In fact, makeup is only needed to highlight all the advantages of one’s appearance. We will tell you how to do the “correct” natural muke up in our article.
Makeup artists say that good makeup should be invisible, i.e. natural. Indeed, the main task of makeup is to emphasize natural beauty and, if necessary, hide existing imperfections.
Minimum cosmetics for daytime makeup
Natural makeup is a classic that is relevant at all times. Despite the fact that manufacturers offer various decorative cosmetics in a wide range of colors, you should keep in mind that in order to highlight your beauty, you need a minimum of cosmetics.
After all, nothing spoils your appearance more than excessive makeup. This is especially true for young girls. Their sweet face is already beautiful, their skin is not affected by wrinkles. The only thing that can be recommended to girls is natural makeup.
There are certain rules that should be followed when caring for your facial skin, so that later you will need a minimum of cosmetics for makeup.
How to take care of yourself so that your natural makeup looks beautiful?
- Be sure to cleanse your skin every night.
- Exfoliate once every three weeks. Although once or twice a week, take a break from decorative cosmetics.
- Be sure to monitor the condition of your eyebrows and maintain their shape.
Let us tell you the secrets of natural makeup
Color your eyebrows evenly. Using eyeliner, draw a thin line along the lash line. In order to “open” the eyes, the line must be drawn either on the upper or lower eyelid. (The exception is pearlescent pencil). Blondes are recommended to use a brown pencil for natural makeup. This step will make your eyes look younger and give them shine.
To make your makeup look more natural, try to match your hair color to your eyebrows.
Use foundation only when necessary. You can apply the tone to specific areas of the skin, for example, under the eyes. However, you only need to use a quality product. Carefully distribute the tone using your fingertips for a more even complexion.
Don't overuse blush!
Remember the golden rule of makeup. Either you focus on the eyes or the lips. Natural makeup involves harmoniously emphasizing the eyes and lips.
How to do natural makeup
The most important thing in natural makeup is an even skin tone. Makeup should be very light. There should be a feeling of its complete absence.
So, preparation. The main condition that cannot be neglected in natural makeup is flawless skin. Beauty is, first of all, health. For healthy skin, you need to drink plenty of water every day, cleanse your skin regularly, and use a moisturizer.
If these conditions are met, do perfect makeup you can, without applying, special effort. In addition, sufficient fluid and proper care will prolong the youth of the skin.
Makeup base
- For makeup base, choose a translucent foundation. Unlike thick foundation, it will not deprive the skin of its natural glow. And at the same time it evens out the tone just as well due to the high pigment content. The right shade is the one that blends with the skin at the border of the face and neck.
- If your skin is far from ideal, you will need foundation.
- For oily skin A matte foundation is best.
- To give your skin a radiant look, you can use a shimmering makeup base (with the exception of the T-zone, a matte tone should be applied to this area).
All products should be applied in a thin layer after the moisturizer has been completely absorbed.
Today, there are a large number of makeup bases (creamy, containing herbal extracts). For combination or oily skin, a balancing foundation is ideal. Again, you need to apply a matte product to the T zone.
For dry skin, before applying makeup, you need to use a high-quality moisturizer, as well as a foundation labeled “satin”, “silk”, “creamy” (satin, silk, soft). If your makeup base is very thick, you can mix it with moisturizer to achieve the desired consistency.
For sensitive skin best choice There will be cosmetics with minerals. It should be purchased in pharmacies. To achieve the best effect, apply foundation only in daylight and only on those areas of the skin where it is needed. The product needs to be blended well.
To correct the shape of your face, use a liquid highlighter. It’s easier than powder highlighter to blend in a thin, even layer. Apply it with your fingertips, as if drawing the letter “C” from the upper border of the cheekbone towards the temples. If your eyes are tired, apply just a little highlighter under your eyebrow.
To create natural makeup, you should not use foundations with a dense texture, which can be used to create a light effect. Makeup artists recommend using a damp sponge to apply foundation.
Use a concealer if necessary. With a high-quality application of the foundation, most likely, you can do without it.
Apply powder and blush
Then apply a light loose powder to the skin using a large brush. To create natural makeup, the following condition must be observed - the powder must not have a bronze effect or shine. Apply sheer blush to your cheekbones, choosing a natural shade.
