Beauty Basics Illuminator 101

Why

Where

• Above your cheekbone- take your finger and dip it into the illuminator and simply apply it to the top of your cheekbone, focusing on the top part, nearest your eye.
• Bow of your lip- add just a little bit of illuminator right at the part of your lip that is directly under your nose, the bow.
• Below your brow- dab some illuminator just below your brow to make that area shine.

 

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Beauty Basics Blush 101

I hope you’re enjoying learning about the basics of makeup! Onto Beauty Basics Blush 101! Our faces come alive when we add a natural flush to our cheeks.

Tips

• You don’t want to add too much blush and put it in the wrong place because that will make look like a hot mess!
• Focus on the apples of your cheeks- smile at yourself in the mirror. Find the squishiest part of your cheeks and that is where you want to place your color.
• Blend upwards into your contour…by blending up you are creating a lifting effect. You want to lift your face up, not draw it down.
• Don’t be afraid of color, the blush will blend out and look natural.

Blush is a really simple step in your beauty process. Practice and experiment with what works best for your face. You can master anything with practice!

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Welcome to Beauty Basics! As part of the Beauty Basics course, I am going to teach you all about highlight…Beauty Basics Highlight 101! My beauty routine consists of using the Maskcara makeup foundations (highlight, contour, blush, and illuminator). Applying your highlight color is an simple step to your beauty routine and you can easily learn how to perfect it!

The purpose of highlighting is to even out your skin tone, cover up blemishes and hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation, and to brighten your face in the right places.

Areas to Focus

When applying the highlight color, I like to focus on 5 places:

• Under the eyes
• On the nose
• Under the nose
• On the chin
• On the forehead

How to Apply

As you apply your highlight color with your brush, do so in a dabbing or patting motion. If you wipe the product, it can appear streaky. By dabbing and patting the cream into your skin, the product lays nicely on the surface and gives it a smooth and natural finish. It also gives more coverage this way.

More Than One Highlight

Some women may need to use more than one highlight color. Sometimes our necks & chests are different shades than our face or sometimes our faces have different shades in different areas. By using more than one highlight color, you can mix and layer to give it a more natural look. You want your face, neck, and chest to coordinate and appear similar in shade. If your neck and chest appear darker than your face, then you could apply a darker highlight on your chin to blend the two skin shades. And vice versus. You want one cohesive look. It is a flattering look to have a lighter shade under the eye area to give your face a brighter look.

Applying your highlight correctly takes practice. And figuring out the right shades takes trial and error. Your skin also changes shades throughout the year, so you may need to use different highlight colors during different times of year.

With these simple steps and with practice, you can master the art of applying highlight!

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