How to Become a Seint Beauty Artist

If you love makeup, skin care and beauty, then you’ll love this opportunity! Learn how to become a Seint Beauty Artist and make an impact in women’s lives!

What is Seint?

First off, what is Seint? Seint is a beauty company founded by Cara Brook in 2013. She believes that all women are beautiful and that makeup should be used to enhance your beauty, not cover it up. She designed a IIID foundation that is meant to bring out your best features, to sculpt and bring your face to life!

Seint has all sorts of beauty products: highlight, contour, lip & cheek, illuminator, eyeshadows, powders, bronzers, makeup brushes, compacts, and skin care. The awesome thing about this makeup line is that it is completely customizable! You can create your own custom compact with everything you need! It simplifies your makeup routine and cuts back on clutter. It’s the best!

What is a Seint Beauty Artist?

Seint is a company that sells life changing makeup, and I mean it! Not only is Seint’s makeup streamline and minimal, but their IIID foundation makes a woman’s face come to life and helps enhance her beautiful features. The highlight and contouring process sounds scary, but is an easy process in brightening a woman’s face. Along with the IIID foundation line, Seint also sells eyeshadows, skin care, brushes, and tools.

A Seint Artist is someone who sells Seint beauty products. But that’s not all. She connects with women to make them look and feel beautiful. She can choose to work solely from home and run an online business. She can choose to host parties and connect in person with groups of women. She can choose to run her Seint business however she feels best suits her lifestyle and talents. The most important thing is that she does it her way and embraces her skills so she can share them with others.

But, don’t fret if you’ve never done anyone’s makeup before! The HAC (highlight and contour) process is so simple to do. With practice, you can easily pick up the skill and teach other women how to do it too! Being a Seint Artist allows you to use your creativity and do it your way.

A Seint Artist can choose to make their business as big or as small as they want! It can be a simple hobby, a serious side hustle, a full-time gig or anything and everything in between!

You can learn more about the perks of being a Seint Beauty Artist HERE and potential Seint Artist Questions HERE.

How do You Become a Seint Beauty Artist?

If you feel like becoming a Seint Beauty Artist is a good fit for you, then I would love for you to join my team! You can learn more about joining my team HERE.

If you’re ready to take the plunge, then simply go HERE.

Follow these steps:

• Click on “ARTIST PROGRAM”
• Click on “ENROLL WITH JOELLEN WOODS”
• Select which Artist Kit you want.
• Then fill out the enrollment information.

It’s easy peasy! Once you complete the process, I’ll be in touch right away with you! Our team has great training and tools to get you started and to help you succeed. You get to decide what you want out of this experience…and I hope you learn to love it as much as I do!

I love that being a Seint Beauty Artist provides a great income for my family. I love that I can be anywhere in the world and run my business all online. I love that I get to connect with women and help them feel and look beautiful. I love leading a team of talented and kind women that want to make a difference. I love the flexibility! And I absolutely love the products!

If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them! Email me and ask away! I can’t wait to get to know you!

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How to Get Color Matched for Seint Makeup

Have you heard of Seint makeup and want to try it out? You want to try it out, but you don’t know how? I’ll show you how to get color matched for Seint makeup all from the comfort of your home!

Take the Seint Color Match Quick Quiz

If you’re a no-nonsense gal and you want to know really quickly what colors will work on you, then you can take this quick quiz. It’s simple quiz with a few questions that will help you determine what colors will look best on you. You’ll get an email with your recommending colors. It’s easy peasy! Even though it’s really fast and easy, it’s not the most accurate way to get color matched for Seint makeup…

Read the Seint Color Match Guide

After taking the Seint Color Match Quiz, if you still feel unsure about whether the colors are right for you, then you can read the Seint Color Match Guide to help you determine the best products for you! It will guide you through picking the right highlight, contour, lip & cheek, and illuminator colors that will best suit your coloring and lifestyle. It makes buying makeup online super easy!

Send a Selfie

If you want a more accurate way to get color matched for Seint makeup, then send me a selfie of your beautiful face! I know it can be intimidating sending a no-makeup selfie to a stranger. But rest assured! I have seen THOUSANDS of women’s bare faces and they are all beautiful! I never share any pictures that are emailed to me. You can send it to me in full confidence.

But not any selfie will do. I need one with good natural lighting so I can give you my most accurate suggestions. Simply find a window with natural lighting, face it, take a few steps back, snap a picture of your makeup-free face and email it to me. Make sure you don’t have any lights on in the background and no filters added to the picture.

Take the Survey

The best way for me to help you figure out what Seint makeup colors will work best for you is to fill out the Seint Color Match Survey. It will help me know what your makeup needs and preferences are so I know what to recommend to you. I don’t want to give you suggestions for all the things when you just want simple. Or I don’t want to just give you the basic suggestions when you want all the things! See what I mean?! I want to give you personalized help so you look and feel your best!

