We all have those days…. The ones where nothing seems to go right, even though we follow the exact same routine daily – limp hair, grey concealer, chunky mascara, anything can go wrong at anytime if we are not careful, but as long as you know how to fix the problem, we can go from drab to fab in minutes!
Oh, and check yourself in a mirror before leaving the house….
Beauty is an art, there is a science behind it all and some things just wont work out, so here are he 6 most common beauty blunders in my eyes and of course, the tips on how to fix them…
1. My dark circles look worse when applying concealer
This is something I hear a lot and it is all in your shade selection.
Dark circles have a blue/purple tone, this means you need to have a deeper shade to cover it, normally yellow to orange bases work best.
If they look a bit grey, it just means you have used a light concealer, one with not enough pigment to cover the concern…
Use a deeper yellow to orange (depending on your skin tone) shade first on the dark circle area in a dabbing application, then a lighter shade over the top to brighten for best results.
2. I look older now I am wearing Foundation
We are so quick to cover all our flaws, whereas we really should be focusing on our positive areas and use makeup as a distraction to our concerns. As we age our expression lines get more noticeable on the surface of the skin, we need to keep these areas fresh and plump.
A great hydrating base/primer can help infuse the skin with water for a better base, but really look at the areas on the face that move a lot – forehead and crows feet are big culprits. These areas should have less product on them, especially crows feet – they don’t really have much to cover anyway.
Less product on expression lines = no makeup creasing through the day, leaving your skin more youthful, and not caked!
3. My bronzer is making me look a little dirty in photos
Bronzer was once used to add a little glow, but these days is a daily product for most women. Bronzer acts as a contour product to add some shade for face and eyes, but we need to be careful on our choices.
For pale skin, the bronzer shade that looks the most dull will work best, it will blend more into the skin without showing up like as huge amount of bright, or orange colour, leave the brighter/deeper shades to the olive skins.
Application is key, if you are using the bronzer as a contour for the face/cheekbones, start application at your hairline and work downwards under cheekbone, you want less product at the front of your face to avoid build up or a muddy look, so starting at hairline avoids this.
4. My eye shadow is creasing throughout the day
A lot of women apply an eye shadow to a bare lid, but you need something underneath it for those long wear days, otherwise your natural oils on the eyelid will bunch up the shadow in the natural crease.
Eye primers that even out the eyelid tone or that give a matte finish after application, but are cream to start with are perfect, there are some concealers that do the same – cream to matte finish – these hold the eye shadow pigment in place with the cream texture and as they dry matte, they will not move – applied lightly of course!
Anything to light and thin like a foundation, or liquid concealers will only work for the beginning of application, but will still crease throughout the day as they are not matte, and will move with the oils into the crease.
A light dust of powder before eye shadow application, on eyelids can work also.
5. My mascara always looks clumpy
I am a big believer in the non-zigzag application… To me you are swaying your lashes from side to side and where they can join, attach and clump. It makes no sense, especially for longer lashes, as they will definitely be swayed from side to side and clump. This technique may only work for very short lashes as a way to build up product to get them looking thicker.
I much prefer a slower, comb through of the lashes, this really allows formulas to attach to lashes evenly and really gives the brush (the part you really pay for) to comb through every lash hair.
For best results as you comb through the lash hairs from underneath your lashes, rotate your wrist with the comb through so the wand is moving thoroughly through each lash – this gives a great full fan effect from root to tip.
6. My lipstick always transfers right off
Try to not ‘paint’ your lipstick on, this leaves the product sitting on top of your lips, leaving product so easily open to transferring away. The stain lipstick effect is a big trend and so are matte lipsticks, great for long wear!
To use this correctly, you need to attach the lip pigment into the lip, for this I use my fingertip. The warmth of your fingertip will help press and bond the pigment into the lip, the more you dab the stronger the pigment will be. This allows for lipstick to really set in the lip, stain lips with its colour for less transfer – much better than leaving it just sit on the lip when using a brush or lipstick itself to apply.
I am sure you can all relate to some or maybe or all of the 6 beauty blunders above, try out these new tips and let’s hope you are out the door even quicker now with your new info – they really are quick and easy ways to make everything look better, longer!