A natural light blush will refresh your face. It is important to choose the exact shade so that the blush applied does not look like spots on your face. It is better to choose delicate pink or peach tones. For tanned skin, makeup artists recommend using bronzer.
And finally, the finishing touches.
Eyebrows and eyes
Eyebrows can significantly transform your face, so applying makeup correctly is very important. Wide beautiful eyebrows(not tattooed) can become the main accent of everyday natural make up. A regular pencil or eyebrow shadow will help you create it.
Line your eyes using a light brown pencil or brown eye shadow and blend the lines with a brush. Apply brown or clear mascara to your eyelashes. In natural makeup, it is not necessary to apply eye shadow on the eyelids. However, if you wish, choose shadows from a pale pink or beige palette.
For eye makeup, shadows with a satin texture are useful. They blend easily and stay on well. If your eyes are small or close-set, choose peach, light beige, ivory eyeshadow and complement it with a brown eyeliner. If your eyelids droop or your eyes are wide apart, use brown shades. Mascara is suitable for both black and brown.
Lips
To complete the look and the so-called “cherry on the cake”, there will be a calm lipstick or luxurious lip gloss pink or peach shade . You can also use a balm with a slight tinting effect.
Evening natural makeup
If you want to create evening makeup, close to natural, use dark-colored eyeliner or pencil, mascara, pearlescent lipstick and shiny shadows. Natural makeup has its own twist. It will be appropriate always and everywhere, the main thing is to add a twist to it that will highlight your beauty!
Natural makeup will never go out of style. It will be relevant always and at all times, since it is a kind of classic in the art of makeup. To perform it you need: a minimum of cosmetics and your ability and talent to apply these products.
The success of any makeup lies in well-prepared skin. Natural makeup is no exception. There are a number simple rules, following which you can perform makeup of any complexity. Be sure to thoroughly cleanse, tone, and moisturize your skin every night. Exfoliate once every three weeks or a month. Give your skin a “fasting day” at least 1-2 times a week, allowing it to breathe and take a break from decorative cosmetics. Carefully monitor the shape and condition of your eyebrows. Actually, these are all the rules. Next is the algorithm for performing makeup in a natural style.
The most important thing is an even and light skin tone. Aerobatics is to achieve the effect of its complete absence on the face. If your skin is far from ideal, you will need foundation and makeup base to even out the surface of the skin before applying it. Many brands, having studied the demand, produce very light and weightless makeup bases. Makeup lovers liked them so much that many girls and women prefer to apply only this light makeup base. Then everything is individual - some limit themselves to just the base, while others apply a light layer of foundation on top of it, and others just powder their face.
For oily skin, mattifying foundations and foundations are best. For combination skin the right choice There will be a balancing foundation that mattifies the T-zone, and moisturizes the cheeks, cheekbones and temples. For those with dry skin, before applying makeup, it is better to use a good moisturizer, as well as a foundation with hint words - “satin”, “silk”, “creamy” (satin, silk, cream).
To add radiance to the skin, it is recommended to use a shimmering makeup base. True, those with oily skin should apply it only to the cheekbones and temples, avoiding the T-zone. All products should be applied evenly in a very thin layer, after applying moisturizer. To apply foundation and foundation, many makeup artists recommend using a damp sponge.
To correct local imperfections - bruises and circles under the eyes, camouflage pimples, use camouflage pencils, correctors, concealers. They are also recommended to be applied in a light layer, using soft appliqué movements, slightly melting the product on the fingertips.
Then, if desired, you can apply a light loose powder or setting powder. It is recommended to do this with a large brush. The powder will ensure the durability of your makeup, so you will have to touch it up less often throughout the day. Do not forget that to create natural makeup you should not choose powders with a bronze effect and pearlescent shine.
Using eyeliner, draw a thin line along the lash line. The shade of the pencil can be any, the main thing is a calm and soft, pastel palette. Brown, dark gray, dark blue, smoky ash, graphite, quartz, chocolate, dark green - any shades will do. To achieve the “open eyes” effect, the pencil line should be drawn either on the upper or lower eyelid. It all depends on the structural features of your face.
