Some of these may seem like common sense but it’s a game changer for some..
Use a primer, it helps with getting rid of your pores and will make your foundation look 10x better.
Always use a primer before applying eyeshadow, if you don’t have a primer then use concealer, it works as well. Make sure you set the primer/concealer before you start putting eyeshadow on, this will make your eyeshadow blend so so so much more flawlessly.
Learn the layout of your face and where things line up and go. Learning things like where the tail of your brow should end based off the angle from the edge of your nostril and the corner of your eye, or how eyebrows only come in as far as the outside of your nose, or finding the arch of your brow by lining a brush up off the edge of your nostril and directly through your pupil. Where to apply highlight, where to put contour (under your cheekbones/in the hollows of your cheeks) will honestly save your life. It’s the technical part to doing and applying your makeup that makes it look pulled together.
Learn what eyebrow shape goes with your face shape; just because “on fleek” eyebrows look good on Kim Kardashian doesn’t mean that you have the face shape for them also.
Know your undertone. This will make a difference in what foundation you buy. You don’t want to have a yellow undertone and be buying foundation for a pink undertone because it won’t match your skin as flawlessly and it’ll honestly just make you look artificial.
Get more pigmented eyeshadow by dampening your brush, keep in mind that it won’t blend as well if the brush is wet so make sure you have another brush to blend with that’s dry.
Learn how to contour your nose based on your nose shape, it’s not the same for all noses. Basically just learn the layout of your face, memorize that shit to the point that you’d be able to do your contouring without a mirror.
Exfoliate and moisturize your lips by scrubbing all the dead skin off with either a lip scrub or just scrubbing it off, and then put on so much chapstick that your lips practically slide when they touch because of how much chapstick you have on. Do this before bed.
Exfoliate often and make sure you have no dead skin on your face before doing your makeup.
Blend beneath your jawline. Good grief, make sure you blend down past your jawline and into your hairline, but not onto your hair.
Get rid of excess lipstick by putting a piece of paper or a tissue in between your lips and lightly closing your lips down on the paper. This will get rid of all the lipstick that’s in too far on your lips.
Get any lipstick to be matte by putting a tissue over your lipstick and then applying a translucent mattifying powder with a brush on top of the tissue where your lips are. When you move the tissue the lipstick should be matte.
Baking helps so much with setting your makeup. Baking your face will help prevent creasing on your under eyes where your concealer is and in other places that you crease as well. I highly suggest baking your face.
Don’t put foundation in the areas underneath of your eyes where you put your concealer, you’re unnecessarily layering your makeup and making it thicker and cakier there than it would be otherwise. Try to avoid putting foundation under your eyes where your concealer is, but make sure you thoroughly blend your concealer into your foundation so you can’t tell that they were done separately, if that makes sense.
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Written by Bex Marie
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