(a) Practice & keep at it whenever you have ten minutes to spare. Practice really does make perfection.

(b) Blend it all until it fairly disappears into your skin.

(c) While blending use a light hand don't drag or pull at skin.

(d) Light changes colors, so apply highlighter depending upon the occasion. A candlelit dinner calls for subtlety, while you can afford to put on more shimmer for a night at the disco.

(e) Check your handiwork in different kinds of light to make sure your face looks beautiful, not your makeup.

(f) Too matte a look dulls the face a bit, so go for a little gleam here & there.

(g) Then again, remember shimmer throws up the skin smallest flaws, so apply sparingly & blend well.