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Secrets of a perfect complexion

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Highlighters

© Yves Saint Laurent

Highlighter pencils with special pigments reflect light off your skin for instant anti-fatigue! Use them on top of your foundation, around your mouth, eyes, on the middle of your forehead and on the furrows around your nose.

We love: Clinique’s Airbrush Illuminates Perfects concealer, and you can never go wrong with Yves Saint Laurent’s Touche Eclat.

Photo : Yves Saint Laurent's Touche Eclat

Sarah Horrocks
18/10/2006

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Prepare your skin

- Preparation
   Dark circles
   Concealer
   Highlighters
   Foundation

Which foundation is right for me?

- Twenties: Matte
   Silky
   Fun
   Soft
- Thirties: Hydrate
   Soft
   Fresh
   For sensitive skin
   Delicate
- Forties: Smoothen
   Ingenious
   Trick of the eye
   Chic
- Fifties: Lift
   Rejuvenating
   Fresh

Applying your foundation

- Applying your foundation
   With your fingertips
   With a brush
   With a sponge

Your step-by-step make-up demo

- Foundation
   Moisturising
   Mixing foundation
   Using your fingertips
   Using a sponge
   Using a brush
- Concealer
   Concealing dark circles
   Using concealer
- The finishing touches
   Blusher
   Powder
   Expert tip
   Finally...

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Highlighters - Secrets of a perfect complexion

Highlighters