Since ancient times, women have been using make-up to improve their appearance and emphasize their own merits. But it’s not enough just to buy a lot of different cosmetics and thoughtlessly apply it to your face. What suits one representative of the fair sex and makes her more attractive may not be recommended for another woman. It is important to choose the right colors, decide on the method of application and type of cosmetic product, master the technique of combining beauty materials. If you are a beginner, then you can paint neatly after hard practice. Before applying cosmetics, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the basic rules for applying makeup.
Types of makeup and their appropriateness
Any component of makeup can vary in intensity, brightness, shine. You need to know what cosmetics to choose for a particular occasion and what tone suits your style of clothing. The basic rules for applying makeup will be discussed below.
Varieties of makeup
- Casual style is characterized by soft tones and minimalism. Pastel shades prevail in powder, shadows. Lipstick is used not catchy, and the arrows, if any, are drawn almost imperceptibly.
- Evening make-up style is radically different from daytime. Bright colors of lipstick and shadows, accentuation of eyebrows or eyes, the use of mascara and shiny cosmetics are the hallmarks of this type of image.
- Sporty style lovers can use a small amount of blush, lip gloss and accentuate the eyelashes with mascara.
- For one of the most important events in your life, marriage, wedding style is perfect. In makeup, it is recommended to highlight the eyes with false eyelashes and mascara. The rest of the makeup is used in delicate pastel colors.
- Japanese doll makeup is characterized by the use of snow-white powder for porcelain skin tone, pink shadows and lipstick. Complement the image of arrows drawn with a pencil or eyeliner.
- The color of ivory in powder or foundation is characteristic of retro style. Highlighted eyebrows, red lipstick, emphasized cheekbones and outlined eyes will become appropriate.
- Oriental type of makeup is distinguished by wide arrows, shiny shadows, the use of mascara in several layers on the lower and upper eyelashes.
Selecting the best color
To every womancharacteristic of its color type of appearance. The choice of cosmetics is greatly influenced by the predominance of warm or cold shades in your appearance and clothes.
There are three main accent colors. The rest are derivatives of red, yellow and blue, which are the main ones. Based on this, the following groups of shades can be distinguished:
- Warm tones derived from red and yellow. These are brown, orange, golden, beige, burgundy and other similar shades.
- Cool tones derived from blue. Blue, turquoise, green, azure - all belong to the same color scheme.
- Neutral tones include black, white and grey. They can be combined with any cosmetics, they are suitable for any type of appearance.
As a result, if you have brown eyes, then brown eye shadow and beige lipstick will do. Pale skin will be decorated with blue shadows and pink lipstick. In some cases, colors that are opposite in the spectrum will be compatible, but here you need to be careful. To choose the right shade, you first need to decide what you want to emphasize. If this is a blue suit, then you can use red bright lipstick. But if you have yellowish skin during a cold, red lipstick will emphasize it. Therefore, you should think about whether the chosen color accentuates your flaws.
General requirements for applying cosmetics
Correct makeup is not easy. Defining with color and style is not the final step in usingcosmetics. At the same time, you also need to know how to apply each of its elements. There are basic rules for applying makeup:
- For the perfect look, you must first even out the skin tone and remove its imperfections. A foundation, corrector or concealer will perfectly help you with this.
- It is best to apply cosmetics on moisturized skin. If you have washed your face for a long time, then it is recommended to sprinkle your face with a little water or use a moisturizing base. This will help make-up elements blend better and last longer.
- The right choice of concealer and foundation is the basis of style. Otherwise, the discrepancy between the skin tone and the shade of this cosmetic product will indicate flaws on the face with obvious spots.
- Highlighters will emphasize the cheekbones, nose, cleft above the lip.
- Powder is suitable for blending foundation or concealer. The main thing is not to overdo it.
- For discreet correct makeup, the pencil can be applied under the eye shadow. In the case when you want to emphasize the eyes, the arrows are already drawn as the top layer.
- To achieve the clarity of the lips, a special contour pencil is used. For a soft effect, lipstick is applied without prior manipulation. There is a third technique in which lipstick is smudged with a finger. The result is a gentle, unsharp shade.
- Emphasis is best done on the eyes or lips. The rest of the face should be made up discreetly.
- Dark shades visually reduce, and light shades increase.
- Brow highlighting is bestuse shadow or special powder, but not a pencil.
How to apply foundation?
When applying foundation, do not use fingertips. This method will not allow you to evenly distribute the product over the face. What do you need to apply makeup? A sponge is perfect for this procedure.
Tonal cream should not be much. A feeling of discomfort on the face signals its improper use. So that the tone of the face does not differ from the color of the neck and ears, it is recommended to apply foundation on them too.
