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When it comes to choosing a lipstick colour, it’s not as easy as it looks. It’s like being a kid at a candy store again – they all look so good standing up in their perfect position like little soldiers as you decide which one you’re going to pick up first.

When picking a lipstick colour be mindful of the different undertones; red isn’t just red. You have got your cool undertones, your warm undertones, your blue reds, your orange reds… confusing right?

There are so many different ways to choose a lipstick. Some say base the lipstick colour on your skin tone and others say base it on your lip colour.

I think when choosing a nude lipstick, base this on your lip colour. You want to go one to two shades darker than your natural lip colour. If your lip colour has more of a deep tone to it, go for those apricot nudes as this will cancel out any of the darkness in your lips.

When choosing those bright/deep colours, I would base this on your complexion. For someone with more of a pale complexion, go for more of those cool tones – steer clear from brown undertones and head more towards those apricot peach colours.

If you’re a medium/olive complexion, go for the warm undertones and those brights colours, or if you’re a dark complexion, think deep plums and also bright colours, but be mindful of nudes as it can look too washed out.

For those of us who tan, the bright red that we fell in love with at the shop, but did not quite suit our pale complexion, will most likely look like the colour was made for us after we’re tanned!

No matter who you ask I guarantee someone will tell you something different. My best advice is sit down and try those colours on.

To me personally there is no right or wrong colour. Sure, some colours suit you better than others, but if you like that colour then own it, it really is what you feel comfortable wearing.

Korryn xx

We all love a good tan, but the one thing that doesn’t is our bed sheet. Tanzee is a new product that has been trending all over social media and so it should be.

The Tanzee product is like a sleeping bag that slips in between your bed sheets. It also comes with a built-in pillowcase slip.

Tanzee is made from a microfiber silk fabric, making it lightweight and comfortable, plus also helping with a streak-free tan!

This product makes tanning even more easy; take Tanzee anywhere you go without leaving a trace of tan anywhere.

Tanzee has three different colours to choose from – Brown, Black and Silver – as well as a limited edition one in Cotton Candy. They range from $38.95-$42.95.

To find out further information and to purchase this product, head to www.tanzee.com.au.

Korryn xx

It all started to trend with Kim Kardashian. You only have to say the name and yep, you got it – contouring. Contouring has been used for years by makeup artists, but only in more recent years it has started to grab everyone’s attention. Now contouring is becoming a big part of everybody’s daily makeup routine.

What is contouring? Contouring is a shading technique used to trick the eye into thinking that certain facial features are enhanced and defined. If done properly you can even change the look of your face. Contouring can make your nose smaller, eyes bigger and cheekbones more defined.

When contouring you want to make sure you pick the right product for your face. First of all, you want to grab a ‘matte’ bronzer powder or cream, whichever you prefer. Just keep in mind if you’re more on the dry side, it’s best to use cream, and if you’re on the oily side, use a powder.

You want your contour to be one to two shades darker than your skin tone. Any more than this and it can become too noticeable and unflattering to the eye. If you’re a fair skin tone, you want your contour to have a cool undertone and you want steer away from anything too orange/red based.

Grab your dark colour and apply it under and along your cheekbones, down the sides of your nose, along the hairline on your forehead and temples. Just be mindful when contouring your shading, so for instance, if you have a small forehead I do not recommend contouring along the hairline, as this can create the effect of your forehead looking even smaller. Instead, you would want to highlight to make it look bigger.

When contouring your cheekbones, you want to contour the hollows of your cheeks and the best way to do this is to suck them in and then apply your product. When doing this make sure you blend upwards using your brush or sponge, because you want your cheekbones to look enhanced.

Highlighting is all about opening and bringing forward areas of the face; anything you really want to stand out. You will highlight, for example, the bridge of your nose, above your cheek bones, under eyes and cupid’s bow.

Contouring and highlighting can be done in so many different ways, you can grab a shade darker in a foundation and a shade lighter in a foundation to do more of a dramatic contour. With contouring and highlighting it’s all about blending and, remember, its a lot easier to add more product than to take it away.

Above is video of a daily contour routine – I hope you enjoy!

Korryn xx

There is nothing more time consuming than having to clean your makeup brushes; if only there was a machine that would do all that for you. Oh wait, there finally is! Yep, that’s right, your very own makeup brush washing machine. No more wrinkly fingers from sitting under the tap swishing your makeup brushes around.

Entrepreneur Fierra Cruz has invented just this, it’s called LILUMIA. Fierra realized there was nothing on the market to help her clean her makeup brushes, however as a model she realised how important it is to keep her brushes clean.

The Lilumia makeup brush cleaning device holds up to six brushes at a time and cleans them within 15 minutes. The only work you have to do is clip in your brushes, add soap and water, and wallah they’re ready to dry.

It comes in three different colours and will be available exclusively on their website at www.lilumia.com, launching August 7th 2015, and will retail at $149.00 in the US. Now you can enjoy washing your makeup brushes at the press of a button!

Korryn xx

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