Apply transparent blush to your cheekbones, preferring a natural shade. Don't forget - don't overuse blush. Take them to a minimum, each time adding intensity with light, wide movements, carefully shading them along the cheekbone line. Blush is an important part of any makeup. They are like “sculptors” of your face oval - they make the lines correct and smooth.
Always remember the golden rule of makeup - focus either on the eyes or on the lips. This rule is violated only in some techniques of evening, event, creative and other types of bright makeup. Natural makeup involves harmoniously emphasizing the eyes and lips.
The finishing touches are: applying mascara (usually brown, gray or black, but without the voluminous and lengthening effects of theatrical eyelashes); transparent and light shadows; weightless and delicate shades of lipstick and lip gloss. Everything is very individual and depends on what kind of event you have.
Natural makeup - a special genre. It is not about self-expression, but rather about how to make the face more attractive by covering up everything that is required and emphasizing certain facial features. It is difficult to collect all the recommendations on how to do “makeup without makeup”, because they primarily depend on the features of the face, but to find sensible instructions for different types appearance is possible - that's what we did.
For problem skin
There are many tutorials online on how to hide acne marks or even scars from severe acne. It is clear that to disguise bright or large spots you need to use dense foundations, but often girls apply more products to their skin than necessary. Because of this, the makeup not only looks theatrical, but also risks floating after a few hours. Channel host BiiBiiBeauty We managed to find that combination of products that preserves, as far as possible, the texture of the skin and hides everything that needs to be hidden. The video only talks about how to even out skin tone, but we think that the result can be called basic makeup.
For Asian face type
Technique asian makeup is determined not only by the special structure of the models’ faces, but also by local trends: a love for perfect skin, careful shading and life hacks that are strange for a European (darkening the lower eyelid, which imitates bruises under the eyes, for example). Japanese and Korean makeup artists apply all the products with fluttering movements - more time is spent, but the products definitely have time to merge with the skin. The makeup in this tutorial, in our opinion, is universal: in it you can see techniques for applying foundation that are suitable for any face, and features of working with Asian eye shape.
Minimal makeup
Chanel makeup artist Zoe Taylor shows off very quick makeup, which can easily be made into your daily routine. We love that foundation and concealer are used only where needed (oh, the way some bloggers smear concealer from eyes to chin), and all makeup is done in creamy textures - they can really be applied and blended in a few seconds. We advise you not only to take this video into service, but also to show it to your friends and younger relatives who are just learning how to apply makeup.
Minimal makeup with accents
Blogger Tanya Bur explains everything in a little more detail than the makeup artist in the previous video; The makeup is also slightly different (this is what Amanda Seyfried wore for most of the movie “Little Red Riding Hood”). The entire palette used is natural: warm pink blush, matte brown shadows for drawing eyebrows and accentuating the eyes, and brown mascara. In general, this is one of the simplest and most sensible lessons by which you can also learn to draw your own face.
Face shape correction
The shape of the face can be visually changed with powder or cream products. Many makeup artists prefer cream correction - this is what our beloved (no joke) Kim chooses, and it can significantly change your face. It seems to us that such enhanced camouflage on a daily basis is useless, but emphasizing the cheekbones and darkening too prominent areas of the face with powdery textures would be useful. In the video above, a makeup artist works on a face complex shape, trapezoid - even for those who do not need to narrow the lower jaw, it will be useful to look at the technique of discreet and accurate, but effective correction.
With wet skin effect
We have already said that Asian makeup artists are very sensitive to the skin of their clients - this is especially noticeable in this video. The effect of wet skin can be created exclusively with decorative cosmetics in a few minutes, but Chong Sam Mool chooses a more complex and long way: moisturizes and nourishes the face with tonic, mask and creams and only then applies a minimal amount of “decorative”. We wish that we always had so much time and diligence for makeup, but seriously, we consider such preparation excellent option for special occasions.
For tanned skin
The most pronounced makeup of all in the selection. It is also suitable for dark skin if you want to add shine to it. Visagiste Teni Panosyan loves to make a high-quality tone, while she manages not to go too far and not blur the texture of her own skin - this is worth learning. Yes, if you have always been afraid of bronzers and considered them a privilege for tanned people, Teni is able to dissuade you of this - her finished image comes out well-groomed and without any dirty orange spots, which bronzers are often associated with.
