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Summers Best Make-up Strokes

Don’t Let Warm Summer Temperatures Melt Your Make-up.
Try Products That Take The Heat!


Lip Protection Facial Foundation & Bronzing
Compact Powder Application Tips Bronzing Powder Application Tips
Summers Eye Make-up Look 


Lip Protection:

  • Keep the lips fully covered and evenly colored with lip balm and lip-gloss that contain Sun Block. Waterproof or water resistant lip products are a must for swimming and high humidity days.
  • Glosses add shine, shimmer, and moisture that look great on all skin tones.
  • Balm adds a protective layer between your lips and summers strong sunrays.

    Beauty Strokes Tip: Prevent Chapping

    1. Brush on Balm with Beauty Strokes Lip Brush above and below lips to soften lip lines and to help prevent above and below lip line chapping.
    2. Brush balm over entire lip area for a layer of protection while in the sun. Lip Balm will help prevent lip chapping and dryness.
    Beauty Strokes Tip: Protect with Color
    1. Use lip balm mixed with lip-gloss. Coat Beauty Strokes lip brush lightly with lip balm. Touch the coated brush to your lip-gloss color and brush over lips. RESULT a perfect application for allover lip protection, moisture, & color.
    2. Summers Best Lip Shades - Peach, Coral, Mauve. Pink
    3. Try a sheer red for evening; Frosted lip-glosses add shimmer for evening radiance and daytime sparkle. Create lip line definition with a lip liner that matches your gloss tint. After lining the lip use Beauty Strokes lip brush tip to soften the line by brushing over the pencil line around the lip. Then brush on your favorite lip color with the lip brush side across the entire lip area and on to the softened lip line. this creates the newest look for summers lip looks.

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    Facial Foundation & Bronzing:

  • No need to worry about uneven skin tone this summer. Sunburned red nose, strap marks, sunglasses "pale" eye area marks, under chin lightness, and pronounced freckles, are summers most common uneven skin tone woes. Easily cover and correct skin tone with compact powder foundation & powder bronzer.
  • Look for compact powder foundation or bronzing powder with an SPF.
  • Powder takes the heat, enhances the skins natural tone, helps to control T-Zone shine, and covers red noses and most freckles.
  • Bronzing powder adds color for an even tanned look.
  • Use bronzing powder to: hide strap marks, to even tone red noses, to make sunglasses "pale’ eye area marks disappear, and to even the skin tone of a light under chin area.

    Beauty Strokes Tip: Applying Sun Block,&Tinted Moisturizers

    1. Use your favorite facial sun block or tinted moisturizer with SPF before applying powder foundation and bronzer.
    2. Apply sun block to clean skin in place of or over facial moisturizers.
    3. Apply a small amount of sun block or tinted moisturizer to one side of Beauty Strokes Liquid/Cream Foundation Brush.
    4. Start the application on the cheeks and brush down over the entire side of the face to meet the jaw line and down the chin. Reapply more sun block or tinted moisturizer to the brush and repeat the same application to the other side of the face.
    5. Apply a larger amount of sun block or tinted moisturizer to the brush tip and brush across the entire forehead and down onto the temples.
    6. Reapply a small amount of product to the brush tip and brush down and across the nose and around the lips.
    7. Look for sun blocks that are made for use on the face and state they may be used around the eye area. Waterproof sun blocks are beneficial for time spent at the beach and pool. Also use when enjoying sports and exercise. Moisturize your hands with sun block after your facial application. Like your face the hands are always exposed to the elements. Sun block helps to prevent premature aging and dark spots. Look for sun products that are recommend by the Skin Cancer Foundation, the emblem will be represented on the packaging.
    8. Tinted moisturizers are popular to use in summer. they add moisture, sun protection, and a tint of color for a healthy summer glow. Look for tinted moisturizers that benefit your skins need of either being hydrating for dry skin, or oil free for oily skin. Apply tinted moisturizer over a waterproof sun block for added protection following Beauty strokes directions using the Foundation liquid/Cream brush for sun block and tinted moisturizer application.

