How to do makeup. How to apply makeup correctly and beautifully

The base is applied in thin layers with your fingers or a sponge.
You need to move from the forehead to the chin.
It is best not to rub the foundation, but to apply it with patting movements, especially if the skin has enlarged pores.
When using a sponge to apply foundation, wet it slightly.
Carefully monitor the amount of base applied. The first sign that there is too much foundation is the appearance of wrinkles or lines. In this case, the excess layer is removed with a sponge.
You should not apply foundation under your eyes; we recommend using a brightening cream.
You cannot mix regular cream with the foundation, otherwise the skin will begin to shine after some time.

Secrets of choosing and using powder

The tone is selected depending on skin color. Transparent is considered a universal product, but it does not mask skin defects.
Light shades are suitable for narrow faces. And to correct a wide face, you need to apply dark powder on the sides.
The powder is applied in small portions with a brush. You can remove excess with a clean brush.
Apply using movements from top to bottom.
The powder can be applied not only to the face, but also to the eyes, including eyelashes and lips. Thus, the makeup will last much longer, the eyelashes will become longer, and the lips will become fuller. Apply loose powder with a brush or puff.
Compact powder can be applied either with a brush or a sponge. If you moisten the sponge a little, the product will have the same effect as foundation.
Girls with sensitive and inflamed skin are recommended to use antiseptic powder, which should be applied with a cotton swab. Cosmetics in balls are applied exclusively with a thick brush.

To create an evening look and maximum camouflage of skin defects, shiny powder with particles of pearls or mother-of-pearl is suitable.

A few words about blush

Blush is applied with a special flat brush.
If the face is wide, then blush is applied vertically.
Blush applied horizontally will expand your face shape.
To create a lifting effect, blush is applied to the cheeks and then blended upward.
You can soften harsh facial features with blush applied to the center of the cheek in a circular motion.
For a triangular face, blush is applied to the chin and the prominent part of the cheekbones.
Apply blush with short strokes, not long ones.
Oily, liquid and gel blush are applied with your fingertips.
The blush tone is selected based on skin tone and overall color scheme.

Rules for using shadows

Eyelids should be powdered before application.
Shadows should always be shaded, even if one color is used.
Light shades are used closer to the bridge of the nose, the brightest in the middle of the eye, and the corner of the eyelid is covered with the darkest colors.
To visually raise your eyebrows, you need to apply a little light shadow under the eyebrow.
A thin layer of loose powder will help set the shadows.
Girls who wear contact lenses should give up dry products in favor of liquid ones.
Liquid shadows are applied only with your fingers, and after application you need to sit for several minutes with your eyes closed until they are completely absorbed.
If there are wrinkles in the corners of the eyes, then you should abandon pearlescent shadows.

An applicator dipped in water will make the color of the shadows brighter and more saturated.

How to line your eyes?

The eyeliner pencil should be well sharpened.
If you apply liquid eyeliner over the pencil, the line will be clearer.
If only a pencil is used, then shadows or loose powder are applied on top of it in a thin layer. Otherwise, the line will quickly be erased.
Liquid eyeliner is applied in a continuous line from the inner corner of the eyelid to the outer corner, or first from the middle to the outer corner, and then from the inner to the middle.
To create the effect of thick eyelashes, liquid eyeliner applied in barely noticeable dots along the upper line of the eyelid.
If the eyeliner line is unsuccessful, you can erase it with a regular cotton swab dipped in makeup remover lotion. It is extremely important that the lotion does not contain oil, otherwise it will be difficult to make a new line.

What to do with mascara?

If your eyelashes are already thick, then you should not use voluminous mascara, otherwise your eyes will become doll-like.
It is advisable to paint your eyelashes while looking in a magnifying mirror.
Before applying mascara, eyelashes should be degreased, for example, with an oil-free makeup remover.
It is better to paint eyelashes from the middle of the eyelid to the outer corner, then paint over the eyelashes on the inner part of the eyelid, and finally apply a layer of mascara over all eyelashes.
The second layer of mascara is applied after the first has completely dried.
If you powder your eyelashes before using mascara, they will become longer and more voluminous.
You should curl your eyelashes before applying mascara, and not vice versa.

