How to make up so that the face does not look like a lifeless mask, does not give yellow or, on the contrary, is not too pink? All the tricks of creating beauty to the level of a professional are taught for several months, but you can learn how to make a make-up at home. One just needs to practice a little and then everything will turn out at the highest level.
Basic tips
How to make up at home? This requires careful preparation and knowledge of several basic recommendations, so that without theory, nowhere. First, the skin needs to be prepared for applying cosmetics. Preliminary cleansing and moisturizing is a must. A large amount of tonal foundation and powder (especially dense, supposedly hiding all skin imperfections) will lie on the face with a mask and add a few years. Therefore, before applying makeup, it is imperative to cleanse the skin. You canât go to bed with make-up - this is also a rule that requires unconditional compliance.
Secondly, it is advisable to use exclusively high-quality cosmetics. The shadows that were purchased from the dusty counter and clearly lay there since those days when there was still a disco in fashion, will not fall as good as high-quality âMaybelinâ or âMax Factorâ. They roll literally in half an hour, even if they were fixed with thermal water, applied to the base and by all the rules, and even cause allergies. This does not mean that you need to use only professional makeup products, but you should definitely not buy cosmetics on the natural market.
Thirdly, it is necessary to take into account the individual characteristics of the face, color type, shape. For any lack of appearance, whether it is narrow-set eyes and too prominent cheekbones, there are special techniques for applying make-up that will effectively hide everything. Do not ignore such opportunities. It is enough to once master a technique that will help to hide specific flaws in order to use this little magic regularly.
In addition, you only need to use your own cosmetics. If mascara has leaked, itâs better to just wash than use someone elseâs brush. The latter may lead to an allergic reaction or infection, especially if you use contact lenses or you have sensitive skin.
Key rule
How to make up at home? Photos of the experiments of girls with make-up confirm that you need to adhere to another rule, non-observance of which will make the makeup vulgar or age for several years. It is important that the make-up should have only one emphasis - either on the eyes or on the lips. If you emphasize both at once, then instead of a fresh and pleasant appearance you get a real war paint.
Minimum set
How to do face makeup if only dry mascara, shadows of two years ago and bright lipstick are left in the makeup bag? With such a set, even a professional is unlikely to be able to do something beautiful. The answer is one: you must first update the makeup bag. It is not necessary to buy a set of professional cosmetics with which you can make a makeup suitable for any type and shade of skin, eyes, face shape. You can limit yourself to a minimal set, but one that is ideal for you.
In a home cosmetic bag you must have:
- The basis for makeup (foundation, base, friable or compact powder). BB creams are very popular now, you can stop the choice at a suitable shade. Such a foundation is light and almost weightless, moisturizes the skin.
- Eyeshadow Palette. For natural makeup, it is better to choose translucent shadows with a slight sheen. You will need at least two shades: cream or champagne and chocolate, golden or brown.
- Eye and eyebrow pencil. It can be one pencil, but not two different. Eyebrows can be added with eyeliner and vice versa. It is better to choose the usual, and not twisting. The latter cannot be sharpened, and the mechanism or the rod may break.
- Ink. Choose mascara with the effect of false eyelashes, lengthening and giving pomp. This will quickly open your eyes, even if you ignore the shadowing and eyeliner.
Skin preparation
How to do makeup? Any make-up begins, as already noted above, with careful preparation. Clean, healthy, fresh and well-groomed skin gives a âplus oneâ to even the most expensive cosmetics, it is a guarantee of excellent appearance. The basic principles of skin care are quite simple:
- regular cleansing and moisturizing with a cleanser, foam or mousse;
- the use of nutrients, creams and lotions suitable for your skin type;
- periodic masks and scrubs from natural ingredients;
- massage with ice cubes (if skin condition allows) from ordinary water, infusion of chamomile or other herbs.
About twenty minutes before make-up, you need to clean the skin, wash, apply day cream on the face. This will protect the dermis from the harmful effects of decorative cosmetics, help it stay smooth and supple.
Remember that makeup should be applied in good daylight. Artificial lighting will not make it possible to evaluate the result in the application process, as a result, stains and incompletely shaded borders may remain.
Tone Alignment
How to make up at home? First you need to even out skin tone, bring it to a âclean sheetâ state, in order to highlight advantages and hide imperfections later. To do this, you need a suitable foundation.
If you have oily skin, it is better to choose a tone that contains various anti-inflammatory components, for example, zinc, vitamins A and B, the product should have a light texture. For dry skin, a make-up base is suitable, containing useful oils, for example, coconut oil, avocado or grape seed, an excellent choice is creams with moisturizing and nourishing components: aloe or hyaluronic acid. Mature skin needs a foundation with a lifting effect, an SPF filter, and a radiance effect (due to reflective particles, the skin will appear smoother than it actually is). So, you need a tone, which includes collagen and elastin, substances that contribute to their production, the product must have a translucent structure.
