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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Daily Make Up

I love makeup as well as the natural look.  I have found as I've gotten older that achieving the natural look without any makeup doesn't look as great.  Here is my easy, daily makeup routine.

Prep:
Get your eyebrows manicured.  They frame you face and even if you just like to wear lip gloss, having them done makes you look more polished.   I prefer threading, but whatever floats your boat.

Wash your face with your daily cleanser and pat dry, but leave a little moisture on your face and neck.  I use Neutrogena Naturals facial wash daily and Jason apricot exfoliant twice weekly during the Winter and more often in the warmer months.

Moisturize your face and neck.  In the Winter, I use Jason Vitamin E 25, 000 units moisturizer.  In the warmer months I switch to something lighter.

Moisturize your lips.  I use Vaseline cocoa butter.  I am addicted.

If you do this everyday, or a similar routine, your skin will love you for it and will look great.

Make Up
First I apply concealer under my eyes and to my eyelids (it helps to keep your eye shadow on), then to the sides of the base of my nose and anywhere else I need concealing.  I use a make up sponge to apply it by gently dabbing it into my skin until its blended.

Next, using my kabuki brush I apply bronzer to my T zone.  I usually skip this in the summer because I have a tan and that area is highlighted already.

Then I apply a pink or coral (or whatever color would look fab on you) to the apples of my cheeks.

Lastly, I curl my lashes, which makes a huge difference and apply dark brown/black mascara to each eye.  Then I brush my eyebrows.

Some days I may add a little pizazz with a purple or turquoise eyeliner or some gold or taupe eye shadow.

I usually have this done in about 5 minutes and like the subtle difference.
Au Natural

Make Up

  What's your daily routine like?

3 comments:

  1. Lately I've been enhancing my natural look too! I use kiss aqua bb cream. I apply eyebrow gel and blush.ll lipgloss and I'm done!

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  2. Yes, lovelyCee! It's all about less is more sometimes!

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  3. I recently started using the Kiss Aqua BB cream also, I did not even know about BB creams until there was an article on it a few months ago in Essence and it makes a whole lot of difference with out the look of caked on foundation. Its light fluffy and hydrates the skin and has SPF in it. I agree,the totally natural look on the face gets a little more challenging as you age. I have had to increase my facials over the past year to keep my face fresh looking and have also started using a skin toning cream to get rid of dark circles and blemishes and it works wonders. So much work being a woman, lol!

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