Mascara is applied last, after applying eye shadow and eyeliner.

About lipstick

To make the lipstick last longer, blot the first layer with a napkin, and then apply the second layer to your lips.
To create voluminous lips, apply a little pearlescent lipstick or lip gloss in the very center.
If your lips are large and disproportionate, you do not need to apply lipstick to the very corners of your mouth.
Lipstick in combination with a pencil of the same color will allow you to enlarge your lips. The pencil is applied to the lips just above its own contour.

Makeup depending on the time of year and day

Summer

Day makeup in the hot season it should consist of the most natural range. When exposed to the sun, the skin begins to sweat. If dark colors are used, they will simply be imprinted on the upper eyelid.

For the face, you can choose powder with a tanning effect. Any palette of delicate shades is suitable for eyelids. These colors can be beige, soft brown, light gray, light green, soft blue, pinkish colors, coral. It is better to avoid pencil and eyeliner on a hot summer day. Lips can be emphasized with colorless gloss or light-colored lipstick.

Evening look can be diluted with light ones with pearl or shadows of more saturated colors. It is best to focus on the lips. For example, highlight the corners of the eyelids with a light gray tone, and apply juicy reddish or bright coral lipstick on the lips.

Winter

Daytime winter makeup requires tinted protective agents. These should be foundation creams and powders in light shades, for example, golden, light beige, yellowish. The same range should be followed when choosing blush. You should avoid colors that are too saturated, such as hot pink. Natural or berry shades are suitable for lips. Shadows can be golden or pearly, depending on the type of appearance.

For a winter evening look A smoky range of shadows, cool brown or dark gray, purple are suitable. Cheekbones can be emphasized with pale pink or beige blush. As a lipstick, it is better to choose natural beige colors, delicate pinks, and rich berries.

Spring

Suitable range for spring day makeup: soft pink, white, light turquoise, greenish, light yellow, apricot, marsh.

While creating evening spring makeup you can use orange, rich turquoise, blue, purple, terracotta, aquamarine colors. It is better to choose blush in warm natural tones, but lipstick can be bright, for example, fuchsia, muted red, rich apricot.

Autumn

Daytime autumn look must play with nature. These can be golden shades, soft blue, beige, light brownish, ivory. A little gold should be present in the blush. It is better to choose sandy or soft peach lipstick.

Autumn evening makeup relevant with the use of dark brown, silver, marsh brown, gray. You can choose scarlet, burgundy, red, orange lipstick.

Let's sum it up

To learn how to apply makeup correctly, you need to develop a technique and reinforce it every day.

Decide on a color scheme, taking into account your color type, clothes, hair color, eye color.

Buy a set of brushes. These tools will help you carefully apply eye shadow, blush, and foundation.
First, cover your face with foundation and then powder it.
After applying the powder, we begin shaping the eyebrows. Eyebrows should have a clear shape, so we mercilessly remove all excess hairs. If necessary, you can tint your eyebrows with a pencil or shadow, and then go over them with a brush again.
Having formed the eyebrows, we proceed to applying shadows. Cover the entire eyelid with light shadows to the lower edge of the eyebrows. The lightest shadows are applied to the inner corner, and the outer corner is highlighted with dark colors. The transition between light and dark shadows should be shaded with a brush. If you want to enlarge your eyes, then dark shadows are applied along the entire crease of the upper eyelid.
Pencil or eyeliner should be applied as close to the eyelashes as possible. It is worth applying a little shadow over the drawn contour to soften the line and fix the makeup.
We brush away the crumbled shadows from the eyelashes with a brush, and then paint them over with mascara. First you should paint the lower eyelashes, and then the upper ones. Apply mascara gradually, allowing each applied layer to dry.
We brush off the remaining shadows from the face and the area under the eyelids with a large brush, after which we powder the face again.
To complete the makeup, give your face a healthy glow with blush.

If you learn how to do makeup correctly, you can always look flawless, at any time of the year or day, especially since learning the art of make-up is quite simple.

