Hello, curious makeup gurus and enthusiasts! Thanks to social media the makeup world has been thriving like never before. You can find all kinds of makeup tutorials to help you create your special look. But with trends go in and out it’s hard to keep up with all the major do’s and dont’s in the make up world. Thankfully theres, no need to fear we’ve got 73 makeup mistakes that you need to watch out for when putting on your face!
1) Doing Lips First
Or rather, not leaving them until last. It’s a rookie mistake that we have all fallen victim to. If you don’t leave your lips until last, you risk getting powder in them or even messing up your definite line.
2) Too Many Layers of Mascara
We all want long, thick lashes, so it’s only natural that we go overboard once in a while. But it’s bad practice to brush your lashes with 100 strokes. Instead, try going over them once with a lengthening mascara and once with a thickening one.
3) Dark Lipstick
Bold lipstick is perfect for a fun night out, but for everyday life, they make your lips look thin, dried out, and dull. Opt for mauve or something lighter and don’t forget a swipe of clear gloss for youthfulness.
4) Going Too Catty
Cat eyes are exciting, as long as they look semi-natural. A good rule of thumb is to not go more than a quarter of an inch past your natural eye. Keep a steady hand and take the time to make them symmetrical too.
5) Overzealous Eyes
If it’s Halloween, go ahead and cake on that eye makeup, otherwise, keep it natural, or at least tasteful. Generally, heavy eye makeup looks cheap, and that’s the last thing you want!
6) Out-lining Your Lips
While your lips can be outlined, it’s important not to get any outside of your lips. In fact, add your lipliner first along your actual lip line and add in your gloss and lipstick afterward.
7) Creams Over Powders
This is a mistake. Women think that creams moisturize them, but this isn’t always true. When you have a choice, choosing powder instead of cream is your best bet. Creams tend to age your skin and slip into cracks, making your skin appear more wrinkled.
8) Pale Foundation
This happens far too often, especially with people who want fairer skin. But the truth is that paler foundation makes one look older. It washes you out and takes away your natural glow.
9) Wrong Eyeshadow Colors
Brown is the safest you can get, but works best applied to creases to make your eyes look bolder, more alive. As for the lid in general, natural green tones or gem colors work best and gives you quite the variety.
10) Not Taking Care of Your Skin
Your face should get attention even when you’re not wearing makeup. It’s important to wash it every day, moisturize, and take part in damage control. One of the best things you can do for your skin is not to wear makeup for a day.
11) Concealing Instead of Correcting
There is a difference and it shows with dark circles. The skin there is a different color than the rest of the face, so using concealer will only make your face look uneven. Try a bit of corrector and bask in its glory.
12) Too Much Shimmer and Shine
A little bit of glitter is fun every once in a while, but it should not be used as your eyeshadow. A color underneath and a little shimmer on the edge is all you need to look super glamorous.
13) Too Much Foundation
This is probably the most common and most important faux paus made today. Girls like to cover up their skin by creating an entirely new layer of it! This does not look professional. Skimp a little next time, but don’t forget to apply a moisturizing primer!
14) Skipping the Upper Lid
We’ve all done it. Lining that lower lid is so easy compared to the top one. We have a better view and it makes such a huge initial difference. But if you forget the top lid, your eyes won’t look as bright and instead be drug down.
15) Matching Your Eyebrows
To your hair, that is. If your eyebrows naturally match your hair, then that’s awesome. But if you bleach your hair, please don’t bleach your brows too. They should be a bit darker anyway.
16) You’re a Contouring Nightmare
Contouring is hands down the hardest thing to get right when applying makeup. The best way to get it right is to watch a video tutorial on it and make sure to blend well, using two foundations.
17) Applying in Bad Lighting
If you’re going to apply your makeup in your house, go to the room with the best natural lighting. Using overhead lights with yellow hues will only make you overdo it. Try out each room until you’ve found your perfect lighting.
18) Overdone Eyebrows
We get it, intense eyebrows are in right now, but that doesn’t mean you have to go so ham on yours. Every brow is different and that’s how they are meant to be. A little plucking never hurt anyone, but keep it natural!
19) Thick Lower Lash Mascara
You should use mascara on your lower lids, but if you do, take it easy. It doesn’t take much to make them look big and fake. The top should always be thicker than the bottom if you want them to look all natural.
20) Not Staying Hydrated
You may think that this has nothing to do with your makeup, but that’s where you’re wrong. Drinking plenty of water will make your skin smoother, younger-looking, and easier to apply makeup too!
21) Wearing For A Different Skin Type
What we mean here is that each person has an entirely different face. Some have oily skin while others dry out easily. Make sure your makeup suits your skin type. If you don’t know, ask a makeup expert at Sephora or even online!
22) Long Blush Strokes
That’s “blush strokes” and “brush strokes.” Most people start with their blush at their mouth and move all the way to their temples. This is okay if your face is quite full, but otherwise, it will only make you look haggard. Try shorter strokes starting just below the eyes.
