How to do Indian makeup: instructions, photos

Indian make-up, like many oriental arts, has for centuries followed established traditions. Of course, now more experiments with the color scheme are allowed, and new cosmetic products open up unprecedented scope for the creativity of the makeup artist. But rosy cheeks, expressive arrows, black fluffy eyelashes and bright lips are the necessary attributes of the makeup of an Indian beauty.

More information about its traditions, as well as the secrets of creating a unique image, you will find further in the article.

Important nuance

To make-up looked beautiful and harmonious, it must be combined with the skin tone of its owner. In India, for centuries there has been a caste system for the division of society in which noble women did not engage in physical work and retained a pale, tanned complexion. Common people, on the contrary, had very dark skin. Therefore, to this day, pallor remains one of the standards of beauty. Before, beautiful women resorted to various tricks - from whitening masks to powder made from dried herbs. Today, cosmetics pursue the same goal, but many girls abandon old prejudices and do not experience complexes about their skin color.

Therefore, well-made makeup in the Indian style is suitable not only for dark-skinned women. Women with light skin tones can also wear it successfully.

Natural beauty

The daily makeup of Indian girls is not much different from the makeup of girls in any other country: it is restrained, not provocative, without excessive accents. Sometimes it is allowed to use more saturated colors, which is associated with a darker skin tone.

Let's look at how to do unobtrusive everyday makeup. A photo of a girl with makeup and without will clearly demonstrate its purpose - to hide imperfections, refresh the look and emphasize the natural beauty:

Everyday Makeup

Here's how to repeat it:

1. To freshen up your skin and save time, which is so expensive in everyday rush, mix a small amount of moisturizer and foundation, or foundation and primer, if you need a special make-up resistance. Blend the resulting substance on the face with a wide, flat brush.
2. Then apply the concealer to the area around the eyes, wings of the nose, mouth, as well as any redness and imperfections in the skin. Powder your face.
3. Highlighter highlight the cheekbones. Shade it thoroughly so that it remains in the form of clear shiny bands on the face.
4. Smile and apply soft blush on the apples of your cheeks, which are well suited to your skin tone.
5. The same goes for lipstick. Let it be moderately bright and look quite natural.
6. Move your eyes very thinly with a brown pencil, and then apply matte brown shadows on the upper eyelid.
7. Add a little highlighter to the corner near the nose bridge and under the eyebrow. Curl your eyelashes with forceps and color them. This is the end of the work.

Shine and luxury

Of particular interest is the festive and wedding Indian makeup. It looks very impressive and allows the makeup artist’s fantasies to take off.

If in the European tradition the bride wears a white dress and should look fresh and innocent, then in the Indian tradition, saturated colors in clothes, rich jewelry and appropriate makeup are welcome. A photo of a bride dressed in national style will prove this statement:

Moreover, it is true both for the bride and for the guests of the celebration.

Therefore, Indian makeup should be expressive enough to match the decoration of a woman and emphasize her beauty. Gold shades are found everywhere - from sewing on clothes and numerous jewelry to sparkling shadows and lipstick.

How to do indian makeup?

Let's take a closer look at how to make a bright, expressive make-up that will be appropriate in special cases:

• Let's start with the eyes. Apply liquid bronze shadows to the moving eyelid, which will serve as a base, not only so that other shades last longer on the skin, but also so that their color is brighter.
• Then, gently paint the same area with the applicator or brush with the shadows of a muted bronze color with sparkles, and apply a burgundy shade over the bronze color.
• Let's move on to face color alignment. Use a beauty blender to apply foundation on your skin. If necessary, use the corrector.
• Then apply loose powder with a large fluffy brush - so the coating will be as thin and natural as possible, but the powder will be able to “fix” the makeup.
• When skin imperfections (including circles under the eyes) are masked, you can go to the finishing touches, which will make the makeup unique. Combine the bronze and burgundy colors and bring them the lower eyelid. Apply golden shadows to the corner of your eye.

Expressive look

• It's time to make one of the most impressive makeup elements - arrows. Black, glossy and always clear - they instantly give the eyes a special expressiveness.
• Curl your eyelashes with tweezers and apply mascara on them. It is advisable to apply 2-3 layers of the product. Do not forget about eyelashes on the lower eyelid. Since eyeliner in the “water line” of the eye is not used in this makeup, you need to use mascara to give expressiveness to the lower border of the eyes.
• If desired, use artificial eyelashes and trim the eyebrows with a dark pencil.
• Then, using a bronzer, select the area under the cheekbones, and underline with blush the “apples” of the cheeks. Shade both thoroughly. Then apply a highlighter on the cheekbones, leaving no clear boundaries after applying it.
• It remains only to make up lips. This makeup uses a beautiful complex color that resonates with the color of the shadows - warm red-pink. It is better to use a brush to apply it gently, then get wet with a napkin and paint your lips again. So the lipstick will last much longer.

Indian women often combine bright lip color and expressive eye makeup. But if you think that this way the image turns out to be overloaded, then you can use lipstick in beige tones.

Fatal beauty

Such a make-up looks no less attractive. Sparkling eyes and bright juicy lips - this is not an option for every day, but for a holiday or celebration.

Here's how to make it:

1. Shadow with a pencil of sparkling beige color over the entire moving eyelid. Spread the coating evenly with your finger.
2. Then fill the pencil with shiny shadows of light color with a golden tint, and with dark gray shadows highlight the corner of the eye in the shape of an inverted letter “V”. Carefully blend the border between the shades.
3. Summarize the upper and lower eyelash line, as well as the inside of the mucous membrane of the eye. The pencil on the lower eyelid can be slightly shaded.

1. Apply 2 layers of bulk mascara to the eyelashes.
2. Even out skin tone and apply blush and highlighter. Try to achieve a gentle, barely noticeable effect, because this is already a very expressive makeup.
3. And on the lips, apply a bright red lipstick with a wet finish.

This image will look good on light and dark-skinned girls.