What Order Does Makeup Go On

Before you even call back about adding a pop of lip color or going basics on the eyeshadow and eyeliner, the best makeup looks start with a practiced base.

And while in that location are no rights and wrong in terms of makeup awarding (your beauty, your rules) - if the order of products is confusing the crap out of you, get ready to be saved past Benefit'south Caput Makeup Artist, Lisa Potter-Dixon, who has shared her guide to a glowing, your-skin-but-better, base of operations.

Hither, you'll finally observe out whether you're meant to apply your concealer before or after your foundation, some easy contouring hacks and the prep steps you're probably missing...

STEP 1: Prep

The almost important thing to do in gild to achieve a gorgeous, glowing base is to prep your skin thoroughly. "If you don't moisturise your skin before yous apply your makeup, it won't sit every bit well, it won't last as long and it won't look equally good", says Lisa. And yes, even oily peel needs moisturising too.

"All-time case scenario is to moisturise 10 minutes earlier you apply your makeup to allow it to settle on the skin."

Quick tip: Utilize your moisturiser and and so do your hair or brush your teeth earlier moving onto makeup.

"When moisturising, actually work information technology into the complexion and down the cervix, and if you're decumbent to any dry out areas, add actress foam in those spots. Do this no affair of your skin blazon, because the makeup volition gainsay whatsoever other dilemmas like oiliness."

Lisa's faves: Pro-Collagen Marine Foam, £85, Elemis, Skinesis Dynamic Defence Anti-Ageing Day Cream SPF fifteen, £54, Sarah Chapman, Essential Moisture Mean solar day Foam, £9.fifty, No.seven.

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Stride 2: Prime number & glow

There are so many dissimilar types of primers, formulated to do unlike things. Hither'due south how to pick the correct one for you...

"If you suffer from backlog oil and open up pores, a silicone based primer is best", says Lisa. "Make sure it'south non-comedogenic so that information technology doesn't cake your pores."

"My favourite is an illuminating primer – putting this under your foundation will give a long-lasting glow to your skin. For fairer complexions go for one with a silver undertone, deeper complexions go for ane with a aureate undertone."

You should always utilise your primer after moisturising, but earlier foundation. "Offset in the heart of the face and blend outwards, and add together more in oily areas (if you have any) equally this will assistance to combat the shine throughout the day."

Some people like to expect a few minutes for the primer to adhere to the skin, but Lisa says "you can apply your foundation immediately after."

"Use your fingers to apply your primer as the warmth from your fingers volition assistance to work it into the skin."

STEP 3: Foundation

"One of the biggest mistakes fabricated we tend to make with foundation, is that we apply too much, thinking that the more we employ, the more it will help to cover whatever skin dilemmas", says Lisa. "Whereas actually, your foundation is there to even out your skin, and your concealer is the trouble solver."

If you're currently using more than one pump of your liquid foundation, you may desire to try scaling information technology dorsum. "You can always add more than but it'due south harder to take dorsum. Less is ever more with foundation."

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"My favourite style to apply foundation is with a clammy beauty blender every bit I observe this gives almost an airbrush finish", says Lisa. "Having it slightly damp means that the product doesn't soak into it and there's less wastage."

Always start in the centre of the confront and work outwards, and avert applying too much around the hairline, as this tin cause obvious build-up.

"Don't forget to also blend down your neck for an even finish", says Lisa. "If you prefer a powder, use information technology in the same mode but with a compact. fluffy castor and grit it on in round motions as this gives a much nicer finish."

Lisa's faves: Sheer Glow Foundation, £33.fifty, NARS, Candid Foundation, £nine.99, Revlon, Original Foundation SPF15, £28, Bareminerals.

STEP 4: Concealer

In case yous aren't already well acquainted, concealer is your best friend.
"If applied correctly it can hibernate anything and everything; dark circles, redness, blemishes and hangovers."

"Y'all need 2 different types of concealer in your kit – a liquid-based i for under your eyes and a cream-based i for everywhere else", says Lisa.

For underneath the optics, become for one nigh one-half a shade lighter than your foundation, equally you lot want this surface area to be lightened. Why liquid? "The heart area is 40 per cent thinner than anywhere else on the confront, pregnant that fine lines are much more visible in this area and a liquid concealer is less likely to crease", says Lisa.

The foam concealer can be the same shade as your foundation, as information technology's going to be used on the balance of your face and you lot desire this concealer to act more than like a camouflage. "Cream consistency is amend for this equally information technology's more malleable and will bail to the pare without budging and will look more than natural."

"For the nether eyes, draw a 'v' with your concealer, going from the inner corner of the eye, downwardly to the summit of the cheekbones and back upwards to the outer corner of the middle", says Lisa. "This way, if you take any darkness in this surface area, the 'v' will cover it in its entirety."

"Alloy the concealer upwardly towards the lower lash line using either a damp beauty blender or fluffy eyeshadow brush."

