Daily Beauty Routine?

Feb 22, 2013

Skylar J.

What's your daily routine, beauty wise...
Favorite products to use, how you apply them
Suggestions for me etc

Feb 22, 2013

Well first off - what's your skin type? oily, dry? do you have sensitive skin?

I try to wash my face twice every day. After I do that, I use my toner and moisturizer. I use Mary kay products for all 3 - "Velocity" for wash(it has the slightest touch of exfoliant. very gentle) and moisturizer, and blemish control toner. I have a sugar scrub I got from Lush, and I use it on my lips every 2 or 3 days. I also have "fabulips" from Bliss. Its a really rich balm that I use every day and let soak in before I put on my other lip product.

I have a /lot/ of makeup, but I don't use most of it for everyday stuff. I've set up a little pouch I got from my mary Kay lady with my everyday brushes and makeup. It makes it /so/ easy to just grab the bag and have it for sleepovers or if I need to do my makeup in the car.
If my skin tone is more even, I mix a little bit of my moisturizer with my bobbi brown foundation (it comes in a little squirt bottle) and use that. if not I just use it normally. I use my (Clean!)fingers for this, I've seen others use a brush but I'm too lazy to clean a wet brush every day. I also have a little "face touchup stick" from bobbi brown for more onthespot concealing.
In allergy season I get dark circles under my eyes. I got some 2step undereye concealer from bobbi brown, and it's amazing! The corrector is a little pinkish, and I smear that on with my fingers. My eyes are small and slightly deepset, and my eyebrows are kind of low, so put a little bit of both layer on the inside corners of my eyes, in the arch of my eyebrows, and on top of my eyebrows. It really opens up my face. The second layer, the concealer, I dab on with my finger and do a little bit of smearing.
I really recommend the 3 bobbi brown products I use. They're really amazing, and the saleswomen there are superhelpful and will help you find the perfect shade and will even teach you how to apply it.
After all this, I use a mineral brush (no specific brand, I found it in the drawer in a package) to put on the powder foundation my MaryKay lady matched me to. it makes things less shiny and really sets everything.

ok, less complicated is Eyes and Lips.
I usually tightline my upper lid and do a mediumthickness line with a black or dark brown pencil, going just barely outside the lash line on the outer corners, and about 3/4 of the way into my upperlid, ending in a thin line. I do a veeeeery thin tightline for my lower lids in black or dark brown. sometimes I'll put a naturaltone sparkle, usually lightbrown. I leave my eyes fairly sheer/naturallooking.
The /best/ tool you have at your disposal is a semisheer lipstick/gloss in your natural lip color or a half a shade darker. Again I recommend Bobbi Brown or MaryKay. The saleswomen will help you find the perfect shade.
I put on a thin layer of my lipstick and/or a clear gloss on top.

Wow I was really wordy sorry. Pics coming if youre ok with it

Feb 22, 2013

Jes T.

*I use toner and an acne wash every night and every morning.
*Then before make up I put on tinted moisturizer and let it sit for about 5 minutes ( This is good for your skin and keeps your make up in place).
*Then I do primer, I use "Too faced primed and pore less bronze tint". My holy grail product, it works amazing.
*Then I take liquid mineral foundation (Anything from Maybelline works great) and warm it in the palm of my hand, then I take a beauty blender sponge and apply it to my forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin. Foundation should be used to even out your skin tone. :)
*Then I take concealer and mix it with my foundation so it matches my skin tone, and dab it on any zits or imperfections with a concealer brush.
*next I take a concealer one shade lighter then my skin tone and apply it under my eyes. Be careful what concealers you put under your eyes, if its really thick it will age you quicker.
*next I take translucent powder and dust it lightly on my cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead. This makes everything look more blended together And keeps it in place. (If I have a big event and need my make up to stay all day, I apply translucent powder after each step.)
*Then I apply bronzer on the hollows of my cheeks, my temples, and on the sides of my nose. (Too faced chocolate matte bronzer is my all time favorite)
* Then I take a liquid highlighter (Benefit high beam or Elf facial shimmery whip) and apply it on my chin, under my eyes, and a little on the tops of my cheeks.
*Then I take powder highlighter and apply it down my nose, corners of my eyes, and my brow bone. )I use bare minerals) make sure that the highlighter you use isn't white, or else its way too obvious. I use peachy or gold
color highlighters.
*Then I smile at myself in the mirror and apply peach colored blush to the apples of my cheeks.
*I put on one more layer of translucent powder.
* Then I put on white or nude colored eyeliner on my waterline.
*Brown eyeliner on lashline
*Heat my eyelash curler with a blow dryer and curl my lashes. (heating it makes curl stay longer)
*I take a empty mascara wand and apply coconut oil to my lashes. (This promotes growth)
*eyelash primer
*Three coats of mascara on top and bottom lashes, my favorite is Lash stilleto by Maybelline and Smash box full exposure mascara.
*Fill my eyebrows with dark brown eye shadow. I don't use a pencil because I already have very dark thick eyebrows.
*nude lipstick or gloss (My favorite is Maybelline baby lips in peach)

And tada! :)

Feb 22, 2013

Jes T.

*I use toner and an acne wash every night and every morning.
*Then before make up I put on tinted moisturizer and let it sit for about 5 minutes ( This is good for your skin and keeps your make up in place).
*Then I do primer, I use "Too faced primed and pore less bronze tint". My holy grail product, it works amazing.
*Then I take liquid mineral foundation (Anything from Maybelline works great) and warm it in the palm of my hand, then I take a beauty blender sponge and apply it to my forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin. Foundation should be used to even out your skin tone. :)
*Then I take concealer and mix it with my foundation so it matches my skin tone, and dab it on any zits or imperfections with a concealer brush.
*next I take a concealer one shade lighter then my skin tone and apply it under my eyes. Be careful what concealers you put under your eyes, if its really thick it will age you quicker.
*next I take translucent powder and dust it lightly on my cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead. This makes everything look more blended together And keeps it in place. (If I have a big event and need my make up to stay all day, I apply translucent powder after each step.)
*Then I apply bronzer on the hollows of my cheeks, my temples, and on the sides of my nose. (Too faced chocolate matte bronzer is my all time favorite)
* Then I take a liquid highlighter (Benefit high beam or Elf facial shimmery whip) and apply it on my chin, under my eyes, and a little on the tops of my cheeks.
*Then I take powder highlighter and apply it down my nose, corners of my eyes, and my brow bone. )I use bare minerals) make sure that the highlighter you use isn't white, or else its way too obvious. I use peachy or gold
color highlighters.
*Then I smile at myself in the mirror and apply peach colored blush to the apples of my cheeks.
*I put on one more layer of translucent powder.
* Then I put on white or nude colored eyeliner on my waterline.
*Brown eyeliner on lashline
*Heat my eyelash curler with a blow dryer and curl my lashes. (heating it makes curl stay longer)
*I take a empty mascara wand and apply coconut oil to my lashes. (This promotes growth)
*eyelash primer
*Three coats of mascara on top and bottom lashes, my favorite is Lash stilleto by Maybelline and Smash box full exposure mascara.
*Fill my eyebrows with dark brown eye shadow. I don't use a pencil because I already have very dark thick eyebrows.
*nude lipstick or gloss (My favorite is Maybelline baby lips in peach)

And tada! :)