Make-up can be wonderful, helping us look and feel our best and most glamorous when we want to apply it. But if you're not used to using certain products, it can be tricky to figure out where to start with them.
Thankfully there are plenty of professionals out there who are more than happy to share their top tips and tricks.
Make-up artist Deirbhile Kearney, from London, has recently teamed up with The Mirror to test out make-up products from Poundland and Primark to see if it's easy to swap the contents of your make-up bag for budget items amid the cost of living crisis.
And while Poundland make-up didn't impress the expert much, there was one £1 bargain she did like - a clear eyebrow gel.
Deirbhile used the cheap product to showcase the way she typically styles her own brows and those of her clients.
She explained how you can use a spoolie brush, or clear or coloured brow gel to give shape and 'lift' to your eyebrows and her top tip is to imagine you're following the angles of numbers on a clock face, starting at one.
"What I like to do is brush the brows upwards and across like you're following the hands of a clock," she said.
"So you want to start at one, going on to two, and ending at three as you shape the hairs and that will help give your brows a little more lift."
The make-up artist also shared her top tip for applying mascara, with a unique method to ensure that every single lash was nice and evenly coated in the product.
You can start by "pumping" your lashes with an eyelash curler, then you want to start on the backs of the lashes and apply your mascara in a 'downwards' motion.
"I always go down first with mascara, just to coat all the lashes and then go upwards to give some lift to the lashes," Deirbhile explains.
To give her technique a go, take any mascara of your choice and instead of going straight in as normal, you need to begin with the backs of your lashes. The expert claims this will help you evenly coat every single lash evenly.
She advises looking downwards and running the wand along the backs of your lashes. If you hold a mirror at waist height and look down into it as you apply the mascara, you'll be able to do this a little more easily
Once you've done this you can move on to do the other side of the lashes and apply mascara from the front as is traditionally done.
You can apply one coat to each side of the lashes, or add more depending on your personal preference.
Do you have a top tip to share? We want to hear all about it. Email courtney.pochin@mirror.co.uk
