10 IMPORTANT MAKEUP TIPS!

For that perfect daily makeup of yours, for going to work, school, parties, events – for every time you pick up your makeup bag, remember:


1. Moisturizer: Always moisturize skin before applying foundation. This creates a base and allows foundation to glide on smoothly to a perfect finish.

2. Foundations: Must match your skin tone and skin type. That means you should not use foundations for dry skin when you have oily skin. Make sure you get help from a professional at the counter and read labels when you buy your products.

3. Eyebrows: Your eyebrows balance not just your eyes but your entire facial features. Ensure that they are neatly tweezed and groomed by a professional

4. Brow pencils: Fill sparse areas of your eyebrows with pencil colors that complement your hair color. That means for typical African skin tones with hair color ranging from black to light brown – you should fill brows with shades of brown, from dark, medium to light brown depending on how dark your skin is.

5. Eyeshadows: Go soft and natural when applying makeup for the office, school, and daily outings. Bronze and earthy palettes. A blend of two or three eye colors that work together would help pomp up your look.

6. Lip Liners: Please do not line your lips with black colored liners! You must have heard this several times and are still guilty of it. It not only messes up the whole look, it looks totally unnatural. Your lips should exude sensual softness and not scream out of your face. One word of warning for dark skinned women however is that using light shade lipsticks will minimize the size of large lips while darker shades will make lips look larger. Use lip liners that closely match your natural lip line or the lip color you are wearing. Pro tip? Blend your lip color over the lip line using a lip brush or applicator.

7. Blush: This you can do without if you do not know how to apply correctly. We have the misconception that blush should always be pinkish on the cheeks. As a general rule, very dark-skinned women of color do not need blush. However, if you decide to add blush to your makeup, choose from shades of bronze, plum, mauve and wine.

8. Choose either to pump up the look of your eyes or your lips. Don’t do both. That means when you work colors on the eye area, go soft on the lips and vice versa.

9. Brushes: Never do without brushes. They not only make work neater, they help you achieve a professional finish with your makeup. Foundation, powder, eye shadow, lip and eyeliner brushes are the must haves for your personal makeup bag.

10. Keep it simple! Simple works all the time when it comes to makeup. Do not go overboard. You still want to have a natural looking you that is presentable at all times. Stay Be-you-tiful!