23) Missing the Neck
This is especially important when you get older. If you’ll notice, many older women have young faces and older-looking necks. They applied makeup on their face alone! But blending is key at all ages!
24) Not Exfoliating
For the record, this isn’t the same as moisturizing. It should be done before moisturizing to clean your pores and get rid of dead skin. Starting with a clean slate is the first step to the perfect routine.
25) Branch Out From Black
Eyeliner, that is. We get so used to using black eyeliner because it goes with anything that we forget others exist. As we age, especially, our brows and lashes thin, making that black liner stick out in all the wrong ways.
26) Single Shadow Blunder
You should never use just one color on your eyes, especially if that color is a bright one. The crease and above the eye should have different colors than the rest and bright colors should be used tastefully.
27) Using Dirty Brushes
Your brushes will probably last you years, but that doesn’t mean they never need to be cleaned. It’s important that about once a week or month, you wash them with a bit of shampoo. You will notice the difference immediately!
28) Not Changing With the Seasons
Not only are fall colors gorgeous on those eyes, but our skin tone also changes with the winter and summer, and so should your foundation. So recheck your tone every season and invest in at least one new color.
29) Testing on Wrist
Most people test makeup colors on their hand, which is not the same color as their face! For best results, test it out on your jawline, making sure to carry a makeup remover wipe in your purse.
30) Never Mixing It Up
31) Applying Eyeliner Like Everyone Else
This is a tricky one, but the hard fact is that no one should apply eyeliner exactly the same. Those with wide set eyes should apply thicker liner on the inside of their eyes and those with close set eyes the opposite.
32) Applying Blush on the Apples
To avoid looking flushed, try moving away from the apples of your cheeks and applying blush to the hollows instead. In fact, it is probably best to watch a tutorial on everything you need to know about blush.
33) Using Soft Lipstick Lines
This is a big no-no. It happens to the best of us when we let our lipstick bleed onto our skin, losing that beautiful definition. To fix this either use a good quality lip pen or a lipstick brush, starting in the center and brushing outward.
34) Too Much Bronzer
Bronzer is not concealer or foundation. While it’s okay to use a little bronzer in the summertime when you’re feeling washed out, it should be applied only where the sun would naturally bronze you.
35) Matching Your Clothes
This is the fastest way to get makeup too bright. While it’s okay to stick with cool or warm colors, let’s leave it at that. Wearing purple makeup just because you have a purple dress puts everyone in distress.
36) Never Going Natural
If you wear heavy makeup every day, it may be hard to revert. But if you can do it, baring down and wearing as light as possible to accent your natural beauty is the best move you can ever make.
37) Forgetting to Curl
Not your hair, but your lashes! Chances are, you have an eyelash curler in your makeup bag and you never use it. This is another mistake. Hold the curler for fifteen seconds on each side before applying mascara.
38) Using Expired Makeup
Most makeup has an expiration date. But if you find yours doesn’t, just think about when you bought it. Can you remember? If not, then you probably should replace it just to be safe.
39) Only Using Foundation
Not using highlighter, bronzer, or blush is the fastest way to get a flat ghost face. If you’re not going to use something to give your face depth, then don’t use foundation at all.
40) Using an Eyeliner Pencil
This seems basic, but these days, it’s crazy to use anything but liquid eyeliner. Experts have learned that using a pencil pulls at the skin around your eyes and ages you. So if you can handle it, stick your chin up and apply that liquid eyeliner.
41)UnderEye Line
There are right time lining the lower part of the eye but there are also
wrong time. If you have dark circles under your eyes, all you are doing is accentuing this with the undereye
lining.
42) Glitter Overload
large flake type. It tends to reflect light and creates an unbalanced look to the overall makeup application.
43) Undereye Color Corrector
One of the areas that create the most problems for makeup application is
the undereye area. Usually because of dark circles. A big mistake is NOT to use a color corrector. This
area of the skin is darker and needs to be balanced out.
44) Touch of Shimmer
If you are creating the party look you want a bit of a shine to your looks. It should look like a healthy glow and not as if light is bouncing off of it. The key to success is the application of the shimmer makeup in designated areas not all over the face.
45) Smudges
Nothing is most frustrating than to get your entire makeup application done and you end up with a smudge. This is most common with the mascara. One way to help avoid this is to use a mascara primer.
46) Lighter Is Not Better
The skin under the eyes tends to be darker for a lot of women. To compensate for this they will turn to a lighter concealer compared to the foundation. All this is doing is creating a contrast.
47) Slippery Look
A common mistake is when the makeup looks shiny. But it can even go to the next level where it looks slippery because it has become greasy. This can be because the wrong makeup is being used for oily skin. Or it can be the makeup itself.
48) Flaking Skin
There are different problems that occur with the skin and when it does it can
affect the application of the makeup. Dry skin is one but when it goes to the next level where it is flaking
then it can make the makeup clump on the skin. Proper exfoliation with a scrub that has a mild abrasive in it
will help to slough off the dry skin cells.