Tone should be chosen not only by type and condition of the skin, but also depending on the complexion. The product should be in harmony with the natural skin tone:
- For a pinkish complexion, a beige cream is suitable.
- If there is a yellowish shade - a beige-pink shade.
- Dark skin is suitable for dark beige or apricot tone.
With the help of foundation you should not try to achieve the effect of tanning - the skin will look unnatural.
So, how do you make up yourself? The foundation can be applied with your fingertips (the most economical way, itâs easier to evenly distribute the tool), with a brush made of artificial fibers (itâs suitable for a flat, medium size), beauty blender (the sponge should be moist, itâs convenient to blend the product, itâs natural make-up that is practically impossible will be visible on the skin).
Five drops of the tonal base are enough: on the tip of the nose, cheekbones, chin, forehead. The base must be shaded with light movements of the fingers, hands or sponge along the massage lines. Make sure that no visible bands remain in the shading places. If the skin has redness, age spots, or bags remain under the eyes, then first you need to hide them with a corrector, and only then fix the tone with powder.
Masking flaws
Color corrections will help to give tired skin a fresh look, while the use of foundation or powder alone will only create a mask effect. Professional makeup artists always have whole palettes, but you do not have to have one in your makeup bag. It is enough to know how to use the primary colors:
- Mustard green color is needed to mask redness on dark skin.
- Light green will help hide red or pink acne and redness for fair skin.
- Beige, pink or yellow mask well bruises under the eyes, veins, hide wrinkles.
- White is needed to mask freckles.
- Violet pink copes with an unhealthy complexion, hides yellowish bruises after plastic or shock.
- Apricot refreshes tired, flushed, and aging skin.
Of course, it is better to have a palette on hand, because it will allow you to look perfect in any case and with any skin problems, because you can never predict what will be more effective in each case.
Contouring
How to do makeup step by step? For many girls, the most crucial stage is eye makeup, but then it turns out that it is much more difficult to make sculpting, that is, darken or brighten certain areas, which will help highlight the advantages and skillfully hide skin imperfections. Beginners are better to do contouring according to schemes, as each face shape has its own peculiarities. The easiest way to do sculpting is on a round face, and the oval practically does not require "intervention" from the outside, since this form is considered universal.
Eyebrow shaping
How to do eye makeup? To "draw" the eyes you need to start with a decent frame, i.e. with the study of eyebrows. Wide, natural eyebrows are in fashion now, so maybe you donât even need to give them shape. It is enough to comb the eyebrows with a special brush with a hard pile, add color to them if necessary. This can be done with a pencil or brown eyeshadow. If you use shadows, eyebrows will look natural. In this case, you need a special brush, you just need to take a few shadows of a suitable color on the brush and draw it on the eyebrow from the bridge of the nose to the outer corner. Using a pencil to work out eyebrows is a little more difficult.
Eye catching
To make up (step by step photos below) the eyes, it would seem, is the most difficult. But in fact, itâs enough to know just a few tricks for everyday make-up to apply it in just two minutes. To make the look more open, you need to apply a light shade of shadows on the inner corner (beige, light white or champagne), and on the crease of the eyelid and the outer corner - dark (brown, chocolate, dark beige). Before applying shadows, it is better to use a pencil. They need to draw a thin strip along the line of eyelash growth. To make your eyes even more expressive, use a liquid eyeliner or black liner.
Emphasis on eyelashes
How to make up? The final stage of eye makeup is the application of mascara. It needs to be selected according to the shape of eyelashes. A curved brush will tighten the eyelashes a little, a narrow one will separate them well, a classic one will lengthen a little. For short cilia, you need to choose a brush with short fibers, for long - large, with long. Before painting eyelashes, it is better to comb them to make them more voluminous, you can also apply a little loose powder, but carefully so that it does not get into the eyes.
Lipstick
Lipstick in everyday makeup is better to use natural colors, not too bright. The contour should be drawn a tone darker than the shade of lipstick. So it will not spread at the most crucial moment and will stay better. When applying, it is better to use a brush. After the first layer, you need to wet your lips with a napkin, apply powder, and then the second layer.
What is better not to do it yourself
How to make beautiful makeup? There are some manipulations that are best left to professionals. For example, eyebrow shaping is the first few times best done in the salon. The same applies to the use of false eyelashes and the development of cheekbones, sculpting the face.