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Andreea Sandu

Andreea Sandu is a working makeup artist based in Bucharest. She's been doing makeup professionally since 2010, across bridal, editorial, film, commercial work, and runs Lipstick Queen. She started writing on the site after fielding the same questions from clients and friends often enough to just write the answers down: which red won't turn orange on a warm undertone, how to keep lipstick from feathering into fine lines, why a "12-hour" formula rarely survives dinner. Every review on the site follows the same rule she uses with paying clients: wear it first, then decide if it's worth recommending.

422 articles Writing since 2024
Best Lip Color for Green Eyes: Enhance Your Look
Lipstick Colors
Best Lip Color for Green Eyes: Enhance Your Look

Most lipstick advice defaults to brown eyes and assumes it works for everyone. Green eyes throw a wrench in that.…

March 31, 2026 18 min read
How to Sharpen Maybelline Lifter Liner Without Breaking It
Maybelline Tips
How to Sharpen Maybelline Lifter Liner Without Breaking It

Turn the Maybelline Lifter Liner gently in a cosmetic sharpener, and give it a short stay in the fridge first…

March 31, 2026 10 min read
How to Do Eye Makeup for Green Eyes Right
Eye Makeup Techniques
How to Do Eye Makeup for Green Eyes Right

Green eyes show up in about 2 percent of the world's population, the rarest of the four standard eye colors,…

March 31, 2026 19 min read
How to Do Eye Makeup for Small Eyes Best
Eye Makeup Techniques
How to Do Eye Makeup for Small Eyes Best

Most of the work in eye makeup for small eyes is taking things away. The black pencil comes off the…

March 30, 2026 14 min read
Easy Tips to Sharpen Maybelline Tattoo Studio Gel Pencil Liner
Maybelline Tips
Easy Tips to Sharpen Maybelline Tattoo Studio Gel Pencil Liner

Snap the tip on this pencil more than once and the sharpener starts to look like the problem. Usually it…

March 30, 2026 11 min read
How to Apply Liquid Blush for a Dewy Glow
Basic Application Techniques
How to Apply Liquid Blush for a Dewy Glow

Go lighter than feels necessary. That's most of the technique with liquid blush. Put one to three small dots on…

March 30, 2026 15 min read
Makeup Looks for Green Eyes: Best Colors to Try
Makeup Looks
Makeup Looks for Green Eyes: Best Colors to Try

Green eyes look best with shades from across the color wheel: red, plum, copper and rose gold. Warm earth tones…

March 30, 2026 11 min read
How to Remove Makeup Without Makeup Remover
Cleaning
How to Remove Makeup Without Makeup Remover

Plain water and a bar of soap are what most people grab when the remover runs out, and neither one…

March 30, 2026 15 min read
Lipstick Ideas for Thin Lips: Fuller Look Tips
Ideas
Lipstick Ideas for Thin Lips: Fuller Look Tips

Thin lips look fullest in a shade close to your skin tone. Nudes, rosy pinks, coral and soft reds do…

March 30, 2026 13 min read
Royal Blue Makeup Looks: Bold & Striking Glam
Makeup Looks
Royal Blue Makeup Looks: Bold & Striking Glam

Royal blue mascara takes almost no skill. Cut creases and graphic liner are a different story, because any wobble in…

March 30, 2026 17 min read
How to Apply Translucent Powder the Right Way
Basic Application Techniques
How to Apply Translucent Powder the Right Way

The usual mistake with translucent powder is using too much of it. Press a thin layer onto the zones that…

March 29, 2026 15 min read
Pink Makeup Looks: Pretty & Playful Styles
Makeup Looks
Pink Makeup Looks: Pretty & Playful Styles

Pink is the one color that works on literally every skin tone, every season, and every occasion. The catch? Picking…

March 29, 2026 25 min read
How to Exfoliate Lips Naturally at Home
Basic Application Techniques
How to Exfoliate Lips Naturally at Home

Most flaky lips respond to a kitchen scrub made from equal parts brown sugar and honey or oil, rubbed in…

March 29, 2026 13 min read
How to Do Eye Makeup for Brown Eyes Perfectly
Eye Makeup Techniques
How to Do Eye Makeup for Brown Eyes Perfectly

Most eyeshadow advice treats eye color like one big category: find the "right" palette and you're set. Brown eyes don't…

