You’ve been doing your makeup wrong – 10 tips I wish I’d known sooner from my foundation to fixing ‘bleeding’ eyeliner
FROM cakey foundation to flaky concealer, makeup is one of the more difficult beauty tasks to master.
The skilled makeup artist Steph Hui shares her expertise on how you’re doing your makeup wrong.
Steph is known to try new radiant and ambitious beauty looks on her own.
Although her skill set is advanced, some simple advice could help you improve your makeup look.
Steph posted a TikTok covering 10 makeup tips she wished she had known sooner.
Aside from the fact that foundation brushes exist, Steph says blending with your fingers is better.
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“Blend foundation with your fingers to achieve a super natural skin-like finish,” she explains.
Using your fingers will allow you to fully spread the foundation into the nooks and crannies of your face.
However, when using a sponge to blend makeup on your face, Steph says it’s best to spray the sponge with finishing spray first.
“Your base is gonna blend even more flawlessly and last a lot longer,” she says.
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In terms of brightening the under eyes, Steph recommends not blending any foundation near that area.
She says to save the under eyes for concealer only.
When you apply concealer here, let the makeup sit on your face for a little so that you don’t have to keep reapplying.
Steph explains how letting your concealer “marinate” will allow it to spread and provide full coverage.
“I’m blending around the under-eye area because we want to use less product to minimize creasing,” Steph says.
If you use brow wax from a jar: don’t double dip your brush.
Steph explains that the oils from your face could potentially dilute the product and make it not as effective.
You can scoop some brow wax out of the jar, place it on the back of your hand, and then apply it to the brows.
Next, spray finishing spray on your face between every step.
“It keeps the skin looking fresh for hours, and the base just looks soft and airbrushed,” Steph explains.
Moving on from the base of your makeup, Steph addresses an eyeliner issue.
“If your eyeliner smudges easily, set it with some dark eyeshadow or put some powder in this area where eyeliner usually bleeds for eyes with epicanthic folds,” she says.
Applying eyeliner to the inner corner of the lower lash line will brighten and widen your eyes.
Steph also suggests applying a highlight around the inner corner.
She brings it up high across her eyelid and down to the lower lash line.
Lastly, to set your makeup, you should spray a sponge with setting spray and tap it on your skin.
After viewing her video, TikTok users realized that setting spray was a necessary tool in the process.
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“Ok so I need to invest in more setting spray,” one girl wrote.
Another commented: “So basically I need setting spray.”