Once you get your color match for Seint makeup through email, you can shop the suggestions HERE or if you want to make it really easy, I can build a shopping cart for you. Just let me know!

Getting color matched for Seint makeup is really easy! No need to leave your home. No need to attend a party. No need to go to a store! If you’re not satisfied with the colors that you got, Seint has an amazing return policy! You have 30 days to return or 60 days to exchange anything that isn’t working well, you just have to pay for return shipping.

Let me know if you have any questions. I’m happy to help you on your Seint makeup journey! I strongly believe that when you feel good, you do good.

Learn more about Seint makeup!

You can learn how to apply Seint makeup for beginners!

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Join Our Seint Team

Have you been looking for a creative outlet? A way to bond with women? A way to make a little extra money on the side? A business you can run from your home? Then this is the perfect answer for you! You should become a Seint Artist! And you should join our Seint team! (Seint has rebranded from Maskcara Beauty…same company, new name. You can learn more about the rebrand HERE. You may see some resources referring to Maskcara, but it’s now considered Seint).

What is an Artist?

First off, Seint is a company that sells life changing makeup, and I mean it! Not only is Seint’s makeup streamline and minimal, but their IIID foundation makes a woman’s face come to life and helps enhance her beautiful features. The highlight and contouring process sounds scary, but is an easy process in brightening a woman’s face. Along with the IIID foundation line, Seint also sells eyeshadows, skin care, brushes, and tools.

A Seint Artist is someone who sells Seint beauty products. But that’s not all. She connects with women to make them look and feel beautiful. She can choose to work solely from home and run an online business. She can choose to host parties and connect in person with groups of women. She can choose to run her Seint business however she feels best suits her lifestyle and talents. The most important thing is that she does it her way and embraces her skills so she can share them with others.

But, don’t fret if you’ve never done anyone’s makeup before! The HAC (highlight and contour) process is so simple to do. With practice, you can easily pick up the skill and teach other women how to do it too! Being a Seint Artist allows you to use your creativity and do it your way.

Seint Mission Statement

I love Seint’s mission statement! It full embraces all beauty, especially a woman’s inner and outer beauty.

“Beauty connects us.
It transcends time and knows no boundaries.
Seeking, experiencing, and cultivating beauty in ourselves and the world around us is a sacred work.
And that work—our work—is beautiful.
We see beauty in every face.
Our mission is to preserve and nurture it.
Everything we do and everything we create is based on what we believe in:
That beauty matters.
That helping others look beautiful is nice,
But helping them believe they are beautiful is life changing.
Beauty is not our creation;
Beauty is our passion.”

Why You Should Join the Team

If you want to become a Seint Artist, you can sign up under anyone you want. But why should you choose to join our team??? Oh boy! Why not?! As an esthetician,  JoEllen teaches simple skin care and beauty training. Our team focuses on building a business and brand around our strengths and talents. You are not one dimensional and neither is your business!

We try to give you the tools to blossom and grow! Why would you want to become a Seint Artist? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, then this could be the right fit for you!

• Do you love makeup?
• Do you want to build a business?
• Do you want to be a Mom Boss?
• Do you want a creative outlet?
• Do you want earn more money?
• Do you want to belong to a sisterhood of positivity and creativity?
• Do you want a hobby?
• Do you want to help others see their true beauty?

What’s unique and special about our team?

• Our team is full of women that are beautiful on the inside and out!
• We are women from all walks of life, all ages and stages, and all ethnicities.
• We have professional makeup artists on our team and women who just barely learned how to do makeup and everything in between!
• We are a group of women that are unique, uplifting, talented, kind, genuine, and hard working.
• There’s no drama, cattiness, or comparing.
• We love to encourage and motivate and cheer each other on.
• We embrace our differences and love to learn from each other.
• Our team doesn’t pressure. We set individual goals and help each other reach them.
• Our team has an exclusive team website that has lots of trainings and all you need to get started and keep going in your business!
• Our team has weekly trainings from top leaders in the company.
• Our team has a 6-week jump start course to get you started on the right foot!
• Our team has a special Facebook page and Telegram channel to stay in touch with each other.

Our team focuses on individuality. We embrace our differences! We have women that are stay at home moms, travelers, working women, students, single, married, and everything in between. We have women that are young, middle aged, and more mature. We have women that like to run their business online, in person, or a bit of both. I work with each woman individually to set their goals and accomplish them. If you want to make this a little hobby, I fully support that! If you want to go big and work hard, I totally have your back! But the main thing is building a business around you and your strengths and talents and not just around the makeup. You are not one dimensional, and neither is your business! I believe we all have gifts that we are meant to share with others to lift them up and make a difference in their life. And Seint is a great avenue to do this…

Our team is called Team Illuminate because we believe in spreading light and goodness and illuminating women’s lives! We love to encourage, uplift, motivate, inspire, and brighten the lives of others. This business is just a small part of who we are and we get to help women look and feel beautiful!