March 29, 2026 17 min read
How to Use Maybelline Teddy Tint for a Natural Flush
Maybelline Tips
How to Use Maybelline Teddy Tint for a Natural Flush

Most people put Maybelline Teddy Tint on the same way: clean, dry lips, a line out from the cupid's bow,…

March 29, 2026 12 min read
Lipstick Colors for Tan Skin: Perfect Shades to Try
Lipstick Colors
Lipstick Colors for Tan Skin: Perfect Shades to Try

Undertone does most of the work when you pick lipstick for tan skin. Warm undertones suit orange-leaning coral, terracotta and…

March 29, 2026 15 min read
Y2K Makeup Looks: Nostalgic & Trendy Styles
Makeup Looks
Y2K Makeup Looks: Nostalgic & Trendy Styles

Pinterest's Summer 2024 trend report recorded a 580% year-over-year rise in searches for "2000s makeup". Searches for "90s makeup look"…

March 29, 2026 14 min read
How to Use the Maybelline Eraser for Flawless Skin
Maybelline Tips
How to Use the Maybelline Eraser for Flawless Skin

Twist the collar until the sponge is coated, then dab it under the eye and pat outward. That's the whole…

March 28, 2026 12 min read
How to Do Eye Makeup for Blue Eyes That Pop
Eye Makeup Techniques
How to Do Eye Makeup for Blue Eyes That Pop

Copper, bronze and brown shadows are all built on orange, which sits opposite blue on the color wheel. Put that…

March 28, 2026 14 min read
What Color Lipstick Goes Well with Purple Eyeshadow?
Color Choice & Style
What Color Lipstick Goes Well with Purple Eyeshadow?

Purple eyeshadow comes in more variations than almost any other shade family, and that's exactly why picking a lipstick to…

March 28, 2026 18 min read
Lipstick Colors for Brunettes: Best Tones to Wear
Lipstick Colors
Lipstick Colors for Brunettes: Best Tones to Wear

Hair color changes what a lipstick shade actually does once it's on, and most generic "best lipstick" roundups skip that…

March 28, 2026 21 min read
Soft Makeup Looks: Natural & Elegant Beauty
Makeup Looks
Soft Makeup Looks: Natural & Elegant Beauty

Soft makeup looks are everywhere right now, and for good reason. They work on pretty much every face shape, skin…

March 28, 2026 22 min read
How to Use Makeup Primer for Long-Lasting Looks
Basic Application Techniques
How to Use Makeup Primer for Long-Lasting Looks

Primer goes on after moisturizer and sunscreen, in a thin layer about the size of a pea, and it needs…

March 28, 2026 14 min read
Makeup Looks for Silver Dress: Cool & Glamorous
Makeup Looks
Makeup Looks for Silver Dress: Cool & Glamorous

Silver already throws light back at the camera, so the face rarely needs to add more. What it needs is…

March 28, 2026 14 min read
How to Prep Skin Before Makeup for Smooth Results
Basic Application Techniques
How to Prep Skin Before Makeup for Smooth Results

Cleanse, put on a hydrating serum and a moisturizer, finish with broad-spectrum sunscreen, and let each layer sink in before…

March 28, 2026 15 min read
How to Do Eye Makeup Step-by-Step
Eye Makeup Techniques
How to Do Eye Makeup Step-by-Step

Eye makeup mostly comes down to order. Clean, primed lids go first, then brows, then shadow and liner, and the…

March 27, 2026 18 min read
Makeup Looks for Gold Dress: Luxurious & Chic
Makeup Looks
Makeup Looks for Gold Dress: Luxurious & Chic

Gold fabric bounces light back at your face, which makes the makeup under it a different job than it would…

March 27, 2026 14 min read
Lipstick Colors for Blondes: Beautiful Choices
Lipstick Colors
Lipstick Colors for Blondes: Beautiful Choices

Blonde hair changes the math on eyeshadow, blush, brows, and lipstick. Not because of some marketing angle, but because taking…

March 27, 2026 19 min read
How to Apply Blush on Different Face Shapes
Basic Application Techniques
How to Apply Blush on Different Face Shapes

Blush placement mostly comes down to height and direction. Color placed higher and blended upward lifts a round face, and…

March 27, 2026 16 min read
How to Use NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Your Makeup Routine
NYX Tips
How to Use NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Your Makeup Routine

The barrel on the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil neither twists nor retracts, so anyone who wants it as liner has…

March 27, 2026 11 min read