There are women who prefer to go with a clean face and others who prefer to put one with a good face effect. What we all agree on is that we don’t like having to spend a lot of time in the bathroom, especially when we’re in a hurry to get to work on time. Do you want to read some tricks to know how to make up during the day? A quick, simple, natural and really pretty make up. Grab a pen and paper, let’s get started!
Tips to know how a day make-up should be
- To go to work, to meet friends, to spend a morning in the park with our children… Day makeup should be natural, so that it contrasts with the makeup we use on special occasions: party nights, weddings and other celebrations. Elegant in style.
- However, we also want to hide the small imperfections of the skin and highlight its best virtues. For this reason, you have to find the middle ground between a completely artificial image and non-existent makeup. In the balance is the key!
- But when putting on makeup during the day, we must also take into account the time we dedicate to it and the difficulty of its strokes. The last thing we want every morning is to have another headache or have to get up earlier to be in front of the mirror with the brush in hand. That’s why the perfect day makeup is simple and applies quickly.
Tips to put on make-up during the day and not waste a lot of time
1. The importance of facial cleansing
- If we are looking for natural makeup with which we can go to work every day, look good and feel better, we must focus on preparing the skin well. The first step for any makeup to look good is to give your skin a good cleaning to remove excess oil from the skin and dirt that you have accumulated so far.
- The daily makeup ritual goes far beyond waking up in the morning and, after getting out of the shower, applying the foundation in any way. Use a tonic, gel, neutral soap or lotion that suits your skin type. Apply it with clean hands or use a cotton pad to thoroughly clean the entire face and rinse well with plenty of water. And it goes without saying that nothing to get up in the morning and remove the makeup from the day before. It is important that we remove our makeup when we get home or at the latest before going to bed, otherwise we will be damaging the skin of our face.
2. Apply a natural makeup base
- The base is not mandatory in daytime makeup, but there are women who prefer to apply it to hide skin imperfections (redness, blackheads, pimples). Look for a foundation that is very similar in color to your skin so that when you spread it out it is not too obvious. You should try to cover all skin imperfections without noticeably changing the tone of your face.
- Apply makeup with a brush to save on product and ensure greater coverage throughout the day. Although if you prefer you can extend it with your fingertips. Extend in circular movements with, for example, a skunk-type brush, without pressing towards the face or if, on the contrary, you want a more covering makeup, use a flat brush to extend it as if you were painting.
- Put on a thin layer and make sure you don’t leave streaks. To avoid the mask effect, apply a bit of foundation to your neck and blend well under your jaw. Finish your base coat with a translucent powder to set your makeup well and make it last longer. Also, this step will help you hide unsightly shine on your forehead and chin.
- A trick that never fails and that comes in handy to hydrate the skin and prevent it from looking stiff due to the effect of the makeup base is to mix the base with a little bit of our moisturizing day cream on the back of your hand. When both products are well integrated, we will apply them to the face as if it were the usual make-up. Do you like how it turned out?
3. The concealer and highlighter, basic for day to day
Although what we are looking for is that daytime makeup is quick and natural, there are two products that cannot be missing: the concealer and the highlighter. Its use is easy, and its results are very effective. With a few small strokes, those imperfections that you don’t like when you look in the mirror every morning will disappear.
- Learning to use the highlighter is an easy task, but you have to be careful not to overuse it or you’ll end up looking like a raccoon. You should use it at strategic points on the face: the wings of the nose, the upper part of the cheekbone, on the eyebrow (the highest part of the eyebrow) and, below, right on the bone and, on the tear duct. To increase this effect of depth on the face, you can apply a little blush in a very soft color to the area of the cheekbones.
- The green concealer will help you hide the redness on your face and pimples. You must be careful not to add too much or the result could betake.
- On the other hand, the lilac or violet concealer is perfect to hide the yellowish tones of the skin.
- Concealer kits also usually include one in orange or salmon that will serve as a concealer. The yellow concealer will also serve you for this purpose. By having this shade, it helps you balance the violet or blue areas of the skin.
- Pinkish or skin tone concealers will also help hide minor skin problems. Take advantage of those who are darker to give your face more depth. Apply it well blended on the high part of the forehead, on the cheekbones, on the jawline and on the sides of the nose to sharpen the features of your face.
4. Express eye makeup
- On a day-to-day basis, you can’t spend half an hour applying shadows to your eyes, but it doesn’t take long to get perfect eyeliner. Use the type of eyeliner that is most comfortable for you and make a thin line on your upper eyelid lash line. To make your makeup fit for work, don’t make the tail of your part too long.
- Mascara cannot be missing from your day makeup because with very little you can achieve a lot. Extend the mascara for each of the eyelashes with the brush, both those that are next to your tear duct and those that are at the end of your eye and do it as close as possible to the base of the eyelash for that lengthening effect.
5. And for the lips, simple makeup
Daytime makeup also admits a lipstick. Bet on discreet colors that you don’t have to spend all day retouching. You can also get a gloss, to give your lips more shine, or a moisturizing balm with a slight touch of color.