For women in menopause
A friend of our beloved Lisa Elridge once complained that she did not know how and with what means to apply makeup with the onset of menopause - so little is said and written about this, meanwhile hot flashes, active aging of the skin and its dryness force us to change the usual makeup scheme. Lisa decided to help her friend and another million of her subscribers and dedicated a separate video lesson to the problem. As always, everything in it is clear and beautiful, and what’s especially pleasing is that all products are freely available.
For a mature face
We ourselves talk about the features of makeup for women with obvious age-related changes, but we cannot miss the opportunity to show this quality lesson. The model has a perfectly preserved oval face, but there are a lot of wrinkles age spots. The latter are easy to disguise, but when working with the former, you need to blend cream products especially carefully (it is better to avoid powder ones). Lisa tells and shows all this and other life hacks in detail.
Unisex
We already know that more and more men are gradually getting used to taking care of themselves; We think the time is not far off when men's makeup will no longer be considered taboo. The value of this particular video is that the author shows absolutely universal techniques that are suitable for both men and women. woman's face- the resulting picture is so natural that we are sure it will not scare even the most cautious guy.
Doing natural nude makeup is not so easy. Many women are interested in how to do natural makeup at home without resorting to the services of a salon makeup artist. The main objectives of this makeup are highlight the dignity and beauty of the face and hide imperfections completely unnoticed.
In order for makeup to look natural, it should not have any bright accents. It should be used during the daytime. For example, for going to work or college, as well as for walking and relaxing.
This makeup goes well with business style clothes. With him you will always feel confident.This is a universal makeup in which no accents are made, so gentle natural tones add charm to a woman of any age.
It is perhaps the only type of makeup that looks great on aged person with aging facial skin.
- In order to do natural makeup, you need to prepare your facial skin. Make sure your face is clean and adequately moisturized.
To do this, use the products that are most suitable for your skin type. Makeup is applied to prepared skin in a thinner and even layer, cosmetics blend better and look more well-groomed.
How to do natural makeup at home yourself
Makeup should be applied in stages. So, in order.
1. You should start by applying concealer to those areas of the face that need correction.
2. Afterwards, apply foundation all over your face. Keep in mind that you need to choose a foundation with a light texture for this type of makeup. It will be relevant to use BB or CC cream.
3. It is not advisable to use darker shades of foundation to correct your face shape. But, if there is an urgent need for correction, then also opt for light textures. The shade should be 1-2 shades darker than your skin.
5. Apply to the apples of your cheeks blush. Give preference to delicate and neutral shades.
6. To fix your makeup, use loose powder. To touch up your makeup throughout the day, use compact powder.
7. Eyebrows play an important role on your face.
You can first adjust the shape of your eyebrows using tweezers. If you find it difficult to cope on your own, then you should contact a cosmetologist.
There are two ways to tint eyebrows:
- The first way is to use a special eyebrow dye.
- The second method involves using an eyebrow pencil or shadow.
Choose the method that suits you best. Give preference shades 1-2 shades darker
your natural eyebrow color.
8. To color your eyelashes, choose mascara in gray or brown tint. Paint them in one layer.
- Avoid the formation of lumps and glued eyelashes. If you decide to use shadows, then use neutral shades. Beige and light brown shades of eyeshadow are suitable.
- They will look appropriate shades of beige-pink shade. Try to use matte shadows, without glitter or shimmering particles.
- You should avoid using pencil and eyeliner in this type of makeup.
9. In lip makeup, refrain from bright lipsticks and matte textures. You should not use lip liner.
Stop your choice on light pink, peach or beige shades of lacquer lip gloss.
Please note that in shine should not be present glitter or shimmering particles.
We told you in detail how to do natural makeup at home and revealed all the tricks of applying it. It requires very little time, and the result will be a fresh, rested face.
Light natural makeup, almost invisible on the face, is a trend that has not ceased to be relevant over the years. With its help, you can emphasize your advantages, distract attention from your shortcomings, and at the same time look appropriate in any setting - from a business meeting to a festive corporate party.
Our article will tell you how to do natural makeup at home, and what cosmetics are best suited for this.
Cosmetics
So, our goal is to apply makeup in such a way that the face looks fresh, rested, but at the same time practically free of makeup. This will require the usual arsenal of cosmetics that many of us use daily.
