3 Makeup Mistakes and How to Fix Them

I love to break things down, I love a list and I love quick hits of information. So here we are in today’s post. Mistakes that I see daily from both the consumer, enthusiast and the professional. Let’s break them down. Let’s do better.

First I will say that the reason I think so many consumers are making these mistakes is because they are being influenced by the gazillions of makeup videos and posts they see online. Just because something is online does not mean it is correct or good. That is something we all need to be more conscious of.

The reason I think so many makeup enthusiasts and artists are making these mistakes is the same as for the consumer. Many artists are not professionally educated. They learn from the same online experiences as the consumer. Or they take classes from popular artists/influencers on social media thinking that followers = credibility.

It does not.

Man, it really does not.

I say it all of the time but this is the #1 mistake I see in makeup. People pile on so many layers and so much product that they lose the look of skin, they lose dimension and shape, they lose LIFE. They are left with a flat, grey mask. Once you have a flattened makeup on, lightening areas to highlight or creating any kind of shape or dimension is very hard.

The look of foundation is harsh, it is aging and it looks heavy. Once the look of skin is gone, covered, no amount of shimmer, powder, blush or contour is going to get you back to skin.

Easy. Use less, wear less. Stop following people who just copy what everyone else is doing. 1-1/2 pumps of a foundation should cover a whole face. You don’t need concealer under or over a foundation. You don’t need full-coverage unless you have something that needs to be covered. Less.

Less skincare underneath the makeup. Less makeup. Less layers of product on top of the makeup.

Less.

There is so much confusion over bronzer and contour. Many consumers don’t know which is which and they are not sure where either goes. If you watch influencers they take reddish brown makeup and paint a rainbow on the edge of the forehead, trace the edges of the nose and apply blush with bronzer.

Redness along the forehead at best looks like a sunburn or odd tan line, at worse looks like a rainbow of makeup. This rounded, reddish shape along the forehead u to make the forehead look bigger and more noticeable.

Ask yourself, what do you want people to focus on when they look at you? Is it your forehead? Your nose? Or is it your eyes, lips or overall face? These things, like bronzer where contour should go will create focus in areas we usually don’t want.