Fresh make-up for spring

Smells like spring, so I started the spring cleaning (painting the walls), clothes sorting, salad making and I even changed my haircut. Do you like it?  I identify spring with freshness, so I thought I would show you the products that I consider necessary for a make-up that is fast, fresh and full of vitality. I know everybody is always in a hurry, which is why I am going to select the minimum of products with a maximum effect.

                                                                               Photos by Raluca Popoviciu

Foundation.

If you are twenty eyes old and have perfect skin, you don’t have to wear foundation. For the rest of us, foundation is essential, because it balances the color of the skin, so it will help enhance the effect of the other products. If you have skin imperfections, the eyes and lips make-up is in vain, because it just won’t look good without foundation. On the other hand, avoid using only foundation. If you already put an effort with it, complete the make-up at least with mascara and blush. The fastest way to apply foundation is with the dense kabuki brush (first photo, left brush).

Mascara.

This product is, perhaps, the most important of all. Helps define the shape of eyes and a make-up just doesn’t look complete without it. It’s the one product that makes the difference, even on its own. I also use almost always an eyelash curler, before using mascara. It helps a lot if you don’t have curly eyelashes.

Blush.

It takes five seconds to apply and it’s like bringing you to life. When I apply only foundation, sometimes I look really pale (especially in the winter or, like now, when spring just arrived), so a little blush on the cheeks brings color and vitality to your complexion. A peach shade blush fits almost everyone.

Eyebrows.

They are like a frame for the eyes, so no matter the product you use (pencil, colored gel, Pomade cream, eye shadow) eyebrow contouring deserves a few extra minutes, especially if you don’t make-up the eyes, to win extra time. I really dislike over contoured eyebrows, as I have seen on some young girls, but on thin and rare eyebrows it is necessary to fill the gaps and define the shape a little. If you put on make-up for photos, you may want to contour them a bit more, because in photographs the intensity of the contouring is diminished. This happens with the blush too.

Lips.

If I am in a hurry, I don’t use lipstick, but a lip balm slightly colored, which I always keep in my handbag. It hydrates dry lips, gives a little bit of color and you can apply without using a mirror.

Have a beautiful spring!

RO:

Incet, incet, miroase a primavara, asa ca eu m-am apucat de curatenie (zugravit), de sortat haine, de facut salate si chiar mi-am schimbat coafura. Va place cum imi sta? 🙂 Eu identific primavara cu prospetimea, asa ca m-am gandit sa va prezint produsele de machiaj pe care le consider esentiale in realizarea unui machiaj rapid, fresh si plin de vitalitate. Stiu ca toata lumea e in criza de timp, asa ca am sa va prezint minimul de produse cu care puteti avea maxim efect.

Fondul de ten.

Daca ai douazeci de ani si un ten impecabil, nu e obligatoriu sa folosesti fond de ten. Pentru noi restul, fondul de ten e esential, pentru ca serveste in a egaliza culoarea tenului, asa ca va potenta efectul celorlalte produse folosite. Daca avem imperfectiuni pe ten, degeaba vom machia ochii si buzele, ca pur si simplu machiajul nu va arata bine. In schimb, evitati sa folositi fond de ten si atat. Daca tot ati facut efortul sa il aplicati, completati machiajul macar cu mascara si un fard de obraz. Cel mai rapid mod de a aplica fond de ten este cu o pensula densa tesita la varf (in prima poza, pensula din stanga).

Mascara.

Acest produs este, poate, cel mai indispensabil dintre toate. Ajuta la definirea ochilor si parca nici un machiaj nu este complet fara mascara. Este produsul care schimba foarte mult si purtat singur. Eu folosesc aproape tot timpul si un cleste de intors genele, inainte de mascara. Ajuta foarte mult, daca nu ai genele arcuite.

Fardul de obraz.

Dureaza cinci secunde sa il aplici si parca te readuce la viata. Cateodata, daca aplic numai fond de ten, sunt foarte palida (mai ales iarna sau acum, cand iesim din iarna) asa ca putin fard de obraz pe pometi aduce culoare si vitalitate tenului. Un fard in nuanta piersicii i se potriveste oricui.

Sprancenele.

Sunt ca o rama care incadreaza ochii, asa ca indiferent ce produs folositi (creion, gel colorat, crema Pomade, fard) conturarea sprancenelor merita cateva minute in plus, mai ales daca nu am machiat ochii, ca sa castigam timp. Sprancene super conturate, cum vad acum la unele fete tinere, nu sunt deloc pe placul meu, dar la o spranceana mai rara, este necesar sa umplem putin golurile si sa definim putin forma. Daca va machiati pentru a face poze, puteti sa conturati mai puternic spranceana, pentru ca in poze se sterge putin din intensitatea conturarii. Asa se intampla si cu fardul de obraz.

Buzele.

Daca ma grabesc, nu folosesc ruj, ci un balsam de buze usor colorat, pe care il tin tot timpul in geanta. Hidrateaza buzele uscate, da putina culoare buzelor si il poti reaplica fara oglinda.

Va doresc o primavara frumoasa!