched these new eyeshadows from Paese! This picture is from my Insta Story this week :) Paese's eye shadows have always sold well but I never think we sold as many as when this news came!

New treatments: I wrote about brow lift already in last Sunday's post and now we have prepared everything so that we will hopefully offer this treatment in time until Miska and I come home from vacation!

When we are away, the makeup artists make their own exercise models and when they feel ready, I have prepared a price list etc. and then they publish this offer:

Book a brow lift in February and get SEK 100 cheaper !!

You can keep track of @ Creativemakeup.se on Instagram or Creative Makeup on Facebook, we will publish the offer as soon as it is possible to book a brow lift with us.

Personal development: In the target picture, we are talking about evaluating more new treatments, not because we really need it at the salon but for personal development of the makeup artists. There you are different, some like to focus on a few treatments while others have to develop and vary the tasks more to feel good.

So there is no need to start with more new stuff, but if someone is driven and wants to learn something new, we will support it and help with everything we can :)

It's a nightmare that my awesome employees would feel that they are standing still, getting bored and changing jobs. Of course, it is the case in all companies that people come and go (and so it should be) but the experience that each person possesses after several years with our treatments and products, it is hard to beat. And that new staff learn quickly is because they have our old iron gang as coaches.

Sometimes I have thought: what if one gets pregnant, one gets sick and the third wants to quit (the 4th is already on maternity leave for over another year). Then I would probably rather have collapsed the salon completely than start over with just new staff haha.

Speaking of which, I did lash lift and lash paint at Olga before the trip now (look so nice, is completely unmade up in the picture, but have tattooed eyeliner and light inliner as well) and saw in the booking system that she did 1500 lash lift treatments since she started with us! That's 1875 hours with the same treatment. No wonder she is so good;)

In other words: Updated web shop, product range, treatments and salon! This is going to be a fresh year! :) For the sake of rarity, we do not have that many financial goals this year, but if you update things around, maybe the increase in finances will come in handy. We hope.

Tie the bag together before the holiday

January is a very good holiday month in ordinary cases, calm at work and nice weather to go away from.

But I was almost a little stressed (or just got a kick in the butt?) Because the year started with only 2.5 weeks and then POFF it is February when we get home. It's so much as I thought "if I do not do it now, it will not be until February".

This mainly applies to my own make-up brand I look at, I was hoping to get the ball rolling with the producer contacts because there is a lot of waiting anyway (waiting for answers, waiting for samples, etc.). But I did not succeed because not everyone is as fast as me at responding to emails;) I am waiting for a sample package e.g. and would only pay for the shipping but have not received the payment information so now it was not ordered before we leave. Typical! It would have been nice to come home to! :)

But just before I left, I answered all the emails, delegated the last things to my colleagues and put non-urgent things on an after-vacation list.

So now I feel ready for vacation ♥

Speaking of emails, I'm not one who carelessly answers when people ask for make-up tips, but there are often long essays and attached pictures haha. Here I am at the salon this week and taking color samples for a customer who is going to shop in our web shop, she wanted the eye shadow in the middle and the rest are different lipsticks that fit.

We are not just an ordinary web shop;)

Oh what it feels like this week's pictures just became selfies in different situations haha! Aja you can not get to it all the time :)

No corner I have more to chat about but at the time of writing it is Saturday morning (the post is timed) and I have 2.5 hours to do the rest of my to-do list before it falls into people at children's parties here (Mileya turned 1 year old on Wednesday !!) and then at 15 we go to the airport. And I have not even began pack yet! So I have to finish the post now.

@ Imakeyousmile.se my name is on Instagram if you want to see some holiday photos from Africa!

BIG HUG on is! ♥

Stylish in gray eye shadow!

Helena Amiley

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Jan 17, 2020

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All links are to products that I sell in my own web shop Creativemakeup.se.

When you buy a palette with eye shadows, you get so extremely many makeup variations to choose from because you can of course combine the colors in all possible ways. But also as I have written about quite a lot lately - it's so nice with just the same eye shadow around the whole eye!

Easy, fast and nice! :)

BASE:

All products are in my web shop Creativemakeup.se!

Face primer - Paese Makeup Base (Matte)
Foundation - glo Pressed Base Foundation (Golden medium)
Powder that neutralizes redness - glo Skin Beauty Redness relief powder
Powder - Paese Bamboo Silk Powder
Contouring - Contouring Palette (2)
Rouge - Paese Powder Blush (38)
Fixing Mist - Pixi Makeup Fixing Mist

Fountain Pen & FRACKS - Benecos Eyebrow Designer (Brown)
Bryngel - Refectocil Styling Gel

Lip pencil - glo Lip Liner (Acorn)
Colored lip balm - Pixi Shea Butter Lip Balm (Sweet Peach)

There is something special about this gray shimmer shade that makes it very easy to wear! You feel comfortable in it as well :)

The eyeshadow comes from the palette glo Skin Beauty Shadow Palette (Mixed Metals) and is the most luxurious palette! I always have this with me when I travel, nothing more, then I can do everything from as simple as a little light in the corner of the eye to all-round eyelids or a dark brown smokey eye :)

Perfect size too, both to bring home but above all to take with you. And yet it has a large mirror! Simply superb!

EYES:

All products are in my web shop Creativemakeup.se!

Primer with eye primer, Paese Beauty Record Eyeshadow Primer.
Dab on the gray eye shadow on the entire eyelid and under the eye, glo Skin Beauty Shadow Palette (Mixed Metals)
… With the brush Nanshy Tapered Crease). Swipe back and forth with the same brush a few times in the crease line for the soft fade.
Light matte shadow in the corner of the eye (from the same palette)
Black mascara on the upper lashes, Magnetic lash mascara

Clear!

My waterline is tattooed light. So for exactly the same eyes, you can supplement with glo Skin Beauty Eye Pencil (Peach) too :)

I love the contrast between the cold eyes and the warm lip color! A classic rule is that you should choose a warm lip color for warm eye shadows, and vice versa cold to cold. But we all know that I threw away my rulebook a long time ago;)

Hugs are ♥