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Quick make up routine for mornings
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On a good day:
Moisturise,
Mousse in hair, dry roughly
Primer on face
Slap on some Benefit Stay Dont Stray over eyes, lips and any red bits (Its not meant for this but 1 pump is far too much product)
Dust over mineral make up
Finish drying hair usually stick in a few rollers for volume,
sweep of blusher
Bit of Laura Geller blush-n-highligh over tops of cheeks and eyes, add a darker colour normally brown to socket line and use as liner too.
add a few coats of mascara
bit of lip gloss
a bad day is pretty much the same execpt a squirt of dry shampoo, no extra eye shadow and lip balm instead of gloss.
It's my hair that takes all the time, I can stick some slap on and look fine in under 4 minutes!0 -
I never understand how some people say they don't have time to wear make up!
My routine - (but I don't shower in the mornings as I'm up whilst everyone else is in bed so it would be too noisy)
5.45 am get up
Brush teeth
Wash face and body
Facial moisturiser
Deo
Get dressed
Contacts in
Foundation (different depending on time of year/how I'm feeling)
Eyeshadow/eyeliner/mascara
Tidy up eyebrows
Powder/blush/bronzer (depending on the look I'm after)
Brush hair
Jewellery
Leave house approx 6.10
I don't think there are any real tips per se - I guess you could probably say that generally a powder foundation or bb cream are quicker to apply than a 'proper' liquid foundation, but it depends how practiced you are really. If you use a single coloured eyeshadow and just do a sweep across the lid it's faster than blending out the crease, but you only save seconds so I would say just do it properly!
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My make up routine is so quick! After my shower, I put moisturiser on my face and let that sink in.
The Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation, put on with a brush. I don't need concealer with this really.
Bit of bronzer brushed just under my cheek bones, then a quick swish from my temples to my chin in a 'three' shape, and a quick brush from my forehead down my nose.
Bit of blusher on my cheeks.
Two or three coats of mascara, allowing them to dry a tiny bit in between each go.
That's all I use to go to work - takes me about ten minutes start to finish.
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