Make Up Applying Tips

Key Steps To Five Star Radiance

These make up applying tips and key steps for blush, bronzer, shimmer etc. will guide you into high definition color and radiant beauty. Most of us are pursuing a radiant, yet natural looking, application when using color on our faces.

However, it can be hit and miss unless you have the core design principles of that type of makeup application in mind.

If you really want the appearance of a radiant complexion, then you will really  have to understand how radiance is created.  In a nutshell, this is the formula for five star radiance.

Make Up Applying Tips Step #1- Observe & Analyze

You can start by observing that the natural qualities of youthful radiant skin;

• soft, smooth texture
• hydrated/ fresh
• multi dimension with color that transitions into one another seamlessly
  
• light reveals highlights and contours

Make Up Applying Tips Step #2- Create Dimension

I. Multiple Shades

Using multiple shades of blush and bronzer plus added highlighting will not only produce dimension, but a sculpted look you are going to love.

II.  Avoiding A Flat Finish

Your face is not one single plane of color with circles of color at the cheeks (that is the description of a clown's face by the way).  Your face is dimensional.  A mistake often made is using a foundation without putting back the natural color you are covering. The result?  A FLAT unnatural looking face.

III.  Seamless Color Transition

As you can see color transitions gradually with light coming forward and dark receding backward. Regardless of your actual facial dimension  and skin tone, the right choice in blush shades, in combination with other elements like bronzer or a neutral brown tone (that works with your skin tone), can create dimension.  Add to this some ighlighting makeup that reflects light and you will be delighted at how 'sculpted' and radiant your face can look.

Make Up Applying Tips Step #3- Placement

Balance & Flow

There should also be a sense of balance and flow. Placement should almost be undetectable and still do its job. That means color needs to be distributed in varying concentrations around the face, with out becoming an attention getter.  The best example is blush...We think of two places only but it actually occurs in more places.  Blush is at its greatest concentration on the apples of the cheeks and then lessens as it is blended out.  A touch of blush on the forehead and even less on the chin, will create a visual balance....'flow'.

The PLACEMENT and BLENDING of blush, bronzer, shimmer etc. are two very important technique elements to get right for maximum results in any makeup application. This is especially important with face makeup and the addition of color....its the difference between ready for the circus and ready for a closeup.

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Make Up Applying Tips Step #4- Blend Well

Key Technique

This means gently and repeatedly patting and working into the skin, in make up apply tips and techniques.

Your goal?

No detectable transition of color...everything should flow into one another. The PLACEMENT and BLENDING of blush, bronzer, shimmer etc. are two very important technique elements to get right for maximum results in any makeup application. This is especially important with face makeup and the addition of color....its the difference between ready for the circus and ready for a closeup.

Make Up Applying Tips Step #5- Color Choices

Color Choices That Brings Your Face To Life

Choosing the right colors for the tone of your complexion will not only enhance its look, other facial details...eye color, lips, hair color will start to really stand out.

• Fair -pink and peach shades that have a beige-brown undertone (red heads need to choose carefully with pinks).
• Medium-pale to bright pinks for those with yellow skin undertone (if your skin is more pink, avoid muted pinks like rose which will enhance a ruddy appearance).
• Olive-peach works well but with a pink undertone, not orange. Dark- has many options ranging from corals to pinks and plums.

Five Star Product Choices

There are many great products that will produce gorgeous effects, but there are a few that seem to make it so easy...

Industry favorite... NARS Powder Blush Orgasm -This powder blush, and in particular this shade, has been a favorite product of professionals and consumers.

Award winning excellence... Guerlain Terracotta Light Sheer Bronzing Powder -This powder bronzer is the latest brilliant formulation of the award winning Terracotta Bronzing Powder.

For simplicity sake... Benefit Cosmetics Dallas Face Powder -The perfect blend of bronzer and blush for a sheer natural radiant finish.

Full on radiant effect... Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick -named a Best Beauty Buy by Instyle magazine.

Last Word On Make Up Applying Tips

On the road to a radiant complexion...

These five steps need to be supported by a good skin good skin care program; cleansing, exfoliation, suitable moisturizing and protection. Combine this with an effective makeup formula, and you will come out looking and feeling brilliant.

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