Labels: Make Up Tips

Labels: Make Up Tips

1. PRIMER: Most mineral make up primers are in powder form. Just use face brush to apply using same techniques as loose powder. There are few liquid primers available, usually they would contain silicones (e.g. Lumiere). Try to avoid silicones if you have tendency to clogged pores. But you may have to resort to this if you have very large pores you are trying to conceal.
2. FOUNDATION POWDER: Use the most dense brush you have, kabuki if possible. Pour small amount of powder into a saucer (like for soy sauce that type), about half centimeter diameter. Dip your brush and pick up a little bit of this and swirl your brush back and forth on the clean surface of the saucer so that the powder is evenly coated on the bristles. Then sweep the brush over your face in circular motions. direction is from hairline inwards to the center of the face rather than from center out. Try to sweep downwards most of the time, rather than upwards (apparently this makes pores less obvious). Wait a while for the colour to show. It may take a few minutes. This is because the powder takes some time to mix with the oils on your skin before the colour can fully "develop".
3. FINISHING POWDER: Apply this like loose powder.
4. BRONZER: You can use a slightly darker shade than your normal foundation for this or purchase a bronzer from mineral make up companies. This is not to make you look tanned. It is to help you get some shape on your face, e.g. accentuate cheekbones, make your nose look thinner and sharper. Go to www.youtube.com and watch some videos of how to apply bronzer. You would be surprised it can make a difference to how your make up looks.
5. BLUSHER: Again you can go to youtube to watch videos. Apply mineral blush very sparingly or you might look like a clown. Recommended brushes are fiber optic brush or angle blush brush for better control of the amount of powder picked up.
6. CONCEALER: For mineral make up, it is better to apply the powder concealer after foundation, as you would need less concealer and also have a better idea of which areas to cover. Also it won't affect the colour of your foundation so much if you apply it after the foundation. Recommended concealers are from Everyday Minerals. The Intensive range for blemishes and Sunlight for undereye circles. Depending on the colour of your undereye circles, you might need a more peachy coloured undereye concealer. So you may need the peach colour concealer rather than Sunlight or mix Sunlight with multitasking or pick me up pink concealers. For cream concealers, many people use Lumiere's Healing concealer, but note that there is a risk of purging and breakouts from this product, plus the fact that you can't buy samples. Another good cream concealer is from Uglogirl (www.uglogirl.com). But again you can't buy samples. If you are interested in this one, sign up for the newsletter and wait for free shipping offers or discounts.
7. Final step of mineral make up application is to spray a liquid all over your face (a fine mist only, don't get your face wet). Recommended products are Avene thermal water, Jurlique's Rose toner, Haba's Squadew (for those with dry skin). This helps to set the powder make up on your face.

1. You applied too much (amount of powder should be only about half to one-third area of a five cent coin or roughly half centimetre diameter for whole face)
2. You did not exfoliate your skin regularly (so there's flakes of skin on the surface that traps the powder and comes off when you rub)
3. You did not moisturize your skin well enough
4. You did not swirl your brush well enough when you dip into the powder. You must swirl the brush on a clean surface so that there's hardly any powder visible on the bristles before putting on your face.
   

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