Makeup application

Know your stuff when it comes to makeup application

Makeup application is one of those things that everyone likes to think they know intimately, yet you look around on a daily basis and wonder exactly where all of these people learned how to apply makeup. Proper makeup application isn’t something you should learn from someone giving a free makeover at a beauty counter, and often you can’t even count on beauty magazines to provide accurate information about makeup application.

Let’s test your makeup application knowledge and see if you know how to apply makeup. What do you do after you put on your concealer? If you said “apply foundation,” you’re… wrong! This is one of the most common mistakes in makeup application, but it’s one you can find in many professional makeup tips. After you apply your concealer, press powder over these areas. This helps the concealer to adhere to your face throughout the day, but it also helps in further makeup application and allows your concealer to blend with the foundation. After you’ve applied powder to the concealer areas, you can go ahead with applying your foundation and the powder over the rest of your face.

Okay, how about makeup application to the eyes. What’s the best way to accent your eyes? If you read those drugstore makeup tips, it’s with eyeliner pencil. Not so! For an interesting, softer makeup application, get an angled brush, wet it, run it through a darker eye shadow color, and use it to line your eyes. See how soft and natural it looks? Makeup application is really a fairly technical thing, and you’d be best off consulting a professional makeup artist. She can give you the lowdown on the best makeup application techniques around.

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