Women’s Makeup Trends 2012: Makeup for a Fresh and Clean Look

Get ready within minute or less with the smart step-by-step makeup application. Through this time-saving makeup application guide, you can surely achieve a fresh and clean look with versatility.

In the fast-paced world of today, there is no room of wasting a lot of time in putting on loads of makeup. Many women spend a couple of hours in front of mirror in the quest of achieving fresh look.

However, you can easily attain a clean and sparkling look by some quick and nicely done strokes of little makeup. Through this step-by-step makeup application, getting fresh and polished look in summers will no longer be a hassle for you.

Cleansing

Wash your face with warm water and cleanser, and make sure your skin is clean from any previous traces of makeup or crèmes.

Pre-preparation for makeup

Make sure that all your makeup brushes and applicators are properly clean.

Prepare your skin

Prepare your skin for makeup application by applying an oil-free moisturizer. Let it dry completely.

Use concealer

Begin your makeup application by covering your dark spots and dark under-eye circles by applying concealer evenly. Always choose a concealer one shade lighter or exact shade of your skin color.

Avoid Foundations

Avoid using heavy foundation as it will give your makeup a fake look. Instead of cream foundation, you can use a tinted moisturizer or a sheer foundation.

Powder application

Apply powder to reduce shine on the forehead and nose by absorbing the oils. While doing makeup, make sure to apply a small amount of powder typically on the T-zone. Unnecessary use of powder in makeup application will make your skin look aged. You can use powder-puff or sponge for gently applying powdermakeup as per your choice.

Eye makeup

For a clean and fresh makeup application, apply light browns, ivories and pinks on eyes. Bright or colorful eye makeup can certainly ruin your clean look. The gentle eye makeup application should be done with a brush or shadow applicator.

Blush application

Blush is not necessary part of makeup application, but it can surely give you a fresh look. However, avoid using too much blush to add color on your cheeks. Just sweep the brush across the blush and apply it gently on your cheek bone towards your hair line.

Lips

For the finished and clean look, the last step of makeup application is applying lip balm or lip-gloss. For the fresh looking makeup, lip glosses in light pink, bronze or brown are best to go with.

Tips:
Apply blush on the apple of your cheeks:

Instead of using mascara, you can enhance your eye makeup by carefully curling your lashes.

Always choose soft shades for eye makeup. You can use a shimmer to brighten up your eye makeup, but avoid anything glittery during the daytime.