So this is going to be my first post of this series of beauty articles and before I get started I would like to make a couple of things clear: I’m going to talk about certain products but please, don’t bother getting the exact same ones! I’ll explain what every single thing does, what you should look for and I’ll name a couple of products I know so you can have a better idea of what I’m talking about. Also, I’m not the owner of the truth, some things might work for me and might not make a huge difference for you and some things might be amazing for you while they don’t do much for me. So keep in mind that every single time I talk about beauty, I talk about makeup, you should ask yourself if it works for you! All of us have got different skin type, differente skin stone, hair colour, eye colour, so you need to know what makes you beautiful, what’s good for you and what’s not. I’m going to share everything I know for every skin type, every skintone, every eye colour, but remember: I’m just giving you the kick-off, after you read it, you should follow my tips and go get what’s the best for you! The main tip I can give you is to experiment — I have done a lot of that and that’s why now I’m comfortable to give you guys tips. I hope you like this series and this articles, leave a reply or just like this post :)
THINGS YOU SHOULD POSSESS
1. Cleanser: This is not a makeup product but this is something that you should always have handy. Having a good cleanser is more important than having a expensive foundation or concealer. It doesn’t matter how pretty you do your makeup — if your skin is not clean, your makeup will less a lot less longer and it might look nasty. Think of painting a picture — you wouldn’t like it to be exposed on a dirty frame, would you?
2. Foundation: Foundation has been originally designed to cover zits, spots and acne scaring or blemishes on your face — you should only use concealer to cover up your dark circles. There are 3 types of foundation: Tinted Moisturizer (the lighest one. I use You Rebel by Benefit, but feel free to get one in your local drugstore if you don’t want to spend much money on it), Medium Coverage (just like any one of the MAC’s mineralize), Full Coverage (my favourite ones, I use the MAC Studio Finish — I’m in the shade NW20). Tinted moisturizer is what I wear most, I just get a little bit on my fingers and apply it to my face just like I would if it were regular moisturizer (most of them are designed to adapt to your skin tone) and it evens my skin tone. I personally don’t like medium coverage because it feels a little heavy and it’s not enough for me — if I’m going to wear heavy makeup, it should at least cover up all the blemishes I dislike. Full coverage is the best type of foundation if you don’t want to invest in concealer (again, CONCEALER IS ONLY TO COVER YOUR DARK CIRCLES!) but I would recommend you getting a good brush to apply it. Tip: Look for a foundation with, at least, FPS 15.
3. Mascara: And it shall be black if you’re a begginer in makeup, so you can wear it in many occasions as possible. There are many tips of mascara so the key is to know your lashes: are they full enough? are they long enough? do they have enough volume? Lancome mascaras are my favourite for long-looking mascaras. Too Faced Lash Injection is my favourite one for full lashes. Covergirl Lashblast (All of them, the waterproof, the original formula, the fusion one) gives you very nice volume and lenght and they are not expensive at all but my favourite one is Benefit’s BAD Girl Mascara (I wrote a review on this mascara, click here to read it). A nice thing to have is a lash primer but the good ones are expensive. I wouldn’t get a drugstore one because they just don’t do much — I pinky promise you that the MAC Prep+Prime one and the Smashbox ones are good. If you don’t want to buy those, I would recommend you getting a clean spoolie (clean mascara brush), applying a little bit of vaseline and putting the vaseline on your lashes before you apply mascara — it will help the mascara not to clump and hold the curl better. Also, you must have a lash curler, it makes a huge difference, trust me! Lash curlers are not expensive at all and they will last forever.
4. Eyeshadow: If you’re a begginner, I would recommend you getting a big eyeshadow pallete. Coastal Scents make 88 piece palletes, I would recommend you getting one of those. My first makeup pallete was a Coastal Scents 88 Matte Pallete, and the nice thing about it is that you have got every colour possible, so you won’t have to worry about getting new colours every time you want to wear a different look (and they are not expensive at all. I can say that the Coastal Scents eyeshadow are as high quality and well pigmentaded as MAC ones — but the size of the eyeshadows in the pallete is way too smaller than single MAC eyeshadows). I think that BHCosmetics.com makes 120 piece palletes but I have never tried those so I won’t review them. If you don’t want to get something like this, you could also go to your local makeup store and get single eyeshadows. I don’t have much experience on drugstore eyeshadow because I don’t own a lot of them and I just don’t feel like going to the drugstore and buy a lot of colours I already own just to do a review on them, but I have heard that L’Oreal makes nice eyeshadows. If you want to invest some money, you could get a empty eyeshadow pallete (read more about them) and then buy the eyeshadows without the pan and place then in the pallete in order to create your custom eyeshadow pallete.
5. The right blush colour: You don’t have to have a ton of different shades of blush as long as you have the right colour. There will be a post all dedicated on how to pick your blush colour soon, but for now, I will advice you to ask for some help you go buy it. Invest in a good blush, the wrong pigmentation might make you look silly — if you’re going to get it on MAC or Sephora or any place where the are professional to help you, ask them to help you pick the right colour! Explain him or her that you want a natural and soft colour. Creamy blushes gives a more natural look (too bad powder ones gives easier application). But if you really don’t want to invest in a good blush, you could use a light colour lipstick (yes!! this trick works. Bobbi Brown does it when she’s doing runway makeup — that’s where I learnt this trick).
6. Chapstick: The nude healthy lip. You should always wear chapstick — you can wear only chapstick to keep your lips moisturized and give them a nice glow or you can wear them under your lip colour (use it as a lip primer). It’s nice to have one with, at least, FPS 15.
THINGS THAT ARE NICE TO OWN
1. A set of makeup brushes: For me, using a good makeup brush makes a whole lot of difference. But I won’t lie to you, if you don’t want a professional or airbrushed look, you don’t really have to bother getting those. You can use sponges to apply foundation, puffs to apply powder, sponge tip applicators to apply eyeshadow but remember: sponges, puffs and sponge tip applicators are disposable itens! They hold a lot of bacterias and using them for a long time may ruin your makeup!! Once you use them, they mush be thrown away. If you want to get started with makeup brushes, I would recommend you getting a set of them — just because it’s a way to save money. I think you can get brush sets on CoastalScents.com, BHCosmetics.com and Sigma does brush sets too (but Sigma ones are too much expensive, I’d rather go to MAC and pay for every single one of them).
2. Lip liner, lipstick and lipgloss: Just get the colours you like the most.
3. Pencil liners, gel liners, felt tip liners. If you are fond of liner or cat eyes. If you want, you can also buy a liner brush and use mascara as gel liner.
I’m sorry if there are any spelling mistakes, I am really excited about it I didn’t even double-checked!
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