First of all if you are planning to do a full make up...
--Clean your face and moisturize.
Don't forget to use an eye cream.
Start with a primer.
Then tinted moisturizer,foundation or powder/loose powder whatever you prefer
You have acne scars, scars, blemishes, freckles?
Use a pigmented concealer that will match your skin tone and has greens or salmon or purple color in it so it can cover whatever you want to hide.
Then...
Always contour your face with a matte bronzer.
Make a fish face and find your cheek bones and contour under that area.
Then color on top of your cheek bones lightly.
It's up to you what color you want.
You can use mauve, pink, or coral
Finish with a finishing/setting powder to keep your make up in place during the day in case you sweat or your face gets oily
For you eyes....
Use clear or flesh color primer if you want to hide discoloration and to make your eye shadow stand out.
I never go out with out using eyeliner.
If you have really dark and full eyelashes you may not need an eyeliner.
If you like color...
Use pigmented eye shadows in a small area.
Do not paint all your eye with one color up to your brow bone as if somebody gave you a blue eye.
Use white, golden or shimmery flesh color under your eyebrows and at the inner corner of your eyes. Your eyes will stand out.
Blend a brown or grey eye shadow in your socket to make your eye area bigger.
End with mascara.
It's up to you what you want to achieve when choosing your mascara.
Do you want to look natural and have thick lashes or dramatic or just long lashes or curled lashes?
You will decide...
Then brush your eye brows.
What I hate the most is people brushing their eye brows down to make it look shaped nice.
It just makes me want to lick my thumb and brush their eye brows myself.
Plug your eyebrows where it is needed and brush the way hair grows not down!
You may want to use a clear mascara to keep them in place.
If you have light color eyebrows or you have empty parts in your eyebrows use an eyebrow powder or a pencil.
When you are choosing a color for your eyebrows always go for a natural look!
Unless your eye brows are too light, do not choose dark colors!
It will only make you look angry and like some beast from Mars.
and....Viola! Your make up is done and you look perfect!
My personal favorites for full make up is....
Primer: Smashbox primer or L'oreal (As a cheap alternative)
Tinted Moisturizer: Hard Candy tinted moisturizer
-OR-
Foundation: Laura Mercier or Amway smart shade foundation (as a cheap alternative)
Concealer: Sonia Kashuk concealer agenda palette
Bronzer: ELF Golden Bronzer
Setting Powder: Tarte Smooth Operator
Blush: Benefit Coralista Blush or ELF Candid Coral (As a cheap alternative)
Eyeliner: Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner or Physicians Formula (As a cheap alternative)
Eye Base: Mac Paint Pot Painterly or Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Dark Roller (As a cheap alternative)
Eye Shadow: Hard Candy or MAC or Maybeline or Lorac or R&R
Mascara: Dior Show Mascara or L'oreal Voluminous (As a cheap alternative)
Eyebrows: any clear mascara and NYC 923 Charcoal Brow/Eyeliner Pencil
If you get an eye infection (don't say ewww that would never happen to me, because it can happen even the best of us lol) don't do make up or after your infection is gone clean your eye brushes and throw away your mascara or you will bring back your eye infection!
Don't forget it is important to remove your make up and clean your face everyday in the morning and at night. So you won't get black heads, and it is important to get a facial once a month. If you can't you can do the same thing at home almost for free! :)
XOXO
Lola
This is so helpful! :)
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