Bad makeup

Any girl, one way or another, is familiar with the situation when she really wanted to do a beautiful make-up, but in the end something unintelligible turned out. And not only poorly chosen colors or poor-quality cosmetics are to blame for this - lack of practice and lack of knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of your face affects. However, do not be discouraged - sometimes even the stars on the red carpet can be seen with makeup, at least strange. But professionals work with them. Let's try to figure out why makeup can add 5-10 years to you, how to avoid it and correct the mistakes made.

Unsuccessful makeup can pretty much spoil the mood for the whole day, even the most self-confident beauty. In order for you to never encounter this problem, we have made a selection of 10 major mistakes that age and disfigure any face:

• Bust with foundation cream. Sometimes, wanting to achieve a flawless skin tone, girls are too zealous, as a result of which the face begins to resemble a plaster mask with a visible border along the contour of the face. You don't need to do this. The cream should lie on the surface of the skin in a thin, weightless layer and be almost invisible. If you want to hide any flaws, use a shimmer effect that will perfectly mask them;
• Inability to use concealer. Girls with a more or less even complexion may forget about this product altogether. However, not everyone is so lucky, there are situations when it is very necessary to remove the blue under the eyes or cover up the trace of a pimple. In this case, take a concealer (its tone should be slightly lighter than the color of your skin) and apply it to the problem area. Blend gently with a brush or sponge;
• "Wrong" eyebrows. Another very important detail that can both transform and spoil the face is the competent design of the eyebrows. You don’t need to make them too wide, you don’t need to pluck them “into a thread”. If you are not able to determine the optimal shape and width of your eyebrows on your own, go to the master stylist, let him shape them the way you need, and then you can simply maintain them in this form at home. The same goes for color. Do not make the eyebrows very dark, but do not leave colorless. Ideally, the color of the eyebrows should be half a tone darker than the color of the hair;

• Bad choice of lipstick. Plump seductive lips are the dream of any woman. However, in our desire to emphasize them, we sometimes go too far: we use too bright lipstick, which, spreading, emphasizes wrinkles above the upper lip; we select a color that makes us older (especially burgundy-red colors, as well as dark brown shades); outline the lips with a pencil, a tone darker than lipstick. There are a lot of mistakes in lip makeup. If you want to avoid them - use light shades, for example, beige, light pink, peach. And don't forget the lip gloss. With it, you can achieve the desired volume effect;

• Lower eyeliner. Nothing ages and shrinks the eyes like a bold black liner on the lower eyelid. This makeup looks very vulgar and cheap. If you need to emphasize the eye along the lower contour, use shades of gray and brown, and do not forget about shading. So you can achieve a "smoky" effect and your look will become mysterious and attractive;
• Mother-of-pearl on eyelids. This option is only suitable for performing a festive make-up, and even then with a caveat: if you already have wrinkles on your eyelids, mother-of-pearl shadows will treacherously emphasize them. Therefore, in everyday makeup, use a nude palette of shadows, preferably without any shine;

• "Spider Legs". No, we are not talking about representatives of the fauna, but about eyelashes, so intensely painted with mascara that they stick out like spider paws and disfigure your eyes. To achieve the effect of volume, get a good mascara. Trying to achieve this by applying a cosmetic product in several layers, you will only make your eyelashes heavier and make them sloppy. This is especially true for the lower lashes. It is better either not to paint them at all, or apply mascara in one layer and comb well;
• Cheeks - "apples". Remember Marfushenka-darling from the fairy tale "Morozko"? Unless she is the standard for a stylish make-up for you, never abuse blush. Carefully study your face shape, read on the Internet which places should be slightly darkened to bring it closer to the ideal. Apply blush with light strokes, carefully shade, select shades that are slightly darker than your skin, but in the appropriate tone;
• Bronze statue. A tanned face always looks more beautiful and rested than a pale one.However, the fear of photoaging makes girls and women afraid of the open sun, so they resort to the help of bronzing tonal products: this is a huge mistake. The bronzer is intended only to emphasize the dark skin tone, but does not create it. Therefore, if you do not want to achieve the effect of a “dirty” face, do not use makeup bronzers;
• Too pronounced lip contour. There was a time when it was fashionable to outline the lips with a pencil much darker than lipstick. Now it is no longer just irrelevant - it is considered a sign of bad taste. To prevent lipstick from bleeding, you can circle your lips with a pencil that is a tone lighter or identical in color, remembering to blend it a little.

After you realize what exactly your mistake is when doing makeup, you must correct it and never repeat it again. DTo do this, try to follow these recommendations:

• Don't leave your comfort zone. If you have decided which make-up techniques best emphasize the dignity of your face, use them. It is better not to try to surprise others with a daily change of image, but to be beautiful every day, remaining yourself;
• Few people like oily sheen on the skin. But the “mask effect” from an overly dense tinting agent is also unlikely to decorate you. Therefore, use a mineral powder of the desired shade instead of a cream, and to highlight the cheekbones, eyebrows and the area above the lips, take a drop of highlighter;
• solemn event - weddings, graduations, corporate parties - they require durability from makeup for a long time. The best way out is to use waterproof products, and not at all every minute absences to “powder your nose”;

• Passion for contouring gave rise to many curiosities. Very often you can meet girls and women with very obvious stripes on their faces. The advice in this case is:Better don't contour at all if you don't know how to do it right. Just apply blush on the cheekbones and a little highlighter under the eyebrows. So you will look fresh and natural;
• Don't overuse glitter. They tend to crumble and in the end, instead of a bright holiday make-up, you get a dirty face. If you want shine on your eyelids, use shadows with a metallic effect;

• Always take with you a small cosmetic bag with the products that you usually use. Put in it also cotton buds and sponges, wet wipes, a comb for eyebrows and eyelashes;

• There is nothing worse than terrible makeup on a special day when you need to look perfect. To avoid punctures, be sure to rehearse your holiday makeup. Take into account all the shortcomings and correct them. Use only the most proven and high-quality cosmetics. And then nothing will spoil your festive mood and memorable photos.

We often look at pop and movie stars as idols, as an example to follow. However, they are not immune from unsuccessful makeup. Below are the most shameful examples, when even universally recognized beauties looked strange and ridiculous:

• Jennifer Lopez. Too bright skin of the face in tandem with dark lipstick is not the best combination. Especially when you consider that the natural color of her skin is a couple of tones darker;
• Sienna Miller. There is a lot of contouring. Plus, a rather strange reddish shade was chosen;
• Catherine Zeta-Jones. It seems that Katherine herself did not see herself in the mirror.Very casual makeup added a couple of years to her and made her face look tired;
• Pamela Anderson. Strange make-up, either from the 80s, or from the 90s. Thin eyebrows, sloppy lips, inept contouring. The image turned out to be repulsive;
• Selma Hayek. Selma has a very bright appearance by nature. She shouldn't have been so zealous with eye makeup;
• Naomi Campbell. It would seem that Naomi should see all the mistakes of her makeup artist, but for some reason she did not see them. And she went out into the world with rouged temples;
• Eva Longoria. Too many things. This is the only way to characterize the "war paint" of Eve.

So, you are convinced that every woman makes makeup mistakes.

The most important thing is to realize in time what exactly suits you, and what makes your face a couple of years older and emphasizes flaws. Don't be afraid to make mistakes - be afraid to fail. And then every day you will enjoy your reflection in the mirror.

Examples of star makeup mistakes are in the next video.