Your Skin Makes the Difference

For good makeup to give spectacular results, the first thing to keep in mind is that our skin needs to look splendid. For that, we need to be conscientious about nurturing it and taking care of it every day.

Skin needs us to clean it with special products, like milk, foams, and we need to use products that are right for our type of skin (dry, combination, oily). Always after cleaning it, it must be toned. And while we may think that it’s not such an important step, we need to know that when we clean our skin, the natural pH destabilizes, and if we don’t use toner, it takes four hours to recuperate. That’s why the pores are more open, and external agents like pollution, attack our skin, with dirt entering the pores and giving us shininess and blackheads.

After cleaning and toning the skin, we need to nurture and moisturize it. This will give our skin a healthy look and it will also avoid wrinkles standing out and making expression lines visible.

It’s important to repeat this action twice a day, in the morning and in the evening so that our skin can be in the best state.

Makeup Foundation, the Foundation of the Result

One can find different types of makeup foundations: liquid, cream, illuminating, matte…

A liquid foundation looks very natural, but it’s important to put on makeup that’s the same hue as our skin. (If we want to look tan, it’s better to apply bronzer powders; this looks more natural and flattering.)

I recommend that you use illuminating foundation. If it doesn’t seem to have enough coverage, mix your foundation with illuminating powders. It will lend your face a lot of light without adding shininess. (Cream illuminators are easier to apply, and since they have that texture, they give your face a moisturized effect.)

Dazzle with Your Gaze

Your eyes should be perfectly made up, but there should be no abrupt changes. Remember that in this look, we’re looking for a touch of light, uniformity, balance.

Above all we should be careful with concealers. Liquids look very natural, but they don’t cover up as much as cream concealers. However, these latter ones are thicker and, if we’re not careful when applying them, can mark our expression lines. We can avoid this by putting on a small quantity and blending well, or even if it’s very dry, we can mix it with some moisturizing cream to reduce the thickness.

Eyeshadows should be pearly, very shiny, to light up the gaze. Outline the line of the eyelashes but with eyeshadow, aided by a slanted brush and blending well.

Apply a pearly or iridescent eyeshadow in a light color on the eyelid, such as pinks, blues, greens…and on the upper eye, apply a very shiny white eyeshadow; this will lend light, give the eye volume and lift the eyebrow, giving your gaze expression. Blend the eyeshadow toward the temples, but without leaving any abrupt cuts. You will achieve a very natural appearance and open up your eyes.

Curl your eyelashes and mark them with black mascara from the roots to the tips, and give the lower eyelashes some soft touches.

A Touch of Color for Your Cheeks

Apply a rose hue to your cheeks. Applying cream blush looks more luminous, so avoid the powder textures that keep you away from the luminiosity you’re looking for.
Apply touches with your fingertips, blending well (remember that we’re trying to stay away from abrupt cuts).

Seal without Losing Light

It’s true that for makeup to last longer, it’s better to apply loose transclucent powders; however, in this type of makeup, we’re looking for light, and if we apply this type of powder, we would lose the face’s luminosity. Use loose powders that contain illuminating pigments. That way you’ll be able to set the makeup without losing all shine.

An Irrisistible Mouth

The mouth is the last step in this look. Apply a gloss in a very natural hue, almost colorless, that only adds light to the face. It’s better to not outline the mouth, since you know that abrupt changes are not recommendable in this type of makeup.