Seint is for All Kinds of Women!

Whether you are a mom, a working woman, someone that has no experience with makeup, a cosmetologist or esthetician, young or old…this business can be for you! Here are some women that share how they make this business work or them:

Mom

Working Woman

No Makeup Experience

Cosmetologist/Esthetician

Women of all Ages

It Can Change Your Life!

This is more than just makeup and more than just a business! This opportunity has the potential to change your life. For me personally, it has allowed me to connect with women and help change their lives! It is also allowing our family to save everything that I make for retirement. It’s such a great sense of security knowing I’m helping save for our future. You can see how this business has changed other women’s lives:

What this business has done for some of us HERE.

What this business will do for us in the future HERE.

Click the button below to email with any questions! Fire away!

How to Join our Seint Team

Do we have you convinced yet?? When you’ve decided to take the plunge to change your life, then it’s so easy to sign up as a Makeup Artist! Simply click HERE. Then choose, ARTIST PROGRAM. Choose to enroll under my name (JoEllen Woods). Then you can choose which kit you want. We highly suggest the Pro Kit because it sets you up for success early on and it’s a much better deal. But the Basic Kit can get you by too! Finish up the process by providing your personal info and payment method and voila!

As soon as the sign-up process is complete, we will be in contact with you and get you training so you can build a successful brand & business! We are so excited to work with you!! We have a ton of fun and have a lot to offer you!

Click HERE to learn more details about the Seint Artist Program.

Click HERE to learn more about how JoEllen makes being a Seint Artist work for her as she travels! Building a brand online is totally doable! I love the freedom is allows my family!

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Maskcara Versus Seint

Have you heard of Maskcara Beauty? Have you heard of Seint? Are you wondering what’s up? I’ll give you the 4-1-1 on all you need to know about Maskcara versus Seint so you know what’s what!

Maskcara Beauty Rebrand

Here’s the deal…Maskcara Beauty is now Seint! Maskcara Beauty is the same as Seint. Think of Maskcara as the the beauty version 1.0 and Seint is 2.0. Seint is Maskcara with a face lift! Seint is a breath of fresh air and a whole new feel with all the same awesome products.

What is Seint?

The quality and popular products haven’t changed….but the packaging has! Maskcara packaging was always gorgeous but this is now on a whole new level of ah-mazing! Think Vogue. Think Chanel. Think Louis Vuitton. Think all those classy iconic brands but for an affordable price for the everyday woman. That is Seint.

Seint is classy. Seint is beauty. Seint is fresh. But Seint isn’t unattainable. It’s for every woman. It’s for all ages, stages, cultures, classes, colors, and all kinds of women. This is a beauty brand that is all inclusive. Every woman deserves to look and feel beautiful! And Seint makeup is not meant to cover up our beauty. It’s meant to enhance our features. It’s meant to help us feel beautiful

What makes Seint so special?

What is different about Seint? Why is the Seint beauty brand special? Seint is a brand that is meant to help women recognize their beauty. Cara says it beautifully, “This change is inspired by our belief that seeking, experiencing, and cultivating beauty is a sacred work; the work of saints. Saints aren’t made or created; they are simply recognized for the good they bring to the world. In a similar way, we believe that we don’t just make or create beauty; we recognize, nurture, and preserve it.”

Isn’t that beautiful?! There is beauty all around us. And Seint delights in recognizing, enhancing, and cultivating beauty. This is not just any other beauty brand. This is not just a brand that wants to convince women to buy all the things. This is a brand that believes that less is more. Let’s celebrate our beauty and recognize our uniqueness!

Where can you buy Seint beauty products?

If this has peeked your interest, you may want to check it out! You can shop all Seint products HERE. Shopping online can be a little intimidating, so if you need personal help figuring out what colors and products will work great for you, then fill out this quick survey makeup survey. It will help me know how to help you! I believe that less is more, so knowing what your needs and preferences are will help me know what products to recommend to you.

If you have any questions about the products or company, email me HERE. If you’re interested in joining forces with the company and becoming an artist, you can learn more HERE.

*This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase an item featured in the post, I get a small portion from the sale. Thank you! This does not affect you at all.

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Maskcara Beauty Rebrand

Have you heard the news?! Maskcara Beauty has changed names! Here’s all you need to know about the Maskcara Beauty rebrand…

Same Products

Before you get too upset about the change, don’t worry! The iiid foundation, eyeshadows, skin care, and brushes are all still staying! It’s all the same products but with a packaging facelift! This facelift includes new packaging, a new name, and a new mission.

New Packaging

Maskcara products were always packaged so beautifully. But now their packaging is even more ah-mazing!! Think Vogue. Think Chanel. Think ultra classy. You will LOVE it!! But along with this beautiful brand does not come a high price tag! This beauty brand is still perfectly priced for the everyday woman. This is a beauty brand that is made for women of all ages, stages, cultures, colors, and kinds of women!

