How To Apply Make-Up

Foundation serves many purposes, and many feel naked without it. It masks larger pores and blackheads. It evens out your skin tone and hides red spots. For many, it moisturizes, for others, it fights acne. Foundation come in all shades from ivory to beige to amber to mocha. There are types of foundation made to cater to all skin types and tones. Some foundation is called studio foundation. This make-up is made for people going to perform in a commercial for example and usually tends to be too thick for everyday use. Studio foundation is good for serious blotches and scars though, just be sure to apply the moisturizer first so it doesn't get cakey. Then there is the opposite end of the spectrum, the tinted moisturizer foundation. This is basically a moisturizer with a tint for evening out skin tones and in some cases apply a bronze. The tinted moisturizer will have little to no coverage and shouldn't be expected to work as much more than a moisturizer with a little flair. Then there is matte foundation and foundation with powder 1-in-1's that usually provide more coverage than the norm. If you are looking for a thin but efficient foundation keep this in mind: the dryer the foundation, the more coverage, the oilier the thinner it will be.

True concealer experts have a set of concealers for different problem areas. A light green concealer might even double up as an acne tool with salicylic acid or another oil fighting agent. Green, being the opposite color of red, makes the perfect color for a concealer when using it to cover up troublesome red or pink tones and zits or red blotches. Be warned, though, never use green concealer for under eyes. It will make you look dead. The yellowish lighter color, that is the one you use for the under eye circles and darker grayish blotches. If you have a set of concealers that comes with a third color closest to a normal skin tone, that color is for blending. Always blend with a clean concealer brush.

Many people leave blush out of their make up routine. Why I do not know. Brownish Blush can give you a polished look when a shadowy color is applied at the cheekbone. Pinkish Blush can give you a girlish look as if you had just stepped in out of the cold or are too warm. A light gold or silver tinted blush applied ABOVE the cheekbone can give a healthy, radiant, bright eyed and wide awake look. All three of these colors applied accordingly, together?

Well then you have a blush contoure.

Eyeliner comes in all colors, but the most commonly used would be dark brown and black. Darker colors highlight the eyes well, although there are some nifty tricks you can do with a white eyeliner...I'll...never...te-ell.

Lipstick is the finishing touch on your face and the first to come off. Make sure you buy a long lasting lipstick, otherwise it becomes pointless to wear. Brown tinted lipstick and lip glosses with earthy tones can make your teeth look yellow, so if you are a smoker, beware. Lipsticks too red look out of place unless you are at a formal event and lipsticks that are too dark look goth. Whitish lipstick can make you look washed out if you don't have a tan and have too much contrast if you do. Sometimes it is easier to play it safe and just pop on some really long wearing lip gloss over your natural lip color. My favorite is Mac's Lip Glass.