49)Don’t Magnify Fine Lines
One of the areas where fine lines can be the most noticeable is around the corners of the eye. If sparkly eyeshadow is used too close to this area it draws attention to the fine lines.
50) Cracked Lips
Cracked lips are the result of dry lips. It can be caused by the environment or not enough moisture in the body. Lipstick applied to cracked lips will look unsightly. The best step here is
prevention.
51) False Eyelashes
False eyelashes can create a dramatic look. However, people with small eyes should avoid them because they can tend to overpower the eyes making them look smaller than they are.
52)Acne Color Corrector
Individuals that have acne are often frustrated when trying to apply makeup. One of the mistakes they make is not using the proper color corrector. A green shade is a good choice for acne that is comprised of red bumps. Although yellow and peach will also work.
53)Liquid Eyeshadow Mistakes
Liquid Eyeshadow has become very popular but there are a lot of mistakes that are being made with it. Such as applying it unevenly so it looks streaky. The best application is to apply it in layers and let it dry between each application.
54)Mascara Application Routine
Applying the wrong amount of mascara is one mistake, but another is the way in which it is applied. If you are going to apply mascara to your lower lashes do that first. Then do your top lashes. The reason is you have to look up when applying it on the bottom lashes. If you did the tops first the lashes may still be wet and will mar the eyeshadow.
55) Eyebrow Grooming
Just as you train your hair to go a certain way it is a mistake not to groom your eyebrows as well. They can be shaped through tweezing and waxing but training them to go in a certain direction can be done with a spoolie brush.
56) Makeup Sharing
Something that should be avoided at all costs is sharing your makeup with others. Especially your eyeliners, mascara andlipstick. This is the easiest way to pick up bacteria.
57) Brow Powder
Not experimenting with different brow products can be a mistake. Many are used to using a brow pencil but don’t use a brow powder. This can create a totally different and natural look.
58)Lip Size
For the perfect lipstick choice, there are many things that need to be considered. One of these is lip size. Some people feel their lips are too small. Others think they are too big. The proper choice of color can help small lips look bigger and large lips look smaller. Remember light brings it forward and dark recedes.
59)Dark Shadow And Glasses
A lot of mistakes can be made when an individual wears glasses when it comes to their eye makeup. One of these is trying to go with the smokey look. This look is too dark and is magnified with the glasses.
59)Wet Brushes
There are several techniques that can be used to keep the makeup brushes in good condition. One of the mistakes you want to avoid is using your makeup brushes when they are still damp. The moisture left in the brushes will affect the texture of the makeup.
61) Makeup Brush Handles
Most know that they need to clean their makeup brushes but the mistake they make is not cleaning the handles as well. These can get laden with bacteria which can even affect the cleared bristles.
62) Matching Makeup With Glasses
Some people try to match the color of their eyeshadow with the color of the frames of their glasses. This is a mistake because it may cause the eyes to recede. Especially for the person who has small eyes.
63)One Sided Mascara Application
Most when they apply their mascara they only apply it to one side of the lashes. This is not really a mistake but for a more professional and longer-lasting look, it should be applied to both sides of the lashes.
64)The Dry Makeup Sponge
One of the most important days where makeup is worn is on the wedding day. A mistake that can be made here is using a dry sponge for the makeup application. This is because it will absord too much of the makeup which needs to be a little heavier to stand up for the photos that will be taken.
65)Unwanted Attention
If your undereye area is puffy or dark you do not want to draw attention to
it. Which is what you are doing with mascara on the lower lashes. Leave them bare.
66)Avoiding Hot Water
There is a tendency to want to use hot water to remove makeup. The first step should be using a good makeup remover first before washing the face. If any makeup is left on the hot water opens the pores and the makeup residue can get into them.
67) Dotting Foundation
The mistake that is made with the foundation is taking one large amount then spreading this over the face. A better approach is to apply it in small dots then spread it out.
68) Makeup Brush Cleaner
Another mistake that can be made with the makeup brush cleaner is not using the proper blush cleaner or using the wrong product. Some assume they can use their liquid makeup removed for cleaning their brushes. This is not a good idea as it can damage some of the hairs.
69)Wrong Applicator
It is nice to have a selection of makeup brushes to choose from but a lot of mistakes can be made by not choosing the right brush for the right application. Learning the basics of what the brushes are used for can help to avoid this type of mistake.
70)Brush Storage
The makeup brushes are one of the most important tools used for makeup. Storing them properly is something that needs to always be done. It is a big mistake to not look after the brushes properly.
71)Inferior Makeup Brushes
It would be an error not to invest in good quality makeup brushes. These are the most important tool that a woman has for applying her makeup properly. Paying attention to the type of hairs they are made of is important.
72) Using Clear Brow Gel
Clear brow gel is a great product to use for keeping the brows in place, but a mistake that can be made with this is using too much. When this happens it looks like the brows have been painted on.
73)Don’t Pump The Mascara Wand
It is normal to want to pump the mascara wand but this is a mistake that should be avoided. It causes the mascara to dry out and it becomes too think to work with and it will clump on the lashes.
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