Faster Better Makeup 1 : Glow Without Frost

March 29, 2010

Once you find products that work, the next thing is making the application go AFAP (as fast as possible). Multi-tasking products can help.

After the last thing is done, a cotton swab, a magnifying mirror, and a soft brush clean up sprinkles and smudges. Everyone does this, right?

A glow is nice but doing it with shimmer, especially in several places, looks real and flattering if you’re under 40 or Bobbi Brown is your permanent house guest.

Try a moisturizer (CeraVe or something a little heavier so it doesn’t soak in too fast).

do your hands; with what’s left on the fingertips,
slick your eyebrows up
tap some in a wide area on your upper cheekbones where the outer eye wrinkles are (stay ½” from the lash margin and don’t come closer to the center than the halfway line through the pupil) (I do this several times a day)
extend a little down on the upper outer cheek to make a moist glow
touch the inner corner of the eye for the same glow without frost (you’ve already put concealer here to make this area lighter, but the concealer covers a much wider area if the shadow is wide)
touch the bow in the upper lip if you like (ditto about the concealer)

Makeup won’t move if you tap, don’t smear, right over the powder.

Lines are eased and the whole face looks believably moist just by applying a bit to key areas.

Posted by Christine Scaman | Filed Under Makeup