Techniques
- How to Apply Liquid Foundation - February 24th, 2010
- Face Primer and How to Use It - February 23rd, 2010
- How to Add a Pop of Color to Your Eye Shadow - February 6th, 2010
- How to Remove Mascara Mess - January 31st, 2010
- Eye Makeup Map - January 14th, 2010
Liquid foundation is one of the most versatile foundations, because it works well on many different types of people. Liquid foundations usually come in different formulas for normal, dry, sensitive, combination, and oil-free skin types. They are really easy to blend and achieve a nice smooth finish. Liquid foundations can provide medium to heavy coverage. Here are the steps to apply liquid foundation.
Face primers are most commonly used to help prepare your skin for foundation application by smoothing out the texture of your skin. It helps you apply foundation easily and smoothly as well as help eye shadows, blush, and lipstick last longer. Here are some tips on how, where, and when to use face primers.
Adding a little pop of bright color on your lids brings attention to your eyes. I’ll show you how to achieve this peek-a-boo purple effect. You can use any bright color you want (like something that matches your outfit or a bright lipstick). The trick to making the bright color subtle is to use neutral colors on the rest of your eye.
Accidentally get mascara under your eye? It’s okay! It happens to a lot of us. Sometimes we blink too hard before the mascara is completely dry and get a little under our eye; sometimes we leave a big blob of mascara on our skin. Whether it’s a lot or a little, it’s easy to clean up. Here’s the trick!
This eye makeup map shows the different areas of the eye where eye shadow (and eye liner) can be applied.
Wycee is a certified professional makeup artist and nerd.