It is very easy for people close to the fashion and beauty empire to determine who applied the makeup - an inexperienced girl or a professional makeup artist. For a budding beauty, the makeup on her face is too noticeable, the colors sometimes don’t match, the lines don’t emphasize but rather hide her natural assets. And a professional makeup artist applies shadows, powder, and lipstick so that they are practically invisible, but at the same time retouch imperfections and highlight advantages.

Professional makeup at home

The secret to the success of professional makeup is smooth, shiny skin. Any cosmetics look good on it, do not clump, or get caught in wrinkles. But perfect skin is very rare. Therefore, makeup artists use special products to make it more even.

These products are selected depending on skin type:

For oily skin, professionals use a water-based smoothing gel. It does not clog pores, removes shine and prevents makeup from smearing.
for mixed and normal skin, makeup artists choose a light cream. It has a moisturizing effect, evens out skin tone, hides fine wrinkles
For dry skin, use a thick cream with vegetable oils. It fixes cosmetics on the face, gives shine to the skin, makes it smoother

And in home makeup, you should start with smoothing the skin, preparing it for applying makeup. Choose one of the products, apply it to your face, wait a few minutes until the composition is absorbed, and only then apply powder or foundation.

The minimum set that should be in your home cosmetics bag: makeup base, foundation or powder, eye shadow palette, pencil, mascara

After this, eye makeup is done. For daytime, you can get by with a brown pencil and black mascara. In the evening, you can add shadows and liquid eyeliner. First, apply a pencil or eyeliner (along the upper eyelid line). Then step by step eye shadow and mascara. In daytime makeup, calm natural shades are acceptable, in evening makeup – bright ones that make the makeup festive.

After applying makeup to your eyes, you should pay attention to your cheekbones. You can highlight them with a darker powder or apply tan-colored blush. Bright pink shades, which were once in fashion, are now used only when creating oriental makeup, which suits brunettes with slanted eyes very well.

Lipstick is the finishing touch of makeup. During the day, it is better to use glitter instead. It makes lips juicy, bright, without shifting the accents. With this product, makeup looks natural and very organic. But in the evening, lipstick will emphasize the solemnity of the makeup, making the image more sexy and open.

The ability to select a palette for your color type is only half the success; the second part is knowing how to properly apply makeup to your face. High-quality makeup is a whole science. We will help you study it and become a little closer to the world's specialists in sponges and brushes.

Basic rules

You can’t go anywhere without theory, so you need to delve into basics, learn everything about makeup and how to apply it correctly at home.

Clean skin is an axiom. You can’t go anywhere without a clean, clean and beautiful dermis. Tons of foundation and powder will hide the most obvious imperfections, but in most cases, if you apply makeup like this, you can look funny and age several decades. Therefore, before applying makeup, be sure to cleanse your face with lotions and tonics. In addition, never go to bed wearing makeup.
High-quality cosmetics. Shadows bought on the market for 10 rubles will not adhere to the skin as well as Max Factor or Maybelin, and they can also cause allergies. Use high-quality cosmetics. We don’t insist on professional ones, but there’s no need to indulge in lipstick or foundation bought on the spontaneous market;
Consider your own color type and face shape. For any facial defect, there is a certain method of applying makeup: for squint, problem skin or a bulbous nose. Don't ignore them.

Video: applying foundation:

Now let's talk about makeup styles. Before applying makeup, think carefully about whether it is appropriate. The ideal everyday makeup is discreet and light. These are natural colors, soft lipstick, brown mascara. It can be used as a night or work one. Towards evening, women need to do evening makeup. This means you need to use eyeliner and brushes to give your face expressiveness.

Photo – Applying makeup

Depending on the lifestyle, informal preferences and other characteristic features of a person, other main types and forms of makeup:

gothic or night, in black and white, with brightly lined eyes and lips. Be sure to use white powder and black eyeliner;
Emovsky, not far from the Gothic, still the same eyes outlined with a thick black line and bright black lips. Many informal people are advised to try on lenses to complete the look;
French, in the style of Audrey Tautou. These are discreet eyes and lips, foundation with natural color and brown shadows. Perfect for plump young ladies. There is another option, not to use shadows at all, but to draw arrows;
Greek makeup - a lot of arrows and bright colors.

