Calvin Klein said, “The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural”! How about that now? All the women out there know exactly what he is talking about. The nude shades and natural bases are our ways into looking natural! So if you want a shout-out look or an understated one, pancake do or minimalist do, what is preliminary is that it stays put rather than streaking off and smearing down your face. So here is a way to make peace with make up and enter a pact that it will stick with you till the time you rub it off yourself with a remover.
The Basics
Go for a moisturiser that has matte effect and no sunscreen for it renders a pale and ashy look. Apply it 20 minutes before you start putting make-up so that the skin is slip-free. Always use a brush to coat foundation on your face and neck, for it not only gives you more coverage but also leaves no seams, according to Tim Quinn, celebrity face designer for Armani Cosmetics.
Blushing blues
Use a cream-based before a powder cheek hue. Blend it into the foundation for it to give an effect of a glow from within. Touch it up with bronze to even out the tan and give you that very coveted diva-touch!
The eye drama!
Use a base of foundation or primer for your eyes as well. Don’t make your eyelid a palate of colours, stick to monochrome so that you are the focal of attention and not your make-up! You never know what the day has instore for you, you might cry out of joy or pain (we really hope the former!!), so keep the mascara waterproof, you really don’t want to look like Buffy, the you-know-what!
For the perfect pout
Kiss and make up is a popular term but have you any idea how many kisses have been ruined because of make up? Let love rule all by priming, lining, pursing the tissue and reapplying another coat. “The lipstick impacts the lips with color, and the gloss revitalizes it,” Quinn says.
Use loosely loose powder but don’t lose it
Puffing and touching up are must-dos so touch your make up with loose powder but don’t go on a powdering spree, you want to look natural not covered with wheat flour! Use it on the eye area, T zone and around sides of the nostrils, places where oil is likely to pop out. Matte it down.
Spritz this on!
Experts have it that one should use MAC’s Fix+ ($11.50), a vitamin-rich spray used to set your makeup and refresh it throughout the day, preventing it from looking cakey, chalky or cracked. This is a must-have, for all the steps above will go down the drain or your face if it weren’t for this last touch to perfection!
You have been trained by the expert now, try it on and achieve the beautiful you. Pout for attention, bat the eyelids and go red in the cheeks, you are all set to cause heart attacks!
