Beauty Beat: Tips to Save Your Keester

We can all speak from personal experience that our makeup looks aren’t always on point. We can do better! Rain or shine, looking good takes time and pure patience, and we have your pro and “oh no” tips for everything you need for your fierce looks.

Start with the simple trick of eyeliner. Have you ever had an amazing, warm, red-and-vermillion eye look but only have black and blue liners in your arsenal? Well, if you have pigment/eyeshadow and setting spray, then you have custom, liquid eyeliner. Scraping a small bit of your color of choice onto an artistry pallet or a sterile surface, add a few drops of your fave setting spray and you can easily mix any eyeshadow into a liner for the day.

Have you ever dropped and shattered your favorite compact of foundation, highlighter, or blush? You can save it! Smash the rest of the pigment in its original casing; add a few drops of isopropyl alcohol, and use your fingers, smooth it out. Set it aside to dry for 24 hours, and voila, you have a saved product.

Next, this is a fave hack of the beauty gurus, and it is so good for makeup newbies. If you are looking to create a shadow look that will get people talking, start by using your favorite flat eyeshadow brush to streak dark to lighter shadows in your eye. 

Starting at the far end of your eyelid, line your first color (the darkest) in a slanted motion, and move in with your transitional colors until you reach the inner corners of your eye, using your lighter colors and foil or sparkle shades at the innermost point. Then take a fluffy, blending brush to lightly mix from the inner corner to the middle, and from the middle to the edge of your eye and temple. 

Finally I wanted to include something that anyone—even people who don’t use eyeshadow but love a complete complexion—could use. We all know the brush-versus-sponge argument, but why not use both? Starting with clean, moisturized skin to avoid patchiness, apply your favorite foundation onto your face with a dense, circular brush. 

Buffing in circular motions from the center of your face to your hairline, make sure to get every part of your face. Then go in with your beauty sponge to pat down any areas and create a flawless complexion.

Finally, what sets this apart is, before you set your face, spray a nice amount of setting spray onto your sponge, and pat down areas that like to crease or pull apart throughout the day to melt the makeup into the skin and get you ready for longwear days.