New Name

What was once Maskcara Beauty is now called Seint. Seint, meaning the French spelling of Saint. It’s a beautiful name with an even more beautiful meaning.

New Mission

Along with the Maskcara Beauty rebrand comes a new mission. Seint is a brand that is meant to help women recognize their beauty. Cara says it beautifully, “This change is inspired by our belief that seeking, experiencing, and cultivating beauty is a sacred work; the work of saints. Saints aren’t made or created; they are simply recognized for the good they bring to the world. In a similar way, we believe that we don’t just make or create beauty; we recognize, nurture, and preserve it.”

Isn’t that beautiful?! There is beauty all around us. And Seint delights in recognizing, enhancing, and cultivating beauty. This is not just any other beauty brand. This is not just a brand that wants to convince women to buy all the things. This is a brand that believes that less is more. Let’s celebrate our beauty and recognize our uniqueness!

I have been a lover of Maskcara Beauty since the day it came out! And I am even more in love with it as they rebrand and embrace a new kind of beauty. I am proud to be a part of this company! I fully support and love the products and mission. I LOVE helping women look and feel beautiful. I truly believe that when you feel good, you do good. And I love that I get to help women make a difference in the world.

You can shop all Seint products HERE. Shopping online can be a little intimidating, so if you need personal help figuring out what colors and products will work great for you, then fill out this quick makeup survey. It will help me know how to help you! I believe that less is more, so knowing what your needs and preferences are will help me know what products to recommend to you.

If you have any questions about the products or company, email me HERE. If you’re interested in joining forces with the company and becoming an artist, you can learn more HERE.

*This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase an item featured in the post, I get a small portion from the sale. Thank you! This does not affect you at all.

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Cream Makeup for Normal Skin

There are lots of different kinds of makeup on the market: powder, liquid, mineral, cream. So many options that you get decision fatigue trying to decide what will be best for you and your skin! I’ve personally tried them all. They all have their pros and cons but I like cream makeup the best! It’s the easiest to apply, most naturally looking on the skin, and most flattering. Yes please! But what if you have oily skin…can cream makeup work for you? Here are some tips to get cream makeup for normal skin to work and last all day!

The Benefit of Cream Makeup

Why is cream makeup the best? Cream makeup doesn’t sit on your face as a thick layer but rather melts into your face creating a second skin appearance. Most women want to look beautiful without looking too fake. And cream makeup gives you that coverage that you want without making it look like you have a ton of makeup caked onto your face! We want to enhance our beauty, not completely cover it up!

Cream makeup is wonderful on all ages! From teens to twenties, thirties to forties, fifties to sixties, and beyond! It can be worn as light coverage, medium coverage, or full coverage. It is extra beautiful on mature skin because it moves with the fine lines and wrinkles instead of sitting heavily on the surface accentuating the aging.

Cream makeup is so easy to use and very forgiving! It can blend like a dream and wipe away easily. With the right tools, you can beautify your face in a matter of minutes! You can apply the cream makeup with your fingers and blend with a brush or you can use brushes to apply and blend. There are so many options and you can make whatever works best for you!

Having a cream highlight foundation, contour, blush, and illuminator will give your face dimension! Say goodbye to that flat look finish! Say hello to shape, shadow, and sculpting!

You can find my absolute favorite customizable cream makeup HERE. You can create your own custom compact of colors for exactly what you need (foundation highlight, contour, blush, illuminator, and lip color). And you can learn more about the cream makeup HERE.

Normal Skin Makeup Tips

If you have normal skin, then cream makeup will be a dream for you! Depending on if you want a matte or dewey finish, any of these tips will help you achieve the look you want:

• Sunscreen- This sunscreen HERE is a great sunscreen to apply before you put your makeup on. It gives your face a matte feel and keeps oil at bay all day!
• Moisturize- If you want to moisturize your face before applying your makeup, it’s key to let your moisturizer sit for a few minutes to absorb into your skin. If you fail to do so, your cream makeup will slide off your face and won’t stick well.
• Primer- If you want to use primer, make sure that your primer is water based so your makeup doesn’t end up slipping off.
• Setting Spray- Spray your face with setting before and/or after you apply your makeup. Setting spray is like hairspray formulated for your face. It will help your makeup last all day. HERE is a great option.
• Powder- Apply your makeup and set your makeup with powder. You can do a light dusting or you can try the “baking method.” This is when you really cake on the powder after your makeup application. Let it sit and absorb the excess oils for 5-10 minutes. Then take a powder brush and lightly brush away the excess powder. Your makeup will be nice and set for the day! Here are my 3 favorite powder options: HERE, HERE, or HERE.

Try any or all those tips out to see what works best for you. It’s a matter of trial and error to see what works with your specific skin type. Try a combination of them and see what you love.

