MAKE UP

Step 1: Hide Dark Circles

Apply a moisturizer with SPF to help concealer glide on smoothly.

Then use concealer only where you need it, like on under eye circles and blemishes, advises makeup artist Ana Marie. Try a creamy formula, like Laura in a shade that matches your skin tone. “Choosing a shade lighter is a myth,” she says. Apply in little stripes with a pointed concealer brush. Then blend using your ring finger for the lightest touch, and don’t tug on delicate under eye areas, Ritzier instructs.

Step 2: A Touch of Base

To get perfectly even skin the speedy way, use a foundation stick.

It’s easy and gives you plenty precise application. Using the stick like a giant marker, draw thick lines down cheekbones, the sides of your nose and above brows, and blend with your fingers. Before blending, use a second stick that’s two or three shades darker in all the same places for a streak-free glow . Mix both colors together over your face and down onto your neck using your fingers .

Step 3: Reassess and Perfect

Use the same kind as in step one or try a cover-up that contains salicylic acid,  which helps shrink blemishes while it camouflages. Dab it onto problem areas with a pointed brush instead of slicking it on from the tube. Right on top of the blemish.

Step 4: Now ADD Blush

Apply to the apples of your cheeks, as seen here. Then blend the color up toward your temples with your fingers. Our pick. Bright, bold hues like the berry shade used on our model can look natural, but if you’re color-shy, build the intensity by gradually layering it on.

Step 5: Make Them Stand Out

Apply the bronze shade in your creases with a flat shadow brush for more control, and use your fingers to smudge it down over the lids—avoiding the brow bones. There shouldn’t be any harsh lines or stripes of color it should look blended and effortless. To make everything budge-proof set the cream with a matching powder eye shadow or dust a colorless translucent powder on top . Then, to make eyes look even bigger, pat some gold cream shadow onto the centers of your lids and run a little along your lower lash lines with your finger or a small brush.