Random Makeup Tips That are Kinda Awesome

[heyjude]

If your makeup is looking cakey, use a facial water spray to apply a light mist. The cake disappears, the makeup melts into your face (in a good way) and you are left with a dewy glow. I did this today! It actually works!!!

Your turn! Share some knowledge!

[pixy0stix]

HA! SEE! The SB Primer might actually be good for something!

[mdgirl]

If you get mascara on your eyelid or browbone and you want to remove it without screwing up your shadow, take a dry Qtip and roll it against the spot (don't rub).

[nsl]

I am a huge fan of the Goss method of powder and liquid foundation application. I'm pretty sure it's well known around here, but in case anyone doesn't know how to do it, you apply your primer, then apply a light layer of loose powder, then apply your liquid foundation on top of the powder. It really helps to control my oily skin, and makes the finish of my makeup last significantly longer.

[heyjude]

Apr 1, 2015 11:00:59 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

HA! SEE! The SB Primer might actually be good for something!

I don't know what this is! But I used a bottle of french water Ipsy sent me last year and it worked wonderful!!

And I just ordered the $7 Mario Badescu herb water for these purposes.

[pixy0stix]

Apr 1, 2015 11:17:49 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Apr 1, 2015 11:00:59 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

HA! SEE! The SB Primer might actually be good for something!

I don't know what this is! But I used a bottle of french water Ipsy sent me last year and it worked wonderful!!

And I just ordered the $7 Mario Badescu herb water for these purposes.

$34ish bottle of electrolyted water.

[heyjude]

Another tip, the small elf stipple brush (so probably any small stipple) works really well with not just cream blushes but also powder, especially powder with subpar pigment.

[mominatrix]

If you don't like the way your mascara looks, try putting clear mascara over it. It breaks up clumps and makes it look more natural.

[bania]

Apr 1, 2015 11:09:03 GMT -5 nsl said:

I am a huge fan of the Goss method of powder and liquid foundation application. I'm pretty sure it's well known around here, but in case anyone doesn't know how to do it, you apply your primer, then apply a light layer of loose powder, then apply your liquid foundation on top of the powder. It really helps to control my oily skin, and makes the finish of my makeup last significantly longer.

This is interesting. I have oily skin.  Do you (does he) set it with powder after the foundation also?

[nsl]

Apr 1, 2015 12:14:16 GMT -5 bania said:

Apr 1, 2015 11:09:03 GMT -5 nsl said:

I am a huge fan of the Goss method of powder and liquid foundation application. I'm pretty sure it's well known around here, but in case anyone doesn't know how to do it, you apply your primer, then apply a light layer of loose powder, then apply your liquid foundation on top of the powder. It really helps to control my oily skin, and makes the finish of my makeup last significantly longer.

This is interesting. I have oily skin.  Do you (does he) set it with powder after the foundation also?

I apply a very small amount of loose powder to my t-zone after the liquid foundation, but nowhere near as much as I did back when I applied foundation straight over the primer. 

[secretlyevil]

This is a good thread!

[heyjude]

Tiny concealer brushes, like the $1 elf white handle one or the RT one that comes in the RT set, make great lip stick brushes.

[niemand88f]

Apply mascara to the bottom lashes first, this prevents mascara dots on your eyelids.

[forreals]

Apr 1, 2015 19:06:08 GMT -5 niemand88f said:

Apply mascara to the bottom lashes first, this prevents mascara dots on your eyelids.

I'm feeling really stupid but I can't figure out why this would work but I don't know what I am missing.

[niemand88f]

Apr 1, 2015 19:18:59 GMT -5 forreals said:

Apr 1, 2015 19:06:08 GMT -5 niemand88f said:

Apply mascara to the bottom lashes first, this prevents mascara dots on your eyelids.

I'm feeling really stupid but I can't figure out why this would work but I don't know what I am missing.

I tend to look down when doing the bottom lashes, so my upper lashes rise and can hit the lower part of the brow bone area - leaving dots if my upper lashes aren't dry. I think I got that tip from makeup geek.

Not a life-changing tip since those dots didn't happen to me all the time and could usually be removed easily with the q-tip trick mdgirl already mentioned in this thread, but I do it this way all the time now

[forreals]

Apr 1, 2015 19:34:13 GMT -5 niemand88f said:

Apr 1, 2015 19:18:59 GMT -5 forreals said:

I'm feeling really stupid but I can't figure out why this would work but I don't know what I am missing.

I tend to look down when doing the bottom lashes, so my upper lashes rise and can hit the lower part of the brow bone area - leaving dots if my upper lashes aren't dry. I think I got that tip from makeup geek.

