i cannot believe i'm doing this. i cannot believe i'm doing this. ok here we go Before putting any make-up on at all, wash your face first so that you can get rid of excess oil, dirt, eye boogers(?) that might have accumulated on your face throughout the day.
Foundation
How to pick the right foundation
Colour: I have absolutely no idea how to do this. Your best bet would be to ask the salesperson for help. Trying on the colour is obviously a must. Make sure it matches your skin so that it doesn't look like a mask on your face.
Type: there are 2 types of foundation: powder and liquid. The general rule is that dry skin should never use powder and oily skin should never use liquid. The reason behind this is that powder will only make dry skin dryer and liquid foundation, since oil and other liquids don't mix, won't blend well enough into your skin
Application
Powder: use a powder puff, duh. Make sure you don't take too much onto your face at a time or else you will streak your face like crazy. And make sure you put a little into your hairline as well so that it doesn't look like you're a geisha. see the bit of uncovered skin there? yeah, you don't want that.
Liquid: there are 3 ways to apply liquid foundation: fingers, sponge and brushes.
Fingers: you just have to rub it into your skin slowly, in tiny little circular motions, spreading it evenly over your entire face. Your neck, too, if you want.
Sponge: you can get these at watsons' guardian, wherever. They're also disposable, so yay! Same instructions as before. Just keep in mind that sponges absorb a lot of foundation, so you'll find that you're running out of foundation very quickly.
Brush: this method is actually the best because it gives you minimal wastage of foundation, and the most even coverage. You can find brushes in any make-up store such as sephora, sasa, etc. again, make sure you blend evenly throughout your face and into your hairline as well.
Eyeliner
For beginners, I would advise you to use pencil liners such as this one. I really don't know how to explain how to apply eyeliner over text so here is a link to Michelle phan's how-to guide. A few tips: warm the edge of the pencil by going over it with a hair dryer (if you happen to have one in your pocket) if not draw on your hand with it for a bit . This is to make it slightly easier for the pencil to glide onto your lashline so that it won't pull on your eyelid. Another tip is to pull on the edge of your eyelid like this while you do your eyeliner. You'll need to practice a few times to get the hang of this.
Blush
You're gonna have to apply this with a blush brush, like so: and you're gonna wanna apply this on the apples of your cheeks, you know, the part you circle with your fingers and call 'fishballs'
Lips
There are many many different types of lip colour out there. But the main two are lipgloss and lipstick. And it's stupid to explain how to put it on because it's completely idiot proof. Just make sure you don't get any on your teeth. And if you're wearing lipstick you might want to use lipliner and a bit of lip balm before you put on the actual lipstick. It just helps the lipstick glide on smoother.
Eyeshadow
Pssh I'm lazy. And since this isn't compulsory for stage anyway, here is another Michelle Phan tutorial. Just ignore the part about the primer on the eyelids. and don't put anything on your lower lids because you really don't need to and it's messy without the right tools anyway
and that's about it. there is a whole world of make-up out there, more options that might work better for you and my goodness i'm sleepy. this is make-up at it's most basic and i cannot think about how to make it simpler. but as always if i've missed something out or if there's something you don't get, e-mail me, text me, fb me, etc.
ankita
PS foundation's the one you really wanna splurge on
PPS GO PRACTICE YOUR SCORES
