Avoid These 13 Common Makeup Mistakes & Achieve Flawless Skin

Have you ever felt like you look a few years older, a little too fat or just not made up, the way you want to be?

All those hours of struggling in front of the mirror, and you are still not satisfied. The trouble maybe that you are going about doing makeup, half informed. When it comes to makeup, there are some common pitfalls that even the best of us make. Read on to find out more about some common makeup blunders that you should stay clear of.

1. Thick foundation. Sometimes you smear on too much foundation which hides your natural skin tone. It makes you look like you have a mask on. Or worse, you look like a clown in costume.
2. Don’t use a foundation lighter than your skin tone. This will only accentuate the blemishes, fine lines and all that is bad about your skin. Using a shade that matches your skin, is the only way you are going to get that flawless face. And never forget to blend properly.
3. Too much concealer on your dark circles will make you look older. The correct way to cover dark circles is to dot a few drops of concealer on the bone below your eyes and blend it up. Do not apply it directly to the dark circles.
4. When using foundation, make sure to apply it on your neck and ears as well. Otherwise, with a different face and neck color, everyone can figure out that you are wearing makeup.
5. Use powder only if you have oily skin on the shiny areas of your face. Covering your face entirely will emphasize any wrinkles.
6. Without proper application, blush can make you look like a clown. Whenever putting on blush, use foundation, otherwise the color becomes too hard on your cheeks. And make sure to swirl the brush in the product, tap off excess and then apply on your face. Otherwise you will pick up too much product and end up looking overdone.
7. Lip liners can end looking weird and out of place if you’ve chosen a dark liner with a lighter lipstick shade. They are meant to define your lips and keep the lipstick from feathering, not to create border line around your lips. The correct technique is to draw the outline and then fill in your entire lips with a lip liner that suits your lipstick shade and then go over it with the lipstick
8. Either play up your eyes or your lips. Too much makeup on both will make you look unsightly. If you are wearing bright/ smoky eye makeup, go for pale, nude or natural looking lipsticks. If you are wearing loud shades on your lips, go for natural, slight eye liner and lots of mascara.
9. Do not apply a single eye shadow color to your entire eye. Always use a highlighter shade to enhance your brow bone. Golden or silver highlighters will compliment all the shades under the sun.
10. Master the art of blending eye shadows properly. Even if you apply a neutral shade, it is going to look unnatural and out of place, unless you blend it properly. But, with the right blending technique, you can pull off wearing even the brightest of colors. That is the magic of blending.
11. Give your brows the needed shape. Proper eyebrows can give your face an instant lift. Too thin or tadpole shaped eyebrows will change your look entirely. Consult a professional to know which shape will best suit you.
12. Don’t use mascara on your lower lashes the same way you apply on your upper lashes. It will clump up and give your spider leg lashes. Instead, hold the wand vertically and apply.
13. Makeup can always end up looking out of place and weird if you don’t do it the right way. You need to be familiar with what you need to do, and what you should never do, in order to become a pro at looking good, always! I hope this article helped identify some common pitfalls you may have been doing.

Do drop us a comment and let us know whether you have committed any of these makeup blunders, before you knew better!