What Order Do You Put Your Makeup On

Before you lot fifty-fifty call back near calculation a popular of lip colour or going nuts on the eyeshadow and eyeliner, the best makeup looks showtime with a good base.

And while there are no rights and wrong in terms of makeup awarding (your dazzler, your rules) - if the order of products is confusing the crap out of you, get gear up to be saved by Benefit'south Caput Makeup Artist, Lisa Potter-Dixon, who has shared her guide to a glowing, your-skin-but-ameliorate, base.

Here, you'll finally notice out whether you're meant to apply your concealer earlier or after your foundation, some piece of cake contouring hacks and the prep steps you're probably missing...

STEP 1: Prep

The about important thing to practice in order to achieve a gorgeous, glowing base of operations is to prep your skin thoroughly. "If you don't moisturise your skin before you use your makeup, it won't sit likewise, it won't last as long and it won't look every bit good", says Lisa. And yes, even oily skin needs moisturising too.

"All-time case scenario is to moisturise 10 minutes before you lot use your makeup to allow it to settle on the skin."

Quick tip: Utilize your moisturiser and then do your hair or castor your teeth before moving onto makeup.

"When moisturising, really work it into the complexion and down the neck, and if yous're prone to any dry areas, add actress cream in those spots. Do this no matter of your skin type, because the makeup volition gainsay any other dilemmas like oiliness."

Lisa's faves: Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, £85, Elemis, Skinesis Dynamic Defence Anti-Ageing Mean solar day Cream SPF xv, £54, Sarah Chapman, Essential Moisture Day Cream, £9.l, No.7.

Image may contain: Face, Human, Person, Skin, Mouth, and Lip

Step 2: Prime number & glow

At that place are so many different types of primers, formulated to do different things. Hither's how to selection the right one for you...

"If you suffer from backlog oil and open pores, a silicone based primer is best", says Lisa. "Make sure information technology'due south non-comedogenic so that it doesn't cake your pores."

"My favourite is an illuminating primer – putting this nether your foundation volition give a long-lasting glow to your pare. For fairer complexions go for 1 with a silver undertone, deeper complexions go for one with a golden undertone."

Y'all should always use your primer after moisturising, merely before foundation. "Start in the centre of the face and blend outwards, and add more in oily areas (if y'all accept whatever) every bit this will help to combat the shine throughout the mean solar day."

Some people like to look a few minutes for the primer to adhere to the skin, merely Lisa says "you can apply your foundation immediately later."

"Use your fingers to apply your primer equally the warmth from your fingers will help to work it into the skin."

STEP 3: Foundation

"One of the biggest mistakes made we tend to make with foundation, is that we apply also much, thinking that the more we apply, the more information technology will aid to cover any skin dilemmas", says Lisa. "Whereas actually, your foundation is in that location to fifty-fifty out your skin, and your concealer is the problem solver."

If you're currently using more than one pump of your liquid foundation, y'all may want to try scaling it back. "You lot tin e'er add more than merely information technology's harder to take back. Less is always more than with foundation."

Image may contain: Food, Confectionery, Sweets, Plant, and Dessert

"My favourite way to apply foundation is with a damp dazzler blender as I discover this gives virtually an airbrush finish", says Lisa. "Having it slightly clammy means that the product doesn't soak into it and there'southward less wastage."

Always offset in the centre of the confront and work outwards, and avert applying too much around the hairline, as this can cause obvious build-upward.

"Don't forget to also blend down your neck for an even terminate", says Lisa. "If yous prefer a powder, utilise it in the same style just with a compact. fluffy castor and dust information technology on in round motions as this gives a much nicer finish."

Lisa's faves: Sheer Glow Foundation, £33.fifty, NARS, Candid Foundation, £9.99, Revlon, Original Foundation SPF15, £28, Bareminerals.

STEP 4: Concealer

In instance yous aren't already well acquainted, concealer is your best friend.
"If practical correctly it tin can hide annihilation and everything; night circles, redness, blemishes and hangovers."

"You need two different types of concealer in your kit – a liquid-based one for under your eyes and a cream-based one for everywhere else", says Lisa.

For underneath the optics, go for i nearly one-half a shade lighter than your foundation, as you desire this surface area to be lightened. Why liquid? "The middle area is 40 per cent thinner than anywhere else on the face up, meaning that fine lines are much more than visible in this surface area and a liquid concealer is less probable to pucker", says Lisa.

The cream concealer tin can be the same shade as your foundation, equally it'southward going to be used on the rest of your face and y'all want this concealer to human activity more like a camouflage. "Cream consistency is better for this as information technology's more than malleable and will bond to the peel without budging and volition look more natural."

"For the under optics, describe a 'v' with your concealer, going from the inner corner of the centre, down to the elevation of the cheekbones and back up to the outer corner of the center", says Lisa. "This way, if you have whatsoever darkness in this surface area, the '5' will cover it in its entirety."

"Blend the concealer upwards towards the lower lash line using either a damp beauty blender or fluffy eyeshadow brush."