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Normal Skin Skincare Tips

The key to a great makeup application is a great skincare routine! Here are essential skincare steps that you should be doing daily and weekly to maintain healthy skin:

• Cleanse, tone, and moisturize daily! No questions about it. It must be done. Commit now to not going to bed ever again with your makeup on! Wash off the dust, grime, dirt, sweat, oil, and makeup from the day so your skin can renew itself while you sleep! My favorite skincare is HERE.
• Exfoliate! Depending on your skin’s sensitivity, you should exfoliate at least once a week. Exfoliating will slough off dead skin cells, circulate blood flow, and get your skin feeling nice and smooth! My all-time favorite exfoliator is this salt scrub found HERE.
• Mask- Give your skin some TLC by doing a mask once a week. It will help heal and nourish your skin. My favorite enzyme mask is HERE and my favorite clay mask is HERE.
• Drink water- Keeping your body hydrated will do wonders for your skin! A good rule of thumb is to shoot for drinking half your body weight in ounces each day.
• Change your pillowcase often- You should be changing your pillowcase at least once a week to ensure a clean surface for your skin to rest on at night.

If you’ve been on the fence about trying cream makeup out, give it a go! It’s so easy to use, it appears very natural, and its extremely flattering! Buying makeup online can be overwhelming so if you need help figuring out what colors will work great on you, fill out my quick makeup survey so I can help!

*This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase an item featured in this post, I receive a small portion from the sale. Thank you! It does not affect you at all.

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Cream Makeup for Combination Skin

There are lots of different kinds of makeup on the market: powder, liquid, mineral, cream. So many options that you get decision fatigue trying to decide what will be best for you and your skin! I’ve personally tried them all. They all have their pros and cons but I like cream makeup the best! It’s the easiest to apply, most naturally looking on the skin, and most flattering. Yes please! But what if you have combination skin…can cream makeup work for you? Here are some tips to get cream makeup for combination skin to work and last all day!

The Benefit of Cream Makeup

Why is cream makeup the best? Cream makeup doesn’t sit on your face as a thick layer but rather melts into your face creating a second skin appearance. Most women want to look beautiful without looking too fake. And cream makeup gives you that coverage that you want without making it look like you have a ton of makeup caked onto your face! We want to enhance our beauty, not completely cover it up!

Cream makeup is wonderful on all ages! From teens to twenties, thirties to forties, fifties to sixties, and beyond! It can be worn as light coverage, medium coverage, or full coverage. It is extra beautiful on mature skin because it moves with the fine lines and wrinkles instead of sitting heavily on the surface accentuating the aging.

Cream makeup is so easy to use and very forgiving! It can blend like a dream and wipe away easily. With the right tools, you can beautify your face in a matter of minutes! You can apply the cream makeup with your fingers and blend with a brush or you can use brushes to apply and blend. There are so many options and you can make whatever works best for you!

Having a cream highlight foundation, contour, blush, and illuminator will give your face dimension! Say goodbye to that flat look finish! Say hello to shape, shadow, and sculpting!

You can find my absolute favorite customizable cream makeup HERE. You can create your own custom compact of colors for exactly what you need (foundation highlight, contour, blush, illuminator, and lip color). And you can learn more about the cream makeup HERE.

Combination Skin Makeup Tips

If you have combination skin (meaning a combo of oily skin, normal, and dry) and want to make cream makeup work for you, you totally can! I have extremely oily skin in my t-zone and drier skin on my jawline and have been wearing cream makeup for 5 years. I’ve learned a few tips and tricks here and there and these are some things you can incorporate into your beauty routine to get cream makeup to apply well, last all day, and avoid that crazy shine!

• Sunscreen- This sunscreen HERE is a great sunscreen to apply before you put your makeup on. It gives your face a matte feel and keeps oil at bay all day!
• Primer- You would think that primer would be a good idea for oily skin, but you want to make sure that your primer is water based so your makeup doesn’t end up slipping off.
• Setting Spray- Spray your face with setting before and/or after you apply your makeup. Setting spray is like hairspray formulated for your face. It will help your makeup last all day. HERE is a great option.
• Powder- Apply a light layer of powder before you apply your makeup. Let it absorb the oils on your face. Then apply your makeup and set your makeup with powder again. (You can try before and after or just one or the other…. see what works best for you!). Try the “baking method.” This is when you really cake on the powder after your makeup application. Let it sit and absorb the excess oils for 5-10 minutes. Then take a powder brush and lightly brush away the excess powder. Your makeup will be nice and set for the day!

Try any or all those tips out to see what works best for you. It’s a matter of trial and error to see what works with your specific skin type. Try a combination of them and see what you love.