Concealer is used to hide bruises under the eyes or "crow's feet" on the lower eyelids. Unlike foundation, it is more liquid. The concealer is applied correctly with dots and then shaded with a sponge. If you have bruises under the eyes of purple, then a yellowish tint is used, blues are neutralized under a pink concealer.
Shadows and their application
When using any element of cosmetics, the sequence of applying makeup is very important. For a more comfortable application of shadows, it is recommended to first moisten the brush. So that they do not spread to unnecessary areas, you need to use a special base, foundation or homemade foundation. It does not take much time to make a substrate with a pencil and a sponge. A makeup sponge is also useful in this case for shading. You should choose a pencil to match your skin tone or eyeshadow color.
The darkest shade is applied in the outer corner of the eye. accent colorused on a moving eyelid. A light tone will make the area under the eyebrow visually wider. The borders between the layers need to be shaded.
Lipstick for your lips
Each person has an individual shade of lips. Depending on this, the same lipstick on different women will not look the same. The darker the color of the lips, the more saturated the shade will be after application.
So that the cosmetic does not dry out, soften the lips with a balm. It is recommended to start painting from the center to the edges. To avoid smudging, the lips are slightly powdered or a special colorless pencil designed to solve this problem is used.
Eyeliner or pencil is a great eye corrector
Eyeliner, unlike a pencil, has a liquidish structure, but is considered more resistant. It is these types of cosmetics that can emphasize the shape of the eyes or correct it a little. To increase the eyeliner is applied from the middle of the upper eyelid and the line is extended slightly beyond the corner. To change the round shape to almond-shaped, the arrow should start from the inner corner and slightly expand from the middle to the end. If you have wide-set eyes, then the line is drawn from the center of the eyelid and rises slightly at the end. To make narrow eyes more rounded, expand the arrows only in the middle section.
Consistency in the use of cosmetics
The correct sequence of applying cosmetics will simplify your work and get the desired result sooner. Mainmakeup application steps:
- Creating a makeup base. You need to use a cream to keep your skin from drying out. If it is oily, then you need to wait a bit before getting down to business. The foundation can be foundation, concealer, various substrates, corrector, and so on.
- Using powder to even out the shade with a sponge or cotton wool.
- Highlight cheekbones with blush or highlighter. It is best to draw a strip in the right place with a brush, and then blend it.
- After the previous points, you can start applying shadows and eyeliner.
- Finally, lips are painted if the look requires it.
Makeup for beginners
Applying makeup for beginners is challenging. Initially, many are forced to devote a lot of time to this process, trying for hours to draw a straight arrow. The main thing is not to rush and do not try to immediately take on complex techniques. Master the basics and learn how to apply makeup step by step, taking into account the basic requirements. Experience comes with time, and cosmetics will be no exception.
You should start by determining your style and type of appearance before buying a cosmetic product in an alluring package. Use only high-quality models that do not harm the skin. It's best if you check out the makeup tutorials. They will allow you to visually gain knowledge about various make-up techniques and get information about cosmetic life hacks.
The most common mistakes
When you look worse with makeup than without it, you are definitely doing something wrong. The following mistakes can be made in the technique of applying makeup:
- Neglect of the preparatory stage of the face before the main process. Avoid using skin softeners and foundations.
- Too many layers or too much makeup. Minimalism is better than tons of various cosmetics for all parts of the face.
- Choosing foundation by applying it to your hand. The skin tones on the hands and face are different. Try it on your cheek before buying.
- Sloppy shading. Be gentle and careful when distributing the mass.
- Mistakes in the process of contouring or its overabundance. This process is very complex, requiring careful study of your face and makeup technique.
- Too much blush. If you do not want to look like a clown, then use blush in small amounts and in a thin layer.
- Spread powder all over the face. A cosmetic product that hides unwanted shine should be applied to the forehead, chin and nose.
- Thick eyebrow line drawn in pencil. It is better to gently tint the hairs with shadows or powder.
- Using shadows on the area up to the border of the eyebrows. If you are not creating an avant-garde look, then this will obviously reduce the cost of appearance.
- Choosing the shade of shadows to match the color of the eyes will reduce the expressiveness of the look. It is recommended to make a choice in favor of opposite tones.
- Wrong type of arrow and no line drawingnear the eyelashes. Don't overdo it with its thickness.
- A huge amount of mascara. No one wants to experience the discomfort of barely opening eyes.
- Wrong lip contour. You need to buy a pencil with a difference in tones with lipstick no more than two shades.
Conclusion
Cosmetics is every woman's friend. With the help of makeup, you can change a person beyond recognition. But is it necessary? It is worth remembering that sooner or later the cosmetics will have to be washed off. Even if you have mastered the rules of applying makeup to perfection, remember that it is better to emphasize the advantages and hide temporary flaws than to draw a new face.