Always apply concealer on top of your foundation so that you can target certain areas. If y'all apply information technology underneath, information technology will just move and be rubbed abroad as you blend your foundation.

"If the under center surface area is very oily, feel free to lightly dust with translucent pulverisation."

When applying your concealer to the residual of your face, Lisa recommends using your fingers to create warmth and bind your concealer to your foundation meliorate. But you tin can likewise use a damp sponge or a concealer castor if preferred.

"Apply the cream concealer merely where yous demand it, and push it into that area to target the dilemma, so continue working information technology in until it's seamlessly blended and looks like a function of your base of operations", says Lisa. "Layer if necessary, just focus on your blending for a smooth finish. Otherwise, information technology tin announced patchy throughout the day if it's just left sitting on top of the skin."

Lisa'southward faves:
Liquid - Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Concealer, £19, Fenty, Erase Eye Concealer, £8.99, Maybelline, Magic Abroad Liquid Concealer, £24, Charlotte Tilbury
Foam - Boi-ing Industrial Strength Concealer, £18.l, Benefit, Clandestine Camouflage, £28.l, Laura Mercier, and The Sensual Skin Enhancer, £38, Kevyn Aucoin.

Pace 5: Bronzer

Bronzer and blusher work in perfect harmony together. Don't call up that y'all have to pick one or the other, because they do completely dissimilar things.

"Bronzer should exist used to give you a healthy, warm complexion, whereas blusher, gives you a pop of colour", says Lisa.

Whether you use a powder, cream or liquid bronzer, the awarding can be the aforementioned for all.

"The quickest and easiest manner to utilize your bronzer, is by doing a figure of three either side of the face, starting at the forward, going downward o the cheeks and so under the jawline", says Lisa. "This will give you a soft, natural contour."

Don't forget to alloy down the neck too, so that your neck matches your confront.

Lisa's faves: Hoola Caramel, £26, Benefit, Soleil Ta De Chanel, £36, Chanel, Matte Bronzer, £8, NYX.

STEP 6: Blusher

Peaches, pinks, and terracottas - the world of blusher can be a big one, only once yous've found your ideal shade, application is like shooting fish in a barrel.

"The quickest way to utilise your blusher is by smiling and putting it onto the apple of your cheeks and blending it upward towards the acme of your ears", says Lisa. "Less is more, and as long as y'all brand sure the majority of the colour is on the apples you can't go wrong."

As well as shades, there are plenty of textures and formulas to choose course. "Pulverisation is a great buildable blush, and y'all can get a variety of finishes from matte to shimmer. This texture besides tends to take the biggest option of shades."

"Foam blusher is dandy for a dewy stop and works really well with liquid foundation", says Lisa. "Lastly, liquid blusher is ideal for a natural flush of colour. Simply apply to a blusher castor and vitrify into the skin."

Lisa's faves: Cheekleaders Palette (available in Bronze Squad and Pink Team), £52, Do good Deject Paint, £15, Glossier, Pot Rouge for Lips & Cheeks, £22, Bobbi Brown, Blush, £iv.fifty, due east.50.f cosmetics.

STEP 7: Highlight

Highlighting (when done correctly) is super effective. It can add structure and luminosity to your face instantly.

"The best identify to utilise highlighter is on the loftier points of the face", says Lisa. "These are the areas that the lite hits, which in turn makes the structure of the face up stand out. Buff forth the cheekbones and under the brow bone, down the center of the nose, and on the cupid's bow."

Similar to blusher at that place are many types of formulas and finishes of highlighter. "Liquid tin exist a little catchy, merely tin wait so cute", says Lisa. "Try pressing it into the skin with your fingers and utilise it down the centre of the legs and highpoint of the shoulders also."

"Cream highlighters tend to be sheer, which is perfect for an 'inner glow' that looks more than like skin", she says. "Once again, blend with your fingers or use a fluffy eyeshadow brush to buff it in."

As for powders, these tend to be the most intense types of highlighter with the most shades and finishes available. "They're really buildable, and my favourite way to utilize powder highlighter is either with a fantail brush or an eyeshadow brush."

"If you desire a super, high-shine glow, layer a powder highlighter over your liquid or cream highlighter."

Lisa's faves:
Liquid - Liquid Highlighter, £9, ASOS Design, and Illuminator Drops, £xxx, Iconic London.
Foam - Cream Colour Base in 'Hush', £19, Mac Cosmetics, and Baume Essentiel, £33, Chanel.
Powder - Cookie (from the Cheekleader Bronze Palette), £52, Benefit, and Glow Powder Highlighter, £15, Topshop.

LISA'S Top three FINISHING TIPS:

Double-dip bronzer: Dust your bronzer across your eyes for an effortless eyeshadow look.
Heart-light: Press highlighter onto the inner corner of the eyes to burnish.
Don't forget your face framers: Utilise a fibre gel, similar Benefit Gimme Brow (£21.fifty) through your brows for a groomed finish