A skincare regime is essential and important before applying makeup and when taking it off.

1. Cleanse

2. Tone

3. Moisturize

4. Treatment/Scrub

A Cleanser is more effective than soap cleaning the skin removing dirt and oil without drying the skin A Toner is designed to remove excess dirt from the skin and refresh preparing the skin ready for moisturizing or foundation

Moisturizing the skin even if oily gives the skin balance and hydrates the skin cells that can get dried out from heating and the weather

Using a treatment Facial Scrub for oily or dry skin is like a special one a week treatment that polishes off dead skin cells and balances the complexion and prevents blackheads. Go online to online consultation to find out which skincare is best for you.

1. Cleanse your skin with deep cleansing milk

2. Take a small quantity of foundation on your left palm and apply a little on your face with the fingers of your right hand. Instead of fingers, you can also apply it with a cotton wool swab dipped in rose water.

3. Apply foundation on your neck also, otherwise your neck will look darker than your face.

4. foundation is applied in an upward motion from the chin onwards, with the tips of fingers, thus it gets absorbed in the skin.

5. Let foundation dry before starting your makeup.

6. For dry skin it is necessary to apply glycerine with a cotton wool swab before using foundation. If the skin is oily, use astringent lotion mixed with rose water or two drops lemon juice.

7. Now apply foundation and make it even by rubbing the face lightly with tissue paper. Then clean your face, eyebrows and eye lashes to remove all extra foundation sticking over them.

• The shape of the face can be changed to some extent by the use of foundation. If you have a round face, use a dark shade foundation. For square face and diamond-shaped face, use a darker shade of foundation on the jaw and the chin.

• If the skin below your eyes has a subdued color, you can heighten it by using darker shade on the spot. Similarly, shadows and black spots below the eyes can be hidden under a coating of light shade foundation.

• If your cheek bones are raised, apply dark shade foundation below the cheeks.

• Use foundation only on clean skin. Do not try to touch-up a stale make-up with foundation.

• Apply lanolin-mixed foundation on dry skin.

• The foundation should be a little darker than the shade of your natural complexion.

Blusher is designed to enhance the cheek area used over foundation Shades worn in soft tones of Pink and Orange bring out the skin tone.

The VIVI’s Blusher range can be worn over eyes and on the cheek area, enhancing the entire face with a healthy glow.

Both are great when applied with a large brush softly to desired area. Slowly adding colour for desired effect. Blushers can also be worn without foundation but for best results make sure that the area is dry by using a powder over the skin after moisturizing.

1. Clean the lips with a cotton wool swab dipped in cleansing milk, which helps to give luster.

2. Put a foundation cream on the lips and powder lightly. Let it dry and apply lipstick by first drawing an outline and then filling it in. Lipstick can be applied with a brush but it requires skill and practice. If the lipstick spreads on the lips, apply powder on the lips first, let it dry and then apply lipstick. Extra greasy foundation or tinted moisturizer can be used on delicate lips.

3. In case you feel uncomfortable applying lipstick while standing, because hands may shake and spread it, adjust the mirror on a table or use a dressing table, resting your elbows on the table or dressing table and then apply lipstick .

4. Put lipstick on the upper lips first, followed by the lower lips. Use a lighter tinge first and then a darker one for glow. After applying the light tinge, keep a tissue paper between your lips and wipe off the extra lipstick. Then use the darker color. Blend both colors with a brush. After applying lipstick, use Vaseline or cream which gives luster to the lips.

5. lipstick can change the look of the lips. Broad lips can be made to look thin and vice versa. The shape of the lips can be molded to some extent. If you have a small face, use a light shade on the lower lips. For making thin lips look broad, increase the outline. Uneven lips can be given the desired shape according to the face by making an appropriate outline. For thickness apply two coats. Remove lipstick before retiring to bed. Remember, sub-standard products can spoil the skin of your lips.

6. If you have a small mouth, draw the outer outline with a dark shade lipstick and fill in the light shade lipstick with a lip liner.

7. Do not re-touch on a stale lipstick, it does not shine, nor does it look even.

8. Young women with a fair complexion, between 18 and 25, should use pink shades. Women with a dark complexion in this age group can use orange shades.

9. Women between 25 to 40 should go in for lighter shades. Working women should not use bright shades while going to work. Natural shades suit the girls.

10. The color of lipstick should match with the color of the eyes. For brown-eyed women, pink color lipstick is recommended; for black eyes, light crimson; for blue eyes scarlet and subdued brown; and for grayish eyes use orange shade.

12. With orange shade of your sari, use pink lipstick and with pink sari use crimson shade lipstick. You cannot match lipstick with each dress you wear, but try to match as much as you can.