Makeup Monday–My Makeup Routine
I love makeup. Love it. I think this has been said time and time again in many forms on this blog, but I just can’t state it enough. I love makeup, and I love experimenting with makeup. You never know if you are going to like something on until you play with it and see what it looks like.
Not to say that I don’t have a set routine that I do on most days though when I put my makeup on. I thought a fun thing to do would be to introduce you to my regular routine/products.
My makeup routine is very basic on most days. I don’t wear it everyday, because half of the time I don’t even get out of my pj’s. Therefore, I don’t feel the need to put my face on either without getting dressed.
After I wash my face and put on my moisturizer and maybe some acne product if I feel the need I start in on putting together my face and as I say Putting My Face On.
Face Primer – depending on how my skin is looking and what kind of cover-up I’ll be putting on I choose my primer from the ones pictured above. I make sure to get my neck as well as my face while applying to soothe out my skin and make it look even and smooth.
Cover-up – I need some kind of cover-up, ALWAYS. My face is just gross and uneven and full of either new or old acne. I just don’t like my skin. So again choosing some kind of cover-up again depends on what I am doing for the day and how my skin is looking that day.
Eyelid Primer – A few years back I landed on this thing called eye shadow primer and I fell in love and now will no longer apply eye shadow first without applying some primer. My favorite is the urban decay. I had heard good things about the Too Faced, but am not a huge fan of it personally.
Eye Shadow – then comes the fun to pick out which eye shadow combos I want to do that day. I apply to my eye lid, my crease and then my upper lid. After all three layers are done, I take a bigger brush and kind of blend them together a tiny bit.
Eye Liner – is my next step. I usually use black or brown, but sometimes I use a splash of different colors if I am feeling it. I usually use stick eyeliners, but I am beginning to love the drawing my own line with jar eye liners.
Mascara – is my final step always. I choose which one I am feeling that day and apply a couple swoops to my eyes. Upper and lower lashes.
Those are my basic everyday steps. I usually do some kind of lip gloss or chapstick. And sometimes I add in a bit of loose powder on my t-zone, again totally depending on how I am looking and what I’ll be doing.
As you can tell though, I totally like variety. It’s the spice of life!
What kind of routine do you usually have on your makeup?
You have so much fun makeup! I love it! 🙂
Thanks Susannah! I need to figure out a new way to organize it all soon!
I love the variety of makeup you have. I love makeup too. I have several primers but I usually forget to use them. I start with moisturizer, I let it soak into my skin. Then I put on foundation, loose powder, eyeshadow, mascrara, blush and then I use lip gloss. I need to be using more than one eye shadow like you do that is a great idea to get more color. I just organized one drawer today that had my brushes and some of my makeup. I need to organize the rest tomorrow so I can see what I have easier
Makeup is just so fun! I just never got into blush, weirdly. Yes more then one eye shadow is a MUST!
Well I love that you have a variety of things for different needs on different days, I definitely don’t feel TOO bad. I like to try different products but find that I return to my loves more often than not. My routine consists of facial cleanse, tone and moisturize. I then use cover up, under and around my eyes and a little on my t-zone area. Then I cover my face with a bit of powder or multi-toned bronzer. I’m pale so I like the added color and glow it adds to my face. Then I add a little blush (I didn’t always used to use blush until I met my long time Mary Kay Consultant and she gave me a WHOLE face look, blush has been my best friend ever since I LEARNED to apply it), I go back and do my eyes, I use eye shadow just under my brow, then my eye lid, then my crease and then from the crease to the brow and I blend a little. Lastly, I add a lot of mascara. I have a variety, I LOVE COLORED mascaras, my favorite is
mark Lash All You Want High Volume Mascara in wine, I just can’t get enough! I also love the mark Touch & Glow Shimmer Cream Cubes All Over Face Palette, it works well as a eye shadow or nice as a highlighter on your cheeks, I’ve even used it on my lips! I dab either some gloss, lipstick (if its important) or some tinted lip balm on my lips and go. I rarely use eye liners, but love the bronze and metallic type when I do.
This was so fun, you’ve inspired me Angie! I rarely get to wear makeup, as sometimes I don’t get out of my pjs too. But I might have to just go and play with it now LOL!
I love your replies Rose 🙂
My eye look undone if I don’t apply my eyeliner, way to funny!
Where do you apply it? Top lid, under eye?
Top lid ALWAYS, under eye only here and there anymore. Used to be both.
I love your posts Angie! I haven’t done any personal ones in a while, any suggestions for me?
I am not sure. I know personal posts are way fun. There is the all about me Friday prompts I have been doing. http://www.angiesangle.com/2014/01/all-about-me-friday-i-am-so-proud-i.html – then click on the image to see it bigger.
Every time I see this post, I just fall in love with the pictures, I guess I really do love make up too! Plus I love the angles (lol) on them!
I am quite happy with how the photos turned out too. Pretty good for getting the pictures right when the idea hit me after taking my shower.
I loooove your choices, ours are so similar. I wish I were a little more creative with my eyeliner. I love your assortment!
I am a little bit to addicted to eye makeup – whatever kind lol