Get party-ready with these New Year’s Eve makeup and beauty hacks
Planning to attend a New Year Party but worried about your dull skin and frizzy hair? Try out these quick fixes by experts to not just look great but also impress many with your flawless face and shiny hair: Give yourself a manicure and pedicure the day before the big night. In fact, after soaking the hands and feet in warm water, massage with a rich cream, so that the skin is smooth and soft. A good pick-me-up treatment for the hands is to rub them with sugar and lemon juice. A ‘pick-me-up’ face mask can leave your skin clean and glowing. Cleanse the skin. Mix half a teaspoon of honey, one teaspoon rose water and one teaspoon dried milk powder. Mix into a paste and apply on the face. Remove after 20 minutes with water. Then give a cold compress with rose water and cotton wool.
If your eyes are looking puffy, apply eye pads with cotton wool dipped in chilled rose water. Used tea bags can also do the trick. Soak them in a little warm water, squeeze out the water and apply on the eyes like eye pads.
For the New Year party, cover up pimples and scars with a foundation one or two shades lighter than your normal skin tone. Using a thin pointed brush, apply it directly on the blemish. Then apply loose powder over it. Go for the smoky eyes look. After applying eyeshadow, apply eyeliner close to the lashes on the upper eyelid. Then smudge it with a cotton bud. Then apply a dark shadow over it and blend it outwards and slightly upwards.
For the night, use lipstick in red, plum, coral, dark pink or amber colours. Add a touch of lip gloss to the centre of the lips.
If your hair is looking dull, give it a quick conditioning treatment before you shampoo. Mix one teaspoon of vinegar and honey with one egg. Beat them together well. Massage the mixture into the scalp. Then wrap the hair in a hot towel for 20 minutes, before washing your hair.
If you suddenly find your hair has too much static or a “fly away” hair problem, wet your hands with water and smooth your palms over the hair.
To soften rough, bushy or frizzy hair, mix some water with creamy hair conditioner and put it in a spray bottle. Spray the mixture on the hair. Then comb the hair, so that it spreads through the hair. Vintage is going strong right now, so wine and blood red colours are the hottest trends to rock a New Year party. Give your cheekbones a cool, orange touch to make your look completely different from everyone.
You can revamp your look with glossy lips for New Year’s Eve. (With inputs from beauty experts Renuka Pillai and Shahnaz Husain)
IF YOUR EYES ARE LOOKING PUFFY, APPLY EYE PADS WITH COTTON WOOL DIPPED IN CHILLED ROSE WATER. USED TEA BAGS CAN ALSO DO THE TRICK