The Internet gives a lot of beauty tips and videos that promise to teach in a minute how to become a princess with the help of simple makeup techniques. Yet, this abundance of information makes people feel confused and forces them to smudge their faces with makeup. The editors of Womendialogue.com decided to analyze the most common makeup mistakes that even the best of us make.
Mistake #1: When your skin is not prepared for makeup
No matter how beautiful your makeup is, if it is applied on unprepared skin – it is wasted. The slightest peeling on the face smeared with foundation and powdered on top of it creates the effect of a pie. However, not only the result and the process of makeup are important, but also the preparation for it. Therefore, be sure to use a non-greasy moisturizer or a special base to get an even tone.
Mistake #2: Foundation does not match your skin
Contrasts are good, of course, but not when it comes to red faces and snow-white necks. Most girls have not learned to choose a foundation properly. Why? We are used to testing the tone on the wrist. Remember that the color of the skin on your hands is slightly different from the color of the skin on your face. To avoid too dark or too light tone, test the foundation on the neck – and you will make the right choice!
Mistake #3: “Dead” black lines instead of eyebrows
Women with wide eyebrows, like Lily Collins, cannot be compared with inexperienced fans of eyebrow pencils. Unfortunately, two parallel lines around the eyebrow, thick and curved stripes extending for half of the face are a scene that has already become familiar. If you want to have beautiful natural eyebrows, forget about the pencil. Even makeup artists need to try and draw smooth lines. Forget about strict curves – tattooing has long become irrelevant. Use the technique of feathering and focus on naturalness, which is always in fashion, and this year especially!
Mistake #4: Lip liner is darker than the lipstick
Even makeup artists seeking natural makeup often make this mistake. The initial function of the lip liner is to keep lipstick from spreading. But now you can do without it. A huge amount of the lip care product will survive any banquet and even coffee with a croissant for breakfast. But if you really have a spreading lipstick in your makeup bag, fix it with a transparent lip liner (for example, Dior has them). Remember that a clear boundary and makeup on both eyebrows and lips are irrelevant. The trend of the “kissed” or natural lips effect is trendy now.
Mistake #5: Red cheeks and gray stripes instead of cheekbones
The quality of sculpting a face promoted by numerous bloggers and aspiring makeup artists is increasingly questionable. With a slight movement of the brush, the girls turn the color of their cheeks into that of a brick, while, in fact, they only need to read about the correct use of a bronzer. Blindly following the new trend of cold sculptors makes the faces of girls gray and almost “deadly.” Natural and beautiful makeup can be achieved using a sculptor of a lively shade. Instead of red or gray, use brown or the color of cold coffee.
Mistake #6: Too much highlighter
Many fans of makeup find their relationship with a highlighter much better than with other products, but there are problems with it too. Once you use a little too much of it, you will get a Christmas tree instead of the light glow of young skin. Everything shines your cheeks, your chin, and even your forehead. As a result, the skin looks oily rather than glittering.
Apply the highlighter strictly on the upper part of the cheekbone, on a dimple above the upper lip (Cupid’s bow), on the back of the nose or the inner corners of the eyes. Do not be afraid to use it! Moderate shine will make your makeup irresistible.
Mistake #7: Makeup for your carpet in everyday life
Everything is simple here: many social media videos teach us beautiful catwalk makeup that looks great in a photo studio, but completely ridiculous in everyday life. Too bright colors and too dense textures sometimes border on stage makeup. In daily life, catwalk makeup looks like a mask.
It is better to resort to such makeup only on special occasions. For everyday life, you should use such light textures as BB-cream, tints, nude shadows and light fixing gels for eyebrows.