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    Compact Powder Application Tips:

    Powder foundation

    1. Touch Beauty Strokes Powder Foundation & Bronzer brush to powder foundation. The flat end design grabs powder for a perfect application.
    2. With a light circular motion brush powder over the entire face avoiding the eye area. Gently press on powder with the brush end for extra coverage. Lightly brush powder after pressing on with a light circular motion to create an even and smooth powder finish.
    3. Compact powder foundations provide more coverage than compact pressed powder. Choose the product you like for the coverage you want.

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    Bronzing Powder Application Tips:

    Facial Bronzing

    1. Apply bronzing powder all over the entire face after powder foundation or alone. Bronzers adjust the foundations color as the skin tone changes from tanning. Bronzing powder creates the look of tanned skin for those who avoid tanning the skin, but like the look of a healthy, tanned skin tone.
    2. Touch Beauty Strokes Foundation & Bronzing brush end to you powder bronzer.
    3. The flat end design applies bronzer to look natural. With a gentle circular brush motion, brush on bronzer over the entire face avoiding the immediate eye area. When bronzing to even the light under chin area use a circular downward stroke.
    Cheek Definition:
    1. Use bronzer with the flat end starting on the cheek apple. Brush back to the hairline for natural cheekbone shaping and definition.
    2. Use bronzer for cheek definition after applying bronzer to the entire face. Bronzer can also be used on pale skin tones to create a natural blush look.
    3. For softer, brighter cheeks after defining cheeks with bronzer touch cheek apples with a soft blush tint that compliments lip-gloss colors.
    Extra Bronzing:
    1. Press on bronzer with the flat brush side to strap marks. Lightly brush over marks after pressing on bronzer until marks disappear.
    2. Use a slight amount of bronzer on nose to even reddiness. Gently brush over nose with a circular motion.

    Note: Frosted bronzers are great for adding day and evening sparkle to the face, shoulders, and chest. Use matte bronzers for natural coloring, shaping, and concealing. Use "Beauty Strokes Bronzing Brush" with both!


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    Summers Eye Make-up Look:

    Add definition to the brow, eye line and lash. When the skin tans more definition is needed to enhance the eyes. Waterproof or water resistant mascaras and eyeliners make for better wear in the summer heat. Defined eyes and brows create a balanced look with soft lip-gloss shades and naturally defined bronzed cheeks.

    Brows:

    1. Define brow shape and color with a brow pencil or brow cake. Beauty Strokes duo Lash & Brow brush applies brow color and shapes the brow.
    2. Use the angled brow brush to smudge brow pencil application.
    3. With brow cake touch the brow brush end to the cake and brush on color over brows.
    4. Follow the natural shape and line of the brows with either product.
    5. Use the brush wand end to groom brow hair into shape.
    6. Brush brow hair up and over for an eye lift look.
    7. Brush brow hair over and down for a stronger brow look.
    8. Apply brow cake over brow pencil for longer brow color wear.
    9. Match and mix brow colors to match your hairs base and highlight colors
    Lashes:
    1. Coat lashes with mascara using the provided mascaras wand until the desired look is achieved.
    2. After applying mascara to the upper and lower lashes use the wand end of Beauty Strokes duo Lash & Brow brush, to brush out lashes. Brushing with the clean wand end will separate lashes and prevent mascara clumping.
    3. Note: When using waterproof mascara make sure it is removed at night with an eye make-up remover especially made to remove waterproof eye make-up.
    Eye Lining:
    1. Select eyeliners that are waterproof or water resistant to prevent smudging.
    2. Navy, Black, and Deep Brown colors create stronger eye line definition for darker skin tones.
    3. To create fashion color eye line looks add brighter pencil liner colors of violet, bright blue, teal, and bronze.
    4. Use Beauty Strokes duo Line & Define brush to create all eye line looks.
    5. The Define end brush is small and pointed to create thin and natural eye line looks when using the brush point.
    6. Use the brush side to create wide and dramatic eye lining looks.
    7. The Define brush end is great to use with pencil or liquid eyeliners.
    8. The Line end of the duo brush is great to smudge pencil liners and to use with powder eyeshadows.
    9. After eye lining touch the end of the line brush to soft colorful powder eye shadow and press on color below and above eyeliner on the lower and upper eye line areas. This creates color and fashion eye lining looks.
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