When you hear the phrase “natural makeup” what does that mean? Is it the number of products used? The colors of the products? The amount of the product actually put on your face? All of the above?
People will often say they want a “natural” look. After working with thousands of clients, I have learned that it means ENTIRELY different things to everyone. So as soon as I hear that, my brain instantly goes into detective mode ’cause I’ve gotta try to figure out what they mean!
I didn’t do the makeup in these photos below, I am just using them for the sake of demonstration.
The photo on the left obviously looks more natural, so a lot of people think that that means there’s less steps and that it will take less time to do, which isn’t always the case. Sometimes it is the case, but not always.
So I analyzed each pictured to see what I thought was used to create each look and my guess is that they probably took about the same number of steps. Kinda crazy right?
-You don’t always have to use something “dark” for it to enhance the feature. Example: In the first photo (flower crown) the illuminator color that’s on her inner tear duct is stunning and totally brings out her eyes. And it’s a light color!
-On a different note, to look real fancy super fast, line the inner rim of your eyes with a dark eyeliner and put on a bold lip. It’ll take your look up a notch and it’ll take like two seconds… or at most two minutes.
Which look do you like better? Comment below!
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Love them both, but I’m drawn to the flower crown pic. Do you do lessons?
I do! I love teaching. Feel free to email me! info@vivianmakeupartist.com
I read your potisng and was jealous
I like the flower crown makeup better as well! The other one is a little bit to bold of look for me… What lipliner & lipcolor is she wearing?
I’m not totally sure ’cause I didn’t do the makeup in these photos but it looks super similar to OCC lip liner in Sebastian http://occmakeup.com/products/cosmetic-colour-pencils and NYX gloss in Peaches and Cream http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/p-191-butter-gloss.aspx (you were asking about the flower crown photo lip color, right?)
I almost always feel like natural looking makeup takes more steps and is the hardest of all. While it can look effortless I personally feel like I take more time to make everything looks more natural and effortless haha, go figure!
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Becoming Becca
I know! When I was at makeup design school they always said to give ourselves extra time for the looks that needed to look flawless but realistic. Kind of crazy.
I was wondering if there’s a particular luminous medium coverage foundation that you recommend? I like more of a glow vs. a matte look and tend to be on the drier side as well! Thanks!!
Hi! I really like Lancome Absolue bx, link —> http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Xt6SzZgmBsc&subid=&offerid=357944.1&type=10&tmpid=8157&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fshop.nordstrom.com%252Fs%252Flancome-absolue-replenishing-radiant-makeup-spf-18-sunscreen%252F2969458%253Forigin%253Dkeywordsearch-personalizedsort%2526contextualcategoryid%253D0%2526fashionColor%253D%2526resultback%253D174
or YSL Touche Eclat’ Foundation, link —> http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Xt6SzZgmBsc&subid=&offerid=357944.1&type=10&tmpid=8157&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fshop.nordstrom.com%252Fs%252Fyves-saint-laurent-touche-eclat-foundation-spf19%252F3348162%253Forigin%253Dkeywordsearch-personalizedsort%2526contextualcategoryid%253D0%2526fashionColor%253D%2526resultback%253D321
Have you tried them? I love that with hydrating foundations you can make them more sheer if you want to by mixing them with moisturizer. Plus it makes it last longer!
Hey! I JUST tried Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=Xt6SzZgmBsc&subid=&offerid=357944.1&type=10&tmpid=8157&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fshop.nordstrom.com%252Fs%252Fkoh-gen-do-aqua-foundation%252F3826737%253Forigin%253DPredictiveSearch-personalizedsort%2526contextualcategoryid%253D0%2526fashionColor%253D%2526resultback%253D384
and I loved it! Lighter weight than the other two.