From theory to practice

Invisible or natural makeup is a style statement, but you need to know how to apply natural colors. Professional make-up is the ideal basis. Use a liquid tone of a suitable color (this color should either match the context of the image or the color type, ideally, both parameters). How to learn how to correctly apply a natural palette of colors and who is suitable for this type of makeup?

Video: applying lipstick

Increasingly, fashion houses are showing fair-haired models with winged wings and soft lipstick colors at their shows. This can be called a modern trend.

We invite you to view lessons, which famous stylists have prepared for us:

narrow eyes (advice for Asians, Koreans and Kazakhs), you need to paint them in the smoky eye style. This technique is quite possible at home;
emphasize your cheekbones, this will make your face more expressive, these are the tips of makeup artist Angelina Jolie;
buy hypoallergenic cosmetics, especially if you wear eye makeup. The most famous representative companies: Amway, oriflame, lisse, clarins, mary kay (Mary Kay);
in summer, do not use a greasy foundation or cream to match the tone (this is generally not correct) - it is better not to apply makeup on a sweaty face;
Shake off spilled shadows from under your eyes with a dry sponge or simply blow on your face.

How to apply make-up brunettes so that he is not defiant? To start, limit your use of dramatic colors. Focus on only one thing: your eyes or lips. An expressive cat's gaze is much more effective in winning hearts, so let's learn how to paint our eyes.

Cleanse your skin and smooth your face. To do this, take foundation and powder, although using the latter is undesirable for young or problem skin. Now we apply the base, use powder to remove shine and hide circles under the eyes. We emphasize the cheekbones with blush.

Photo - How to apply blush

You will get an excellent romantic look if you apply blush not only to the contour line, but also lightly sprinkle it on the inner corners of your eyes.

Darkening the inner corner of the eye is a godsend when the eyes are deep-set and when the eyelid droops.

Photo – Applying lipstick

How to apply everyday makeup for blondes, and which shadows are suitable for blue eyes – we’ll tell you step by step. The smoky look is a popular trend at the moment. To implement it on light skin of the Summer and Spring color type we will need:

natural base;
pastel colors of shadows;
brown mascara and pencil.

A girl with fair skin needs to even out her skin especially carefully. But if you don’t use blush, your face will turn out flat and expressionless. Our instructions are simple: in the spring, paint your face with pastel soft tones, close to natural beauty. To hide imperfections, use a correcting pencil, and apply eyeliner only under the shadows.

How to apply daytime makeup according to eye color

How to do makeup for green eyes? We need a warm color scheme. This comes in especially handy in the fall when there are golden hues everywhere. Although the beauty of green eyes is also well emphasized by purple and blue shadows.

The cheeks of the autumn color type should be painted with brick colors, but the lips should preferably be painted in the same palette as the eyes.

Photo – Applying shadows

It’s a little easier for brown-haired women and brunettes who have Brown eyes. We recommend using ash-gray shades; the Winter color type loves it. Emphasize your hair color with scarlet lipstick – it needs to be chosen individually.

For red-haired ladies, the ideal eyeshadow color is green, so a red-haired girl needs to actively use fashionable makeup smoke in all shades of green (swamp, bright, light green, turquoise).

Useful secrets:

before applying lipstick on your lips or eye shadow, smooth out your skin, then the paint will lie easier and more evenly, and your makeup will look neater;
if you want to learn how to apply oriental makeup on your eyes, then use eyeliner with a hard brush and purple eyeshadow;
it is important to comb them afterwards. To do this, take special brushes. You definitely need to remove the excess: sticking out hairs, wipe away bright lines;
Older ladies and teenagers are strictly not recommended to wear bright makeup, which includes red lipstick or the same eye shadow.

Video: applying shadows

Oriental style makeup

Everyone has already seen anime girls on the streets and on the Internet. This is a new makeup trend called Japanese style. To bring it to life, you need to lighten your face as much as possible and emphasize your eyes. It is difficult for mulatto women and girls suffering from hyperpigmentation to whiten their skin, so some deviations from the classic anime make-up are allowed. The scheme is as follows:

We lighten the skin, apply powder, no blush is used. If you look at the pictures, you will notice that it is still the same smokey eye, only even more intense.

