No one is immune to making mistakes when it comes to using and wearing makeup. I’ve made plenty of them myself. Imagine light blue lipstick. Yep! I totally did that in high school. While wearing blue on your lips is an obvious makeup mistake, others aren’t so obvious. However, if you want to look the best you can, there are some mistakes you should stop making. Once you know what they are, you can do just that. So here they are!
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1. You Don’t Extend Your Foundation Far Enough off Your Face
When you apply foundation, you must extend it down your chin a little bit. If you stop right at the edge of your jawline, the difference will be too obvious. Simply smoothing just a bit under your chin helps blend your face tone with your chin and neck so that you get that flawless finish you crave. At the same time, make sure you bring your foundation along the sides of your face and up to your hairline too.
2. You Have to Blend Your Eyeshadow when You Apply More than One Color
I like to wear a base color on my lids and a highlighting color along by brows. However, if I don’t blend the two, it looks strange and severe rather than soft and feminine. It only takes a quick swipe with the end of a finger to blend your eyeshadow colors, no matter how many you use, so there’s no reason not to be doing it.
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3. You Don’t Make Good Use of Your Eyelash Curler
Really, you should curl your lashes anytime you wear mascara. It helps open up your eyes and help you look awake and alert. It only takes a couple of seconds to curl your top lashes before swiping on a couple of coats of mascara. This is a mistake you have to stop making right now.
4. You Test Facial Shades on Your Face
I know it sounds like a no-brainer to test new makeup on your face, but the truth is that you should use the inside of your wrist instead. This will give you a really close match that is sometimes hard to see in different kinds of light. Use your wrist to test foundation and blush shades as well as eyeshadow and you’ll get a pretty good idea of what will look good on your face and what won’t.
5. Your Concealer Should Go on after Your Foundation
Your inclination might be to cover blemishes and breakouts first, but when you smooth on your foundation, you mess it up. Instead, apply concealer after your foundation. This lets you cover up stuff you want to keep under wraps, but it’s way easier to blend the concealer with your foundation when you put it on second.
6. You Use Loose Powder to Soak up Face Grease
I’ve been known to do this a time or two. It might seem like using loose powder would help combat shine, but it actually only serves to create creases and lines in your makeup when it settles. Instead, use a mattifying powder, which gives you the shine-free look you want without taking a ton of extra time or effort.
7. You Aren’t Washing Your Makeup Tools on a Regular Basis
When you fail to wash your makeup sponges, tools and brushes, you run the risk of breakouts and nasty germs. You must wash them with warm water and soap once a week so that you kill germs, remove buildup and keep them sanitary and ready for use all the time.
Are you making any of these makeup mistakes? Got any other tips for getting the best makeup look ever?
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