Items needed - Foundation, eye pencil(deep brown), mascara, eye liner, Brushes, Applicators, Loose powder Eye shadow's, and blush.

STEP ONE:

Begin any makeup application with clean hands, face exfoliation, moisturised skin and conditioned lips (find a facial moisturizer and a lip balm you love and use them religiously). If you overdo it, simply blot the skin with tissue.

STEP TWO:

Apply foundation (either liquid or creme-to-powder). Cover spots with concealer on affected areas(especialy underneath eyes), if any and apply loose powder. Review your face -- do you need more concealer or foundation? Here, you see a hard edge of foundation, with the rest blended out. The true test of a color match comes when you start patting and blending it out.

STEP THREE:

Now the brows trace eye-brows with eye pencil. . They get groomed into shape with a spoolie brush. Any thin areas? Those are filled in with a brow pencil (taupe here), using little feather-like strokes. Then brows are brushed through with the spoolie again to soften and blend. 'A coat of brow gel keeps everything in place. Now that the eyes are done, brush away excess loose powder'

STEP FOUR:

Apply base eye shadow all over lid, a brighter accent over lower lid and the dark shade on eye contour then blend the colors.

STEP FIVE:

Line eye lids and apply mascara .

STEP STEP SIX:

Line lips with pencil and apply base lipstick to the inner.

STEP SEVEN:

Blush cheeks and smile ....finished.

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Make-up by House of Tara

Article by Zoe