We don’t paint or lighten our lips. We get the perfect club or New Year's makeup look for a teenage girl.

Photo - Applying turquoise eyeshadow

use brushes made from natural materials;
be sure to look at the training photos and videos;
The bride’s bright wedding makeup is done in order to look beautiful in the photo, so it must be applied with pearlescent paints;
Apply festive make-up based on your face type, eye and lip shape.

There are situations in every woman’s life when she needs to have an impeccable appearance: a stylish outfit, beautiful hairstyle and makeup. But without the help of a specialist, not everyone knows how to emphasize their natural beauty. But it’s so important to be able to make it yourself at home. This is a useful skill that will save you a lot of money. In addition, if you learn and prepare everything in advance, you can complete it in just 15-20 minutes.

Let's find out how to properly do professional makeup at home: where to start, what you need for this and what subtleties you must follow to look amazing.

We do professional makeup: when and why

When you do everyday makeup, you only emphasize your natural beauty, correct your shape and disguise some minor imperfections. But professional makeup for the eyes, lips and face in general at home is a kind of makeup.

It has several features:

Bright and deep shades. The cosmetics used by makeup artists have a very rich palette. Among them there are a huge number of “pure” shades that can be mixed to obtain the desired color.
Sustainability. Such cosmetics can withstand high temperatures from lighting technology, numerous hand touches and any atmospheric influences.
Unique composition. Products for professional make-up do not contain spf filters or caring components, but they do contain antiseptics, plasticizers and other ingredients that guarantee durability after application and a matte effect even under bright studio light.

Professional make-up: what you need to have in your cosmetic bag for this

Use cosmetic sponges and brushes to create a professional make-up. They are easy and quick to work with. In addition, the brush mixes various products well and rubs them a little into the epidermis. Thanks to this they last longer.

The basic set of brushes should include synthetic or natural products for:

water-based creams and cosmetics;
contouring (slightly pointed);
applying powder (large).
applying highlighter (similar to a fan);
shadows (smaller ones for working on the inner crease of the eyelid and larger ones for the base);
eyeliner and eyebrows (thin and slightly pointed).

A makeup artist’s cosmetic bag may contain dozens of products. But to learn how to do professional makeup for yourself, you will only need a base, foundation, eye shadow palette, lipstick, concealer, powder, blush, pencil and mascara.

If you turn on any video on how to do prof. makeup, you will see that it all starts with creating the right base. It evens out the texture and helps disguise blackheads, small and medium wrinkles, even very enlarged pores. High-quality basic cosmetics make your complexion healthier.

It is often confused with foundation. This is a big mistake! Without a base, the foundation goes on unevenly and looks like a mask.

They choose a foundation based on the tone and type of skin, as well as the presence of defects that it should completely hide. Most often, a mineral base is selected. It does not contain silicone or various pigments, is easy to apply and instantly gives the face a radiant and fresh look.

Do you need to “erase” blemishes, pimple scars or other minor skin imperfections from your face, or hide dark circles under your eyes?

Arm yourself with mineral concealers of different shades. This is the only cosmetic that is absolutely safe for the unprotected epidermis. It is allowed to be applied even in the first days after dermabrasion, chemical peeling and other aesthetic procedures. A yellow product is suitable for the eye area, and green for pimples.

Foundation and powder

It's no secret that regular foundation begins to darken a little after applying makeup and looks like a mask in a photo or video. Therefore, to make professional makeup, makeup artists always use a product that is a shade lighter. Another rule that you should definitely remember is that you need to use different tinting products in summer and winter. This is due to the fact that depending on the time of year, the skin has different shades.

Don't forget about the powder. It will make your skin velvety and help you touch up your makeup while you wear it. If you have mineral powder, apply it. This cosmetic product does not overload the face, and the skin breathes with it. In addition, regular cosmetics may contain glitter. In life they are completely invisible, but in photographs they will spoil the appearance, making the face too shiny.

