Believe it or not, you can even use beauty products to make yourself look thinner. Follow these tricks of the trade to dramatically slim down your face and body.
Start with your eyebrows. Beautifully sculpted brows frame the eyes, add definition to the face and draw attention to the middle. Make sure yours are tweezed, waxed, lasered, or otherwise groomed.
Use bronzer. Dark color makes areas recede, so use bronzer – either liquid or powder – below your cheekbones, along the jaw line, and under the chin. Be extra sure that everything is very well-blended so you don’t look like you’re wearing a dark mask!
Make your eyes look as big as possible. The bigger they look in proportion to the rest of your face, the more petite your face will seem overall. Dust a pale, shimmery shadow lightly from lash line to brow bone. Brush a neutral taupe or gray into the crease. Line the eyes across the entire upper lash line, and instead of eyeliner on the bottom lashes, dab a bit of taupe or brown shadow into the lash line for a softer look. Curl your lashes and use two coats of volumizing mascara, making sure you let it dry between coats. To make your eyes “pop” even more, apply false lashes to the outer corners.
Bring out the angles in your face by highlighting them. Use an iridescent cream or powder along the tops of your cheekbones and blend well. You can take this one step further by blending the same iridescent shimmer along your collarbone.
Plump up your lips with a dab of gloss directly in the middle of the lower lip. Avoid lip liner, as it can make your pout look smaller. Dab a teeny bit of bronzer or light brown eye shadow just under the center of your bottom lip, right where it folds down – but be careful with this tip. Overdo it and you’ll look like you have a dirty chin (or worse, a five o’clock shadow!).
And a few slimming secrets for the body …
Bring on the sunshine-in-a-bottle! A faux tan is a wonderful slimming trick. Don’t forget to exfoliate first! Try a spray-on.
Add some shimmer. Use a lotion with iridescent shimmer (or even body oil) to highlight your shoulders. Blend this same shimmer down the fronts of your shins, from your knee to the top of your foot; highlighting the bone makes the rest of the leg appear skinnier.
Make your fingers appear less stubby by painting your nails in a light, neutral, fleshy shade – this will elongate them. Another trick is to paint the center of the nails, leaving a tiny bit of space on either side, making the nail – and consequently, the finger – look narrower. Wearing your nails long helps, too.