Perfecting a natural makeup look is tricky, but it’s not impossible. The key is to keep it simple and enhance your natural features. Key components include a smooth even complexion, sculpted cheeks and subtle pops of color. Keep reading for 5 quicks tips that can help you perfect your look in no time!
1. Flawless Foundation: Whether you are into powder or liquid a solid foundation is fundamental to a natural look. We recommend sticking to a light coverage to keep things as natural as possible. Make sure you apply a primer for a long lasting look!
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2. Defined Brows:
The easiest way to enhance your natural beauty is to clean up your brows and fill them in using a natural brow shade like dark brown to sculpt them. If you have stray hairs grab your favorite tweezer and gently remove them before applying brow powder. Follow up with cream concealer to add more structure to your face.
3. Concealer:
To help brighten your under eye area apply a light weight application of concealer underneath your eyes. This should be no more than one to two shades lighter than your natural skin tone.
4. Highlight: Adding a subtle pop of color into the inner corner or your eyes, cheekbones and brow bones can literally brighten the overall look of your entire face with out making you look too done up. Stick with warm golden shades to compliment brown skin. For cooler skin tones opts for pretty shades of rose gold and silver.
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Contour (optional)- This is a quick trick to add more structure to your face. Take a large contour brush and swipe a dark brown powder along the hollows of your cheeks.
5. Defined Eyes: A quick application of eyeliner can help to open the eyes and add definition. For the most natural look stick to cream or pencil liner. For a more bold or dramatic look add a delicate winged liner for a subtle pop. Skip the false lashes and add 2-3 coats of your favorite lengthening mascara.
What are some of your favorite tricks for achieving a natural makeup look?
Nice tips!
Yass! to that photo above the “flawless foundation,” tip! Finding the right concealer for hyper-pigmented scars and foundation to make you look flawless is only half the battle for us brown girls. I just wrote about the “nude-look,” for cosmetics and clothing and the struggle it creates for brown girls: .http://www.caramiawhy.com/the-nude-trend-for-brown-girls/