Always apply concealer on top of your foundation so that you lot tin target certain areas. If you apply it underneath, it will but move and be rubbed abroad every bit you alloy your foundation.

"If the under centre expanse is very oily, feel gratuitous to lightly dust with translucent pulverisation."

When applying your concealer to the residue of your face up, Lisa recommends using your fingers to create warmth and bind your concealer to your foundation improve. Merely you can also use a damp sponge or a concealer brush if preferred.

"Use the cream concealer only where you lot need it, and push it into that area to target the dilemma, then keep working it in until it'south seamlessly blended and looks like a office of your base", says Lisa. "Layer if necessary, simply focus on your blending for a smooth cease. Otherwise, it can appear patchy throughout the twenty-four hour period if it'due south merely left sitting on top of the peel."

Lisa'due south faves:
Liquid - Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Concealer, £19, Fenty, Erase Eye Concealer, £8.99, Maybelline, Magic Away Liquid Concealer, £24, Charlotte Tilbury
Cream - Boi-ing Industrial Force Concealer, £18.50, Benefit, Surreptitious Camouflage, £28.50, Laura Mercier, and The Sensual Skin Enhancer, £38, Kevyn Aucoin.

STEP 5: Bronzer

Bronzer and blusher work in perfect harmony together. Don't think that you have to choice one or the other, because they do completely unlike things.

"Bronzer should be used to give y'all a salubrious, warm complexion, whereas blusher, gives y'all a pop of colour", says Lisa.

Whether yous utilize a pulverization, cream or liquid bronzer, the application can exist the aforementioned for all.

"The quickest and easiest way to utilise your bronzer, is past doing a figure of three either side of the face, starting at the forward, going downwardly o the cheeks and and so under the jawline", says Lisa. "This will requite yous a soft, natural contour."

Don't forget to blend down the neck too, so that your neck matches your confront.

Lisa'south faves: Hoola Caramel, £26, Do good, Soleil Ta De Chanel, £36, Chanel, Matte Bronzer, £8, NYX.

STEP 6: Blusher

Peaches, pinks, and terracottas - the world of blusher can exist a large one, but once you've establish your ideal shade, application is easy.

"The quickest way to apply your blusher is by smiling and putting information technology onto the apple of your cheeks and blending it up towards the peak of your ears", says Lisa. "Less is more, and as long as you make sure the majority of the colour is on the apples you tin can't go wrong."

Too equally shades, there are plenty of textures and formulas to choose form. "Powder is a great buildable blush, and you can go a multifariousness of finishes from matte to shimmer. This texture also tends to accept the biggest selection of shades."

"Cream blusher is great for a dewy stop and works really well with liquid foundation", says Lisa. "Lastly, liquid blusher is platonic for a natural flush of colour. Only apply to a blusher brush and buff into the skin."

Lisa's faves: Cheekleaders Palette (available in Statuary Squad and Pink Squad), £52, Benefit Deject Pigment, £15, Glossier, Pot Rouge for Lips & Cheeks, £22, Bobbi Brown, Blush, £4.50, e.l.f cosmetics.

STEP 7: Highlight

Highlighting (when done correctly) is super effective. Information technology can add together structure and luminosity to your face instantly.

"The all-time place to utilise highlighter is on the high points of the face", says Lisa. "These are the areas that the light hits, which in plow makes the construction of the confront stand up out. Buff along the cheekbones and under the brow os, down the heart of the olfactory organ, and on the cupid's bow."

Like to blusher there are many types of formulas and finishes of highlighter. "Liquid tin be a little tricky, only tin can look so cute", says Lisa. "Endeavor pressing it into the skin with your fingers and utilise it downwardly the centre of the legs and highpoint of the shoulders too."

"Cream highlighters tend to be sheer, which is perfect for an 'inner glow' that looks more like skin", she says. "Again, blend with your fingers or employ a fluffy eyeshadow brush to buff information technology in."

Every bit for powders, these tend to be the most intense types of highlighter with the most shades and finishes available. "They're really buildable, and my favourite style to use powder highlighter is either with a fantail brush or an eyeshadow brush."

"If y'all desire a super, high-shine glow, layer a powder highlighter over your liquid or cream highlighter."

Lisa's faves:
Liquid - Liquid Highlighter, £9, ASOS Blueprint, and Illuminator Drops, £thirty, Iconic London.
Cream - Cream Colour Base in 'Hush', £19, Mac Cosmetics, and Baume Essentiel, £33, Chanel.
Powder - Cookie (from the Cheekleader Bronze Palette), £52, Benefit, and Glow Pulverisation Highlighter, £xv, Topshop.

LISA'S TOP three FINISHING TIPS:

Double-dip bronzer: Grit your bronzer across your eyes for an effortless eyeshadow wait.
Heart-light: Press highlighter onto the inner corner of the eyes to brighten.
Don't forget your face framers: Utilize a fibre gel, like Benefit Gimme Brow (£21.fifty) through your brows for a groomed finish

Need more than product recommendations? Here's our edit of the best contouring kits...