Not a life-changing tip since those dots didn't happen to me all the time and could usually be removed easily with the q-tip trick mdgirl already mentioned in this thread, but I do it this way all the time now

Oh! I get it now! Thanks:)

[bowies]

Apply eye primer under your eye to avoid cakey looking concealer.

[shopmore]

After applying a coat of mascara, use a clean mascara wand to separate your lashes and they don't get all clumpy. (I usually take a couple tester ones from Sephora)

[MrsAxilla]

Apr 1, 2015 19:06:08 GMT -5 niemand88f said:

Apply mascara to the bottom lashes first, this prevents mascara dots on your eyelids.

I read years ago that you shouldn't put mascara on your bottom lashes because it makes you look older.  True or false?  I need all the help I can get!

[mdgirl]

Apr 1, 2015 22:19:28 GMT -5 shopmore said:

After applying a coat of mascara, use a clean mascara wand to separate your lashes and they don't get all clumpy. (I usually take a couple tester ones from Sephora)

This reminded me, I save old mascara wands and use them for my eyebrows. I especially like plastic spikey brushes for this.

[DarcyLongfellow]

On the subject of mascara, everyone else may already do this, but I learned from the makeup artist for my wedding how to apply mascara.

Wipe off excess mascara from the brush by dragging it along the top of the tube. Then apply to the top of your top lashes, then the bottom of your top lashes. On the bottom of your top lashes, don't just brush it across. Use a side to side motion so you thicken your lashes. Apply multiple times to each section of lashes. It should take 30 to 60 seconds to apply single "coat" of mascara to the top lashes of one eye.

To get your bottom lashes, use the end of the brush and just brush it across side to side.

I'm sure there are other methods, but that one works well for me, and gives me a much better application than what I used to do!


Oh, another thing I do that maybe everyone else does -- to get the lipstick off of the insides of my lips (so it doesn't end up on my teeth), after I apply lipstick, I use my thumb to get off the excess. I bend my thumb, then purse my lips around it so that it's in my mouth from knuckle to knuckle, then I rub it across the backs of my lips.

[IIOY]

Apr 3, 2015 9:07:51 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Apr 1, 2015 19:06:08 GMT -5 niemand88f said:

Apply mascara to the bottom lashes first, this prevents mascara dots on your eyelids.

I read years ago that you shouldn't put mascara on your bottom lashes because it makes you look older.  True or false?  I need all the help I can get!

I'm sort of the queen of "can't put anything on my lower lid without looking older" and I do mascara just fine. Eye liner or shadow on my lower lash line have a much bigger impact in terms of aging me. Lack of mascara just makes me look unfinished.

[MrsAxilla]

Apr 3, 2015 11:31:10 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Apr 3, 2015 9:07:51 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

I read years ago that you shouldn't put mascara on your bottom lashes because it makes you look older.  True or false?  I need all the help I can get!

I'm sort of the queen of "can't put anything on my lower lid without looking older" and I do mascara just fine. Eye liner or shadow on my lower lash line have a much bigger impact in terms of aging me. Lack of mascara just makes me look unfinished.

I agree about the liner.  Luckily, I'm far too lazy to do eyeliner just to hang at home all day.  Maybe I'll give mascara another shot, though.

[IIOY]

Apr 3, 2015 11:33:48 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Apr 3, 2015 11:31:10 GMT -5 IIOY said:

I'm sort of the queen of "can't put anything on my lower lid without looking older" and I do mascara just fine. Eye liner or shadow on my lower lash line have a much bigger impact in terms of aging me. Lack of mascara just makes me look unfinished.

I agree about the liner.  Luckily, I'm far too lazy to do eyeliner just to hang at home all day.  Maybe I'll give mascara another shot, though.

I can manage lightly applies liner in colder weather, when my eye look is darker. I skipped lower liner altogether last summer when I was doing pink/coral/orange eyes.

[Laura Palmer]

Apr 1, 2015 13:11:50 GMT -5 cab1217 said:

If you get oil patches on your compacts/eyeshadows/blushes, take some masking tape and gently rub it on the spots. Lifts the oils right out, and if you do it correctly, the spots won't come back.

ETA: any tape will do, not just masking tape.

THANK YOU for this. I did it on a few compacts I had And it worked! 

[mominatrix]

Brown mascara on the bottom lashes, black on top.

[bunnies]

Apr 1, 2015 19:02:04 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Tiny concealer brushes, like the $1 elf white handle one or the RT one that comes in the RT set, make great lip stick brushes.

Great idea! They also work well for cleaning up nail polish goofs with a tiny bit of acetone!