10 cosmetic bag things you can misuse

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Mascara may not peel off the lashes because of poor quality. It's just that someone doesn't know how to handle her brush.

1. Makeup sponge

An egg-shaped piece of sponge can be used to apply foundation and other creamy (and sometimes dry) products. The sponge blends cosmetics well and allows you to achieve the result you planned.

However, there is a nuance. If you move it over your face like a cotton pad or, say, a brush, chances are that you will simply erase a layer of makeup or move the product to another part of your face. To prevent this from happening, apply the sponge to the skin with patting movements.

2. BB ‑ cream

In pursuit of skin as in retouched photographs, women are using more and more cosmetics, including a makeup primer. This is a special product that prepares the skin for the application of foundation. It evens out the surface, masks imperfections, mattes or moisturizes - depending on the composition.

But if you are using BB Cream, ditch the silicone base. Blemish balm - and this is how BB stands for - this is not a tonal remedy in our usual sense, it is a “balm for imperfections”. It not only evens out the complexion due to the pigment, but also cares for the skin. By creating a silicone barrier with a primer, you are depriving the BB Cream of some of its useful functions.

3. Foundation

But the foundation, on the contrary, fits perfectly with the primer, although you can do without it. What's really important is how to properly moisturize your skin before makeup. Then the product will lie smoother, it will look more natural. If you skip this step, the skin will draw moisture from the available product - foundation. And it will eventually accentuate peeling or fall into the pores.

4. Bronzer

The worst thing you can do with a bronzer is to mistake it for a sculptor. Both products are used to correct the shape of the face, but this is done in different ways.

The sculptor is a taupe product that simulates the shadows on the face. For example, to emphasize the cheekbones, they darken the area under the cheekbone. The bronzer simulates a tan. Therefore, it is more reddish, often contains shining particles that create volume, not shadow.

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Do not obscure the hollows under the cheekbones with it. In this case, orange stripes form on the cheeks, and the facial features are visually lowered. Bronzer is applied with movements from top to bottom - as the sun's rays fall.

5. Blush

It seems that this is impossible, but the blush is also often applied in the wrong place, and it looks unnatural and foreign.

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Blush is a pink pigment that needs to be applied to the apples of the cheeks to make the face look fresher. Although sometimes girls emphasize the area of the zygomatic gap with them and create pink stripes on the face, which is completely wrong.

It is important to note that manufacturers do not always label the product accurately. If for some reason an excellent sculptor, in your opinion, was called a bronzer, trust your eyes, not the inscription on the label.

6. Eyeliner

We can talk about a gel means, a pencil, shadows - the products with which you draw arrows. And, perhaps, you are doing it wrong, and as a result, the results of your work are not visible to anyone.

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You can draw straight arrows and a thin tip for a very long time and diligently when the eyelid is closed, and then find that all your efforts have disappeared into the fold. To avoid this, you need to outline the arrow and its tip with an open eye, and then draw it along the eyelid.

7. Mascara

It is not always that the mascara crumbles under the eyes and dyes the eyelashes poorly, the manufacturer is to blame. Much depends on how you pick it up on the brush. If you unscrew it and then vigorously dip it into the bottle several times, it is a bad habit. This allows air to enter the package, causing the product to dry out.

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It is better to pick up mascara by turning the brush in the bottle. This will extend the life of the product.

8. Eyebrow pencil

The impulse to circle the eyebrow along the contour, and then evenly paint over the contents, it is better to stop it. It won't look natural even on dark, hot brunettes. Hair does not grow like that, namely, they should be imitated by the strokes of a pencil.

However, even if you use a pencil with a powdery texture and a finish that repeats the effect of the shadows, it is better to avoid a clear outline. This is especially true of the area of the beginning of the eyebrow: here its color is usually less saturated than that of the tail, and the hair does not grow so densely. Your task is to improve what is, not to re-paint the facial features.

9. Powder

This product helps to set makeup, give the skin a velvety feel and remove the oily sheen. It's just not worth applying it in an even thick layer all over the face. Firstly, it will neutralize all your contouring efforts, because the veil will extinguish the shine not only of the sebum, but also of the highlighter. It will be enough to lightly walk over the face with a fluffy brush with a little powder and pay a little more attention to the T-zone.

However, if you are trying some new technique, the meaning of which is precisely in applying a thick layer of powder, then feel free to continue. For example, baking is now popular, when concealer is fixed with a huge amount of a loose product.

10. Lipstick

Long-lasting matte lipsticks are beautiful. They look good on the lips, create a velvet finish on them, and also easily survive kisses and meals. But there is also a downside: they dry the lips.

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Moisturize your lips before using long-lasting lipstick. Otherwise, she may look ugly, and you will experience discomfort.

Try using lip balm as soon as you sit in front of the mirror to do your makeup. While you apply the rest of the products, your lips will be well hydrated. Finally, blot them with a paper towel and apply lipstick.