Some
makeup artists say that you shouldn't be afraid to touch
your makeup. The truth is, you should be very careful
about touching it. After you've taken time to smoothly
apply your foundation and eyeshadows, there's no reason
to use your fingers unless it's absolutely necessary.
Touching your face during the day will rub off all your
nicely applied makeup.
Don't spray water or toner on makeup to set or freshen
it up. It doesn't work. A mist of water can streak
foundation, powder, and mascara.
Don't change every part of your makeup with every
season. If you want to go softer during the spring and
summer, that's fine, but it isn't an absolute must.
Don't use makeup to correct the shape of anything on
your face, especially the lips. Close up and in person
you can tell when lipstick has been applied beyond or
inside the natural lip line. If you overcontour, you
will look like you have brown stripes all over your
face.
Don't use foundation or color correctors to change the
color of your skin. Foundation must match the underlying
skin tone exactly. If you have yellow or olive skin
there's nothing you can do to change it. Even if it did
look good on your face, any correction would look
strange next to your neck and along the hairline.
To keep pencil eyeliner in place, many makeup artists
recommend going over it with a matching powder
eyeshadow. That works, but why do two steps when only
one is needed? Forget the pencil and just use a brush to
apply your eyeshadow (mixed with water if necessary) to
begin with.
Glowing skin does look nice, but mostly in pictures. In
real life, the same skin looks like it is covered with
glitter. That isn't necessarily bad, but any wrinkles
will be illuminated. It can be an option for an evening
out, but that's about it.
No single set of colors is right for all skin or hair
colors. Just because you have red hair and fair skin
doesn't mean you have to wear corals and avoid blue-red
lipstick. Honestly, most women can wear just about any
color they want to, as long as they pay attention to
color intensity and application and adjust the details
accordingly.
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