Top 5 Tips

1. Eyes or the mouth

Women who wear heavy eye makeup and dark lipstick can look clownish. If you want to wear red lip-gloss, keep the rest of your makeup light. If you are playing up the eyes, keep your mouth light with a nude or clear gloss.

2. Make your lips look bigger

Apply liner just outside your natural lip line and dab a bit of gloss in the middle of your bottom lip for instant plumpness.

3. Keep lip-gloss off your glass

Discreetly lick your lips before taking a sip from a glass. It works!

4. Keep lip colour off your teeth with this trick

After applying lip-gloss, take your index finger and pop it in your mouth, then pull it out. The excess lipstick will come off on your finger rather than your teeth.

5. Make teeth look whiter

To downplay a yellow cast to teeth, try lip-gloss with a bluish undertone. Shades that work include plums, pinks, wines and violets.