Always choose the tone of the powder closer to your natural skin tone. For those with a tanned face, golden shades are suitable, and for those with snow-white complexions, it is better to choose light pink or beige colors.

Making your eyes expressive

To do professional makeup at home, like in a salon, you need not only to apply the shadows correctly, but also to shade them beautifully. Eye makeup always starts with a light, thin line (you can use matte mineral shadows in tone 1 White), which is drawn above the eyebrow, at a distance of approximately 5 mm. It is shaded a little with your finger. This makes the eyes more expressive.

The next stage of makeup is applying eyeshadow in peach tones, for example, light beige or apricot. Remember that it is better to use matte products. This way there will be no excess shine on your face. Take a closer look at mineral shadows. They do not require a base and can be blended perfectly even with your finger.

Apply light shades a little into the entire eyelid using a brush. After this, you can immediately begin to give different accents to the look using darker colors: darken the outer corner of the eye a little and highlight the crease with a neutral dark shade. Be sure to add a light, shimmery shade to the inner corner.

Be careful when painting the lower eyelid area. Apply eyeshadow exclusively to the outer corners to prevent dark circles hidden by concealer from appearing again.

Eyeliner is a bright accent

Expressive and even arrows emphasize the beauty of the natural contour of the eye and visually reduce or enlarge it.

You can do them using:

pencil;
liquid composition;
special powder product.

If you doubt that your line is straight the first time, use a pencil. Its design can be adjusted using shadows. They can also give your eyelashes maximum volume by making small dots on the inner eyelid. But working with liquid eyeliner requires special care. Even the smallest mistake will be very noticeable. It is recommended to apply the product in powder form with a pointed brush with synthetic bristles. It is moistened before use.

The eyeliner shade should not be darker or deeper than the chosen mascara. Also, when working with it, take into account the shape of the eye. The line should exactly follow your natural curve, thinning slightly towards the inner corner. If you break this rule, your eyes will look slanted.

Shaping your eyebrows

Natural eyebrows are in fashion. But this does not mean at all that they should be completely unkempt. Most instructions and videos on how to apply professional makeup at home do not contain information about shaping your eyebrows, but you need to learn how to do it! Otherwise, the makeup will look ridiculous.

First you need to adjust their shape using tweezers. After this, comb the hairs with a special gel or a regular brush from the finished mascara. If some of them stand out from the general mass, they are cut off with small scissors. Sparse or very light ones should be tinted or outlined with a pencil of a suitable shade (landmark - hair roots) along the bottom line. You can lengthen it a little, make the tip rounded or sharp.

Mascara

Mascara is a must! it will make your eyes more attractive and brighter. There are a huge number of types of this product on the cosmetic market. But it is best to choose products that will lengthen and at the same time increase volume. If you see that they are not doing their job well enough, you can use cosmetic glue to attach false eyelashes.

Natural and seductive lips

When a bright emphasis is placed on the eyes, the lips should be as gentle as possible and not attract much attention to themselves. A clear gloss or a neutral shade of lipstick will look good. You can do bright lips, but only if it’s evening makeup and you have the perfect tone. With red and other “screaming” shades of lipsticks, it is recommended to use a pencil so that the contour is perfectly even.

Do you want bright colors to last for a long time? Paint the lip line with a pencil, and then all the lips. Then cover everything with lipstick, maintaining the lip contour line. This is done using a special small brush with a sharp tip. With its help, lipstick goes on much smoother.

Finally, you can complete the look by adding a little highlighter and blush to your cheekbones. But don't overdo it. To look natural and beautiful, it is better not to use something than to overdo it with the amount of it.

We talked about the main secrets of creating a stunning image. Watch a video tutorial on how to do professional makeup and consolidate your knowledge.

Applying decorative cosmetics is a real art, which is why experienced makeup artists identify the face with the canvas, creating masterpieces. After reading this article, readers will be able to learn how to apply makeup correctly in order to please themselves and others.

The most important rule: naturalness, emphasizing advantages and masking shortcomings. To ensure your appearance is always flawless, you need to know how to properly apply makeup on your face.

