I hope you're all having a spectacular week! Happy October :)
Today's post is all about the right way to apply makeup!
Did you know that there is an order in which you're supposed to apply your makeup products? Mhmm, that's right!
There is a specific order to ensure that you are getting proper use, coverage, and pigmentation out of your products! I'm sharing with you all, that order, and some product recommendations along the way. Let's jump in, shall we?!
First, of course, apply whatever moisturizer you use. Depending on the consistency of your specific moisturizer, give it some time to soak into your skin before starting your makeup application. I use Argan Oil as a moisturizer, so I wait about 5 minutes after I apply it, to sit down and start applying my makeup!
Now, if we're in a rush, or we're not doing a full face, we may jump around in the order in which we apply, but especially if you're doing a full face, try to stick to this order!
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Some people like to apply the beginnings of their face makeup (i.e. foundation/concealer) before working on their eyes. However, this is not the best move, and I do not recommend doing that.
When we apply eyeshadow, there is always fallout. If you're patting a shadow on your lid, some of the shadow is falling onto your under eyes/cheeks. Even just moving the shadow brush towards your eye, fallout is happening, ladies! So, if you have your foundation, and even your concealer, applied, you're getting little pink, gold, black, whatever color shadow your applying, dustings on your face! Then, you're going to have to touch up the mess.That's why, it's best to first work on your eyes, and then move on to your face.
- Start off priming your eyes. I've shared that I like to prime my eyes with a concealer and powder, but if you'd prefer a shadow primer on the market, go for it! However you chose to prime, just make sure that you prime! It seriously gives your shadow long wear, crease free.
Eye Primer suggestions: Too Faced Shadow Insurance/ Urban Decay Primer Potion.
- Next, apply your shadows as you normally would. I always apply my shadows by applying a base color. Usually a light shadow just to give a little extra evening out and brightening of the eye area. Then, I go in with my lid shadow, patting it gently all over the lid. Next, in windshield wiper motions, I apply my transition shade in the crease, and then finally, I apply my darker shadow to my outer corner. Easy enough!
I won't give any shadow suggestions, because that's just impossible. There are way too
many shadows out there, haha. But if you'd like a universal palette recommendation, the
Too Faced Chocolate Bar is a go-to!
- Once you're done applying your shadow, then it's on to curl your lashes!
Eyelash Curler suggestion: Sephora Collection Eyelash Curler.
- Next, it's time to apply your mascara. Note: After curling my lashes, I only apply one coat of mascara to my top lashes. Do not apply your second coat to your top (if you're one who applies a second coat) and do not apply to your bottom lashes yet. We will get to that in a while, and I will explain why we're not finishing that step yet.
Mascara suggestions: Please see my post on my Top 5 Favorite Mascaras for suggestions!
Now it's time to move on to the face!
- Prime your face! I'm a firm believer in priming your face before applying foundation/concealer/bronzer/etc. - It truly helps to keep your makeup in place, lasting long, and bulletproof. The only time I do not prime my face is if I'm wearing a tinted gel or tined moisturizer. Otherwise, prime, prime, PRIME!
Face Primer suggestions: Mally Beauty Perfect Prep Poreless Primer/ Tarte BB Tinted
Treatment 12-Hour Primer/ Benefit Porefessional.
- Foundation time! If you are using a liquid foundation, apply one pump to the back of your hand, then take your CLEAN ring finger, and dot the foundation all over your face. Then take your brush and buff it into your skin, or take your damp BeautyBlender and pat it out gently! If you're using a powder foundation, simply swirl your brush into the product, tap out the excess, and then swirl the brush onto your skin, buffing out the product evenly!
Foundation suggestions: Make Up Forever HD Foundation/ bareMinerals Original
Foundation/ Mally Beauty Poreless Perfection Foundation.
- Concealer! Now is the time to apply concealer under your eyes, and to any blemishes that you'd like to give a little extra coverage! I apply my under eye concealer in a triangle shape, and then I take a damp BeautyBlender and pay it out very gently. The same technique goes for blending out concealer on a blemishes, pat it out with a BeautyBlender. Tapping out provides better coverage and keeps the concealer in place. Wiping just removes the product. Don't forget to set your concealer with a powder if you do that step! I do not. With the concealers I named below, there is no need for me to set them. They don't move :)
Concealer suggestions: Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage
Concealer/ It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye.
- Now it's time for bronzer! Now is the time to warm up your face by swirling bronzer on the sides of your forehead and your cheeks. If you're contouring, chisel out those cheekbones and your temples!
Bronzer suggestions: Mally Beauty Believable Bronzer/ Benefit Hoola Bronzer.
- Time to highlight! After you've put a shadow effect on the parts of you're face you're trying to pull backwards with your bronzer, it's time to brighten and apply light to the parts of your face you'd like to pull forward. Apply highlighter to the tops of your cheekbones, your cupids bow, down the bridge of your nose, the center of your chin, and the center of your forehead. If you'd like a more detailed explanation on how to highlight, HERE is a complete post dedicated to just that!
Highlighter suggestion: Josie Maran Argan Elightenment Illuminizing Wand.
- Blush! It's time to give those cheeks a glowing color! Tap your brush into your blush, tap out the excess, and then smile and swirl your blush onto the apples of your cheeks, working backwards.
Blush suggestions: Benefit Rockateur Blush/ Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush.
Remember when we paused on our eyes? We're back to finish them up!
- Now it's time to apply your second coat of mascara to your top lashes. This helps to lift your lashes an blacken them up after all that powder from our foundation, blush, bronzer was applied and dusting around! Also, apply one coat of mascara to your bottom lashes. We didn't do this step earlier, because if we had, we would have just went on to apply our foundation and our concealer. When blending and tapping those products out, we would have hit our lashes and gotten product on them giving your lashes a lighter effect. Now, they're safe, long, and black!
- Eyebrows! Highlight your brow bone with your favorite eyeshadow or highlighter! Similar to the mascara scenario, we wait to do our eyebrows so that we do not get product all over our fresh brows. Foundation, concealer, brow highlight, bronzer, all get stuck in our brows while we're applying, either by fallout or by swiping over them with a brush. This moves our brow hairs around, and lightens them. By applying our brow product now, we are getting the most out of our application. Brush out your brows with a spooly, apply your favorite brow product, and then git them with a brow gel to keep them bulletproof all day!
Brow Product suggestions: It Cosmetics Universal Brow Power (here is a post all about
Gel.
- Finally, apply your fav lip color, whether it's a lipstick or a gloss, and hit your face with some setting spray!
Setting Spray suggestion: NYX Dewey Finish Setting Spray.
There you have it, ladies! Now, your makeup is bulletproof, pigmented, and ready to take on the day with perfection!
Go off and enjoy your makeup!
I'll be back next week with some fun, Fall, vampy, makeup tutorials, and other goodies!
I'll be back next week with some fun, Fall, vampy, makeup tutorials, and other goodies!
Until then, stay beautiful,
Christina Bracco
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