Something old is new again! Full face makeup using highlighters and contouring products
I’ve always believed in maximizing the use of your products whether its beauty products or items you have in the kitchen or cupboard. Now that we’re in the middle of another lockdown, we are staying indoors and getting to know every nook and cranny of our homes and doing a Marie Kondo in our garages, pantries and bedrooms.
For this tutorial, I’ve discovered a lot of makeup eye palettes, highlighting, contouring and bronzing products hiding in my drawers, some of them barely used or still brand new. I honestly don’t need new makeup. I decided to show you how you can mix them in your daily makeup routine while creating a beautiful classy look.
Tips and Tricks
- For the face, mix a teaspoon size of your favorite luminizer or highlighter, in this case, I used MAC Strobe Cream with a cream foundation like Naturactor in the shade Ochre or 152. This method also thins out a heavier consistency of foundation. Do not mix a luminizer with a very dewy foundation as this can look too greasy on the face. If you mix a highlighter with a matte or Demi matte foundation the result will be satin like and not over the top.
2). I love layering cream and liquid products with their powder versions. This method makes your makeup last longer. I use the contour shade as a base for my eyelid crease and nose line. The lighter shade can also be used as a base for the eye shadow on the lid.
3). Bought the wrong shade of powder? Too dark? Use them as bronzers or to contour your face. I used this underneath my cheeks and to seal the cream products, on the nose line and eyelid crease and temples to give my face some depth.
4). Use lipsticks as cream blush! If you think the shade of lipstick is either too light, too dark or just the wrong shade of coral, pink or red, use it as a base for blush and reinforce it with your powder blush. Blend the two shades together for a seamless effect.
I hope you are all taking care of yourselves, let me know if you have other makeup tips that do double duty for you. I would love to read your ideas!