Articol publicat in "UNICA" - Dec. 1999 - Queen of the night by Bianca Brad The magic night between the millenniums is near. Distraction, good whishes and kisses... Your make-up must face difficult moments! Only “Unica” will help you with an advice How to remain beautiful until the dawn! I will interrupt my advices related to maintaining beauty with the help of natural products and I will divulge you some tricks of how your make-up could last longer. Considering the long nights to come, when we all want to look as good as possible, as long as possible, each advice is welcome. What should we do so that lipstick lasts longer, mascara doesn’t flow and eye shadow lasts as long as possible? The most important in order to keep the make-up longevity is to use an adequate facial cream. Thus, if your skin is oily your make-up flows if you use an excessively emollient cream. In this case it is recommended to use face lotion, foundation and concealing that don’t contain oil. For better adherence use powder blush and eye shadow. If you have normal or even dry skin, using excessive facial cream will also make your make-up flow. Powder is also very important, not only for the soft aspect it offers to your skin, but also because it fixes the make-up. For ensuring a good basis even from the start, put on a thin coat of powder on the foundation, on the entire face, including the eyelids. You must put only some foundation on the lipsticks; otherwise your lipstick combine to the powder will form “balls”. There are some professionals who, after applying the foundation, spray some mineral water to fix it and to obtain a natural aspect. If you use only concealing, you must also fix it with some powder. To ensure the blush longevity you may use one of the following techniques: : put a coat of natural shade blush or tanning powder first, then apply a lighter shade of blush. or after the foundation and before the powder, put some (powder) blush on the cheeks; fix it with powder and then apply another thin coat of (powder) lighter shade of blush.