Sequence of procedures. When applying makeup, it is necessary to strictly follow the sequence of procedures and, first of all, you should even out the tone of your face. If you started with this step, you can forget about crumbling shadows. The exception is smokey eyes makeup, which needs to start with the eyes.
Hydration. Before applying makeup, you should spray your face with a spray or use a daytime moisturizer. If a girl has dry skin, decorative cosmetics will apply worse.
Concealing with concealer. Have you applied it, but pimples and bumps are visible? Conceal them with concealer. To hide dark circles, you need a special concealer that has been dermatologically tested.
Sculpting. Applying sculpting powder along the contour of the face, blush on the apples of the cheeks, using highlighter on the bridge of the nose, under the eyebrows, in the hollow above the lip, and at the top of the cheekbones can seriously change the shape of the face.
Highlighting the eyes. We recommend sticking to a simple rule: apply light shadows under the eyebrows and on the inner corner of the eyes, dark shadows on the moving part of the eyelid and in the crease. This will emphasize the sculpture. The shadows stay on well when used with an eye primer. If you want to emphasize the contours of the eyelids, you can apply a pencil under the shadows, and then shade the contour; it’s better to draw arrows on top of the shadows, and then you can apply makeup on the eyelashes.
Using powder. Concealer, like foundation, lasts better after applying powder (in a thin layer). Blush and highlighter in the form of a cream are used on top of the foundation: this makes it easier to merge the texture together and the products blend better.
Lip makeup. Use a lip pencil that matches your lipstick and a brush to define the contours. A soft contour can be created by applying lipstick from a stick. If you don't want to bother with lipstick, a special gloss will help highlight your lips.

Many will agree that flawless makeup is hardly possible to do in a dimly lit room with a small mirror in hand. Therefore, it is better to take care in advance of a large mirror in which you will apply decorative cosmetics, good lighting, and also the availability of the necessary tools. In this case, not a single detail will escape your attentive gaze.

To apply high-quality makeup you will need:

squirrel brushes for powder and blush - flat and round with a beveled cut;
sable brushes for lips, eyes and makeup correction. It is important to remember that natural brushes are suitable for dry textures, and with artificial bristles for creamy textures;
2 eyeliner brushes (round and flat) with pointed tips;
2 flat lip brushes with a “cat’s tongue” cut;
brushes for shading shadows: round, flat, with cuts;
flat brush for makeup correction with a “cat’s tongue” cut;
tweezers - with thin and flat tips, curling iron and eyelash comb, as well as an eyebrow comb;
foam applicators for eye shadows; sponges and sponges; cotton pads and sticks; paper and wet wipes.

The main stages of applying cosmetics

In this article we talk about recommendations from leading stylists and cosmetologists on how to apply makeup correctly. When it comes to self-care and applying decorative cosmetics, you can create a multi-volume reference book describing all the subtleties. Therefore, for now we will limit ourselves to explaining the basics of the classic makeup technique; we will describe the nuances in the following articles.

Skin preparation

Long-lasting makeup is unattainable without preliminary skin preparation.

Washing. Use a cleanser that suits your skin type.
Toning. Tonic will be needed to remove any remaining cleanser and restore skin acidity.
Hydration. Apply your regular day cream to relieve the feeling of tightness on your skin and let it absorb for about 10 minutes. Only after this can you start applying makeup.

Applying foundation

To make the cream spread easily, you need to warm your fingers. You should not stretch the skin, pull it or make any effort; apply the cream with smooth movements along massage lines from the center to the periphery. Then you need to make several tapping movements with your fingertips, as if you were driving cream into the skin.

You can use powder when the cream is 100% absorbed, otherwise the look will be sloppy. To hide skin imperfections and make the tone even, the layer should be a little denser. To do this, it is better to take a sponge, moisten it and apply powder, driving it into areas on the skin that you consider problematic.

At the end of the procedure, blend the edges with a brush. Apply from forehead to neck and décolleté area.

The features of applying different types of powder are as follows.