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Combination Skin Skincare Tips

The key to a great makeup application is a great skincare routine! Here are essential skincare steps that you should be doing daily and weekly to maintain healthy skin:

• Cleanse, tone, and moisturize daily! No questions about it. It must be done. Commit now to not going to bed ever again with your makeup on! Wash off the dust, grime, dirt, sweat, oil, and makeup from the day so your skin can renew itself while you sleep! My favorite skincare is HERE.
• Exfoliate! Depending on your skin’s sensitivity, you should exfoliate at least once a week. Exfoliating will slough off dead skin cells, circulate blood flow, and get your skin feeling nice and smooth! My all-time favorite exfoliator is this salt scrub found HERE.
• Mask- Give your skin some TLC by doing a mask once a week. It will help heal and nourish your skin. My favorite enzyme mask is HERE and my favorite clay mask is HERE.
• Drink water- Keeping your body hydrated will do wonders for your skin! A good rule of thumb is to shoot for drinking half your body weight in ounces each day.
• Change your pillowcase often- You should be changing your pillowcase at least once a week to ensure a clean surface for your skin to rest on at night.

If you’ve been on the fence about trying cream makeup out, give it a go! It’s so easy to use, it appears very natural, and its extremely flattering! Buying makeup online can be overwhelming so if you need help figuring out what colors will work great on you, fill out my quick makeup survey so I can help!

*This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase something featured in this post, I receive a small portion from the sale. Thank you! It does not affect you at all.

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Cream Makeup for Dry Skin

There are lots of different kinds of makeup on the market: powder, liquid, mineral, cream. So many options that you get decision fatigue trying to decide what will be best for you and your skin! I’ve personally tried them all. They all have their pros and cons but I like cream makeup the best! It’s the easiest to apply, most naturally looking on the skin, and most flattering. Yes please! But what if you have oily skin…can cream makeup work for you? Here are some tips to get cream makeup for dry skin to work and last all day!

The Benefit of Cream Makeup

Why is cream makeup the best? Cream makeup doesn’t sit on your face as a thick layer but rather melts into your face creating a second skin appearance. Most women want to look beautiful without looking too fake. And cream makeup gives you that coverage that you want without making it look like you have a ton of makeup caked onto your face! We want to enhance our beauty, not completely cover it up!

Cream makeup is wonderful on all ages! From teens to twenties, thirties to forties, fifties to sixties, and beyond! It can be worn as light coverage, medium coverage, or full coverage. It is extra beautiful on mature skin because it moves with the fine lines and wrinkles instead of sitting heavily on the surface accentuating the aging.

Cream makeup is so easy to use and very forgiving! It can blend like a dream and wipe away easily. With the right tools, you can beautify your face in a matter of minutes! You can apply the cream makeup with your fingers and blend with a brush or you can use brushes to apply and blend. There are so many options and you can make whatever works best for you!

Having a cream highlight foundation, contour, blush, and illuminator will give your face dimension! Say goodbye to that flat look finish! Say hello to shape, shadow, and sculpting!

You can find my absolute favorite customizable cream makeup HERE. You can create your own custom compact of colors for exactly what you need (foundation highlight, contour, blush, illuminator, and lip color). And you can learn more about the cream makeup HERE.

Dry Skin Makeup Tips

If you have normal skin, then cream makeup will be a dream for you! Depending on if you want a matte or dewey finish, any of these tips will help you achieve the look you want:

• Sunscreen- This sunscreen HERE is a great sunscreen to apply before you put your makeup on. It gives your face a matte feel and keeps oil at bay all day!
• Moisturize- With your dry skin, it’s best to prep your skin with moisturizer so you don’t have any flakes and texture on your skin when you apply your makeup. But, it’s key to let your moisturizer sit for a few minutes to absorb into your skin. If you fail to do so, your cream makeup will slide off your face and won’t stick well. My absolute favorite moisturizer is HERE.
• Primer- If you want to use primer, make sure that your primer is water based so your makeup doesn’t end up slipping off.
• Setting Spray- Spray your face with setting before and/or after you apply your makeup. Setting spray is like hairspray formulated for your face. It will help your makeup last all day. HERE is a great option.

Try any or all those tips out to see what works best for you. It’s a matter of trial and error to see what works with your specific skin type. Try a combination of them and see what you love.

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Dry Skin Skincare Tips

The key to a great makeup application is a great skincare routine! Here are essential skincare steps that you should be doing daily and weekly to maintain healthy skin:

• Cleanse, tone, and moisturize daily! No questions about it. It must be done. Commit now to not going to bed ever again with your makeup on! Wash off the dust, grime, dirt, sweat, oil, and makeup from the day so your skin can renew itself while you sleep! My favorite skincare is HERE.
• Exfoliate! Depending on your skin’s sensitivity, you should exfoliate at least once a week. Exfoliating will slough off dead skin cells, circulate blood flow, and get your skin feeling nice and smooth! My all-time favorite exfoliator is this salt scrub found HERE.
• Mask- Give your skin some TLC by doing a mask once a week. It will help heal and nourish your skin. My favorite enzyme mask is HERE and my favorite clay mask is HERE.
• Drink water- Keeping your body hydrated will do wonders for your skin! A good rule of thumb is to shoot for drinking half your body weight in ounces each day.
• Change your pillowcase often- You should be changing your pillowcase at least once a week to ensure a clean surface for your skin to rest on at night.

