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May. 19th, 2010 10:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittydesadeThe poll seems to think I need BPAL and makeup. This amuses me. I also need an icon of being a girly-girl, and not the Robert Pattinson sparkly Maybelline one.
So. Things what I have learned from my first attempt at doing makup on my own.
* Use a brush. Use a brush. Use a goddamned brush for the concealer. It doesn't conceal a damn thing splashed all over your face.
* Do not wet the brush before you start powdering your eyes. This is not stage makeup.
* Do wet the brush before you start lining your eyes with eye powder. This is good and appropriate.
(Note to self: Try powdering THEN lining next time. It works better. Also, still not stage makeup.)
* Do not, do not, DO NOT OVERLOAD THE BRUSH. You wouldn't do it in mini painting if you were painting on primer there, so don't do it here.
* Ridges get highlights, crevices get shadows. And other things. You know this from mini painting too.
* Swirl, tap, THEN apply blush, my god, woman.
* Makeup brushes are not only for minis.
I think that's it for this first try. About the only thing I didn't completely flail and flounder over was the mascara, which I do know, and the lipstick, which I didn't bother with. That needs resupplying first, I think. On the plus side, while I didn't get the absolutely fantabulous look the guy at Sephora gave me, I actually don't look hideous. Or like a stage actor. Or a circus clown. And I don't feel caked in makeup. This, actually, is a big step for me.
Also my highlights still look fucking amazing.
So. Things what I have learned from my first attempt at doing makup on my own.
* Use a brush. Use a brush. Use a goddamned brush for the concealer. It doesn't conceal a damn thing splashed all over your face.
* Do not wet the brush before you start powdering your eyes. This is not stage makeup.
* Do wet the brush before you start lining your eyes with eye powder. This is good and appropriate.
(Note to self: Try powdering THEN lining next time. It works better. Also, still not stage makeup.)
* Do not, do not, DO NOT OVERLOAD THE BRUSH. You wouldn't do it in mini painting if you were painting on primer there, so don't do it here.
* Ridges get highlights, crevices get shadows. And other things. You know this from mini painting too.
* Swirl, tap, THEN apply blush, my god, woman.
* Makeup brushes are not only for minis.
I think that's it for this first try. About the only thing I didn't completely flail and flounder over was the mascara, which I do know, and the lipstick, which I didn't bother with. That needs resupplying first, I think. On the plus side, while I didn't get the absolutely fantabulous look the guy at Sephora gave me, I actually don't look hideous. Or like a stage actor. Or a circus clown. And I don't feel caked in makeup. This, actually, is a big step for me.
Also my highlights still look fucking amazing.