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?
