Thank goodness for YouTube. Thanks to the video streaming platform, make up tutorials have not only become a multi-billion dollar industry, but a life line for many women who just find the topic of beauty, cosmetics and skin care to be daunting.
Various content creators upload content to the platform that the average person finds incredibly useful and one such content creator is American make-up artist, Ellarie who is also a favourite of many local make up artists and ZAlebs. Check out what we learned from her “Do’s and Don’ts of make up video.”
Brows:
Don’t: put too much product on the brow and don’t add extra length to the front of the brow. Basically, don’t create a whole new shape
Do: start with as little product as possible and slowly build it up in such a way that accentuates and corrects the natural shape
Do: Use a spooly to lighten the pigment and soften the amount of product on the brow
Don’t: use a concealer that is too light
Foundation:
Do use a primer
Don’t go too light (with the shade)
Concealer:
Do use it to help with eyeshadow placement by extending the line beneath the eye to the hairline
Don’t use a concealer that is too light
Don’t just stop applying concealer where your nose meets your face – blend it inwards onto the nose
Setting powder:
Do lightly press your setting powder into your skin
Don’t just cake it on and let it bake (it become harder to dust off and blend that way)
Do use a yellow-tone powder and not just a translucent powder as the yellow-tone powder brings more warmth to your skin
Do supplement your darker contour with the lighter translucent power to make it pop
Do go over the translucent power with a slightly darker setting powder that is closest to your skin tone
Contour:
Don’t start too dark by adding too much product to the face. It’s harder to blend out and looks harsher in the end
Blush:
Don’t use too much
Do place it between the highlight line and the bronzer/dark contour line
Eyeshadow:
Do wear eye primer
Unless you’re doing a super defined look, she advises not using too much/too defined brow highlighter
Do use matte shadows in the crease
Don’t get impatient and tired of blending out brows
Change your brush size and go smaller as you work your way into your eyelid from the brow inwards
Don’t start with a long line when drawing your wing tip. Start small then gradually increase as per your preference
Take note of the look of fuller lashes. Shinier lashes tend to look fake and almost plastic
Do be precise with your under-eye mascara application
Lips:
If you don’t line outside your lips properly, it can look “little trashy” according to Ellarie
Do blend the darker lip liner into the lipstick/lipgloss if you’re going for ombre lips
Watch the full tutorial below:
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