If you’ve been on the fence about trying cream makeup out, give it a go! It’s so easy to use, it appears very natural, and its extremely flattering! Buying makeup online can be overwhelming so if you need help figuring out what colors will work great on you, fill out my quick makeup survey so I can help!

*This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase an item featured in this post, I receive a small portion from the sale. Thank you! It does not affect you at all.

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Cream Makeup for Oily Skin

There are lots of different kinds of makeup on the market: powder, liquid, mineral, cream. So many options that you get decision fatigue trying to decide what will be best for you and your skin! I’ve personally tried them all. They all have their pros and cons but I like cream makeup the best! It’s the easiest to apply, most naturally looking on the skin, and most flattering. Yes please! But what if you have oily skin…can cream makeup work for you? Here are some tips to get cream makeup for oily skin to work and last all day!

The Benefit of Cream Makeup

Why is cream makeup the best? Cream makeup doesn’t sit on your face as a thick layer but rather melts into your face creating a second skin appearance. Most women want to look beautiful without looking too fake. And cream makeup gives you that coverage that you want without making it look like you have a ton of makeup caked onto your face! We want to enhance our beauty, not completely cover it up!

Cream makeup is wonderful on all ages! From teens to twenties, thirties to forties, fifties to sixties, and beyond! It can be worn as light coverage, medium coverage, or full coverage. It is extra beautiful on mature skin because it moves with the fine lines and wrinkles instead of sitting heavily on the surface accentuating the aging.

Cream makeup is so easy to use and very forgiving! It can blend like a dream and wipe away easily. With the right tools, you can beautify your face in a matter of minutes! You can apply the cream makeup with your fingers and blend with a brush or you can use brushes to apply and blend. There are so many options and you can make whatever works best for you!

Having a cream highlight foundation, contour, blush, and illuminator will give your face dimension! Say goodbye to that flat look finish! Say hello to shape, shadow, and sculpting!

You can find my absolute favorite customizable cream makeup HERE. You can create your own custom compact of colors for exactly what you need (foundation highlight, contour, blush, illuminator, and lip color). And you can learn more about the cream makeup HERE.

Oily Skin Makeup Tips

If you have oily skin and want to make cream makeup work for you, you totally can! I have extremely oily skin and have been wearing cream makeup for 5 years. I’ve learned a few tips and tricks here and there and these are some things you can incorporate into your beauty routine to get cream makeup to apply well, last all day, and avoid that crazy shine!

• Sunscreen- This sunscreen HERE is a great sunscreen to apply before you put your makeup on. It gives your face a matte feel and keeps oil at bay all day!
• Primer- You would think that primer would be a good idea for oily skin, but you want to make sure that your primer is water based so your makeup doesn’t end up slipping off.
• Setting Spray- Spray your face with setting before and/or after you apply your makeup. Setting spray is like hairspray formulated for your face. It will help your makeup last all day. HERE is a great option.
• Powder- Apply a light layer of powder before you apply your makeup. Let it absorb the oils on your face. Then apply your makeup and set your makeup with powder again. (You can try before and after or just one or the other…. see what works best for you!). Try the “baking method.” This is when you really cake on the powder after your makeup application. Let it sit and absorb the excess oils for 5-10 minutes. Then take a powder brush and lightly brush away the excess powder. Your makeup will be nice and set for the day!

Try any or all those tips out to see what works best for you. It’s a matter of trial and error to see what works with your specific skin type. Try a combination of them and see what you love.

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Oily Skin Skincare Tips

The key to a great makeup application is a great skincare routine! Here are essential skincare steps that you should be doing daily and weekly to maintain healthy skin:

• Cleanse, tone, and moisturize daily! No questions about it. It must be done. Commit now to not going to bed ever again with your makeup on! Wash off the dust, grime, dirt, sweat, oil, and makeup from the day so your skin can renew itself while you sleep! My favorite skincare is HERE.
• Exfoliate! Depending on your skin’s sensitivity, you should exfoliate at least once a week. Exfoliating will slough off dead skin cells, circulate blood flow, and get your skin feeling nice and smooth! My all-time favorite exfoliator is this salt scrub found HERE.
• Mask- Give your skin some TLC by doing a mask once a week. It will help heal and nourish your skin. My favorite enzyme mask is HERE and my favorite clay mask is HERE.
• Drink water- Keeping your body hydrated will do wonders for your skin! A good rule of thumb is to shoot for drinking half your body weight in ounces each day.
• Change your pillowcase often- You should be changing your pillowcase at least once a week to ensure a clean surface for your skin to rest on at night.

