How to apply Make-Up

Make-up helps you look beautiful. Make-up helps in making your face flawless and enhancing its beauty. It can do wonder with your appearance. However, while applying make-up it is important to learn the right method of applying make-up to avoid blotching and make-up disasters. Following is a step-by-step guidebook on how to apply make-up to help you make-up like a pro.

Now, before we start with the step-by-step process to apply make-up we will advice that you always buy good quality make-up products. Investing in branded make-up products is the first step to look flawlessly beautiful. Branded make-ups will spread effortlessly and don’t blotch. If you want to look like diva you can also buy mineral make-up products from reputed brands.

Next you must choose your make-up based on your face type and occasion. Make-up has the ability to make or break your look and hence, it is important that you do it the right way.

How to apply make-up: Preparing face

To begin with you will need to prepare you face for make-up. It is like preparing the canvas for painting. Hence, you’ll have to invest enough time and care in preparing your face. Following are the steps to do make-up for face.

Clean your face: First you must clean your face with a good cleanser. You may choose the cleanser according to your skin type. If you have oily skin, try cleansers which will absorb excess oil from your face.

Rinse your face with ice cold water. Ice cold water helps in closing the open pores and at the same time will keep oil secretion at check.

Choose foundation: Choose a foundation that is close in color to your complexion. There are now both oil based and aqua based foundations available in the market for you to choose from. You may test the color along with your jaw line to determine the right shade. If you are going for a party during day time, you can also settle for tinted moisturizer.

Apply foundation: Before applying foundation apply premier or moisturizer on your face. This will help you to even out the foundation easily. According to professional make-up artists not applying premier is a make-up crime.

Next, squeeze sufficient amount of make-up into your hand. Put some dots on your face and then even it out with a make-up sponge. While applying foundation you mustn’t miss your neck, hands and other bare areas. Wipe off excess foundation with a tissue paper.

Use concealer: Some apply the concealer before applying foundation but it gets wiped off when you apply the foundation. Hence, you may use concealer only after applying foundation. Use translucent powder over your face as it will help absorbing excess oil and prevent sweating.

Use blush: There is both powder blush as well as cream blush available in the market. The blush will help in highlighting the cheekbone and jaw line of your face. Choose a blush that is of darker shade than your complexion. Apply blush with a clean applicator.

How to apply make-up: Doing your eyes

The eyes are the window to your mind and hence, eye make-up is a crucial part of your make-up regime. Proper eye makeup can help brightening up your face. However, doing eye makeup the right way can be difficult if you don’t know how to do it. To apply eye makeup you will need products like- eyeshadows, eyeliner, mascara and concealer.

Apply concealer: Apply foundation on the lid of your eye to even out the skin tone. Next apply some concealer to hide the dark circles. However, you’ll need to be careful while applying foundation so that it doesn’t gather in your wrinkles.

Apply eye shadow: You’ll need two or three colors of eye shadow from light shade to medium and dark. To begin with apply the lighter shade on the crease of your eye and the brow bone. This will help highlighting your eyebrows. Starting from the inner corner of your eye evenly spread out the lighter shade upto your brow bone.

Next, take the medium shade and apply it at the crease of your eye. However, this time you may limit its use only to the crease of your eye. Blend well. To blend the eye shadow you may use a clean applicator or your finger.

As the last step, apply the darker shade on the outer area of your eye. This will help adding depth to you eye makeup and make them pop out.

You may choose the color of your eye shadow based on your skin tone and the event. If you are attending a function during the daytime you may keep the color of eye shadows close to earthen, nude or peach. Keep the darker shades for night-outs and evening parties.

Apply eyeliner: You can choose liquid liner or pencil, depending upon your expertise. The eyeliner will help adding depth to your eye makeup. You can actually make your eyes look bigger with the help of eyeliner. Depending upon your taste and dress you can choose from different color liners.

Apply mascara: Your eye makeup will remain incomplete without applying mascara. There are mascaras of different colors available now-a-days. Before applying mascara you may make sure that the brush is clean. Mascara will help adding length and volume to your eyelashes and will help them look bigger. First apply a nice coat of mascara and let it dry. Then apply another coat to add volume to your lashes. Separate the lashes while doing so.

To finish your eye makeup, apply Kohl pencil on the lower lid of your eye.

How to apply make-up: Lip makeup

The attraction of brightly colored lips is irresistible and hence, your makeup regime will remain incomplete without lip makeup. Following is a step-by-step guidebook to applying lip makeup.

Apply moisturizer: Dry and chapped lips are strict no-no’s to lip makeup. Hence, to begin with moisturize your lips and apply some premier to it.

Apply lip-liner: The lip-liner will help defining the lip. Also it can be used in enhancing or reducing the size of your lips and correcting faults. You may choose a lip liner that is close to the shade of your lipstick.

Apply lipstick: Once you have drawn the boundary of your lips its time to fill it with lipstick. Start from the middle of your upper lip and then spread out to the corners. Follow the same process with your lower lips. You may use a brush to apply/blend the color. You may also use lip gloss as it will help the lips look fuller.

However, you may maintain a balance between your lip makeup and eye makeup. If you have plans to done thick eye makeup keep your lips close to neutral.