Everything you need for natural makeup can be found in most women’s makeup bags:
- concealers;
- powder;
- blush;
- eyebrow makeup products;
- eye shadows and pencils;
- lipstick and/or lip gloss;
- brushes and sponges.
What is the difference between natural make-up and its other types? The most important thing is a competent selection of colors. The basis should be shades that are as close as possible to the colors of your own hair and skin.
When thinking about what cosmetics you need for natural makeup, remember that it should not create a mask effect or leave sharp lines. If you are used to using tinting products, then give preference to a light powder that adapts to your skin color; it is better to choose transparent or translucent, crumbly powder.
The principle of minimal presence on the face should also be followed when choosing other decorative cosmetics.
Face
Natural facial makeup primarily implies a healthy complexion. To achieve this, you should prepare your face for applying cosmetics: wash, wipe with toner, apply a care cream that matches your skin type. This is necessary in order to give the skin tone, even out its color, smooth out flaking, and ensure good durability of makeup.
After skincare procedures, foundation is applied. The main rule when choosing it is to match the skin color as closely as possible, since it is too dark shade will make your face look like an African mask, and too light will give it a pale, unhealthy look.
To apply foundation, it is better to use a special flat brush or sponges. Pay more attention to the border between the face and neck, as well as the area near the ears - in these places you need to shade the foundation with special care, achieving an imperceptible transition.
Advice. To ensure that the foundation goes on in an even thin layer and not in patches, makeup artists recommend lightly moistening the brush and sponges in water.
The next step is to apply powder and blush. Crumbly textures are optimal, with which you can create a velvety effect. It is more convenient to apply powder with a large round brush, blush - with an angled brush. When choosing shades for the cheekbones, fair-skinned girls are better off choosing cool peach, pink, beige colors; dark-skinned girls can choose warm shades of terracotta and brown colors.
Vary your foundation depending on your skin needs and your end goal. If you want to create daytime natural makeup, then it is better to abandon multi-layering - stop or foundation or on powder. But when going to any celebration - to a restaurant, to a corporate party, or to a friend’s wedding, you can use a wider range of foundations - from leveling primer to camouflage concealers.
Eyes
To perform natural eye makeup, use shades of sand, brown, peach, chocolate, gray, and lilac. Shadows and pencils should have a matte texture, without pearl or glitter.
Do not use pigments or other cosmetics. Remember that the eyes should be expressive, but not draw all the attention to themselves. For the same reason, the use of eyeliner is excluded - you can emphasize the eyelash line using a pencil or eye shadow.
- Base
The first step in eye makeup is to apply a foundation that promotes more uniform distribution cosmetics and make-up durability, preventing shadows from rolling into the crease of the eyelid. Special bases from Artdeco, Mary Kay, Vivienne Sabo and other brands will help with this. They are applied pointwise to the cleansed and moisturized upper eyelid in a small amount, after which they are distributed over it with the tips of the fingers.
- Shadows
After the base is absorbed, you can begin applying shadows. Natural eye makeup allows the use of one or two or three shades that combine with each other. In this case, the lightest one is applied above the inner corner of the eye, the middle one is applied to the moving eyelid, and the dark one is used to shade the outer corner. This is a classic combination that gives beautiful eyes almond shape.
Beautiful natural makeup is impossible without a carefully selected color scheme. You need to choose shades in such a way that they emphasize the natural beauty, make the eyes brighter and more expressive:
- For gray-blue eyes purple, gray, dark lilac, marsh shades are perfect;
- For brown eyes– all shades of brown, gray-violet, ocher, taupe;
- for green eyes - all shades of green and brown, taupe, lilac;
- Those with blue eyes can use natural makeup using shades of muted blue, beige, and gray tones.
The border between shades should be very soft, almost invisible. You can achieve this effect by using a round brush to blend the shadows.
- Arrows and eyelashes
Emphasizing the growth line of the upper lashes helps to make the look more expressive, as well as correct the shape of the eyes. To do this, we will need a medium-hard pencil, the color of which should be combined with the overall color scheme of the makeup, but the optimal solution would be dark brown or gray for blondes and dark gray or black for brunettes.
The pencil should be sharpened in such a way as to leave a line 0.5-0.7 mm thick. Owners of thick and dark eyelashes can draw a line over their growth line, but those who are less fortunate with color and/or thickness should get used to making an interlash line.