The compact powder will help correct makeup imperfections in any situation and will fit even in a miniature clutch. To give your skin a fresh look and a matte finish, dip your brush into the powder and cover your skin while blending evenly.
To apply mineral powder, it is better to use a kabuk, a brush with bristles made from natural materials. First, cover dry skin with powder on the sides, then in the center. Excess cosmetic product should be chipped off and applied in a circle.
Cream powder is convenient because of the way it is applied. You can do this either with a sponge or with your fingertips in circular movements in the center of the forehead, along the temples, cheeks and chin. It is better to powder the nose at the end of the procedure; to cover the eyelids it is better to use a brush.

Every time you powder your face, get rid of excess oil using wipes. If you don't do this, the powder will quickly mix with the oil secreted by the skin, acne may occur, pores will become clogged, and your makeup will be sloppy.

Highlighting cheekbones with blush

It is important to choose the right shade of powder or bronzer. It is better to use a brush with a beveled edge. On the cheek (its convex part) you can apply a product that has a pearlescent tint, and blush 2-3 shades darker - under the cheekbones.

If you put a dark shade of blush on your cheekbones, you will visually make them look smaller. You need to place the blush in a semicircle underneath to create the effect of a shadow that falls on the face. You can complete your makeup with shimmer or highlighter.

Makeup artists know that eye makeup is very important; it can be used to change their shape and shape.

First, apply foundation or concealer (the same shade as on your face) to your eyelids and blend towards your eyebrows. If you have dark circles under your eyes, a concealer will help. Now you can start applying compact shadows.

Shadows of a lighter shade are applied with an applicator to the moving eyelid, dark ones - from the outer corner of the eyelid to the center, and then shaded with a wide brush. It is also possible to apply dark shadows under the lower eyelashes; they can be conveniently shaded with a thin, obliquely angled brush.

To make your eyes more expressive, you can apply light shadows under the eyebrow.

Lip makeup

First, it is better to do a light peeling of the lips using a scrub, removing unevenness and making the lips smooth. It is worth processing the contours with the most intense movements so that they acquire a rich shade.

Then you need to apply a nourishing balm - depending on your skin type, it can be waxy or light in texture. After it is absorbed, you should apply and blend the foundation in a thin layer. When it is absorbed, touch the napkin with your lips to remove excess particles and even out the texture.

Then you should powder your lips and form a contour with a pencil in the color of lipstick or 1 tone darker, shade the edges and spread with a cotton swab. Then you can take a brush to make the makeup more accurate and fill the surface inside the contour with lipstick. Blot your lips with a tissue, powder them again, and finally apply a finishing coat using a brush or lipstick stick.

Tips for choosing shades of pencil and lipstick are as follows.

Light beige and brown lip pencils will help adjust their shape, helping to create a natural makeup look.
It should be remembered that using light (including white) shades of pencil or lip gloss can enlarge them, while dark colors and matte shades visually make lips smaller.
If you focus on your eyes in your makeup, then it is better to “design” your lips in a restrained style.
For dark skin, dark lipstick tones (wine, plum, etc.) are suitable; for pale skin, caramel shades will be more acceptable.

Differences in daytime and evening makeup

“Day makeup” is natural, which emphasizes your strengths and hides your flaws. For daytime makeup, you should use beige, peach, ivory, sand, golden, gray, blue, white colors of decorative cosmetics.

Simple lines and soft shades create a feeling of transparency and freshness, but makeup must last for a long time. Choose a foundation that is a shade lighter than your skin tone.

If you choose to focus on your eyes in daytime makeup, then it is better to “design” your lips in one of the neutral tones. It’s good to add light highlights around the eyes with shadows, then highlight the eyebrows with a pencil.
To make your eyes more expressive, use eyeliner with a contour pencil - brown or gray, the line will need to be shaded. You can put a light shade of eyeshadow on the upper eyelid and lightly coat your eyelashes with mascara.
If you want to highlight your lips, choose a brighter lipstick. Cheekbones can be emphasized with light blush.

By watching the video on our website, you can learn in more detail about the intricacies of applying makeup for different skin types, face shapes and for different occasions.

Conclusion

Beautiful makeup always attracts attention. His technique, whether daytime or evening, has its own rules. If you follow them, you will be able to transform your own appearance, and it will not be surprising if you receive compliments from others every day.

Love and beauty to all our readers!