How to Apply Makeup: Makeup Application Tips

Do You Know the Right Way to Apply Makeup?

When girls are young, we often play with putting on our big sister's or mother's makeup, or else we mimic the things we see on television or in magazines. I used to read Seventeen Magazine to learn new tips on how to apply makeup, because my mother didn't wear makeup, so she never showed me how to apply makeup.

If you are new to wearing makeup, or if you're not confident in how to apply makeup, this article can help you with some basic makeup application tips I've learned over the years from practice and from reading and watching others.

Let's starts with the bottom layer and work our way up:

Makeup Tip: Use a Moisturizer and/or Toner

Keeping your skin and even tone and complexion and keeping skin supple and moisturized is the most important aspect of how any foundation makeup will look on you once it's applied.

Makeup Tip: Use Concealer Only When you MUST

Concealer will help you with things such as covering a small blemish or zit or for covering dark circles under the eyes. Do not use a ton of concealer or you'll get a washed out look. Instead, gentle tap the concealer onto the area to cover, and then lightly with your finger or a sponge blend the concealer into your natural skin so it's not quite so obvious. Let the concealor set and dry before adding foundation.

Makeup Tip: Easy on the Foundation

You don't need to apply as much foundation as you probably think you do, and most women wear way too much. This makes your face look cakey or cracked and fake, or even orangey. The goal with foundation is to provide a light cover to smooth out the skin. It's not going to cover every little imperfection most people probably don't see anyway.

The main thing is, if you're starting with a liquid or 'wet' foundation and not a powder or mineral foundation, to keep a wet line and continue spreading the foundation evenly and thinly across the face and neck. One of the mistakes I made as a teen when learning to apply makeup was that I thought foundation had to be rubbed in like lotion, but it doesn't! Foundation is made to lightly cover the skin of the face and neck.

Makeup Tip: Don't Use Liquid Eyeliner