7 Beauty Rules to Break ...

1. No Red Lipstick for Red Heads

If you’ve been blessed with ginger locks, here's one of the best beauty rules to break: there is absolutely no reason why you can’t wear a sexy, red pout. In fact, hair color has nothing to do with what lip colors one should wear or avoid, it’s all about skin tone. You can get a group of blondes together but they won’t all be able to wear the same lip color. No matter what our hair color is, we can all find a red lipstick that will flatter our skin tones.

2. No Tweezing above the Eyebrows

Unruly eyebrows are as fun as pink eye. The general rule with shaping eyebrows is to pluck the bottom of the brow however, you really can’t properly maintain the shape of your eyebrows by only plucking below the brow. Hair grows where it wants and sometimes, and as long as you don’t overpluck, take the tweezer above the brow.

3. No Trimming Split Ends at Home

Although many stylists would love for this to be true so you can get your ends trimmed for a mere $50, it is simply not true. You can surely trim your split ends at home, work, on long car rides, etc. The important thing about this beauty rule to break is to use sharp scissors; dull scissors will only exacerbate the problem.

4. No Eyeliner on the Inner Rim

Many “experts” say that lining the inner rim of the eye makes the eye appear smaller. This definitely can be true in some cases so to avoid that, line the edge of the rim instead. Also, experiment with colors, blues, greens, and browns look just as good as plain old black. As with many beauty rules to break, this one can be tailored to suit your own needs.

5. No Smoky Eye with a Bold Lip

You can definitely rock a smoky eye with long lashes and a daring, bold lip; the key to breaking this beauty rule is to not overdo the smoky eye and keep the remainder of your makeup on the softer, sheerer side. As long as your eyes and lips aren’t competing with each other, you’ll be fine.

6. Manis and Pedis Must Match

How boring would life be if everything matched? You will not look like you just came from a sleepover at your BFF’s if you wear different colors on your toes and fingers. Have fun with nail colors and mix it up! Make it all business on the fingers and a party on the toes. Remember, when it comes to beauty rules to break, the main aim is to have fun and feel good about what you do.

7. You Must Lather, Rinse, Repeat

These days we are encouraged to skip a day or two between hair washings and there is absolutely no reason why we need to double up on the shampoo. If you have build-up from styling products, try using clarifying shampoo or combine 1 cup water and 1 tbsp. of vinegar and rinse.

There are, as you can see, many beauty rules to break. Lots of rules were made to be broken, and that really applies to the unwritten rules of beauty. As mentioned, the most important thing to remember about every single one of these beauty rules to break is that it all comes down to what you want. Which of these beauty rules have you broken? If you have any of your own beauty rules to break that you want to share, I'd love to hear them!

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