It is very important to apply makeup correctly - in our case, the starting point is the outer corner of the eye. Pull it slightly with your fingertip and carefully, using strokes, draw an arrow that exactly follows the shape of the upper eyelid, gradually moving towards the inner corner. If you need to correct the shape of the eyes, the outer edge of the line can be moved slightly upward.
Makeup in a natural style requires following the rule of blurred lines and in the case of arrows - lightly blend the pencil, but do not overdo it, so as not to turn the arrow into a blurred spot. You can replace the pencil with dark shadows and a flat, angled brush.
Secrets beautiful makeup with arrows, as well as help in choosing colors and shapes, you will find in the article on.
Advice. Even using discreet colors, you should not completely outline your eyes - this will create a vamp effect, while we strive to achieve softness and naturalness. If you really want to emphasize the lower eyelid too, focus attention only on its outer edge.
We complete the eye makeup by applying lengthening or volumizing mascara to the eyelashes. Blondes and redheads, especially in the summer, will benefit from mascara brown, brunettes and brown-haired women - black or gray-black. It is better not to paint the lower eyelashes or touch them very slightly.
Evening natural makeup allows the use of technology. However, in order not to stand out from the invented image, preference should be given to beige, light gray or light brown tones.
Do you have problems with your looming eyelid? No problem - ours will tell you how to do makeup for eyes with drooping eyelids, how to hide imperfections and highlight advantages.
Brows
Eyebrows are the most important, and, unfortunately, often ignored detail of the face by women. Giving them different shapes, you can make your facial expression softer or, conversely, more expressive. To perform natural, your cosmetics arsenal must include a pencil and shadows for the appropriate purpose, the color of which must be in harmony with the hair color.
Outline the eyebrows with a soft pencil, then shade and shade the middle. If makeup is done with shadows, a special beveled eyebrow brush will come to the rescue, which can make the line quite clear, but not sharp. You can fix the shape with transparent gel or wax.
Advice. To make your eyebrows look as natural as possible, use the trick of professional makeup artists - inner part Paint the (head) eyebrows with a lighter shade than the outer (tail). This will also help soften the look and make it appear more open.
It is not recommended to use markers for eyebrows, since with them it is impossible to achieve a smooth transition of color and velvety texture - two main components that help create a natural facial makeup.
Lips
If you are the happy owner of bright, juicy lips of the correct shape, then you can safely ignore our further tips for natural makeup. In your case, you can complete the makeup with your loved ones nourishing balm for lips Everyone else will have to arm themselves with patience and makeup to put the finishing touches and complete our natural makeup look.
For this you will need:
- neutral lip pencil;
- lipstick or gloss.
The color of the pencil should completely match the color of the lipstick or gloss - the slightest highlight of the contour will negate all efforts and neutralize the effect of naturalness. Therefore, if in doubt, it is better to abandon the pencil altogether or use a flesh-colored one, the purpose of which is to prevent the makeup from spreading.
When choosing a color scheme, it is better to focus on soft natural shades - peach, pink, pink-brown. The ideal option is a matte liquid lipstick. Absorbed into the lips, it does not leave a greasy film on them and promotes the most natural appearance.
A product that came to us from the East - tint - will also help you create natural lip makeup. It is ideally suited for creating a fashionable look, in which the center of the mouth is highlighted brighter than its edges. This effect was also called “kissed lips” by makeup artists.
Read about the types, techniques, tricks and secrets of lip makeup.
Festive makeup in natural colors
The trend towards focusing on natural beauty has not bypassed make-ups for special occasions. The nude cosmetics palette is used by makeup artists for photo shoots, weddings, and other memorable events.
When doing natural wedding makeup, we must not forget about the quality of cosmetics. The makeup must be very durable and stay securely on the bride’s face throughout the entire celebration, which often takes up to 12–18 hours.
Make-up for a wedding is done in such a way as to emphasize the youth and freshness of the bride, so preference is given to light beige, pink, peach, and light brown shades.
If you are doing nude makeup for the first time, follow the rule “less is more.” By following these recommendations and taking into account the features of their appearance, our readers will eventually be able to learn how to do natural makeup on their own and without a lot of time.