If you’ve been on the fence about trying cream makeup out, give it a go! It’s so easy to use, it appears very natural, and its extremely flattering! Buying makeup online can be overwhelming so if you need help figuring out what colors will work great on you, fill out my quick makeup survey so I can help!

*This post contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase something featured in this post, I receive a small portion from the sale. Thank you! It does not affect you at all.

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3D Foundation: Your Questions Answered!

3D foundation. You may have heard this makeup term floating around and wondered what in the world it is! What is 3D foundation? You’ve come to the right place because here are your questions answered!

What is 3D Foundation?

Before I explain what 3D foundation is, I need to first tell you what it isn’t. It’s not a liquid or powder foundation that you plop on your entire face to get a flat lifeless finish. What it is, is a cream foundation that gives life, shape, and movement to your face! 3D foundation is meant to give you a 3D look! When you use one foundation color it flattens your face out. It takes away the natural shadows and curves and colors of your face. 3D foundation brings back that beauty!

3D foundation consists of 4 products: highlight (foundation), contour, blush, and illuminator. Each individual product is a foundation. Each provides coverage. But instead of putting 4 layers of makeup on your face to get a crazy caked look, you only apply each color where you need it. This gives your face a beautiful fresh look!

How Do Apply It?

Oh girl, it is so easy! Because it’s cream makeup, it’s so forgiving and foolproof! You can apply it either with your fingers and blend with a brush or you can apply it with a brush or brushes.

Do you know those paint by number coloring books? Think of your makeup application like that! You will apply your highlight foundation under your eyes, on your nose, on your chin, along your lower cheek/jaw area, and forehead. Apply your contour along your cheekbones, along your jawline, along your hairline, and along the sides of your nose. Apply your blush color on the apples of your cheeks. Apply your illuminator on top of your cheekbones. And then blend baby blend! You will be amazed at how much shape and dimension your face gets!

It really is so important to have the right brushes though! Your application can be a deal breaker with a bad brush. So make sure to use the brushes that are made for this makeup! You can see them HERE!

What is it Made Of?

3D foundation is a cream foundation that can apply like butter! Because of its consistency, it goes on so smoothly and takes on a second skin look instead of a cakey heavy look. Here are the ingredients for each product:

Highlight:

• Liquid Paraffin
• Petrolatum
• Ozokerite Wax
• Beeswax
• Cetyl Esters
• Lanolin
• Zinc Stearate
• Phenoxyethanol
• Iron Oxides
• Titanium Dioxide
• Ultramarines

Contour:

• Liquid Paraffin
• Petrolatum
• Ozokerite Wax
• Beeswax
• Cetyl Esters
• Lanolin
• Zinc Stearate
• Phenoxyethanol
• Iron Oxides
• Titanium Dioxide
• Ultramarines

Lip & Cheek:

• Hydrogenated Polyisobutene
• Octyl Palmitate
• Talc
• Carnauba
• Magnesium Carbonate
• Decyl Oleate
• Microcrystalline Wax
• Ethylene/Methacrylate Copolymer
• Isopropyl Titanium Tri-Isostearate
• Isopropyl Lanolate
• Dimethicone
• Phenoxyethanol
• Mica
• D&C Red #27
• Titanium Dioxide
• Iron Oxide
• Ultramarines

Illuminator:

• Octyl Palmitate
• Polyethylene
• Ozokerite Wax
• Tocopheryl Acetate
• Phenoxyethanol
• Titanium Dioxide
• Iron Oxide
• Mica

How Long Does It Last?

Every gal has their own makeup preference. Some like it very natural, some like medium coverage, and some like full coverage. So, depending on what kind of coverage you want and how often you wear makeup, your makeup singles can last anywhere from 2-12 months!

Is It Good for All Skin Types?

Yes! Whether you have dry skin, oily skin, normal skin, or combination skin, this 3D foundation will work for you! If you have oily skin, it’s best to set the makeup with a powder and/or setting spray. I have super oily skin and my makeup will last all day long when I set it with a powder.

Does it Work for All Ages?

Yes ma’am!! This is so so good for teenagers, gals in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s! Because it acts as a second skin, it especially works beautifully on mature skin.

How Much Does It Cost?

Here’s the best part….each tin is only $14!! You may have to make a big investment up front, but then you only have to pay $14 to replace each product.

Is It Customizable?

You betcha! Each compact is magnetic and each tin is made of metal so they pop in and out so you can mix and match to your heart’s content! You can create your own custom compact to your liking. It’s the best! When you finish a product, just replace that one single. If you want to add more, you can get a bigger compact to accommodate more! And….every time you order 4 or more makeup singles at one time, you always get a free compact!! You can learn more about free compacts HERE.

So many questions, so many answers! I hope that helped you understand what all the hype of 3D foundation is about! If you have more questions, email me HERE and I would be happy to help! If you want to know what colors and products would be best for you, fill out my quick survey HERE so I know what your makeup preferences and needs are and I can give you some great recommendations.

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