Face & Beauty

An oblong face is longer than it is wide, with length through the forehead, midface, and chin. Blush sits right in the midface — which makes it one of the…

Short lashes can make even a full face of makeup look unfinished — but the right mascara genuinely transforms them. The catch is that not every “lengthening” mascara works on…

Dark skin carries lipstick beautifully — rich, saturated color that can look washed out on lighter skin appears vibrant and luxurious on deep tones. But not every shade works: some…

Thin lips have their own elegance — think classic, refined, effortlessly chic. But if you want to create the illusion of fuller lips, your lipstick choices matter enormously. The right…

Finding blush for fair skin is a balancing act. Go too dark and it looks like a stripe; go too sheer and it vanishes by noon. The best blush shades…

Flash photography is brutally honest: a camera flash fires intense white light straight at your face and bounces it back, revealing every product choice your bathroom mirror forgave. The infamous…

Bigger-looking eyes come from light, lift, and definition — not from piling on product. The techniques below work by brightening the areas that read as “open,” defining the lash line…

Your undertone is the subtle warm, cool, or neutral hue beneath your skin’s surface — and it is the single most useful fact in all of makeup. Foundation that matches…

A larger forehead is a completely normal facial feature — many beautiful faces have one — but if you’d like yours to read a little smaller, makeup can genuinely help….

Downturned eyes — where the outer corners sit slightly lower than the inner corners — are elegant and expressive, and eyeliner can lift and define them beautifully. The catch: most…