Step 1: Hide Dark Circles.
The first step of all: Apply a moisturizer with SPF to help concealer glide on smoothly.
Then use concealer only where you need it, like on under-eye circles and blemishes, Try a creamy formula in a shade that matches your skin tone.
Step 2: A Touch of Base To get perfectly even skin the speedy way, use a foundation stick. It's easy and gives you plenty precise application like Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick. Using the stick like a giant marker, draw thick lines down cheekbones, the sides of your nose and above brows, and blend with your fingers. Want to look a little more sun-kissed? Before blending, use a second stick that's two or three shades darker in all the same places for a streak-free glow. Mix both colors together over your face and down onto your neck using your fingers.
Step 3: Reassess and Perfect! If a pesky zit or mark is still poking through, go back and hide it with an extra layer of concealer.
Use the same kind as in step one or try a cover-up that contains salicylic acid, like Almay Clear Complexion Concealer, which helps shrink blemishes while it camouflages. Dab it onto problem areas with a pointed brush instead of slicking it on from the tube. Right on top of the blemish, it's not meant to be totally blended in, but to avoid cakeyness, use your ring finger to pat its perimeter outward until smooth.
Step 4: Now Blush! Forget shading and sculpting cheekbones with a brush and powder, and try a cream blush instead for that glow-from-within effect.
Apply to the apples of your cheeks, as seen here. (The fast way to find yours: Smile!) Then blend the color up toward your temples with your fingers. Bright, bold hues like the berry shade used on our model can look natural, but if you're color-shy, build the intensity by gradually layering it on.
Step 5: Apply Shimmery Eye Base For pro-looking eye makeup in no time, apply a wash of sheer, shimmery cream shadow from lash lines to brow bones using your pointer finger.
If your skin is fair, try a silvery white shade. For medium to dark skin tones, opt for a champagne color instead. To get an extra bright-eyed effect, dot the color onto the inner corners of your eyes too.
Step 6: Make 'Em Pop Next, use bronze and gold cream shadows to give eyes more depth.
Apply the bronze shade in your creases with a flat shadow brush for more control, and use your fingers to smudge it down over the lids-avoiding the brow bones. There shouldn't be any harsh lines or stripes of color, it should look blended and effortless. Then, to make eyes look even bigger, pat some gold cream shadow onto the centers of your lids and run a little along your lower lash lines with your finger or a small brush.
Step 7: Add Some Definition For more intensity, rim your upper lash lines with a brown liner pencil and smudge it upward with your shadow brush.
Then set with the same powder eyeshadow used in the previous step. Finish off with two coats of mascara, on top and bottom-focusing on the outer lashes with the top of the wand. If your brows aren't full, lightly fill in any gaps with a pencil and use a disposable mascara wand to brush the hairs up.
Step 8: Get Lush-Looking Lips If your lips are dry or at all chapped, gently buff with a damp washcloth and apply lip balm.
Let it sink in well, and blot with a tissue if it feels slippery. Using a strawberry-color lipstick, straight from the tube, apply it to the center of your mouth (make a kissy face!), where color tends to wear off first, Blend the lipstick out over your lips, patting the color on with your fingertip to help it last. This gives you that fresh look, To amp up things for night, add a layer of gloss for extra shine.
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