Makeup can give you a
healthy glow and bring out your best features, unless its done wrong. If you do
something that I consider it wrong in this article, then no offense. I'm only
giving you tips on how to look at your best without looking like you are actually
trying to fake it.
Don't wear darker
foundation to look tanned!
Don't wear lighter
foundation to look whiter!
Foundation mishaps is
choosing the wrong foundation shade and not being able to test your foundation
in store, or even simply you don't know how to choose your foundation shade.
Foundation should match your neck and body. So, before buying a foundation, swatch
it on your neck to make sure it gives you a seamless and natural effect.
Powder:
It is again choosing the
right shade (warm or cool tone) and that it should complement your foundation
shade. Also, don’t use powder foundation as powder. Powder foundation is foundation.
Pressed powder can be used instead to set your foundation, rather than powder
foundation. Powder foundation is meant to be worn on its own because it has a
decent amount of coverage. So packing powder foundation over foundation doesn't
only give you a packed up look, but actually is too heavy coverage for your
skin which you don't need. Its full coverage over full coverage! Powder is
made to set your foundation and keep shine at bay. You should not be packing
layers of makeup one by one over your face; the trick is to keep everything
light and simple to give you maximum perfection.
It’s a myth that light
concealer hides darker circles and bags. If you lighten something you highlight
it, so lighter concealer only draws attention to your flaws. Don't use a
lighter concealer if you have severe dark circles, instead, opt for a corrector
(pink/peach tone concealer) to neutralize your dark circles, then apply your
right concealer.
Over highlighting can
actually make your skin look oily and shiny. Don't over highlight, and don't
apply highlighter in the wrong spots. Only use shimmery highlighter on your
cheekbones. Sometimes it’s best to keep it sheer. Highlighter is meant to be
used in moderation. So, if you apply it too much, it will look like a thick
dense line on your cheek and will grab the wrong type of attention.
The over use of bronzer!
Don't apply a whole lot of bronzer allover your face to look tanned. Over doing
it can make you look muddy. Bronzer can give you a nice alive, sunkissed, and
sculpted face if used in certain amounts on certain spots as demonstrated in
the photo above. You only apply bronzer underneath your cheekbones to sculpt it
out, and a little bit on your forehead frame it if you have a big one. Bronzer
can also define your nose if you have flaws with it, and there are several
techniques to do that which we will be covering in a later stage. Bronzer makes
a feature look receded, unlike highlighter, which makes a feature come forward.
So here it is, cleared out. Also,you do not apply it as a blush! Using a
bronzer can add a glow to the skin, but it can look dark to you if its over
applied on your cheeks, under your cheeks and on your cheek bones! WOOH! its
everywhere. If you apply bronzer far to down to your face it can look
like a beard! We don't want that now, do we?
As for Blush, it should
ONLY be applied from the sides of your temples to the apples of your cheek. We
wear blush to make us look fresh, flushed, natural, not like a clown having a
pink ball on both sides of his face. Moderation is the key.
Brows are personal, each
person like to keep them the way they like and feel comfy with. So, I'm not
going to judge you. But there are a huge no's to this. Do not over pluck, very
thin brows makes you look older and don’t flatter the eyes. As long they are
not too cartoon-ish and ain't far away from your natural eyebrow shape, you are
good to go. Fill them right, shape them right and i promise you it will make
you 10 times prettier and complimenting to your face shape.
Eyeshadow:
Blending of eyeshadows
is the point. You don't apply lines! Don't leave any harsh lines. Blend blend
blend! Brushes are an amazing investment if you got the right one. Invest in a
good blending brush and I promise you you own't need any other eyeshadow
brushes.
Eyeliner is made to
frame your eyes. It looks best if you apply a small line on the top of your
lids rather than drawing a thick line up and down you lash lines. Appling
eyeliner to the outer corner of your lower lash line can make your eyes look
pretty and feminine. Also, you can wear your eyeliner on the upper lashline
only, but you NEVER apply your eyeliner only on your lower lashline. It’s not
very flattery.
You apply a very thin
coat on the top and bottom (or only top) lashes. But, do not apply a one thick
coat on your eyelashes. If you want to make your lashes dense, apply two thin
coats instead of one thick coat, and keep a dry time in between. Also, apply
mascara in two different ways for each coat- The first coat, apply your mascara
in a wiggly-way, taking your brush from side to side, left and right; the
second coat, apply your mascara from the roots of your lashes up till the tips
of it, and wing your outer lashes out to the sides to give a cat-like,
wide-eyed look.
Lips:
Don't wear lipstick too
light! There is a difference between nude and nude lips. If the lips are too
white, it can wash you out completely and make you look pale and lifeless.
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