Preparing your skin before you apply makeup is a part of a beauty routine that is often overlooked. By avoiding this, you are actually going to make your makeup look worse than it should be.Look at it this way. Do you really feel as if your makeup is going to look amazing if your skin is dry, flaky, or even too oily? Don't you think that if you then try to apply makeup on top of this type of skin that you are only making your morning routine a whole lot harder as a result?
Well, your makeup routine does not have to be that way. Instead, effectively preparing your skin as the first part of your makeup routine will not only make your routine easier, but you will also require less makeup to fix all of those apparent flaws in the first place.
So, how do you do it?
The first thing to do is to apply a quality toner to both your face and neck and gently apply it with a cotton wool pad. After this, make sure that you have correctly identified the type of skin that you have, whether it be naturally dry or oily. Then, have a face cream that is designed to perfectly complement your skin. This should then be applied after you have put on the toner as it is going to make your skin much more receptive to the makeup.
However, the issue with the face cream goes further than that because it may be the case that your skin needs more hydration in order to get it looking its best, so keep this in mind because by adding this extra hydration it does mean that your skin is more receptive to the makeup. Furthermore, it will reduce the chances of having irritation or that dry feeling from being made worse.
When applying the face cream make sure that you press it into your skin instead of rubbing it. Also, avoid creating any kind of a lather as this is seen as being more of just a light coating of face cream in order to make it a better surface for your makeup to then be applied onto. There is another reason why you should press the cream into your skin rather than rubbing it as this has been shown to encourage blood flow back to the surface of your skin and because of this you will be given a beautiful rosy glow.
After this, the next step is to look at spraying your face with something that is hydrating such as rose water. This gives you an extra layer of moisture as well as providing more of a glow that looks completely natural in appearance. A gentle misting on your skin and if you use rose water, it can also help to absorb some extra oil that may appear on your skin due to its natural oil production. If there is excessive oil on your skin, then it is going to be harder for the makeup to be applied correctly.
Once you have applied the mist to your skin, it is important that you allow your skin to dry naturally and do not pat your skin dry at any point. Doing so will only make the surface of your skin rough and then the makeup may not sit as perfectly as it should. The key with all of this preparation is to make sure that your skin is put into the best possible condition and is not irritated in any way since that will only lead to it being harder to apply your makeup as your skin should be as smooth as possible to make life easier for yourself.
At this point, your skin is prepared and ready for your makeup, but at the same time there are certain steps that you should then take for the sake of getting the base foundations of your makeup done correctly as this will make the rest of everything easier. It may sound like there is a lot of work to be done with the preparation, but the entire thing from start to finish is not going to take anything longer than three minutes especially when you have things down to a perfect art.
What you are recommended is to apply your foundation and powder lightly over your skin because thanks to your skin being prepared it should mean that your skin is going to require less makeup to get the same results. You are advised to spot check those areas that are requiring some additional work to have your makeup looking perfect.
Due to having this routine, it should make it easier for you to produce a much more natural look with your makeup. Finally, when you have applied your makeup, apart from the finer touches, you should also apply a translucent powder as the top surface to round off the look and to make sure that your makeup and skin are as unified as they can be.
So that is how you effectively prep your skin for makeup and as you can see it is an easy enough thing to do and you are going to be blown away by the difference that you then see when it comes to the end result of your makeup. As you can see, this is not exactly the most difficult thing that you are ever going to have to do with your makeup, but it should ultimately become a key component of your entire routine.